p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strong~AUTHOR'S NOTE~/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"'emstrongI promise I'll try harder to get this finished.'/strong/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strong*over/strong stronghalf a year later*/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongThe author is walking through the Botanic Gardens, chuckling at a group of college kids who are trying desperately to find the nearby Venusaur in Pokemon GO, because little do they know she caught it. Humming the Pokemon Theme Song under her breath, she suddenly comes to a halt, remembering that fanfiction she wrote as a joke all those months ago and that promise she made to the readers./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"…/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongI'M SO SORRY GUYS HERE'S THE LAST CHAPTER I LITERALLY PULLED ALL THE TROPES I COULD THINK OF OUT OF MY ASS TO GET THIS FINISHED I HOPE YOU ENJOY./strong/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"The setting sun didn't stop the smooth rock from warming your back as you watched the blushing clouds dance gently across the sky. You let out a blissful sigh, content from the simple meal that Steven had procured from his bag. Your eyes shifted to Steven, who was looking contemplative as he observed the changing sky. As if he sensed your gaze, he turned to look at you, smiling when your eyes met. You smiled back, turning away to look at the sunset once more./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Despite deciding to not go through with your plan, you couldn't help the feeling like this was some sort of date. The idea didn't disturb you nearly as much as it should of. No, instead of the guilt you emshould/em be feeling, all you could feel was… content?/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""You know," said Steven, drawing you out of your thoughts. "One day I want to go out there and travel to other regions for emnon/em work-related reasons."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Yeah. Think of all the different rocks you can stare at," you deadpanned. Steven attempted to give you a glare, but was betrayed by the smile that creeped onto his face./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Or all the pretty girls I can date," he replied. You whipped around to face him, eyebrows raised. "I'm kidding," he said after seeing your reaction. You laughed nervously as the ugly feeling which suspiciously felt a lot like jealousy went away./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"You fell into a thoughtful silence as you thought about what he told you. Despite it sounding relatively harmless, you felt as if he had revealed something personal about himself. Wanting to travel sounded perfectly normal, but this was Steven. You knew the hidden meaning behind his words. He was the kind of guy that never brags and never takes more than he needs. The kind of person who doesn't want power, yet never backs down from responsibility when it's forced upon him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"He never wanted to be Champion./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emAt least we have something in common,/em you thought bitterly./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Somehow sensing the change in mood, Steven nudged you. You look at his arm, only just now realising how close you are. You shake your head slightly, knowing where that train of thought would lead, and look up to see him looking at you quizzically./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Sighing, you looked at your hands, which were folded comfortably in your lap. "I really want to enter Pokemon Contests."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Steven raised an eyebrow. "Pokemon Contests?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Yeah…" you sighed again, briefly looking into his eyes before looking down again. "But I never really have the time, I'm too busy getting my ass beat by you."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"You looked back at him, expecting him to laugh, but instead you found him looking at your hands, deep in thought./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""So that's why you're holding back," he mumbled. He swallowed and nodded slightly as if he had come to a decision./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"You almost gasped when he took your hands in his and leaned in closer. "(y/n), you never wanted to defeat me, right? Otherwise you already would have."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Fighting the blush that was threatening to spread across your face, you realized that what he said was true. Every time he beat you, you couldn't help but feel a small sense of relief, knowing that you had yet to be tied down by the responsibility of being Champion./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Frowning slightly, you nodded, averting your gaze./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"To your surprise, Steven used one of his hands to gently grip your chin and make you face him. "But it doesn't have to be like that!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""But, Steven! If I don't I won't have a home anymore!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Steven mumbled something incoherent, blushing slightly./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""What was that?" you asked./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I said you could live with me, share the rent…" repeated Steven, rubbing the back of his neck as his blush grew darker. You stared at him, open-mouthed, too shocked to say anything before he continued. "Think about it, you can be roommates with me in Mossdeep while you enter Pokemon Contests. Right now, you're restraining yourself. But if there's one piece of advice I have for you, it's this: never hold back, (y/n), and you will achieve great things. So what do you say?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Honestly, you could kiss him right now. And you would, if not for… no. emNo/em. He had emjust/em told you that you shouldn't hold back. And what were you doing? Holding back. You barely acknowledged how you had started to get closer and closer to his face without realizing./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Never hold back, huh?" you said, voice hardly above a whisper. Briefly wondering if this was a good idea, you watched as his eyes flickered to your lips, his breath hitching slightly. Taking this as confirmation, you finally closed the distance. You felt him tense for a moment, and then relax, returning the kiss./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"After what felt like years, you broke apart, grinning like idiots. Steven brushed a stray strand of hair behind your ear, his smile turning softer./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""You know, I think I will live with you," you said, returning his gentle smile./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Feeling the happiest you had felt in ages, you leaned your head on his shoulder and watched as the stars came out, twinkling softly./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strong~FINAL AUTHOR'S NOTE~/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strong(I swear to God I am never writing romance again that was awful geez). Ahem. So this was rushed and pretty crap but I felt bad for just leaving this here… waiting… never to be finished so I kind of just sped things along. I still don't really understand reader-inserts (I mean it's just another point of view but the whole '(y/n)' deal kind of ruins it for me) but like I guess if it floats you boat who am I to say anything. Anyway I had a lot of fun writing this (despite not being a fan of romance) and I hope you enjoyed. I think any other fanfictions will be written on Archive of our Own (check that out it is honestly so much better than this site), my name is the same and I may or may not be planning an Undertale fanfiction (wink wink). I again apologize for the extensive wait for this chapter (not that this is popular but still) but unlike most people, I don't really have an excuse I'm just really lazy. Toodles~/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"'emstrongI promise I'll try harder to get this finished.'