The Most Simple, Yet Complicated Thing {Pokemon Fanfiction} [HIATUS]

Chapter 2

Calem wasn't a very sociable guy, and when it came to communicating with people, he wasn't very good at it.

And by people, he meant girls.

There was no time for Calem to bother with socializing, not when he had to train to be the Kalos Pokemon League Champion. He was better with Pokemon rather than people, and he wanted it to stay that way. However, that didn't mean Calem didn't have friends.

He had three, actually. Shauna was his closest friend; they had known each other since they were very little. He met the inseparable duo Tierno and Trevor along the way in Trainer School, and the four had been one big group of friends ever since. Each one of his friends had insanely different personalities, and if they all hadn't met Calem when they were younger and got used to his serious, straight-to-the-point demeanor with a touch of anti-socialness, they probably wouldn't be friends with him now.

It's not like he was opposed to socializing and meeting new people, he was just a tough guy to get along with. He was incredibly stubborn, and he focused mostly on training and developing battle strategies, even though he was lacking a single Pokemon. With both of his parents being successful Ace Trainers, Calem was determined to surpass them. And what was the only way to do that? Become champion, of course.

And now, knowing there was a new girl next door that he had yet to meet, he found himself curious to find out what she was like. Can't really blame the boy for being curious, can you?

...but first, he had to get past the psycho Rhyhorn guarding her front yard.

Calem blinked owlishly at the large rock creature about to charge at him, taking a cautious step back. "Easy, now... I was invited over, I swear!"

Rhyhorn scowled at Calem and kicked at the ground, not listening to him. His rocky shoulders were squared as he locked onto his target, preparing to charge with an overpowered rollout attack.

A nervous bead of sweat trickled down Calem's forehead as the teenager watched his life flash before his eyes. If he didn't get out of this agitated Pokemon's way, and fast, he was most likely about to be shishkebabed. And frankly, Calem was quite fond of the idea of remaining in one piece for the rest of his life.

Rhyhorn grunted and lunged forwards, running across the front yard at top speed towards the stranger who had dared to trespass on his property. There was no way he was going to let this stranger break in and do weird things that perverted teenage boys do to his precious Serena!

Calem panicked and jumped out of the Rhyhorn's way, then immediately bolted for the front door when Rhyhorn ran past him and skidded to a halt before he collided with the white picket fence. Thankfully, the front door was unlocked, just as Grace said, and Calem quickly ran inside and shut the door behind him.

Calem panted and let out a heavy sigh, slamming his back up against the door and sliding down it a little. "Phew..."

Entering a stranger's house unexpected even with permission to enter still felt wrong to Calem, and he was going to ring the doorbell in order to not seem rude, but...well, then again, Calem wasn't really expecting there to be an angry Rhyhorn guarding the front lawn. What the heck did Grace even feed that thing!?...

When he steadied his breathing and felt relaxed now that the danger was over, Calem stood straight up and took one more step further into the house. It was small and quaint, and strangely enough, it looked like a mirrored version of his own house. And if this house was similar to the floor plan of his, then that would mean the entire second floor was a bedroom, which most likely belonged to her.