Day VII: SoulSilverShipping
Soul: Wait, it's our turn?
Me: Yep.
Drake: Double yep, have fun.
Silver: *grumbles* right, fun.
Soul: Silver, stop being such a grinch. Anyway, neither RedAbsol or Drake own Pokemon, even though that would be awesome.
Silver: *dryly* enjoy.
One thing you should know about Johto is that it snows quite often during winter time, meaning that people very frequently get stuck at PokeCenters when the storms cover the routes. Unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily mean that everyone likes the holiday season, especially not a certain redhead named Silver.
"What do you mean that the route is blocked?" shouts a young man, making several heads turn his way.
The nurse that he's yelling at answers calmly, "The recent storm has blocked off all roads through Ilex Forest, making it very dangerous for any trainer to traverse the woods, I apologize for any inconvenience this turn of events has caused."
"...Fine," the young man says shortly, turning on his heel and stalking over to the cafe located in the back corner of the PokeCenter.
He sulks, frozen hands wrapped around a steaming cup of hot chocolate and silvery-grey eyes downcast, staring into his drink. Only the sound of the other chair at his table being pulled out disturbs him from his thoughts.
A young lady with shoulder-length brown hair sits across from him, her usually pigtailed hair woven into a braid and a blue-plaid scarf is wrapped around her neck.
"So, you got caught in the storm too, Silver?" she questions, a slight Kalosian accent tinging her voice.
"Hmph," he grunts in response, looking down again.
"You're no fun, Silver," the girl pouts, crossing her arms across her chest. "You didn't even ask me how I'm doing, didn't you learn any manners?"
"...How are you doing, Soul?" Silver eventually says, looking over at the girl with an eyebrow raised.
"I'm great! But, how are you holding up, Silver?" she asks gently and the teen tenses, a guarded look appearing in his metal grey eyes.
"What are you referring too?"
"You know…. have you heard from them? Have you found a place to stay? I worry about you sometimes," Soul points out, unwinding her scarf from around her neck. At her words, Silver grins slightly and shakes his head.
"I haven't heard from anyone yet, they're still trying to clean up his mess. And, no; I haven't found a place to stay, people don't exactly wish to have anything to do with me." The two fall silent and Soul says that they're alright when a server ventures over to ask if they need anything, concern evident in his eyes considering the fact that the Champion of Johto is talking to a well-known criminal.
After a while, Silver finishes his drink and rises to to his feet, casting a glance at his companion as he does so.
"Where are you going?" she questions, finally realizing that he was no longer sitting across from her.
"The snow blocking the route through Ilex has been cleared, I need to make it to Goldenrod before too much time passes."
"Oh, are you going to be alright?" Soul says, disappointment coating her voice.
"Of course, after all, I figured that you'd want to come with me?" he hesitates slightly, as though unsure if whether or not it was allowed for him to ask that.
"Yep!" the brunette chirps, hoping to her feet and seizing his hand in hers. "Let's go!"
As they left, Soul heard Silver grumble, but, out of the corner of her eye she saw a soft grin on the redhead's face.
"And then you can come to my house for Christmas!"
"Soul…"
A/N: I take it back, this one is my favourite. The ending was slightly unexpected because I was just winging it seeing as how I had forgotten my original plan for it, but this turned out a lot better like this than it would've any other way! I hope you enjoyed this one and hope you stick around for tomorrow!
