Characters

Thomas five or six

Eliza 19

Decland 19

Thomas's mother 39ish


Decland's large brown eyes gazed at me as he placed his hands in his pants pocket.

"Decland?" My heart pounded as I got to my feet. "How, what?" I could feel my eyes brim with tears. I hated to even act like this. I knew I was becoming light headed as I pushed my hair out of my face as I tried to calm down.

I knew how long ago it happened, and they never found him. They pronounced him dead. That cold day led me to what I am now. I was just a sliver of what I was, what I am today.

"Hey, Eliza..." Decland smiled as he placed his hand upon my cheek, using his thumb to wipe the tears out of my face. "I knew you missed me but come on, you don't have to cry." He smiled as I felt my heart lift slightly.

The smile came to my face before I wrapped my arms around his shoulders laughing. It was a happy laugh, a laugh that felt so good, so pure that I don't know where it came from. Years of unhappiness flew out of me as Decland wrapped his hands around me too.

His voice turned from his happy carefree one, to the serious one that almost made want to hold him even more than I already did. "You don't even know how much I missed you Liz." He said squeezing tightly.

I felt my body go numb, stiff, as I tried to pull him in tighter. Decland was my boyfriend, and I promised to never date again. And now look who's back. I didn't want to let go, I don't want to let him slip through my grasp again. It was merely seconds before I felt slight tugging on my blue nylon dress.

Jumping again, my heart went into a frenzy as I looked at the ground, gasping. "Cyndaquill!" The little green mouse looked eagerly up to me, "Quill?" I blinked as I felt my knees hit the ground. Wrapping my arms around the fire type Pokémon I hugged her close to my body.

Cyndaquil nudged he way closer into my arms, "Oh, I missed you too!"

"Quil," she cooed as she placed her nose on mine smiling, "Cinda' Quill."

I could feel Decland's eyes watching me as I kissed the top of her head. "Quill!!" Laughing I stood back up as I cradled my Pokémon in my arms. "You kept her..."

Decland shrugged, letting his curly brown hair bounce as he turned his head back at me. "Of course, Cyndaquill wasn't my Pokémon to get rid of." Cyndaquill looked up as his hand was placed on her head.

"Quill?"

Decland laughed, "And," he said with a slight sigh, "She reminded me of you."

My heart stopped for just a second. I looked up from my Pokémon and smiled, "Thank you, really"

Shrugging again, he just watched me as I freed one of my hands and grabbed the only Poke ball that looked different among mine. Keeping the Pokémon in my arms I brought my arm back and placed in into Decland's.

There was a second of confusion before there was a glimmer of hope, and happiness in his eyes. "Is that?" He looked over the poke ball once more before I felt my eyes sparkling too.

"He reminded me of you."Decland looked at me before he threw the pokeball into the air, letting the Pokémon come out of its ball.

Cubone looked at me confused, before he turned and looked up to Decland. I watched as his eyes soften as he smiled, "Hey buddy."

"Cubone! Cu-cubone!"

I watched as Decland's frame bend down and looked Cubone in the eye.

"Cubone!!" The Pokémon said tossing its bone in the air, spinning and catching it before posing. "Cubone."

"You always loved those contests," I murmured.

I watched as Decland stood and rushed towards me, his arms wrapping around me. Without thinking, and a sharp squeal from cyndaquill I dropped my Pokémon and wrapped my arms around his neck. Decland lifted me off the ground and twirled me in circles. "Thank you liz." He murmured into my ear, carefully setting my feet on the ground.

We smile as he sets his forehead onto mine. I can feel him gazing into my eyes, and I know for a fact that I was looking into his. I couldn't remember the last time I felt this alive, this happy. "Decland, what color are my eyes?"

Decland chuckled, pressing my head against his chest. I place my hands in front of my shoulders so I could felt the chest that I had only had dreamed about in the last three years. Placing his hand on the small of my back I could hear him breath, feel him breath.

"Liz, your eyes remind me of the moon. Light grey that sparkle in the night. They shine at all time and comfort anyone lost or needing someone to come to. It is home to the ones that need you, and the ones you need."

I felt him tug me tighter as I looked up, "You're shitting me."

Decland laughed, "Ah, but I only wish I was." There was a glint of humor in his eyes. Then, they softened. I felt him lean in as my eyes closed. Our noses touched as a spark flit through my body.

"Cyndaquill! Quill! Quill!" with every squeak I could feel my dress being pulled harder and harder and then I felt my body crash on the ground.

Decland's eyes flashed open as he looked at me his eyes full of concern, then, a laughter bubble out of him, "Looks like someone is a bit jealous."

I laughed as Cyndaquill jumped in my laugh and rubbed her head against mine."You're worse than Kisses girl."

Decland rolled his eyes, "If I remember that Pokémon, she was always on your shoulder.

Laughing, I stood back up with Cyndaquill in my arms. "You are a little stinker." I said, looking as cubone just sat and watched us.

There was a bright light, the doors of the Pokémon center opened up. "I told you that he was going to be ok." Thomas said smiling at his mom.

"Well darling, I never thought something bad was going to happen, I just thought that he was in bad shape."

Thomas shook his head as he turned and saw both me and Decland. "Look! Look mommy!!" he ran towards me and wrapped his arms around my hips.

"Well, lookie there, who is this." The mother asked looking from me to Decland.

"Decland, Eliza's boyfriend."

My heart smiled as he kept his promise as much as I did.

"Hey!!" Thomas crossed his arms, "I thought you liked me.

Decland arched his eyebrow at me, "Eliza?"

"Thomas, one, I am too old for you, and, you are more of a friend to me."

I watched as a frown washed across his face. "No fair,"

"Well," the mother said, trying to change the subject, "Do you two have a place to stay for the night? If not, you both are welcome to stay with us"

I looked to Decland, and he nodded.

"We would love to, thank you."

"Yay!! And you could teach me some about Pokémon!!" Thomas mused, jumping for joy in the air.

Decland laughed, and wrapped his arm over my shoulder, "You're going to have fun."


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