(I say yeah on the woods thing, I mean in the manga New Bark has a
hospital. [Would be helpful for Tiger lol] so headcanons with the
Pokemon towns are allowed.)
Kibo nodded and went for the jeweler. He smiled at Toka and blinked
as he went into the building.
~•~•~
Tiger nodded and laughed, "course I did. I mean I gave Kibo vanilla
and Toka chocolate. I sort of got lucky on finding out their
favorite flavors." He said with a smile.
Robert watched as Drew left before sighing and slammed his head
back on the door frame. "I *flaffy* up." He muttered as he ran a
hand over his face.
"I would say yes, yes you did." Jamie mused from where he had been
watching from the kitchen door startling Robert. "And it's going to
take a lot more than a few pretty words to fix it."
"Thanks, Jamie. You're a real help."
"Robert, I will have Pawn throw you out a window again."
Toka glanced around at all of the jewelry. "Shiny. Everywhere.
...It kind of hurts my eyes," She chuckled. Her eyes locked on
an opal ring. "...This could work, right?"
*~*~*~*
"Extremely. You can read pokemon like a book, I swear," Mira
laughed. "It's so weird knowing that you were the first human they
ever met."
Kibo looked at the ring and nodded with a smile. "it's
perfect!" He said cheerfully.
~•~•~
Tiger blinked, and blushed in embarrassment. "Honestly I'm more in
tune to Pokemon than I am people. Which explains why it took me so long to notice
that I had a crush on Mel. Seriously thanks for that date.
Eh I don't think it was weird or strange. I mean." He trailed off
as he tried to think of why he was in that forest that day. "I was
there because Lion really ticked me off so Cyndaquil and I snuck
away with Pidgeotto's help."
Drew hand walked - er, crutched- far enough that she’d run into
ripple forest. She looked around, eyes settling on Mira before
sinking down onto the ground.
Toka nodded cheerfully. "...Six bucks. Let's see... I think I
have that much. Could you ask the clerk?" She asked.
"And teach me how to write later
on?"
*~*~*~*
"My pleasure. Seriously, I love
that. Well, it must have been fate. But why were you mad
at--" Mira cut herself off upon seeing Drew. "Holy mother of
Arceus, Drew!" She gasped, sprinting over.
Kibo nodded and smiled in amusement before heading for the counter.
"Oh hello there." The clerk said in confusion and looked surprised
that Kibo knew how to write. "Err. Yes it's six dollars." She said
kindly.
~•~•~
Tiger looked up in shock. "Whoa, Drew are you alright?" He asked in
shock and got to his feet.
Toka shelled out the money, counting it beforehand in case she had
screwed up, and grabbed the ring. "Okay. NOW we're ready."
She snickered, slipping that into her bag as well.
*~*~*~*
"No, no, it's alright. Arceus, you walked all the way here? Where's
your pain medication?" Mira's eyes were wide.
“Maybe I left it. I don’t remember.” Drew shrugged. “I walked for a
bit and flew for a bit. I need to get my mind off things. Take a
break.” She frowned. “I just- never mind.”
Kibo smiled and nodded before walking back out. He stretched his
wings and prepared to take flight.
~•~•~
Tiger blinked at Drew. "I'll umm catch up to you guys later. Drew,
you can talk to her if you want." He said kindly and walked off
into the forest to find some berries he needed to restock on.
"I don't...." Drew breathed. "I don't know what to do. About me and
Robert, I mean. It's been awkward since he broke up with me and
then got with another girl, said it wasn't love, they broke up and
now I'm here again." she sighed.
"Then get up here!" Toka stuck her tongue out, chuckling,
and picked up the pace as to hit a tailwind.
*~*~*~*
Mira thought for a moment. "...That's normal," She pointed out,
raising one eyebrow. "Natural, even. Just remember, he only broke
up with you in the first place because he thought he would die. He
does love you. He just sucks at showing it on occasion."
"But- he broke up with me because he was worried he would die. But
breaking up was bad and I know he didn't want to. It just hurt that
he got with Ro and then said it wasn't love with her. So why did he
go with her?" Drew sighed.
Kibo laughed and flew up higher. "I'm coming!" He said
cheerfully.
[Not much a bunch of talking. Kibo and Toka are heading to Ripple.
Drew and Mira are talking in Ripple Forest beach, and Tiger is
walking around the forest around Ripple. Everyone else is at
Tiger's house.]
Toka flew backwards for a bit, giggling, and flew towards Kanto.
"Slowpoke." She teased.
*~*~*~*
Mira thought very carefully about her answer. "...Because he
thought he loved her. Love is funny like that. You think you
like someone only to figure out you were both faking it. But your
love is real. I can tell, Drew; don't think too hard about Ro or
anyone else like her. Think of how Robert came back to you."