>>5730515>>5730527>>5730567You wave at the little boy, and walk slowly home.
You send a grouped text.
"Hello everyone. Long story short, things were kinda sorted with Mom. We won't get best daughter-mother relationship award just now, but things are smoother. Missing y'all."
You get home, and walks on your mother, in one of her timeless pink sweater, staring at you with big eyes.
"Danny? You're already home?"
And anger follows.
"Come on young girl, What A Lack Of Manners. THE VERY LEAST YOU COULD DO WAS WARN OF YOURCOMEBACKSOICOULDATLEASTARRANGEDINNERPROPERLY *uhhhhh* YOUNEVERTHINKABOUTMEORTHEOTHERYOUSELFISHPRICKDOYOU?
- I'm glad to see you too, Mom."
You go wash your hands and put your laundry in the basket while she cools down.
"Sweetie, I'm sorry, I overreacted. How did it went?
- Met some really pleasant people, one insufferable kid, caught a new one... Want to see her?
- Oh dear... Wew, that one is not too monstruous... What pebbles does she takes? Normal?"
- Ghost I think.
- Gh... Gh... Gho... GHOST! YOU ARE BRINGING HAUNTEDNESS HOME?
- Relax, a home Ghost type is good for preventing Hauntings"
Bullshit. But that more or less works.
After a round trip downstairs, your <span class="mu-s">kibbles are refilled</span> - oh, the perks of leaving with a bread-earner.
After a dinner with a bit less awkwardness and tension you expect, you go to bed.
Last thing you see when falling asleep is that Noah jerk's face. Catching a counterpick to his Zubat is getting higher and higher on your to-do list.
Speaking of To-do, you have to improve your relationship with Mom, reunite with Danny, Amelia and Matthew, and train for next gym, which Blitz for Arceus knows why advised to be Normal.
And just like that, it's Dawn.
You wake up with all your little one on the bed - Except <span class="mu-b">Bubbles</span>, you took the Mop's bucket for getting her a comfy space. <span class="mu-s">Cinnamon</span> went on a corner, far from everyone. <span class="mu-g">Dixie</span> went near your pillow, granting a fresh, floral sent. <span class="mu-r">Apu</span> is on your stomach, making you all warm. And <span class="mu-s">Espresso</span>? She sits on your face, pawing at your forehead to wake you up.
You take some time to assert the situation and set up priority. On one hand, you don't want to go too far from home and mom - the 2/3 days away thing seems a good balance between your mental health and working on a better relationship. On the other, you made little to no progress on your objective to regroup, which is a bit oxymoronic with the previous one.
Oh, you Pokénav lit up.
"<span class="mu-b">It's cool you're okay! we're currently splitting up. I'm going to Ensable.</span>
- <span class="mu-r">Staying at Clerk-mountsmith. Found a way to Vicswell, now going to the Dark woods.</span>
- <span class="mu-g">I'm looking for a Steel/flying type. Either Resortlast or Aemilius overpass for me.</span>
- <span class="mu-b">Also, we all got our first badge!</span>"
