Redemption

Chapter 4

        Silver shot up from the floor, terrified from the same reoccurring nightmare. It was the first time in a while that he had actually re-experienced the fall. Usually the slow replay of events would end right as Crystal acted. He was having a hard time keeping his breathing steady, but he quickly realized that a few things had changed.

        The light in the room was off, which Silver was sure had been on before he went to sleep. Then there was the comforter from (y/n)'s bed draped over him. He clutched it to him as he calmed his breathing.

        "Are you okay?" He looked over to see that (y/n) was wide awake and sitting up on her bed watching him. She seemed upset.

        "You weren't alseep?" he chose to say rather than answering her.

        "It's kind of hard to sleep with a stranger in your room. Plus you didn't seem like you were doing well over there." Her expression morphed into a frown. "Who is Crystal? You said that name in your sleep a couple times."

        Silver looked down at the comforter and back over to (y/n). "Not anyone important," he quietly answered. Pieces of the memory were still vividly playing in his mind. (Y/n) got up and approached him, grabbing a box of tissues from her desk before sitting down next to him.

        "I don't know what happened to you, but it's not going to happen again. Forget what I said earlier. I'm going to help you. I don't know how yet, but I can't just sit by and watch something like this happen to someone again." Silver took a few of the tissues as she spoke. "But for this to work, I need you to tell me everything. Why are you running and who are you running from?"

        Silver shook his head at her. "I can't tell you that." He didn't want to spill his secrets to her like he had once done in another situation where he found himself in dire need of help. It was a mistake he never wanted to make again.

        "Well, when the time comes for you to let me know, I hope you'll be able to do so." She was entirely serious, not accepting his answer as a fact. Silver just avoided her gaze and used the tissues he had been given. He was already embarrassed for having a nightmare in front of her. Now she was just looking at him without any sort of shame. Had she forgotten that she was still in her pajamas?

        "Where is this boat headed?" Silver decided to ask. If he let them fall into another moment of quietness, he'd definitely want to hide himself from her.

        "We're going back to Alola. It's about a week and a half trip from Kanto by boat. You're going to be stuck here for a while...assuming the captain or Gladion doesn't find you before we get there. I don't know why Lillie thought this would work out." (Y/n) smiled at him. "But don't worry. Gladion may try to act scary but he won't do anything to harm you if he catches you." Silver merely just hummed in amusement. He was definitely going to be avoiding Gladion. "If you don't mind me asking, did you enjoy your time in Kanto? This was my first time visiting. We didn't really get to stay for as long as we wanted to."

        Silver only just then realized that (y/n) was a foreigner. Technically, he was too having come from Johto, but Kanto was so close both physically and socially that it was hard to tell if someone was from Johto or Kanto. He assumed that (y/n) and her friend Lillie were just some rich kids about to take a vacation to another country when in reality, Kanto was their vacation.

        "I don't really know," Silver honestly answered. He intended to lie to her, but for whatever reason, he felt compelled to tell her the truth. "I didn't really have the time to figure that out."

        (Y/n) seemed like she was about to apologize but quickly smiled and changed the subject. "Then do you look forward to anything in Alola? I've lived there all my life, so I know all about it."