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Shy Blonde

Ness woke up to his alarm yet again. He yawned and stretched his limbs. He fed Lucky and the two headed over to Lucas's place.

Knock!

Knock!

Lucas answered the door.

Ness: "Ready for our daily walk?"

Lucas: "Yep."

They took Lucky to the park. Ness and Lucky began practicing on their tricks for the contest, while Lucas sat back and judged, of course, Lucky wasn't listening.

Lucas: "Hmm! Oh I know, how about we make paper stars and show Lucky how it's done."

Ness: "That's not a bad idea. Good thinking, Lucas!"

Lucas: (He praised me.)

Ness took out paper from his rucksack and the two began making paper stars aka shurikens.

Lucas: "I think this is a good amount."

Ness: "Cool. Lucky, c'mere boy!"

Lucky ran over to Ness and pawed his rucksack.

Lucky: "Espii." (Treats.)

Ness: "No, treats. I want you to focus."

Lucas: "You gotta watch and learn, Lucky."

Lucky tilted his head in confusion.

Lucky: "Espii?"

Ness: "Pay attention ok."

Lucas tossed the log in the air and Ness threw the paper shurikens directly at it. He threw it hard enough for the paper shurikens to stick.

Ness: "See that?"

Lucky: "Espii."

Ness: "See how the log isn't destroyed?"

Lucky: "Espeon."

Ness: "I need you to do that."

Lucky: "Espii."

Ness tossed another log in the air and pointed at it.

Ness: "Lucky, use swift, but hold back your strength!"

Lucky: "Espii!"

Lucky summoned stars that aimed directly at the log. The stars stabbed into it. Some of the stars were able to cut through, but some stayed in place.

Lucas: "Hey! That's better."

Ness: "Yes! Good boy!"

Ness picked up Lucky gave him a squeeze.

Lucky: "Espii!" (Stop!)

Ness: "That was great Lucky! I'm so proud of you. Here, have a treat."

Ness dug through his rucksack and tossed Lucky a treat. The Espeon happily munched on it.

Lucas: "He's getting better."

Ness: "I know!"

Ness had stupid big grin on his face and Lucas couldn't help but blush.

Ness and Lucky practiced for a little longer until it was time for the brunet to go to work.

Ness: "Alright, well, it's time for me to go."

Lucas: "Lots of progress has been made."

Ness: "I agree! Anyway, I'll see you later, Lucas."

Lucas: "See ya! Have a good day at work."

Ness: "Thanks~"

The two split ways.

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Leafstorm

Ness skated to work. He checked the paper schedule on the wall. It looks like he's stuck with the babies yet again. He walked over to them and as always they gave him a difficult time.

Leaf saw from outside that Ness was here. She waved through the window and he waved back. As he was waving, Todd came at him and tackled him to the floor. She giggled when she saw the two fighting.

Leaf: "They're so silly."

Fate: "Umbri."

Fate pawed Leaf's leg. She squatted down and smiled at the Umbreon.

Leaf: "Aww, who's a cutie?"

Fate: "Umbreon."

Suddenly she got a call from the receptionist.

[- Receptionist

On call

Receptionist: "So, we finally got a call from the Umbreon's owners."

Leaf: "Oh! Are they coming to pick her up?"

Receptionist: "N-no. In fact, they said to just keep her."

Leaf: "They're abandoning their Pokemon?"

Receptionist: "I'm afraid so. They said that they made a mistake adopting the Umbreon and if we can find her a new home."

Leaf: "Oh my god, that's terrible."

Receptionist: "I know. I'm sorry. If you want, I talked with the Professor and he says if you want to keep her, you can."

Leaf: "M-me?"

Receptionist: "It's up to you. If you don't want her then we have to release her back to the Pokemon world. Without an owner, they can't stay in the daycare."

Leaf: "Why not?"

Receptionist: "No wild Pokemon allowed in the daycare. Sorry, those are policy rules."

Leaf: "They already reannounced her?"

Receptionist: "Yeah, she's already been released. Anyone could catch her now. She's now labeled as a wild Pokemon."

Leaf: "I'll keep her."

Receptionist: "Ok, I'll let the Professor know."

Beep!

Leaf frowned at the Umbreon.

