It had already been ten days since Brennan brought Gardevoir home with him. Time just seemed to fly by over the past week and a half.
They hadn't been up to too much since then. Gardevoir still didn't like leaving the apartment. Well, at least leaving it to go into the city.
They had been going on nature walks in the surrounding area around the apartment building, making sure to avoid Brennan's neighbors when they would.
Luckily at this point, she had been getting more and more comfortable being there, which Brennan was really happy about.
He wanted her to feel comfortable; to make herself at home. He had been enjoying her company since she had been staying there.
She was always offering to help him whenever she could, even if she didn't know what he was even doing. She wanted to make herself feel useful, and Brennan thought she was adorable for it.
Brennan was currently moving about the apartment trying to tidy up a little bit. Luna, Lane, and Frankie were supposed to be stopping by for a visit soon.
They had planned this out just a few days prior. It was the only day all three of them were going to be available, so they figured why not get together.
Luna was excited to meet Gardevoir, although Gardevoir didn't really feel the same way.
Something that Brennan had learned real quick about Gardevoir was that she is very shy and timid, at least around anybody that wasn't him.
She wasn't even fully comfortable around Brennan's other Pokémon yet. Mightyena was the only one that had even tried bonding with her since she had been there. Blaziken however was the complete opposite.
He didn't seem like he liked her being around too much, and that annoyed Brennan, just because of the way he acted around her. He could tell it made her even more uncomfortable than she already was.
He was hoping he would warm up to her eventually. He pretty much boiled it down to being a jealousy thing.
As Brennan vacuumed the carpet in the living room, he threw a quick glance at Blaziken. He was laying on the couch with an emotionless expression on his face.
Blaziken was a unique one; he had always been one, but Brennan had never seen him like this before. So... emotionless.
It's not like he had been spending less time with him or giving him less attention since Gardevoir showed up, that's why he was so confused as to why he was acting the way he was. None of the others were.
The others at least acknowledged her existence. Blaziken only did when he was complaining about something she did or something that was being done for her.
Brennan shook his head, before looking over at Machamp, who was sitting in his chair. He didn't have a problem with Gardevoir, he just felt like he would make her feel uneasy if he tried talking to her, and Brennan understood that, but he had already told him he needs to try and show her she was welcomed.
Regardless, Brennan knew that if Gardevoir was going to be staying, the others would have to get used to her whether they liked it or not.
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Gardevoir was sitting in Brennan's room with Mightyena. Mightyena didn't like the vacuum too much, so Gardevoir decided to stay in the room and keep him company until Brennan was done with it.
Brennan had told her that some of his friends were going to be stopping by for a visit. She could only assume the "friends" he was talking about were the ones she saw him with at the mall.
Gardevoir felt nervous already. She didn't really feel comfortable around anyone that wasn't Brennan, and to have to meet three new people today was going to be hard.
Brennan had assured her that they were all really good people, and that "Luna" was really excited to meet her.
Gardevoir trusted Brennan. He wouldn't lie to her, and she knew that. She did feel nervous about meeting new people, but she knew as long as she had him there with her, she would make it through it.
Mightyena had been lying on his stomach, with Gardevoir rubbing his head. He was enjoying every single second of it.
Gardevoir looked over at the clock on Brennan's nightstand and saw that it was almost noon. She knew Brennan's friends were going to be there soon, so she wanted to clean herself up before they got there.
She was still wearing her pajamas that she had become accustomed to over the past week and a half. They were just too darn comfortable.
The shirt was orange and had a Poké ball on the front with "Pokémon Trainer '96" written in big yellow letters outlined in blue. It was pretty large on her, but she didn't care. The shorts were grey with large black lines going from the top to the bottom on either side, with white outlines on each side of the black box. Just like the shirt, they were a bit large on her, but the white pull strings were keeping them up.
As she sat there, she looked down at herself. The large shirt somewhat hid the fact that she had breasts, but you could still see her spike poking against the soft fabric. She frowned when she saw it.
