Giacomo and Ivy are out on a little date at their usual spot in Cortondo. Giacomo is going off about Ryme and a show happening in Montenevera, that they should both go. In the corner of her eyes she can spot two girls whispering to each other. Something along the lines of "is that DJ Vice, is that his girlfriend, no way, whats with the green, she looks like she came out of the swamp, what is that moss on her head, is she like 3 ft tall?" followed by giggling. Her fist clenched as memories of her academy days replayed in her head, memories that she thought she had blocked out. She stands from the table telling Giacomo that shes not feeling well and that she wants to go back to the base. He crams the rest of his croissant into his mouth to follow her down the stairs. But as they are about to head down the girls from earlier approach. They began to ask Giacomo for autographs, pictures and squealing about how they love his music.
She felt sick to her stomach, they were awfully close to him. Ivy didn't like that at all. With the earlier events of the girls talking about her and this she turned to run down the stairs. She had to leave. Ivy sent out her Tropius, goofy looking guy, and told it to take her out of here and so it did.
Giacomo yelled after her and without even paying any mind to the girls he left to chase after her. When arriving to her base he couldn't find her in her tent. The grunts didn't tell him anything either. He was worried that it was something he did and so he wanted to apologize even if it wasn't his fault.
He remembers that Ivy had taken him to this little secluded area nearby the base, thats where she had to be. Giacomo calls again only to have the phone immediately go to voicemail. She always did this and it worried him to no end, but he had to see for himself that she is alright.
Giacomo pushes past some foliage to reveal a flower field and in the middle of the field, curled up on the sleeping Tropius is Ivy. Around her were her Meowscarada and Lurantis all cuddled together. He sighed, relieved that she wasn't in any danger.
He walked over to her, careful not to make too much noise. Tropius watched him with one eye open, but didn't have any intentions to stop him. Giacomo knelt down, admiring her peaceful face as the sunlight hit it. He carefully placed his hand on her cheek, running his thumb across as gently as can be. He pulls his hand back and positions himself in a spot next to her. With ease he pulls her close to him as he leaned up against Tropius who watched curiously.
Ivy stirred and as she woke she recognized the scent of her boyfriend. She nuzzled closer to him whispering that she wasn't mad at him.
"What happened? Do you want to talk about it? You don't have to if you don't want to. I just want to know you're ok yknow?" he runs his fingers through her green strands while she pressed her cheek up against his chest.
"They said I looked like I came out of the swamp...Momo am I a swamp creature?"
"What? No of course not. But if you are..you're my swamp creature, a really cute one at that!" Giacomo laughed receiving a grumpy hmph from his tiny girlfriend. She gently bit down on his clothed arm dragging out a wimpy yelp from the dark haired boy.
