Chapter 3: The Next Day...

(Notes: Wake up, cab ride, kiss, cafe, going home, Silvia hypnotism, end of chapter)

{Rui's Point of View}

When I awoke the next morning, I felt... terrible. My chest... my stomach... they hurt more than anything. Everything is a blur as I struggled to get up from Silvia's bed. I gripped my chest, almost heaving from the pain as I panted. 'Is... this what it feels like to die from Ecstaticoma? I remember Eric died from a heart attack but also had liver damage...' I thought to myself as I pushed to get my clothes on.

I heard Silvia mutter, "Mm... my mate... only mine..." I fell on the floor, unable to catch myself as my heart began to hurt even more, "Rui..?" Silvia got up and looked around, she must have heard me fall, "What's wrong?"

I could barely force a whisper, "Chest... *pant* Hurts..."

She kneeled next to me and began trying to heal me with her powers. It helped alleviate some of the pain but I still felt it. She pat my head, "It'll be okay. I'll be right back."

I asked, "Where... are you... going?"

She disappeared for a moment, maybe a minute or two but I couldn't keep track. The healing she gave already going away as the intense pain began to return. I blinked and she is back kneeling next to me with a syringe. She said, "I'm giving you some of my blood."

I gasped, hurting even more so it was a bit stupid, 'She can't do that! My body will reject it!'

She whispered, "Relax." As she took some of her own blood and injected it into me.

It felt... weird to say the least but the pain I already felt must be nullifying the injection. She continued using heal pulse on me, lessening the pain and after an hour I felt... normal. When I could, I sat up, "What? How am I okay?"

Silvia gave a sigh of relief, "It looks like the Dexamine was ingested properly."

I felt my chest, my heart felt perfectly fine, "But... how is that even possible?"

Silvia smiled at me, "Your body is probably trying to fight my blood but it can't beat it... or maybe my blood did lose but was able to digest enough Dexamine to allow your body to catch up."

I felt guilty, "I'm sorry..."

She looked confused, "For what?"

I admitted what I thought she'd do, "I know it's stupid but I honestly expected you to just let me die... I'm just a human after all..."

She caressed my cheek, making us have eye contact, "Maybe so... but... you're my human." She smiled at me.

I blushed a bit, looking at her smiling face. Why does she look so cute to me? It's even more apparent today than yesterday. My privates burn a bit though with hundreds of red dots from her hairs. If I'm honest, I'm worried the discomfort may distract me from working... oh fuck I'm late for work! I said, "I'm so dead... my boss is going to kill me for showing up late."

Silvia looked interested, "Hm... I wonder why that is."

I gave her an angry glance, "You know why."

Silvia giggled, "Let me guess, you told him you were going to leave the city at Dawn to escape me."

I couldn't suppress my shock, "How the fuck did you know that?"

Silvia laughed a bit, "Seriously? How couldn't I know? It's the only logical way to escape my grasps. Most pokemon are too drowsy to notice a human on the run in the morning and the early time of Dawn could still have enough darkness for you to hide. You can't drive, you can only walk. To gain enough distance, you'd need to get up far earlier than I do to successful evade capture. Only thing you didn't realize is how predictable the plan is. We have studied human evasion tactics but your initial escape shows how easy it is for us to commit an error." She stared at me while I stayed silent, then added, "Oh, and I looked at your memories remember?"

I shook my head, "Oh... right... great... Also, It wasn't easy. I knew ahead of time and with the constant taunting escape was the only option. I made a hole in my wall, not deep enough to go outside but enough that a couple good kicks would break it open. That's how I escaped my house. They were somehow able to follow me after killing my parents though. I'm surprised no other pokemon were after me."

Silvia sighed, "Your capture is a Gardevian affair due to you being a present by your brother. Therefore, you were not escaping police, you were escaping us. The other pokemon don't like wasting their time with capturing humans on the run from... 'customs' since it's not against the law. Only Gardevoir were chasing you and jumping in the river was really smart."

