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Rika's reddish eyes widened instantly, as an expression of horror and surprise adorned their face.
They carefully removed the Clodsire's blanket, not wanting to wake their wife, Geeta, who was still asleep next to them.
When they were able to remove it completely, they realized that their suspicions were true, now seeing the part of the bed where they slept, was wet.
They had pee on themself.
The Earth-type trainer's breathing was starting to become irregular, staring not only at the horrible stain on the bed, but also at Geeta.
Oh, Arceus, when Geeta wakes up she's going to be furious, just like—
You useless girl! What the fuck have you done to my sheets!?
...They had to do something quickly, before Geeta got up and looked at the mess they had caused.
(They didn't notice when they put their thumb in their mouth.)
They considered their options, obviously they couldn't remove the sheets because Geeta was on top of them, she would wake up instantly. Maybe they could go downstairs and get a bucket of water and a rag? That way maybe they could clean without Geeta noticing.
(Unknowingly, or perhaps ignoring it, their mind began to feel somewhat lighter, counterproductively, this made them see the situation in a larger size.)
With that single plan in mind, Rika tried to head to the door in search of what they needed.
However, 'attempt' was the key word, because when they took a step, they didn't notice the blanket tangled around their foot and with a big 'BUMP!' they fell to the ground.
Rika felt the pain throughout their body, because it now seemed to be very sensitive, they were now shaking and several sobs joined their irregular breathing
"Rika...?" A calm voice spoke from behind them, it didn't sound angry or irritated, to the Elite trainer's surprise, "Are you okay?"
Although Geeta's voice didn't seem upset with them, they still decided to curl up on themself, they were now crying a little harder than before, their face were starting to turn red due to the tears, they brought their thumb to their mouth in a desperate attempt to calm down
"Rika!" Geeta sounded alarmed, now that she saw the other trainer in an altered state. She shouldn't have been a genius to know that Rika had slip during the night, the question was why they were so upset, "baby, what's wrong? Something happened?"
The champion got up from the bed and with soft steps walked towards the trainer on the floor, who was still shaking and crying.
"M-mama..." Rika couldn't help but whimper when they felt the woman's presence, they were afraid that she might hurt them because of what they did.
They were afraid, but at the same time they asked themself, why were they afraid? Mama had always been so sweet, they didn't want to be afraid, but they couldn't help but be.
"Shh, shh... There, baby, it's okay, everything's okay, mama's here," Geeta squatted in front of the Ground-type trainer, whispering in a gentle voice, one that she knew Rika liked when they were regressing. "I'm going to hug you, okay?"
Rika shook their head quickly.
"Oh? Why, love? What's wrong?" Geeta was now even more worried, but she did not change her tone of voice so as not to scare her little one even more.
Rika knew that the more they hid it, the more hurt they would come out of this, so with trembling lips, they pointed to the side of the bed where they were sleeping.
Geeta look at the bed, seeing how there was a small wet spot on the sheets. Her eyebrows raised slightly, acknowledging the problem.
"Aww, baby," she looked at Rika with sympathy in her indigo eyes, "poor thing, you were scared, weren't you?"
"M-mad..."
As she supposed, Rika's regression was purely a self-defense mechanism, especially when they had memories of their traumatic childhood, even now, almost a decade into their marriage, she still didn't know some details.
But now she could have some suspicion of why they were acting so scared, fortunately or unluckily, she knew why they were reacting so scared in this specific situation.
Their father.
Geeta shook her head, showing a soft smile to try to reassure her baby, "no, honey, no. I'm not angry, you can't control your body and it's normal for these things to happen, it's nothing serious."
Rika blinked innocently, tilting their head a little, mama wasn't angry? That was good, that meant mama wasn't going to hurt them, even though mama had never hurt them before...
The Elite trainer yawned, rubbing one of their reddish eyes, they were really tired, crying was very exhausting.
"Oh, precious," Geeta gently stroked Rika's green hair, "come on, let's get you changed and then you can go back to sleep, okay?"
Rika raised their arms towards Geeta, their eyes looked so droopy, they were so tired, "u-up."
Geeta chuckled, as she wrapped her arms around Rika's body. They had always had a relatively thin body, so the Champion never had a hard time carrying them.
Rika rested their head on Geeta's shoulder, their little eyes seeming about to close.
"Hold on a little, baby, i need to change you, you can't sleep in wet pants," Geeta whispered.
They left the room to go directly to the nursery, a room that Geeta had made a while ago, in that place Rika could feel safe from any thoughts that could torment them, they could simply relax and forget everything.
Anyone who entered the room would realize that it was made especially for Rika, the entire place was decorated with an Ground type Pokémon theme, the walls were painted with various Wooper, Quadsires and Clodsires. There were plushies of the evolutionary lines of Rika's team members scattered all over the floor, some were Phanpy, Turtwig, and of course, Wooper.
In their crib there was a Wooper blanket, some of the things that Geeta used to take care of Rika, such as bottles, diaper packages or binkies were decorated with drawings of different Ground type Pokémon, like Trapinch or Numel... And Wooper.
"Woopah..." Rika stammered as they entered the room, their eyes focused on the illustrations on the wall.
Geeta approached the changing table, where she gently placed Rika.
"Baby, baby, look up here, look at mama," Geeta tried to get Rika's attention.
When she got it, she turned on the mobile with figures of Wooper and Clodsire on top of them. Rika tended to get very stressed when they suddenly lost contact with Geeta, so the champion had to distract them before she could stop touching them.
Rika looked at the little Wooper and Clodsire who were slowly spinning above them, they wanted to touch them so they extended their hands towards them.
With Rika distracted, Geeta went to one of the closets in the room, pulling out a package of diapers and a pair of pajamas, which had images of Johto's Wooper printed all over them.
With everything she needed, she undressed Rika, putting the dirty clothes aside so she could wash them tomorrow in the morning. She dressed the Ground Type trainer again with what she had collected from the closet.
"There we go..." Geeta smiled at her baby, "all done, now it's time to go to sleep," Geeta took Rika into her arms again, the champion rest their head on her shoulder.
"Mama..." if Geeta didn't have their voice in her ear, she wouldn't have heard it.
"Shhh, shhh... I am done, baby, let's go to sleep." The champion gently kissed the Elite trainer's temple.
Geeta walked over to the crib in the nursery and gently laid her baby in it, she took Wooper's blanket and covered Rika, she also placed one of Clodsire's small plush and placed it in Rika's arms.
By the time Geeta had finished, Rika had already fallen into a deep sleep.
"Oh, my precious," the champion stroked one of Rika's green locks, "have sweet dreams, please remember I will always protect you."