>>36661108So it was Gen 4 time, the Darkrai movie came out and i just read that there is going to be some PokéDay 2 1/2 hours away from me. I really wanted to go there and actually asked to go there and my father approved it and we did it as a somewhat father and son day.
so when the day came around, we went there and it was full of people of all ages getting a Darkrai with the signature attack of Dialga and Palkia. So my father sat down and watched me as i went around and looked everywhere. Despite there being a lot of people my age nobody wanted to play with me. So i went for people older than me, which ofc turned me down too. Then the day went like: Pictures here and there with me and giant blow up dolls of the Gen 4 legendaries, photos with me and the Pikachu bus, and some photo with me on some stage fighting for merch with the limited knowledge i had.
My father felt kinda bad that there wasn't anybody that played with me but i didn't. It was a great day.
Year/s later and HG/SS came out, and another PokéDay was around this time with Celeby. Surprisingly, it was at another location but my father complied and we went there, driving 3 hours just so we can experience this for one last time, as i grew too old for this kind of stuff.
But, it wasn't like the previous thing: It was just GameStop. I didn't know it was something else at that time. My father improvised and we went to some marine museum thing (like in Finding Nemo 2). Again: after we arrived home my father apologized and said he felt bad for it but also again i felt like it was a great day.
Last year, after a hard fought battle with cancer that did cost me my leg that my father supported me with from Day 1, it was christmas and everything seemed fine. 4 Days later, my father died.
i had to think back to these PokéDays and finally realized why i enjoyed them:
It was because i spent time with my father. This was what brought me joy those days.
i would trade any Pokémon for just another day with him.
