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JUNE 18TH, 2015
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The Gala had been pretty uneventful so far for Sam. All he'd really done at this point was hang around the Buffet, his Natu hovering around his head. There wasn't even anything here to eat for the most part, sure the buffet was full of food but nothing that really seemed appetizing to the boy at the moment. He had hoped that with the sharp black suit he had on he'd be able to catch someone's attention, also that the colorful Natu mask he wore would help with that.
The boy also thought the bright red scarf he still had wrapped around his help might help with that little problem as well. He just wanted someone, hell anyone at all to talk to, Hoenn had turned out to be pretty lonely for the boy so far. Only having a few brief encounters with people so far throughout his time in the region.
It was starting to dawn on him that it'd been a long time since he even had an actual conversation with a person. This Gala wasn't exactly helping either, all these people running around and talking to each other and dancing together. And here Sam was standing around on his own, staring at food. It made him miss Johto even more, which only drug up more memories of Ai.
Not wanting to start crying around people, or onto the buffet Sam would turn to head away from the buffet, Natu landing on his shoulder as he walked. The bird pokemon not wanting to get left behind by her trainer.
Almost as soon as he began walking away he'd feel Natu tense up on his shoulder for some reason, before looking ahead and noticing..someone ahead of him, their back to Sam, this Gala was about to becoming one of the best things to happen to him.
Whether their back was to him or not Sam would recognize them anywhere. After all they spent countless hours and days together throughout their younger years. I-it was Ai. He was sure of it, he'd know her anywhere, and the way the future telling bird tensed up. Back when Sam had first caught the bird he begged and pleaded with it for just at taste of its future seeing powers, just for it to tell him if Ai was still out there somewhere.
Which meant the brid would know what she looked like a bit at least, hell it might of even foreseen this very moment when Sam asked. Without even knowing what he was doing the boy would start to walk forward, coming upright behind the person he assumed was Ai, hugging her from behind and beginning to cry a little bit.
He couldn't believe it was really her, she was really here after all. Maybe this entire journey to Hoenn wasn't such a let down and a waste of his time after all. Hugging the girl a bit tighter he'd finally manage to choke something out through his tears, barely managing to say "A-ai.."
it's a wonderful event filled with individuals from far and wide. one can only wonder what's there inside. her mask is on, simple and sleek, black and red it's very unique. a dress slim, perfect for dances of any kind. black. even with this event going on, would she be able to find people whom she knew along the routes. it shouldn't be too bad on her point right now. her scarf was wrapped around her waist, almost like a belt and it was perfect set to behold. perfectly on her shoulder was her taillow, micah. despite this pokémon being a hassle for her, she was getting along with him.
"what do you think micah? should we check what's at the bar?" she asks the taillow, a gentle smile gracing her lips. the bird chirps in response and she nods. "mmhm! okay."
she has only been here for half an hour. no matter how she awkward as this was, it was fun! drop off by a kind couple who was also attending this place. blinking, a few times she laughs and shakes her head. micah chirps, wondering what she was laughing at. "ah, nothing, just funny memories of johto. i remember how much a couple of my friends loathe dancing. while others were more than happy to go along with it."
what are they doing? is it alright for her to think about them, now that she wants to go away. disappear from their life. her heart constricts itself, pain. she can't go back to them. especially to sam. of all people, she could never face sam. he was her childhood friend, and one who always stuck with her through her struggles. why didn't i tell him? why?
not willing to move anywhere else, the girl stops. though her body fell tense and micah chirps angrily. the weight, it shifts her slightly, causing her to be a bit off balance. it was a hug, and here, she could hear someone sobbing. her heart races. who is it? her mind knew perfectly well on who it was. she closes her eyes, unable to accept her cruel fate. here. now. she felt vulnerable in his arms again. just like years ago when they countlessly have fun activities together.
his grip tighten around her. and there. he said her name. her name. one which she wants to hear the most. what could she really do now? tears threaten to fall down. stubbornly, she remains strong for herself. no. there should be no tears for such a calamity.
"...i'm sorry..." was all she could say. she moves her hand and held onto his arms. "i'm sorry..."
Out of Character
TAG: Sam Holiday NOTES: IDKKKKKKKKK ANYMORE /SOBS/
Sam wasn't as strong as Ai right now in the not crying regard, clearly. He'd keep on sobbing as he held her, loosening his grip so a little bit so he wouldn't hurt her. He didn't want to hug her too tightly and hurt her or cause some scene during the Gala, he was sure there might of been some onlookers but whatever, he didnt care if a few people looked or not
. Despite loosening the hug already he'd think about hugging her a bit tighter again, still afraid on the inside that if he let go she'd disappear and leave him once again. Sam didn't want to be left without her again, one time was easily more then enough. As he stood there, holding her and crying happy memories would flood through his head a bit.
Remembering the birthdays they spent together as kids, the sleepovers at each others houses, even the couple times he had snuck into some of her classes during High School just to sit around with her. He was content to just stand there and hold her forever while reminiscing about old times, until her hand held his arm, snapping him out of whatever daze he was in. It really was her after all, she actually touched him...
