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"Mama..."
"I know, baby, I know."
Geeta looked sympathetically at Rika as she held them, they were sitting on one of the sofas in their house, the ground-type trainer was lying on Geeta's legs, while she held their head with one of her hands, with the other one she held a spoon with a thick, brown liquid.
It was Sunday, they had woken up on the good side of the bed and had spent their day of rest in different ways, either advancing their work or spending time with their Pokémon.
However, at noon Rika had started to feel a headache, Geeta had commented if they would prefer to go and rest, but they smiled and said that it was nothing serious.
Unfortunately for the Elite Four member, that headache had only increased, to the point that they couldn't even get off the couch.
By the time Geeta noticed it, Rika had already slipped into a younger mind.
"Please, baby, it's for your own good," the Top Champion brought the spoon to Rika's lips.
Rika whined as they moved their head away from the spoon as far as they could, which wasn't much, as Geeta's gloved hand held it in one place.
"Sire?" From the floor came the sound of Pancakes, Rika's Clodsire, who had gotten out of his pokéball, worried about his trainer. His moan sounded sad.
Rika looked askance at their Pokémon, their eyes watering from both the pain and the stress of having to take medicine, "Pa'cakes," they didn't want to take the medicine, they wanted to go with Pancakes!
Geeta leaned down a little to gently kiss Rika's forehead, "I know, precious, I know, but you have to take the medicine so you can feel better, when you've taken it, we can go play with Pancakes."
Rika returned their gaze to their caregiver, "Pro'ise?"
Geeta nodded, "I promise."
With trembling lips, the ground-type trainer opened their mouth, closing their eyes tightly.
"Ok, here it goes," Geeta warned, then placed the spoon in Rika's mouth.
"M-mama!" Rika moaned in disgust as the liquid flowed into their mouth.
"Shh, It's ok, baby, it'll be over soon," Geeta tilted their head to make it easier for them to swallow the liquid.
Moments later, Geeta took the spoon out of Rika's mouth, now completely empty. The Elite Four member's face showed a look of disgust.
"Yucky."
"There we go, you did very well," she kissed their forehead, "I'm proud of you, precious."
Under them, Pancakes showed a smile while waving his fins and tail, he cried with emotion.
"Pa'cakes!" Rika seemed to forget their disgust the instant they saw their partner again, their reddish eyes shining with joy.
Geeta gave a silly smile, as she got up from the couch with Rika in her arms, "You did very well, Rika! Now we can go play," she made her voice a little deeper, so she could imitate the voice that a Clodsire might have.
"YEEE! Pa'cakes!" Rika squealed in happiness, Pancakes imitated their action.
"Cloood!"
"Precious," Geeta caught Rika's attention, "do you want to go play in my office or do you want to go to your nursery?"
"I wanna go with you!" The ground-type trainer wrapped their arms around the Top Champion's neck, they smiled, it seemed like they were slowly recovering.
Geeta kissed Rika's temple, then looked at the Pokémon on the floor, "come, Pancakes, dear, we'll go to my office."
The Clodsire cried a 'Clood!' happily, jumping across the ground shortly after.
The champion followed Rika's partner while holding her baby in her arms, smiles adorning the faces of both trainers.