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>Be me, 16
>Little bro’s birthday is coming soon
>He’s going to be 10
>Pokemon diamond is coming out
>We both are hyped af
>Get him pearl for his birthday
>I get diamond
>We start playing it together
>He gets to Lake Verity before me
>”I’m gonna name my starter after you, anon! He’s gonna be a piplup!”
>He knows I loved piplup
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>Names my starter after him, I chose his favorite, Turtwig (he says it looked cute)
>Boxes starter after I get a couple of pokemon
>We go through the game
>Months pass
>I beat the game
>He’s still struggling with the 6th gym
>I help him out
>He gets to the 8th gym
>More months pass
>I get bored with diamond
>He starts collecting cards
>Come home from school one day
>Find my mom crying
>I rush and ask her what’s wrong
>My heart plummets at 10,995 m/s when I hear
>Lil’ bro’s been attacked
>Drive as quick as possible to the hospital
>DGAF about the driving laws or speed limits
>Rush into the hospital
>Nurse helps me find my bro
>See him on the operating table
>He’s been mugged
>Got shot in the mugging
>Ask him if he can hear me
>He sees me
>”Nurse joy was so nice to me”
>He hands me something
>Level X Empoleon card
>Has my name on it written in sharpie over the name box
>”I’ll be fine, anon.”
>He’s not fine
>He dies 4 days later
>Cries my eyes out
>Talks about him at his funeral, tries not to cry
>At home
>Starts playing his pearl to beat it for him
>Only uses the pokemon in his party
>Still has Empoleon named after me
>Beats the elite four and Cynthia, crying the entire way through
>Starts playing my game again
>Remembers that I boxed turtwig
>Sees turtwig in my box, named after him
>Cries my eyes out harder than I ever have
>Two months pass
>His birthday again
>Family visits his tomb in the cemetery
>I stay longer than them
>Put the completed copy of Pearl in his tomb
>”Happy birthday, Lil’ Bro.”
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