I looked at her, "I just made a split second decision. It was pure dumb luck."

Silvia rubbed my arms, "Not entirely, we can't use psychic on large bodies of water. Once you were in the river they probably couldn't see you, therefore they couldn't use their psychic abilities to force you out."

I scratched my chin, 'Hm... that's a good thing to remember.'

Silvia pinched me, "Don't be getting any ideas. May I remind you of our deal?" She kissed me, "Be good to me, I be good to you. Got it?"

I blushed a bit, "Y-yeah..."

Silvia rubbed my arm again before pulling me into a tight hug, "If you need a ride, I can get you to work."

Hesitantly, I wrapped my arms around her and hugged gently, "Yeah... I'd appreciate that."

She pulled back with a smirk, "So, my boy toy, will I be picking you up after work?"

I raised a brow, 'Boy toy? The fuck?' I looked away, "No, I need to head home and... uh..."

She nipped my ear, "Don't you want to stay with me forever~"

I felt something tug my heart, "I mean..." I shook my head and smacked myself. She gasped in shock as I rubbed my cheek, "Okay, ow. Look, you just reminded me of our deal. You don't need to hypnotize me if you're serious. Are you serious?"

She looked embarrassed, "I mean... yeah... obviously..."

I rolled my eyes, "Of course you are... Anyways, I'm not going to run away, you can trust me."

She's blushing quite a bit as she leans on me, "I trust you... but if you break my trust I'll finish my job as a Hunter."

I said, "Alright... wait, what is a hunter?"

She got up and grabbed a hoodie, my hoodie, from a laundry basket, "I volunteered to help look for you. After all, you were meant to be mine to begin with. So, I joined the hunters in their search and have been positioned here for a few months to look for suspicious humans."

I examined my hoodie, "So why my hoodie?"

She put it back in the laundry basket, "Well, most Hunters wear their prey's clothing to hide their scent. It works well for pokemon on the run with a good sense of smell. In some cases it can draw in prey because the familiar scent can trick them into thinking it is a relative."

It made sense but... "So... why wear my hoodie? Humans don't have a sense of smell strong enough to detect your kinds'."

Silvia blushed, "Well..." she grinned, "Maybe I like your scent." She winked.

I thought back and then realized it was raining those days, "Oh, you forgot an umbrella too?"

Silvia looked so embarrassed, "Arceus damn it! I was hoping you wouldn't figure that out!"

I raised a brow, "Why are you so embarrassed?"

Silvia poked her fingers together, trying to be as cute as possible, "We have to be perfect all the time or else they punish us..."

I gave her a blank stare,. "... You... Are so fucking full of shit. Can we just go?"

Silvia snapped her fingers, "Fuck... you didn't fall for my cute trap."

I leaned back, groaning into my hand, "What were you expecting? Me to come over there and gently hold you while kissing your head telling you it's okay no one will hurt you?"

Silvia stared at me, "..."

I stared back, "...You... were you really hoping for that?"

Silvia got up abruptly, "I have to go make a call! I'll just be a minute!"

As she hurriedly left out her apartment's front door, I just sat on her bed in confusion. I looked around her apartment and found nothing suspicious. I walked over to the door and tried to listen to her conversation but the door literally smacked my cheek, "Ow!"

She poked her head out, "Were you trying to listen in on my call?"

I rubbed my cheek, "Yeah..."

She looked unimpressed, "Wow... and they say psychics eavesdrop."

I felt a bit embarrassed, "Whatever..."

She shook her head, "Alright... the cab will be here soon. Come on."

I grabbed my things and ran out to the cab with her. I realized I didn't have my work clothes and mentally swore at myself. When the cab pulled up to the café I saw Matt working and felt so bad. I got out of the car but Silvia grabbed my arm to pull me back. I looked at her and got deep kiss. She winked at me as I pulled back blushing bright red. She waved goodbye as she closed the door and the cab drove off. I snapped myself out of the daze and ran inside.

