Searching for Love

CHAPTER 5: A dove's heart

CHAPTER 5: A dove's heart

With an objective in his mind, the Sea Otter Pokémon tried to look for a perfect mate for him, taking advantage that he was on a trip with Ash and company, he could meet several female Pokémon and would try to win their heart. He started from the closest he had in that moment: his female teammates. At that time, there were Pikachu, Axew, Pidove, Oshawott, Tepig, Pansage, Snivy, Dwebble and most recently Scraggy. There were nine Pokémon in total, but there was only two female Pokémon, which were Pidove and Snivy. Oshawott would try to have a love relationship with Pidove first, because she was the first girl that he met in Ash's journey. He would do everything to make it happen.

One day, everyone was eating in a green field, clear sky and a nice breeze. The trainers' Pokémon also were tranquilly eating. Pidove was casually eating calmly next to Oshawott. He had something planned for her, it had to take advantage of that opportunity. He little by little was coming closer to her while he was sat. The water type got close enough to know that the bowl with Pokémon food was empty, the otter guessed she could be hungrier. He started to talk. "Hello, Pidove. Good day," he said. "Oh, Hi, Oshawott, good day to you too," she responded. Pidove was a bit surprised, she didn't notice Oshawott had come closer to her, very close. She was a little uncomfortable. "What do you want, Oshawott? I see that you haven't eaten your food completely."

It was right, Oshawott left a portion without eat. Strange, because the otter always ate all the food, being the first finishing to eat than the others, and sometimes he ate the others' food if he was very hungry. What happened to him? What did he have in mind? "Yeah, I noticed it," he spoke. "Why did you not want to eat more food? Did you have a stomachache or something like that?" "No, none of that, I wanted to give you my food." Pidove was surprised, did he want to give part of his food to her? What was he planning?

"Are you giving me part of your food, Oshawott? Why?" the Tiny Pigeon Pokémon asked. The otter tried to respond her the politest way that he could do. "Uh... well... I saw you that you were hungry for more food, so I wanted to be kind with you and wanted to give you a little bit of my food. That's all." Pidove got a little complicated to answer him in a good way. "Umm... thanks for the gesture, Oshawott..." The water type was happy by what he heard, that was the first step for her to gain confidence and affection for him. If he continued like that, he would soon win her heart; however, Pidove continued talking. "...but I'm not hungry now."

Oshawott got a bit lost by what his teammate said. He couldn't believe it. "A-a-are you not hungry?" he said sceptic. Pidove answered: "I'm more than satisfied with what Cilan gave me." Oh, goodness! Oshawott's plan was failing, but he didn't give up and said: "Are you sure?" and Pidove said: "I'm really sure." Welp, there went the plan, but the bird Pokémon continued with a question for him. Something strange was happening to her teammate. "Why have you not eaten your food? Is something wrong with you?" Oshawott answered with a bit of difficultly. It was the first time he struck up a conversation with a female Pokémon with love intentions. It seemed that he was devastating himself slowly. "N-no, th-there's nothing wrong with me. The thing is I wanted to share my food with you." "I notice you nervous, are you sure you are alright?" "Y-yeah... I'm really okay."

Pidove didn't know what really happened to the otter. She asked for the reason about wanting to give her his food. "Why do you want to give me part of your lunch?" Oshawott got more nervous, he tried to look for something to say, something cute for her, that she liked it. He didn't know. "Well... this... I... I-I-I noticed that when you eat your food, your plumage makes you more beautiful." "What?" "Y-y-yeah, that's it... your food that you eat makes your plumage better-looking. I like how you look with those beautiful feathers that reflect the sun, especially the heart that you have in your chest. It's a distinguishable detail of your species. That heart may mean something big, don't you think?"

The Tiny Pigeon Pokémon didn't have the slightest idea about what was happening with Oshawott. She asked later: "Oshawott, what are you plotting? Why are you being kind with me?" Oshawott tried to show his lovely side little by little to see if she noticed. "What? Are you trying to tell me that I cannot tell how beautiful you are after eating that food that Cilan made?" The normal and flying type was suspecting of him, it seemed he was flirting with her for some reason. "Oshawott, whatever you are plotting, stop it. You're making me uncomfortable." "Can you not spend a quality time with a teammate?" "Oshawott, be honest with me, what are you really doing?" "Are you trying to tell me that I cannot show affection to you, Pidove?" "Show affection? Oshawott, are you...flirting with me?" The otter said confident and with a smile: "Maybe, what do you think?"

Pidove wasn't really interested on getting a mate for now, much less with a teammate. She said: "I'm sorry, Oshawott, but I cannot be with you." "Wh-what? What did you say?" Oshawott was astonished about what the dove said. Was she really rejecting him? "Oshawott, I don't think it's a good idea pair up with me. Those are things of taste apparently. Because I have heart in the chest, it doesn't mean that I'm loving with everyone, do you understand? We'd prefer that were teammates, even friends. Is that OK?"

Oshawott felt something shattering in his inside, he thought it was his heart destroying in a thousand pieces. He was rejected by Pidove, he felt very depressed and disappointed to know that she didn't want to be the otter's mate. The dove noticed his sadness and she said: "Does something happen to you?" and he answered: "Oh, nothing, it doesn't matter." The bird Pokémon felt sorry for see him sad, and in part she was curious. Why did Oshawott want to flirt with her? He should especially have some reason. She asked: "Where did you get the idea of wanting to flirt with me, eh?" Oshawott answered: "The thing is... is... I do it so I don't stay alone, I wanted to look for a mate for me, do you understand? Someone to love. But since you don't want to be my mate..."

Pidove felt sorry for him, so what he was doing since the beginning was search for love. She said to cheer him up: "Don't feel bad, Oshawott. I assure you that there are more female Pokémon in the world than just me. It may that the journey that we make you'll find the perfect girl for you. Just you have to be lucky to find her. Don't feel discourage, OK?" Those words that came from his teammate made him feel better with himself. He was slightly happier. "Thank you Pidove, that helped me so much." "You're welcome, that's why partners are. Don't feel sad, I'll support you in everything what you do in your search of a mate for you, if that makes you feel more content. Just you have to wait until destiny gives you the most appropriate girl for you, OK?" "Yeah, thank you so much."

Just then, a growl was heard, it came from Oshawott's tummy. Since the otter hadn't eaten his food completely, he was still hungry. He felt embarrassed by that. Pidove spoke: "Right, you haven't eaten your food yet. Eat it tranquilly that it's going to make you feel better." "Alright." And Oshawott continued to eat the rest of the food. He had failed his attempt to get a mate, but it's wasn't so bad, coming from a teammate. He wanted to be optimist, he was sure that he will have more opportunities to find love. As Pidove said, he just had to wait until destiny gives him the appropriate girl for him.