*Minor adult situations

Today is Monday, the first of September. Shawn's birthday nears, in fact it's seven days away; September 8th. I put in my head that I want to get Shawn something great, something special. Then again, I don't think most store clerks would sell something to a Pokemon by themselves. But, as easy as letting myself give sexual contact with him would be easy, that can easily be done any other day, so that isn't that special. I might not get Shawn anything, which I hate to do. The alarm sets off at nine in the morning again.

After getting up, we do our daily routine; I put clothes on, which today I chose a black turtleneck and my usual black leggings. Shawn got himself ready for work, and left. Again, I have the day to myself, alone. Sometimes I wish he could stay home all the time, but we need money.

I head straight for the television as I got nothing better to do with myself. First thing I see? A man stand on his knees outside with a girl, and opened a box with a ring.

The man looks up and asks, "Will you marry me?" Then a logo of a jewelry store shows up. The advertisement itself is very cheesy.

I switched channels, but I wonder deeply on what the man meant by marry?

Seeing as today nothing interested me on television, I thought again on what to get Shawn for his birthday, if possible. I gave up on finding something free, so I decided to try and see what would happen if I went into a store, alone.

Before leaving, I took all of the money out of the money jar. Evil as it was, Shawn has his wallet, and my wallet is not enough to get anything. After grabbing about $45 and stuffing that in my purse, and got my black cotton jacket to keep myself somewhat warm outside. I took my white high heels, and walked out. The walk to the store is not too long. I'm so used to walking near my owner, but I knew the only way was to go walk there.

There nearest store I knew that sold men clothing and accessories is near Western Park. I realize how many times we went to West.

Looking around, I seem to be the only Pokemon in the streets. Some people would fix there eyes on me as I walk passed them. Eventually, Western Park is seen in a close distance.

As I arrive at the store, I'm greeted with a bunch of nice looking clothing and features. However, before I got passed a few steps, a person stops me.

A man wearing a black suit looks at me. "I'm sorry but you cannot be in here."

I sigh. "I just wanted to get something for my owner for his birthday."

He looks at me briefly. Then tells me something. "Well, since you look nicely dressed, as well as behaved, I'll talk with the manager. Until then, can you sit outside?" I nod his direction. He interrupted again. "Oh, can I get your owner's full name perhaps? If the manager knows him, you may be able to enter"

"Shawn Fay." I then walk out and lean on the outside wall. As I sit out, I can hear the quiet music from inside. It sounds a bit like R&B or Lounge, but I can't be certain.

After waiting for what seemed like eternity, the man comes out to confront me.

"Okay, he says you can come in only because he knows Shawn. Though, he said I'll have to monitor you."

Oh great, now this guy is going to stare into my soul. I nod and simply walk in.

Avoiding his eyes that are fixing on me, and other people's eyes as well, I look for something Shawn could use, preferably in most outfits. I saw some bracelets, but they are not bracelets. They have clocks on them. Checking the sign, it mentioned the word "Watch" on it. A man behind the glass counter asks if I need help. I ignore him. So, I take these as watches. I look for one that he might like, and will fit with most outfits. Looking through the lineup on the glass desk, I see some gold watches, some black, as well as some silver or white ones. I decide that silver will do. Looking at the prices, they are more expensive than they look. One of the gold ones is like $250, and some silver ones are $100. Eventually I saw a watch that was on sale; Didn't know why, but I decide to get it. It's a silver analog watch, which is "shiny" if you can call it that. Originally, it is set at $65, but since it's 25% discount, it is now $49. I check my purse to see if I had any extra cash to get to that price. I had enough to have $53 in total.

I tapped the counter to get the man's attention. Seeing me, I point on the glass towards the watch.

"Yeah, I would like to get this please."

He looks at me funny, probably because I'm not human. "Alright then." He opens a door under the counter, and pulls out a box with a silver cutout of a Virizion on the top cover. "That will be fifty-two dollars."

I took $52 out from my purse and put it in his hands. He grabbed and stuffed it in his register.

