Chapter 510: The Teased Latias
After changing into a white silk pajama set, Sakura glanced at the bathroom, thinking she would ask her big brother to dry her hair after he came out.
So she just flopped onto the bed.
Seeing Gardevoir, who wasn't there before, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "Gardevoir, what did big brother call you out for?"
"Gardevoir..." (To arrange some things.)
Gardevoir replied calmly.
"Is that so? Then thank you so much, Gardevoir."
Sakura crawled over to Gardevoir's side and looked at it with admiration. "Big brother told me that you manage many things for his Pokémon."
"Gardevoir..." (Mmm.)
Although Gardevoir felt a little proud that Hikaru praised her like that to outsiders, she also felt a little sad thinking that it was because of her that Hikaru would neglect to guide his Pokémon.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Seeing Gardevoir's very aloof demeanor towards her, Sakura had no intention of continuing the conversation and instead turned to look at Latias, who was drawing on the other side.
But one look at the drawing, and Sakura was stunned.
Next to Latias was already a finished portrait.
It was a picture of Charicific Valley, with many Charizard on it.
As for the portrait she was currently working on, it made Sakura unable to hold back her question: "What are you drawing this for?"
On the portrait was the scene of Hikaru's Charizard pinning down the female dragon.
In it, Hikaru's Charizard's dragon claw was raised high.
But strangely, the female dragon below didn't seem scared at all, and there was even a hint of anticipation...
During the battle, Hikaru hadn't noticed.
But Latias's drawing was so vivid; she must have noticed something.
"Ah?"
Latias was completely focused on her drawing. Startled by Sakura's voice, her first reaction was to splash ink on the paper, and her cheeks flushed red.
She turned her head and whispered, "It's... it's nothing."
"..."
But such an abnormality was immediately seen by Sakura as something amiss. The portrait just now was clearly of Hikaru's Charizard pouncing on the female dragon.
Such a portrait was clearly a bit unusual.
Sakura knew that Latias usually liked to draw, but she usually drew landscapes and rarely drew such "figure" paintings.
At most, she would draw Hikaru when he was giving commands.
But now, Latias's face even had a somewhat evasive look.
This was very wrong!
"What do you mean, nothing? With that expression, there must be something!"
Sakura chuckled, then walked behind Latias, suddenly hugged her, and then unceremoniously slipped her hand into her clothes, acting wantonly amidst her flustered gaze. "Latias, are you looking for a partner too?"
"What? No... I'm not."
This question directly stumped Latias. Her small face instantly turned bright red, and it seemed like steam was coming out of her head.
Sakura was still grabbing at her waist.
"Ooh..."
Sakura laughed with a knowing expression, then looked at the drawing board again. Randomly flipping to another page, it was a picture of Hikaru.
There were pictures of him sleeping, making Pokéblocks, and riding her through the sky...
Many, of all kinds.
Latias would divide her drawings into two sets. One was landscapes, which she would give to Hikaru to keep safe. The other was portraits of Hikaru.
She would not give these to Hikaru.
But this was her little secret.
Seeing these portraits, Sakura was stunned, then showed an "as expected" expression.
"A Pokémon and a trainer, huh..."
Sakura looked at Latias and made a meaningful sound.
Latias quickly used her psychic power to restrain Sakura's movements, then gathered all the portraits and put them in her backpack.
But facing Sakura, she didn't know how to explain and could only wave her hands. "No... no..."
After saying it twice, even she felt it was unconvincing. In the end, she could only change back to her original form and then hide in her Poké Ball.
With the Pokémon gone, the psychic power naturally dissipated.
Sakura was freed from the restraint and regained her mobility. While wanting to laugh, she also felt a little heartbroken.
Finally, she shook her head and turned her gaze to the ever-watchful Gardevoir.
After thinking for a moment, she asked, "Gardevoir, you like big brother a lot too, right?"
Gardevoir was stunned, not knowing what her mistress meant by asking such a thing.
But she still nodded hesitantly.
"That's right. He's very likable."
Sakura nodded in deep agreement.
Then she fell silent.
This silence lasted until Hikaru came out of the bathroom.
"Hmm? Where's Latias?"
Hikaru, who had just come out, was drying his wet hair with a towel. When he came out and looked, he found that Latias, who was just here, was now gone.
"She went back to her Poké Ball. Maybe she's a little tired," Sakura replied with a grin.
Hikaru didn't probe further. Anyway, he was going to the training house later to test the newly acquired [Time Zone].
"Mmm... then Gardevoir, you should go back first too."
Gardevoir nodded lightly, then floated next to its Poké Ball and went back on its own.
Saying she was going back, she was actually going into the training house.
"Big brother, help me dry my hair~"
Sakura walked up to Hikaru with a hairdryer.
"Okay."
Taking the hairdryer, Hikaru didn't waste any time. After adjusting to the appropriate wind force and temperature, he began to blow.
And the young girl sat cross-legged in front of him.
This was a familiar routine.
Hikaru was also very skilled at it.
In just a short while, her still somewhat damp hair became dry and smooth.
Hikaru gently ran the strands of hair through his hand. After confirming it was fine, he picked up the girl and then threw her onto her own bed. "Time for bed. Don't secretly climb onto my bed at night!"
"Hey..."
Sakura, who had been thrown onto the bed, was originally a bit dazed, but after hearing Hikaru's subsequent words, she immediately rolled her eyes.
"What's that about... what kind of couple books a twin room!"
Before, her senior was here. But the moment her senior left, Sakura became mischievous.
Curling up in the quilt, Sakura looked at Hikaru faintly.
Hikaru's tone became a little more severe. "Sleep!"
"Okay~"
...
The lights dimmed. Who knows how much time had passed, but after sensing that Sakura was asleep, Hikaru opened his eyes and disappeared from the room.
When he reappeared, he was already in the training house.
There was no night in the training house; time was planned entirely by the clock.
At this time, the Pokémon were not all resting yet.
Instead, they were gathered together in novelty, watching Gardevoir release its new skill.
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