I awoke in a daze due to me being shaken heavily. The shaking jolted me from my daze quickly as I snapped my head towards whoever shook me. It was my mother as she looked a bit confused.
"Why did you fall asleep outside during a storm? Come on and get inside, you'll get sick from the cold weather." She said.
"O- oh… Alright… Guess I was much more tired then I thought..." I spoke softly and got up.
Rubbing my eyes, I slowly walked inside as my mother just looked at me. She had her head tilted in confusion as I walked in with her following a moment later and closing the door. She locked it as I walked mindlessly for a moment as I tried waking up.
"You good?" Spark suddenly appeared.
"Ugh… Just tired..." I sighed.
"Oh, well, due to the storm not letting up, your mom allowed me to spend the night. My parents seemed fine with it too." He said.
"Alright..." I said.
Spark nodded and wagged his tail slowly before returning to Vice as they played something on the gaming console. My body was so tired as I barely managed to keep myself up. Not wanting to collapse, I just walked upstairs and into my room before falling on the bed. Letting out a groan while wrapping the blanket around me, I just closed my eyes and exhaled before falling asleep almost instantly.
I stayed asleep for a few hours before awaking and noticed it was pitch black outside as it appeared to be raining still. Stretching in my blanket burrito and soon unwrapping myself, I jumped up and nearly face planted.
"Must be really dang tired if I can't perfect that..." I told myself.
Shrugging it off, I just slowly walked downstairs and noticed almost everyone has gotten to bed. Taking a look at a clock, it was around two in the morning as I sighed softly and walked into the kitchen. After getting some water, I walked out into the living room and noticed that Spark and Vice was still awake and just watching a movie. A bit confused, I walked over to them as Spark looked up and smiled softly.
"Hey. Since you fell asleep, I decided to just watch some movies with Vice." He said.
"Um, alright then." I replied.
"Well, I was going to ask if you wanted to do some stuff but you fell asleep. That's why I'm just watching movies with him." He explained.
"Oh, I guess that makes sense..." I said.
Spark nodded and continued to watch as Vice just laid there, staying quiet.
"Vice…?" I asked.
"Hmm?" He looked up.
"Surprised you are still up. It's two." I said.
"Two? Jeez… I didn't even know. Watching this movie is making time fly." He said.
"Yep… Anyways, I'm going to do something now." I said.
"Alright, have fun." He told me.
Nodding, I just walked off and grabbed my coat. Spark walked up to me upon me putting it on.
"Where are you going? It's dark and raining out." He said.
"Eh, I want to walk around for a little..." I said.
"Um, alright. Don't get lost or something." He said.
"Really? I won't so you don't have to worry." I replied.
"Just saying… You don't want me to come?" He asked.
"Nope. I rather be alone." I said.
"Oh… Okay… I'll just be here then. See you when you come back." He said.
Nodding, I walked out and into the rain as it still fell quite harshly. I put my hood up and began walking around. The walk through the rain relaxed me and I walked further away from home. I was allowed to be out during this time as long as someone else knows, you know, just in case I guess. So I just walked down the street further and further and soon I didn't really keep track of where I was going. I of course knew where my home was even in the dark, so I wasn't worried about getting lost.
The streetlights lit up the road ahead and it was pretty cool to look at the reflective puddles of water shining brightly.
"This is quite a relaxing walk..." I told myself.
I continued to walk further down the road and looked around to see nothing. No other Pokemon or vehicles.
"Really empty..." I spoke.
The emptiness of the streets didn't unease me or anything. I actually liked the emptiness but Yuka is quite dangerous. Even knowing the dangers of walking around at night, it didn't make me walk back. I just kept walking down the street some more and entered some sort of park. The park wasn't emerald park, it was some cheap park with just benches and some other random stuff. I just shrugged and walked through it but as I continued walking, I noticed something. I noticed a figure walking down the street as I became alert and hid. I wasn't scared or anything, but it was quite odd seeing someone walking around this late at night. My eyes kept on the figure and soon I walked towards it.
"Hmm..." I narrowed my eyes on the figure.
Once I got close enough, I noticed the figure had a black cloak on. Not really wanting to stalk this Pokemon, I just stood up and spoke.
"Quite a nice night..." I said.
The figure didn't really react and slowly turned to face me. The figure held something and removed the hood that covered it's face. I was somewhat relieved to see Rex looking at me.
"Lucas…? Hmh, what are you doing here?" He asked.
"Just walking around." I said.
"It's two in the morning..." He said.
"Eh, I like night walks." I replied.
Rex nodded and shrugged.
"So what are you doing?" I asked.
"Doing my deliveries..." He simply said in a low tone.
"Oh, right… Err. Good luck with that then..." I said.
Rex just shrugged again and threw over his hood before walking down the street while holding the package. I just shrugged and walked around some more.
I walked around for a bit before stopping near a tunnel. Looking around, I decided to sit inside the tunnel for a bit and just relaxed as I pulled my phone out. I looked around my phone for a bit and called Spark. I didn't get any answer as I shrugged, thinking he'd fell asleep.
"Alright… Guess he fe-" I was cut off due to my phone ringing.
Looking down quickly to my phone, it wasn't Spark but instead Eclipse. I looked very confused and answered.
