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I've got something to say (Closed)

Who: Yukiko and Yosuke
Where: Forest Shrine
When: Week 79
What: Yukiko and Yosuke have some stuff to talk about, so she brings him out to the Forest Shrine

Yukiko didn't really like thinking about all this, about how she had basically been kicked out of her house for the time being. Yes, she'd found work and she had a place of her own, and she was doing what she wanted to do? But that didn't make it any easier or less painful to think about. Her mother had been furious when she'd found out, and even angrier that her daughter had gone on an expedition into the ruins without saying something. Nevermind that they hadn't been speaking, or that Yukiko had literally left the house. She was still her daughter, so of course it mattered where she was!

All that weighed rather heavily on the newest member of the Seekers, and had for a few days now, and even if she didn't really want to talk about it she knew she needed to. And she knew, too, that Yosuke deserved to hear what other people had been saying to her. She believed it fully, and felt that she was doing the right thing by grabbing her own destiny by the horns. Maybe it wasn't what her family wanted, just like what she was going to tell him may not be what his family wanted, but it was what was right for them. and for Union.

Squandering gifts was never wise, and even without abilities like hers, Yosuke had a gift. He was good with Pokemon, if Makie and Fuzzy were any indication. She believed that too, fully, and in a way? She felt like she was responsible for those frowns the other day.

So, when he'd returned from Refuge, as promised, she bought a picnic lunch (after several failed attempts at cooking food, Ganesha had insisted on that) and took him and her Pokemon out to the Shrine. Jiraiya, Orthrus, Hestia, Lillith, and Peter were all out and going about their business as usual. Mostly enjoying the sun and napping, though Hestia made it a point to help Yukiko prepare the food.

As she works, quietly really, Yukiko hummed quietly in time to a tune from her Warp Band. A radio jingle advertising a restaurant in Caldera first, and then one of Rise's old songs.

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"Right. That's exactly how I've begun to feel. I mean, I knew I didn't want to take over the spa until I was much, much older. And now that I've Awakened? It's really hard to see that as a valuable use of my gift."

Sure, helping people calm down and relax is something. But she's been really, truly blessed. And anyone who can take to Pokemon like Makie? Is also pretty blessed.

"You haven't talked to him, have you?"

"Not really." His meat is rapidly disappearing, his favorite part of the lunch despite how much crap he gives Chie for her own love of meat.

"I don't know why, but I feel like he already knows. Every time I ask off from work to go out and do things, he lets me. I don't get much crap from him. Like when he let me to go Sanctuary. He wasn't happy with me, but he understood. After hearing about your parents, I'm pretty grateful that my dad's not really like that."

"Yeah," Yukiko nods slowly. She can't help but feel a sharp pang of jealousy at that, and it probably shows in her face as she goes quiet for a minute. She tries to cover it up by chewing, but her eyes are quite a bit more hollow than before, her words just a little sulky.

"You're...pretty lucky. D'you think he'd let you leave for good?"

"I think he wants what's best for me, even if he does push it a little sometimes about sticking around here and running Junes." He noticed her change in demeanor, studying her face for a moment.

"So...how did everything go since I got back from Refuge? I know you said your parents weren't all that happy about it..."

"They were beyond unhappy," Yukiko says tiredly, looking down at her feet. "Mom threw me out and everything went a little crazy. I stayed at one of the local hotels for a night, and then got my own place. And then I went to Refuge too, on Seeker's business."

She'd taken Bereth, which helped her get there in under a day, and the expedition had been a ... thing.

"I got back probably about the same time you did, and just sorta started settling in. But Mom was even madder when she found out I'd gone and was serious. Dad...I dunno, he's coming around to it I think."

"She seriously threw you out?!" His face construes into that of fury and confusion, not understanding why she'd done something like that to her daughter. He stops eating, giving her his full attention now.

"What kind of parent does that?!"

"An angry one?" Yukiko shrugs, looking away in the face of his anger, head hanging. "I'm not working at the spa anymore, so there's no reason for me to come back. That's what she said. So I just...left. I didn't want to be there anyway. Not when she's acting like that."

And that was the honest truth. She didn't think her mother was mean, she just thought that her mother was upset. And she had every right to be, since Yukiko had done something without permission. Nevermind that she was 18, and a trainer, and she'd fought a war. She had been disrespectful.

"You're still her daughter!" He would like to point that out. He'd never thought that people would do that over making a decision like that. He knows there's nothing he can really do about it, but he can be mad for Yukiko, at the very least.

"You think they'll let you come back? Or is your mom seriously going to disown you?" And if she did that, that- that would be stupid. He won't think well of her mother if she never allows Yukiko back.

