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It's okay, Gold. I was gonna have to- [oh fuck his voice cracked

god dammit who is he kidding no he loves Feraligatr so much he wants him back

leaving his entire family and thinning his mortality rate considerably won't make him cry but losing one of his Pokémon is another story entirely

or maybe it was just the straw that broke the camel's back but fuck that he's not breaking down in front of the professor]

[hand squeeze this is all he can do right now

even if they gotta steal him again

though gold is not in favor of that it's not stealing if feraligatr wants to come back, right?

when they get to the lab, he'll recall exbro so elm can check both of their statuses using his machine

... but while that's being done, some discussion can be done

"Gold, I'm going to ask you to be quiet."]

But-- [hurgh] Fine.

[he'll still be holding silver's hand though

"Silver, was it? Why did you steal Totodile from my lab?" elm's not as imposing as oak, more dorky by far, but he's trying his best to be]

[...] I had something important I had to do and not a lot of time to do it. [It's... It's technically not a lie. It was important at the time.] I needed reliable Pokémon.

[I was rocket heir and ordering around a lot of people and needed a strong team to back me up or people would walk all over me and Blue stole Blasty so I wanted a starter from a professor too and knew it would be a good pick

yeah...]

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[so he stole it instead of asking if he could use it

... not that elm would've let him have it, anyway, but

you know

"He definitely seems like he's gotten attached to you, by the way he's acting... That's a problem." he wouldn't be able to keep feraligatr happy if all he wanted to do was go back with silver, and he wouldn't be able to give him to any potential new trainer either all grown up like this... and it was clear silver liked feraligatr just as much. "Well, did you ever plan on returning him when you were done? He's a very rare Pokémon."]

[No.] I don't remember. By the time I got attached to him I had to leave Johto anyway.

[...] He's better off with you, right? And he wasn't mine to begin with. I-I'm not gonna ask for him back.

[Or to not be arrested. Or for anything.

He's already lost all of his family, his home, his sense of security, his identity, the only thing he's good at- what's a few more losses? Feraligatr will get over it. Maybe he'll get a better trainer. Maybe-

He forces down the lump in his throat, lets go of Gold's hand, balls up his fists, and keeps his head down and his gaze fixed on the ground.]

[there's a pause while elm checks his screen and is impressed by how much the two've grown - a trainer who only treated his pokemon like a tool would't have been able to reach this, he thinks

what kind of punishment could he deal out if he did let silver keep feraligatr though? maybe he could make him be his lab assistant, since oak has crystal...

"There's not much I can say or do. My hands are tied either way. I can't let you go without some kind of punishment, but I can't keep this Feraligatr while he's still so attached to you." he sighs. "... I just can't think of something that would make up for what you did that doesn't involve the police."

gold, without silver's hand to hold, is just kind of staring down the professor and clenching-unclenching his fist

c'mon, professor, just let feraligatr decide for himself what's right]

[He feels like he's gonna hurl

...no, no, scratch that, he's actually gonna throw up

hold that thought he's running outside wait here Sneasel he'll be right back--]

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[... awwwww maaaaan he made the boy that nervous?

part "yes" and part "no" because he's that intimidating (no he's not) and at the same time he feels bad for putting the boy under so much stress

the frown gold's giving him definitely isn't helping either, but elm can't do much but shrug and wait for silver to come back

in the meantime he'll let exbro and feraligatr out]

[Oh good he's back out again

welp fuck this noise Feraligatr's running outside to check on Silver]

[exbro's going too!!]

See? I told you, you can't split them up. The big guy'll just go after him.

[thiiis is so hard

... no he can't ask oak for advice this is something he has to decide himself

"I still can't let him go without something... What are you two doing, from here on out?"]

... Well, I'd been plannin' on showin' him Johto, since he didn't really get to see it the first time. That's all. [maybe get hitched in cianwood--

but mmm that's good. now elm's got an idea of what silver can do to make up for stealing feraligatr]

[Hi guys yeah yeah I'm okay

Feraligatr come here I want a hu- wait wait wait dry heaving

okay now can I get a hug

and some water so I can get this taste out of my mouth thank you so much

that's the closest he's getting to squeaky clean alright he's gonna begrudgingly head back into the lab then]

[while you were gone

elm was trying to get a report from atop his file cabinet and ended up spilling papers everywhere

like seriously how can anybody be intimidated by this guy his sentret's helping pick up files but gold's laughing his ass off

"Ah, you're back! Please excuse me for a moment... I have a task for you, Silver. Um. Sentret, Gold, please clean up. Silver, please come with me."

they're gonna go to his office okay gold hasn't mentioned his AMAZING ORGANIZATIONAL ABILITIES but elm has something up there he needs delivered to professor oak in goldenrod city since they're eventually gonna head up that way it sounds]

[That-

That's--

Why do you have things on high shelves that you're regularly using

no no no he is helping pick up those files and you can't stop him you don't just walk away from your papers give me those Gold I'm sorting them right here right now]

[ah

hahhahahaa ahhh silver yeaaah that's his cute boyfriend

elm looks pretty amazed um ah that's wait hold on--

"I have more in my office that need to be dealt with if, um, you wouldn't mind." because it'd be a distraction otherwise]

Feraligatr, help me bring the rest of his files to his office. Exbro, keep them out of there.

[NOPE SHOVING ELM NEXT TO GOLD YOU DON'T EVEN GET TO BE IN YOUR OFFICE ELM HE'S A MAN ON A MISSION]

[...

...

...]

So. Uh. Professor. What'd you have in mind? For Silver, I mean.

["... I was going to ask you two to deliver something to Professor Oak for me, but if he can clean that office of mine I'll be more grateful than I can express."

but missing a chance to meet dj mary?? are you joking?!]

Don't worry, we'll take your errand too! It'd be our pleasure to help out the professor any way we can!

[and see dj mary siiiigh]

[Get comfy boys, this is going to take a while

seriously how in the hell does anyone work in this on a regular basis-]

[he's learned how to move around his office without spilling anything

it's like an art

or a dance

gold's gonna go for a grocery run while silver's doing that yup just one less thing to distract them and they can spend more time together in cherrygrove and.... yeah stupid sappy things]

[Go right ahead

in the meantime, Feraligatr and Sneasel are playing guard dog in front of the door

this office work would be therapeutic if it wasn't for the fact that it's so messy god dammit Elm

Silver's still gonna be in there by the time that Gold gets back]

[sheesh

gold's gonna sneak up through the second story window to see how he's doing

damn dude you can see the floor

how much more you got??]

[Gold made it just in time for him to finish, actually

The room is flawless and organized and so are his papers; only a few things remain on his desk for him to sign

Silver was actually cleaning it at this point; once he finishes, he lets out a nice and satisfied sigh and flops back into Professor Elm's office chair, which in turn slides to the other side of the room (without running into anything look at that clean and shining floor!)

Aaaaahhhhhhh a tidy office is the best office-]

[he'll knock on the window then

romeo and juliet style

open up, darling]

[Nope

Going to Professor Elm now!]

[you asshole

fine he'll go back down too

sheesh

professor elm is very happily enjoying coffee with sentret ah you're back

he'll go check on the office at the same time gold swings back into where silver is]

You look happy.

Everything's organized by year, in alphabetical order, backed up, backed up again, inventory is in a spreadsheet, papers are neatly filed-

I saved him enough money to get him a nice office chair instead of that horrible thing he has right now. He's practically getting paid for it.