The Road to our Destiny

Chapter 23

Inside a two-person bedroom at a Pokemon Center, Timothy snores with his mouth open until he feels something poking his nose. The trainer whimpers and rolls over on the bed only to feel something poking his nose again. He covers his head with a pillow and tries to go back to sleep, but his moment of peace is interrupted when he hears a voice saying, "Rai..." and his eyes snap open.

"Okay, okay!" he shouts in a sitting position. "You win, Electchu! I'm up!"

Timothy's faithful Raichu gives him a smirk as it hops out of bed, pleased with its work in walking up its trainer. Timothy sighs and groans, mentally wishing his partner would not force him to wake up by threatening to use Thunder on him every day. He yawns and stretches before he gets out of bed, and turns to the bed on the other side where Coovers is sleeping soundly.

"Rai..." Electchu begins, preparing to hit the other man with a Thunder

"No!" Timothy hisses as he tiptoes over to Coovers' bed. "I have a better idea."

Electchu looks at Timothy, confused until he gestures to Raichu to listen. The two of them lean in close to Coovers who is hugging his pillow tightly and muttering in his sleep.

"Oh, my darling...you're so beautiful...let's get married and have a hundred children..."

Timothy and Electchu fight the urge to laugh out loud. The trainer puts his finger on his lips before he tiptoes back to his bed, grabs his pillow, and tiptoes back to Coovers' bed. The two of them wait carefully until the black-haired man is slowly leaning his head toward his pillow with his lips pressed together. Timothy grins evilly as he waits for the right moment before he slams his pillow right on Coovers' head.

"AUGH! WHAT?! WHAT HAPPENED?! WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Coovers screams as he jumps out of bed and makes a defensive stance.

"Oh good, you're up," Timothy chortles while Electchu drops onto the floor, squealing with laughter.

Coovers takes a moment to recognize his surroundings before he turns to Timothy and Electchu with a mopy face.

"Tiiiimmmmooottthhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyy," he whines like a little child. "That's not funny."

"You're right. It's hysterical," Timothy says while making his bed.

"I was having such a wonderful dream," Coovers protests.

"Yeah, we noticed," Timothy says, earning a snicker from Electchu while he grabs clean clothes from his backpack and walks over to the bathroom. "Let me guess, your dream girl had short blonde curly hair, blue eyes and a high-pitched voice that you think is adorable.

Coovers frowns as his friend goes to the bathroom and says, "No, she had a really sweet voice with chocolate-brown eyes and long, shiny black hair that she keeps in a ponytail."

"Score," Timothy sarcastically says from the other side of the bathroom door.

Electchu keeps snickering, earning a death glare from Coovers. He walks over to the bathroom door with a bitter look on his face.

"You're just making fun of me because I want that special kind of companionship," he claims.

Timothy opens the door dressed in clean clothes while holding his pajamas.

"Nope, I'm making fun of you because you almost kissed your pillow," Timothy says.

Coovers frown and says, "You know what? Someday you're gonna find a nice girl that's gonna make you super happy, and when you two get married with me as your best man, my speech is going to be nothing, but how you stepped on my dreams for true love, and you're gonna get embarrassed and...and...and your wife is going to hate you forever."