[randomizedteakettle]

World Lampshade

[randomizedteakettle]

“…That might be the best compliment you’ve ever given me.” Tea was surprised, he expected maybe an ‘alright’ or maybe just a smile with no answer at all. He had gotten used to those short answers, but that meant a lot more. He was still just a big cautious, but he leaned to give the taller trainer a kiss on the cheek. “Personally, I’d rather sing it with you. You do a lot better than I do.” He smiled more at Cotton, “but, I’m amazed you thought it was that good. Thank you.”

He leaned a bit on Cotton, glancing back at the studio around them before shrugging. “I think I’m done here for today otherwise… unless your manager wants to pull you away again, want to get away from work for a little while?” He hoped not, he had half a mind to send out one of his pokemon to distract the manager for a little while. Cotton had been gone too long to be pulled away again now.

[apatheticphobias]

He snorted again, before frowning a little and tilting his head  to the side fully now, no longer looking at the other as he pointedly stared at a point somewhere above Tea’s shoulder. “Don’t expect any more compliments like that, ever again.” He just murmured, before blinking at the kiss he received on his cheek, only humming affirmatively.

He shook his head, before clearing his throat and raising his hand to scratch the side of his jaw. He didn’t think his manager would pull him away right now, instantly, but he could never be too sure with him. “I think I’ve got a break right now... And if not, I’m taking one. I’m desperate to go back to asshole-no-expression-mode.”

[randomizedteakettle]

World Lampshade

[randomizedteakettle]

No matter how hard he tried to hide it, Tea had gotten used to seeing those tiny smiles and he loved to see them, especially so after the little ‘welcome home’ gift he had done for Cotton. “I’ll take that maybe.” Tea snickered, backing off so he could look Cotton in the eye. “…So, dare I ask, how did I do on your song?” He knew it meant the world to Cotton, hopefully he hadn’t ruined it for him. “I thought it would make for a nice gift of sorts for you coming back. I know it’s just my voice but… I figured it was worth a shot.”

He waited with a hopeful smile, considering Cotton’s brutal honesty, he figured he had done alright from not a trace of a bad reaction here. But it meant more to hear it from Cotton’s own words.

[apatheticphobias]

He was nearly tempted to avoid eyecontact, and even though he didn’t avoid it outright, he tilted his head just a little to the side. That song did mean the world to him, and hearing one of the only people to have ever gotten close to sing it themselves hit just a little too close to home. He furrowed his brows once more, though the tiny smile was still present, unsure of how to respond at all. Brutal honesty was his thing, but not when it intermixed with emotions. 

“... Would ‘not too shabby’ suffice as an answer?” He murmured, softly snorting at his own small, horrible attempt at humour, before he lowered his head a little. “I, uh... I’d rather hear you sing it than anyone else.” 

[randomizedteakettle]

World Lampshade

He removed his headphones from his head, in high hopes he did well. If he disappointed Cotton with his version of this song upon getting home, dear Arceus he would be disappointed in himself then. He exhaled a breath he didn’t know he had been holding, and walked out of the live recording office, only to end up running to hug the older trainer tightly.

“Welcome back.” Tea said, his head leaning against Cotton’s shoulder. “Dear Arceus I missed you.” Wasn’t the same to do recordings, movies, deal with the drama of life in general, without this asshole at his side.

[apatheticphobias]

His arrival was met by more enthusiasm of sorts than he’d expected, really. Him being gone and then, well, coming back shouldn’t be such a big deal, now should it? He’d just been gone for a little while, nothing special. The welcome committee he got, however, caused him to furrow brows together, corners of his lips tugging into the smallest smile you could manage, and the moment the other was in his vicinity he reached out his arms just to hug the tinier frame close to him.

“Thanks, nerd.” Were the first words he murmured, the small smile on his face widening just a fraction, hoping it wouldn’t turn into a too obvious smile as he carefully leaned his own weight into Tea’s direction. “I may or may not have missed you, too. A little. Maybe.” 

[randomizedteakettle]

"Liar. There’s not a trainer on this Earth that’s like you I can guarantee that." The only trainer he knew of that was even close to Cotton was well..himself really, and that was only because of the ability they shared. No one matched Cotton’s personality though, no one he knew anyway.

"Maybe most of it was, especially the League when I had to go it alone..but, I don’t know if I would have continued if I hadn’t met you. It felt..lonely, being the only trainer like me around. Meeting you changed everything." He chuckled. "I’m sorry, I can’t help but ramble. I just..feel like I’m making up for all that lost time when I should have told you."

[apatheticphobias]

"I'm not a liar, not at all. I am very simple. Truly." He remarks, the stubborn part of his of his personality showing itself as he purses his lips and refuses to back down on this. 

And or once, the randomizer lets the other randomizer ramble all he likes, the need to cut him off and make him stop talking not arising even once as he listens, quiet being his response for the time being as the other apologizes for rambling. ".. It's fine. ust know that I'm not as much of a feelings-talker as you appear to be."