First thing I said, "I am so sorry Matt!"

He looked at me, "You son of a... I was worried you skipped town!"

I began explaining to him what had happened last night, leaving out a lot of details. He seemed pretty mad but admitted he's happy I'm okay but worried about Silvia. He knows how bad it'd be for him as well if she spilled the beans. He's harboring a fugitive after all... I grabbed a pair of emergency clothes in the back and put it on. It felt nice to be back to just working in the café than to be with Silvia. Now that I'm away from her I feel like my head is clearer but god damn does my crotch burn. Standing at the counter feels so uncomfortable with this burning sensation. Just the thought of her blood being injected in me... Whether or not that saved me, it's still disgusting. Not to mention the repercussions she may be hiding from me. What if it somehow gives her the ability to control me? I mean... I know that sounds farfetched but is it really? We're talking about beings of great powers beyond my understanding at least. Whether it's a good idea or not, I should leave. I'll leave tonight and get packed after work. Knowing how female pokemon are, she'll try to get me to come over tomorrow. Even if it felt good after the first hour something feels very wrong. I don't feel like myself. I'm saying things I don't want to say. What is happening to me?

Five o'clock rolled around and I felt so happy to be done with work today. Silvia never showed up and that gives me the perfect opportunity to head home quickly. If she didn't want to see me at work, she's definitely waiting for tomorrow and that's my opportunity to take. I'm leaving this city and the only safe way out is through the forest. I've never slept in a tree but with dangerous animal pokemon roaming the forest I'll need to. It's not safe at night and most pokemon hunt during the night. I've never felt so glad to have learned something useful in school. Running home looked very suspicious to some pokemon and I ended up getting beat up for bumping into a Machamp. I apologized but he didn't think I was allowed to just keep running without some punishment. Thankfully it wasn't life threatening or hard enough to break a limb. Either way the bruises appeared by the time I got home. With some money I had purchased a backpack for this kind of situation and began filling it with necessary items such as clothing and other survival tools. I know it's wrong to back out on a promise but there's no way she's being serious. A part of me wants to believe in her but I don't think that's me... I feel like it's a lie. Something implanted to make me change into what they... or maybe what she wants. She is psychic type, that has to mean she has more mental powers than I ever could know. If Silvia can access my memories then she has to be able to mess with my emotions. She's a Gardevian for God's sake. They're known for being the embrace species who specialize in emotions... Wait... why do I even know that? I don't remember learning that. Where is all this stuff coming from?

A loud knock caused me to freeze, even my heart stopped beating for a few seconds, "Rui?" I heard Silvia's voice.

I looked at the door and the backpack before hurriedly putting the stuff I packed back to their spots, "One second."

She knocked a little harder, "Are you stalling?"

After hiding the backpack I walked over to the door, "No, I'm not stalling." I opened the door a crack, "What are you doing here?"

She smiled at me, "You're not happy to see me?"

I smiled a bit, "Well, maybe a little." There it is again. I don't want to smile... I want to slam this door shut. What the fuck is going on?

I noticed her eyes sometimes would subtly glow, "You want to invite me in."

I opened the door and stepped back, "Sure. Come on in." What!? I want her to at least answer why she's here!

She walked in, closing and locking my door, "You're bruised... Who did this to you?"

I answered her honestly, "I bumped into a Machamp and he beat the crap out of me."

She smiled sweetly, "Aw... poor baby... good thing I learned how to heal today."

I shook my head, "Learned to heal tonight? Why would you do that?"

She got closer to me, rubbing my arm, "You know... to help you."

I blushed a bit, "Help me?"

She gently started pulling me into a hug staring into my eyes, "Yeah..." I felt as if a warm blanket is being wrapped around me as a gentle pink glow began to radiate around me. My wounds slowly began to heal and disappear as if I was never injured to begin with.

