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Pokedate 3: Yellow/Green Versions

Who: Jolt and Voile ~~and angry stalkers~~
What: Jolt and Voile have a spontaneous date (OR IS IT?). Fluff ensues
Where: Out on the town
When: Friday after classes
Warnings: FLUFF

YES. DONE. FINALLY. Jolt loved fridays so much. Why? Because it meant WEEKEND. And that CLASSES WERE FINALLY OVER FOR THE WEEK. That fact could not be overstated.

Jolt was the first one out the door when his last class was done, and his first stop was a water fountain. What Jolt really wanted was to go for a run, but with the weather getting colder, doing so in human form was getting less pleasant. Maybe the arena could accomodate him...

But as he sipped at the water fountain, little did he realize that he was soon to have a date.

A date with destiny.

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She hadn't forgotten him. Mostly because when they talked for the first time, Voile had to admit that she'd spent too much of her time with her nose in her school books. Studying was all well and good and while she'd confessed to Knuckles that her main goal was to be as best a student as she could be, she wondered if she'd forgotten what it was like to be a normal person. After all, so much dedication could have been contrived as a form of escape and it was true that she had her own things to avoid.

Such as a lack of closure.

Yet when she'd spied Jolt in all of his haste, she thought to cleverly follow after him, which seemed less like following and more like just trying to escape from class. And after waiting patiently behind him as he took his time at the water fountain, she hugged one of her textbooks to her chest with a bit of a small smile.

"Hi," was the graceful greeting she managed to give.

Finishing his drink, Jolt stood up and wiped his chin, turning to see the girl following him. He put on a big smile. "Hey, Voile! How long've you been there?" he asked cheerfully. Jolt had an easy time around others, and it showed. He was very personable and open, so as he spoke it was obvious that he was happy to see her.

She nodded to him politely and instinctively drew up her free hand to flick at her hair. Perhaps a nervous tic, or simply poor habit.

"Only a few moments," Voile replied to him, a little amused. "I saw you leave your class and I just got out of mine as well. I thought I would come see how you were doing since we have not talked recently."

In other words, she was trying to be more sociable as a whole rather than closing herself up like a flower in winter. ...Provided she was a flower who could survive the cold.

"Hey, I'm always up for good company," Jolt said with a big grin. "If you're done with classes for the day, we could go get a snack together," he suggested. "Give us plenty of time to talk!"

Good company. He thought she was good company? Voile wasn't sure how he'd gotten that idea, but instead of a rebuttal, she simply smiled instead and nodded once more, as if to give some kind of wordless consent.

"My classes are done. The one I got out of just a few minutes ago was my last one for today." Her expression brightened at his invitation and she looked around momentarily before placing her eyes back onto him. "That sounds nice, Jolt. You can tell me about your classes and what you've been occupying yourself with lately."

"And you can tell me the same," he replied, turning to lead the way. "I know you don't eat meat, and Vinnie showed me this really great snack the other day called Bubble Tea," he explained.

Her smile only grew as she listened and she made sure that rather than following him, she stayed at his side. They were friends, after all, even not altogether immensely close. Friends didn't walk behind one another. They walked together.

"Bubble tea?" she parroted with interested. "Is that literal? Bubbles in tea? I've never even heard of it. I do like tea, though." But she got the feeling that she wasn't as nearly a fan of it the way Vinnie was.

"Almost!" he explained with a chuckle. His natural instinct was to run, but he kept pace with her, happy to see a friend smile. "They're like little tapioca ball things floating in chilled tea. I thought it'd be weird, but it's actually pretty good!"

"I don't know what a tapioca ball is either," Voile admitted as she walked with him. She wasn't the hasty sort, so hopefully that wasn't completely bothersome to him. "Well. I mean. I guess it's a 'bubble', but still... Isn't tapioca pudding? Fish eyes? Isn't that right?"

"Guess it's like this pudding ball? Something like that," Jolt shrugged. He wasn't too picky. Food's food, as long as it's tasty. "Anyway, I think you'll like it," he said as they neared the shop Vinnie had taken him to the other day.

"It sounds pleasant, if not a little odd," the gardevoir admitted. Her head tipped from one side to the other and back again, repeating the cycle a few times before she spoke up again. "If Vinnie likes it, and you as well, it can't be too bad." Especially since Jolt seemed nothing but obsessed with bacon.

And as if to address that, she continued, "I didn't take you for being one fond of tea, actually."