"Uh… Eclipse? What's with the very late call?" I asked.
"Hey, um… I noticed you were on and well… I just woke up… Where are you?" He asked.
"Err, I have no idea. Some sort of tunnel. I think it's the tunnel leading to Neon City." I said.
"I know where you are. Anyways, since you are there, you are sorta close by to Blackbird too. I know it's the dead of night, but I sorta need you..." He said.
"Why?" I asked.
"It's… Mostly for Shine actually..." He said.
"Shine really likes me, huh?" I asked.
"Appears so. But she's fully out at the moment. The reason why I want you to come by is that she prepared something for you and I sorta forgot to call you..." He said.
"Why didn't you just wait until morning?" I asked.
"Well, err, you are awake now and I might forget again." I said.
I sighed and shook my head.
"Alright, alright… I'll be there soon..." I said.
"Sweet, thanks. See you then." He said and hung up.
Letting out a small groan, I got up and started making my way to Blackbird throughout the rain. The rain was still falling quite hard as I made my way further down the road and soon reached the city not more then 30 minutes later. Upon reaching the city, it was quite lit up in neon lighting. It wasn't as lit up like Neon or Nano City, those cities are seriously lit up like the forth of July constantly with hundreds of bright colorful lights and beacons.
Anyways, as I reached Eclipse's house, I knocked on it and waited for a moment before the door opened and Eclipse looked through. He seemed happy that I could make it and moved aside as I finally walked into a dry place.
"Glad you can make it. It won't take more then a moment honestly." He said.
Eclipse then rushed into the back of his house as I stood in the very dark living room with just one lamp on which barely lit anything up.
I just sat on the couch and waited as Eclipse took about a minute before returning with a package for me. It was neatly wrapped in what looked like Christmas wrapping.
"Err… A little too early for Christmas." I said.
"Shine wrapped it and all." He said.
"I figured so. Well, this is pretty nice..." I said.
I then took it and looked over it. The box wasn't too big or too small, so pretty much medium. The wrapping was just plain white, red and other colors in a certain pattern. I looked at Eclipse as his rings somewhat lit the room up.
"Shine sorta made this for you and all with some money she earned. It's stashed with stuff she knew you would like and all." He said.
"Huh… Well, kinda thankful then." I said.
Eclipse nodded and looked back.
"Err… I know it's like three in the morning and you should be going back… But you can stay here if you want. The storm's just going to get worst in a bit and are supposed to last until like ten in the morning." He said.
"Well, if you don't mind." I said.
"I don't mind at all. Shine clearly wouldn't either. You can take the couch but if you want, I suppose you can take my bed if you hate sleeping on couches." He said.
"That's fine. I can take the couch." I replied.
"Alright, sounds good. Need anything to make it more comfortable?" He asked.
"Nah… Just give me a blanket and a pillow or two and I'll be fine." I told him.
Eclipse nodded and walked off, returning with a pretty thick blanket along with two pillows as he placed them on the couch. Once he finished, I got on the couch and stretched.
"Well, see you in the morning then…!" He said.
"Alright. Where's the TV remote…? Want to watch something before falling asleep." I said.
Eclipse walked over to a table and brought it over.
"Thanks… See you in the morning." I said.
Eclipse nodded and smiled softly before walking off. I turned the TV on and just relaxed there. I pulled out my phone and quickly texted my mother to prevent a panic when she noticed I wasn't home without any word. After that, I put my phone away and it wasn't long before I passed out.
When morning came, I awoke and it was around 9 in the morning. Rubbing my eyes, I looked and noticed Eclipse in the kitchen just cooking some stuff. I sat up and slowly stood up. Walking up to Eclipse, he noticed and smiled softly.
"Hey… Just cooking some stuff. Want anything?" He asked.
"I'm fine, I'll just grab a quick snack at a vending machine or something." I said.
"Alright. Anyways, the rain seemed to stop and it cleared up quite a lot." He said.
"That's good. Where's Shine?" I asked.
"I think she's awake but in her room waiting for me to bring her food." He said.
Nodding, I walked to a few rooms before finding hers and looked in. She was awake and just sitting on her bed and watching something on the TV. I slowly walked in and she looked up, letting out a very faint smile and got up. Shine walked up to me and gently hugged me.
"H- hey… Heard you were staying in the living room overnight but didn't want to bother you..." She said.
"Yeah, Eclipse called me and wanted me to come by around three in the morning to give me your package." I said.
"O- oh. Yeah… As a thank for making me feel better… I wanted to give you something… I hope you like it..." She said.
"I'm sure I will." I told her.
Shine gently nodded and slowly walked back to her bed, crawling onto it.
"M- make sure to open it when you get home, okay…?" She looked at me.
"Sure thing. Anyways, I should get going anyways before something happens." I said.
"Okay… Nice to see you..." She said.
Nodding, I walked out and back into the living room before grabbing Shine's gift. I looked at Eclipse and told him I am leaving.
"Alright, thanks for coming by even though it was so late." He said.
"Yeah, no problem..." I replied and walked to the door.
Opening the door, I walked out and closed it behind me. I held the box close to me and walked back home. I didn't bring any money for the bus, so I just walked the hour or two back to emerald...