Of course Winona was doing overtime, she always did, to the point of exceeding her own limits. It was something she was very well aware of, but it didn’t stop her from continuing, not unless it actually brought upon something bad. Usually it never ended like that, but that was mostly because Steven and Wallace were always there to prevent her from actually hurting herself in the progress of getting better. She was just too impatient when it came to that, overal she was a very patient person.
However, she wasn’t pondering on that now though. Obviously already smitten with the pokemon in front of her, eating out of her hand. A chuckle came from the woman as she scratched the bird’s head, something like this always made her day. She already knew that if Steven were to visit her, she’d be treating both his Archeops and Skarmory with a lot of care and love. Her affinity with birds was just that big, and not to mention that both their Skarmory were family. Oddly enough, both him and her had caught Skarmory from the same nest. “He’s a sweetheart, I do like him a lot,” she murmured, scratching under his beak.
“Of course I know the Weather Institute, Steven. I have lived my entire life around here, and you have dragged me there many times. Are you sure it is not your memory that needs to be jogged again?” She couldn’t help but snort at that. However, carefully listening, she turned her head to Steven, still carefully stroking the bird’s feathers. With an arched eyebrow, she gave him an unpleased look. “And I should be happy with that?” She said, sighing heavily in a playful manner. The Archeops had her in a good mood, and if anything, it was usually with Steven when she got a little playful and teased him. With Wallace it was just different. It wasn’t like they weren’t playful either, but there was a more serious nature to their relationship, along with perhaps the lingering feelings of deep affection towards one another that neither wanted to admit, or at least not Winona.
“I’m kidding, you know you are more than welcome to visit and stay over. Though, please don’t constantly breathe down my neck about overdoing it. I’m fine with you guys doing it every once in a while, but not all the time,” She shook her head, small smile gracing her features. Though, at the mention of Wallace, her cheeks seemed to redden a little, a pink hue adorning her cheeks. Right. Had she seen him? Of course she had, one of the first things he’d do after returning was visiting either her or Steven if they were in the region, which most of the time was her, because Steven was out of the region quite often as well. Winona being a gymleader had a duty, and she couldn’t just abandon that.
“Wallace… He visited not too long ago…” She said quietly, thoughts already wandering off to that encounter. The Togekiss plush he’d given her was currently with the Altaria pokedoll on her bed, his lingering scent still on the damn thing. Oddly enough, her cheeks only seemed to redden, why was she suddenly less composed? Was it because she was finally, slowly starting to accept her feelings towards him? Whatever it was, it didn’t make her happy, more so conflicted than that. “He hasn’t visited you?” Perhaps quickly changing the subject back to Steven would do the thing.
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