Collin and friends decide to use the first day of the week to know each other more and do a bit of shopping. Also, Lillie and Collin have a day to themselves. Also as a reminder, the characters in this story are of the age of 18 or over.
Chapter 11-Week of Relaxing
The smell of shampoo and the sound of the shower running was enough to wake Collin up from his sleep. The night before tired him out so much that he didn't even change his travel clothes. Cracking his bones as he got up from his couch bed, he noticed Hau wasn't in the room. Not worried about it, he got himself a glass of water just as Lillie came out of the shower, looking a lot more fresh, while still wearing the same white dress. Her hair was wrapped around a towel.
"You seriously not have any other clothes?" asked Collin, taking a sip of his water.
"Morning to you too." she replied, sticking her tongue out. "And no I don't really. This is all I have." she said, taking the towel off and brushing her hair.
"Well why don't we head into town and buy some new clothes?" he suggested, surprising Lillie.
"Really? Um...I think I'm okay for now. I wash this every three days anyway just before bed so it's ready in the morning."
"Still doesn't hurt to have a spare set just in case." said he. Lillie began to think about it before smiling.
"Okay, I guess one new set of clothes couldn't hurt." she said.
"By the way, do you know where Hau is?" asked Collin.
"Oh Hau? He's in the town getting breakfast. Probably Malasada's knowing him."
"Loves his Malasada's huh. Soon he'll turn into one." said Collin, laughing.
"I honestly think he'd be happy with that. He could eat himself!" said Lillie, joining in with the laughing just as the door to the room opened.
"Hey, at least I'll turn into something that I love." said Hau, putting the bags of shopping down. Everyone was now laughing at the idea of Hau being a Malasada. Collin let out a long stretch and made his way towards the bathroom.
"I'm just going for a quick wash you two." he said, walking into the bathroom before they could respond. Five minutes later, he came out looking refreshed. "So what's for breakfast?" he asked.
"Take a wild guess." said Lillie, showing unusual snark on her end.
"Hey! These are breakfast Malasada's!" said Hau, pouting.
"How much do you wanna bet that they say they are breakfast Malasada's when in reality they are the same ones but with the words "breakfast" slapped on them?" Collin's smirk was wider than ever saying that.
"Maybe...but it doesn't matter because they are good!" said Hau in defense as he began to eat one.
"Whatever you say Hau." replied Collin but started eating one and so did Lillie. They finished their breakfast and planned their day, with Hau doing more training and Collin and Lillie doing some shopping.
Walking down to Heahea City's clothes store, Collin and Lillie were standing close to each other. Being so close, the two couldn't help but blush just as they turned into the clothes store. The smell of freshly pressed clothes filled Collin's nose and he regretted even going in.
"Sorry, I can't stand the smell of clothes." he confessed holding his nose.
"Honestly, while I do like clothes, I hate being in the shops because of the smell too." said Lillie with a look of disgust across her face.
"Well let's try to make this quick okay?" Lillie nodded and the two began to look around. After spending ten minutes looking around, Lillie spotted something she liked.
"Collin! Look at this!" she said holding up a snow white T-Shirt and snow white shorts. "What do you think of these?" Collin mentally pictured her wearing them and blushed heavily.
"U-Um...why don't you try them in the changing room? See for yourself." Lillie did just that and walked into the changing room. Two minutes later, she came out in the new clothes and Collin had to stop himself from having a nose bleed. She was that cute.
"How do I look?" asked Lillie, spinning around in place. Collin needed a moment to collect his words.
"Y-You look a-amazing! Maybe if you tie your hair back it would complete the look." he suggested.
"Do you really think so?"
"Yeah I really do. So, you going to get this?" asked Collin.
"Yes! I love them. I'll just get changed back into my old clothes and I'll buy them. You can wait outside for me if you want."
"Sure. I'll do that. See you in a bit." With that, Collin left the shop to let Lillie change and buy the clothes. Not long after, she came out with the old clothes on her and a shopping back. "So you gonna change into the new clothes tomorrow?"
