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So... I know I said that this chapter would come about 3-5 days after chapter 2, and it's been about... 13 days. So ya, sorry about that. I was busy with Christmas and stuff. So I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Here's chapter 3, enjoy!
Sil briefly checked his watch as Rowlet continued practicing some attack combos. His watch read 5:30. 'Ok, I got 30 minutes to get over Kukui's lab to meet Lillie.' he thought. "Ok Rowlet. That's enough training for tonight." Rowlet waddled back to Sil, a content and happy look on his face. Sil pulled out the last oran berry from his pocket, giving it to Rowlet, who devoured the berry quickly. "I bet you're pretty tired, huh, Rowlet?" Sil asked as he pet Rowlet on the head. "You deserve some rest." Sil returned Rowlet to his Pokéball, and put the Pokéball back on to his belt. "Alright…" Sil muttered to himself as he began to walk briskly towards the direction Kukui's lab.
Sil followed the path that Kukui told him to get to his lab, and soon enough, he reached a beach area, where he saw a lone building. 'That must be Kukui's lab.' he thought. As he walked up to it, he heard an explosion coming from inside. Sil, fearing the worst, rushed up to the door and kicked it open. "Is everyone ok?!" Sil yelled, his hand on his belt, ready to draw Rowlet at any moment.
What he saw was… odd. He saw Kukui lying on the ground, laughing, with a damaged labcoat. Near him was a yellow Pokémon, which Sil immediately identified as a Pikachu. His eyes frantically scoured the room for Lillie to make sure she was safe. He finally noticed her, up in a loft, sitting at a desk, reading… like nothing just happened. Sil simply stood there, dumbfounded. Finally, Kukui noticed that Sil was standing in the doorway, and so Kukui got up to greet him.
"Hey there Sil!" he said, laughing, "You're here for Lillie, yeah?" Sil then began to speak, "Umm… yeah…. But one question first. WHAT THE #$% IS GOING ON HERE KUKUI?!" Sil's outburst finally caused Lillie to notice that Sil was there, so she rushed down from the loft, quickly climbing down the stairs. "Hello Sil!" she greeted him, with a smile on her face. "Oh, hey Lillie." Sil responded, a nervous smile creeping on to his face.
Kukui then began to speak. "Sorry if I caused you any alarm Sil. See, I love to study Pokémon moves, so I like to experience them firsthand so I can understand them better!" Kukui had the dumbest smile on his face.
Sil simply stared at him questioningly; it was a look that could be roughly translated as, "What the hell is wrong with you?" "Sorry about this!" Lillie intervened. "I forgot to tell you about the professor's… weird tendencies. It's just become so normal by now, I simply didn't think of mentioning it. So, I'm sorry for causing you concern." she said as she gave a small courteous bow.
"Oh no! Don't worry about it!" Sil responded, flustered. "It's fine, really! I'm just glad no one is hurt. Professor Kukui then began to speak, "I'll get out of your way, I hear that you two are gonna have dinner together." Kukui said, as he gave a knowing smile and winked at the two of them. This simple action caused Sil and Lillie to nervously blush, earning a chuckle from the professor. The professor then walked to the downstairs of his lab, waving goodbye with his back turned to the duo.
"Well… wanna head out?" Sil nervously asked. "Sure, just give me a moment." Lillie replied. Lillie then climbed up to the left. From what Sil heard, she grabbed a few things, and then began talking, "Alright Nebby, don't wander off when I'm gone, and listen to the professor, ok? I know you don't like the bag so if you stay here, I won't have to put you in the bag." Lillie was then silent for a few moments, and Sil couldn't tell what she was doing, but he patiently waited. "Ok! I'm coming!" Lillie yelled from the top of the loft. She climbed down quickly, and when she reached the bottom, she turned around to look at Sil. Sil noticed immediately the one thing that was different about her. She had put on earrings! They were small, blue earrings, and they were shaped like a crystal.
Sil thought she looked beautiful in them, but didn't have any idea how to convey this to her. "You're wearing earrings now." he said, immediately regretting his stupid comment. "Yes… I am." Lillie responded, awkwardly. "Um… they look nice- I mean, um- you… look nice in them." Sil said fumbling out all his words. Lillie placed her hand on her mouth, in an attempt to conceal a small giggle, which she was unsuccessful in, as Sil heard it clearly. "Thank you for the compliment. Let's go!" Lillie said, a bright smile on her face.
