Meeting April

With a scowl on his face, Shinjiro stormed out of the house, tears streaming down his face as he ran into the snow covered world. Anger in his chest as he just ran, ran away in a thin pullover and pants, where to? He didnt know. He heard his younger brother calling for him, but he didnt listen, he just ran. How long did he run? 

He didn't know. Until he tripped and fell into the snow. Slowly he got up, now sitting in the snow with his front half covered in snow as he stroked away his tears, sniffling slightly as he looked around, recognizing it as one of the paths to his town, yet he was unsure how far away he was. Yet he didnt care as he looked in front of himself into the snow, seeing the imprint of his fall as his sadness slowly turned into anger as he grabbed snow and started throwing it against the trees, growling aggressively as he said: ,,Why. Cant. You. Just. AGREE?!” 

He had a conversation with his mother beforehand, asking for a pokemon, to be a trainer like his dad used to be, but being shut down almost immediately like all the other times. This time around the anger was too much in him. Yet the longer he sat there, the more snow he threw, the more the cold got to him. 

His hands were cold, red and starting to feel numb, yet he didnt care too much until the numbness turned into pain, looking at his hands as he started to feel the numbness also in his legs, making him slowly look around and try to get up, yet his legs gave up from underneath him, making him fall to his knees again. 

His eyes growing wide as he realised that his arms and legs were giving out from under him, he swallowed harshly and looked around, hoping to find a known face around him, maybe one of the bigger pokemon? But nothing as he swallowed harshly, slightly rubbing his hands together to warm them up somewhat, yet it didnt work, he couldnt bend his fingers without a lot of force and pain. Again he tried to get up, this time managing to somewhat stand up straight as he hugged himself slightly, only then realising the slow falling snow, thick flakes of such. He swallowed as he looked around and then started turning around, where he started to assume he came from. 

Yet after some time, the thick snowflakes started to hide his footsteps, making him look nervous around as he tried to continue following it, but after some time his legs turned too heavy, making him  drop to the ground again, holding onto himself as he coughed a bit, the warm air out of his mouth making him breathe out big clouds of white, making him try to swallow it as his red eyes were starting to get a bit glassy. He looked around, maybe there was somewhere where he could keep himself warm till someone came to find him, but nothing. And before he had the chance to get up… he passed out.

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As he awoke he found himself in… a cave? He looked around, no snow around him only some wet spots, assumably where the snow melted, but before he was able to fully look around, he noticed movement against his chest. Slowly he looked down and he saw a small blue and black bundle, his eyes widened as he sat up in shock hitting his head in the process, making him hiss out as he held his head. 

With his hiss he scared the little bundle into jumping up, fur up on the hackles until it turned around. Only then Shinjiro recognized the little pokemon. A Shinx. A small yellow eyed shinx standing in front of him, tilting its head as his red eyes were wide at seeing it. It wasnt fused or anything… just a regular… Shinx. ,,Oh my god”, Shinjiro whispered, eyeing the shinx and slowly he stopped holding his head, the Shinx slowly approaching him and then jumping onto his lap, making him wince together a bit and say: ,,Who are you?” The Shinx looking up at him with the golden eyes as he smiled slightly, starting to pat it slightly as he said: ,,Did you save me?” 

An overjoyed ‘Shinx!’ escaped the little one and Shinjiro smiled at it as he carefully looked around… maybe he could find his way home? He slowly put the little Shinx down, saying: ,,As much as I’d love to spend more time with you… I think I should go home slowly but surely…” The shinx looked at him with a bit of sadness as he started to crawl out of the cave into the snow, again him hugging himself slightly to keep some sort of warmth, but a thing he noticed quickly as he started to go through the snow, the little Shinx followed him. He looked at her and said: ,,I cant take you with me…” 

,,Shinx!”, it gave from itself again, jumping behind him and he stood still for a second, giving her the chance to catch up and he smiled a bit, looking at her as her tail softly waved and he then said: ,,I’m so sorry, Thank you for saving me but I gotta go home…” Again the same answer from the little one, making the boy just continue on, yet due to the crunching in the snow he knew she was following him. Shinjiro looked at her jumping into his footsteps as he then sighed and stood still again, crouching down to her and saying: ,,Come here, I can carry you.” 

The little Shinx didnt let her get told that twice as she happily jumped into his arms, shaking already her paws ice cold as he got up and he said: ,,You must be freezing…” Slowly he continued on, trying to keep the little Shinx’s paws warm, but at the end she was dangling half in his arm, yet she seemed comfortable with it. 

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For how long he was walking? He didnt know, but at one point he saw the city, seeing some of his neighbors running around like headless chickens, until he saw a well known face. His mother, standing in front of their house. He looked at the Shinx, nervous about it as he swallowed harshly. Slowly he approached his mother, her seeing him from a distance as she said: ,,Oh my god, Shinjiro! Where were you, we were worried sick!” 

Yet before she fully got to him, she noticed the little Shinx, making her look surprised as she said: ,,Shinjiro… what is that?” ,,Its… a Shinx… it saved me…”, Shinjiro said and the Shinx gave an affirmative ‘Shinx!’ from it, followed by a small purr as his mother slowly approached them and said: ,,But Shinjiro, I told you, you’re not ready for a pokemo-” ,,Can I keep it? Its really cold, its gonna freeze to death out here…”, Shinjiro interrupted his mother and she looked to the window, where she probably saw Shinjiro’s younger brother standing in, waiting impatiently for his brother to be back. A sigh escaped Shinjiro’s mother as she said: ,,Fine… But you gotta take care of it.” 

Shinjiro smiled brightly and then said: ,,Thank you Mom!” ,,Now Now, we better get you inside, you must be so cold, you’ve spent the entire night outside…!”, Sango, his mother, scolded him, slowly pulling and pushing him inside, a smile on the younger males face as he knew his mother was probably rolling her eyes behind him as she closed the door behind them. His younger brother directly running towards him and hugging him not even realising the pokemon in his brothers arm as he said: ,,You’re back!” 

Takahiro, his brother, started sniffling slightly as Shinjiro carefully caressed his head and said: ,,I’m back… dont worry…” Only then when Takahiro separated from him, he noticed the Shinx in his arm, eyes wide as he said: ,,A pokemon!” ,,Indeed. A Shinx”, Shinjiro said, smiling a bit as the little one asked: ,,What is it?” Only then Shinjiro noticed… he’s been calling the Shinx ‘it’ the whole time, not even knowing their gender, making him look at it and say: ,,I dont know.” 

,,It looks like a male honestly”, Sango said, looking at her son, yet the Shinx shook its head, a growl escaping it as Shinjiro laughed, saying: ,,I think its a girl.” The shinx wagged her tail slightly, nodding excitedly as Shinjiro laughed, turning her to look her into the face and she looked with pretty eyes at him and he said: ,,Imma call you April.” The Shinx looked excitedly at the young boy, a happy purr escaping the Shinx and Shinjiro smiled happily, hugging her tightly and April pushed herself against him as she enjoyed the cuddles. 

Shinjiro felt this was the beginning of a great friendship, making him almost tear up a little as he pat her.