I love Martiny. Her reviews always make me laugh. (Although I'd have to say I agree with her on the whole "Silver should'nt be a blond" thing.) I'll work it out later.
"Silver.." Gold whimpered, resting his head on his shoulder. Silver was unable to hear him, being so exhausted from last night's festivities. "Silver.." Gold poked his cheek. Silver opened one eye. "Wake up.. please?"
Silver sat up groggily, rubbing his head full of messy blond hair. "What?"
"I don't feel good.." he whimpered again.
"What's wrong?" Silver yawned loudly. "Was I too hard on you last night?" Gold didn't say anything, and that caught Silver's attention more than it should have. "Oh no. I was, wasn't I? I completely zoned out.. Are you hurt?"
Gold didn't say anything again.
"Gold! I need to know!"
He almost cried. "I.. I can't feel my legs.."
Silver made a face. "What?" he pulled the covers away to have a look for himself, and found light purple bruises all over his body. Silver was speechless, running his eyes over every inch of Gold. He touched his legs, and Gold cried out a tiny bit in pain.
Silver, shutting his eyes really tight, turned his head the other way. "I'm a monster."
"No!" Gold screamed. He didn't want his boyfriend to think that. "Silver, you're not!" he tried to sit up, but just fell back down again. Silver leaped out of bed.
"Gold! Look at what I did to you! I didn't have enough self-control to stop myself from hurting you! This is a problem! A serious problem.." he paced back and forth around the room.
"Silver.. I know you didn't do it on purpose.."
"Yeah," he said sarcastically. "And that's supposed to make it better?"
"They'll heal. The bruises, I mean."
"Yeah? And what about the fact that you can't even move right now?"
Gold blinked and said softly "I.. I don't know.."
"I can't believe I let myself do that to you.."
"You couldn't help it-"
"I'm tired of using that excuse, Gold! I'm your boyfriend! I'm supposed to be protecting you, not causing you harm! Ugh!" he banged his head against the wall. "I am such a monster.."
"Jeez, this is way too much fun!" Marina clung to Ruby's arm, while they were walking around Ecruteak.
"What's fun about it?" Ruby asked, annoyed at her giddiness so early in the morning. "We've been at it for days with no luck of finding May."
"It's only been since yesterday that we've been searching!" she stopped walking and looked up at him. "Don't give up now!"
"I never said I was going to! But you act like this is some kind of joke! I lost my best friend! But I doubt you'd know anything about that."
Marina let go of his arm. "Excuse me! I know what it's like to lose a best friend. He may still be 'around', sure, but he's gone. He told me so himself. So. Before you go mouthing off, at least know who you're talking to first."
"Sorry.." Ruby mumbled.
"Besides, she's right over there." Marina pointed to a girl leaning up on the side of the gym, wearing a red fitted dress with blue leggings. Her hair was brown, but dyed darker at the tips, with a Beautifly fluttering beside her.
"May!" Ruby ran up to hug her. She didn't hug back, not in the mood.
"How did you find me..?" she said through gritted teeth, trying to pry him off of her.
"This girl helped me," Ruby pointed to Marina, as she held her hand out.
"Hi, I'm Marina. It's very nice to finally meet you. I've heard so many nice things." She smiled.
May took her hand, surprised. "I'm.. May. It's nice to meet you, as well." Then she turned to Ruby. "What did you tell her?"
"I told her how beautiful you were."
Marina nodded in agreement. "And it's true. You're gorgeous."
May got flustered. "You're the gorgeous one." She looked her up and down, noticing the frilly dress she was wearing.
"What's that Pokémon?"
"Huh? Oh, right, I forgot people in this region probably don't know. This is a Beautifly. She's my best partner, besides my Torchic. I mostly do contests with her, though."
"Contests?" Marina's eyebrows furrowed.
"You know? Like the ones you see on TV?"
"I've never even been to or participated in a contest ever.. but it sounds fun. Have you won any?"
"Are you kidding?" Ruby looked at Marina with excitement. "She's got like five contest ribbons!"
"Oh, that sounds awesome! Way to go!"
"Thanks," May grinned.
"Come on, May, let's go! I've found you now, so we can leave." Ruby took her hand, but May stayed put.
"Go where? I'm not leaving until I battle this gym! The problem is, the leader isn't here."
"Who, Morty? He should be!"
"Or maybe he's in there.." Ruby pointed to a scary looking building.
"Oh.. That's Burned Tower. It's not safe to go looking in there, but if we absolutely have to, there's safety in numbers. I'll go ask my friend Silver and his boyfriend to come along with us."
"Silver? I feel like I've heard that name before.." May rubbed her chin with thought, as Ruby started walking behind Marina, her heels clicking on the ground with each step she took.
"Mmm.." Marina shook her head. "No you haven't. There's no one else named 'Silver' anywhere."
"Hey, Silver.." Marina crept open the door of their bedroom, and found Gold and Silver sleeping in the bed with the blanket over them. Gold's head was rested in Silver's lap, as Silver leaned against the back of the bed, sitting up with his eyes closed. "I know you're not asleep, Mr. Insomniac."
"Go away." Silver threw a pillow at her. It hit her in the face, feathers flying everywhere.
"At least you didn't slap me this time.." she spit out some fluff.
"Next time, it'll be a punch instead. What do you want."
"When Gold wakes up, I wanted you guys to come with us to the Burned Tower."
"For what?"
"To look for Morty."
"The gym leader? What about Lyra's battle?"
Marina shrugged. "He was there yesterday. Today, he's not."
"But why are you so worried about it? You got his badge, remember?"
Gold shifted positions a bit and rolled over to the other side of the bed. "You guys are talking too loud.." he pulled the blanket over his head. Silver got up and went to stand beside Marina.
"May wanted to battle him."
"Who?"
"Oh," Ruby walked in, with May following close behind. "Don't tell me you forgot who we've been searching for this entire time."
May approached the tall blond, looking up into his Silver eyes.
"What's your problem?" Silver sent unfriendly glances her way.
"She thinks she knows you.." Marina rolled her eyes.
"I do. You're Giovanni's son, right?"
Annoyed at the sudden mention of his dad, Silver drew closer to May's face, crossing his arms over his chest. "How did you know that."
"Everyone knows you. You're the Prince of Team Rocket."