SPRINKLE OF BAD LUCK [locked]

[Soul •]

The paper was shiny and colourful, a very eye-catching piece of material that was for sure and it was all hers! Soul held the rectangle shaped ticket in her hands, making sure this precious thing did not slip her grasp and flutter away on the breeze, never to be seen from again. Zion the Ampharos padded alongside his trainer, his long tail swishing from side to side with his movements. Soul was in Goldenrod City, sure, it was off the course completely considering she was supposed to be going to Mahogany town to face off against Pryce, the ice gym leader. However things changed when she was given this little gift for teaching someone how to catch pokémon for the first time and it was good enough to come back here! In fact, the piece of paper was a ticket for a free bicycle and Soul was pretty stoked to be given such a gift, her last bike was torched by accident during a battle after all and you shouldn’t pass up a free bike if it popped up your way! So here she was, wondering through Goldenrod once more in search of the bike store and feeling excited that soon she would be back on a bike again.

The bell on the bike shop door jingled merrily as Soul stepped into the warm shop, despite the sound only the shop keeper looked up from the counter while the other customers continued to look at the bikes for sale. Confidently the brunette strolled up to the counter with a nervous looking light pokémon behind her, peeking around her slender form. “Hey, I’m here about the free bike.” She chimed with an excited smile on her features while passing the employee the ticket. However, when the man looked confused her smile faded and a slight hint of worry appeared on her features, what was wrong? “I’m sorry, there must be some mistake, we don’t have an offer going on at the moment..” Soul’s caramel eyes widened a little in shock, what the hell, did that little brat give her a fake ticket?! Anger pulsed through her viens are she tried to get it together until she was out of the shop, the employee hadn’t done anything wrong so he didn’t need yelling at.. “T-that’s alright, I’m sorry, you best hold onto that then in case anymore show up.” She forced out while the anger almost burst out of her in flames like an erupting volcano. Once the man apologised again, Soul turned on her feel and swiftly exited the shop, her widened eyes now narrowed ones.

“I can’t believe that little brat!” She yelled into her hands once she had gotten outside, Zion had his ears drooping and an upset look upon his features that his trainer was so angry. Truth be told, she was a little upset as well but out of not wanting anyone to notice the anger masked it completely. “Who does he think he is, after I helped him.. Son of a b-“ She cut herself off as she noticed a mother and child walking past just in time, the woman giving her a glare that would only mean death if she uttered the last word. So, the brunette took a few deep breaths for a moment in an effort to cool herself down from the anger burst, she wasn’t one hundred percent angry about the ticket though, it was the fact that she had came all this way for it! Soul caught herself before her bottom lip could wobble in anger and being slightly upset, Zion lightly patted her hand in comfort and she forced a smile for the electric type. “I guess we’ll stay here for the night then, rest up and all that.” She sighed, feeling drained now at the thought of walking back the way she came just a few moments ago. Therefore, she ended up walking towards the Pokecenter considering she would need a room for the night and to hand in her pokémon for healing, it’d be easier to do it sooner than later after all.

The automatic doors slid open for her as she walked in front of the sensor and the girl walked straight in and up to the counter, at least she knew she wouldn’t be conned here. “Heya Nurse Joy, can I have a room and could you heal my team for me please?” She asked the pink haired woman, passing her the five filled Pokéballs while Zion stayed standing next to her, he was trying to peer over the counter, curious what was on the other side. The nurse passed her a small room key and took her pokeballs in return, now what could she do? Pouting her lips for a moment, she realised how much her legs were aching from the amount of walking she had done today, so Soul walked casually over to the large couches in the middle of the room, not hesitating to fall back onto one and let out a sigh of relief. Zion, of course, followed his trainer and perched next to her on the sofa, the gems on his head and tail glittering when the light touched them.