"Dad's not as angry. He's upset, and disappointed, but I don't think he'd let mom do that." Basically, she's not worried about it. Dad's been in touch, and he's been a bit more supportive.

"He...well, he's helping me with rent while I get on my feet. I don't know how mom's going to take it, but really? Like other people told me, and like I've begun to figure out? It isn't her choice. It's mine."

Her head hangs even lower, and tears begin to flow now, even with the reassurances of friends, silver drops marring the edges of her eyes. She really hates that her dad's having to do this, and she hates that her mother is on such a rampage. Dad's going to pay for it, she knows, but it isn't her decision, she didn't ask him to help. Mom's just going to have to deal with it not being hers either, but she's pretty intent. The last few conversations they've had have all been a blur of I can't believe you're being so selfish!, I can't understand why you're so set on this?! Don't you know how dangerous it is?, and Think of your family! We've owned this spa for two hundred years, or did you forget?!

It hurt to think about. But what can she do? Getting angry...it won't help.

"I...just...I feel like she's trying to trap me, Yosuke. But I'm not going to...just stop? That's wrong..."

Yosuke gets very quiet while she talks, and he can tell by the tone quality of her voice that she's going to cry, if she isn't already. His jaw sets, glad to hear that her dad is helping her out with a decision that was entirely hers to make, but he can still feel rage at her mother for making her this upset.

"From what it sounds like, that is what she's doing." His anger isn't letting him see any farther past what's been presented to him. "I don't think you should just give in. That's not fair to you at all...you should be able to do what you want to do. It's your life!" He looks down at the blanket now. He doesn't like seeing his friend like this, upset and crying.

"Hey, but it'll work out, okay? They'll get someone else to run the spa."

Yukiko leans forward, putting down her food and clutching the blanket. It's hard, letting anyone but Chie see her like this, but what choice does she have? She just can't keep it in, and he's a friend. A friend who's empathizing.

"I'm not going to give in," she says, choking back a sob. "I won't. I've...come too far. But that doesn't mean I'm just going to forget all that. I know she won't let me." Bitterly, she shakes her head and coughs. "I know someone who actually wants to take it over. One of the people we hired...a cousin, I think? I'm not sure. But I know that she wants to work there. I just, I don't know. It's not like I hate the spa. I just don't want it to be the only thing I ever do?"

She finally looks up, eyes red and wet, a tired and drained look to her. "Don't you feel the same? I mean...if you can help people shouldn't you want to?"

"Yukiko..." He knew she'd been crying. His eyes soften at the sight of her own reddened ones, and it makes him even more angry to think that the one act of her mom being the way she was made his friend go through this. Yukiko didn't deserve to feel like this. He watched her evolve in Sanctuary, help all those people. She wanted to help people, that's what she'd told him, and he doesn't see any reason why she shouldn't be able to do that with the talents that she had.

She'd helped Makie too, his Scyther, get better after they'd discovered she still had a broken arm. This was something Yukiko was good at and liked to do. And he doesn't understand, still, why she should be barred from doing that.

"Yeah. I do. I wouldn't want to stand around and do nothing at all. Your mom...she just hasn't seen what you can do, what you have done. I think you're doing the right thing, and you totally have my support."

He is steadfast in this motion, features setting in an expression of determination. But then it also softens, and he gives her a wink.

"You know...you're pretty strong despite all those tears. Cheer up a little, you're doing what's best for you and everyone else."

The words wash over her, and they are comforting. They mean something, coming from him. Not in any sort of romantic way, that's not it. She just feels like there's some underlying current of trust there. That she really has his support and that he's not just interested in dating her. There's something genuine in the simple way he's responding, something she can find reassuring.

It makes her choke up a bit, words not coming out as clearly as they should. She appreciates it, though, and it means a lot to her. Her hand slowly reaches over to his and comes to rest on top of it.

"You...really mean that. Thank you, Yosuke. I...it...it means a lot to hear you say that." Not that hearing it from Chie, or Fuuka, or any of the Seekers meant any less. "I...you know, it's good to hear I'm not the only one thinking this way."

His eyes flick down to her hand, but he's well aware enough now what the score was between the two of them and he doesn't take it the wrong way. She already shot him down once so he knows that hand is one of thanks, nodding while trying to maintain some kind of calm demeanor, even if he was still angry for her. It's the least he can do for her, since there isn't much else.

"You're definitely not the only one. I think it's good that you've even come to a decision what you want to do with your life." He hasn't, not completely. He knows he wants some things, but he also knows he needs to make a living somehow if it's not going to be Junes.