"Actually, I'm going to wait. I'm too used to wearing this and I can get one more wash out of it. After that though, I'll wear these. Okay?"
"Sure. They're your clothes, not mine. Wanna get lunch?" asked Collin. The two made their way to a cafe that allowed Pokemon to be out. Collin sent out his Prinplup, Dratrix, Crabrawler and Salandit and ordered food for them, Lillie and himself. They all ate in silence for a while before Lillie spoke up.
"Hey, how do you feel about last night?" she asked. Collin knew what she was talking about and smiled.
"I'm much better now. Thanks for being there with me. Same for Hau. Honestly I don't know what I'd be like without you two." he said truthfully.
"It's no problem Collin. I mean it. If you feel like your ready to say any more to us, feel free to okay?" said Lillie.
"Yeah. Same for you." This confused Lillie for a second.
"W-what do you mean?" she asked.
"I know you're hiding stuff from us Lillie. I can tell." Lillie looked away from Collin. "Look, I'm not going to pry, but when you feel like talking about it I'll be all ears to listen okay?" She looked back at Collin to see a warm smile across his face.
"Okay. I'm just not ready to talk about it yet."
"That's fine. Come on, let's finish lunch and we'll meet up with Hau." They finished lunch and Collin returned the Pokemon to their Balls. They made their way to Route 4 to where Hau was train. He spotted Collin and sprinted up to him.
"Hey Collin! Wanna have a battle? It's been a while since our last one."
"Sure Hau, make sure your Pokemon are healed. I wanna see how much you improved." Hau healed up his Pokemon and the two were ready to battle. "Lillie, if you wanna be a trainer, keep your eyes on this battle!"
"Okay! Best of luck you two!" said Lillie, watching from the side lines.
With each down to their last Pokemon, the two trainers started panting from all the shouting and screaming. Lillie was watching in awe as the two took out their last Pokemon.
"GO BRIONNE!"
"GO DARTRIX!" The two Pokemon came out and were ready to battle "Use Razor Leaf!" shouted Collin and sharp leafs were thrown at Brionne.
"Dodge and use Bubble Beam!" The Pokemon managed to dodge the leafs and the beam of water hit Dartrix with a critical hit. This crippled Dartrix hard as it fell to the ground, panting.
"Come on Dartrix! You can do it buddy! One Razor Leaf can do it!"
"Finish it with Disarming Voice!" The two Pokemon attacked with both of their moves connecting, causing dust and grass to cover the seen.
"I can't see a thing!" shouted Lillie. With the dust clearing, both Pokemon were on the ground, knocked out. "Who fell first?" asked Lillie.
"I don't know." said Collin.
"Me too." said Hau. "Draw?"
"Yeah, we'll call it a draw. Well done Hau! You're really getting the hang of training!" said Collin, returning Dartrix and shaking Hau's hand.
"I'm one step closer to beating you!" said Hau happily and then doubled back, feeling bad. "I-I-I didn't mean that in a smug way! I-It's just...you know..." He looked at Collin who was just smiling.
"It's fine Hau. It's alright to say that stuff. And you will if you keep it up."
"Yeah. Between the Trials and the training, I'm ready for anything. Gladion was wrong!" said Hau. Lillie looked at the boys confused.
"Gladion?" she asked.
"Yeah this edgy looking guy with a weird Pokemon said I should quit. Heh, wait till he sees me now!"
"You know him Lillie?" asked Collin,
"N-no. I just...I never heard you talk about this person before." she said looking away. Collin was sure she wasn't telling the whole truth, but let it slide for now.
"Okay. Why don't we head back to the hotel?" The others nodded and made their way back to the hotel.
When they got there it was night time and they ordered dinner for the night. They sat around the table eating like yesterday. The memories from yesterday came back and the room was silent until Hau spoke up.
"Um...if it's okay, do you mind talking about...you know?" he said quietly.
"Sure. What do you wanna know?" asked Collin. Hau coughed and thought about what he was going to say carefully.