"I actually never would think I would sell a watch to a Pokemon. Anyway, I hope your owner enjoys the watch."

"Thanks, you have a nice day as well." As I walk out, the freaky man gazes at me. Well, at least I was able to buy in the store.

Arriving home, it is now eleven in the morning. I couldn't wait to see what Shawn would say, especially for an early gift. (I didn't want to give it on his birthday with everyone near him.) I hid the box in Shawn's end table. Going back in the living room, I switch on the television and lay on the sofa. I hated myself doing this, but again, it's all I have.

I stared at the television as I watch a sitcom. The sitcom didn't really seem funny to me. Some teenagers were trying to get a celebrity to go to their party. It's really stupid, and seems impossible if it was a real scenario. Then again, it is a fictional show anyway. Being bored out of my mind, I started to zone out. My eyes started to shut on themselves, while I'm fighting to keep them up. Laying on the couch isn't helping, but I decided a quick nap wouldn't hurt.

Passing out after a long time, I started to dream of Shawn at his work. He is sketching out his diagram in his own office. As he does, he finishes up one part and packs up for home. He hails a taxi. Something is off though. He feels sad, like he didn't want to go home. Holding his briefcase, he looks outside the taxi window, feeling nervous as well. No one talked in the car, only the hum of the engine is heard, as well as the car horns of the street. The taxi stopped, and Shawn paid the driver. He walks slowly up the steps of our door and takes his keys to unlock the front. When he opened the door...

I wake up to a noise in the kitchen. Looking up, I see Shawn. Was everything I was dreaming actually happening? Shawn came in with his briefcase and set it next to the front door.

I stand up and yawned. Eventually, I greet him. "Hi Shawn!" I wave at him.

He looks at me with a blank face. "Oh, hey."

I felt him being nervous with a hint of sadness. "Did you have a good day at work?"

He walks closer to me. "Maize, I got something to-" Excited, I break his sentence.

"Oh, Shawn, I do too. Hang on!" I quickly walk in the bedroom to get the watch. Digging through the end table, I grabbed onto the box.

I hear a voice outside the room. "Maize-" Still excited, I interrupted him.

"I got it!" Quickly walking up to him, I hand him the small box. He stood there for briefly. "Well, open it!"

Shawn lifts the cover to reveal the watch. He stares at it. I felt only a small amount of happiness coming from him.

I cupped my hands together under my chin. "Well, do you like it?"

He set the box on the dining table. I look back with open eyes; a small grin to show I'm not too worried.

He looked back with an expressionless look on him. "Maize, we can't be in a relationship."

I stopped grinning. "W-What do you mean?"

He sighed. "I mean we can't be, girlfriend/boyfriend anymore."

My heart sank. "But, Shawn, why not?"

"Maize, Greg knows we aren't just friends. His mouth wasn't shut and a few of my co-workers heard this."

"But, Shawn. Why does this mean we can't still-"

"Because Pokephilia is illegal." He sighed once more. "This will go on my records, permanently, if someone found out and reported. I will be registered as a Pokephile, and this can really ruin my future."

I started to feel desperate. "But, Shawn! They cannot prove that we are doing that!" My eyes started to cover in water.

He comes over and I grabbed his left arm. He looks down, "You are right, but that doesn't change that what we do is illegal. I think we might have to stop with extended romance before we really hurt ourselves."

I start to shed tears in Shawn's upper arm. He starts to pat my back.

"Maize, I know you are upset, but this is no reason to be torn apart. We will still be with each other. We will still be friends, and under the same roof."

I quiet myself to say something. Still facing his arm, "I just never had anyone except you that cared for me."

He rubs my back while the sides of our heads contact each other. I move my head to look at him, causing him to move his head back.

"People just don't know. I was alone for so long until you came."

"I think it'll be fine if we shared our breaths in privacy, but that will be it."

We stay silent, hugging each other in the middle of the kitchen. I open my eyes as Shawn lets me free of grasp. He looks at the watch, and I see him pick it up. He set it on his wrist.