• WORDS 869
• SONG testify - amy studt
• TAGS open
• SOUL'S PKMN zion
• NOTES --

[[GOLD]*]

The double sliding doors automatically slid open as footsteps could be heard upon the entrance of a young male into the Goldenrod City Game Corner. He was a consistent guest and an avid holder of a Coin Case, the treasure box looking container held at the side of his body. A smiled appeared on his face as he slowly walked into the casino area, catching the immediate attention of several of the gamblers and bystanders. "That's him. The Golden Boy. They say he's hit the jackpot at least five times. He must be quite the lucky fellow.". Indeed, they called him "The Golden Boy" around these parts, him as in Gold, the extravagant Pokemon Trainer hailing from New Bark Town, Johto. A smile on his currently silent face, Gold took a seat as his usual slot: fifth row, third slot. It was at this slot Gold hit his first jackpot and also where he would get his next four. Rarely did Gold lose at this slot. In fact, he had not lost this entire year. He was in need of more money for personal purchases, so he caught a flight into the city to gamble at the Game Corner. Besides, he needed a break from his travels and was still in training to venture through the Icefall Cave that led to Blackthorn.

Beaming and smirking, Gold turned to a fine young woman slightly older than him and winked at her saying, "Hey doll, I guarantee you that I can win the jackpot today. What's say you and me go out sometime and I'll spend all of my expenses on you, hmm?" He was very confident about his chances of winning and his arrogance amused the young lady. She smiled at him and said, "Really? Hmm. Tee-hee. Okay fine, pull the slot." Gold turned back to the slot screen before him and slowly wrapped his fingers around the lever, moistening his lips, wiping his forehead, adding drama to the situation. The young woman stared patiently as Gold slowly pulled the lever before slamming it down quickly. The three separate slots on the screen began to spin rapidly as Gold waited in anticipation. The first slot stopped... 7. The second slot stopped... 7. Gold grinned, knowing that the coins were all but his. Finally, the third slot stopped... 7. "Oh yes! Sixth jackpot, baby! SHOW ME THE MONEY!" Suddenly, the slot slid down another icon... Magikarp. LOSER. The young woman scoffed and walked away from Gold, leaving the boy slamming his head onto the slot screen. It really was a 'sprinkle of bad luck' for Gold just as much as it was for Soul. "Let's get outta here."

"I can't believe I lost, Abe." Gold sighed, jamming his fists into his pockets as he exited the Game Corner and began to explore the outskirts of the city. The Aipom rested on his shoulder, just as disappointed as his Trainer that he had lost. He was hoping to learn a new move via Technical Machine with his earnings, but that would have to wait another day. Lady Luck obviously wasn't in the city of Goldenrod today. Shaking his head, Gold approached the same mother and son duo Soul had met and cursed out loudly, with no regard for the little boy's moral health, "Damn it. I was hoping to win today. Now people are going to question my skill to win." The mother glared at him, but Gold glared back as if to say in even more vulgar language 'What the hell are you looking at, witch?'. Goldenrod was Gold's favorite place to be, despite the loss at the Game Corner; thus, he decided he would stay a while and see what else he could get into here during his stay. He noticed the large Pokemon Center up ahead and sighed, deciding that he should register a room during his stay, before they ran out. He entered the sliding door and immediately walked to the counter, "Hey there. I'd like to heal my Pokemon and get a room, please?" He handed the good nurse his five Pokeballs, excluding Abe and watched as she went to the backroom and came back with a worried expression on her face, "I'm sorry but all of the rooms are taken. We just recently gave the last room to that young lady over there. But that room is a double, so she may be willing to share the room with you."

Share a room? With a female? Sweet. Gold turned on his heel at the counter, leaning on it and immediately sighed in grief as he saw Soul laying on a couch with Zion, her Ampharos. Chuckling, he thanked Nurse Joy before walking over to the lounge area and sitting on a love seat across the table from Soul. "Well, well, well. Look who's here." Gold smiled now. Soul was a long time friend of his, way back to his toddlers days in New Bark Town. It was one of his closest friends, Soul. She appeared to be worn out from her journeys. Gold had not seen his opposite since they met up at the Lake of Rage a while back. They both decided to take a break from their Gym Challenges after that and have been training ever since. Gold rested his cheek in his palm, exploring her face with his eyes as he smiled, a hue of red appeared on his cheeks and ears, "What have you been up to since the Lake?"

