landsharkbite:
Full credit to the little prankster, that got you for the most fleeting of instants. You froze like a statue carved from stone, your lone eye wide as a dinner plate before your shoulders went slack again.
“You know I’ve seen scarier things in my toilet, right honey?” Your tone offers the flavor of an apology. “It‘s not you, it’s me. I’m old and I’ve seen too much.”
The obvious question you have to ask leads to a quick scan of your surroundings. “Are you— are you out here by yourself, or are you with someone?”
“...He’d be mine...Sorry ‘bout my friend...” Sheepishly, the gym leader approached the duo, gently taking the Gastly into his arms. “...Hope he didn’t cause you too much trouble...”
“...He slipped away when I happened to be lookin’ elsewhere...” Curiously, his cowlick had pointed at the other for a moment. “...” No, he wasn’t going to bring it up, Allister played it off as if his hair had just flopped.
“...If there’s anything I can do to make up for this...Please, let me know...’m Allister, by the way...” He’d glanced away for a moment, he was rather bashful and held the ghost pokemon a bit closer to himself.













