[center][h2]Elm's Lab[/h2][/center]
[center][color=gray][h3]Mattie Linder[/h3][/color][/center]

[color=7ea7d8]"Er, apologies if I intimidated you Mattie, but I want to speak with you directly, not indirectly if you don't mind... Anyways, it's a pleasure to meet you too... Er, are you ok? Your kind of a bit... rosy around the cheeks... did I do something wrong, or, er..."[/color]

Well shit. Mattie had started acting awkward, and now Yuu was feeling awkward. It has become an awkwardfest.

Nice going, Mattie. 

The redhead's blush deepened, and she fidgetted slightly in her seat, looking around for some kind of distraction away from herself. Anything that could-

[color=7ea7d8]"Say Mattie, where did you come from as I can tell your not from around New Bark. Did you come from somewhere around Johto or another region for your own reasons?"[/color] Yuu spoke again.

...

Well, that was kind of a distraction. Perhaps if she could answer this question reasonably and honestly, they might get a conversation going and he might not think she was a total creep.

[color=gray]"I..."[/color] Mattie opened her mouth, but only just got a sound out before someone came bursting into the lab, charged towards Yuu and gave him a kick, sending him flying forwards...

... towards Mattie.

[color=gray][i]Well, this is going to suck,[/i][/color] Mattie thought as Yuu suddenly grabbed her into an embrace, and the two ended up tumbling to the ground. Once they finally stopped rolling, Mattie quickly tried to regain herself from the shock. However, she soon found that she was now lying on top of Yuu in a slightly... awkward position. 

Mattie's face was now a bright pink, and felt so warm you could probably cook something on it.

[color=7ea7d8]"Er, sorry about that Mattie,"[/color] Yuu said, sounding a little daze and confused. No wonder, considering what had just happened. [color=7ea7d8]"Anyways, you alright? Are you uh, hurt or anything?"[/color]

"I'm sorry!" Mattie said, quickly scrambling off the boy as she could and getting to her feet. "I-I'm fine. Again, really, really sorry!" she apologised once more, as if what had just happened had been entirely her fault, even though Yuu was now scolding the purple-haired girl who had kicked him and showed anger towards Mattie at all.

Could this day get any more embarrassing? Mattie hoped not.

Mattie [i]reeeeaaaally[/i] hoped not.

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[center][h2]Just Outside New Bark Town[/h2][/center]
[center][color=brown][h3]Zeph Bagley[/h3][/color][/center]

After that awkward moment, the purple haired girl - Abigail apparently - turned to her friend and the two started talking, the red-haired girl, Cerise, seeming upset about something. Zeph scratched the back of his head, unsure if he should go and leave them alone or not. However, before he could decide, Abigail ran off in a rage, leaving both her friend and Zeph standing there.

It was then Cerise addressed Zeph. [color=ec008c]"A-ah...uhm..."[/color] the girl began. [color=ec008c]"S-sorry! I know we have just met each other, but uhm, would you mind running after my friend? She's going to do something stupid over something so small and I'd rather her n-not. I'd do it myself...but I'm not exactly...uhm, suited for running long distances."[/color]

Zeph blinked, a little surprised at the request. He barely knew these two and he was already getting mixed up in their problems. Well, he couldn't exactly say no to such a cute girl, could he? Besides, Abigail seemed to be running towards New Bark town, which was where he was heading, so it wouldn't be too out of the way. 

... besides, he probably needed to apologise to her anyway.

[color=brown]"Err, sure,"[/color] Zeph said with a nod. [color=brown]"I'll, err, go look for her."[/color] Without another word, he started in the direction Abigail had left in, running as fast as he could. He was quick enough that it wasn't long before he ended up in New Bark town, and after asking some people if they'd seen a purple-haired chick in rage running this way, they all directed towards the lab. An interesting coincidence, and highly convient. He quickly picked up his pace and made his way towards the lab, rushing through the door...

... and bashing into a guy who standing on the threshold, holding a wet towel.

Great. First he'd ended up crashing his bike, landed on a girl and made her hate him, and now he was knocking over random dudes.

Genius, Zeph. Absolute genius. Five gold stars.