Connecting Heartstrings | Gladion

>>Chapter 19<<

— "You take Type: Null."

— "(Y/N) are you sure?"

— "You'll take good care of it, won't you?" — (Y/N) said, looking at Gladion and hoping he would take good care of his father's creation.

— "Of...Of course I will! All I ever wanted is to get it away from all the abuse it's suffering here." — Gladion said. A noise was heard outside and they both jumped at the idea that they might get caught,

— "Go then! Don't worry, I'll take care of Lillie." — (Y/N) said to Gladion, hoping her words would reassure him at least a bit.

Gladion felt as if (Y/N) had read his mind. He was worried about leaving his sister behind with their abusive mother, but he trusted (Y/N) enough to know she would keep her word and take care of his little sister. He was about to thank her but (Y/N) spoke again.

— "Milotic is waiting at the docks, she was supposed to take me to Akala Island to lay low for a bit, she can take you and no one will notice you escaped. I'll distract your mother long enough for you to escape." — (Y/N) said while walking to the door and peeking outside to make sure the path was clear. — "No one's here, you should go now."

— "Thanks, (Y/N), I..."— Gladion started but was soon interrupted again.

— "No time for that, you need to go before they come back." — (Y/N) said. Gladion understood the urgency of the situation and decided not to argue.

Gladion and (Y/N) got out of the lab and ran to the elevator. Once there they went up to the docks and Gladion ran out ready to escape. Before reaching the docks, he stopped dead in his tracks. He had to tell (Y/N) he loved her. He went back to the elevator but (Y/N) was already gone. He was too late.

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(Y/N) was back at the party trying to find Lusamine. Once she spotted her she realised she was deep into some conversation, not even realising one of her experiments was gone. (Y/N) felt relieved. Gladion would have the chance to escape after all. Still something at the back of her mind kept bothering her; she would not see Gladion anymore. He couldn't go back to school, or to Mele Mele for that matter. Lusamine would find him. And even though she knew her feelings were not corresponded; they were still the closest of friends and she would definitely miss him. She'd miss their conversations, their jokes, even the bickering. Things would not be the same without Gladion around.

(Y/N) decided to stay at the party a while longer as not to raise any suspicion towards her but all the wanted to do was curl up into a ball in her bed and sleep. She decided to take out Umbreon instead.

She took Umbreon's ultraball and let her Pokémon out to enjoy the party. Umbreon came out, its blue and black fur glistening in the moonlight. Umbreon looked at its trainer sitting on a chair in the middle of a party, looking all gloomy and down, and wondered what had happened. Umbreon walked up to its trainer and rubbed its head against (Y/N)'s leg as to try and comfort her.

— "Hey, Umbreon." — (Y/N) smiled down at her Pokémon. — "What do you want to do? I need some distraction." — Umbreon looked around the party and spotted the food table and immediately pointed at it with its head.

(Y/N) looked at what Umbreon wanted and laughed. Umbreon definitely loved eating, and this was the most predictable thing he could ask for. Come to think of it, it was a dumb question. And so, she walked with Umbreon to the table filled with all types of appetizers and started eating away while the rest of the party danced and talked. Umbreon was having the time of his life as (Y/N) passed him treat after treat. And that's how they spent the night, stealing food and laughing. Umbreon always knew how to cheer (Y/N) up.

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School had just started and (Y/N) couldn't help but look at Gladion's empty seat knowing full well he wasn't gonna show up. Ilima arrived and walked straight towards (Y/N).

— "Hey there, sunshine." — Ilima greeted, probably not realising the foul mood (Y/N) was on that day. (Y/N) slowly dragged her head up to look at her smiling friend.

— "Hey." — She replied, not really feeling like starting a conversation at the moment. She was way too sad about Gladion leaving to even care about the rest of the people in her class, including her best friend Ilima.

Ilima got the hint and not wanting to bother his best friend, he simply bent down to kiss her forehead and told her everything was gonna be okay before turning around and walking to his own seat.

Not long after, Lillie, Professor Kukui and Director Oak walked in looking vey serious. Lillie looked worried and a bit scared. (Y/N) instantly knew what this was all about.

— "Kids, one of your classmates has gone missing and we need as much information as we can get, so please, if you know anything about Gladion, come to my office and let me know." — Director Oak said.

Lillie turned to look at (Y/N) with a pleading look in her eyes.

— "(Y/N), please tell me you know something." — Lillie said, she seemed to be on the verge of crying, which broke (Y/N)'s heart. Of course, she planned to talk to Lillie about what had happened, just not around the teachers because they would tell Lusamine, and she couldn't risk exposing Gladion like that. (Y/N) looked at Lillie with a sad look on her face.

— "I'm really sorry, Lillie, I don't know where he is. All I know is a saw him stuff a bag and a load of cash in his locker once, maybe he had already planned this beforehand." — (Y/N9 said trying to sound as sincere as possible.

Lillie looked down at the floor, disappointed. She hoped (Y/N) would know where her brother was, given that she was the closest person to her brother. Lillie and Professor Oak walked out of the classroom and Professor Kukui began teaching his class about Pokémon breeding, which (Y/N) did not pay attention to.

A/N: sorry if it's short! I have writer's block and have no idea as to how to continue the story. I have a few ideas in the long run but nothing as for the next chapter. But you don't want excuses, I'm sure I'll come up with something...eventually. Please vote and comment if you like the story!