random night time times

[screwthejewels]

[Somewhere on the island, months and months before the actual posting of this post, in a Secret Base, there is a boy lying in bed. For some inexplicable reason, perhaps a recent event or another is distracting him, he cannot sleep!]

...

[After a few tosses and turns, he decides to roll out of bed and see if that will help.]

A-Ah-- Oof! ... Now why did I think that was a good idea?

[He sits up and looks both ways, then another brilliant idea comes to him. He tiptoes across the floor of the base and, very gently, pokes the figure in the other bed a few times.]

Hey, Katara. Kataraaaaa.

Are you asleep?

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[screwthejewels.livejournal.com]

Well, we were attacked by a very powerful Pokemon. No child should have been able to fight it off, in fact, even someone normal as old as I am now would have problems. But I did it, I protected both of us and chased it away!

But... She was more shocked by my aggressiveness than the Pokemon. After that, my father was almost never home. He failed an important test because of me, and went on a training retreat. And so, all because of a Pokemon battle, I became alone.

[usedwatergun.livejournal.com]

O... oh.

[screwthejewels.livejournal.com]

Afterwards, I chose to turn away from the path of brute strength and walk the one of beauty instead. And... That's how I am who I am now.

[usedwatergun.livejournal.com]

Did you ever see that girl again?

[screwthejewels.livejournal.com]

Oh! I met her again a few months before I got here, though I didn't realize who it was at the time.

[usedwatergun.livejournal.com]

How did that go?

[screwthejewels.livejournal.com]

... We mostly argued.

[usedwatergun.livejournal.com]

...

[screwthejewels.livejournal.com]

She changed a lot too. It was like we switched personalities, almost.

[usedwatergun.livejournal.com]

... how ironic.

[screwthejewels.livejournal.com]

She felt like what happened to me during it was her fault and wanted to be able to defend herself. So she turned into a fighter and I stopped being one.

[usedwatergun.livejournal.com]

[trying to wrap her head around that]

-- well, I'm sort of thankful to her. I like the Ruby that I know now.

[screwthejewels.livejournal.com]

... *smiles* Thanks, Katara. I think he's pretty good too.

[usedwatergun.livejournal.com]

He's pretty cool.

[screwthejewels.livejournal.com]

I hear he has a pretty cool roommate, too.

[usedwatergun.livejournal.com]

Does he?

[screwthejewels.livejournal.com]

I'd like to think so.

[usedwatergun.livejournal.com]

I hope she's half as cool as he is.

[screwthejewels.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure she is!

[usedwatergun.livejournal.com]

-- hey, Ruby?

[screwthejewels.livejournal.com]

Yes?

[usedwatergun.livejournal.com]

I never asked but, didn't someone else live here too when you first got here? You mentioned them when we first met.

[screwthejewels.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was her.

[usedwatergun.livejournal.com]

-- what, seriously?

[screwthejewels.livejournal.com]

Yes. She was the one who put this base together, actually.