Hello guys, I think this is a long one shot, so I apologies in advance. This is a rare Brock-fic centric. Mangashipping near the end as well as mention of Amourshipping and mention of Danceshipping (I think that is the name). Lastly, the ages of the characters :

Brock : 19

Sabrina :22

Ash : 16

Misty : 17

Having said that, enjoy!


'That should be it' thought a nineteen year old teenager. He was sure he picked up all his notebooks from his locker in order to take off. The teenager in question was a tan skin individual with orange shirt along with small brown coat. It was his favorite outfit that he weared it during the Hoenn journey with Ash, May and Max. He has narrow squinted eyes that one could mistake them for being close. The student was none other than Brock Harrison, the former Pewter gym leader.

Currently, he was studying to be a pokemon doctor and having success in his studies was an understatement. Every time someone needed help for studying, they were coming to see Brock for help because of his vast understanding and natural experience he accumulated during his journey. Naturally, it doesn't mean Brock knew everything, on the contrary, in each classes he got out, he learned sonething new, showing that he still has a long way to go. Now as of where he is currently in his studies, well today was the end of the session and the teenager had his last exam this morning.

For vacations, he intended to return to Pewter city to see if everything is going well. Naturally, he usually stay in the dorms of the school, but he has to leave during vacations for the staff to clean up and be ready for the fall semester. Brock went to his dorm room to pick up the remaining of his things. While walking, he remembered his journey he had with Ash and his other friends. How they had a blast together, but now they were all chasing their dreams so does he now. Unfortunately it means that since their works were time consuming, there was no contact between each other so he doesn't really know what they were doing. Heck, Misty, the only friend who lived close to him, he only saw her once. 'I wonder if I should give them a call?' thought Brock, nostalgia taking him, althought he wouldn't cry dramatically over since he is determined to see them again and the sentiment was mutual. Before he opened the door of dorm, the teenager took two pokeballs from his belt "Croagunk, Chansey come out!"

"Croagunk"

"Chansey!" they both said once they came out. Chansey was naturally in a good mood, while Croagunk was in his usual boring, monotone expression, not really showing any emotion or at least they were hard to decipher.

Brock smiled and said "alright guys, we are going home soon, help me pack, the sooner we finish, the sooner we can relax"

"Chansey!" She exclamed, happy to help her daddy. Croagunk's expression was blank, but the two of them knew the toad pokemon will help. Once Brock opened the door of his room, he saw that everything was clean. His stock was nowhere to be found, except his bag which was standing on his bed. By the look of it, his bag was full, meaning someone packed for him. Everyone was perplexed, even Croagunk.

"Hum I wonder what happen?" Brock told his pokemon althought he doesn't expected an answer. He put his notebooks on the bed close to his bag. He was shaking and sweating a little bit, It was just too mysterious to not be careful. The teenager slowly reach the bag, while the two pokemon wait in anticipation. He turned around to see Chansey was a bit afraid, while Croagunk was as blank as usual, simply because he sensed who it was and knew what happened, which made his trainer frown in confusion. There was no use on dwelling, Brock opened his bag and saw that everything was well placed. It even had enough space to put his notebooks. Even Brock was impressed by how meticulous it was tide. He took his notebooks and when his face was closed to the bag, a tongue suddenly extended itself from inside the item and licked Brock's face. "Ahhhhh" Brock yelled, clearly startled, his scholar items fell on the bed. When Brock recomposed himself, he saw two hands but no arms coming out, then a ghostly shape creature coming out of the bag.

The teenager turned to Croagunk and remarked "so this is why you weren't worried. You sense our old friend was there, right Croagunk" the toad nodded.

Brock turned his head to see the ghost type pokemon "nice prank Haunter. You got me on this one. Did you actually pack my stuff?"

"Haunnn-ter" he nodded happily, proud of his job. Then he licked the teenager once again, out of affection this time.

"Alright, thanks Haunter. You really did a good job. Still I wonder why? You never came to my dorm until today so what have change."

"Haun-ter" he replied while taking a plastic train out of his mouth.

Brock got it immediatly "I see, you came to say goodbye to me" Haunter nodded and give a hug which was reciprocrate by the doctor in training. "Don't be sad, I'm returning at fall, so we will see each other very soon"

Haunter was satisfied of his answer and then pull a doll out of his mouth again and pointed downstairs.