[Soul •]

The couch was hardly a passing grade of comfortable that’s for sure, despite it’s clean appearance the furniture had been used too much and too often, wearing it down so it kinda hurt the person using it after a while. Soul squirmed a little in her uncomfortable state, a grimace on her features in annoyance as she shifted away from a spring that had decided to give her a nice jab. Before long she swung her leg up on the furniture next to her as she leaned her head against the arm of the couch, her body curled up a little because Zion was sat on the other end, staring rather contently out the window. Soul noticed Nurse Joy gave her a small stare at her feet on the couch which she returned the action, her caramel gaze staring at the woman until she looked away, she was in no mood to be nagged at. “Hn.. It’s going to be a long journey back..” She sighed, her fingers twirled one of her pigtails as she pictured the route back in her mind. Zion let out a small whining noise in agreement, despite being in his Pokéball some of the way, quite a few trainers had challenged her along the way as well as the usual bunch of wild pokémon that wanted to attack everything in sight.

Thinking about it though, Soul wondered where she would go next, of course the long term goal was to beat the next gym but she was taking a small break for a little while, to train and just relax. Ha, what a start to her break this was! She sighed slightly at that thought, stupid ungrateful brat, this was his entire fault and she swore if she ever bumped into him again, he’s going to know what her shoe tasted like. The girl was so wrapped up in her violet thoughts that she didn’t notice a familiar face wonder into the pokecenter at all, though Zion perked his ears at said familiar person and his bright eyes followed the figure as they went to the front desk. In fact, it gave her quite a shock to hear his voice, causing her frown to vanish from her face and into a rather curious one, her caramel gaze drifted up to look at the ebony haired boy, a small grin slipping onto her features. “And look what the Meowth dragged in.” She replied cheekily before sitting herself up straight, her back pressed against the material as she sat up. It was Gold, of course, who else could she expect in Goldenrod after all? But she couldn’t help smiling anyway, it had seemed like ages since she last saw him and until now, she realised she had missed her friend.

Soul twirled a pigtail once again when Gold asked her what she had been up to, to be honest, not a lot had happened since then, she had only been plodding around doing nothing, it was only today that things had started to happen. “Oh you know, the usual, did some training, got into a few battles, conned by a child, you know.. the usual.” She said with a weak and rather bitter laugh at the end, hoping the boy would not taunt her too much about it, though that was probably asking for a lot. She decided to jump back with something to say though, try and stall the questions about the bike con. “So, apart from the obvious gambling you’ve been doing, what else have you been up to?”

• WORDS 594
• SONG she is the sunlight -- trading yesterday
• TAGS gold
• SOUL'S PKMN zion
• NOTES woo, gold is awesome. c:

[[GOLD]*]

"Did a bit of training, mainly with Chuck and Morty. Morty was in town at Cianwood so we all got together and did some training in a cave." Gold nodded, biting his lip as he looked over at the window getting lost in thought as he still had an expression on his face that would lead Soul to believe that he indeed was paying attention to her. The outside looked quite peaceful: people were walking around without a care in the world, the sky was blue with stray clouds here and there, innocent children were running around playing on the sidewalks. It was peaceful! "Other than training the team and gambling, I haven't done anything remotely entertaining, which is weird for me because I have to have something entertaining in my life to keep my from getting bored, ha." He chuckled uneasily as Abe scrambled over to Zion, sitting beside the Ampharos, and perhaps catching up with his old friend. Abe was a very friendly Aipom and got along with Zion at an early age. There were rumors of a possible Aipom evolution going on around the Johto Region, but Gold nor Elm knew anything about it. Surely they would have to get more information from Sinnoh representatives in the near future. Slightly hungry and thirsty, Gold interrupted his conversation as he went to the snack bar, getting two drinks and a box of donuts for himself and Soul, and he walked back over to the lounge, sitting down. He slid the drink across the table to Soul and placed the donuts on the table flatly, "You looked tired and hungry so I assumed you would like something. Mom says I should be more of gentleman now that I'm 16." He lightly scoffed.

