Me: And we're back.
Shuckle: Floating around, in ecstasy. So don't stop me now!
Me: Sorry he's been listening to Queen for too long.
Shuckle: Any way the wind blows . . .
Tepig: I'm guessing they're the music you're promoting this chapter?
Me: Yep.
Shuckle: Oh, mama mea let me go!
Tepig: I'm not sure that's how you spell mea but anyway, Sharto doesn't own Pokemon.
Me: Time for chapter three.
Shuckle: I'm burning through the skyyyyy!
"You know; I don't think this story needs any more narration."
"Does that mean I get my job back?"
"When I say no narration I mean no narration."
"Okay . . ."
I've known her for more than a month; why should I feel different around her now? The closest I've been to feeling this way was when Snivy used Attract but she definitely didn't do that so . . .!
Just over a month ago that was Pikachu. He figured out what was happening but . . . he had no clue what to do.
Skilled as he was at helping others the ability to help himself had eluded him. If someone else had the same problem though, he usually knew what to do instantly. The main reason he could actually do anything now was because he took note of what he said when he helped someone. It was an odd way to learn but so long as it worked Pikachu was happy to let it continue.
This problem however, would be much more difficult to overcome. Every case of love was different and the opportunities to help someone else with love were always low. He could have started helping Fennekin then as he was the only one she had told at the time, but he thought it best to just wait.
That was then though and times had changed. He knew he'd helped Braixen with Frogadier; his advice had been pretty open ended and thankfully could be applied to himself.
Unfortunately though he now had to trust that his heart could help itself. It had never failed on the rare occasions it was used but there was always someone else it was helping.
He wasn't going to wait like Braixen had though. Could he be rejected? Yes; but knowing her she wasn't going to. Still . . . he didn't want to hurt her.
She was funny, cute, curious, caring, and everything else he had ever wanted. But one wrong move and he could ruin her life forever.
The risks were all obvious but he wasn't going to ignore his own advice. He needed to find her.
She was hardly ever in her pokeball; preferring, apparently, the yellow bag Bonnie had with her at all times. At times when they were let out to play, such as now, she always played with someone. It took about a minute for him to look up.
When he did there was quite a bit out of the ordinary. Braixen and Frogadier had apparently gone off somewhere to do SOMETHING. Which meant he would have to tell the other Pokémon not to look for them . . . again. Hopefully they were just in a stage. Telling himself that it was just the 'making up for lost time' phase was a bit annoying.
The other odd thing was that Dedenne was nowhere to be seen. She was always playing with someone. Everyone else was in sight so she wasn't with them.
I really hope she didn't follow- oof! His thoughts were cut short as he was tackled from behind.
At first he thought it was another ambush from Team Rocket or that someone was trying to play with him. Either way he didn't have much to worry about.
Worries of team Rocket were dispelled when he heard a happy energetic voice.
"Ha ha ha! I got you!" As Pikachu picked himself up he turned to see Dedenne; as happy and energetic as ever.
"Yeah." He said happily while pushing her off of himself. He was the same as always on the outside, but on the inside he was a nervous wreck. He knew that he needed to do this though.
"Uh Dedenne; I need to talk to you alone." Pikachu said nervously.
"How can you talk to someone and still be alone?" Dedenne asked curiously.
Oh dear Arceus. Pikachu thought before responding. "I mean; I need to talk to you somewhere only you and I can hear."
"Alright." She said simply.
After a bit of walking Pikachu decided they had gone far enough. Before he could say anything though, Dedenne decided to say something.
"Why have you been acting so weird?" She asked.
"Because . . ." He hesitated before thinking. Come on Pikachu, out with it. Then he continued. "It's because I like you." He said quickly.
"I'm friends with Bunnelby and Fletchinder too but they aren't acting weirdly." Dedenne said, apparently confused.
How can anyone be that innocent? Pikachu thought to himself. He still had to say something though and after a moment of casting for ideas he said. "I don't mean like a friend. I mean I want us to be a-a couple."
Dedenne's eyes, along with the sparkles in them, as well as her smile, became huge. Pikachu knew he'd said the right thing. He'd always loved that smile. It was just something that was impossible not to smile at.
Apparently though he made her a lot happier than usual.
As a result of her happiness she tackled Pikachu to the ground again and nuzzling him.
"Hey! Come on! Cut it out!" Pikachu begged.
"Sorry," Dedenne said after getting off of him. "I just don't know what I'm supposed to do."
"Hey!" She said suddenly. "You can tell me what I'm supposed to do."
She was very lucky to not be wild.
"I think you should just be yourself." Pikachu answered carefully.
"Alright." Dedenne responded before tackling him again.
"How long is this going to take?" Pikachu asked after a few minutes of still being on the ground.
"Not too long." Dedenne answered happily before doing something that surprised Pikachu.
She gave him a kiss, a small one, right on his cheek. Both of his cheeks instantly went red; well redder anyways.
After a few seconds of silence she straightened up suddenly and said, still energetically, "I should tell Fletchinder." and then ran off in the direction of the campsite.
Well, I'm not keeping this relationship a secret. Pikachu thought. Everyone's going to figure it out within a week. Except for Ash, poor guy never even notices it when someone flirts with him.
Pikachu, still lying where Dedenne had left him soon had another thought. It's going to be interesting with her. I'll never know what's coming next.
That thought was later confirmed when the group went to sleep that night.
He was in the middle of sleeping when Dedenne started sending him messages through electricity.
From the messages he got Dedenne either wasn't as innocent as he thought, or she just really wanted to break a Cheri berry.
Tepig: Um, Sharto, I think your styles jumping around.
Me: Can we say it's because I switched perspective?
Shuckle: Just gotta get right out of here.
Tepig: Sure. By the way is this why your story's rated M?
Sharto: The M was originally just to be safe. I just decided to take advantage of it for this chapter.
Shuckle: I want to ride my bicycle. I want to ride my bike.
Tepig: Is he ever going to snap outta that?
Sharto: He won't be singing Queen in the next chapter.
Tepig: No more Freddie Hg. (Check the periodic table if you don't get the joke)
Shuckle: We will, we will rock you!
Sharto: Until next time, please review/comment.
Tepig: Bye!
Sharto: Wait.
Tepig: What?
Sharto: We were one word short of 300.
Tepig: Okay . . . bye!