Deception - Gladion x Reader. [UNDER CO.]

Great(ish) Memories

Reader's POV

The next week turned out to be pretty eventful, in a good way and a bad way. I bumped into Lillie and Hau quite a lot, both separately and together, and either way, we had a blast... and I bumped into Gladion several times, as well.

Thoughts rolling around in my head, I sighed and laid back on my bed, giving myself a clear view of the ceiling. Gladion had been confusing me recently, more so than usual. I didn't understand him all that much to begin with, but now I really didn't understand him. He's like a Pokémon in battle who doesn't want to use its priority move to get the first hit off on its opponent... and that was probably the worst comparison I could've used.

Sometimes he's his typical grumpy self, frowning and glaring at me and just overall acting like he hates me, and then other times he's happy and actually seems to be enjoying himself. He even smiled at me once, and the craziest part is that it wasn't one of those cocky smiles he has when he knows he's irritating me and he loves it, but an actual genuine smile like he was glad to see me.

Weird, right?

Still, despite my confusion, I had an amazing week spending time with all of them, even though I was exhausted every time I came home; especially when I hung out with Hau. I tried my best to keep up with his energy and it was a valiant effort, but I couldn't deny I found it difficult. I noticed Lillie did too, though neither of us would ever admit it.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved meeting new people, making new friends, and spending time with them, and I adored the friends I'd made since I moved to Alola, but I was kind of hoping to get some time to relax before I went off on another adventure. I had no idea how Hau managed it.

I wasn't so sure I was going to get my wish, though, since so far, every day in Alola has been an adventure!

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hey! how's it goin'?

a pretty short chapter, but i'm just going through the old ones and editing/updating them since i'm not a huge fan of my old writing style. plus, i kinda need some time to catch up and think of where i want to take this story because the ideas are just... not there. 😅

anywho! thank you for still hanging around and reading my silly lil' story. much love. <3