Pokémon: Rough Water (Sequel to Finding Red)

Chapter 10: Lovelife

[Skylar's POV]

I gulped, noticing his presence. With the eyes of a serial killer, he smirks, making me flinch nervously. The features of his face are hard not to look at. I wasn't sure how to react, to smile or to not. Why do I feel anxious? Why didn't I say anything? I just simply stood there, staring at him speechless. Delcatty got my tongue.

"Skylar. I didn't expect that you were fond of Nerf guns." he laughed, in such a serious manner.

Mortified, I yelled whatever came into my mind. It was horribly embarrassing. "INTO THE KITCHEN! HURRY UP YOU STUPID IDIOT GET IN THERE!"

He was just as confused as I am, so I forcefully dragged him into the kitchen. We stayed silent until I heard Lack-Two spoke.

"He's upstairs...... Hopefully he's still not- I know he'll fight it!"

"We'll see."

"The stairs!" I yelled at Blue, who jumped back in surprise. Blue didn't say anything. He just gave me a weird look.

"Wait! The stairs have squeaky bath toys scatterred all over!" I shouted frantically.

"Thanks for the warning." Lack-Two said, and footsteps going up were heard, along with the squeaks of the bath toys. His voice was emotionless.It got me worried, but I knew that his companion would be able to help him.

I looked at Blue, who was trying to shake the glitter off his hair. Honestly, if I was in his place, I've got no idea how to remove those sparkly particles from my head, either. That glitter is waterproof, just so you know.

"Who was that?" he asked, flicking glitter off his shirt.

"Someone who can help Lack-Two and his Samurott." I replied. "He's a specialist too."

"So you know him?"

"Sort of."

"Oh. Acquaintances or more?"

"We met during my vacation, okay? And we're just friends, so don't push it." I sighed, not exactly amused by whatever Blue could be thinking.

"Pfft, whatever you say, Sky. To me it seemed like you were amazed to see that guy again." he snickered. "Maybe he was actually your secret boyfriend and you were embarrassed to be seen holding a Nerf gun."

"What the hell Blue!?" I yelled, giving him a disgusted look. I was furious, I swear I could almost strangle him, burn him to ashes by Gen. Char, electrocute his brain cells by Pika, drown him by Silver's Feraligatr, freeze his tongue off-

"Whoa, whoa, chill, Skylar. I was only kidding, I swear." he quickly said. As if that would change everything and make me forgive him. He shouldn't think that it's that easy. So I glared at him, not saying anything.

"I was only kidding Skylar," he said, raising up his hands in defense. "Like anyone would actually date you."

"Like anyone would date you!"

"Well the only reason why I don't have a girlfriend is-"

"Because every girl you take home doesn't meet the standards of your sister or your grandfather." I chuckled. How many girlfriends did he have in the past? 8? 9? I think I've lost count already.

"What the fuck, Skylar?" Blue stared at me. The look on his face said it all. I had said exactly what he was thinking.

Reading someone's face requires practice and patience. But I've been practicing it for quite a while. Blue cannot deny the truth. The painful, sad truth.

~~

Of course, Blue still tried to argue that it wasn't true, but it was no use. Since he skipped dinner because of preparing for this prank war, we both agreed to take a short break and buy some food outside. We bought fries and milkshakes from a diner, then decided to take a walk around the city. People were baffled why we were covered in glitter and paint/ink, but recognized the gym leader and assumed that he was helping out in a community project along with the other gym leaders. Weird, right? I didn't even know that gym leaders have community projects. If you asked me, I don't think Blue would even help out in a community project. But since you didn't ask me, how does that sentence even make sense?

The cashier guy also asked Blue for his autograph. Not that I'm jealous or anything, it's just that the look on Blue's face could annoy me to death. I was still furious about earlier, so I had him pay for everything.

The streets are quiet, but the streetlamps shone brightly so we didn't have to worry about walking around at such a late time in the morning.

"So when are you gonna video-chat Gramps?" Blue asked.

"Video-chat your grandfa-"

"During the months that you were gone, did you know that GRAMPS CALLED ME ALMOST EVERY HOUR ASKING WHERE THE HELL YOU WHERE AND WHY THE FUCK DID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE UNEXPECTEDLY?"

".......... And you never asked Silver or Gold about it?" I calmly asked, taking a sip. I'm not affected even a single bit. In fact, I'm used to it. Blue gets stressed from time to time because of his gym duties, but I know he's on a leave right now, so hopefully he won't get more stressed any further.

".....No....... Where were you anyway?" he asked, stepping in front of me. He may be a few inches taller than me, but if he's trying to intimidate me, he failed. I could as well laugh.

"Skylar..... Were you trying to stay away from someone?"

"N-No. Why the hell would you think of that?"

~~

[Red's POV]

I still couldn't sleep. I missed Skylar. I didn't want to get in the way of Blue and Skylar's prank war, but didn't want to be away from Skylar either. I needed to keep an eye on her, somehow. That's why I left Pika with Blue.

There seemed to be a commotion outside. I might as well check it out.

I looked out the window, and saw Skylar throwing glitter at Oak's son. I smiled. She seems to be having fun. It's too dark to see my face from outside, fortunately. Even as a child, I was never into arts and crafts. My mother loved art, but I really don't. Especially glitter. How would Blue even remove the glitter from his hair? That, I still wonder. But if it makes Skylar happy, I would gladly take Blue's place.

She looked so happy. She had the same smile that I had when I received my first Pokémon. A smile that could light up this whole city.

.........I'm jealous- I really am. Why can't I make her smile like that whenever it's just the two of us? When I took her out for a dinner, she said that we should do it more often. She may not know it, but that really made me happy. I don't usually talk much. But last night at the café, because of her I was able to speak more than I usually do.

Gold might be hitting on Skylar sometimes, but I think he's just doing it to annoy Silver. I don't think he's being serious and be serious about asking her out on a date. But I can't be too sure. The way he acts around Skylar, it's clear that they're more than friends. He knows that I like someone- but he doesn't know that it's Skylar. I once turned to him for love advice- hey, he may be a pervert but he can still pick girls up whenever he wants to. Sometimes you have to consider taking your bestfriend's advice.

He told me that to make a girl fall in love, I had to make her laugh. I don't understand how is that supposed to help me.

Because everytime Skylar laughs, I'm the one who falls in love.