Ape hopped onto the table and took a donut out of the box and ran back over to Zion to continue their conversation. Gold took a bite into the donut before looking at Nurse Joy attend to another Trainer and then back at Soul. He couldn't help but smile again as he said, "I just talked to Nurse Joy -swallows- and she said that there were no rooms left. Said that you got the last room. -chews, swallows- But she said that the room was a double. So, can I stay in the room with you?" He wiped his mouth and took a sip of his orange soda, "I mean, it'd be like those sleep overs we used to have at each other's house... well on your end, minus all the siblings, and on my end, minus all the wild domestic Pokemon." He laughed heartily. Gold recalled Soul's siblings always poking fun at them about how they would some day grow up and become boyfriend and girlfriend. At that time, Gold did not believe so, seeing as how Soul had 'cooties'. But now, it all made sense what they were saying. However, he couldn't help but feel that this crush was one sided. Well, Gold had never really dropped any hints. Maybe today was a good a day as ever. Shaking his head, Gold then thought about the times at his house. Gold's house was always full of Pokemon, most owned by his Mother, a famous breeder. Both Gold and Soul used the Pokemon in the backyard and would have 'battles'. Both were evenly matched, but Gold absolutely hated when he lost to Soul.

Finally, it came to Gold, "Wait-wait-wait-wait-WAIT A MINUTE!" He burst into laughter, holding his stomach as his eyes tightened shut, almost knocking over his orange soda at his feet. He finally calmed down, still letting out a few burst of soft laughter, "You got conned by a child? Oh man. That's rich. That's absolutely rich. Your luck is worse than mines, by far. I only embarrassed myself in front of a girl at the Game Corner. Almost hit the jackpot again, made a big scene, and then the last slot changes to a Magikarp. Total BS, but it's cool though. Nothing too crazy." Gold had told Soul about him winning the jackpot on numerous occasions, but he never shared any of his earnings with her. It's not that he did not want to, it's just that Soul was never around when he was on a spending spree at Prize Exchange. Gold always meant to buy Soul a Pokemon, but his own wants needs got in the way. By the way, Gold added the young lady from the casino in the story in order to see Soul's reaction. Perhaps to make her jealous that he would consider treating a random girl to a nice day or date, despite knowing Soul basically forever.

[Soul •]

“Wow, that’s a good training opportunity.” Soul blinked once or twice, to be honest she was a little jealous of Gold’s little training with Chuck and Morty, it was bad enough that the boy was nearly always one step ahead of her but this just made her feel even further behind. Her caramel eyes gazed over to the window, curious about what Gold was looking at out there, despite it being a bit chilly, it was pretty sunny and people were out and about, laughing and chatting to one another while some carried on with their days. If she hadn’t had such a crap day, Soul was positive she would be enjoying herself right now, Goldenrod was always a great place to be after all but right now, she was sure she couldn’t enjoy it to the fullest like normal. However, she had a little bit of hope that things may perk up from now on, considering Gold was here with her.

Zion seemed to smile rather sheepishly at the Aipom, he wasn’t exactly the socialist of creatures and was rather shy, however, Abe was a familiar face and he had known him ever since he was a little Mareep, so naturally he was used to the normal type. Zion quietly chattered away while Soul listened to Gold’s babbling, he sure liked to talk, she still hadn’t figured out if it was because he was just talkative or he loved his own voice. Her eyes followed the boy when he randomly got up and walked off to get something, well, it seemed that he’d been having a good time recently, at least one of them was. Her gloomy mood was cut short though when he returned with drinks and donuts, a warm smile appeared on her features as she took hold of her orange soda, taking a few greedy sips. “Thanks and you’re mother is absolutely right! She’s a very smart woman.” Soul grinned away, her lips still pressed against the straw as she watched Abe grab a donut for himself and bounce back to Zion. So, it seemed that Gold had no place to sleep tonight huh? That was quiet amusing to Soul, she didn’t mind staying in the same room as Gold of course, it was hardly a big deal considering they had slept at each other’s houses numerous times before they left on their separate journeys. “Oh god, I have to share with you, that sucks hard.” She sighed, her voice laced thick with playful sarcasm so that Gold would clearly get that she was just messing around. “Having to put up with your snoring and BO, I’d much rather share a room with Snorlax.” A soft giggle escaped her lips, being with Gold always made her smile for some reason, even if it was just teasing him.