[randomizedteakettle]

"You are by no means simple, Cotton. But..yeah, I do." He wasn’t even going to touch upon the fact that the guy who hated battling so much could easily become Champion himself in Unova, and even Hoenn too. But he never felt like it, and that was fine. Still, that small kiss only put Tea in a further happy mood. Cotton didn’t have to say a thing for Tea to get it, and if he was allowed he would hug Cotton close to him again.

"Heh, thanks. I probably would have given up somewhere along the lines without you."

[apatheticphobias]

"Shh.. I am the simplest of simple. I am simpler than a rag in a kitchen." He murmurs after a while even as Tea hugged him close, and all the ravenette did was wrap his own arms tightly around the slightly smaller frame, fully allowing the hug to take place to begin with as he leans his chin against the younger's shoulder. He was merely glad that the other appeared to get what he meant to say.

"I'm pretty sure that this was all you."

[rosazure-blog]

          ❝Finally some sun!                  It’s been snowing for                  so many days that I forgot                  what color the sky was. ❞

[apatheticphobias]

         "That's an odd          thing to forget.          Have you ever       considered seeing               a doctor               for that?"

[randomizedteakettle]

"Maybe." He laughs, he’s too happy to even consider being nervous anymore. "Look, I’m an idiot. I know first hand that I am because you’ve dropped hints back and forth and I was too dense to notice or too nervous to say anything. But I don’t care right now, and for this moment that I literally don’t care I’m taking advantage of it." Tea smiles, probably the most genuine one he’s made in a long time. "I love you, Cotton."

[apatheticphobias]

"The Champion of Hoenn, and champion of idiocy, loves me, a simple actor hailing from Unova. What an honour." He says, a joking undertone to his voice as he sees and mimics the genuine smile he sees on the other's face. It doesn't take long before the actor leans in and places a small kiss on the other's cheek, pulling back as quick as he could as the smile remains in place for once.

 "Congratulations, you nerd. I'm proud of you."

[randomizedteakettle]

He’s not even going to say anything. He just sees Cotton and acts purely on an impulse and kisses him.

[apatheticphobias]

It doesn't even take him by surprise, not much-- He simply lets it be, though a smile forms on his face at the same time. A few moments later, a hand goes up to push the younger away, a laugh forcing itself from the ravenette before he shakes his head. "Brash. So that's how you decide to use your new title."

[apatheticphobias]

"So I heard from a little bird that someone became a champion."

[randomizedteakettle]

Redamancy

[randomizedteakettle]

"I’ve been trying to get to know the map. Force of habit I guess..I did it a lot when I was younger in Hoenn." But that was a bitter memory for another day, as Cotton could probably tell the tone he took about it involved someone that he didn’t want to talk about today. Nope, this was a happy day, and Tea himself held onto his scarf as though it would give him strength. Dear Arceus he was going to need it.

But he’d follow Cotton anyway, keeping his plan an elusive secret to the older trainer. If anything he was trying to get as off topic as possible about it, which was what lead him to look out over Skyarrow Bridge as they passed through. It was a sight Cotton was used to surely, but for Tea it felt strange. He was used to the lack of these marvelous bridges and skyscrapers, but even with them the sight of the sea looked the same. Still his home felt far away from his spot on this bridge here. “..I feel like a totally different person in Unova.” He finally spoke, guessing the fact that he had stopped would have gotten Cotton’s attention.

"Me, back in Hoenn..I just sort of took the hits as they came, and didn’t say a word until I’d had enough of it all. I guess maybe..I’m still somewhat like that, I’m very patient, and kind of dense. But..I feel more like me here, even if this place isn’t where I’m from. It’s helped, you’ve helped." He couldn’t say if he had so much of an impact on Cotton, but that’s all he could think of to see this sky the same as it was miles away from here.

[apatheticphobias]

es, the other trainer stopping had caught his attention, as he notices he's no longer right next to him a few beats later. He stops and turns around,hands in his pockets as he narrows his eyes just a tad bit, wondering why the hell the other had stopped just like that. True, the view from here was.. Alright, so he figured that they other had stopped just to look over the edge of the bridge and enjoy the view.. Up until he started talking.

He was tempted to cut him off, make him stop talking, but he figured that maybe he should stop being such an utter asshole for just this one time. Regardless, he doesn't respond much, if at all, thinking that this is way too .. Cliché? Touchy-feely? He's not sure why he dislikes it, but he does, and he knits his brows together as he lets out a soft sigh.

".. Oh. Well, that's nice." He's unsure of what else to say, doesn't know what to do or how to act in response, just stands there as he listens. He's suddenly itchy to get going, but he supposed Tea.. Needed this, maybe? He wasn't even sure.

"Hoenn wasn't that bad." He says, but he's lying somewhat-- The other's words do ring true, and this does feel better than how it was in Hoenn. Maybe due to the other randomized trainer, maybe not.

