That Summer | Raihan x Piers [Pokémon]

"Do you think we're doing something wrong?"

The question that was asked on that summer night to silence one boy's insecurities was the root of misunderstandings for the other.

"Two guys kissing and touching each other... This wouldn't normally be called normal, right?"

"It's normal. For you, normal is over on that side, right...?" Piers continued, gripping at his arm with his own hand while ignoring the almost desperate explanation his lover had in store for him. "Rather than bein' with me, it's a normal thing."

"Surely, it's just for now. We'll finish the Gym Challenge an' become adults. Then, to still be together like this... That's just... There's no sense of reality in that, huh."

The two boys never saw each other again after that - for six long years. When they did though, it was at the train station in Motostoke. Feelings of the past still lingered within both of them, and one of the two gave himself one last push to intertwine their past with their present.

"I can understand if you don't love the me from six years ago anymore, but please... Let me make you fall in love with the person I am right now."

"Hey Raihan. Let's do what we didn't finish that summer."

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