My lips quivered, "Why do you have to be so close?"

She grinned, "Does that bother you? Don't you want to kiss me~?"

Her eyes glowed again and I felt like something is stringing me along but I fought against it, "I w-... Ugh... No... Stop..." I tried to pull away.

She pulled me into a firm hug, staring into my eyes fiercely, "You want to kiss me." She demanded.

I said, "No... I don't... Stop trying to make me."

I suddenly felt the presence in my mind and tried to force it out. She blinked in surprise and glared at me, "You little shit." She started smiling, "You stopped me from hypnotizing you."

With more control over myself I tried to pull away, "You tried to what?"

She pulled me back in and forced me to fall on my bed. She landed on top of me and kept me pinned, "I was influencing you to try and get you to like me. Seems the interesting human gets more interesting by the day."

I turned my head, "I'm not entirely sure what you mean..."

She leaned down to kiss my neck, "I like that you're so interesting~ It makes this worth it."

I asked her, "Can you just be honest with me and explain what your true goal is?"

She made me look her in the eye, "My goal is to get you to love me. You already like me and you like what I do to you."

I narrowed my eyes, "Not everything..."

She kissed me gently, "Yes~ you do~ and you know it~"

She kept us in the kiss only pulling back for a short breath before diving back in to keep me silent. When I'd try to move my head, her hand kept me in position. I couldn't move my arms and when I noticed is when I started struggling. My heart started to feel weird again, that strange tingling ever present as my resistance began to wain. Her crimson eyes staring into mine before slowly closing them as she turned her forced kiss into making out with me. I don't know if it was me or her but my lips slowly parted as her tongue slithered in. She pulled back again, both of us now sweating as we stared. She dove back down, feverishly kissing me as her tongue licked mine. I felt my hands move but again I did not know if it was her or me as they gripped her hips. The sound of our kissing rang in my small apartment.

She suddenly broke the kiss and bit my shoulder, "You have to be the one I'm searching for. My mate, the one born for me! You have to be the one that makes me happy."

I asked, "Are you trying to say my fate is to be your slave?"

She grabbed my face, "Not my slave, my mate! You are destined to love me. You have to!"

I started to feel a little scared, "Are you hearing yourself? You sound pretty psychot-"

She silenced me with a kiss, "I'm not crazy and I'll be completely honest with you. I've been depressed for most of my life because I never felt like anyone I dated loved me. I felt like it was-"

I finished her sentence, "One sided? You're a female pokemon... you're very aggressive and any human you are with will comply mostly out of fear, not love. It's how things are and you know that. It shouldn't come to you as a surprise and if I'm honest I don't even think you're telling me the truth still. I just want you to be honest and if you were then I could trust you. How can I like you if with every waking breath I'm scared you'll turn me in? You say I was meant to be your human, a slave my brother tried to give as tribute to your kind yet you act so strangely towards. Just be honest with me..."

She stared at me again before closing her eyes with a big sigh, "You wouldn't understand... but maybe one day you can. For now... I'm going to enjoy my bond mate."

She ended up making out with me for several more minutes before finally stopping. When she finished, we laid side by side on my bed although it was pretty cramped. Something in my head hurt a bit as I thought about her words... finding a strange sense of desperation and... a carefully hidden sadness within them. Maybe she is depressed or maybe she's trying to tug at my heart strings. I don't know. She seems persistent on not being completely honest with me and no amount of kissing is going to influence me. As we laid there she seemed to stare at the ceiling and her eyes looked lost.

I decided to speak first, "So... are you planning on how you'll be honest with me or what?"

She sighed, "I don't know what you mean. I've been honest."

I reminded her, "You lied to me about your kind falling in love easily, remember?"

She snickered, "Oh, right. I forgot."

I gave her an unimpressed look, "Look, Silvia, I'm okay with trusting you but you need to trust me enough to be honest if you seriously want this to work. I'm never ever going to like you until you decide to do that. In fact, I was planning on leaving tonight."

