âWhy did you call me for this again?â
Misty glares down at her Rotom Phone, like Ash can actually see her, and then rolls her eyes at herself. âMoral support,â she bites out.
He laughs, loud and jovial, wherever it is he is located in the world at the moment, and for once, sheâs happy he isnât here right now to see the disaster sheâs created.
It was supposed to be stew. Brock had given her the recipe, albeit with a good bit of skepticism when she had asked for it, apparently for good reason.
The stew is solid, first of all. Hard and lumpy and absolutely the wrong color, and Misty had called Ash the moment she saw it because he always made her feel better, despite the fact he was usually the cause of her less-than-pleasant feelings in the first place.
âI donât understand what I did wrong,â she cries, slamming Brockâs recipe card onto the counter and reading it over for the hundredth time. âI followed the directions exactly.â
âAre you sure about that?â he asks like a know-it-all little punk, the smirk evident in his voice. âBecause you said that about your last attempt at making stew and then you almost immediately poisoned yourself.â
âI did not almost poison myself,â she scoffs, poking the stew with a wooden spoon. It wiggles. âIt just had a flavor too advanced for my underdeveloped palette.â
Ash snorts. âSure, you just keep telling yourself that.â
Misty scowls at the phone. âWhy did I think it was a good idea to call you, again?â she grumbles.
âNo clue,â Ash answers honestly, and she can just hear him grinning. âYou know there was no way I was going to be nice.â
âMomentary lapse in judgement.â She pokes the stew again and something bubbles and releases a little plume of steam. She gags.
âYou should send me a picture,â Ash chirps, âI wanna see this thing.â
She rolls her eyes, and despite herself, she does inwardly admit that letting him make fun of her actually did make her feel better.
âGoodbye Ash,â she says simply, hanging up as he laughs loudly on the other end of the phone.
She immediately receives a picture from Ash of he and Pikachu pouting and making growlithe eyes, asking again to see the stew. What a loser.
She snaps a picture and texts it to him without a second thought.