HEY GUYS, HOPE YOU LIKE THIS STORY. SORRY IF TRACEY IS NOT IN CHARACTER, IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE SEEN HIM. APOLOZIES :P
LOVE IN A PICTURE
Today is a bright and sunny day. Our heroes are travelling through the Kinnow island in the Orange Archipelago. Ash, Misty and Tracey are currently travelling on the back of the Stray Lapras that Ash has caught. Pikachu was on top of Lapras's head where he squeaked happily.
"Oh mew, I wish it was my Psyduck that had evolved, I am still stuck with this useless duck" Misty groaned dramatically
"You know Misty, Pokemon tend to behave like their trainers, so if Your psyduck is like that…" Ash couldn't complete the sentence and started laughing hysterically in mid-sentence. But his laugh was soon converted into an ear screeching scream as his head met with Misty's trusty Mallet.
"Shut up Ash Ketchum. Psyduck has been like this since the day I got him, his actions are not a result of me" Misty folded her hands on her chest knowingly.
"That's what you think Mist" Ash winked rubbing his head where a small bump was visible. Ash might have not noticed out of his denseness, but the silent pokemon watcher sure did noticed the faint blush that covered Misty's face as Ash called her by her nickname that very specifically, only he was allowed to use and that little wink he did. Never did Misty allowed anyone else to call her 'mist' not even him or brock. A small smile erupted on Tracey's face.
"It is true" flustered Misty growled. Clutching togepi tighter.
"It is not"
"It is"
"It is not"
"It is"
"It is not"
"It is"
Tracey sighed at his travelling company, who were less than 5 inches from each other. He wondered if they will ever admit their true feelings to each other. It was very clear that these two immature kids liked each other. At least for Misty it was clear. Ash on the other side was a little confused and unsure about his feelings. But his affection for Misty was clear in the small acts that he did occasionally.
"Hmff" Misty cried and turned around his back facing ash. Ash repeated the same action and around away from Misty's back. Now they both were facing away from each other, but due to less space on the back of the lapras, their back was touching. Tracey could still see the very flustered Misty.
Tracey sighed again; however, they are cute together bickering and showing their affection in a unique way, he prefers them to be quiet. As soon as their bickering stopped. Both of them went quiet. Still leaning their back together. It felt quite peaceful again. The sun shinning brightly, the sound of the ocean and light wind passing through their hair.
Tracey felt the weather and surrounding was perfect for sketching. So, he took out one of his drawing pads and started sketching a large group of goldeen that was swimming nearby. They looked magnificent to him.
Soon the sun dropped from their head and it was a late afternoon. Tracey had finished his drawing of the goldeens.
When he turned around, he saw Ash and Misty leaning into each other, all curled up dozing peacefully. Somewhere in between they both had turned to face the same side. Misty had her head on Ash's shoulder and Ash rested his chin on Misty's head. Even one of their hands were interlocked with each other.
This scene was even better than those goldeens. Tracey couldn't help himself and cooed lightly, which caught Pikachu's attention.
"Hey pikachu, please don't make any noise. It will wake them up" Tracey whispered nervously.
"Pika-pika" pikachu showed him a thumps up and went next to him. Tracey opened his sketch pad again and started sketching them
"It is okay if I make one little sketch of them, they look so adorable right now. And you never know they might get it framed when they are older and married" Tracey chuckled to himself. Pikachu gave him a weird sceptical look. Tracey chuckled again nervously.
Togepi was still in Misty's arm and it was also asleep. Seeing Misty with her pokemon, pikachu also tiptoed and curled by Ash's side. Even he wanted to be in the sketch.
"Oh, so that's how you want it pika pal" Tracey smiled and continued to sketch them. They looked so adorable, so in love. Anyone who sees this art will be fully convinced that they are dating. Still Tracey was unsure if he would show this to them. He doesn't want his masterpiece to get ripped or thrown in the ocean in between the banter that they will have when they'll see it.
He soon finished his sketch and holded it up to show it to pikachu, but noticed that he too fell asleep. He lightly petted him.
"Guess even I'll sleep then; we still have approx. 3 hours to reach the next island" Tracey yawned and adjusted his backpack to sleep on.
After half and hour or so, Ash stirred up and opened his eyes. Breath caught in his throat when he saw Misty laying on his shoulder and the way their hands were joined.
He blushed furiously thinking about the situation they were in. He didn't want to move away from her because that would wake her up. He didn't want that because Misty would hit him if he woke her up with a jerk and strictly not because how he thought that she looked cute when she was asleep or how peaceful he felt with her in his arms.
His discomfort vanished when he felt Misty moving under him, she let a small yawn and looked at him, and smiled lovingly. Ash's brain stopped working for a second as his face exploded with blush. Misty's rubbed her eyes and then let out a small gasp as she realised that she was not in her dream anymore.
"What are you doing here?" Misty asked flustered when she realised their position, she quickly sat up and removed her hand from his.
"Excuse me Miss, but this is my journey, my adventure, my dream. Of course, I will be in it" Ash gave her a nervous smirk as he felt slightly disappointed when she took away the warmth he felt when she was snuggled next to him.
"I know that Mister smarty. I was just- hey what's that, it looks like...?" Misty's attention was suddenly drawn to Tracey's sketch pad that was lying on the edge of his backpack.
She crawled carefully and took the sketch pad in her hands. Tracey, pikachu and togepi were still asleep. Ash ranged over her head to get a clear view of the sketchpad. Misty blushed again.
She opened the page that she noticed before. Their faces when they saw the sketch was so red that it would have given magicarp a complex. Both of them were blushing furiously as they saw what their older friend has sketched. Misty was in love with the picture. It looked like a dream to her. An awkward silence covered them both unsure what to make out of it.
"I-um-m it's not what it looks like the picture. Tracey must have exaggerated" Ash said sheepishly
"Yes, we don't look like that, all this heart and mushy stuff, I don't feel that about you" Misty said in an equally nervous and unconvincing tone.
"But the sketch is nice. I mean Ughh, Tracey is a talented artist" Ash said again.
Misty nodded her head in agreement. They both started at each other, unsure of the next move. Ash noticed how nicely Misty's pale skin complimented the beautiful blue colour that the sky has draped.
The moment was broken when they heard pikachu squealing at Ash and he jumped in his lap.
Misty sighed and blushed as she felt a wave of happiness.
Somewhere in between the whole episode Ash had shown her that he has started seeing her as more than a friend. She quietly thanked Tracey and his talent. She even made a mental note to get that picture from Tracey at the end of their journey
WOAH MY FIRST ENTRY FOR POKESHIPPING WEEK. HOPE YOU LIKE IT. I DON'T KNOW WHEN WILL I GET TIME TO COMPLETE ALL THE 7 STORIES. BUT ATLEAST ENJOY THIS ONE TILL THEN
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