POKEGEAR (MoM IC Contact)

[halloflamer]

"The name's Blue! I'm busy right now, so leave me a message, and maybe if I like you enough I'll respond... hahaha!

Smell ya later!"

[TEXT | VOICE | VIDEO]

Comments

[halloflamer]

[Ping! Blue looks down at his phone to see another message from Red. He raises his brow, and sighs, but hops down again to reply to it.]

Hitmonlee?

[versusseeker]

[Snickering to himself behind the fence.]

GOALduck

[halloflamer]

[Blue groans behind his own piece of fence.]

Where are you even getting these... [There's a pause, then a new message to Red's phone.]

What's a baby Pokémon's favorite game?

[versusseeker]

[Oh...?]

???

[halloflamer]

[Blue hops up over the fence again to deliver the answer personally, flashing Red a knowing smile.]

Pi-ka-chu.

1/3 probably

[versusseeker]

!!!

[versusseeker]

[Oh no, it's perfect.]

[versusseeker]

[How will he ever recover?]

[versusseeker]

gud 1

[halloflamer]

[You can't fool him, Red, he can see how much you liked that one!]

[Blue hops down from the fence again and leans his back against it, trying to draw in a silent breath to still his suddenly-rapid heartbeat.]

[And then,]

Ok you go again

[versusseeker]

[Blue is actually having fun with this, huh...? Red turns his back to the fence and leans against it, draws in a silent breath, and:]

k
how do u brush gyarados teeth

[Ooh, Blue's gonna like this one.]

[halloflamer]

[Gyarados's teeth, huh...? Well, Blue could answer this one for real, but he couldn't think of a punny answer for this one.]

how?

[versusseeker]

v carefully

[halloflamer]

[.........oh. Well. That wasn't wrong, but...]

kinda anticlimactic

[Ok, ok, his turn--]

Why did the Miltank cross the road?

[versusseeker]

[Aw, man. He really thought Blue was gonna like that one...]

<(o◕︿◕o)>

[Okay, okay. His turn.]

y?

[halloflamer]

To get to the udder side!

[From across the yards, there's the crack of a snicker]

[What a stupid joke]

[versusseeker]

[But can Blue hear the strangled-sounding snort that just left Red's body as he grips the fence?]

!!!

[That was so funny.]

[halloflamer]

Pfft-- [And Blue bursts out laughing too from across the yard, because of course Red would find that stupid joke funny.]

[That loser.]

[A long moment passes as they're laughing, Blue wiping his eyes, and then there's a second of quiet from Blue as he leans his forehead against the wood of the fence, staring at his comm and waiting for a response from Red- another joke, a comment, anything.]

[His face hurts from grinning.]

[versusseeker]

[It takes a while for Red to recover from that one, but even once he does, all he can do for a moment is sit there and stare at his comm., forehead pressed against the wood of the fence.

[His face hurts from laughing.]

ur the bst

[halloflamer]

[Blue stares at the message on his comm for a few minutes, and bites his wobbling lip, leaning his weight into the fence. He was glad, for a moment, that Red was an entire yard away. He wouldn't be able to see, or hear if a sniff escaped, despite the huge grin on his face.]

I'm really glad you're here

I mean it

[His hands clench over his comm, and he just listens, trying to catch the sounds from a yard over.]

[versusseeker]

[Red is as silent as ever, but there's a warm, fluttery feeling in his chest as he lets his back slide down against the fence until his butt hits the ground.]

thx b

[He considers leaving it at that - forever soft-spoken - but after a moment Blue will receive another text in addition:]

wud b no fun w/o u

[He's done with the whole being without you thing.]

[halloflamer]

[A long few minutes pass again, and a message finally pops up on Red's comm.]

Hey you wanna come over

[Please. Please I want to see you--]

[versusseeker]

[He's already pushing himself up against the fence before he can finish reading - he was hoping you'd ask.]

omw

[And with that, he pockets his communicator. Not a solid sixty seconds later and he's letting himself into Blue's backyard - there's something light about his expression, even if he's not necessarily grinning anymore, and he gives the other an eager (for Red, anyway) wave.]

[halloflamer]

[Blue's forehead lifts from the fence as he hears Red's gate open, sees the little message pop up, and he hopes that he doesn't look like a wreck.]

[Even so...]

[He turns to look at Red with a grin masking his unsurety, tries not to look too conflicted--]

[But before he knows it, he's thrown his arms around Red's shoulders, pulling him roughly into a hug and burying his face against the other's shoulder.]

[versusseeker]

[Red starts a bit at the hug, his cheeks flaring up bright red as he stands there for a moment, frozen. It doesn't take long for him to warm to it, though. Once the shock wears off, he's sinking into it, brow furrowing in a light concern as he wraps one arm around Blue's back and takes the other to grip the back of his head. He closes his eyes, presses his cheek against the side of Blue's head, mumbling into his ear:]

It's okay...

[It's a little confused sounding, worried. He and Blue probably hadn't hugged since they were kids - not even when Red had returned from Mt. Silver. It just isn't their style, and it makes him wonder if something is going on with Blue that he had just been too proud to mention.]