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"Congratulations, Gou, Shigeru. You two have become the official chasers of the Mew project"
Shigeru took this for granted, glancing over at the person beside him. Gou, after hearing the results, was still staring blankly at the smartphone screen, his face changed from surprise, to suspicion that he was dreaming, to the point where he asked Sarunori to hit his head with a stick, finally turns cheerful to the point of blooming knowing that this is not a dream.
"Uwahhh!!! I've become a chaser! Sarunori, Aceburn!!!"
The three of them hugged each other and jumped for joy. Shigeru smiled and whispered 'so childish', then patted his Pokemon's heads in praise.
"Shigeru, Shigeru! We've been chosen"
Shigeru was startled when he noticed the starlit face magnifying before his eyes, he was about to say something sarcastic but ended up swallowing it back and smiling.
"Yes yes, you did a good job this time."
A strange feeling crept into Gou's heart when Shigeru suddenly showed such a pampered expression, Gou's face that was so cold it hurt from the weather that it felt so warm right now.
"Hmm! Of course!"
Gou immediately distanced himself from Shigeru's sparkling handsome face, pretending to be arrogant. Shigeru, seeing the embarrassment, couldn't help but tease.
"Yes yes, Gou-kun is the best"
...
They sat on the bus together for a while before separating. After looking bored out of the window, Shigeru propped his chin, glancing over at the person sitting next to him who was happily looking at the rotom smartphone, seemingly texting someone.
...
"Koharu!! I've been accepted to be the chaser of the project Mew!!!"
"Really?! I'll tell everyone."
"Hey, Koharu, is Satoshi still training for the tournament?"
"Yeah, Satoshi and his Pokemon have been practicing all day. Today, Kasumi-san and Takeshi-san came to practice with him and cheer him on."
"I'll let Satoshi know then, hopefully I'll be back in time to say hello to Kasumi and Takeshi."
"Ah, Gou, I just told my father, Renji-san and Kikuna-san, father said tonight he will have a party for both you and Satoshi! Kasumi-san and Takeshi-san also stayed to have fun."
Gou was about to put his smartphone back in his pocket when the notification bell rang again.
"Ah, one more thing. Congratulations Gou for taking another step towards your dream"
Gou looked at Koharu's text message with emotion, it really meant a lot to him. The first time Gou met Mew was because Koharu invited him to Professor Okido's camping trip, she is the one who has been following Gou's dream journey for 10 years.
Seeing the countless expressions on his beautiful face made Shigeru unable to take his eyes off him.
For some reason, 10 years ago, Shigeru noticed the child with bright eyes while rambling about Pokemon at his grandfather's Pokemon camp. Hearing his grandfather say that the boy had a dream of catching Mew surprised him, Shigeru felt that the boy was both stupid and impressive at the same time.
4 years later, when talking about project Mew with his grandfather, he thought of that boy.
After meeting officially, Shigeru provoked Gou over and over again to see if he was really serious about his dream or just talking. Shigeru gets even more excited when he learns that Gou has signed up for the Mew project.
After being exposed many times, Shigeru realizes that Gou has social problems, especially in terms of cooperating with others on missions.
As the years passed, they quarreled because of disagreement over battle strategy, or just childish quarrels. Now, they were able to successfully cooperate and become chasers together.
As time went on, Shigeru began to realize how he was paying special attention to Gou, that he wanted him to participate in the Mew project, how he likes to tease him. They completely contains a piece of personal selfishness.
"..."
Shigeru turned his gaze to Umbreon, who let out a small cry, and received a somewhat teasing look because he had been secretly observing the person next to him for more than 15 minutes. Shigeru blushed slightly when his Pokemon caught him and coughed.
"Hm, Shigeru? Do you have a cold? Or is your throat unwell? I have these throat lozenges"
Gou's habit of carrying these medicines was thanks to Koharu. She always scolded him when he brought his sick body back and stuffed Gou with a bunch of medicines when he went out.
"Thanks"
Shigeru held out his hand for Gou to pour out 2 lozenges from the box. The cool mint candy helped cool down the chaotic emotions that were welling up in Shigeru's chest.
While grooming Umbreon, Shigeru felt a heavy force sink into his left shoulder, Gou had fallen into a deep sleep after an extremely difficult and intense fight.