"So...um...I know your mom is...gone." he said while all three grimmest. "But what about your dad?" Collin stopped eating for a second and began to laugh out loud, making Lillie and Hau worried.
"Collin? You okay?" asked Lillie as the laughing continued.
"I'm sorry! But the idea of my dad actually giving a shit about me and my mom is so fucking funny!" he laughed out and began to slow down. "I should explain. Remember when I said I took down Team Rocket?"
"Yeah." the both of them replied.
"Well it turns out that my dad, Giovanni, was the leader of Team Rocket." said Collin.
"WHAT?!" shouted Hau.
"NO WAY!" shouted Lillie.
"Yes way. I had to face him countless times. I've not seen him since the Pokemon World Tournament in Unova. He said he's "reformed" but I don't believe a word of it. He's out there somewhere, plotting. I'll be ready for him." It was like a fire was coming off him, he was that angry thinking about his father.
"Wow. That must be harsh." said Hau.
"It gets better. A year after I finished in Kanto I went to Johto and I found out that I have a brother! Amazing how that works out eh?!" said Collin, standing up,
"You have a brother?!" said Lillie, shocked finding this out.
"Well half brother. My father had him before me with another woman. His name is Silver."
"Do you talk to him?" asked Hau.
"Oh yeah. He was a prick when we first met, like extreme prick. But over time we warmed up to each other. Later on we found out that we were half brothers and we've bonded better since." said Collin, sitting back down.
"Wow. Where is Silver by the way?" asked Lillie.
"Still in Johto with his wife Kris. They are expecting a child soon." he said, smiling about it.
"Aw that's sweet. I hope we get to see the baby." said Lillie, clasping her hands together.
"Speaking of wife, every been with someone Collin?" said Hau, wiggling his eyebrows. Collin blushed but chuckled.
"I loved someone, never actually been with them though. Her name was May and I met her in the Hoenn region. She was nice, funny and cute. Asked her out but she didn't feel the same."
"Aw that's a shame." said Lillie.
"I didn't let it get to me. She ended up getting with another kid called Wally. Nice guy and well deserving of her. I met them a few months ago when I went back to Hoenn for a visit." said Collin.
"Damn man, unlucky." said Hau.
"What about you Hau? Got any girl you like?" said Collin, raising his eyebrow. Hau began to fidget and looked away.
"I...um...don't swing that way." he confessed. He was expecting to be chewed out by his two friends but he was met with blank looks.
"Oh! I didn't know. Well what guy then?" asked Collin. This confused Hau.
"W-Wait you guys okay with it?" asked Hau.
"Yeah. I'm Bi myself." said Collin, eating his food.
"I'm Bi too. There's nothing to worry, we support you one hundred percent!" said Lillie, smiling at him.
"Thank you guys. But to answer your question, no not really. I need to find the perfect someone." he said. "What about you Lillie? Do you like someone?"
"Um...I do...but you guys wouldn't know him. It's more of a crush on a famous person more than anything." she said, dodging the question. They finished their food while Collin talked more about his adventures, the good and the bad. By the time they were finished, it was late.
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm beat." said Hau, yawning.
"Same. I'm gonna sleep like a Slowpoke tonight." said Lillie. "I'm going to bed. Goodnight boys, have a good sleep." she said, walking into the bedroom, leaving the other two alone to get ready. Hau laid on his bed and began to smirk.
"You like Lillie don't you?" he asked. Collin froze up completely. "Don't lie, I know how you act around her."
"It's just a simple crush. We've barely known each other anyway. Doesn't matter, probably doesn't feel the same way anyway." said Collin getting into his foldout bed.
"Whatever you say buddy. Goodnight."
"Night." The lights were out and Collin began to think about how Lillie feels about him. And more over, how he feels about Lillie. Is it a crush? Or something more? A question for another time.
Planting the seeds as I go eh? Anyway, reviews and comments of any nature are welcomed and as always, I'll see you in the next chapter. Cheerio!