Chapter 2: Red

I was in my room getting a pep talk from my former least favorite person in the world and his girlfriend on how to pick up girls. This was not how I wanted to spend my morning.

"You gotta be confident Red! Grab her and say, 'Leaf, I love you." Blue said.

"Then kiss her." Lyra smiled.

"Thanks guys." I muttered.

"Remember: Confidence." Blue said.

I nodded and began to leave. "Good luck buddy!" Blue called after me. Last time I remember we weren't friends, but I guess to him we were. I'm surprised he still isn't pissed at me for killing his Raticate. A lot happens after over 10 years.

Great. Now I feel old.

As I went downstairs I realized that almost everyone was playing truth or dare. I gulped and sat in the only available seat (next to Leaf). By now I was sure I was blushing like crazy. I was a shy guy by nature, but compared to her, I was as loudmouthed as Blue. Speaking of Blue, he just entered the room with Lyra, N, and White. Since there were no seats left, they just stood. The game picked up again just a few spots away from me.

"Truth or dare Silver?" Crystal asked.

"Dare." he scowled. Blue narrowed his eyes at the red head. He hated Silver for hurting Lyra and giving her the scars she now has on her face.

"I dare you to kiss me." Crystal smirked.

Silver just rolled his eyes and got the dare over with. Does that jerk ever smile?

Next up was Brendan.

"Truth or dare." Silver spat.
"Truth." the Hoenn trainer replied.

"Why do you stay with May?"

Brendan gulped. "Because I love her?" he answered weakly.

Silver rolled his eyes again.

"May, truth or dare?" Brendan asked.

"D-dare." the drunken May slurred. I personally found her nothing more than another slut. I didn't say this though.

"I dare you to kiss the person you love most." Brendan dared, confident she would pick him.

Never trust a drunken whore.

May walked over towards N and Blue, but not before White and Lyra could punch her right in her face. She stumbled back over to her spot, daggers spurting out of her eyes.

"Leaf…Truth or *hic* dare?" May said.

"Um…truth." she whispered. I loved her voice.

"Who do you like?" she said with an evil grin.

Leaf mouthed something I couldn't see and tears started flooding out of her eyes.

"W-what's wrong Leaf? Are you hurt?" N asked. After all this time, his inner child still shone through at times.

"YOU FUCKING BITCH!" Leaf screamed at an earsplitting volume pointing at May. That was the loudest I ever heard her speak. She fell back into her chair and continued to cry.

"Why are you such a bitch May?" Blue yelled.

"Now the *hic* a-a-arrogant bastard has standards? Oh wait I *hic* forgot…You're dating that ugly thing." she retorted.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST CALL ME?" Lyra screamed at the top of her lungs.

Blue shut her up with a kiss, telling her she was beautiful over and over again. Meanwhile, my attention fluttered back to Leaf. I heard another female scream and apparently White and May had gotten into a fight. I saw the perfect opportunity I came down here for. I grabbed Leaf's arm and pulled her into the broom closet down the hall and locked the door.

"Leaf, I love you. I love everything about you. Do you want to be my girlfriend?" I stammered.

She started to cry again. Did I screw up? What did I do wrong? I felt a tear slip down from my left eye.

"Don't cry Red." she whispered.

"But you're crying. Do you not like me?" I cried.

Wonderful. Now I sounded like N.

But I didn't.

N didn't cry when he told White his feelings. N beat Cheren within an inch of his life for trying to hurt White. When Leaf was hurt by May, I did nothing. I was the complete opposite of N.

"I-I do Red. I just…I just told you out there. Didn't you listen?"

I looked at her, confused. My eyes widened. When May asked her that question, did she mouth my name?

"You probably didn't hear me. When May said that, I said Red." My name sounded like heavenly music when she said it. Uncontrollably, glee lit up on my face. I…I was happy for the first time in a long time. Before I could say anything else, she planted her lips on mine. It was sweet, quiet, and gentle.

Just like us.

It seemed a little crazy that we were having our first kiss ever at age 21, but oh well. Suddenly, the closet door opened.

"Why is this locked and…" Blue's eyes widened before he started laughing. He was the last thing I needed right now.

"Let's just go upstairs Lyra." Blue winked first at her, then at me before giving me a thumbs-up and dashing away with Lyra, who was giggling like crazy.

I guess someone was getting lucky tonight.

A few minutes later, the door opened again and this time, it was N and White. They were making out and didn't even realize that we were here. Leaf had to stifle a giggle as I rolled my eyes. Finally, N saw us and his eyes widened.

"White, we aren't alone." he whispered, gesturing his head towards us.

"Um…we're just gonna leave now." I said, stumbling with my words.

N winked at me. "Congratulations!" It wasn't like when Blue came in, I could tell that it was an innocent comment. It still embarrassed me.

Leaf and I turned bright red before White gave me a thumbs-up and we left, hand in hand.

"Why are those four so obsessed with your love life?" Leaf giggled.

"That's a long story." I sighed.

"I think it's funny." Leaf blushed quietly.

"You know, before I came down here, Blue gave me a pep talk."

"And?"

"I screwed up."

She kissed me again. "No you didn't" she whispered.

A camera flash caught the corner of my eye. There was Blue snickering.

"Just kidding." He showed me as he deleted the photo. "Now…I gotta get back to Lyra." He winked and left.

"That idiot." I laughed.

"He just wants to be friends with you." Leaf giggled.

"That's not the right way of doing it." I laughed once more.

A/N: So what did you think? I'm gonna do N next then Dawn. I'm thinking Chapter 5 will be Crystal or Gold. Please review!