POOL PARTY BABY IT WAS A COOL PARTY

[glazedandconfused]

Who: YOU
What: IT WAS A POOL PARTY FOR THE COOL KIDS AT MY SCHOOL
When: ALL DAY SATURDAY, AUGUST 10th
Where: THE POOL
Warnings: HOLY GUACAMOLE, WE'VE GOT CHIPS

The posters have been up all week, and today

is the day.



The outdoor pool has been filled with all manner of pool-related recreational materials, including but not limited to pool noodles and as many floaties as one could possibly want. Everything is perfect for an afternoon of food, music, and water-based recreation.

Just don't run on the concrete, or the lifeguard might revoke your pool privileges.

Comments

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

"Now who the fuck in their right mind wouldn't want someone like you around?" snapped Mondo, appalled that such a confrontation was even possible with someone as sweet as Chiyo. "They had to have been heartless to say that! They said that, didn't they?! Don't listen to 'em. It ain't nothin' but bullshit."

[lovesclearlakes]

"But then why say it if it's not true?" she asked tearfully. His cursing had brought her eyes back on him and she wasn't sure what to believe anymore. She searched his face, his eyes, for truth.

"I don't know what to think, Mondo. He... I-If I had never met him, I... I don't think I could've trusted humans again and now... h-he says not to trust anyone or I'll get hurt like he hurt me. But I... I want to trust. And I want to trust in you, too."

She hiccuped and quietly added, "...Can't I?"

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

Shit. He knew how untrustworthy he'd been in the past. He'd let people down and caused them tremendous pain. What right did he have to earn someone's trust? That kind of self-doubt reared up and showed its face to him now, at a time when he desperately wanted to be trusted. For that, he tore his eyes away from her and screwed his face up a little when her eyes searched his for the truth she wanted.

"I gotta admit... I've let a lotta people down before. I've done stupid things, reckless things, selfish things that put others in danger. I can't be the one to decide whether you do or don't put your trust in me, but... here's what I can guarantee. I'd never, ever want to hurt you. You can trust me on that much."

[lovesclearlakes]

"...Is that a promise?" She knew that it was but had to hear it again rephrased. The fact that he was being honest with her and sharing details of his past doings gave her the sense that he thought well enough of her to do so, and that she was worthy enough to know. It gave her a glimmer of hope that she wasn't a useless or unwanted friend and it was a glimmer she was willing to hold onto for life.

"Will you promise me?" she asked with a wavering voice. "I would never hurt you either, so... so please promise me."

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

Even after just breaking an important promise he made with Chihiro in the same day at the same place, how was he supposed to say no to her? He couldn't.

"I promise."

The moment those austere words left his lips, he felt an inner resolve to do whatever it took to make sure his promise stood strong, even against all his failures. Kind of like it always did when he made a serious vow, but this type of resolve was different in the sense that it rose out of the rubble of all the shattered covenants he'd been leaving behind- a final chance to prove himself to himself. It was a very big deal to him, and if he couldn't withhold something so important between them, then he truly deserved to die. Even if it hadn't been a spoken promise to begin with, hurting her would still be unforgivable either way.

"By the way... who's the guy that pushed you around? Point him out to me. I wanna set that bastard straight."

[lovesclearlakes]

Those two words put her at ease and calmed down her crying to light sniffles. However, she did panic a little when being asked for the culprit of her tears.

"Red...?" She paused. Oops. Maybe she shouldn't have said that. She didn't know how exactly Mondo was going to "set him straight" but she hoped it wouldn't involve violence. Then she gasped. Was Red actually there are the pool party? She felt incredibly silly for not having thought of that sooner and cowered slightly as she tried to see if he was anywhere nearby. "I don't... I don't know where he is."

She wondered if she should tell Mondo about him, but after Mondo's spoken promise, she felt like she could trust and confide in him more.

"He... usually wears a red cap and has black hair. Um. He might have other Pokemon around him? Since he's a Pokemon trainer."

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

Mondo squinted at the constantly shifting crowd out there, finding many people with black hair. He thought he might have picked out a red cap, but it turned out to be nothing but a red speedo. I guess that's what you could call an asshat, but it wasn't the asshat he was looking for.

But THEN. Out of the corner of his eye, Mondo spotted a dude with a red hat and black hair, minding his own business, strolling over to the isolated spot where ice cream was peddled. Just looking at him pissed him off. It had to be him. The delinquent stood abruptly and began to stalk over there with malicious purpose. The dark look on his face didn't suggest he had any nice intentions to spare.

"Be right back! I'm gonna teach him a lesson in how to treat people..."

And then he beat up the wrong guy, the end

And then, he was gone.