A/N: Pepper jam is actually pretty good. I'm still not sure about the fact that the jar I have has onions in it.
Free Potion
Leila could see the fountain now, the same one where she and Ruairi and talked the day before. Judging from her memory, this was the right area.
She bit her lip as she looked down at the list in her hand. She was glad she had funds and guidance from her mother regarding this.
"Potions, antidote… definitely need antidote," she murmured, glancing down at Ruairi. He was staring at the poképuff cart, the same one she had bought some from the day before. "Maybe tomatillos and garlic just for kicks."
He blinked and looked up at her. "They have tomatillo and garlic poképuffs?"
"Of course not. That would just be weird."
"But you like them in sweet stuff."
"Just because I do doesn't mean that they make poképuffs that way. And how many pokémon do you know who like that combination?"
"Does pepper jam count? Huh, that actually might make a pretty mean puff, now I think about it."
"Wow… you like poképuffs that much?"
"Yeah!" he replied hotly. Then a dreamy look crossed his foxy face. "They're puffy, sometimes there's cream inside, or they put sprinkles and frosting on them, and it's like putting something amazing and melty in your mouth!"
Leila frowned. "I still haven't tried them… maybe I should get some…"
She quickly realized that she had fed directly into Ruairi's plan. He was grinning cheekily at her now. She groaned and rolled her eyes. "Fine, fine! But I get a couple! And only after I finish getting supplies!"
"Yay!" Ruairi cheered. Then he tilted his head. "So what all did you need to get?"
Leila pointed at the piece of paper. "Potions and antidotes are most important. I'll probably try to get some other things too, I think there's a pokémon medicine shop around, so I'll browse once we have essentials. Then I'll need pokéballs. And that's it for now, I have everything else I really need, according to Mom."
"And then poképuffs."
"You really have a one track mind."
"By the way, there's that medicine shop you were looking for."
"What?"
Ruairi pointed his nose in one direction and let out a tiny tuft of flame. "That one!" he said cheerfully.
Leila looked up from the list and followed his view. She saw, just on the side of the plaza across from the fountain, a storefront with a glowing bottle sign and a man in a shopkeeper's apron in front, calling out to anyone passing by to take samples.
"Grand opening! Come shop and see our selection of medicines and specialty items for pokémon! Here, take a free potion!"
She stared for a moment, then waveringly pointed her finger at it. "… yeeeah. That would be it."
Ruari gave a little grin. "So, potions, antidotes, anything else useful you'd see just browsing huh."
"… I'mma gonna take that free potion."
"I like you more and more every day."
