Mutual Hate
Chapter One
Gary's Story
It was her. That plant named girl across the street. The girl who I would tease into crying every day. Although, each day, she comes back with her sparkly eyes, as though she never cried. And so, the cycle begins again. Her bell like voice, her flouncy brown hair, just all together happy. That's why I hated her.
I was sitting on a stump in Pallet Town, just sitting there, when guess who pops up out of nowhere. Leaf. That's who.
" Hey Gary! Wanna hang out?" She asks with that innocent smile on her face.
" And what makes you think I'd want to hang out with you?" I ask her.
" I don't know, maybe the fact that we're the only kids in Pallet Town?" She asks, eyes shining like Crystals.
" No. Just go do whatever you want." I say, looking into her eyes.
She just stared back at me for a moment, then walked over to the other side of my stump and sat down.
" W-what are you doing?" I gasped. No. The Great Gary Oak doesn't gasp.
" Whatever I want." She replied with a hint of finality in her voice.
" Go do whatever somewhere else!" I replied.
" I want to sit on this stump. You told me to go do whatever I want, and I am." She replied, obviously not moving from her side of the stump.
" Whatever." I wanted to get up, and run as fast as my long legs would carry me. But that would be surrendering. The great Gary Oak doesn't surrender. So I stayed there.
Leaf's Story
He just, hates me! Everyday I come home, and every day, I go into my room and cry. But the next day, I go back to try again. I know he isn't truly mean. It's just an act to impress the other guys. Well no. To impress himself. We're the only kids in Pallet Town. That's why I needed to get through to him. To let him know he's not alone.
I was laying in my bedroom, and I glanced out my window, when I saw him sitting on a stump near his house. That was when I decided it would be today that I got through to Gary Oak.
I walked over to him, took a deep breath and said, " Hey Gary! Wanna hang out?" I put a smile on my face and hoped for the positive answer.
"And what makes you think I'd want to hang out with you?" He said grumpily. I must have looked crestfallen for a second, but then I smiled brightly again.
" I don't know, maybe the fact that we're the only kids in Pallet Town?" I said waiting for the sure answer.
" No. Just go do whatever you want." There it was. He looked into my eyes, and I pretended to be hurt. But after a few seconds, I brightened myself up again. I shrugged, a motion he probably didn't pick up on. I walked over to the other side of his stump, and I sat down.
" W-what are you doing?" Gary asked me, shocked. Smart remark here.
" Whatever I want." I said making it sound like it was final.
" Go do whatever somewhere else!" He snapped back.
" I want to sit on this stump. You told me to go do whatever I want, and I am." I said, making it obvious I wasn't leaving.
"Whatever." He said nervously. I'm actually not crying yet. I'm not going down without a fight Gary Oak!
It must have been at least twenty minutes when I leaned back. As I did he shifted uncomfortably.
" W-what are you doing?" He said shocked.
" My back got sore from sitting up straight." I replied.
Gary Shigeru Oak, stand up, I dare you to. I thought.
Gary's Story
We sat on our stump for what must have been thirty-five more minutes, until she finally stood up. I stood up too, stretching my legs.
" I finished. What do you think?" she asked pushing a chain of flowers out towards me. To be honest, it was incredible she picked all of the flowers and wove them so intricately in that amount of time. I, of course, wouldn't tell her that.
" I've seen better." I said nonchalently.
" But I worked really hard on it..." She said tearfully. One more inconsiderate remark and she would be gone for the rest of the day. But the question was, do I want her to go. It is nice having the company of someone my own age. I turned around to apologize, But I had another chain shoved in my face. " What about this one?" She asked determindly. That girl really wants to please me.
The next I knew she had shoved the chain onto my head. We looked into each others eyes, and we both ran home.