Day: 3
Time: 40 minutes
Prompt: shattered glass
Theme: mist
Words: 586

Tap. Tap. Tap.

Red woke in a hazy jumble of thoughts, aware of the fact that he had been woken up and not much else. A bleary glance at the clock told him it was 1:09 AM. He groaned.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

He froze. Something was knocking at his window.

All the horror movies he'd ever watched immediately ran through his mind. He was sure there was a hazy mist spreading outside his window, a darkrai floating ominously in the midst, biding its time—

Tap. Tap. Tap.

He considered diving under the covers and staying there for eternity. Then he reasoned that the pokémon would be able to get him whether he had a duvet over his head or not, so he swallowed and walked to the window.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

He cautiously peered outside. In the lamplight was a figure: short, thin, and definitely human. Sighing with relief, he unlocked the window and pushed it open a crack, letting in the warm summer night's air.

"Leaf," he hissed. "What are you doing here?"

"Waking you up," she replied, and hurried closer to the window. "C'mon, let's go."

He maneuvered himself through the window and landed in the soft grass, grateful that he hadn't yet moved into his new second-story room. Leaf went on ahead, but he knew exactly where she was going.

She was leaning against the trunk when he caught up.

"Nice pajamas," she said, glancing downward at his pika-print pants.

"Hey, yours aren't much better," he said defensively, nodding at the cheery vanilluxe smiling at him from her shirt.

"Not the point," she said, but grinned anyway.

"So what was the point of nearly breaking my window to get me here?" Red asked as he sat down next to her.

Leaf shrugged. "Practice in case we ever need to actually sneak out, I guess. Plus, it's nice out."

He thought of his mother at home and hoped she hadn't noticed his absence.

"Rebellious," he said sarcastically, and she laughed.

"Like I could ever get you to do anything rebellious," she teased.

"Try me."

"Well…" She appeared to be thinking. "Go ring Green's doorbell and run away."

"Fine," he said, fueled by a strange need to prove that he could be a rebel, too, and stood up.

Green's house was in between his and Leaf's, so it was a short walk to the front door. Red crept up the stairs, and as soon as he struck the doorbell, ran as fast as he could.

They snickered as Green's mom opened the door a crack, peered around, and closed the door with an exasperated sigh.

"Well, that was fun," said Red as they settled back down at their tree. "I think it's your turn now."

"My turn?" she said, raising an eyebrow. "I got you out here in the first place, didn't I?"

"Still," he said.

She sighed, pretending to be exasperated. "Fine." And, just like that, she kissed him.

He was so high on adrenaline that he didn't even register the kiss until it was over and he realized just how close Leaf's face was to his.

"That was definitely rebellious," he thought he said, but in reality it was probably something more like "Uh—rebel—yeah—yeah."

Leaf smiled. "You're so cute when you're flustered."

He might have fallen asleep in his breakfast the next morning, but it was definitely worth it.

A/N: stupid ending because I was typing really fast and then I realized it had been 39 minutes and yeah :P