Brock understood "Sabrina is waiting for me and I will be turned into a doll if I don't hurry" but when he finished rephrasing, he saw the ghost pokemon gone.

He assumed his interpretation was correct so he put his notebooks in the bag and turned to his pokemon "well thanks both of you for the help in this semester. Croagunk, Chansey come back" He said, returning them to their pokeballs. He then left the keys on the desk and leave from the now empty dorm.


Brock was now in the halls, walking among the other students who entered and exit the school. Once he pushed the doors to go outside, he saw Sabrina waiting and staring at him. She had long black hair with the length going down her waist, also she weared a white pant and she also weared a tight-fitting spaghetti like strap pink crop top. Needless to say, she was attractive, in fact it surprised Brock a little bit as to why she was dressed that way. He wondered if she was going somewhere. Butterflies was flying in his stomach, needless to say the teenager has a crush on the psychic gym leader since the day they saw each other again. Brock shook his tought aside and focus at the matter at hand. He saw that she had her usual blank expression, showing no emotions. Deep down, he knew however that her patience was growing thin, his first thought was because he took too much time to come for her liking, but something else made him think that maybe he might be saved from her wrath. Brock noticed that while the majority students were minding their own business, he also saw some eyes of guys and girls eying her and gossip althought with admiration

"is this Sabrina?"

"What is she doing here?"

"Isn't she suppose to run the gym?"

"She is so attractive"

"maybe I can ask her out"

Brock was walking toward the psychic at a reasonable pace. The others noticed it and the gossip started again "what if she was waiting for Brock?"

"Maybe they're friends."

"He is so lucky"

"how can she put up with him. His flirting are putting me insane"

Brock thought the girl was right to ask the real questions, if it wasn't for Croagunk mitigating the damage and giving them a chance to look past that, he could have been thrown out of school. Anyway, he felt sorry for Sabrina for enduring the gossips which is why he increased his pace to reach her. Surprisingly, Brock didn't go gaga mode and talked to her normally "What's up Sabrina?"

"Not bad I guess. Could be better" she responded flatly, clearly referencing the small crowd. Brock chuckled lightly and they both walked away in the direction of the pokemon center.

While walking, the gym leader asked "how was your exam by the way"

"pretty good actually. I'm quite confident I should pass them. By the way, your Haunter did an excellent job, he has my thanks once again."

The indifference in her turned into a smirk "well I know. Haunter always knows best."

Brock chuckled at that. He then asked "I'm surprised you came to be honest, I thought you had gym battles today, not to mention that I would had pass by to say goodbye"

"true, but..." they both stop so she could see him face to face. Brock thought her pink eyes were beautiful, natural that it made his heart beat faster, but he shielded his love thought in time before she could read them, althought he let the compliment about her eyes slipped on purpose. If Sabrina noticed or read them, she didn't showed it.

Despite her smile she was an enigma to read, "It is your last day at Saffron. I cancel all appointment today just for you."

Brock chuckled "I appreciate what you did Sabrina, thank you"

she had her mischevious smile "don't thank me just yet. There is plenty of stuff I want to do with you."

"We will see each other again you know. You didn't have to go all the trouble to..." his parole was interrupted by her indifference. Brock was not brave enough to face her wrath so he simply shut.

"I know, but it is still your last day" she simply replied with an enigmatic sentence.

When they resume walking Brock inquired about her day "so did you give badges yesturday?"

"Well while I crushed the others, there was one kid who we had a duel of Kadabra. While he technicaly lost, I still gave him the badge."

It did surprise Brock a little bit "really? It's rare of you doing that. What happen?"

"We were in a deadlock until he start overpowering my Kadabra with hyper beam. He decided however that because his own Kadabra took too much damage that he decided to care for his pokemon instead of victory"

"that remind me a lot of Ash" Brock replied, knowing where this was going.

"You noticed right? Anyway I still gave him the badge because he was technically in a position of winning. He just didn't want his pokemon to suffer permanent injuries"

"as a former gym leader, I think you did the right thing. Caring for Pokemon is also our job to check"

"you think so? Thanks Brock"

"anytime Sabrina" once they reach the pokemon center, the psychic user asked "you have stuff to do?"

"Yeah, I have to transfer some money to my bank. I want to start saving"

"fair enough. Come to my gym after that. I will be waiting for you"

"missed me already" joked Brock.