So it wasn't just some dream or a hallucination, it was really Ai. With a few bites of his lip Sam would finally stop crying for a moment, just so he could say something to her. He'd ran the scenario of meeting her again over and over and over again in his head, no matter how many times he did that or tried to prepare for it; it turned out that it simply didn't matter.
He could barely get words out as it was let alone whole sentences about stuff. At least one thing from his little fantasies about meeting her made it to the real experience at least, and that was the overwhelming feeling of happiness. He wasn't mad at her in the slightest, hell at this point the tears he cried were more out of happiness for finding her again, and not out of sadness for her leaving.
"I-I don't care" Sam managed to choke out again after she apologized, before being able to follow it up with. "Y-you're back now, IKnewYou'dBeBackIKnewIDidntLoseYouForever you're back thats all I care about." He said through even more tears, some of his usual rambling tendencies sneaking through already.
why? why? why did he forgive her so easily? wasn't he angry at her? frustrated on how she up and disappeared without a single note given to anyone? it made her want to cry, burst out into tears and hope for the best that he wouldn't be angry. she was hoping, just hoping that none of her friends were angry with her. how she disappeared on the worst of moments. she thought she was hated. by the members and by leah. now, of all the things to have happened. sam pops out of nowhere. here, and this was it. was she able to forgive herself now that he was here? would her friends accept her like the usual? to open their arms and hit her lightly on the head, calling her stupid?
bittersweet, like lemons in lemonade. the girl can only stay quiet and be strong. tears are not going to threaten to fall now. sam was here with her and that's all that counts for now. be strong, positive and in control. she knew better than to let her emotions to get the best of her. ai was frozen as he spoke. how, how. she was angry at herself. she wanted to leave his comfortable arms and go away. far away from everyone. perhaps coming to hoenn wasn't a good idea. she should have gone elsewhere. away from this place.
despite her heart yearning to be with the ones she loved the most. the girl was not going to budge. stay where she is. no longer in control of what could come next. even if sam's rambling was lost in her ears, she covers her face. no, no tears. she promised herself and every pokémon she has to not cry. this wasn't going to happen. not ever, not again. no way in the pits of everything would she cry.
"sam," she says with a confident tone in her voice. "sam, please, i'm begging you, stop..." her voice is quiet once more. "i don't deserve to be with you anymore...nor does the rest...i'm not a friend anymore to you guys, aren't you mad? angry that i left without saying a word?"
her voice was cracking now. what does she want to do? "sam...i don't deserve to be by your side or for you to be my friend anymore, i always dreamt that we would see each other again, that you'd scold me... but..." tears began to roll down and she covered her face. "i don't want to be weak...i want to be strong...b-but...of all the things...i don't want to be away from everyone...i-i miss them..."
Once Sam heard that she started to cry as well he'd give in a little bit. Hugging her a bit tighter once again, while before he thought about hugging her so she couldn't disappear again. This time he was holding her to try to comfort her, he felt bad that he had made her cry. He never wanted to hurt her, to make her felt the pain he had to go through, he just wanted to have her back in his life.
"Stop being stupid.." he managed to blurt out through tears after Ai had stopped talking, his scarf falling down a bit, one of the ends going over her shoulder.
"i-I don't care what you think I deserve Ai...sure I was mad at first, but I was more sad then anything. I didn't leave my room for months, I cried more then I ever thought I could...but...but not even a single day went by where I didn't think about finding you again or getting to talk to you again."
Sam managed to say while crying still, content to just stand there holding her and sobbing. Her last words confused him a bit, he couldn't see what was 'weak' with wanting to be with your friends again.
Which was coming from the mind of Mr. Power Hungry himself. He'd shake his head a bit to clear his thoughts about that matter, Sam was trying not to care too much about it. All that the boy wanted right now was to keep letting it sink in that he had finally found Ai, this was literally the best day of his life...so far at least.
"Ai...Ayako, theres nothing weak about wanting to be with your friends again. Sure some of them might be angry about what you did...b-but we all miss you, theres no way we couldn't miss you. I-if you don't want to be away from us then don't...I love you Ai...I don't want to lose you again."
please stop. the ache in her heart can longer go through the distance of this pain her heart. this was her fault after all. even in the comfortable arms of sam holiday, ai could only bite her lip and curse herself. she admits her weakness. ai was not strong a lot of people. cain, leah, sammy, kohaku, and everyone else. she felt defeated. she admits it.
stop being stupid. simple words, coming from a male who was crying his eyes out. she has to admit though. he grew up. in such a horrible condition. it's true. she doesn't want to face anyone. and with a strong pull of herself, the girl stops herself from crying a slight bit. she needs to remain strong for this moment. at least!
her back is still against him, and all she knows is his soothing voice, despite it being cracked. taking in a few short deep breaths, the girl turns. this time to look at him squarely as he was then talking. her eyes were going across his features. he grew too much... looking at his eyes, she notices the dark rings around them. she wants to touch his cheek, caress them in her hand and apologise over and over.