/strong/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strong*over/strong stronghalf a year later*/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongThe author is walking through the Botanic Gardens, chuckling at a group of college kids who are trying desperately to find the nearby Venusaur in Pokemon GO, because little do they know she caught it. Humming the Pokemon Theme Song under her breath, she suddenly comes to a halt, remembering that fanfiction she wrote as a joke all those months ago and that promise she made to the readers./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"…/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongI'M SO SORRY GUYS HERE'S THE LAST CHAPTER I LITERALLY PULLED ALL THE TROPES I COULD THINK OF OUT OF MY ASS TO GET THIS FINISHED I HOPE YOU ENJOY./strong/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"The setting sun didn't stop the smooth rock from warming your back as you watched the blushing clouds dance gently across the sky. You let out a blissful sigh, content from the simple meal that Steven had procured from his bag. Your eyes shifted to Steven, who was looking contemplative as he observed the changing sky. As if he sensed your gaze, he turned to look at you, smiling when your eyes met. You smiled back, turning away to look at the sunset once more./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Despite deciding to not go through with your plan, you couldn't help the feeling like this was some sort of date. The idea didn't disturb you nearly as much as it should of. No, instead of the guilt you emshould/em be feeling, all you could feel was… content?/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""You know," said Steven, drawing you out of your thoughts. "One day I want to go out there and travel to other regions for emnon/em work-related reasons."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Yeah. Think of all the different rocks you can stare at," you deadpanned. Steven attempted to give you a glare, but was betrayed by the smile that creeped onto his face./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Or all the pretty girls I can date," he replied. You whipped around to face him, eyebrows raised. "I'm kidding," he said after seeing your reaction. You laughed nervously as the ugly feeling which suspiciously felt a lot like jealousy went away./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"You fell into a thoughtful silence as you thought about what he told you. Despite it sounding relatively harmless, you felt as if he had revealed something personal about himself. Wanting to travel sounded perfectly normal, but this was Steven. You knew the hidden meaning behind his words. He was the kind of guy that never brags and never takes more than he needs. The kind of person who doesn't want power, yet never backs down from responsibility when it's forced upon him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"He never wanted to be Champion./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emAt least we have something in common,/em you thought bitterly./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Somehow sensing the change in mood, Steven nudged you. You look at his arm, only just now realising how close you are. You shake your head slightly, knowing where that train of thought would lead, and look up to see him looking at you quizzically./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Sighing, you looked at your hands, which were folded comfortably in your lap. "I really want to enter Pokemon Contests."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Steven raised an eyebrow. "Pokemon Contests?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Yeah…" you sighed again, briefly looking into his eyes before looking down again. "But I never really have the time, I'm too busy getting my ass beat by you."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"You looked back at him, expecting him to laugh, but instead you found him looking at your hands, deep in thought./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""So that's why you're holding back," he mumbled. He swallowed and nodded slightly as if he had come to a decision./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"You almost gasped when he took your hands in his and leaned in closer. "(y/n), you never wanted to defeat me, right? Otherwise you already would have."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Fighting the blush that was threatening to spread across your face, you realized that what he said was true. Every time he beat you, you couldn't help but feel a small sense of relief, knowing that you had yet to be tied down by the responsibility of being Champion./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Frowning slightly, you nodded, averting your gaze./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"To your surprise, Steven used one of his hands to gently grip your chin and make you face him. "But it doesn't have to be like that!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""But, Steven! If I don't I won't have a home anymore!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Steven mumbled something incoherent, blushing slightly./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""What was that?" you asked./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I said you could live with me, share the rent…" repeated Steven, rubbing the back of his neck as his blush grew darker. You stared at him, open-mouthed, too shocked to say anything before he continued. "Think about it, you can be roommates with me in Mossdeep while you enter Pokemon Contests. Right now, you're restraining yourself. But if there's one piece of advice I have for you, it's this: never hold back, (y/n), and you will achieve great things. So what do you say?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Honestly, you could kiss him right now. And you would, if not for… no. emNo/em. He had emjust/em told you that you shouldn't hold back. And what were you doing? Holding back. You barely acknowledged how you had started to get closer and closer to his face without realizing./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Never hold back, huh?" you said, voice hardly above a whisper. Briefly wondering if this was a good idea, you watched as his eyes flickered to your lips, his breath hitching slightly. Taking this as confirmation, you finally closed the distance. You felt him tense for a moment, and then relax, returning the kiss./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"After what felt like years, you broke apart, grinning like idiots. Steven brushed a stray strand of hair behind your ear, his smile turning softer./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""You know, I think I will live with you," you said, returning his gentle smile./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Feeling the happiest you had felt in ages, you leaned your head on his shoulder and watched as the stars came out, twinkling softly./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strong~FINAL AUTHOR'S NOTE~/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strong(I swear to God I am never writing romance again that was awful geez). Ahem. So this was rushed and pretty crap but I felt bad for just leaving this here… waiting… never to be finished so I kind of just sped things along. I still don't really understand reader-inserts (I mean it's just another point of view but the whole '(y/n)' deal kind of ruins it for me) but like I guess if it floats you boat who am I to say anything. Anyway I had a lot of fun writing this (despite not being a fan of romance) and I hope you enjoyed. I think any other fanfictions will be written on Archive of our Own (check that out it is honestly so much better than this site), my name is the same and I may or may not be planning an Undertale fanfiction (wink wink). I again apologize for the extensive wait for this chapter (not that this is popular but still) but unlike most people, I don't really have an excuse I'm just really lazy. Toodles~/strong/p