The Star Story (Ortega X OC) (Team Star Fanfic)

Picnicking With a Dog, Not a Good One

"You should sleep while you can Ortie." I murmur, he glances at me, "I can try.. but we need to find a table and chairs to buy for the picnic." he responds, I nod, "What about that place?" I point at a store with picnic-looking items, "Sure." he replies, we walk over to the store and look up at the tables and chairs, "Let's get the most expensive one.." Ortega says thoughtfully, we wander around the store a bit more and he finds a table and chair set, "Six chairs and one table.. it looks nice too." he stares at the set, the table was made out of metal, with gold patterns on the corners, the chairs were just about the same, they had cushions that matched the color of the gold, "It's so expensive though!" I exclaim, he looks at me and grins, "Might be to you! Not for me though!" he says cheerfully, I stare at the price tag on the set, "B-but it's 75,000 Pokedollars!" I reply, he nods at the other tables and chairs, "Those ones are cheap as dirt, to you they might be expensive, but just because they are about 4,000-20,000 doesn't mean that I would take a huge financial hit if I bought them, not even with this one." he grins at me, I sigh in response, "Okay, we can get it, I guess.." I mutter, we walk back to the shop owner and buy the set, "Okay... uh.. it's really heavy!" Ortega exclaims, I walk over to him, "Don't you have those weird things with wheels that you could just attach to the box?" I ask him, "I forgot about those!" he says, I watch as he starts rummaging through the large pockets in his coat, I realize I had the strange feeling from before, my mind starts racing through the possibilities of what it could be, is it that? No... wait, has it seriously just been that the entire time? H-have I just liked him this entire time? He pulls out some wheels that have corners attached to them, he puts them on the box and sighs, "Are we supposed to ride on it now or something?" he asks me, I shrug, "We can probably have our Pokemon pull it, like we can put a harness on them." I suggest, he nods, "Well let's go with that, I can't be late for my own event!" he laughs, I smile at him, it felt like a large weight was being taken off my shoulders, now that I knew what had been the cause for the odd feeling from before.

LATER

I sit at the expensive table that Ortega had bought, all the others were there too, "Uh, so why did you buy this set?" Eri asks me, "Don't ask me, ask him." I reply, looking at Ortega, "I dunno." Ortega says, "Are we going to eat or not?" Giacomo exclaims, I sigh, and cross my arms, something didn't seem right, "What's up Void?" Mela asks me, I look at her, "Something doesn't feel right.." I respond, I look around nervously, "Is it the fact that we are sitting at this ridiculous table?" Eri suggests, I shrug, suddenly I hear a bark coming from the trees, my head snaps in the direction of the sound and I shrink back, "Well that's a Mabosstiff if I've ever heard one." Giacomo shrugs, "I'll go deal with it, since I'm good with Dark types." I stare at the trees surrounding the clearing we were in, Giacomo walks off towards the trees, "How mad! Thy has just become an ally to Dark types!" Atticus shouts after him, Giacomo shrugs without a single glance behind, and he disappears into the trees, we all sit there and watch the trees nervously for movement, we do so for a while, and suddenly we hear Giacomo shouting, and more barking, I flinch backwards, into Ortega, I immediately feel a wave of embarrassment shoot through me, I jump up quickly and climb up the tree that was providing us with shade, everyone looks up at me, "Why so scared?" Mela interrogates me, "U-uuuh-h.. D-dark t-types.. the-ey-" I start stammering from fear of the Mabosstiff's barking, "Since her family is so close to Ghost types, she basically is a Ghost type, so that means she can die from that Mabosstiff.. relatively... easily.." Ortega finishes for me, I sit down on a large tree branch and stare nervously up at the leaves on said tree, "I suggest we scourge the forest, to ensure safety for our comrade." Atticus says, "Okay, we should split up though, it'll be easier." Eri replies, Mela nods and Ortega stares up at me, clearly not wanting to put me in danger, "What about Ph- uh I mean, Void?" Ortega questions them, Mela shrugs, "Doesn't matter." Eri punched her in the shoulder, "Ow." I sigh and look around, this was not going to be good, it couldn't be.