(Last one for my sudden spammage, which is another redemptionshipping fic. I really wish it was more popular… But who doesn't think that for their OTP's? It can't be helped, I guess! I hope you all enjoy this~)

Ever since the day they met, it was fairly obvious Kris and Silver didn't have the most profitable relationship in the world. Silver was one of those guys who was too proud to admit anything that didn't fit into his basic concept of living your life, and Kris was a free spirit who went with the flow and was kind to everyone she met unless they gave her some reason to do otherwise. For the beginning and middle part of their relationships after meeting, all Kris and Silver did was either argue and yell at each other or they battles until one of them lost or exhausted themselves.

They were complete opposites. As a matter of fact, the only thing they had in common was their unique hair.

Silver was a boy that had long, bright red hair that stopped a little past his shoulders with a side-bang that covered his left eye. Many people were wary of his presence due to how intimidating his usual hairstyle made him look, though Kris was an exception since her hair was just as 'unique', nor was she intimidated by him in general at all anyway. SHE had dark, navy blue hair that spiked up in erect pigtails which were held up with light pink ponytail holders. When you looked at Kris, you saw an upbeat person with a hairdo to match. When you saw Silver, you saw a dangerous person. They truly were polar opposites.

Though, even with that being the case, when they argued with each other where people were bound to walk by, they would always get those comments from woman declaring it as a 'lovers quarrel'. this always ticked the two of them off, naturally, and they both ended the conversation with- ironically- a hair insult and went their own separate ways.

Coincidentally continuing on from the 'hair' subject—

"Oh god..."

—Today just wasn't Silver's best 'hair day'.

Groaning in absolute exasperation at his reflection in the window he was standing in front of, Silver combed one hand roughly through one side of his hair, gritting his teeth in pain when he ripped out some of his hair. This was a complete horror to him right now. he wouldn't never have gone to sleep when his hair was still wet last night had he known that his hair would look like such a mess when he woke up. And he had just locked up the pokemon center room he had rented because he was ready to give the key back when he walked past the window and saw WHATEVER his hair was trying to be right now.

"Fuck..." he growled, giving his reflection one last scowl before he shoved his hands into the pockets of his jeans and made his way to the center's front desk, tossing the key onto the desk in front of the nurse once he got there.

"Thank you!" chirped the pink haired nurse, picking up the keys on the counter and setting them under the desk before lifting her gaze, only to blink quickly at the top of his head. "Oh my, sir, your hair..."

One of Silver's temple's pulsed in irritation at the mention of it, and he slammed a hand on the desk that separated him and said nurse so hard that it caused the woman to physically flinch. "Alright lady, you know what? Let me tell you a story."

Meanwhile, just outside the pokemon center, a certain girl by the name of Kris stood as she lifted her arms up in a stretch. Beside her, her Bayleef was sniffing at the ground and pawing at it as if doing so was the only thing left to keep him entertained right now. The stomping of his trainer's foot caught his attention, causing him to snap his head up as Kris started walking toward the entrance. Bayleef bounded after her as she walked inside, expecting to see one of the many Nurse Joy's that would always greet them the same way with the very same tone of voice.

"I-I said I was sorry! Please calm down, sir!"

Evidently, this time would be different.

Stopped when they neared the counter, Bayleef mimicked the scowl Kris had as they watched the young woman and the person that had her so terrified, a boy with a familiar head of red hair.

"'Sorry' my ass!" the redhead barked, slamming one hand on the counter. "I go to bed, I barely had any sleep and was tossing and turning because EVERY center I go to has shitty beds, and I woke up to this and I think it's pretty damn obvious I don't need you to point out things I already know to make this day even more piss-worthy!"

"Silver?" Kris called out with an almost disgusted snort. "Is that you?"

At the calling of his name, Silver completely froze, turning his head slowly with a disgusted look as he grinded his teeth and glared at the pig-tailed girl. "Kriiiiis..." he growled, his eyes narrowing in annoyance.

Kris showed no signs of being intimidated, she simply stared back with a rather miffed expression "What's wrong with you? Did you go to bed with your hair wet or something?"

The teen scowled and said nothing more, turning his attention back where the Nurse was supposed to be standing only to find out she had fled the room for the employee room in the back while Kris had him distracted. He huffed, snapping his head back over to his rival and sneering. "You let her get away."

"Just because YOU had a bad sleep and woke up to your hair looking like a raging demon Ferbie doesn't mean you need to take your anger out on a nurse Joy." Kris chided him as she walked over to him and grabbed him by a lock of his hair before starting to drag him away from the desk.

"The fuck—OW! Let me go, woman!" Silver complained, trailing after her despite his words.

"Your hair's a mess." the girl pointed out as she walked over to one of the many couches that littered the Pokemon center's lobby as she took a seat and forced the boy to sit on the ground to sit on the ground in front of her. "So if you calm down and shut up, I'll fix it for you!"

The redhead gave a disgruntled mumbled as he was forced to sit on the cold tile, and he flinched instantly as soon as he felt a comb brush through his hair. "My hair is fine, I can do it myself!" he snapped, slapping the comb away from him and beginning to stand up to get away from the New Bark trainer. "Get the hell off of me, Kris!"

He didn't get very far before one of Kris' small hand gripped one of his shoulder with a terrifying amount of strength and forced him to sit back down a second time. Suddenly, he felt a terrifying chill run down his back and he didn't like it... He didn't like it even more-so when Kris gave him an overly cheerful laugh.

"You need some way to repay me for skipping out on paying me from out last battle~" she sang innocently. "It's either this, or you take me out to whatever I want to eat and I rob you for every penny you have, Silver."

The rival knew he had lost this round- as he always did with every kind of challenge he ever had with the twin-tailed girl- and gave in reluctantly, getting comfortable on his place on the floor with a grumble as he the girl lifted her hand and began it through his hair.

Surprisingly, Kris was very gentle with her brushing as she combed through his mess of red locks, humming a tune as she did so. It was... Soothing, actually. He didn't let many people touch his hair, but he was too tired to argue anymore. Not to mention it actually DID feel kind of nice...

"What do you think, Silver? How does it look so far?" The New Bark native asked, holding a picket sized mirror in front of said boy.

She didn't receive a reply.

The girl opened her mouth to call out to the redhead yet again, only for his head to suddenly tilt over to one side against her knee. Kris couldn't help but blink in confusion, leaning forward to see what Silver was even trying to do. though, upon doing so, a warm smile slipped onto her face when she realized the boy was sleeping rather peacefully against her. Now if only he could look like this all the time...

With a giggle, Kris pulled back the hair of the sleeping teen's bang to place a light kiss to his forehead. "Good night, Silver." she murmured softly.