"Odd can be fun," Jolt reminded her, chuckling.

As they entered the store, he said, "I'm not, usually. But hey, this is tasty, so I make an exception! So, what flavour do you want to try?" he asked.

Can it?

She knew better than to ask something like that. She also supposed he had a valid point. After all, he was pretty odd, but she enjoyed her time with him. Voile was still thinking over that when he'd addressed her on the kind she'd have.

As her chin tipped up to eye the menu board, she idly toyed with the pendant adorning her neck, like it were some awkward tic. "Hum... Apple, I think. I like bitter things and green apples are usually bitter." Then she looked over to him with a smile, "What are you getting? I doubt they make bacon tea."

"My life would be complete if they did," Jolt chuckled. "But I think I'll try apple too. When in Rome and all that."

He put in their order, and while the drinks were being prepared, he noticed her playing with the pendant. "You seem real intent on that necklace of yours," he mentioned.

"When in Rome?" she asked him with some interest. And she knew where he was going. Do as the Romans do, was the common phrasing. At least with the humans. But she didn't consider herself Roman in the least, or in any sense of the word. She couldn't help but where what he'd meant by such.

As he addressed her, her hand stopped almost immediately and sheepishly she drew it away. "Oh... I guess I'm a little fidgety." It wasn't hard for her to admit, but for Voile to say she was everlastingly confident was a bit of an unfortunate falsehood. If she seemed confident, it must have been a ruse a good chunk of the time.

"The old human saying," he explained. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

"Nah, it's cool," he said, taking the drinks and offering one to Voile. "It's a neat looking pendant. What is it?" he asked.

She paused as she looked down to her pendant and simply stared at it for a few moments. Then she looked back to him and she laughed a bit bashfully. "Ah... Well... Have you ever seen a gardevoir before? In that form I have a... red... triangle that... sticks out of here--"

She moved her free hand to indicate just at the centre of her bust. "--and a rounded backside to it here--" Then to a few inches above the small of her back.

"I have absolutely no idea what it is actually there for, so I suppose aesthetic, but my human form was kind enough to provide the same red triangle in this pendant instead. But these--" she tipped her head, so he could better view her 'ear' spikes. "--are still the same."

Jolt nodded. "I get ya," he said with a smile. "Just look at me. I've got these," he said, pointing at his Jolteon ears, "I've got this," he said, pointing to his fanned out spiky tail, "And not exactly the most normal lookin' eyes."

"Your ears are cute."

It was very upfront, perhaps a little brazen, but Voile meant it earnestly and often wore her thoughts on her sleeve when they involved other people. She watched him go on display for her and even chuckled a little when she saw his tail. She got off fortunate, she supposed. Gardevoir were already very similar to humans in form. She hadn't had to change much.

"All of you is fine. It's very intriguing. I look at you and have a hard time forgetting. I don't know anyone else here quite with eyes like yours. Perhaps similar, but not at all the same. You are one of a kind, Jolt."

"Hey, I'm not complaining at all!" he said happily, finding them seats. "It's all part of the package. I like who I am, so I like all of me, whatever form I'm in."

He cocked his head, smiling at her. "So're you," he told her.

"What?" she asked with surprise. "No way. I'm... Well."

She moved to sit down and leaned over the table to pat its surface in hopes of getting him to join her. "I'm like any other Gardevoir.. Really. So don't flatter me too much." But she clearly enjoyed it with the way she was smiling.

"You could say the same about me," Jolt replied. "You know, just like any other Jolteon. But there's no other Jolteon in the world quite like me, just like there's no other Gardevoir in the world just like you," he reminded her. "Just the way it works."

Voile paused momentarily and couldn't resist laughing a little bit. Then she tried to hide behind her hands, and instead simply peered over her fingertips at him.

"Yes," she conceded, though it was probably not completely coherent. "I guess you have a good point." After a few moments of her consideration, she continued. "What other things do you like to do, other than compliment girls? And eat bacon?"

"I like training," he explained, grinning. "Gotta keep on top of my game when I spend my days at a Pokemon Gym! Green's the boss of the Viridian City Gym, and me an' the team fend off a lot of poseurs who want them an Earth Badge."

"Oh... Your trainer..."

She simply stared at him for a few moments and then she finally nodded. Right. Because he had a trainer. They lived in two entirely different worlds, after all. "It must be a very busy life and schedule for you and the rest of your team. I've never done the gym pathway or anything like that, so I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like."

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