>>20977904"Is she as cute as you?" you ask with a implicative smile, assuming that the worried party Anna is referring to is one of her (hopefully) just-as-qt acquaintances.
Anna shies away with a flushed face, appreciative of the compliment but too bashfully modest to agree, "I-I, um, well, I think you may be getting the wrong idea h-here, to be honest..."
"How so?" you ask with a craned head, the two of you beginning to walk away from the scene of the scorching blaze, "BAH! What am I saying? It doesn't matter who it is, I'll come with you either way, let's go meet her!"
"Ahh-umm.." Anna holds her hands up in an attempt to clarify, but she's too timid to break your wildest dreams so soon.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amNvDULdNk8"They're...kids?"
Your hope admittedly dies upon making that discovery, one stroll across town later. You were hoping that Anna was talking about one of her friends, and while you may be *technically* right, it really isn't what you had in mind.
Anna waves her hands frantically, scared that you might flee at any moment now, "No no no, please, pleeeaaase don't get the wrong idea here!! It's not what you think!! T-They're um..t-they're not *mine* i-in *that* way, they're just uh, local k-kids who...i-idolizeandlookuptome.. They don't have Pokemon yet, but they have really big hopes and dreams!"
"Oh? Like league champion kind of stuff?"
Her eyes light up, she's relieved that your interest is slowly rising back up, "Yeah! T-They're not bratty either, they're really sweet and nice, they don't even make fun of the fact that I work at WcDonalds!...or, um, used to.. I just want to make sure they're okay, they always get picked on, y'know.."
>What do you say next? 