"i'm sorry for abandoning the gang...and you," she softly says as she then tries to muster up a smile for him. "but...i already know you have loved me sam, i knew ever since we met... we've known each other for a very long time for something like this to happen isn't it? but are you willing to accept me for who i am?" her voice goes quiet as she then puts her hands on his chest, and her face buried in his suit. "...i don't know if i can be the ai everyone remembers...the one who always smiles and tells jokes...i don't know... i feel like everyone changed so much."
looking up at him, she musters a smile, filled with pain. "i just...i just don't want to lose you or anyone...but at the same time, i feel like it was partially my fault that the team disbanded."
Out of Character
TAG: Sam Holiday NOTES: WOW CALLING HER STUPID GG NO KISSU 4u sam
Sam was tempted to release the hug for the moment, to let her go again. Just to see if she'd stick around on her own this time, it didn't feel right to force her to stay here. No matter how much he wanted to be with her and to have her back in her life.
However he wouldn't have to make the decision to let her go or not, do to her turning around to face him. Once she turned around Sam's eyes would grow a bit as well. It really was her after all and not just some cruel joke. He'd start to feel the urge to cry even more and more as he stared right into his old friend's eyes.
A desire to just pinch her cheeks like he used to do to annoy her as children. Part of him just wanted to go back to the old days, for the two of them to just be little kids again with no care in the world. But sadly it was too late for that, way way too late.
They'd both been through a lot since then, that much was clear at least to him. And just like that she had broken him again...but in a good way, she broke the sad part of him.
With just her smile, that first smile she managed to muster up caused Sam to stop crying almost instantly. It was like her smile just instantly sucked all the sorrow out of him. Without even realizing it Sam would start to smile right back at her. Listening quietly as she spoke, staring into her eyes all the while. Still completely shocked that it was actually Ai here, his journey to find her was finally over.
Once she was done talking Sam would sit there in silence for just a moment before moving one of his arms from around her, going to tilt her head up a bit, placing his hand under her chin. Only to then lean in, kissing her gently before pulling away, both of his hands going to his sides for now. "Ai...I'll accept whoever you are now, no matter who it is. Theres literally no way that I wouldn't accept you, you're the person I care about the most Ai, no matter what that means. Sure we all changed a bit, that's just part of growing up you know?"
After saying that he'd go ahead and smile at her once again, pretty much on cloud nine right now. "You don't have to lose anyone anymore though, no one will stay mad at you for what you did. Sure the others might get mad at what you did at first...but they miss you too, I know it. Everyone...well at least me, are just happy that you're back."
ai remains silent. ah. was this it? she was already forgiven by her best friend. the one she thought she would lose. it made her feel comfortable. is it over? could she go back to how everything was? best friends gallivanting through hoenn. discovering pokemon and maybe, if all goes to the right way. she would be able to meet some of her friends. would it be grand? would it be small? would they hate her with every fibre of their being due to her disappearance? would sam still be by my side...? she only wonders now.
it's over for him, but for her, it's a beginning. a new chapter in a different book. she didn't need to lie to people anymore. she's ayako and ai. both are the same. she has accepted that. she thought she would be able to live on in peace without the house of cards, without the adventurous gang. what the effect was. she was alone. lonely throughout this whole journey.
what came, was a shock. she knew sam held romantic interest in the girl, it still shocked her when he gave her a kiss on the lips. her first. unable to answer, she places her fingers lightly on her lips. was...no, she smiles to him.
"i'm back..." she says softly, with a smile and tears falling down from her face, ai wraps her arms around sam and hugs him. her face buried in his suit. her body trembled. "okay...okay..."
sooner or later. she would have to leave sam again, but not for personal reason, it's because she wants to become stronger herself. strand away from everyone and everything. she wants to be independent, would they grant her that wish?
"are...are you going to ask me to dance sam?" she asks, after she was done crying. she felt warm against him. it was a nice feeling.
It wasn't much a hard choice for Sam, and was something he worried about as well. Whether or not the others would hate Ai for what she did, he figured Cain wouldn't he'd probably be too high to be angry.
On the bright side Sam already knew in his mind that no matter what he'd be there for Ai during this, he didn't want to lose her again. It wasn't exactly over for Sam either, if anything this was a new chapter in an old book for him.
Once Sam saw Ai place her fingers to her lips he couldn't help but begin smiling, trying hard to keep it to himself how adorable he thought that was. He was also pretty happy that she didn't slap him for it, that was something that he assumed might happen if he ever kissed her. Luckily enough for Sam that one didn't happen though.
"It's alright Ai...It's alright.." Sam mumbled out as she rested her head against him and cried, reaching down to run a hand through her hair, trying to comfort her. If she thought Sam would just let her go that easily after this Ai was in for something else.
He was gonna put up one hell of a fight if she mentioned leaving again. The boy was content to just spend the rest of his days traveling around with her if the option ever came up. After she brought up the dancing thing Sam would chuckle a bit, still playing with her hair.
"Heh, I was gonna ask you that anyway actually..I mean we're at this fancy errr Gala? I think thats what it's called at least. And we both have on these fancy clothes and what not already, why not go dance or something? We could even stop at the buffet after dancing, hehe it can be like a date or something.."
Sam blurted out, already back to his rambling tendencies. Too happy right now to break his words up instead of just rambling them all out like usual, this was easily the best day of his life.