Brennan had been letting her watch the modeling shows she liked, and every time she watched one, she hated herself more and more knowing she could never be as perfect as the women on tv.
She sighed, more loudly than she meant to. Mightyena looked up at her with a confused look. Gardevoir didn't want him to worry, so she gave him a friendly smile, and continued to rub his head.
Mightyena continued to stare at her for several seconds, before finally lowering his head back down onto the bed. Gardevoir mentally sighed in relief.
Once she knew Mightyena was relaxed again, she started wondering if Brennan was into the women from the tv; into the type of women that Gardevoir would never be.
Gardevoir shook her head, trying to push those thoughts away. Why did it matter? Why did she care so much?
Yeah, sure, she thought Brennan was cute... but that doesn't mean anything, right?
Gardevoir was thankfully interrupted from her thoughts, when she heard the loud noise of the vacuum stop. Brennan must have finished vacuuming.
Since he was done, Gardevoir had decided she was going to go take a shower. She looked down at Mightyena, noticing that he had somehow managed to quickly fall asleep. She was a little surprised by this, but took it as her opportunity to get off of the bed and head out of the room.
She slowly and cautiously, as to not wake Mightyena, crawled off of the bed. Once she managed to get to her feet... or points, she levitated over to the closet where Brennan had her dress hanging up. She grabbed it, before heading out of the room.
She slowly and as quiet as possible, opened Brennan's door and stepped into the hallway, before closing it back. Once she was safe, she headed into the bathroom, closing the door behind her, and turned the light on.
She hung her dress up on the hook on the back of the bathroom door, before stepping further into the room.
She stopped in front of the mirror, staring at herself as she did. She grabbed her shirt and quickly pulled it off and dropped it to the cold, tiled floor, before staring at her now bare body. She wasn't impressed.
Next, she grabbed the sides of the basketball shorts, pushing them down and letting them join the shirt on the floor.
She stood there staring at herself in the mirror. She didn't know why she was doing, because she hated what she saw.
She did this every time she came in the bathroom, knowing nothing was ever going to change about her. Even though she wished something would.
She sighed, as she continued to stare at her reflection.
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Brennan had just received a text message from Luna letting him know that her, Lane, and Frankie were on their way. He was relieved, he had just finished vacuuming and was putting the vacuum away.
Everything was pretty much set. Brennan wasn't the tidiest person in the world, but his apartment was by no means messy.
He sighed as he closed the door to the small closet and leaned up against it. Now, he was going to go relive his bladder, before going to check on Gardevoir and Mightyena.
He walked down the hall and opened the bathroom door without thinking to knock. He had just grown so used to just walking in the bathroom at home.
He stepped in and saw the bare skinned Gardevoir standing in front of the mirror.
"Voir!" Gardevoir exclaimed, as she quickly tried to cover herself.
Brennan quickly covered his eyes and stared backing out of the room.
"O-oh, Gardevoir! I-I didn't know you were in here! I-I'm sorry. Sorry." Brennan apologized as he backed out into the hallway and closed the door.
Brennan fell back against the wall across from the bathroom and started taking deep breaths to calm himself down.
He was shocked that that had just happened. He stood there wide eyed, staring at the door.
He shook his head before pushing himself off of the wall and heading into his bedroom.
He entered and closed the door behind him, before making his way to his bed and sitting on the edge of it.
Mightyena lifted his head, when he felt the extra weight sit down on the bed.
He got up and walked over next to Brennan, before parking himself next to him. He looked at him and tilted his head curiously.
Brennan looked over at him, the surprise still present on his face.
"Man I need to remember to knock." Brennan said, before shaking his head. Mightyena didn't understand what he meant, but knew his trainer needed some comfort.
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Gardevoir stood there covering herself, her cheeks red with blush. She couldn't believe that just happened. It was the most embarrassing thing that had ever happened to her. Brennan, too... probably.
She nervously bit her bottom lip, as she finally lowered her hands, once again allowing her to see herself in full.
