This is What I Want
Chapter 5: Did we just kiss?
Flashback:
A teenage girl and her father are up late at night, in a laboratory of some kind.
"Dad, why do you still use the lab here in Castelia City? I thought that we moved to Nuvema Town because you wanted to be near Professor Juniper?" the young girl asks.
"Hilda, I still stay here because I don't want you guys to be harmed, just in case." Her father explains. "There are bad people who want to take all the information that I've earned on the legendary Pokemon."
The girl still looks confused. "Why don't you just give it to them? What harm will giving it do, anyways?"
He sighs. "The information contains how to gain control of Reshiram and Zekrom, and they can take them by force and ruin the entire world with it."
A knock can be heard on the door. "I know you're in there! Team Plasma demands that you open this door right now!" someone says from the other side.
The father looks worried, but hides it well from his daughter. "Hilda, I need you to leave now. I'll handle them."
"Dad, are you sure? I can help you!"
"I can handle it myself. The thing I'm worried about is your safety." he tells his daughter, while gathering all the paperwork from the bookshelves. The teenager looks at him confused, but nods. She distances herself from the building, and hides in a spot where she can still watch her father.
Her father gets a lighter, when the doors open to reveal two guys dressed up as knights. "Already stacking up the documents for us? That's very nice of you." one of them says.
The father just says nothing, and proceeds to burn everything right in front of them.
The two Team Plasma members were surprised by this, and then that was quickly replaced by anger. "You brought this upon yourself, old man." One of them pulls out a gun, and points it at the father's head. "Any last words?" the guy asks, in a joking manner. No reply. "Whatever." He shoots the gun, and her father falls to the ground, dead.
She sees all of this, and she quickly uses her Xtransciever to call her mother. "Mom?"
Her mother notices the tears flowing on her daughter's face. "Honey, what's wrong?"
"Dad's dead." she bluntly replies. Her mother looks at her surprised, and she continues talking before her mother can reply. "He was shot by these people dressed up as knights. Mom, he told me to run. I should've just stayed with him!" the teenage girl was shouting, and she was crying harder than before. "This is all my fault!"
Her mother tries to console her. "Don't blame yourself. Your father just wanted you to be safe. If you were there with him, you might have died too. Now, what did the police say?"
She stared at her with wide eyes for a moment. "I… I didn't call them." She was frustrated with herself, and the fact that she forgot to call the police makes her blame herself more. "I should've died instead of dad."
"Hilda, don't you dare say that. I know that you love your dad very much, and I know that you're allowed to grieve. However, never say stuff like that. We both know that your dad wouldn't want you to blame yourself for this." Her mother reassures her. "I'll call the police for you. You should go home, we'll talk about it more here. It's safer." She nods, and makes her way home.
Red's POV:
I woke up in the middle of the night because I heard someone sobbing. I look around to find out where it was coming from, when I see Jessica there, crying in her sleep. I barely know her, but I want to find out why she's crying. I try to wake her up, when I suddenly lose balance. The next thing I know, my lips are touching hers.
Wait, what am I doing? Why am I not pulling away?
Her eyes open and we just stare at each other for a minute, until she pushes me away. "Red, what were you doing?" she asks, angry and slightly embarrassed.
What was I doing? I have no idea why I just kissed her. I liked it, though. I'll keep that as a secret from her since it might ruin the friendship that I have with her.
Jessica's POV:
"Did we just kiss?" I ask him, after thinking about what I just woke up to. He slowly nods, and looks away from me. "Why'd you do that, Red?"
He thinks about it for a few seconds, and answers me. "Well, you were crying in your sleep, and I tried to wake you up."
I look at him, and then slap him. "That's how you decide to wake me up? Kissing me? What gave you the right to do that?"
"I didn't do it on purpose! I lost my balance and it just sort of happened!" he replies defensively. "Why were you crying in your sleep, anyways?"
"I don't want to talk about it, okay? It's something from my past." I reply, not giving anything specific.
"I understand, don't worry. Anyways, since we're both up, we might as well get going to Pewter City." I nod, and we both start heading to the city, ready to get our first gym badge.
Author's Note: Sorry for the shorter than usual and slightly delayed chapter 5, guys. I've been fairly busy with some stuff, but I'll try to update this at least once a week. This chapter was going to be longer, but I kind of wanted to post this already. Anyways, I might do romance between Red and Jessica, but I'm not entirely sure yet. You guys can decide it for me. Also, a small part of Hilda's past is revealed. It will take a while before she remembers everything, though.