Swanna Song, Sung Throughout Sinnoh

Perpetual Love

Day Five:

"Is that a cockatiel?"

Gary stared at the man blankly, his mind somewhere else entirely. After blinking a few times, he muttered, "No."

"Why not?" the Hispanic male questioned, smiling the entire time.

This seemed to snap Gary back to reality, and he stared at the guy in confusion. "Huh?"

*

"If you hadn't have fed it peanut butter, it never woulda gotten sick!!" the woman barked at her husband.

"The kids fed the damn thing!! NOT ME!!" the man argued back.

"WHY WEREN'T YOU WATCHING THE DAMN CHILDREN??!" the woman fought back.

"Listen, guys. Please, stop this. You're holding up the line, and I've already explained the situation to you both," Adonis said, holding up his powerful arms and gigantic hands.

Staring at Adonis, Gary couldn't help but feel completely overwhelmed and useless, as a human being in general, in front of this prime example of man, named Adonis.

Even just Adonis' lips that he spoke from were prime to allure anyone attracted to the very idea of a man. They were thick and sturdy, but not too protruding, either.

Gary couldn't help but note down in his mind every last thing about Adonis that made him feel like a complete, incomplete loser who would never live up to what Adonis physically portrayed, and would be inferior, single, and die crying in a lonely bed.

"Togekiss isn't sick from the food it ate. They get very unwell around negative energy, as you two are displaying right now, ha ha," Adonis tried to get through.

The couple kept arguing, their three kids watching with sadness, Togekiss on the counter looking exhausted and unwell.

*

"Can I mix that Basculin with my Corphish? My tank is a hundred gallons," a customer asked.

"No, it's not recommended or safe," Gary answered lazily, having heard this question in several variations by the same person, for the past thirty minutes.

"Okay. If I put a divider in the tank, will that work?" the man continued.

"No. Pokemon are very powerful. While we sell dividers, for things like this, it is not suggested," Gary droned on, not caring how tired and careless his tone of voice was.

"Alright, I see. Do you think over time, they'll get along?"

"There's no guarantee of it, and it isn't recommended, sir."

"What if I put Basculin in a separate tank? I have a ten gallon. I could leave it there next to the tank with Corphish until they get along, right?"

"Sir, I do not recommend that. That may stress out and kill them. Or at least one of them."

"If I let them fight it out and separate them day by day, maybe they'll get used to each other."

Gary didn't respond at all now, just staring at the man tiredly.

*

"Gary can you take care of him, please?" Stephanie pointed at an extremely tall and sturdy White guy with blonde hair staring at fish with two kids in front of him. "We call him Neo." She added in a whisper, "He's a really good tipper," and then went to help someone with the rodent Pokemon.

Gary walked up to the guy. "Hello, sir. Can I help you with anything?" Gary gave his best smile.

"Well, I'm not sure yet. Kids, you see anything?"