Leaf: "I'm so sorry, Fate. It looks like your trainers aren't coming back for you."

Fate: "Umbri…"

Leaf: "But if you want, you can stay with me."

Fate: "Umbri?"

The Umbreon's ears perked up.

Leaf: "Would you like to be my Pokemon?"

Fate jumped up in the air and cheered.

Fate: "Umbri!"

Leaf took out an empty Pokeball. Fate happily pressed the button and went inside it. The ball clicked. Fate is now officially Leaf's Pokemon. She jumped up in excitement and went inside the daycare room where the baby Pokemon were.

Leaf: "Ness! Ness! Guess what!"

Ness: "What?"

Leaf: "Fate is officially mine!"

Ness: "The Umbreon?"

Leaf: "Yes~!"

Ness: "I thought she was already yours."

Leaf: "No, she had owners, but they renounced her today."

Ness: "That's messed up. Well, I'm glad that you're the one that claimed her."

Leaf: "I'm so happy."

Ness: "I'm happy for you! That Umbreon just got the best trainer to ever exist."

Leaf: "Yeah? You think so?" *Blushes*

Ness: "I know so."

Leaf: "Thank you."

Ness: "Yeah, no problem I'm happy that-

Todd: "CLEFFA!"

Todd body slammed Ness onto the floor.

Ness: *Coughs*

Leaf: *Gasps*

Todd grabbed Ness's cap and put it on. He then leapt to the top of the playground.

Todd: "CLEFFA!"

Leaf: "Todd!"

Todd: "CLEF!"

She bent down and helped Ness up.

Ness: "Ow…"

Leaf: "Todd, come back down and give Ness his hat back."

Todd: "CLEFFA!"

Leaf: "Come down now or else I'll blow the whistle."

She gave Todd the stare. He wanted to disobey, but he couldn't resist her deadly gaze. He hopped back on the floor and handed Ness his cap back.

Leaf: "Good. Now behave. Stop giving Ness a hard time."

Todd: "CLEFFA…"

Todd wanted to punch Ness in the face, but he resisted the urge. Instead, he left and went to the gym to go do work out reps with the fighting types.

She helped Ness up.

Leaf: "Are you ok?"

Ness: "I'm fine. It was nothing."

Leaf: "You sure? It looked like he knocked the wind out of you."

Ness: "I'm a tough guy."

Leaf: *Giggles*

Ness: "Nothing to worry about."

Leaf: "So, Ness, have you been training for the contest?"

Ness: "You bet!"

Leaf: "I can't wait to beat you."

Ness: "Ha! As if. Lucky has improved a lot."

Leaf: "Oh really?"

Ness sent out Lucky.

Lucky: "Espii?"

He bent down and started petting his Espeon.

Ness: "Isn't that right, Lucky? You've improved so much~"

Aww, he's baby talking his Pokemon. She let out a giggle and started petting Lucky with him.

Leaf: "Well, Lucky, is it true? Have you been doing well?"

Lucky: "Espii!"

Leaf: "Aww, who's a good boy?"

Lucky: "Espii~"

Lucky hopped on Ness's left shoulder and licked his cheek. Ness closed one of his eyes and let out a chuckle.

Ness: "We're going to win for sure."

Leaf: "I agree."

Ness: "Wait, really?"

Leaf: "Second place of course."

Ness: "Second place? Haha! Oh we'll see about that."

She loved it when he acted all cocky and confident.

Leaf: "You know what, I'll go easy on you. I'll use my new Umbreon for the competition."

Ness: "Who were you going to use before?"

Leaf: "Charizard."

Ness: (Yeesh, I feel a little better that she's using her brand new Pokemon. Charizard is definitely experienced.)

Leaf: "You seem relieved."

Ness: "Wha? Oh! Nah, I'm fine."

Leaf: "Did you just say 'nah'?"

Ness: "Huh? I did?"

Leaf: "I've never heard you speak like that before." (It reminds me of how his clone would talk.)

Ness: "I don't remember saying that."

Leaf: *Giggles* "Anyway, are you doing anything later?"

Ness: "No."

Leaf: "Wanna hang out?"

Ding!

Ness took out his phone and saw that he got a text message. He unlocked his phone to check who it was.

