In The Garden( Milo x reader)

Chapter 8: Journey to the Ocean

Your POV *sings*On the road again~

I heard a shuffle behind me, quickly flashed around to see Yamper. 'Yamp Yamp!' He barked at me, "Oh sorry Yamper, I was wrapped up in other things but you can stay out now." I smiled and let the boy Yamper trail along behind me, the rest of my pokemon were resting in their Pokeballs. "Where is Milo?" I asked myself as Yamper barked and bounced off. "Okay? I guess I'll follow you." Our roles reversed, I was now the one trailing along behind Yamper.

"Oh hey Yamper, what are you doing here?" I heard a familiar voice, "He was finding you." I answered once I saw the farmer. He was holding a satchel and there was a berry tree next to him. "Berry satchel running low?" I asked though it was obviously visible, he nodded and gestured me to come over.

"I found a pokemon while I was here..." He looked kind of, worried, I couldn't tell right now. "And?" I was confused he didn't just take it out. "And..... I wanted you to have her since....since you gave me Zigzagoon." He held out the Pokeball and to his surprise I took it. "You aren't going to give it back?" He was shocked when I shook my head, "If I did you would be really disappointed with yourself and we can't have the lovable Milo do that, now can we?" I beamed a bright smile at him, he chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "No, I guess not. You going to let her out?" He then gestured to the Pokeball in my hand. "I guess I can."

I opened the Pokeball and it revealed a Cherubi(/Cherub?). 'Cherub Cher?' It questioned, I squealed and picked up in a hug. "Milo, it so cuutttteee!!!!" Cherubi squeaked back and rubbed against my chest. "I knew you'd like her, that's why I decided to give you Cherubi," Milo explained his reasoning, I didn't care why he gave me this Cheri berry look alike I just care he gave it to me. "Thank you so much, Milo!" I thanked him gladly and pulled him into a hug, after setting Cherubi down of course. "I-I... You're welcome." He stammered before accepting my thanks, I guessed he was red because of his stutter. Wait, red? I looked up and saw Milo's face red and surprised, there are only three girls that he could like, Nessa, Bea, and me. Obviously not Bea because she liked Nessa, but he doesn't get red when Nessa is around him and Nessa told me it was obvious as to who he liked. If you put two and two together... No way! I let him go and watched his expression change from surprised to confused. I'm not going to ask him because I don't know how I'll feel if he says yes.

"We should get going, we're starting to lose daylight," I mumbled just loud enough for him to hear. I picked up Cherubi and put her in her Pokeball, I wasn't angry or anything just really confused about everything at the moment. He quickly picked up the berries and followed me back to the path, "Are you okay? You seem angry..." Milo asked and trailed off. I looked up at his sparkling emerald eyes and gave a forced bright smile, "Yes I'm fine just lost in thought. No need to worry." He still looked worried, I shook my head as if to say 'I'm fine.'

Time skip to the bridge with feathers

We made it to the bridge and it was dusk, "Let's camp here, we can finish the way to Hulbury tomorrow ." We set up camp in a dip of land next to a lake, I was sitting by the lake after we set up.

"Hey, (n/n), you okay, you aren't acting normal." I heard Milo from the fire, he was cooking dinner. I sighed and looked up from twiddling with the water, "I'm fine, just a lot is on my mind." A concerned look painted its way onto his face, "You mind talking about it?" I shook my head, "Rather not, thanks for asking." He huffed in defeat, "You of all people should know, you can't just bottle everything up inside yourself."

I went back to playing with the water and let my pokemon out of their pokeballs. 'Eev Eevee!' 'Pix Pix!' 'Yamp Yamper! ' 'Cherub~' they all sang out, I smiled at this. Their happiness is contagious, though it's good to be happy. My smile broadened when they bounced about and played. "Hey, dinner is almost done you guys, after that bedtime," I informed them, they all just squeaked and agreed.

"Dinner's ready!" Milo called, all of our pokemon stopped tackling me and rushed to get their plates while running over me in the process. "Ouch, you guys are mean." I giggled and rushed over too, "Thanks for cooking," I thanked, "your food is topped by nothing else." He got red, again, and the farmer looked at the ground embarrassed. 'Goon zig zig.' 'Fleur Gosse' Zigzagoon and Gossefleur gave him "the look" and teased him. "Shut it! I will not do that." He looked away still extremely embarrassed. "You won't do what?" I continued in the teasing, like a good friend. "N-nothing I-I won't do a-a-anything." He frantically waved his hands, looking directly at me. "Okay if you say so." I shrugged off.

The curry was actually the best I've ever had, not going to lie. "Oh mah gawd, dis food is amerzing!" I screeched through the food in my mouth. "Hehe swallow your food first." Milo smiled and closed my mouth since he was sitting next to me. "Yeah yeah shore." I still hadn't swallowed, he just shook his head, "What am I going to do with you?" He said with mock exhaustion. "I don't know, keep cooking for me?" I swallowed the curry and booped his nose. "That's for sure, you would blow up a kitchen if you're released in one." He smiled broadly. I clenched my stomach and laughed, "I'm gonna go lay down." I set down my plate next to the pot and went to my tent.

"Goodnight guys," I said to the four pokemon cuddled up next to different parts of my body. I began thinking about Hulbury and what I'll do for the gym battle until sleep overtook me. Yawning one last time, I closed my eyes and left to dreamland.

I woke up to Eevee and Vulpix shaking me, "Huh, what's wrong you two?" They ran out of the tent with me following. "Glad you're finally up, it's almost 11:00." I ran into something and I blinked against the light a few times, the figure turned into Milo. I felt my face heat, "Oh God, I'm sorry." I frantically apologized and jumped back away from him. "It's fine, but are you okay? You're all red." he put a hand on my forehead and I felt my cheeks get hotter until they were blazing. What the hell is wrong with me?! Why am I all red like this? I thought furious with myself.

"Your face is getting redder and your forehead is burning, I think you're sick." He mumbled before saying the last part normal. "I-I'm f-fine." I stammered back, quickly taking his hand off my face. "Okaaayyyy..." He wasn't buying it, I sighed in defeat. "Well we need to go, Hulbury is just past the bridge and it's an hour before noon." He told me.

I nodded and we set off again.

A new chapter is here!!! I was thinking about theme songs for Milo and (y/n) as a ship, I have a long list but I was wondering about Little Wonders by Rob Thomas. If you have any suggestions, I don't mind hearing them. That's all for now
L signing off