She looked at me, "You were!?"

I nodded, "Yeah, but you ended up coming here and ruining that."

She looked at the ceiling again, she looked really sad, "Oh... sorry about that."

I suddenly felt bad, "No... I'm sorry. Even though I'm scared, I shouldn't have tried to break my promise."

She turned away from me, "I understand... I haven't exactly been a good female to you. Even though my mind is set on being your mate I keep... fucking it up."

I shrugged, "You're a female pokemon and I'm a human. I didn't have high expectations of you. I honestly just wanted the meal since I needed it."

She asked, "Did... you like the place we ate at?"

I nodded, "Yeah, it was a great place and I am thankfully you took me there."

She turned to lay on her back and looked at me, "Can I ask you a favor?"

I raised a brow, "What is it?"

She looked nervous, "Could you kiss me? Please?"

I blushed a bit, "We already kissed enough, don't you think?"

She looked sad again, "That was me kissing you. I..." She looked away, "I just want to confirm if the feeling you have are mutual. Please?"

A part of me wanted to say no but... I don't know. I felt bad for her for some reason. So, I leaned down and kissed her. She lit up instantly, blushing a bit and smiling. I asked, "Are you just committed to making me do things I'll regret?"

She snickered, "Maybe... but you're the one that feels mutual about it."

I asked, "How?"

She has a very happy smile, "You kissed me. You chose to."

I looked away, "I did it because I felt bad."

She rubbed my arm, "No, you did it because you like me."

I rolled my eyes, "Uh huh..."

She stared at me, smiling as her eyes seemed to scan me, "You're a very resilient human. Even going so far as to lie to yourself."

I scoffed at her, "I lie to myself? Before talking about my lies how about you work on yours?"

She giggled a bit, standing up, "So you didn't deny you were lying?"

I looked away blushing, "I don't need to. I know I'm not..."

She gently made me look at her, "You are lying to yourself."

Her voice barely a whisper by the end of it, I felt myself lean forward, "What do you mean?"

We ended up kissing before she could speak. She's playing with my mind, my emotions but... I found it a lot harder to resist this time. There is a part of me that wanted to be loved by a female as a mate and I think... I think she found that part. Using it to manipulate me while her ambition grows. For a moment I think I looked into her own thoughts. A very powerful selfish desire residing within her as she almost desperately tries to force me to her side. She wants me to need her, to love only her and to be with her forever until death. Even a flash of a baby Ralts came to my mind as I forcibly pulled back to break the connection.

I yelled, "Stop it!"

She grinned as if still enraptured with bliss, "Why? No one is going to save you here. I'm the one that holds your whole life in my hands and there is nothing you can do to escape me. Even now, your resistance is fading as you feel that sharp tug on your heart. I am your only option and you will be mine. I am a converter. You will eventually love me and ache for my presence. You can make this easy for both of us. Once I entered your mind, you were doomed. You had sex with me because I wanted you too and influenced you. The old you would have ran away no matter what but that logic in your head... that was all me. Even when I finally approached you. I wasn't staring just because you were cute. Like I said I noticed the mental pulse of another and when I figured out who's it was I knew it was you. I stared at you because I wanted to gain entry and your confusion opened the door for me. I implanted the small subtle thoughts to influence all your decisions. Your real choice was to run away by leaving work during lunch but I changed it to think a date first was smart. You agreeing to my want of release instead of just running while we were bowling. I will admit this though... your explanation of your life and sadness did touch my heart. I felt bad for you and if I'm honest I was thinking about letting you go. Unfortunately I cannot. If you were meant for another I'd do it within a heartbeat... but you are my designated mate. Your genes are important to me and our future child has to be. It'll be a month before my birth control is out of my system... but until then I'll get you nice and ready for it." A perverted smile plastered on her face, "Don't worry, like last night you'll get used to it and love it. You'll love our child and me. If you resist I'll have to take drastic measures including ripping your consciousness out of your body and planting a submissive new one. You'll be forced to watch your own life live out as my personal pet. Maybe I'll make you do what human females like to me with your mouth. Oooooo, you grimaced at that. Heh heh heh. It'd be pretty funny since it doesn't work on pokemon... but I'll enjoy your mental image screaming about it. Begging me to-"

I whimpered, "Just... Stop... Please..."

