U is for Unimportant

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Shipping: Senirasushipping/Candice x Volkner; Hints of Mossshipping/Roark x Gardenia

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A young girl with twin braids stood outside in the cold, wearing nothing but a smile and clothes you would never expect someone to wear out in a blizzard. Though she looked only around sixteen or eighteen, she was really twenty-two, going on twenty-three in a few months.

"Volkner!" she greeted happily, hugging the blond gym leader. Volkner grimaced slightly from the dark gym leader's tight hug, and also from embarrassment from her hugging him in public.

She pulled away after a good minute and a half, still smiling happily. "C'mon, let's go!" she cheered, taking his hand as she led the 25-year old to her gym.

"How can you wear skirts that short in weather this cold?" He grumbled, flinching as the snow from the blizzard slapped at his face and bit his hands through his mittens.

"Hm? Cold? This isn't cold! This weather is warm for Snowpoint City!" She exclaimed, unlocking the gym's door. "Well, here we are! Roark and Gardenia should be here soon."

"Are the other's here already?" He questioned, taking off his blue jacket to reveal his gray sweater which showed off his muscles quite nicely.

Candice looked away with a blush, ignoring a tingling, soothing feeling that tickled her stomach. "Yup; Fantina and Byron, Maylene and Wake...then of course, Flint, Aaron and all the others minus Gardenia and Roark."

She twisted her gold ring around her finger nervously, an anxious grin still painted on her face.

"Hey Volkner," came Byron's gruff voice as he chugged down a can of rootbeer. Volkner just raised his hand in to show he heard him, then muttered a hoarse, "Hey" himself.

"Hey, Buddy," Volkner's fiery red afro hair friend, Flint greeted, slapping Volkner on the back in a friendly way.

"Brr-rrrrr-rr!" Roark shivered from head to toe, his face having a very, very light blue tinge to it. Roark didn't even bother to take off his jacket; instead, he just hugged it closer in an attempt to get warmer.

"G-geez, Candice! How can you live in such a cold place?" Gardenia asked, shivering, though not as bad as her dorky red-hair miner husband, shoving her fuzzy blue gloved hands in her pocket.

Roark nodded in agreement, still too shock from the cold to manage speaking words.

Candice just laughed, replying in a teasing tone, "I guess I'm just cold-blooded, eh? I was born here, and lived here my whole life, so it's not really a surprise I'm use to the cold."

"Anyway, why did you bring us here?" Maylene, the pink hair, fighting-type pokemon specialist questioned. She cocked her head to the side, and then continued eating her potato salad, still awaiting Candice's reply.

Volkner sighed, frowning at Candice. "Are you sure you want to tell them? After all, it's not like they will care."

Candice just continued grinning, still twisting her ring around her finger. "What? Are you saying the news is unimportant?" she teased, a bit of an edge to her tone.

Volkner sighed again, but said nothing. He sat down next to Candice, beginning to poke at the food on his plate.

"Well, the reason I called you all over here..." Candice began, refusing to let Volkner's sour attitude affect the happiness she felt at the moment at what she was about to announce to everybody else. "Is that Volkner and I have something important to us to announce."

"Wait a minute, you TWO?" Gardenia asked, a frown taking place on her face. Soon though, that frown turned into a mischievous grin, and Gardenia had to hold back giggles at her next thoughts. She forced herself to remain silent, and to not say what she wanted so badly to ask.

Volkner blushed as Candice mentioned his name, but he forced himself to remain calm. He now stood up along with the ice-type specialist, and he cleared his throat nervously. It was Candice who continued though.

"As you may or may not know Volkner and I have been together for a while..." Candice started, still grinning.

"You toof werz nating?" Byron asked through a mouthful of smashed potatoes, some gravy dripping off his chin. Candice struggled not to make a face at the scene, and eventually just looked away.

"Why did you never tell us?" Gardenia asked, hurt that her best friend failed to mention this piece of information to her.

"Volkner thought it wasn't important, that it wouldn't matter to you." Candice asked, now openly holding Volkner's hand, standing closer to him too. Volkner again blushed from embarrassment, and tried his best to avoid Flint's mischievous, teasing expression.

"...and after a while, Volkner proposed to me and we got married!" Candice continued, now showing off her diamond encrusted gold ring.

"Congratulations, Candice!" Gardenia squealed, her face turning cherry red in excitement for her best friend. "When did it happen?"

Candice thought for a second, putting her finger to her chin. "A year and a half ago; we've been married for about ten months."

"WHAT?! How come you never told ME?" Gardenia exclaimed, pouting. "How come I didn't get to be your bridesmaid?"

"Yeah!" Flint shouted. "I thought we made a deal, Volkner! I be your best man, you be mine!" Volkner's face turned even redder from embarrassment, and he muttered a curse under his breath.

Candice shrugged, not caring for all the attention she was receiving. "Same reason as before; Volkner thought of it as unimportant."

"Figures...." Flint muttered, crossing his arms in front of his chest.

"But now!" Candice chirped, clapping her hands together. "We have even bigger, BETTER news!"

"Well, was is it?" Fantina asked rather impatiently, her hands folded up anxiously.

Candice's grin grew even bigger. She hugged Volkner, and then yelled, "I'm pregnant!" Volkner flushed an even deeper red from the murmur of excitement and happiness, plus from the embarrassing things Flint was shouting towards him.

"Merveilleux!That is such great news, Candice!" Fantina yelled, now hugging Candice. "I'm so happy for you! Is it a boy or girl?"

Candice shrugged. "Volkner didn't think it was important; he wants to be surprised!" She said, receiving even more hugs from Maylene and Gardenia.

Cynthia chuckled, smiling as too hugged Candice and then congratulated her. "Do you want to be surprised?"

Candice giggled. "Yeah...kind of. It doesn't really matter to me whether it's a boy or a girl, so that's why I don't mind having to wait! I would like to se when it's due, but Volkner thinks it's..."

"Unimportant." Cynthia finished for her, suppressing another chuckle.

Sorry for the long wait! D: I've been very busy lately.

Uh, review please? ^^;