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after a long day- Leon x Gloria

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It's been a really long day.

From the start, it's been a long day, and Gloria just managed to arrive to Wyndon early this morning with Hop, and already, they had to worry about getting registered for the semi-finals. After that, it was supposed to be two battles tops, maybe just one, and then resting up for the next day, or lazing in her hotel room after accepting her defeat.

Gloria successfully defeated Marnie for the last time, and Hop defeated his first opponent, bringing them together for the decisive match, and once again, she emerged victorious, with rather bittersweet feelings. On the one hand, of course she's happy to be moving forward, but on the other hand, she's always known that she couldn't move forward without crushing Hop's dreams, and the conflicted emotions alone are rather draining.

Hop doesn't let it get him down though, and then Leon is there to greet them, and the dinner plans are made. It should be the end of the long day, but then Leon fails to show, and she and Hop (and several other surprise helpers) are dragged into another string of battles, this one stretching on much longer than the semi-finals, only to have the anti-climactic ending, in which Rose pretends nothing is amiss and Leon insists that they have nothing to worry about, before inviting them to his hotel room with promises of unlimited room service.

Hop seems to be in better spirits just to be back with his brother, and Gloria knows that the stress of trying to get to him probably outweighed any of his lingering negative emotions regarding his defeat. He'll have time to process that later, but for now, he's enjoying a night in with his rival and his brother, refusing to worry about what is to come, or what's already happened.

Gloria wishes that she could say the same thing for herself, but, try as she might, she can't relax and enjoy the meal like Hop is. She's hungry enough to eat as much as she normally would, having hardly eaten anything all day, but if it weren't for that, she's sure she would be too stressed and nervous to actually eat. There's a lot to think about after today, and a lot of uncertainty in her heart.

Completely disregarding the fact that she has to take on the champion- Hop's older brother and the man she's been trying to ignore her rather hopeless crush on- in battle tomorrow, only after winning a tournament with the gym leaders, all coming for their revenge, there are other things to worry about. She doesn't necessarily believe what either Rose or Leon said about their meeting, and doesn't believe anyone would have gone to all that trouble to keep it a secret if it weren't any big deal.

At first, she thought Hop was overreacting. Rose requesting a business meeting with a man who has, essentially, been his client for a decade now shouldn't be that abnormal, and Leon running late enough to the meeting and the meeting being a long winded one, should have been enough explanation for why he couldn't make dinner. However, as soon as they went after Leon, it became very clear that this was something more sinister, but they never got any answers about that, and she doubts Leon will say anything now. Asking him seems pointless, and what's more, she doesn't want to ruin the good mood just because she can't get into it.

Whatever it is, she's probably too young and insignificant to understand or help, and if all she can do to help him is keep his mind off of it for the night, then that's what she should be doing. Unfortunately, because she can't keep her own mind off of it, she isn't much for conversation, and most of the little celebration dinner passes her by, with Hop having to bring her back into conversation, teasing her for spacing out.

When it gets late enough, she makes her excuses to go back to her room, and that should be the end of that. At least, until someone knocks at her door, and she opens it, expecting it to be Hop. Instead, she finds Leon standing at her door, grinning as he asks, "Can I come in?"