"Heh you can say that" chuckled Sabrina for the first time. There was nothing else to be said so she teleported to her gym. For Brock, teleportation was still a skill he was most impress with.


At the center, he tried to call his familly, but to not available. Brock conluded his familly went to visit the museum, so he decided to try his luck with the nurse joy. In a flash, he took her hand and said "Ah nurse Joy, it's a shame I won't be there for a while, but do not worry! My love for you is simply too- argh!" Croagunk jabbed him with poison once again.

"Croa" he simply said,

"weak to…. support the pain" Brock finished lastly before being dragged away by his purple toad. To this day, nurse Joy still had no idea what is going on. After finishing his business and recovering from poison jab in the pokemon center, he went straight to the gym to say his last goodbye.


Once he entered the gym, he saw that it was completly dark. Not a single sound could be heard. Brock was speechless 'what's going on, is there a power shortage?' he thought. He walked the long halls, fill with nothing, but darkness, so dark that he had to use his flashlight. Brock decided to scream to test the water "is there anyone here?" There was no response. It was strange for Brock that Sabrina didn't seemed to be there despite saying to meet her in her gym. She was a punctual person after all. Suddenly he heard ghostly sound coming in front of him. Brock's first thought was Haunter doing another prank, so he might entertain him again by seeing throught the end. Once in front of the heavy doors of gym field itself, he saw a feint light coming from the doors. He wondered what is going on. Well there was no use going back now. He shakily opened the door, sweat dropping on his face. Once he opened, he saw sonething that will shock him for life, like the shock of an horror story. A group of people was holding a very large piece of plastic paper which was roll out and was written 'happy birthday Brock'

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROCK" they shoot in unisson and happiness.

"Huh?" That's all Brock could say, he was blushing badly. He completly forgot his own birthday, futhermore it was unreal. First Sabrina's parents were standing on the left side of the large plastic paper. Then there was Haunter who hold a birthday hat. That wasn't all, on the right side, he didn't expect to his parents and siblings here, but what completly caught him off guard is that not Sabrina herself was holding the cardboard, but there was Ash, Pikachu and Misty. His long time friends. It's not like Brock didn't celebrate his birthday before It's just that when he was younger, not all his siblings were born, then when his parents left, he simply didn't have time to celebrate his own birthday. After, during travels with Ash, he didn't told his friends about his birthday. It never came up and they didn't necessarly need to know about it. To finish, after he started his studies, he didn't really get parties, only a simple cake waiting for him. Heck he didn't even tell Sabrina so how? What happen? Brock was red, he struggle to respond "I huh, huh huh huh..."

"What's wrong Brocko, too speechless to say hello" said Ash, grinning. To Brock, it was quite accurate, it's true that he is usually level headed to not panick, and it wasn't the birthday party itself that made him lose his speech, it's the thought and effort put to make it happen. He simply felt he didn't deserve that kind of commitment,

Misty huffed "humf, honestly I'm mad that you didn't told us about your birthday. You did everything for us, it isn't fair that we couldn't celebrate your birthday during our travels"

Brock recomposed himself before he took both Ash and Misty and his arm. During the hug, Misty said "Brock, we are so glad to see you"

"yeah, we miss you so much" added Ash.

Brock smiled back and hug them tighter "you have no idea how much I thought about both of you. Glad to see you both" they separate and then Brock turned to Sabrina and her parents

"Sabrina. Mrs. and Mr. Harold, thank you very much. It means a lot to me"

Mr. Harold laughed "Don't mention it Brock. If anything we should be thanking you."

"Thanking me? Why?"

Mrs. Harold took the parole this time and said "for being a friend to my daughter. You see, after you three rescue Sabrina, she didn't have any friends at all who she could see on daily basis. Yet you came and you had every reason to hate her, but instead you befriend her and had a positif impact on her life. In fact, Sabrina won't stop talking about you during dinner" she finished by chuckling, trying to push her daughter closer to Brock. Both Sabrina and Brock blushed, while everyone else laughed in amusement.

Sabrina remarked "oh mom. Was it necessarly for you to say this of all thing"

Ash said "there is only Brock who can do that" in which Misty agreed. Brock was almost overwhelmed by the sheer amount of compliments.

