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As per usual, Burnet had to do a check up on Nebby every Friday and it would last till the afternoon since her boss was extremely particular about details, much to her dismay. Satoshi was playing a game of UNO with his Pokemon (except Rowlet since Rowlet was Rowlet), which was quite questionable but it was Satoshi so… Kukui was helping out Burnet, with an occasional blush or stammering, which caused the Kantonese boy to giggle and snicker at that sight. Kukui gave him a playful glare when the boy went back to the game. Who knew a game of UNO with Pokemon would be so intense?
“Pikapi! ( AHAAHA, SERVES YOU RIGHT) ” Pikachu giggled when Lycanroc added a 4 card to the stack of cards, making Greninja draw a total of 34 cards.
“Gren… ( Screw you )!” The water/ dark type huffed in annoyance. Instead of the usual UNO game, Satoshi accidentally bought the UNO: NO MERCY version, as a result, there was more arguing than playing. Litten placed down a card as the game continued. Satoshi chuckled as he placed his last two cards yelling, “UNO GAME!!”
His Pokemon grumbled and laughed as their trainer won first. The game continued, the rivalry between Greninja and Pikachu was so intense that both Lycanroc and Litten had to often stop them from fighting when their trainer was not looking. Even their own rivalry could not match with the one Pikachu and Greninja had. So it was met with a lot of screaming and teasing, which Satoshi absolutely adored. He really knew how to bring out his Pokemon’s unique personality.
“Your son is really one of a kind, I have seen Pokemon with so much expressiveness with their trainer,” Burnet commented as she looked up from her laptop for a brief moment as Kukui gave her a mug of warm tea. “Thanks,”
Kukui smiled as he watched the intense game of cards with pride.”That’s my son alright, he really appreciates every living being, unlike some people…”
Burnet chuckled. “That’s the kind of trainer I hope future generations would be,”
“Yea…”
The doorbell suddenly rang and Satoshi rushed down, nearly tripping from his excitement. He opened the door to see his friends and invited them in. “Alola guys!”
“Alola Satoshi!” They exclaimed in unison when suddenly screaming and laughing could be heard from the inside. Satoshi just rubbed the back of his head embarrassingly,”J-just don’t mind them, we were just playing Uno,”
He invited them in when Pikachu electrocuted Greninja out of spite when Greninja placed a 10 card, which made Satoshi stop the game for a while to release the tension. “Stop it you two! You’re going to hurt Litten and Lycanroc too!”
“It never fails to amuse me how much those two bicker,” Lana commented monotony as she placed her bag while the other laughed. Gladion was hiding behind his sister, trying to prepare himself. Sometimes he would wonder why he agreed for a sleepover. Obviously, it was a result of his gay panic and his simping era. Heck even Mallow was not that down bad for Lillie.
Burnet was about to pack up and leave, so that the children could start their sleepover when they suddenly insisted that she joined them. She laughed as she checked her schedule while Kukui tried to reason with them.
“Now there, Professor Burnet is a busy woman, so I'm not sure-”
“Oh great, I'm free this weekend, so why not join you guys?” Burnet smiled making, Kukui blush. His students noticed it and began snickering when suddenly Satoshi got accidentally electrocuted by Pikachu who was trying to target the Ninja pokemon.
“That's it you two! Time out!” Satoshi yelled, as he kept the card game and placed the box on the table.
“Greninja! ( But Pikachu started it! )
“Pika pika! ( Only because you're an asshole! )”
“Gren!! Greninja!!( You're just a sore loser! You don't see me attacking you with a water shuriken when you stacked 34 cards on me! )”
“OKAY THAT'S ENOUGH YOU TWO!” Satoshi yelled, which was uncommon for him to do that. He put Greninja in it's PokeBall and made Pikachu sit in one corner before turning to his friends. “S-so sorry for that…”
“No no it's fine!” Mallow reassured as the others nodded as well. “It's actually quite wholesome!”
“Even Gladion agrees!”
“STOP IT LANA!!” Gladion's face was red again and the knowing looks from the others was just straight up bullying his massive crush on Satoshi. Thankfully, the Kantonese boy have yet to realize it. He grumbled when he felt a hand on his forehead. It was from Satoshi. His face turned redder as he gently removed his hand.
“Are you alright, Glads? You seem red,” Satoshi asked, concern seeping in his voice. Gladion just nodded, “i-i'm fine…”
“I'm glad,” The boy smiled when he was called over by Kiawe, who was pointed at the loft. Satoshi proudly nodded. “That's where I sleep!”
“Ooh! I wanna sleep up there!” Lana climbed on it. Sophocles huffed. “I want to sleep up there too!”
“How about we do a competition between the girls and boys?” Mallow suggested. “The winner will get to sleep on the loft if that's alright Satoshi,”
“Yea, I'm fine with it!” He shrugged before asking. “What shall we play?”
Nebby floated up to him and nuzzled in his arms, cooing like a baby. It giggled, indicating that it wants to play before disappearing from his arms and reappearing in a different part of the house and disappearing again.
