"AND THE GUY DARED TO CHALLENGE ME! ME! SAPPHIRE! THE RECORD SETTER FOR BATTLING IN HOENN!"
Sapphire was, as an understatement, mad. A man had insulted her, her pokemon, and called her incompetent to battle because she was a girl and she was young. Then he saw the shocked look on her face and told her that if she wanted to learn her place, to battle him. She complied an her pokemon nearly literally beat him to the ground. He'd run off, not before adding that he went easy on her because she was young.
And since Sapphire was near Viridian, she immediately went to the trainer she respected, Green. Then as soon as she beat his gym trainers to the ground, losing to him in the end, she began to pour out all her frustrations on him. She didn't notice that she was shouting because she was just so frustrated and angry, but Green was wincing from time to time because of her loud and somewhat high-pitched shrieks. Then when he thought she calmed down, she began her rant again, this time about Ruby.
She began to hold back tears now, her frustrations getting the better of her and threatening to come out as tears. Her eyes closed and she looked down and bit her lip, trying not to release the waterworks. Her eyes shot open again when she felt a hand on her head. She looked up to see Green standing behind her, ruffling her hair, with no hint of a smile on his face. She watched him go out of the room, and when she heard the door close, she immediately began to wipe her eyes dry. Then the door opened again and Green walked in with a glass of water and tissues. He set them down on the table in front of her and sat opposite her.
Sapphire took the tissues and blew her nose on them, failing to notice that it was loud and messy. Then she took a sip of water, and she was silent. She hadn't felt that awful in a long time, so it took a lot of energy out of her. She then looked in front of her to Green, who had his legs crossed and was looking out of the window. She lowered her head again, ashamed that she nearly cried in front of one of the trainers she respected most. Then he looked at her, and her eyes met with his. They stayed like that for a while, until Green sighed.
"Are you done?"
Sapphire blushed in shame and nodded. He looked at her, then looked away. Sapphire was beginning to become frustrated again.
"If it was you, what would you have done?"
"Nothing."
Sapphire's eyes widened.
"WHAT?"
Green winced at her loud voice again, but she didn't seem to notice. Instead, she looked at him intently, waiting for an answer.
"The man had no right to insult you, of course. But it was his opinion, and opinions are set to change. He has low self-esteem, because he considers beating you, a young female trainer important to him, and is obviously sexist. But you didn't have to get mad. Just battle him, beat him, think 'oh, there are people like this. Shame' then move on."
Sapphire blushed. Green's words made her seem immature, and she immediately regretted being so worked up over it. She looked out of the window, feeling a bit trapped, wanting to look at the open sky, hut very audibly growled when she saw the man in question walk towards the gym. She saw Green look at what she was looking at as well, and when he raised an eyebrow, she bit her lip not to scream profanities.
"Sapphire. Leave." Green said. She looked at him, and then nodded. She didn't question her senior. So she stood up, gathering her things. Green saw her to the gym entrance, where the man was waiting. When he saw Sapphire, he smiled and pinched her cheek.
"Aw, little lady! Did you come here crying to the pretty boy gym leader?" He said, then he looked at Green disapprovingly, and sneered. "It's a wonder how you're a gym leader, Master Oak. Got in using your grandfather's connections?"
Sapphire was not mad. She was pissed. He could insult her and make her mad and she could let it slide (maybe), but insult her senior? And of all her seniors, insult GREEN? Now that, she couldn't take. So she got ready to pounce at the man, but before she could, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked behind her to see Green looking at her with those unemotional eyes. She then bit her lip and holding her hands into fists, walked away.
The next day, she crossed paths with the man again. Only this time, he was apologizing to her. She was astounded. Then she noticed the bruise on the side of his face and understood. Smiling, she walked up to him and pinched his cheek.
"Aw, I accept your apology."
She saw Green behind the man, walking down the street, and after releasing the man's cheek, ran towards Green, laughing her heart out. They walked away, Sapphire's arm around Green's waist.