"Maize, I do like the watch." He put a small grin.

I fight out a smile. "Thanks, I bought that with our leftover money in the jar."

"I don't care about that. It's thoughtful you wanted to get me something." He looks at my eyelids. "You want to clean your eyes?"

I nod and went towards the bathroom. Wetting a washcloth, I wipe gently across my eyes to get rid of the smeared eyeliner. I didn't feel like reapplying more, so I left after cleaning my face.

We spend the rest of the day on the couch. I snuggle up with Shawn, knowing that it wouldn't hurt to. Outside showed a bright orange sun in the sky. The television is playing more sitcoms as it's a marathon of it. This sitcom is more for a young adult audience though.

Shawn tells me something. "You know, tomorrow will be exactly three years since we've been together."

I giggle in mouth. "Yeah, your right."

"And I know you wanted to try out a cellphone a couple weeks ago."

I face his direction "Yeah? But do you think you can afford that?"

"We get payed enough every first of the month to pay our bills and afford a cellphone, okay?"

I smile. "Okay, but you have to teach me."

"I'll make sure to bring you with to get what you like."

I then thought of something else. "Hey Shawn. You know it's always boring at home?"

"Yeah, yeah."

"Maybe we can go to the wilderness and get something cute?"

He thought deeply. "Sounds a bit strange, but we'll see about it tomorrow."

The rest of the day is spent watching stupidly funny sitcoms and huddling together on the sofa. The sun disappeared and the night showed.

Setting at around nine-thirty at night, we get ready to go to sleep. I put on a pink tank top and covered myself in our sheets. Shawn gets his shorts on, and crawls in. It took only about half an hour for both of us to fall asleep.

You should know the drill; We get up at nine in the morning, I get dressed (today I wore a pale green long-armed t-shirt and my usual black leggings), Shawn and I have breakfast, which today was pancakes, and I sit home alone after Shawn heads to work. Before he left, we did share a small kiss, but that will be all. I sit, watch television for hours, then greet Shawn when he gets home.

*I'm skipping her television routine, it has been recycled enough

I kept what Shawn said last night in my head. I knew he wouldn't lie. And so he didn't.

"Alright Maize, lets get your cellphone and our new addition to the family."

I finish putting on my eyeliner. "Okay, I'm ready!" Walking out the bathroom, I head towards the front door, got my white high heels and my black cotton jacket, and we head out.

We walked to the highway to hail a taxi. In a town like this, a taxi is always nearby. Shawn told him to take us to a Poke Mart. The ride there was quick. We told him to wait outside. Quickly paying for two $40 Poke Balls, we went back in the taxi, and Shawn told him to go to the Eastern Square, and turns out that it's about 5 miles away. We just sat quietly the entire ride. It felt like hours since we been in the car, but finally we make it to the Square. The cost of both trips together is $21.50.

We then walked more to the east to find the wilderness.

"Those trees in the distance." He points at a bunch of trees, with a big patch of grass dividing them and the highway. "That is the same area I got you from."

I wonder if I could remember anything from my childhood? We walked, and seeing not many people were around, we held hands. The walk took around ten minutes. I could hear birds, and some Pokemon as well.

As we walk inside the area, we see nothing.

Shawn asked, "How are we going to get a Pokemon without fighting?"

I looked at him like he's silly. "The same way you did for me." I chuckled.

"Oh, but if it doesn't work this time?"

"Trust me, if any Pokemon sees me talking, I think we can do that."

"Whatever you say."

We walked, and walked, and walked. We saw a few Pokemon, but none of my interest. (Snobby, I know) We saw a few Pokemon trainers as well, but they usually were in groups. I eventually heard some Pokemon again, they were little high pitched ones.

"Hey Shawn, I think we found some inexperienced Pokemon."

Brushing away at the trees, we see a group of two Pichu and one Minccino. They also formed a circle. There in the middle, is a Minun, a turtwig and a butterfree flying above them. One of them left the group. It was the Minun that left.