However, Soul’s smile was short lived, she had hoped that Gold would not bring up what she had told him about the bike incident and that he had merely forgotten she had said it at all. Her cheeks went a bright shade of pink as he started laughing out loud, her lips pouted slightly as she felt her annoyance rise again. “S-SHUT UP!” She cried in embarrassment, pulling the rim of her hat down to try and shield her blushing face. “Anyone could have fell for it and he wasn’t a little kid.. Must have been about thirteen.” She huffed, still holding her hat down, she was tempted to throw it at him in a minute to shut his fat mouth up. However, the boy changed the subject right away, though she was still on edge about him making another poke at her dignity. Soul was silent for a moment after he told her his little story, something about losing in front of a girl. Personally, she was a little jealous and it made her feel bad because she had no right to be, she bet that girl was prettier than her, Gold was such a pervert. A small frown was on her lips as she kept her hat covering the top half of her features and she scolded herself for being so possessive of her friend for a moment. “That sucks.. I’m sure you’ll win next time though.”

• WORDS 594
• SONG --
• TAGS gold
• SOUL'S PKMN zion
• NOTES i'm hungry. D:

[[GOLD]*]

"Probably." Gold smiled as he watched Soul hide her face because of her blushing over the situation. It was cute. He looked over to Abe and noticed how tired he was. Chuckling quietly, Gold returned the Aipom to his Pokeball and stood up saying, "Well, if you don't mind, I'd like to go lay down in our room. Care to hand me the room key?" Gold looked down at Soul's hand and saw the room card and swiped it off of her smiling politely as he said, "Thank you." With that being said, he took off running from the lounge and health area and immediately ran to the elevator. Fortunate for Gold, the elevator was on the bottom floor so it opened immediately. He pressed the close button quickly and checked the card. It read 'Floor 3 - 301'. Once the elevator stopped at the third floor, the doors slid open to an extended hallway. Gold began running down the halls quickly. 305... 303... 301! Gold was not sure as to why he was running from Soul. Maybe he was trying to flirt with her by locking her out of her own room. Maybe, who knows. Nonetheless, the antics were quite childish, but at the same time enjoyable; perhaps another memory for Gold's mental diary of Soul.

Gold slid the card into the slot and quickly pulled it out. The red light on the mechanical handle flashed a green light, indicating the unlocking of the door. Quickly opening it up, Gold walked in and closed the door behind him, automatically the door locked. He turned on the lights, out of breath as he looked around. The room was state of the art: two twin beds with red and white covers, an insanely clean bathroom, a closet, two personal computers, a television, and a window with an excellent view of Goldenrod. Gold walked over to said window and opened the maroon curtains. Across the street was the famous Radio Tower. Some time ago Team Rocket was successful in utilizing radio signal to control Pokemon. Now, everything was back to normal and Team Rocket had disbanded for good. All was right in Johto for a change. Exhaling, Gold turned on the television and watched a News Report.

It was only a matter of time before Soul would come barging up that elevator and knocking angrily on that door. Gold laughed out loud, perhaps ready for another heated argument with his best friend. It would be totally worth it because Gold loved to see Soul mad; In a way, Soul was cute, the way her brows furrowed and her lips pouted angrily. Yes, this entire 'flee from Soul with her key' scandal was definitely worth the drive. Besides, the two had been away from each other for a while, so they were overdue for an argue or a fight. Of course, the argument would be one sided just as the true feelings were, as well. "No point of arguing over a full bladder, heh." Gold ran into the bathroom, taking off his red hoodie in the process, and he closed the door, proceeding to urinate.