[- Bowser

DM

Bowser: HEY SO I WAS HOPING THAT U AND I COULD HANG OUT

Leaf: "Who is it?"

Ness: "Bowser."

Leaf: "What the hell."

Ness: "I felt bad ok."

Leaf: "That's so random."

Ness: "Yesterday he approached me and asked for my number. He said he wanted to make new friends."

Leaf: "Ok, but why you in particular?"

Ness: "He… I think he has a thing for me."

Leaf: *Snickers* "I think you're getting a little over your head."

Ness: "No, seriously. He sent me a dick pic on Twitter."

Leaf: "Yeah right."

Ness: "I can show you."

Ness wasn't smiling. He seemed way too confident. She wanted to say no, but she was also kind of curious.

Leaf: "Fine. Show me then."

He opened the twitter app. She saw a selfie of Tina on his feed. She had like over five thousand likes. Seeing her popularity made her feel jealous.

He went to his DM's and she saw a bunch of messages that he ignored.

Leaf: "What the fuck? There's so many messages."

Ness: "Yeah I don't know."

Leaf: "I'm kinda curious as to what they said."

Ness: "I'm not because it's all the same."

Leaf: "All creeps, huh?"

Ness: "Yup. Oh! Here! I found it."

Ness clicked on Bowser's DM's.

[- YourKingB

Twitter

DM

YourKingB: Do you leik men

YourKingB: *Like

NessLoch: Not interested, Dude.

YourKingB: This might change your mind

YourKingB: *Sends dick pic*

YourKingB: It's 12 inches. Do you like big cock?

NessLoch: BOWSER?!

Leaf: "OH MY GOD!"

Ness: "Yeah."

Leaf: "What the fuck!"

Ness: "That's definitely his dick, right? Like I'm not crazy!"

Leaf: "Yeah, that's Bowser's. I can't believe I saw his… Eww."

Ness: "He's not the only one…"

Leaf: "Eww. Who else?"

Ness: "Just some randoms."

Leaf: "Why is everyone obsessed with you?"

Ness: "I don't know!"

Leaf: "So are you gonna answer his text message?"

Ness: "Hell no."

Leaf: "Then why'd you give him your number in the first place, dummy?" *Giggles*

Ness: "I couldn't say no… I felt bad and I don't even know why."

Leaf: "You're hopeless."

Ness: "I know…"

Leaf: "Anyway, moving on. You never answered my question."

Ness: "Oh! Right! Yeah, let's hang out."

Leaf: "Cool."

Leaf was internally squealing. They don't hang out too often because she's nervous. He usually denies her because he often hangs out with Lucas, but this time he's all hers for tonight!

After closing, the two walked to the food court to grab something to eat then they went to his room.

Ness: "So, what do you want to do?"

Leaf: "We could watch Youtube or something."

Ness: "Listen to music like always?"

Leaf: "Yeah! It's kinda our thing, huh?"

Ness: "It is~"

Ness handed her the remote and let her choose the song. She happily grabbed it and together they started listening.

From the corner of her eye she saw him staring at the screen. He was sitting back leaning on his hand. She moved her hand closer to his and touched it.

Ness: "!"

She thought he was going to swipe his hand away, but he didn't. She turned her head just a little to see his face better. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw his cheeks flushed pink.

Leaf: "Hey, Ness."

Ness: "Yes?"

Leaf: "I just wanted to say that I'm glad we're hanging out."

Ness: "Me too."

Leaf: "Red is the only other person I talk to, but as you know he hasn't been the best to be around. So, thank you for being your awesome self and giving me something to look forward to when I go to work."

Ness: "I-I… Haha… Wow, I'm not sure how to take this compliment."

Leaf: "Say whatever's in your heart."

Ness: "Uh… Well, I also want to thank you for giving me another chance. Sorry that I've been, you know, a dick in the past."

Leaf: "It's ok."

He saw that Leaf scooted closer to him. Oh god! What does this mean? Her hand is resting on his and she just sat closer. Does she like him? Wait, no, this must be a test. He remembered her getting upset with him one time when she saw his Twitter account. She called him a perv. He didn't want to mess this up, so he moved his hand and scooted a little bit further from her.