"Shawn, I believe the Minun is the lower of the rest."

"Okay, now you do whatever you do, because I feel like that Minun is going to hurt me if I try to talk it out."

I smile. "I got your back."

The Minun is heading towards a tree with pears. When it reached the tree, I see the Minun jumping up frantically at a pear, but could barely reach it. There are no rocks nearby, just flat ground. I decided maybe I could help out a bit.

"Shawn, I'm going to help that Minun."

Walking towards the Minun, I see a nearby cave. That cave looked very familiar. It took me awhile to realize that the cave I'm looking at is one I have cried in. I looked away and tried to forget the past.

The Minun is now trying to climb the tree. I arrived there when the Minun started to look angry. As I stopped to crouch and confront the Minun, she must have stopped jumping because she saw my shadow. She turned around, and look at me.

"You need help?" The Minun looked afraid, but nodded anyway. I stood up, took my right hand and grabbed the pear. Tearing it off, I then handed it to the Minun. She started to bite into the pear, emitting a soft crunch sound. I crouched down again.

"Do you struggle to reach food often?" She nodded. I chuckled a bit.

"You know, I always wanted a young to help for." She continued to eat the pear. I took my hand and patted it against her head. She smiles as I do so. I then look up at Shawn in the distance doing whatever he is doing, and gestured to come over.

He walks slowly. I roll my eyes and face the Minun again.

"Did you know that my owner taught me how to speak?" She shook her head at the rhetorical question. The Minun stopped eating as Shawn appears.

"No, it's okay." I look at Shawn. "He's my trainer." The Minun felt a bit nervous and afraid, but I want to change that.

"We can feed you and teach you new things."

She cracked a small smile.

"You look like you struggle a lot out here as well. We both can help, and I can sense when you need help."

I pick up the Minun and cradled her. She was alarmed, but I petted her head. She continued to eat the pear. The pear is about a fourth eaten.

"Shawn, I don't think we need these Poke balls right now."

"Okay, though we bought these for no reason then."

"It's fine, lets just walk to town and get a taxi."

The sun is gone, but there is still light out. As we walk, the sound of the Minun chomping on the pear is heard every once in awhile. "We should name her," I think to myself.

Expressing my thoughts, "Shawn, what should we name her?"

"Hmm." He thought it out for a long while. "Well, she likes pears."

"Yeah, so?"

"I'm going to think of something related to pears for her name."

I giggled. "You know what Shawn, I don't need the cellphone."

He smiles at me. "Alright Maize."

We arrive in town and hailed a taxi to go home. Going home from Eastern Square costs $18.50. We exit and entered the house. The Minun raised it's hands to show that the stem and seed where left. I softly grin and threw them away in the garbage. She seemed very calm for just leaving her previous home.

Shawn then turned around. "I got it! Pears are usually green right?"

I nod.

"So, let's name her Lily!"

I had mixed feelings about it. I thought up of other green names. "What about Ivy?" I thought about it more. "Yeah, I take it back, Lily sounds wonderful." I look down at her. "We'll call you Lily."

It is now seven at night. Lily is sitting between us as I cuddle with Shawn. We all watch a more friendly sitcom for Lily. The show seemed a bit old, like it's from around the 1990's. A teenage boy is in a big family, and is "helping" his father work on his car. Though, he is actually ruining it. We watched a few sitcoms up until nine in the evening. Then something came up.

"Shawn, remember, we are going to need to get a separate bed for Lily when she gets older."

"Yeah, I know."

We got up and set up for bed. I put Lily between us in bed.

I tell to Lily, "Do you think we can teach you some words and letter tomorrow?"

She nodded. I hoped she would nod too, as it is easy to learn words after learning the alphabet.

Shawn turns his lamp off, and we shut our eyes to let ourselves rest. Shawn faced me, and I faced him. Lily faced me, with her fingerless hands under her head. I thought to myself, that tomorrow should not be a boring day.

*I'm not sure where this story will go, but we'll see.