Silky black hair brushed against Shigeru's cheeks, long eyelashes fluttering in the midwinter cold, plump lips slightly open and breathing evenly, from time to time the beautiful man let out small groans while rubbing his head on Shigeru's shoulder and fell asleep again.
Although it didn't feel right, Shigeru used his smartphone to take many pictures of this sleeping angel. A mischievous idea popped up in Shigeru's mind, he chose a photo and sent it to Satoshi.
However, before sending Shigeru thought that though Satoshi must have seen Gou's sleeping face many times already, but Shigeru still wanted to keep this cute face right now to himself.
In the end Shigeru cut off the face from the photo, leaving only the bottom part as a hint and sent it to Satoshi.
Umbreon wakes up to see two people leaning on each other to sleep...Umbreon jumped off the trainer's lap and lay down trying to take a nap. Just as he was about to close his eyes, he was startled when he saw the green round ball about to fall to the ground, Umbreon quickly picked up Sarunori gently, then let the green cotton ball lie on his back to sleep.
...
Shigeru woke up, looked down at his feet to see Umbreon curled up asleep, on his back was a small blue monkey that was also sleeping soundly. Feeling that his left hand was caught by something, Shigeru looked over to find the lazy cat clinging to his arm, probably because it was too cold.
Suppressing himself at the cuteness of the person next to him, Shigeru lightly shook Gou's shoulder.
"Gou-kun, wake up, we're almost there"
"Um..."
Gou groaned, in this cold air with a warm pillow next to him, who would want to wake up...Shigeru laughed out loud, lowering his head close to his sleeping face.
The pretty lines from the moment we first met are now sharper and lovelier, wait...Why does it always retain that femininity after 6 years?
"Gou...Gou...wake up..."
Shigeru patted Gou's face, then tugged on his soft cheeks that were red from the cold.
"Shigeru.."
The eyelids finally moved to reveal the dreamy winter sky. Gou rubbed his eyelids like a kitten with his hand, his lips pouted in displeasure at being woken up.
'Too cute' This was the only thing that occupied Shigeru's mind. Not missing the opportunity, Shigeru leaned down, capturing the cute and angry lips, the kiss only lasted for five short seconds.
"Good morning, sleeping beauty"
Gou's face was on fire in the winter weather, he was about to question Shigeru when the bus stopped at the station, Shigeru pulled his hand off the bus.
The two stood in silence waiting for the next bus bound for Kuchiba City and Masara Town. Gou wanted to ask about the kiss just now but couldn't open his mouth, what if it was just a dream, what if it was just his imagination...
"I go first, go home carefully"
"Ah...you too."
While sitting on the bus, Gou rubbed his red face into Sarunori's fur.
"Um...why are you doing this to me, stupid Shigeru..."
Gou's heart was racing incessantly in his chest, his emotions were jumbled up like thousands of threads were woven together. Gou didn't feel angry or disgusted with that kiss. Like a shy child who is given candy for the first time, both strange and sweet, he wants to eat again but doesn't want to admit it.
...
Kasumi looked at Satoshi's smartphone screen and couldn't help but be amused.
"Wow, what a lovely couple, isn't it Satoshi?"
Takeshi sighed, how old are the two of them, looking at Satoshi's black face, Takeshi tried to stop Kasumi.
"Kasumi, please..."
"I told you! Just express your feelings to Gou face-to-face as soon as possible! Only an idiot like you doesn't realize your feelings for that guy! Besides, everyone noticed, even Shigeru!"
Takeshi shook his head...
"Ah, is everyone still practicing? Hi Kasumi, Takeshi. Satoshi, how's practice today?"
Gou appeared at the training ground with Sarunori, Aceburn went back to Sakuragi Park to rest. Kasumi and Takeshi greeted Gou back and left, leaving only one sentence.
"Good luck, Gou!"
"Eh?"
Looking at Satoshi's somewhat awkward face, Gou couldn't help but wonder
"Satoshi..?"
"Congratulations Gou... has been chosen as the chaser"
"Thank you, but…did something happen?"
Satoshi still didn't meet Gou's eyes, but slowly approached, pushing him against the wall, grabbing his thin shoulders.
"Satoshi?! What??"
The somewhat familiar perfume of his childhood friend burst into his nose, making the jealousy in Satoshi's blood increase.
