Swanna Song, Sung Throughout Sinnoh

In Cas Of Love, Break Here

Severely embarrassed, Gary kept his hands over his mouth. What was that, Gary?? Why would you say that?? Sure, she's really, really cute, but you don't just tell complete strangers that!

As her eyes fell away from Gary, the girl raised a hand to her hair and brushed at the side of her face, her tiny smile spreading and her hand went over it, her cheeks as red as apples. "I..."

"I didn't mean to say that! I'm so sorry!" Gary removed his hands from his face and held them up.

The girl's hand lowered to her side and she laughed lightly, her eyes raising back to Gary's. "I didn't think you could possibly have meant that about me, anyway." She laughed again. "I-"

"But I do mean it! You're so pretty!"

Gary finally stopped talking for a moment, staring at the girl in disbelief, finally feeling like he was taking back control of himself. "Who... are you??" He asked this question with a sign of desperation in his voice. The way he was acting wasn't like him at all, and somehow, he felt that it was all because of this girl in front of him.

Smirking, the girl lowered her head and adjusted her glasses. Keeping her head down, her eyes looked to Gary. "My name is Cas. And thank you for such... kind words." She spoke with such a delightful little accent, possibly Southern.

"Cas...? Wait. Cas?!" Gary ended up snapping out of his enamored state of mind. "The Gym Leader?!"
Cas lifted her head and her eyes widened. "Oh, yes. The Dark type Trainer of the Powerzone Gym."

Gary pulled out his Pokedex and went through it. He stared at the darker image of the girl he had originally seen, the picture hidden in shadows and purposely poor lighting.

Cas was wearing dark lipstick and eyeshadow in the picture, her hair all black. But in front of him, her hair was black but could have been a dark brown, the tips highlighted green. Her lips had not a smear of lipstick on them. In fact, she wasn't wearing any makeup. She had on glasses, a dark-blue shirt with the front covered in bizarre artwork and illegible words that could have been a shirt promoting a rock band or some dark, chaotic symbolism. She stood in dark-blue jeans and all-black sneakers.

Before Gary even knew he was speaking, he was again! "You look so amazing in this photo." He held out the Pokedex to show her her own picture. "Here, in this picture, you look so captivating! Engrossing! I saw you there and I couldn't stop staring! And now, here in person, even without the makeup and stuff, you're so cute! You're adorable, even! You look... so precious, delicate..."

GARY! STOP!! he screamed in his head.

"My..." Cas covered her face with her hands and shook her head adorably. "Oh, my... It really surprises me that you think I'm pretty... Those words coming from someone as handsome and lovely as you makes my heart swell. God, Gary, you're so nice. Thank you."

Gary, just shut the-

"Well, you know how I feel then. I certainly can't believe you think I'm handsome. I'm happy you do but you are just a doll! Your eyes are hypnotic! Your lips so perfect. You look incredible as far as I'm concerned!" Gary was just gushing out of control!

It was as if hearts had filled Cas' eyes, delight unlike anything before taking over, and yet she still looked subdued, like she was resisting fully expressing herself. "Oh my god! No one has ever told me that." Cas swayed in place in front of Gary.

Gary, what are you DOING?? He tried to find reason for his actions and ended up shaking his head hard and took a step back. His wide eyes on Cas, he started to breathe heavily. What the hell?!