[Soul •]

The brunette’s mouth gaped open as Gold literally snatched the key out of her hand and fled down the hall, Soul abruptly stood up and reached her hand out, as if trying to grab him even though he was out of reach. “G-Gold!” She cried out in first shock then ended on an angry note, her hands clenching into fists before she literally sped after the boy, quickly returning Zion to his Pokéball before. Her red shoes tapped against the tiled floor as she gave chase, she wasn’t exactly the fastest person in the world and she proved that by reaching the elevator just as the doors slid shut, leading Gold to go up to their room and not let her in and her left down her by herself. What a jackass, what the hell did he think he was playing at? Soul fumed, positioning her hat back properly before pondering what to do, that couldn’t be the only key card.. could it? Perhaps a nice trip to Nurse Joy was at hand.

Soul walked back, saving herself from being worn out from running backwards and forwards. Nurse Joy, as expected was at the desk and despite wanting to kick Gold’s ass, she put on a kind smile and walked over to the pink haired lady. “Hello Nurse Joy, I was wondering if I could get another key for my room? You see, me and that rather.. Dumb looking boy who is bunking in my room will be doing seperate things tonight outside of the pokécenter, so we may get back at different times and I don’t really want to let him have the power over when he lets me in.” Soul got what she wanted, the spare key card for the room and she thanked Joy for giving her the opportunity to whoop Gold’s ass, the last part was in her head of course.

She took a rather casual walk up to their room this time, instead of the mad dash she had done previously and this time, she held the box of donuts in her grasp. She was going to aim the lovely pink sprinkled donut right at Gold’s stupid face, haha. Despite being annoyed and tired, deep down she was really enjoying herself, she hadn’t been with Gold in a while and though he drove her crazy half the time, the other half was always happy around him. The lift gave a little ‘ping’ as the doors opened on her floor and Soul strolled out, looking at the numbers on the room doors until she got to 301! Ah hah, this was it and revenge would be sweet and donut shaped. Very quietly, Soul swiped the card through the small machine and watched as the bulb glowed green, then she slowly turned the handle and walked into the room..

Unfortunately, Gold didn’t seem to be in the room despite the red jacked discarded on the ground, hearing a noise from the bathroom, Soul knew she had found her target. Hardly giving a crap about what might happen, Soul abandoned all traces of quietness as she slammed the bathroom door open and proceeded to throw said pink sprinkled donut towards him. “Don’t you dare try and lock me outside again!” She cried out loud, though she let a crack of a giggle out that showed she wasn’t completely mad. She didn’t stay looking in the bathroom though and after shouting and throwing one more donut for good measure, she span on her heel and stomped towards one of the beds, making sure to place the box of remaining donuts on the table before flopping back first onto the soft bed.

• WORDS 612
• SONG --
• TAGS gold
• SOUL'S PKMN zion
• NOTES haha, this is win. c:

[[GOLD]*]

Gold had just flushed the toilet as Soul had opened the door. Lucky for her she did not yet burst open the door while he was using the facilities. He walked over to the sing and squirted some foamy pink soap on his hands and ran the warm water. Just as he was washing, Soul burst into the room and threw not one, but two donuts! In his face! Sure enough, Gold's 'soul' was hurt as he cleaned himself up, eating bits of the donuts off of his face. He cleaned himself up as he wiped his face and the sprinkles off of his black t-shirt. It was quick to see that Soul saw this as a cute joke and Gold smiled to himself, happy to amuse her. He exited the bathroom, turning off the light, and walked back into the room. Full as a tick from eating three donuts. He took off his hat and tossed it on his bed, rubbing his hair.

Stretching, Gold looked over at Soul, smirking as he said, "So, Goldenrod's a big city. Bright lights, fun times. I think we should... do something tonight." Was he asking her on a date? Well technically he had not used the words date but it kind of sort of was one... to him anyway. Gold did feel kind of guilty that he would consider taking out a random girl for a night on the town without even having taken one of his closest friends to the same treat. Gold had considerable enough money to do so and he now realized that he should, so he added, "My treat?" He said this in a questioning tone because he questioned her and himself. Why was he doing this exactly? That is, offering to her to go out in town with her. They could go out as just friends right? I didn't have to be anything more. So many thoughts were racing through his head and all so suddenly. This sucked! Hormones were crazy.