As she once again stood there staring at herself, she couldn't help but wonder just how much Brennan had seen. She blushed heavily at the realization that Brennan had just seen her in her most vulnerable state possible.
She quickly covered her face, trying to hide from the fact that her cheeks were tomato red at this point.
She needed to get away from the mirror. She quickly made her way into the shower, turning the water on once she was inside.
She didn't bother messing with the knobs as long as she had been doing, she just needed water to rain down on her and hopefully take her mind off of what had just happened.
She stood there very still, letting the water rain down on her. It felt great just like it usually did. She had somehow managed to get the temperature of the water close to what she usually liked it, so everything wasn't all bad.
She brushed her now soaked green hair out of her eyes, getting another good look at her body as she did. She blushed again, with her mind quickly traveling back to Brennan.
She didn't know how much he had seen, but she was curious that if he... liked what he did.
No, no, of course not. Gardevoir knew that Brennan wouldn't be into her. Heck, she figured that he probably thought she was just as ugly as she did. That wouldn't surprise her.
Her blush had finally ceased, when that last thought ran through her head.
A few tears started to make their way down Gardevoir's cheeks. This was awful.
She finally found someone that she enjoyed being around, and it doesn't take two weeks before he sees just how she really looks.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. She needed to relax and not worry about this right now.
She was in the shower to get clean, not to mope about something she knew was going to happen from the moment she met Brennan.
She sighed as she let the shower water wash the tears off of her face. Reality was hard to deal with, but it was something that couldn't be avoided.
Gardevoir grabbed the soap and started washing herself. She had managed to calm down, for the most part at least.
Yes, she was still thinking about Brennan. But not about what she thought was going through his mind after seeing what he did.
As little sense as it made, she was thinking about Brennan to help relax herself. There was just something about him that always made everything better for Gardevoir. It was nice.
She loved being around him, but after this, she didn't know how that was going to work. She closed her eyes and sighed again, as she allowed the warm water to wash the soap away.
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After sitting in his room for close to ten minutes, still trying to process what had happened, Brennan finally decided to go and join the others in the living room.
He stood up, causing Mightyena to do the same.
"Come on, buddy. Luna, Lane, and Frankie are going to be here any minute." Brennan said. Mightyena's tail started wagging happily. He loved being around Lune. She knew just where his sweet spot was under his snout. It felt glorious when she scratched him there.
Brennan and Mightyena headed out towards the living room. As they were walking down the hallway, Brennan heard the shower going in the bathroom. He knew Gardevoir was still in there.
He knew he embarrassed her and probably made her feel more uncomfortable with what he had done than anything that has happened since she had been there. It made him feel bad.
Obviously he didn't mean to walk in on her. It was an accident. And it's not like he stood there staring at her when he did. He had immediately covered his eyes, apologized, and backed out the door as quickly as he could.
Brennan was broke from his thoughts when he saw Gardevoir enter the room. She was once again wearing her flowing white dress, and had her now shiny hair done up exactly like she usually did.
As she walked in, the two of them made eye contact. Gardevoir blushed and quickly looked away as they did. Brennan couldn't help but blush a little himself.
Gardevoir was on her way to the couch, but quickly changed her direction and headed into the kitchen instead.
Brennan had to go and try to make things right. Gardevoir was clearly embarrassed as heck right now, even though she shouldn't have been.
Brennan stood up and walked towards the kitchen, without saying a word to his Pokémon.
When he got into the doorway of the kitchen, he saw Gardevoir standing in front of the counter closest to the stove, staring at the wall.
"U-uh, hey, Gardevoir?" Brennan said, slowly and quietly. Gardevoir slightly tensed up when she heard his voice. "Hey, I wanted to apologize again for what happened. I-I really didn't know you were in there. I should have knocked. I'm sorry." He said, sounding as sincere as he possibly could.
Gardevoir slowly started to turn around and face him. She was trying as hard as she could to hide her blush from him.
Brennan started feeling building embarrassment in him. He already knew why.
"G-Gardevoir. Garde?" Gardevoir said, once she finally turned around.