Sabrina recomposed herself and said "anything for a friend. To be honest, it was your father's idea"

Brock was surprised "father? Really?"

Flint chuckled "of course Son. Initially I called Sabrina and her parents to see if your friend mind coming to Pewter for your Birthday, but I guess Sabrina had a better idea and took matters in her own hands and here we are"

"yup. Since Sabrina and I are collegues and friends, she called me for today. Then, when I learned that Ash came back from his latest journey…" said Misty.

"Well she called me, and of course I was in. My mother couldn't come, but she sent her birthday wishes to you" continued Ash with a thumb up. Brock coudn't help but cry this time. It was simply beautiful, he never thought he would get a birthday celebration of the caliber of a child's dream. Tears started appearing on his face, falling graciously on the floor. The Harrisson's siblings run towards their big brother and jumped on him "don't cry big brother!"

"Yeah you are the best brother in the world" it was just a fantastic day for Brock.


After they ate the cake, the siblings were playing with the pokemon, the parents were talking with each at one corner, leaving Ash, Misty, Brock and Sabrina who sat in front of square table. Ash was facing Brock and Misty was besides him, while Sabrina sat besides Brock and was facing the water gym leader. The former breeder started the conversation "how have you been guys? Been a while we heard of you"

"yeah sorry about that. But I had a lot of fun. I went to Unova and Kalos respectively. Finished second place in the latter and eight place in the former"

"That's great, you have really progressed since we met. Too bad you didn't win" Brock said, which the girls nodded in agreement.

"How was Kalos and Unova?" Asked Misty, intrigued,

"awesome, you three should go there someday. Plenty of new pokemon as well"

"well I can attest for Unova" chuckled Brock.

Ash looked in bewilderment "you went there? When?"

"Hum maybe last year I believe, for my training as a doctor. I met a great guy with green hair. We stopped a rampaging Gyarados and help plenty of Pokemon. I'm mad that I forgot to ask his name"

"No way you must have met Cilan. He was a gym leader just like you and my traveling compagnion"

"well it seems the world is small" remarked Brock in amazement. The same teenager shifted his attention to Misty and asked "and you? How are you fairing as a gym leader?"

"it's a lot of fun. I get to give badges to those sweet and skilled trainer who manage to defeat me or to lash out at any arrogant trainer with my strongest water type pokemons, like a certain someone when we first met" The young water type specialist said with a wink, elbowing Ash.

The raven haired teenager put his hand in front of him "hey for once you got me there" that earned a chuckled from everyone.

Sabrina who had been silent so far chirped in "I know you despise meetings tho"

Brock then said "I get it. Is that how you and Sabrina became friends?"

"You got it. Sabrina, Erika and me will sometimes meet to do a all girl night"

"That's awesome" Ash then asked "speaking of, how did Sabrina and you became friends?"

Brock replied "well as you know, my school was in Saffron. Althought meeting her was by chance"

the psychic chuckled "for you maybe, but not for me"

"you knew?"

"With my psychic powers, anything is possible" she smirked back, "Althought I just happen to see you at that time" the other three fell in disbelief.

Sabrina chuckled and continue for "Brock and I then met regulary after that. After we became close friend and I taste your food, I wanted to help you so I asked my parents to hire you as a cook, to help you pay your stuff. My mother's cooking is good, but he is the master"

"that was a perfect summary Sabrina" said Brock.

She smile mischeviously and said in a theatrical manner "oh thank you for your kind word masssster" she purred at the last word. The other three were taken aback while Brock became red like a magmar, althought Ash's demand recomposed everyone, changing the subject,

"So how about you open your presents?"

"Are you guys sure? If we count my siblings..."

"open your siblings presents at home, but for us here" Sabrina said, reading her friend's mind.

There was no arguing with Sabrina so Brock chuckled and said "alright, here we go. I'll start with you Ash" he took prism shape box and start tearing down the paper. Once he opened the box, he showed a book detailling pokemon from everywhere and a mega ring, along with a stone. It was pretty.

Ash explained "a doctor must know every aspect of the pokemon rights. So I thought this book is for you. As for the other gift, this is from Kalos, it's a mega ring along with a mega stone. I know you don't battle much anymore, but I've thought about your friendship with Steelix and yeah. You can now mega evolve Steelix"

Brock couldn't help but smile. It was so well thought that he hugged Ash very hard "thank you Ash, this is just fantastic"

"anything for ol' Brocko"

the girls were impressed by the quality of the presents.

