"A-Alright. Thank you, professor."
With the info received, and everything ready. It was only a waiting game from here on out as Kieran left the lab.
. . .
He stopped right at the street after exiting.
"W-Wait, leave the talking to her?"
What was he getting himself into-?
" . . . "
Was he really going to get cold feet now? When something he'd always wanted would be in reach?
" . . . OK.
C-Call me when you're there. And I'll be on my way."
//: wait.......
β know if I'll ever be good enough to k-keep up...
C-Can't even get a legendary of my own. And it seems like everybody has one.
( Kieran... needed a bit longer to cool down, even after being released from the hug.
It was clear the kid had been keeping all this bottled up for much, much too long. )
I wantβ
( He hiccuped )
Whenever I want something, s-someone else always gets to it first. Or takes it from me..
I don't β
This!!!
She can be a fire type!!!
Where's ogerpon
//: realized I misspelled kieran oh my god throw me off a boat
Wh-What do you mean 'that's all?'
I forcibly caught a legendary Pokemon with a master ball and made it battle my friend
It tried to kill both of us
//: just a hunch
anyway yes he is here
//: there's a venn diagram of my own and kiran's insecurities and its almost a full circle
//: having kieran explode over his insecurities to Red got a bit too real I actually got myself kinda sad
//: are you referring to
I got... Angry. And jealous.. over a Pokemon, a-and because I couldn't get stronger.
I put a lot of people in danger because of it.
//: I can imagine Kieran nearly getting himself into a battle but backing out in fear
β
I'm still not enough...
( Very quickly Kieran had gone from his typical quiet demeanor, to letting everything he bottled up out all at once.
He clung to the champion, blubbering on and on. )
N-No! I'm not! I try, but every day... E-Everybody, they've done so much better, I can't keep up.. and I get so angry.
β
I-I... I've done a lot of things I regret. And I'm still scared of screwing up again, but I want to do better.
I'd like to think so...
//: if you wish to deal emotional damage to my boy
( hands u kieran )
//: oh dear
( sniffle... )
No.. n-no... I'm not.. you weren't here when I...
( tears start to fall after another sniffle )
I-I ruined everything. The league club, m-my friendships, all because I was mad...
N-No, really . . . I . . .
( timidly fidgeting with his stray lock of hair
can he just shrivel up and hide? Instead of having to talk about it? )
Terapagos . . . Ogerpon . . .
( he mumbles, quietly )
//: i took a nap
Y-Yeah, but...
Your pokΓ©mon are used to you. Th-They might not want to listen to someone they barely know.
. . . What if they don't like me?
.
g
gotcha
does EVERYBODY have a legendary pokΓ©mon?