-Yuu Nozomu : New Bark Town-
As the boy spoke with the red-head, he was sure that at this point she was antsy and didn't know how to respond since she was just sitting there with her head was indirectly facing his. "... Am I being a bit upfront and ambitious? Honestly, I didn't wish to intimidate her, but looks like I slipped up a bit..." Yuu pondered this silently as he refrained from breaking his smile. This day was supposed to be one of his better days with the implications of procuring a pokemon, but looks like there was a downcast.
Eventually, the girl known as Mattie broke the silence between the two by speaking her full name. "Mattie Linder," Yuu mumbled to himself as if he was trying to unlock some sort of secret within the name. No algorithms or complicated physics were needed. Yuu glanced at the girl gleefully, glad to hear her name. As Yuu opened his mouth, the girl swiftly shifted her head away in the opposite direction.
Was he really that scary?
Contemplating for a couple of seconds, Yuu relocated his right hand to his mouth, obscuring it from view. Under the hidden crevices of his hand, Yuu frowned a bit, glancing over at the girl... before noticing more of her face became coated in a faint red blush. Feigning coolness, he acted completely natural by letting his right arm sink to where it belong, his mouth heralding a neutral expression. Yuu in reality was rather taken back by what he thought she was blushing for. This wasn't a romantic candle lit dinner in which two folks were sitting across from each other.
Nothing cheesy like that, right?
... right?
At any rate, she was flustered and anxious by him. Yuu looks at the timid girl before deciding to switch angles. Instead of forcing her, Yuu adjusted to where her face was by walking a few feet to stay in front of her instead of to the side. Smiling, Yuu pursued the girl even further in a friendly way.
"Er, apologies if I intimidated you Mattie, but I want to speak with you directly, not indirectly if you don't mind..." Flashing her a temporarily toothy smile, Yuu proceeded to calmly continue on, trying to dispel any... er... thoughts she maybe had? Honestly, Yuu had no idea how to act at the moment other than making sure Mattie wasn't flustered further by any type of antics... or was she trying to refrain from giggling?
"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..." Yuu was trying to keep himself from tensing up, but he was just as befuddled on how to face a predicament or help her out if there were a couple of possibilities. At this point, he struggled to come up with something to say. The boy awkwardly came into silence as he rubbed the back of his neck, his eyes still intently focused on her.
"Come on, think of something to say you fool, even if it's simple and a conversation starter," Yuu mentally scolded himself on the matter at hand. "Anything that does not pertain to how she is feeling because that blush of hers... actually looks kinda cute. Breaking off from those coherent thoughts, his mind suddenly conjured one easy item that could snowball this down a hill in a positive way
"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?"
Finally! Hopefully he wouldn't feel stumped when around the possibly shy lady like today, but she seemed sweet enough to. Yuu did have a curious look painted on his face, although he kept his readily cheerful expression. At this point, Yuu was confident that no inconsistent outliers could ruin any of the moments he would possibly have with any of the trainers.
Well, until doom echoed from the door with malice and greed. Yuu heard the door swiftly come open, and turned slightly to see who the new friend... was.
Oh no.
Day please, why Yuu do this?
Anything, just anything but this.
Purple hair came streaming through the door, a girl marked with a wild fury bolted for Yuu. Those same furious eyes he was familiar with stared daggers at him... and instead of using a sharp and pointy object, used her foot. Athleticism was a thing as he felt a sharp welted on his back before flying forward, albeit to the side... towards the well-being of Mattie.
Yuu barely caught a glimpse of who it was but returned his main focus on the safety of another as he was going to slam onto her at full force at this rate. His eyes widened in fear, his mouth slightly agape in the shape of a frown, Yuu felt as if time was speeding up and slowing down for him in this situation. Reaction time was a must for him now and he had to move while thinking to the best of his abilities.
"...! I got it!" Yuu, to the best of his abilities, dug his hand behind the girls back to make sure he had a grip on her as he was falling. As he continued to topple down forward, his other hand pulled around to fully embrace the girl. The spiral then came to a close as his butt landed directly on the chair.
...
Just kidding, part of it did, which caused the chair to capsized to the side, dropping Yuu and Mattie to the side. The chair behind Yuu was brought down on the floor with a rather loud banging sound above Yuus head which startled him and caused him to squeeze Mattie a bit harder. Of course, in a few milliseconds, he caught a close-up of her whole face, and, well... her everything.
"Uh..." The words were there with Yuu, but they were resting inside his throat where they wished never to depart. As he looked at the girl, he invoked within his face a slight blush at this whole spiel. His heart was pounding right now, harder than ever. Flustered, Yuu attempted to unsuccessfully reconcile what was left of his serene calmness.
"Er, sorry about that Mattie," Yuu silently uttered to the red-headed girl, still in a slight daze. "Anyways, you alright? Are you uh, hurt or anything?" After he spoke his part, he came to the realization that he was still kind of hugging her tightly. His blush became much more apparent as he quickly loosened his arms to the point where they were laying, spread across the floor.
As he lied there with a girl on top of him, Yuu moved his head slightly to the side to address another issue. A purple haired girl with a fiery attitude stood among them all. He knew her well - someone who always insisted they were better and spread her hubris to the masses, distorting her opinions as mere fact. Yuu narrowed his eyes down, a frown creeping up very slowly on his face.
"Abigail Blanchett..."
It wasn't sheer disgust that marched out into the forlorn air about, rather mild annoyance."Speaking pridefully like you always did in trainer school... you haven't changed much, have you..."
"Look, I've said it a million times to you - we are both equal in our skill... More importantly though, what the hell?! Didn't you see that I was standing in front of someone?! She could of been seriously injured if I wasn't good at reacting! What were you thinking?!" With those last sentences, his voice transpired into vile disgust at her actions.
Furthermore, she did mention a friend.
God please, why? At this point, it was random as hell to burst into a lab and kick someone, but with that reason? Making a proper guess, Yuu shot out what she might understand... oh who was he kidding, his words were lost in meaning to her. "... something tells me your that other red-headed chicks friend... Do I seriously need to clear up any smoke because I can only tell at this point everything is becoming one sided."
His blue oni side was showing as he calmly spoke, even with tidbits of blush still around his face. "Look, how about instead of ignoring me for once, hear me out on my recommendation because I don't want to further dump this whole event on the group as that's just rude. Cerise and I tell our sides of the story and we leave it at that."
Hopefully he didn't sound like an idiot for his shot in the dark, but all he could do now was hope Abigail refuted her usual line of thinking around him, "guilty until proven otherwise."
Further more, if he was right, that meant Abigail was going to be...
...
God damnit, please don't be right.
Xaltwind,
Rune_Alchemist,
PlatinumSkink,
Yankee,
BabyKaiju,
TokyoPewPew,
shylarah,
SmilerMilk27,
Crusader Lord,
Double