The five sat walked into the dining room. The space was filled with mouthwatering scents of turkey, blue berry pie, sweet ham, roasted vegetables, sweet potatoes with warm marshmallows, green bean casserole, and peas. Blue and Red nearly jumped to their seats before Red's mother pulled them on the ear, making them nearly fall backwards.
"Boys, remember your manners!" she reminded. The over eager men sulked.
"Yes ma'am," the two said in unison. Leaf rolled her eyes while Touko laughed at how childish they were being.
"In all fairness, Red was on a desolate mountain for quite some time Mrs. Ketchum," Touko said, trying to stand up for Red. Said man smiled; glad to know someone was on his side.
"That's no excuse. He should still remember what his mother taught him," the middle-aged woman said, pinching his cheek. Red rolled his eyes but blushed. He didn't complain; being the mama's boy he was. He had missed his mother being on Mount Silver for so long.
The five all walked calmly to their seats. Leaf and Red's mother sat as the head of the table while her daughter sat at her left and her son at her right. Touko sat by Red and Blue sat at Leaf's side. Leaf, Blue, and Red all looked as though they'd devour the whole meal in two seconds once they got the chance. Touko's stomach growled, wanting to dig in.
Red and Leaf's mother bowed her head and took her children's hands while the rest followed her example. She smirked to herself seeing them blush as they took hands for prayer.
"Bless us oh Lord and these thy gifts which we are about to receive, from thy bounty, through Arceus our Lord. Amen." They all said in unison.
All of them immediately took what they wanted and put it on their plates. Blue stuffed his face with sweet potatoes and barely kept his mouth shut. Leaf looked over to see some bit of marshmallow on the corner of his lips and some on his nice shirt.
"Blue!" Leaf said annoyed. She inherited the pet peeve of people not having manners at the table. Blue held up a finger while he swallowed a large gulp.
"Yeah?" he asked innocently.
"Arceus! Don't you take care of yourself? You have marshmallow on your mouth and some on your shirt!"
Blue looked at his shirt, with a small stain forming. He looked down bashfully. Leaf's mother chuckled slightly. Red and Touko just raised their eyebrows.
Leaf sighed and licked her thumb and tried to wipe off the marshmallow of his face like a mother would to a baby. Blue's face turned red and yelled,
"What are you doing?!"
"Getting the food of your face, duh!" Leaf yelled back but continued to wipe it off. Blue tried to shoo her away.
"Y-You don't just do that to people, Leaf!" Blue yelled; his voice becoming high pitched.
"Shut up and hold still, Blue! I almost got it!" Leaf yelled leaning over in her seat making Blue lean away too far and fall backwards. The brown eyed girl got up from her seat and nearly tackled him as he tried to stand up again. Leaf was on Blue's back before her mother intervened.
"Children!"
The mother's voice made Leaf and Blue stop arguing and fall silent. Even though they were in their twenties, they still knew who's boss.
"We have a guest! Now, stop yelling at each other and calm down!" The two did as told and both sat back on their seats, both looking down at their plates in shame.
Red sighed, used to this kind of behavior. Hell, they were the very reason he left Pallet Town when he was only eleven years old. Touko just sat there awkwardly.
No wonder why Red likes Mount Silver so much.
After a few minutes of silence, they began to talk again and the incident was forgotten.
Red chowed down some of the blueberry pie. His mom hadn't made pie in any dinner before. Maybe she had bought it somewhere, but it seemed to be homemade. He swallowed and asked,
"Where did you get this, Mom?" His mother looked from her plate and replied,
"Touko made it."
Red looked to his side with a smile. Leaf saw it, and smiled too. Red hadn't smiled in a while.
"It's great," he said simply. Touko smiled back.
"Glad you like it, Red."
"Love it," Red gently corrected. Touko's smiled grew as they continued to eat their food.
Blue's jaw dropped at the two talking.
Holy shit… He's actually being friendly, he thought dumbfounded.
Leaf and her mother smiled at the fact that their little Red was finally becoming friendly with a girl.
They all finished the dinner with full bellies and empty plates. Blue patted his belly and leaned back in his chair.
"Damn. That was one hell of a meal." Red nodded in agreement.
"What time is it?" Leaf asked while yawning. Red looked at his new Xtranceiver on his wrist.
"Eight o'clock." Touko rubbed her eyes sleepily.
"It's only eight?!" Blue asked incredulously. Red just stared at him, wishing he could stamp 'Idiot' on his head.
"Well. It's not too late. How about I show y'all some pictures?" Mrs. Ketchum suggested. The four nodded in agreement since they had nothing else to do and time to kill.