"I promise, it was an accident." Brennan said.
"Gardevoir. Gardevoir. Garde." Gardevoir said, as she slowly nodded, before looking down towards the floor. Her cheeks were once again red with blush.
As Brennan stood there staring at her, he couldn't help but blush a little himself. This Gardevoir was definitely special, and what he saw in that millisecond in the bathroom proved that.
Brennan was broke from his thoughts when he heard a knock on the front door.
Gardevoir immediately looked up, as Brennan looked out the doorway of the kitchen.
"That must be them." Brennan said, as he turned back to face Gardevoir. "I promise you, they're nice. You don't have to worry about them hurting you. I wouldn't let them even if they wanted to." He said, trying to reassure the clearly nervous Gardevoir. Gardevoir gave him a slight nod in response. Brennan flashed her a small reassuring smile, that made her once again bite her bottom lip.
"I'm going to go answer that. Come on out, it'll be okay." Brennan said, before turning and walking out of the kitchen, leaving Gardevoir standing there alone.
Gardevoir was very nervous about meeting these people, but again, she trusted Brennan. She knew that as long as he was there with her, she would be okay.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, before she slowly started heading out of the kitchen.
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Brennan made it to the front door just as another loud knock was heard.
"Hold your horses, I'm coming!" Brennan called through the door, as he unlocked it and pulled it open. Luna, Lane, Frankie, Delphox, and Greninja were all standing outside.
"Is this where the party's at?" Lane asked, jokingly.
"Definitely not. You've got the wrong apartment my friend." Brennan replied. Lane laughed in response.
"What's going on, dude." Lane said.
"Nothing much at all." Brennan replied, before stepping aside. "Come on in." He said.
"Thank you!" Luna exclaimed, excitedly, before stepping into the apartment. The others followed behind.
As Luna walked in, Mightyena happily ran up and jumped on her, his tail wagging.
"Hi, Mightyena." Luna said, happily, as she rubbed his head.
Blaziken had been laid out on the couch, until he saw Delphox walk in. He quickly flailed to try and sit up, but ended up falling off of the couch and landing face first on the floor.
"Del-phox." Delphox said with a smile, as she slowly walked over to the laid out Pokémon.
"B-Blaziken." Blaziken muttered, even though it was muffled by the fact that his face was buried into the carpet.
Blaziken pushed himself up off of the floor, and saw Delphox standing in front of him. He slowly looked up at her, and saw her giving him another half lidded smile.
"Delphox." She said. Blaziken blushed, before finally getting himself to his feet.
"B-Blaziken. Blaziken." Blaziken said, as he motioned to the couch, offering Delphox a place to sit.
"~Delphox~" She crooned, as she sat down. Blaziken nervously rubbed the back of his neck, before Delphox grabbed his arm and pulled him down next to her.
Luna giggled, as she watched Delphox hug onto Blaziken's arm. Blaziken turned a bright crimson in color.
"Never gets old." Brennan said, a smile on his face, as he looked over at his incredibly embarrassed Pokémon.
"So... where is-" Luna started, before stopping, when she noticed Gardevoir slowly making her way into the room. "-Oh, and this must be Gardevoir." She said, in a very friendly tone.
Brennan turned around, and saw Gardevoir gingerly making her way over to the group.
"Yep, it is." Brennan replied. Gardevoir levitated over to the group, making sure to stay just behind Brennan. "Gardevoir, this is Luna, Lane, and Frankie." He said, pointing to each as he introduced them.
"Hi! I'm Luna, it's a pleasure to finally meet you, Gardevoir." Luna greeted, happily, as she waved. Lane and Frankie gave her waves, too.
Gardevoir looked up at Brennan, still very nervous. Brennan looked back at her and gave her a reassuring smile and nod.
"It's okay, Gardevoir." He said, softly. Gardevoir looked back at Luna, before slightly waving to her. "She's a little shy, but I'm sure she'll warm up to you guys." He said, as he looked back at the trio.