She giggled, "You can make this stop by saying you are mine."

I slowly shook my head no, "I'm not letting you trick me into enslavement."

She looked annoyed, "Damn it. Look, just do it! I'm not in the mood to break your arms and legs! Take this kind offer of mercy!"

I shook my head again, "I just... I don't want to be your slave. If anything... I always wanted someone to love me. As an emotion being can't you understand that?"

She gaze softened, "Yeah..." She sighed, "I can..."

I placed a hand on her shoulder, "Why are you being so cruel to me? If you want me why can't you treat me like a mate rather than a item?"

Silvia looked like she was stuck in inner turmoil, "I just... can't."

I said, "Yes you can."

She shook her head, "No I can't!"

I asked, "Why?"

She clenched her hands, glaring down at the floor and some psychic energy made a hole in my wall, "Arceus... damn it."

She started heading towards the door, "What are you doing?"

She looked back at me, some tears developing, "I'm letting you go. You need to run away."

I stood there like an idiot, shock paralyzing me, "You're... actually letting me go?"

She nodded, "Yes... In three days I'm telling my kind you were here. They'll sift through my memories and see this. You'll... never see me again because they'll kill me."

I took a few steps towards her, "W-what!? No!"

She looked at me sadly, "Why do you care? I've been nothing but a horrid piece of shit to you."

I grabbed her shoulders yelling, "I'm not letting another person die for me! Especially not you!"

She looked confused, "Why?"

I said, "Because-!" I froze, 'Wait... why? Was I going to say what I think I was..?"

She placed a hand on one of mine, "You are still under my influence... You don't really like me. You think I'm a horrid ugly Gardevian who wants to hurt you."

When she said that I found myself thinking, 'That's how I'd put it if the roles were reversed... that she thinks I'm a horrid ugly human who she wants to make us suffer...' I bit my lip angrily, "I'm sorry..."

She gave me a kiss, but this one felt real, "I'm sorry too. Good luck. I..." She sniffled, "Hope you survive."

I looked into her eyes, "Wait... do you... love me?"

She shook her head no, "We've only known each other a short time... but I think... I think I would if we dated."

I struggled to speak, "Then... Then..."

She looked at me, "Hm?"

I took a breath, "Then why don't we?"

She looked shocked, "W-what?"

I repeated myself, "Then why don't we... date?"

She pulled back, "No... I tricked you. You don't have these feelings for me..."

I grabbed her hand gently, "Maybe not... but you are... you are beautiful."

She looked at me and I feel like her heart is unlocking, "H-Huh?"

"I said, you are beautiful. I do think that." I scratched the back of my neck nervously, "I like... your human genes... You look very... pretty."

She blushed darkly, "R-Really?"

I nodded, "Yes... and if you agree to date me, then we don't need to fight nor get the others of your kind involved, right?"

She looked down, "Yeah..."

I made her look at me, "Then from now on you be honest with me and I'll be yours."

She looked so happy as tears developed and streaked down her face, "Yes!"

She kissed me and I returned it. It felt genuine and the headache wasn't present. Her eyes didn't glow and we ended up spending the rest of the day talking. It was... a good way to end the day. At the end of the day we didn't kiss, hug... nothing sexual or forceful. We just held hands... and I could... sense her emotions.

(And that's the end of this chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it and the way the encounter ended. I did think of four other ways to end this but decided to make it full of fluff. Did you enjoy it? Please favorite, follow and review to support the story!)