"Now mine" said Misty proud of what she brought.

"here we go" he opened his present and it shows a very beautiful tuxedo and along with a book for recipes for cooking. "I figured that any woman would fall for you if you wear this. Also some new recipes for cooking would be nice for you" said Misty.

Brock smiled and hug the water specialist as well "thank you for all the trouble Misty. I really like it, now my confidence for success has increased" Brock said, tears of joy coming out.

Misty chuckled, "anytime Brock"

Sabrina got up and said "I'm going to search my present for you. In the meantime, why don't you try the suit?"

"That's a great idea!" remarked both Misty and Ash.

"It sounds like a plan" agreed the doctor in training...


Brock had his tuxedo on while Sabrina hasn't yet returned. "You look fantastic Brock" compliment Ash.

"Yeah honestly thank Arceus I'm not older than you or resisting you would be a futile battle" compliment Misty.

"Glad you guys like it. I honestly I applaud your sense of fashion Misty, without counting the perfect mesurements" said Brock,

"who do you think I am, of course a girl like me knows how to recognize a quality dress. By the way, speaking of girls, how come you aren't all over the hills on Sabrina? You seemed to speak to her normally"

"well that is because he got, like usual, shot down" said cockily Ash, teasing Brock in the process.

The latter made a fake emotions, like if he got wounded by the statement "you wound me Ash, having no fate in me. Do you recall it's my birthday." Laughed the doctor in training.

Misty and Ash chuckled before the former remarked to the latter "yeah Ash, besides it's not like you are a master of romance dense boy"

Ash made a grimace to tease Brock further "That was true before, but not only my skills in pokemon battle have increased, my skills in romance have too. Before I left kalos, a girl who I travelled with kissed me on the lips"

Misty and Brock were in shock hearing this. "No way, don't tell me you are relationship? I thought I was the only one with Rudy"

Brock asked "please tell me the details"

"well sure, but don't cry after that. The girl's name is Serena, she is now in Hoenn for futhering her skills as a pokemon performer." smirked Ash, knowing Brock will be jealous.

Ash made a fake sighed, showing his intention to tease his friend more. "I guess in the end, Misty and I are in relationship before you. The irony." Ash continued and high five Misty, which the latter laughed.

Brock groaned "even Ash got a girl before me. That's insane" nonetherless, he made a brotherly handshake with the aspirant pokemon master, showing how he is proud and happy for him for finding the perfect woman.

Brock said "to answer your question Misty I -"

he was interrupted by the voice of Sabrina who was holding something "sorry for the wait. Was hard to find"

the raven haired teenager asked "what are you holding Sabrina?"

The psychic smiled "the present" she approached them and once the thing was visible, they were in shock. What she was holding was a yellow creature who had his eyes shut, sleeping. Brock remarked the obvious "That's an Abra"

"yes and I want you to have her"

"wow what a gift!" Admitted Misty.

Brock said seriously "really? Are you sure about that?"

Sabrina understood what he meant, but she shrugged "she hatched not long ago, but she was getting too confortable and cocky here. She needs to get out of her comfort zone and I'm sure you will take care of her well" it was no stranger to them that the Abra line was one, if not, her favorite pokemons. The fact that she is considering Brock for the task means she had the highess estime in the doctor in training.

Ash remarked "awesome! You have to, Brock. There is no better person than you for the task"

which Misty nodded in agreement. Brock turned his attention to the psychic pokemon she was holding. Because he was sitting while Sabrina was standing up, he didn't need to bend or anything. "Hello Abra, I'm Brock. Nice to meet you"

the pokemon was still sleeping althought she mumured "Aaaabra" in her snoring.

"I hope you don't mind coming with me. That is if you want of course" said Brock, knowing full Abra understood him earlier. While she was still sleeping, this time the psychic pokemon bent her head a little bit to sense her new trainer and tilted her head on the side. It was ackward a little bit for Brock as it became a staring contest, staring againts a sleeping pokemon no less. Abra teleported from Sabrina's grasp without warning and ended up on the teenager's lap.

Sabrina smirked "well congratulations Brock. She seems to like her dad" which earned a chuckle from the other three. Brock catched his newest crew and let Sabrina sit besides him. Though Abra got out of her pokeball to sit beside Croagunk, sleeping.

