Joy suggested keeping Red at the Center for a couple days to make sure he was all right, and the others agreed, resuming their normal life in the small cabin. Black and Lyra battled often, which usually ended with Lyra winning. A snowball fight usually ensued soon after. Blue and Green occasionally joined in the battles, Blue more often then Green, who still didn't have that report on Mount Silver's environment done.
About once a day they went into town, and they would go see Red. He was usually unconscious, but on rare occurrences his icy eyes would flicker, and he would glance tiredly at them, shift so the covers shielded most of his face, and close his eyes again, seemingly trying to ignore them. This caused Green to smile ever so slightly, and he would leave, taking the hint. The others left soon after him. Lyra watched Red curiously. He looked a lot better than he did when they got him off the mountain, and his hands were no longer blackened. She thought Red did look incredibly tired, though, and did her best to be quiet in his presence.
Blue usually stayed the longest, bringing a book to read. She didn't really have much to do anyways. Luxray enjoyed her company. She'd brush him for Joy sometimes, and the Pokemon seemed to love it. Today Lyra decided to stay with Blue, too, and sat on the bed next to her. The Luxray sighed; it was kinda a tight fit with all of them on the bed. Red also seemed unhappy about this, and fidgeted under the covers, turning his head to look over his shoulder at them. He must've not noticed them. Blue was staring at him, and he countered with an equally stiff gaze. A small smile formed on her lips, and he curled into a ball, facing away from them and covering his head with the covers.
Blue got up, and Red peaked out from under the covers, curious of what she was doing. She went around to the side he was on, and took the edge of the blankets. Red tentatively grabbed hold of them, he could tell what was about to happen, and his weak grip wouldn't be able to stop it. Blue whipped the covers off him, and Red was met with the chilling cold of the rest of the room. She held out a hand to him, and he stared at it, then at her, and shook his head.
"Oh, come on." Blue huffed. "Get up." Red sighed. She kicked the bottom of the bed.
"Come on, Red." Lyra smiled happily, moving to stand next to Blue. "You're not in that bad of shape." He glanced to her, then to Blue. Somehow he knew if he didn't get up they'd keep bugging him. Red pushed himself shakily to a sitting position, and began to cough a bit. He took Blue's hand, and she pulled him up. He stumbled but didn't fall, and stood to his full height. Lyra just noticed he looked almost a bit shorter than her, and she determined that compared to Green he was a whole foot off. Green was pretty tall, though. Red was wearing black sweatpants and a crimson sweatshirt. He blinked tiredly, and stared Blue pleadingly.
"Yeah, yeah. Go back to bed if you want." She waved him off, and he curled back up in the covers, watching them for a couple seconds before dozing off. Blue motioned for Lyra to exit with her, and once the door was closed, told her matter-of-factly, "Red's fine. Joy shouldn't have to look after him when nothing's wrong with him."
Lyra shrugged. "That makes sense." In response Blue walked back in the room, woke Red from his sleep rather rudely, and ushered him out of the room. She grabbed his clothes and Pokeball, but looked around a bit confused. She thought Red had more than one Pokemon. Maybe her memory was just wrong. Shrugging she exit after him. Red blinked at her, and sighed.
After informing Nurse Joy of their conclusion they both gave Red their jackets and guided him out of the center into the cold. He tripped in the snow banks along the sidewalk, but aside from that the walk was uneventful. They entered the small house, and Black, who had been watching TV, looked surprised to see Red. Lyra kicked Black off the couch, saying he could sit on the floor, letting the champion lie down on the furniture. He passed out almost instantly, letting sleep take him. Blue put some blankets on him.
Green was focused on his paper, so nobody bothered him. The rest of the day was peaceful.