Ness: "Yeah, um… Oh! So did you know that Tina is super into music?"

Leaf: "N-no I didn't…"

Ness: "Yeah! You should show her the songs you like. She loves all genres."

Leaf: "Ok."

Ness: "She's an amazing singer too! Next time we hang out with her, I'll ask her to sing for us. She got a voice like an angel~"

He turned to face the screen again. He had a big smile on his face and his eyes looked all lovey dovey. Suddenly her chest felt heavy. She forced a smile and said, "I would love to hear her voice."

Ness: "Not only that, but she can dance too! She's a musical goddess."

Leaf: "Goddess?"

Ness: "Oh! Uh, n-not in a weird way haha…"

Leaf: "You really like her, huh?"

Ness: "N-not in a weird way. I just admire her talent."

Leaf: "Are you sure?"

He turned to face her and gave a reassuring smile.

Ness: "Yeah, we're just friends."

This lifted up Leaf's mood. Maybe it's her crush on him that's making her ignore the obvious sign, but she wanted to feel happy. She convinced herself that he's telling the truth.

Leaf: "Are you ever planning on getting into music at all?"

Ness: "Like play an instrument?"

Leaf: "Yeah."

Ness: "No, it's not really my thing. I like music, but I can't see myself playing an instrument."

Leaf: "If you were to play one, which one would you choose?"

Ness: "Good question. I've always liked the bass."

Leaf: "That's random."

Ness: "Lots of bass in my game."

Leaf: "That makes more sense."

Ness: "What about you?"

Leaf: "Hmm, if I were to pick probably the…"

Suddenly Leaf's stomach started to hurt.

Ness: "Hey, are you ok?" *Raises brow*

Leaf: *Coughs*

He raised his hand to pat her on the back but he stopped himself.

Ness: "What's wrong?"

Leaf abruptly stood up. She covered her mouth and ran to his bathroom. She didn't have time to shut the door. He heard the toilet seat lift up. He heard her vomit and he cringed. He knew why this was happening.

He got up and went to the bathroom. He saw her head hung low over the toilet. She was panting and made miserable sounds.

He sat next to her. He was hesitant at first, but ended up patting her on the back.

Leaf: *Vomits again*

Ness: (Oh no...)

Leaf: *Hick!* "I-I'm sorry…" *Sniffs*

Ness: "It's ok. Do you need water?"

Leaf: "Yeaah…"

He left the bathroom and grabbed a plastic water bottle from his fridge. He went back and gave it to her. She thanked him and drank it.

Leaf: "Thank you."

Ness: "Do you feel better?"

Leaf: "Yes. I'm sorry about all this."

Ness: "It's ok."

Leaf: "Anyway, I should go."

Ness: "Already?"

Leaf: "I need to lie down."

Ness: "I'll walk you back."

Leaf: "You don't have to."

Ness: "I want to."

Leaf smiled. He's so kind. He extended his hand and she grabbed it. Her legs were wobbly at first, but he was there to make sure she didn't fall.

Leaf: "Hehe… My legs are little jelly."

Ness: "Take your time."

She took a few steps forward.

Leaf: "Ok, I'm good."

The two left his room and walked over to her place.

Leaf: "Thank you, Ness. I appreciate it."

Ness: "Of course. I hope you feel better."

Leaf: "Thanks."

With that he left. When he went back to his room, he changed into a t-shirt and clean boxers. He plopped on bed and started chewing on his nail.

This is bad. This is really bad. This whole situation is getting worse. He desperately wanted to talk to her about getting an abortion, but if he does that then she won't want to talk to him anymore. Were they even close enough for him to start mentioning it? No absolutely not.

He was internally freaking out. He didn't have anyone to talk to about this either. He didn't want anyone knowing about her being pregnant. Oh god, if the roster found out… No, calm down, Ness. It's ok. He needs to be patient and continue to be her friend. Once he's sure that they're close enough, then he'll convince her.

Wait, how long is she into the pregnancy? Has it been four months already?! He has like two months to convince her because there's no way she's going to get an abortion past seven months. Shit… What is he going to do?! What's going to happen?!

His hands started to shake uncontrollably as he thought about how his future might be absolutely fucked.