Brock smiled and said "it would be an honor and a challenge to raise a psychic type. Thank you Sabrina"

"Don't thank me yet, I have something else for you" the trio wondered what was the other present Sabrina had since it didn't seemed she brought other stuff with her.

The psychic trainer said gently "okay, for your present, close your eyes Brock" he wondered what's going on so he comply, that sentiment was shared by his friend. Once he closed his eyes, Sabrina came closer to Brock, put her arms around his neck, she leaned on his face and planted a kiss on his cheek. Brock became red and was almost melting in awe while Misty and Ash were in shock.

Once the kiss was finished, Misty pouted "No way, how come you didn't told me you like Brock? Like why? No offense Brock"

Sabrina shrugged "I guess it never came to conversation. He knows how to cook, so this is already a win. He is kind, I can hold meaningful conversation with him, he is knowledgable, he is curious. Also, you were right Misty, he is impossible to resist with the tuxedo on. Honestly how girls cannot see the perfection in him is beyond me" that made the young teenager blushed harder. Hearing it from his now girlfriend gave him some pride.

Ash laughed sheepishly "well he was flirting with every beautiful girls he saw, but in all honestly I'm glad for the two of you"

Sabrina more or less knew this "strange, because he never flirted with me..."

Misty groaned "yeah you still haven't explained why you acted normal"

Brock chuckled "right. So the reason is because when I met you for the second time, I overheared you talking to a man around your age I think and you said that should he tried to flirt one more time, you would turned him into a doll"

Sabrina chuckled "I see, so you were scared of that isn't. Sorry about that, you see, that man was a psychic jerk who arrogantly thought he is the perfect choice to marry and have strong children. First of all, he is weak. Second he didn't know how to cook"

"I don't blame you for this Brock" admitted Misty.

Brock took her hand and interlaced his fingers with hers, blush on both faces "is that so? Well anyway, I guess I was truly scared and it's not like I was thinking about you solely on sexual ways"

"you had feeling for me?"

"Yeah, you're the only girl that I imagined sharing my life with before even considering asking you out" Sabrina blushed, that was really mature. Now she felt bad for scaring him like that. Brock pulled his new girlfriend close to him and she in turn simply put her head on his shoulder, enjoying their moment. Misty was still a bit in shock, because while she was happy for both of them, could they really make it work? Yet, the signs that Sabrina loved Brock was there, she never openly display her feelings unless it is with someone close to her, in fact she isn't even that open with Erika and her and they were friends. Misty also remarked that during their girl meetings, she would talk about, althought not about Brock directly, but stuff he would do or make. To finish, Sabrina wouldn't do a party of that magnitude if it was for her or even Ash, it was now clear her heart was devoted to Brock and she knew the latter would cherish his girlfriend with the best of his abilities.

Ash put an hand on Misty's shoulder and said "I know this isn't what we expect, but I think they would be fine. Look even Croagunk gave his blessings." Pointing at a trio of Pokemon who were standing next to Brock. Croagunk was simply croassing, while Pikachu was happy for them. Meanwhile Abra teleport on the couple's laps, showing she approved of the relationship.

Misty smiled "you are right Ash. They are both my friends and I know now they are perfect for each other. I'm glad Brock found the girl of his dream"


It was the evening and the couple was enjoying seeing the children playing, seeing parents getting along, while Ash and Misty went to talk to said parents. Brock finally said "I'm sure there is enough place in my house."

The gym leader knew what he was alluding to "Unfortunately the gym is open for the rest of the season." Sabrina answered back, pecking his cheek once again.

"Sabrina"

"hum"

"I love you"

it was a bit hard for Sabrina to say the exact same words, because even though she loved him to death, it wasn't something she was used to. Still she made the effort to show him her appreciation "I love you too, Brock" Suddenly something fell on the lap of the tan skin teenager. Brock picked it up and the couple saw a picture of them with Sabrina kissing on the cheek. They looked up and saw Haunter laughing and happy for the newly couple, which earned a chuckled from them.

For Brock, this was the best birthday party.


Hope you enjoyed the one shot. There aren't many mangashipping fics, but I still think it is a underrated ship and they go well together. In fairness, it is quite obscure and I wasn't even aware of it since last year.