“Looks like Nebby’s in a mood for hide and seek!” Satoshi explained when Mallow jumped with an ideam
“The first group to catch Nebby wins!” And off started the competition. While others who were serious about this competition (like Kiawe, Lana and Sophocles) and having fun (Lillie, Mallow and Satoshi), there was one who seemed distracted by something. Nebby was constantly reappearing and disappearing which was getting quite annoying to say the least.
“Gladion! Stop staring at your crush and help us!” Sophocles whined and Gladion, being the massive tsundere he was, denied it.
“I am helping!” He grumbled.
“I FOUND IT!” Mallow exclaimed, holding a giggling Nebby in her hands. The boys groaned (mainly Kiawe and Sophocles), having not to get the loft as their sleeping place. Afterwards, the group began setting up their sleeping areas before gathering at the living room for another game.
“ A game of Uno no mercy?” Satoshi asked as he began shuffling the deck and Pikachu and Greninja were out of time out. “I don't know if I should trust you two…”
“Let them play Sato! It'll be fun! I'll crush them!” Lana sneered as Satoshi warned them exasperatedly. “Don't blame me if you get electrocuted…”
“It'll be fun!” Mallow patted his back as he distributed 7 cards to each player. The game quickly escalated, with each person sabotaging another and obviously Lana was targeting either Satoshi's Pokemon or Kiawe. Friendly rivalry, am I right? Lillie finished her deck first, then Satoshi, followed up by Sophocles and the game got intense by every second.
It took a good 20 minutes for Kiawe to lose and he was in dismay having to do a dance as a punishment for losing. Lana was secretly recording for blackmail.
“I can't believe you got stacked by a fucking Pokemon!” Lana wheezed when she mentioned how Pikachu made him draw 32 cards.
“Language Lana!” Kukui yelled from the Kitchen preparing dinner with the help of his son, Burnet and Mallow. With the fear of Munchlax just immediately eating their food, Burnet had to unfortunately put it in its PokeBall until dinner was ready.
Timeskip (I have no idea how to continue)
After dinner, Kukui and Burnet decided to have a stroll at the beach to discuss professor stuff, leaving the students and gladion in charge of the house. So like any sleepover, there would be gossiping/ sharing of information/ yapping sessions. To be honest, it was quite entertaining to listen, from Lillie’s and Satoshi’s point of view, which the boys practically did not understand how.
“Oh yea! Have you seen Greninja’s form?” Lana excitedly exclaimed as she immediately showed Gladion the photos. Gladion took a look and was impressed. “How do one achieve it?”
“It’s called the bond phenomenon,” Sophocles explained, after having done research on it. “There’s a famous researcher, named Professor Sycamore, who is currently finding out about it, not much is known about it…”
“So you’re telling me Satoshi here..”
“Yep!” Lillie smiled as Satoshi and Greninja sheepishly looked at them.
“I’ve also noticed that you have a new variant of Lycanroc,” Gladion commented, avoiding eye contact with the cute Kantonese boy.
“Yep! Rockruff evolved during a special sunset that’s why his eyes are green! Very unique!” Satoshi grinned as Lycanroc nuzzled underneath his chin and proceeded to give its trainer a couple of licks, making Satoshi laugh. It then proceeded to tell stories about their families, which Lillie, Gladion and Satoshi were slightly uncomfortable with, especially Gladion and Lillie.
That night, while the others were fast asleep, Lillie was wide awake, thinking about her mother, Lusamine, and sneaked outside for a breather, unconsciously, waking Burnet and her brother up. She sighed as Snowy nuzzled into her hand, trying to distract her from her negative thoughts.
“Can’t sleep?” Lillie could hear Burnet’s voice and turned around to see the female professor and Gladion following behind. She sighed and nodded sadly as they both sat beside her.
“I just want Mother to be like the mother I knew before…” A pause. “Before Father disappeared…”
She leaned onto her brother’s shoulder, sensing Burnet’s sympathetic gaze on her. Lillie continued to reminisce about how Lusamine would be an average mother until their father disappeared. She missed that Lusamine. Gladion too. He grimaced at the time he had to protect his sister from their mother’s abuse until he couldn’t stand it anymore and ran away. He never regretted it except for leaving Lillie behind with that cynical woman. Lillie continued to share her worries.
“I just want a mother just like my friends, well most of my friends. Someone who would care for one’s well-being without pushing them too hard…” Lillie sighed.
“Well, maybe you can snap Lusamine out of it… She’s been so busy lately, especially the Nebby incident… Her face had become more deranged, it’s starting to scare the scientist” Burnet suggested in which Lillie shook her head. “She won’t listen…”
Gladion just agreed with her, stroking Umbreons head sadly. Burne
“I’ll help you confront her,” Burnet offered as she ruffled their hair. Lillie smiled as Gladion gave her a hug. “Thanks professor… You act like a mother more than what Mother was…”
Burnet took it as a compliment as they walked back to the beach house. “Come, try to sleep, if you need anything, I’ll be in that room,”
Gladion watched as his sister climbed up to the loft and once, he had a feeling that Lillie was alright, he went to his mattress which was (fortunately) beside Satoshi. He blushed slightly when Satoshi’s peaceful innocent sleeping face was facing him. He cursed quietly to himself. “Arceus damnit, he is cute…”