[randomizedteakettle]

Redamancy

[randomizedteakettle]

He was right to have suspicions, as Tea did have his own motive for going there. It was out of this city, and some place that Cotton enjoyed being in. Seemed like the perfect setting for what he had to do, or what he felt he had to anyway. Tea would just allow Cotton to stare at him with that blank expression, his hold on his nervousness was fine for now, but as soon as they got out there that could easily change.

Didn’t look like he had figured it out yet though. Good. “Well you still can, but maybe later.” This was important and he had to get this right! “..So, to Skyarrow bridge? I think the only forest nearby here is Pinwheel Forest.”

[apatheticphobias]

And suspicions he did have, especially when he realized that he hadn't, wasn't, going to find out at all until they were there. It bothered him in some way. It absolutely bothered him that for once he couldn't figure out what the hell the other was planning. Or was even planning something to begin with. So he remained quiet for a while more, before pushing himself away from the wall completely and head for the door.

"Fine, fine.. Yes. To Skyarrow bridge. Looks like you're getting familiar with the place, at least. Knowing the names and the locations, I mean." He murmured, a hand going up to grab his scarf and pull it up so it covered the lower half of his face. 

[randomizedteakettle]

Redamancy

[randomizedteakettle]

"Well..why not go there? Show it to me." Tea reasoned. "Kind of like the start of traveling around Unova. I showed you Meteor Falls so..I figured it’d only be fair." Looking back on it now, Meteor Falls was..almost like a small date, and now he was plotting something along the same lines. How funny, it wasn’t really his intent but hey, it worked. Hopefully it wouldn’t be too obvious that Tea was planning something, but then again..Cotton could read him pretty well.

"Unless you had something else planned for today." Didn’t sound like it. Just kind of laze around until he had to go to work probably. Which was fine really, but he was just a bit of a romantic. Probably blame his brothers a bit for that one.

[apatheticphobias]

".. I guess." It was a fact that Cotton was mostly able to read him well, and it was what Cotton was trying to do at that very moment; Staring at the younger of the two with his usual blank expression, he tried to make sense of why in the hell Tea wanted to walk all the way over to a place that he liked. Just to see the place because Cotton liked it? A fair possibility, but-- Still..

"I don't know if it's in walking distance. I guess it is." He answers the previously asked question, moving just so he could crack his back and turn a few degrees, crossing his arms before his chest as he looks at the younger from the corner of his eyes. "Didn't have anything planned for today. Was going to take another nap." 

[pyrophxbic-deactivated20150224]

                "I am not impressive normally. I’m surprised I impress you even a little."

[apatheticphobias]

"Well.. You do. So, I gotta wonder. What's your name? Can't impress me and then not give me a name." 

[visorchampion-blog]

"Yeah Champion! You know about Champions right?"

Honestly he didn’t know many trainers who have never heard at least about people like Cynthia and Steven. They were like legends in a way, still being talked about even after losing their Champion titles, they were two of the most famous Champions to date. He was kind of a big fan.

"Annoyance? But that’s your name, you were given that when you were born. Ah yeah I’m a Champion! But not of that, I’m Unova’s Pokemon League Champion. You’ve heard of the Pokemon League haven’t you?"

[apatheticphobias]

"I do.. Sort of." 

He wasn't much of a fan of Pokémon battles, and thus kept himself away from the entire scene. Hell, he'd probably heard about all those famous little Champions of far away regions, but forgotten about them by now. Lack of interest tended to do that. The fact he was interested in this little guy being Champion was an exception to the rule.

"It's an annoyance when everyone keeps trying to tell me how special and unique my name is. And yeah, I've.. Heard of it. In passing. Congratulations to you." 

[adequacie-blog]

                         ╚ ᴀᴘᴀᴛʜᴇᴛɪᴄᴘʜᴏʙɪᴀs ╗

          ❝ Oh, I’m sorry, did I wake you from your mid-morning nap? The hell are you just standin’ there for? ❞

[apatheticphobias]

         "Excuse me? Am I not allowed          to just stand here and be a good          for nothing as I block everyone's                              path?" 

[apatheticphobias]

[ just a quick doodle to show how cotton looks like, hehe. ]

[apatheticphobias]

6, 8, 37

6. Did they feel rejection or affection as a child?

Mostly rejection. His parents didn't pay much mind to him, letting him do his thing without much of a word, and he's never been friends with anyone during his childhood save for a girl he met once; That girl being the only one he's ever truly made friends with up until he met Tea. He didn't mind, though-- He preferred being left to his own devices, so that he could do whatever he wanted to do. 

8. How does your character feel about religion?

He doesn't care. At all. In fact, he despises the idea of it, and doesn't take very lightly to overly religious people. He thinks it's bullshit, and isn't willing to understand why people can be religious. 

37. How is your character’s imagination? Daydreaming a lot? Worried most of the time? Living in memories?

He does a mixture of reliving memories and worrying about things. He's constantly busy with thinking of the past, how it could've been different, how he could've been different, how he could've changed it. He's also constantly worrying about his future and what is going to become of him, and what's going to become of his life from now on. He's constantly agonizing and stressing about a future he doesn't even want to have. He daydreams about his past and how it would've been if it had gone differently, though.