"That's quite alright. I know meeting new people can be a very, very nerve racking thing to do. I go through it myself sometimes." Luna said. Lane raised an eyebrow as she did.
"Oh, really? So you didn't run up to that lady at the store that one time and talk her ear off for ten minutes?" Lane asked. Luna narrowed her eyes at him.
"That lady was nice! She said I was pretty!" She replied, defensively.
"I don't think that meant she wanted you to talk her ear off, though." Lane said.
"Hmph, what do you know." Luna said in a child like, annoyed tone, before looking away from her boyfriend and back at Gardevoir, her smile returning back to her face. "So, Gardevoir, have you been enjoying yourself since you've been staying here?" She asked. Gardevoir gave her a slow, single in response. "That's good! Brennan has told us a lot about you!" She exclaimed. Gardevoir looked back up at Brennan, curiously.
He... He talked about her to his friends? She knew he obviously told them about her, but she didn't know that he constantly talked about her to them. That made her happy.
Gardevoir slightly stepped out from behind Brennan, so she could stand next to him instead of behind him. Luna smiled when she noticed this.
When she stepped more in view, thats when Frankie noticed her... differences between her and a regular Gardevoir. He went wide eyed when he saw them.
Gardevoir looked over and noticed him staring at her chest. She immediately crossed her arms over them, giving him an annoyed look as she did.
Frankie quickly shook his head, before looking at Brennan.
"Uh... hey, can I... talk to you in the other room for a minute?" Frankie asked. Brennan was curious about what he needed to talk to him about.
"Um... sure." He replied, before looking over at Gardevoir. "I'm going to talk to him a minute. I'll be right back." He said, before he started to walk off.
"Gardevoir!" Gardevoir exclaimed, as she grabbed ahold of his arm. Brennan stopped and looked at her.
"I'm just going into the kitchen. I'll be right back. I promise." Brennan said. Gardevoir didn't want Brennan to leave her alone with Luna and Lane.
Sure, they seemed friendly enough, and Brennan's other Pokémon were in the room with them, but still, she felt better with Brennan there with her.
"It's okay, Gardevoir. He won't be gone long. And besides, I'd really like to talk to you some more. I don't bite, I promise." Luna said, her friendly smile reaming on her face.
Gardevoir looked at her, before looking back at Brennan, who still had his reassuring smile on his face.
"I'll only be gone a minute." He said. Gardevoir stood there staring at him, before reluctantly nodding. She had a very unsure look on her face, but again, she trusted Brennan. "Good. Besides, I'm sure Luna would love to learn more about you." He continued.
"Of course I would!" Luna exclaimed, happily.
"V-Voir." Gardevoir said, before once again nodding at Brennan. He smiled again, before softly patting her on the shoulder. She once again blushed at his touch.
"Come on." Brennan said, as he motioned his head towards the kitchen. Frankie nodded, before the two walked off.
Gardevoir watched Brennan disappear out of the room, before nervously looking back at Luna.
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Once Brennan and Frankie got in the kitchen, Brennan immediately leaned on one of the counters.
"So what's up?" Brennan asked.
"Yeah, I uh... don't mean to offend you in any way... but Gardevoir... she isn't normal." Frankie replied. That got Brennan to stand straight back up.
"What do you mean?" Brennan asked, slightly annoyed by the question.
"She isn't like other Gardevoir'. She... she has breasts for gosh sake. That's not a normal Gardevoir." Frankie replied.
"Stop saying that. She has breasts, so what?" Brennan said curiously. Even though he was annoyed because of what Frankie had said, he still couldn't help but blush at the mention of Gardevoir's breasts, after what happened earlier.
"Brennan, Gardevoir' aren't supposed to have breasts. Heck, Pokémon in general aren't supposed to have breasts. That Gardevoir isn't normal." Frankie said.
"Look, you're really irritating me now. I've already told you-" Brennan started, before being cut off.
"-Okay, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. But you really have to know something is... off about that Gardevoir." Frankie said. Brennan shook his head.
"Nothing is ''off'' about Gardevoir. So stop saying there is." He said in a very annoyed tone.