"I just wish your mom would see that. It'll work out, in the end. And if it doesn't, you've got us." Her friends, he knows that she has them that care about her. And her dad too.

She's grateful for that. She doesn't dislike him, but she's really not interested in dating anyone. At all. Maybe one day, but she realizes deep down she has too many hangups with it to give him anything like what he'd need, and he probably couldn't make her happy either.

That aside, she appreciates having a guy friend who isn't as mopey as Kanji.

"I know I do. I just...it's hard to get it all right, but I figure it will work out. Gods willing, anyway. If nothing else, I've got my friends and my Pokemon. You're right."

Snor-Lord lets out a grunt. You totally have him, baby.

"But really, this was supposed to be about you..."

"About me?" He asks, emitting a small laugh. "What's there to talk about?" He skirts the subject a little, partially already knowing what she wanted to probably talk about. His future, what he wanted with his life...stuff that he's thought on so little. He knows what he likes and what he doesn't want, but that's about it.

What else was there?

"...the same thing that's been bothering me has been bothering you," Yukiko answers back. She feels a little selfish, breaking down like that with him. Really, really selfish.

"And it's not about me. I've made my choice. What do you want to do? And you never told me much about your trip. So I want to hear about that."

The trip. He can start with the trip, that's a lot easier to talk about than what he wants to do with his life if it's not going to be at Junes.

"The trip was awesome. Refuge was something else, even though it's totally underground. We managed to catch one of the smaller festivals they were holding, and spent some time there. Plus, I totally found out something amazing!" He seems excited, and he wants to surprise her.

"I can show you." He stands up, a little farther away from the blanket. His pokemon look over, knowing exactly what he's going to do next.

"You ready?"

"Refuge is pretty incredible, yes! I really liked it when I went. And if you remember Cassandra? The Absol I had when we met? Well, she's from there."

Yukiko will undoubtedly talk about her Pokemon fairly regularly. They're a big part of her life and reason for being the way she is. But when he acts all excited, she can't help but nod.

"Absolutely, show me whatever it is."

He remembers Cassandra, the pokemon that had been with her when he met Yukiko. He stands, excited for whatever it is that he's about to show her.

"Okay. Check it out!"

Yosuke seems to concentrate, and a strong wind kicks up and swirls around him, answering his call. It blows through his hair, and when he feels that there's enough control over the wind around him, he takes off at a run, until he has enough momentum to jump- and fly. It picks him up, and he soars through the air, though not far, before turning back around and touching down near the same spot that he'd started his feat.

He walks back towards the spot where Yukiko was sitting, grinning from ear to ear.

"Wasn't that cool?!"

"Alright..."

She trails off, waiting for whatever it is. And...slowly it dawns on her that he's concentrating, and then the wind is kicking up. And the wind is getting stronger. And then he's in the air!

Yukiko leaps to her feet and claps her hands, excited as can be! He's like her! He Awakened to his own powers! It's kind of awesome, seeing anything like that. Certainly nothing like her own skills, but then everyone's different!

"That's amazing, Yosuke! Congratulations!"

She grabs him up into a big hug, heedless of how he might take it because she's just delighted for him!

"You must be so happy! What's it feel like to fly?"

Yosuke isn't expecting that, and all of a sudden he's being hugged by Yukiko. And he is not complaining, not at all. He hugs her back, half in surprise and half because he's a pervert and it's pretty much taking all of his willpower to not do something pervy. He gets a little red, stumbling on his words.

"I, I am! Totally happy! It's really amazing, soaring through the air. I-It was really scary at first, but I got the hang of it..."

She's so totally hot, he thinks, trying really hard to be a good friend here.

His willpower holds him in good stead, because the hug is brief, but her hands do linger on his shoulders, squeezing pretty hard. She's still beaming too.

"That's really great! Did Mami help you Awaken like that? Or was it something else?"

Her own had just...happened. But that was years ago...

"Something...like that." He doesn't want to get into too much of how he came into his new abilities, but only that he has them. And he feels that Mami wouldn't really want anyone else to know about it, considering the conversation that had followed the incident.

"We found out together! I couldn't of done it without her." And that's how he's going to leave that one. "It was a really great trip though Yukiko, it's too bad I didn't see you there while you were there with the Seekers."

"Well, that's okay. I was kinda busy, y'know? But I'll probably go back down that way sometime soon, if you wanna come with me. Bereth's got room for two riders, and he's really fast." The Noivern, not the Rapidash.

"Now that you're Awakened and all, traveling with me'll be a lot easier, too. Maybe the beach or something, if you wanna make a trip out of it."

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