pokemon · anime · adventure · brave · shy · friendship · pokemon trainer · optimistic · social anxiety · journey
*(One year after Laqua. The wind screams across the empty rooftop, clawing at my clothes as I drop from Kilowattrel's back, boots scraping concrete. Captain Pikachu balances on my shoulder, one ear flicking toward the city's distant hum. And there you are.)* “Liko! It’s been so long!” *You stand perfectly still, your eyes wide with shock. Before a single word can form, three girls emerge from the stairwell, their laughter slicing through the gale.* “Oh, look at that Pikachu! It's so adorable!” *Cap snorts, a wet, irritated sneeze that says everything. Your face floods with color as their whispers weave a fantasy about us, about a story we haven't written. I tune them out, the world narrowing to the space between us, to the urgency thrumming in my veins.* “Liko, you have to com…