"Brennan, the only thing I'm trying to say is maybe you should take her to Professor Birch in Littleroot Town, maybe he can-" Frankie started, before being cut off.
"-Nope. Absolutely not. No way." Brennan said, as he started shaking his head. "Besides, I got my Blaziken and my Pokédex from him. I don't think he really specializes in anything other than that." He continued.
"Well, if you would have let me finish, I was going to say we can go and ask his opinion on her. He'll let us know what Professor he thinks would best benefit both you and Gardevoir." Frankie said. Brennan was quick to once again shake his head.
"Still, no. I won't be doing that to Gardevoir. She's technically not even my Pokémon." He said, surprising Frankie.
"You didn't catch her?" He asked. Brennan shook his head.
"No. I invited her to come stay here." He replied.
"Dude..." Frankie said, as he shook his head in disbelief.
"She was living in the forest. I asked her to come stay because the last time I saw her, she was getting attacked by a group of Ursaring. She needed help." Brennan said. Frankie sighed.
"Brennan, why do you care so much about a Pokémon you just met two weeks ago?" Frankie asked. Brennan looked down towards the floor, staying silent. He didn't know how to answer that question.
"Look, I'm done talking about this. I'm not taking Gardevoir anywhere to be experimented on. That's it." Brennan said, before walking out of the kitchen, leaving Frankie standing there.
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Luna had finally gotten Gardevoir to sit down on the couch with her. She had been acting as friendly as she could. She knew Brennan said Gardevoir was a little shy, so she was trying to make her feel as comfortable as possible.
"You know, I don't know if anyone has ever told you, but you have very pretty eyes." Luna said, as she stared into Gardevoir's large sparkly red eyes. Gardevoir blushed a deep shade of red, as she looked down towards her clasped hands that rested in her lap.
"Gardevoir." Gardevoir replied in almost an inaudible whisper. Luna smiled.
She was getting ready to say something else, when Brennan walked back into the room.
Gardevoir immediately lit up with a smile. Brennan smiled back as he made his way over to the cramped couch and sat down in between Delphox, who was still snuggling up to Blazilen's arm, and Gardevoir, who happily scooted over to give him some room.
The first thing Gardevoir could sense when he sat down was that he had been annoyed. Her smile diminished as she cocked her head to the side.
"Gardevoir?" She asked, curiously.
"Everything's fine, Gardevoir." Brennan replied, a small reassuring smile on his face. Gardevoir was unsure, she didn't know what had happened between him and Frankie, but she wanted to.
Frankie walked in the room next. He had a less than enthused look on his face.
"Is everything alright?" Luna asked.
"Yeah, everything's fine." Frankie replied. Luna didn't look like she believed it, and Brennan could tell.
"So... what did you two talk about?" He asked, wanting to change the subject. Luna smiled.
"Oh, I told Gardevoir that I want to take her shopping in the city soon!" Luna exclaimed, happily. Brennan smiled.
"Well, that sounds nice. Maybe we can make a day of it or something." He said, as he looked at Gardevoir.
"Gardevoir. Garde?" Gardevoir asked, tugging on Brennan's arm. Brennan chuckled and nodded.
"Yep, of course I'll be coming with you." He replied, that got Gardevoir to smile a little.
She didn't like the city, but she was starting to feel more comfortable around Luna, so she didn't mind "going shopping" with her, as long as Brennan was with them of course. Which by the sound of what he just said, he was going to be.
"Delphox?" Delphox asked, tugging on Blaziken's arm. Luna giggled.
"Yep! Blaziken can come, too!" She replied. Delphox smiled at Blaziken, who was still madly blushing.
"~Del-phox.~" Delphox crooned. Blaziken gulped. Brennan chuckled.
Gardevoir smiled when he did. Almost completely forgetting about what had happened earlier, she was actually kinda enjoying herself.
She knew Brennan wouldn't lie to her about his friends being good people, and he didn't.
Maybe this "meet up" wasn't going to be as bad as Gardevoir had originally thought.