The two walked out onto the beach, and began the walk towards Hau'oli City. The first few moments of their walk was filled only with silence, but it was a content silence. The two couldn't help but notice the sunset as they were walking. It was a beautiful sight; the sun being enveloped by the horizon of the sparkling sea. "The sunset is pretty, don't you think so?" Lillie said, while they continued to walk. "Yeah," Sil replied, "Looking out into the ocean like that… it reminds me of Hoenn." There was a certain longing in his voice, that was almost completely unnoticeable. "Oh, that's right. You're from Hoenn, aren't you?" Lillie said. "Can you tell me about the Hoenn region?" she asked.
"Well… where do I start?" Sil asked himself, "Hoenn has a lot of water. And a lot of the land covered with forests. I was actually born in one of these forests. Of course, there's some mountainous parts of Hoenn. There are also a few island cities off of the mainland of Hoenn, kind of like the different islands in Alola. But those islands aren't as big as the islands here in Alola."
"What would you say are the main attractions of Hoenn though?" Lillie asked curiously. "Hoenn's not really a tourist region, but if I had to choose… hmm…" Sil said as he brainstormed a few locations in Hoenn. "Well, there's Mt. Chimney, it's a volcano. And there's also the Meteor Falls, that's a really cool place. The abandoned ship is pretty interesting too. And of course there's… Sootopolis…" His voice seemed to drift away as he mentioned Sootopolis.
"What's Sootopolis?" Lillie asked. Sil immediately snapped out of his daze after hearing Lillie's voice. "It's a city. But the thing about it, is that you can only reach it by diving under the water or by flying; there's no other normal way to get there." "That sounds interesting." Lillie responded. "I'd love to go visit Hoenn sometime!" Lillie said with a smile on her face. Caught up in their conversation, they finally realized they had reached the outskirts of Hau'oli City. "We're in the city now, so lead the way, Lillie." Sil said. Lillie simply nodded, and the two continued walking.
"So…" Sil started awkwardily, "What would you say are the main attractions of Alola?" "Hmm…" Lillie said as she began to think. "Alola is known for its tourist cities. Hau'oli is one of them. It's also known for its malasada shops."
"How about any major landmarks?" Sil asked. "Let's see…" Lillie replied as she began to think. "Each of the four main islands has a shrine, similar to the place where we met." "You mean the Ruins of Conflict?" Sil asked. "Yes." Lillie replied, "and with each of these, comes a guardian deity, like Tapu Koku. So there are four island guardians in total."
"Interesting…" Sil replied. "Can you tell about these island guardians?" he asked. Then Lillie began to speak. "Well, the guardian of Melemele, the one that we both met, is Tapu Koku. It is an electric-fairy type, and it is known for its great speed. The guardian of Akala Island, is Tapu Lele. It is a psychic-fairy type, and is known for its mental prowess. The guardian of Ula'ula Island is Tapu Bulu, and is a grass-fairy type. It is very physically powerful. The final guardian, residing on Poni Island, is Tapu Fini, and it is a water-fairy type. It is the most defensive of the four gaurdians in battle."
"Hmm… that's interesting... thanks for sharing that information with me." Sil replied. "So they're like the legendary Pokémon of Alola, then?" he asked. "I guess you could classify them as legendary Pokémon, but we just call them guardians." Lillie replied. "Oh! We're here!" Lillie said, signifying they were at the restaurant Lillie was talking about. Much to Sil's surprise, he instantly recognized the restaurant they were at. It was the same restaurant that Professor Kukui had taken him on his first night in Alola. "I've been here before. The professor showed me this place on my first night here." Sil stated matter-of-factly.
"Oh no!" Lillie exclaimed, flustered, "I hoped I could help show you to a place you didn't know about, since you just arrived here in Alola. I know a few other restaurants, if you want to go see a new one." Lillie spoke quicker than she normally did, and a faint blush began to appear on her cheeks. Sil simply attributed Lillie's awkward actions to nervousness. "It's ok." Sil began, reassuring her with a faint, yet genuine smile. "I really liked the malasadas here. And I'm sure Rowlet wouldn't mind having some of the malasadas as well."
Lillie simply stared at Sil for a few seconds, and the followed with a gorgeous smile, "Ok, let's go in!" she said, "By the way, I'm paying, because this is my thank you for saving Nebby." Lillie said. Sil began to protest, "But-" "No." she cut him off, "I'm paying to thank you for saving Nebby." Lillie stated adamantly. After a few seconds of a "stare-off," Sil surrendered, "Ok, fine." he said. Lillie smiled in victory, and the two entered the malasada restaurant.