The fact that they grew closer together, the fact that their relationship grew more and more, the fact that Shigeru is an important part of Gou's goal of achieving his dream...it made Satoshi feel uncomfortable...their relationship was very natural.
"Shigeru...you did this quest with Shigeru?"
Gou was startled to hear the name that had troubled him all this time, Gou's face was as red as a freshly ripe tomato, he stammered speechless.
"Um...it's a mandatory request..and Satoshi, everyone is waiting so you can let me go---"
Satoshi's kiss was as surprising as the recent kiss that Gou received, but it was much more tense and suffocating.
Satoshi's strong dominance makes it difficult for him to breathe both figuratively and literally, Gou pounded Satoshi's chest with his hand asking for more air, and Satoshi left.
However, when Gou just opened his mouth to take a few sips of air, Satoshi immediately seized the opportunity to snatch his defenseless mouth. Gou opened his eyes wide and struggled, but his hands were clenched and pinned to the cold wall. The naughty tongue wrapped around the weak prey, greedily pouring out the sweetness in the hot and humid mouth.
The first time he was kissed with the tongue, Gou's legs went limp, his stomach rumbling with a strange feeling. Questions like "why, why" also began to fade, leaving only the mind numbed by the possessive kiss.
"Um!!"
Feeling the sudden cold at his waist, Gou regained consciousness.
'Satoshi is sticking his hand in my shirt!!!' Gou quickly realized the situation, repeatedly kicked Satoshi in the leg, Satoshi was also startled to regain consciousness, immediately releasing Gou.
Satoshi's face turned red when he realized what he had done.
"Sorry...I have to cool my head a bit"
Gou didn't have any strength left and sat down on the ground. Sarunori on Kairyuu's head suddenly jumped on Satoshi's head as he was passing by, then knocked on his head repeatedly, Satoshi felt that he deserved to be beaten like that, so he did not stop, just brought Sarunori on his head somewhere.
Satoshi's Pokemon were told not to follow, so they could only look at Gou, who was bewildered, not understanding what was going on...
"Pika Pikachu?"
Pikachu slowly walked on two legs to go in front of Gou to inquire about the status.
"PIKA???!"
Gou didn't say anything, just hugged Pikachu, hiding his grilled face in the belly of the electric mouse.
"Pikachu...what's wrong with your trainer...suddenly doing something like that..."
"Chaaa..."
Pikachu sighed, patting his soft hair. Since Pikachu has been by their side for many years now, it has observed many things...including Satoshi's love for Gou. Satoshi had never been with another person for so long. For Satoshi, Gou is more certain than the word "companion".
"I really don't get it... neither Satoshi, nor Shigeru.."
Pikachu thinks that perhaps the person who is more emotionally blind than Satoshi is Gou.
Gou has very few long-term relationships. Only family, Sakuragi family, especially Koharu in childhood. At the age of 10, he met Satoshi with his companions, over time Gou made more connections with some of the people in the project Mew.
Maybe that's why Gou doesn't think about the matter of couple love and is easily confused...
Satoshi walked along the shores of Kuchiba City, letting the freezing cold wind cool the strange thoughts that were burning in his chest.
Satoshi always wants Gou to open his heart to everyone, he always takes Gou to meet his old friends. Satoshi was also happy that Gou wasn't harsh with Shigeru anymore, but...when he saw that photo, when he heard Kasumi say they looked like a couple, when he saw Gou's cute shy face when it came to Shigeru...He don't know why, at those times, there was a constant flood in his stomach.
Satoshi had never experienced that feeling, an ugly, despicable feeling like jealousy. Just thinking that Shigeru might have seen Gou's seductive face while kissing made the blood in Satoshi's veins boil.
"Rukki!"
Sarunori's stick knocking calmed Satoshi. He buried his face in his hands and sighed
"Why would I do something like that.."
Saurunori tilted his head in confusion at Satoshi's question.
"What if Gou hates me...Sarunori~"
"Ruki..rurukiki"
"You mean I deserve it? It's true...I don't know what's wrong with me...suddenly doing it"
Sarunori jumped onto Satoshi's shoulder, patting him on the back with small hands.
"Ruki ru rurukii"
"I know...Gou is very gentle and kind, so he won't get mad at me but...what I'm afraid of is that our relationship will be over..."