Gold cleared his throat as he waited for an answer. He sat on the edge of the bed, his head turned as he looked at Soul laying on her back on her own bed. He cleared his throat again as he looked back towards the television as a commercial came on about a restaurant that had just opened across the street from Goldenrod Gym. Apparently Whitney approved of it because she and her Miltank were in the commercial, raving about how 'super delicious' the dining was. Excellent, now he and Soul had a place to eat after they wreaked havoc across the city. Smiling inside, Gold turned to face Soul yet again once the commercial went off.

[Soul •]

Caramel eyes gazed up at the ceiling as she stayed on her back, her large hat had fallen off her head upon impact with the bed, not that she minded. Soul pondered over what she was going to do for a rest of the day, there would probably be only a couple of hours until the sun would slowly start to sink behind the large buildings, then the nightlife of Goldenrod would appear. When Gold came out of the bathroom, she looked over in his direction for a moment and gave him a smile with a tiny hint of apology within it which the boy probably wouldn’t catch. She listened to Gold intently, going out did seem like a nice idea but upon remembering he was out and about with another girl earlier, it kind of left a bitter feeling in Soul, like she was the backup girl because the hot new one wasn’t available. She stared at the ceiling again for a moment, convincing herself that Gold wasn’t like that and even if there was another girl, it didn’t matter, they were only friends after all. Plus, his idea did sound a lot more entertaining than sitting around in the pokecenter for the rest of the day.

Deciding to tease Gold just a little once more she turned her head to look at the ebony haired boy with a playful look on her features. “Are you asking me out on a date?” She questioned, sitting herself up on the edge of her bed as well and ran her fingers through her brunette hair. In all honesty, the fact that he might be asking her out on a date didn’t cross her mind and she was blissfully unaware of what his reaction would be to the question she asked. “Sounds good, let’s go now.” She beamed before standing up and stretching, her arms raised against her head and her fingers reaching towards the ceiling as she did so. Despite Gold telling her it was his treat, she still planned on doing something for him, considering she as feeling a tiny bit guilty at throwing bakery products at him. After stretching, Soul glanced in the mirror for a moment and brushed her hair with her fingers in an attempt to make it look a bit better, then she snatched up her hat and placed it back on. “Do you mind if I ask Nurse Joy about my pokémon on the way out?”

• WORDS 411
• SONGbroken strings -- james morrison & nelly furtado
• TAGS gold
• SOUL'S PKMN zion
• NOTES --

[[GOLD]*]

"A date?" Gold thought to himself Soul asked him if this indeed was him asking her out on a date. Well, Soul definitely answered the question for herself as she immediately agreed to the outing and thus, Gold watched her get ready. He went over to his bed where his hoodie lay and put it back on over his body. He grabbed his cap and placed it backwards on his head as strands of hair came from the back (front) portion of the hat. Gold looked over at his back contemplating whether or not he should bring his items for his Pokemon. In this world, anything could happen at anytime; the Lake of Rage taught him too many lessons on how to be cautious and prepared for anything. Therefore, Gold grabbed the one-strapped backpack and slung it over his shoulder.

"Sure, I've got to pick up my Pokemon from her too. Let's go." Gold nodded opening up the door for her as he then walked out room himself and closed the door behind them. Walking down the hall with Soul was a bit quiet for Gold. He did not have much to say and was pretty much saving his small talk for whatever Goldenrod City had in store for him. There was a restaurant, but other than that, there was nothing else that Gold knew of. He had been here quite often but only made visits to the Gym, Bill's House, the Pokemon Center, the Department Store, the Game Corner, and the Radio Tower; not really anything entertainer for a dating standard. Gold hoped that Soul also had something in mind that she always wanted to visit. Once they got into the elevator and onto the bottom floor, Gold led Soul to the front counter, "Hey again. We'd like to pick up our Pokemon. I dropped off a Typhlosion, Politoed, Scizor, Umbreon, and Sudowoodo." Nurse Joy nodded and handed Gold a tray of five Pokeballs which he took and placed in his hoodie pocket.

Gold stepped to the side and waited for Soul. He checked his PokeGear for any calls or text messages before looking at Soul at the counter, smiling.