The two walked up to order their malasadas; Lillie ordered a sugared malasada, while Sil ended up ordering a chocolate one. Lillie payed for the food, and the two waited at the register for their food. The wait wasn't very long, and once they received their malasadas, they went to find a table to sit down at. They ended up sitting at a booth, and they sat down across from eachother. Sil let Rowlet out of his Pokéball and Rowlet sat next to Sil, "koo-ing" happily.
Lillie ate silently by taking small bites, and appeared graceful while eating. She gave off an aura of high-class for some reason. However, Sil ate quite differently. After breaking off a small piece for Rowlet, who happily took the sweet food, Sil simply devoured his food. Sil had just realized at this point, that he actually didn't eat any food all day, as it was a very busy day, and he hadn't even thought about eating any food. He had ordered a large-sized malasada and ate the whole thing easily in under 1 minute. Lillie had ordered a medium-sized malasada, and wasn't even half-way finished by the time Sil was done eating. Nonetheless, they talked while eating.
"Wow." Sil said, "Malasadas are pretty good, they don't have anything like this back in Hoenn." "They are pretty good." Lillie responded, still eating her malasada. "How does Rowlet enjoy his malasada?" Lillie asked. Sil looked over to his Pokémon, and judging by the content and euphoric look on Rowlet, Sil responded, "He seems to have loved it. Isn't that right, Rowlet?" he said while giving Rowlet a quick pat on the head. Rowlet responded with a happy "koo!" causing Sil to smile faintly, and Lillie to giggle.
"Maybe Rowlet would want to try some of mine?" Lillie asked, breaking off a small piece of hers, ready to hand it over to Sil to give to Rowlet. However, it was at this moment that Sil was struck with an idea. He had not forgotten what Professor Kukui told him about Lillie, and in fact, he even saw it in person when Lillie and he ran into that Yungoos in the forest: Lillie seemed terrified of Pokémon for some reason. Professor Kukui had asked Sil to help her with this, if he could, and in this circumstance, he found a perfect opportunity to try and help her overcome this fear.
"Why don't you feed him?" Sil asked, "After all it is your food." Lillie began to visibly tense up at this suggestion. "Oh, don't be silly! Rowlet's you're Pokémon! Shouldn't you feed him?" she spoke, attempting to cover up her nervousness with a joking tone. Sil's response was a silent stare, causing Lillie's nervousness to increase rapidly. Sil didn't mean to intimidate the poor girl, but that's what it came across as. He simply didn't know how he should proceed further. When he solved a problem, he tended to try to solve it in a straight-forward and direct way, which may be the reason he found it hard to form friendships. Since most humans have… emotions... often times his "straight-forwardness" came across as a lack of care or emotion. However, this was the only way he could think of solving the problem.
"Lillie, why are you afraid of Pokémon?" he asked inquisitively. "I'm not afraid of Pokémon!" she replied defensively. However, Sil's knowing stare returned and Lillie. Although she didn't take note of it the first time because she was too flustered to gather her thoughts, even though Sil's gaze seemed intimidating and cold, there was a certain caring intent in his eyes. Lillie took comfort in this perception, and began to calm down. She then began to speak again, but this time in a more serious manner. "I'll admit that Pokémon make me a little nervous. As for the reason… that's somewhat difficult to explain." she said, a brief tone of sadness appearing on her face.
It was at this moment that Sil realized he had made a mistake. By being overly forward and direct, he hadn't even considered the fact that he had only known this girl for 7 to 8 hours. He beat himself up in the inside of his head, for not considering that they probably couldn't be considered much more than acquaintances, and here he was asking such a deeply personal question.
"I'm sorry." instantly came out of Sil's mouth; he had look of sincere regret on his face. "I shouldn't have asked that."
Suddenly Lillie became flustered, an intense red blush appearing on her face. "No! You don't have to apologize at all!" she said, "I know you didn't mean harm by it." she stated reassuringly. However, what she did next, was what surprised Sil. She took in a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly, steeling herself for what was to come next. She then picked up the small piece of her malasada for Rowlet, and stood up walking over to the other seat that Rowlet was in. She bent down to Rowlet, slowly and cautiously moving her hand closer to the grass owl in order to feed him. "H- h- here you go… R- Rowlet!" she stuttered.
Rowlet simply stared at her, emotionless, as if he were staring into her soul. This, of course was one of the many things making Lillie nervous at the moment, but she continued with her action nonetheless. Her hand eventually made it to Rowlet, and Rowlet happily claimed the malasada piece that Lillie was feeding him. Rowlet quickly gobbled up the delicious food, and responded with a joyous "Koo!" as if saying "thank you" to Lillie. Lillie smiled back, still a little nervous, before replying to Rowlet, "I hope you enjoyed it!" And with that, she was done with the whole ordeal, and she returned back to her seat to finish her malasada, still a little bit nervous.
This whole time, Sil simply watched the scene unfold, and although he was surprised at first, he eventually began to smile faintly, but happily. 'I hope that helped her, even if just a little' Sil thought to himself. However, he didn't notice that he was still smiling like an idiot at her, even after she had sat down to finish her malasada. Noticing his awkward smile, she began to look at him with an odd expression on her face, as if she were silently asking ,'Is everything alright?' This look quickly snapped him out of his daze, and caused his face to turn slightly pink out of embarrassment.
Lillie tried to suppress it, but simply couldn't. She just started to laugh. She knew she shouldn't be laughing at Sil's embarrassment, but she couldn't help it. What surprised her though, was that Sil began to start laughing as well, and for the first time in the short time she had known him, he actually smiled. It wasn't the small, faint smile, that he usually used, this was a full-blown, teeth showing, smile. The scene before them was truly a genuinely happy one; the moment seemed to be stopped in time as they both laughed for what seemed to be an eternity.
As their laughter died down, Lillie began to remember her ulterior motive for asking Sil to this restaurant. "So… Sil…" she started out, nervously. "What is it, Lillie?" he asked. "I've been meaning to ask you about something…" she said, vaguely. "What is it?" Sil asked again.
At this point, Lillie become very fidgety, and a faint blush began to appear on cheeks. "W- well… I w- wanted t- to ask," she barely fumbled out, "w- would it be… ok if I journeyed with you… around Alola?" By this point, Lillie's entire face was a deep red color, and she attempted to hide this with her hat, to no avail. Sil seemed shocked for some reason, and couldn't speak. Lillie then felt the need to justify her plea and began to speak, very quickly. "Well, the thing is, is that I think Nebby wants to visit all the ruins. I think it may help him get home. You see, Nebby's not from here. And I want to help him get home. But I don't think I should be adventuring around Alola by myself, I mean, I'm not even a trainer. But if I was travelling with you, I think it would be safer. And also I know more about Alola, so I can help guide you around. Not that you can't guide yourself around! But, I might be able to help. But, of course if you don't want to I perfectly understand. But still please-" "Lillie, calm down." Sil cut her off in a serious, yet calm voice.
After giving her a few seconds to calm down from her flustered state, Sil began to speak. "I'd love to journey with you along." he began, his faint, yet perfectly genuine smile returning. "I've always journeyed alone, with the exception of my Pokémon, of course," he continued, "so I think it would be… a nice change of pace to travel with another person." He seemed to choose his words very carefully.
Lillie's face brightened immediately at his response, although there was still a shade of pink adorned her cheeks. "Thank you, so much, Sil!" she said, an enormous smile on her face; this smile was quite the infectious one, as Sil began to grin goofily upon seeing her happy face.
Lillie then finished her malasada, and Sil decided he would walk her back to Kukui's lab. As they walked out, they saw it was already dark out; only a faint glow from the sun could be seen on the horizon, indicating it was twilight. Sil quickly checked his watch, seeing that it was already 8:00. 'Wow, it didn't feel like 2 hours.' he thought to himself. The two engaged in light conversation on the way back, and before long, they made it back to Kukui's lab. The two exchanged their farewells, and agreed to meet the next day before the festival in the evening.
Sil then made his way back to the hotel, and rented a room for one more day. Luckily, his room from last night was still available. Once he made it to his room, he set down his backpack, and out of habit, released Rowlet from his Pokéball. "It's more comfortable to sleep outside your Pokéball, isn't it, Rowlet?" Rowlet simply made a happy "Koo!" in agreement. Sil quickly went to bed, and Rowlet followed suit, falling asleep on a mattress on the floor next to the bed. Even though Sil was tired from the long day, he couldn't repress the enormous smile on his face. 'This adventure… it's definitely going to be… more fun…" he thought, as he quickly dozed off into blissful slumber.
I hope you enjoyed all of the Male trainer x Lillie fluff :P Thanks again for reading, and thanks to everyone who reviewed/favorited/followed this story. Please drop a review if you can, telling me how I did and if there is anything I can improve on! :)