Bab 78: Chapter 78
She took a deep shuddering breath, before exhaling and leaving the room. And just as he did, she stopped cold just before colliding with Jord who was just walking past.
"Woh!" Jord exclaimed, and she would have fell if his hands didn't shoot out to grab her by the hips to keep her steady, "So there you are, I was wondering where you went off to."
"Just had something to take care of," she smiled at him, "Actually, good timing, I was just coming to get you for something important."
"That right?" Jord raised an eyebrow, "And what's that?" he asked, giving her hips a soft squeeze before letting her go.
A soft shiver ran up her spine at the casual fondness he just grasped her, before she quickly put it out of mind, "Come with me." Hilda said, grabbing his hand and pulling him along behind her.
"How forceful, Me likey." he chuckled at her.
She led him through the halls, out into the trainer lounge where she saw what she needed earlier today.
There at the end of the room, was a trade machine.
"So what's with you dragging me out here?" Jord asked curiously, "Can't say I'm not disappointed, here I thought you were taking me to our room to cheer me up and give me a happy ending to today."
She let go of his hand and raised an eyebrow at him, "Trust me, you're just about to get that happy ending," Hilda replied, "I'm giving you my Snivy."
For a moment, Jord stared at her blankly. Then; "You wot mate?" he asked, deadpan from voice to eyes.
Interesting how he could pull off one of those Galarian accents though so easily.
"You heard me," Hilda rolled her eyes, "Look, you know already I'm not the kind of trainer Snivy needs, and she's totally smitten with you and how you train your pokemon."
"Hmm.." Jord hummed blandly, before crossing his arms and nodding sagely, "Like trainer, like pokemon huh? Is this a proposal?"
"You wish," Hilda snorted, "Snivy wants to get as strong as possible, and you can help her with that. Plus, I can trust her to keep an eye on you and make sure you don't go too crazy without me around. But, if you're gonna look a gift Rapidash in the mouth like this, I suppose I can always find somebody else…"
"So, Snivy and me huh, gotcha!" Jord quickly changed his tune and flashed her a grin, "How do we do this then?"
"Just stick your pokedex in there, the machine will do the rest," Hilda pointed at the left side of the machine where a small slot was open on it, "And I'll use this side." she added, pointing at the right side that had a similar one.
She reached into her back pocket and pulled her pokedex out before slipping it into the slot and taking place at the right side of the machine.
"I only have the app thing." Jord pointed out, pulling out his phone and waving it at her.
"That's fine, that works too." Hilda assured him.
"Bitchin'," Jord's grin widened and he practically skipped over to the other side of the machine and set his phone within it, "Now what?"
"I'll take care of the rest since you aren't giving me anything in return for her." Hilda replied, pulling out Snivy's pokeball and placing it in the compartment on her side of the machine, then reaching up to press a green button above it to confirm her agreement.
A moment later, Snivy's pokeball glowed with bright white light and disappeared into the compartment, appearing on the other side a second later in front of Jord.
And then a ding sound resounded and both her pokedex and his phone slid out of the slots on the trading machine.
"…That's it?" Jord peeked around the side of the machine, staring at her confusedly as he held up Snivy's pokeball.
"Yep, easy isn't it?" she gave him a half smile, "Snivy has officially been transferred to your ownership." she added, and reached around the machine to retrieve her pokedex.
"Huh." Jord uttered, staring at the pokeball in his hand, only for it to suddenly blow bright and be teleported away, "…Oh yeah I have a full party."
'And there she goes.' Hilda sighed internally, before shaking her head. No point getting down in the dumps right now, she still had things to take care of!
She walked around the machine and surprised Jord by grabbing his arm again, "C'mon, I have something else I want to speak to you about." she told him.
"Wait, wait I need to grab my phone!" Jord sputtered in surprise, "Jeez, you're so demanding today Hilda, what's got your panties in a twist?" he asked as he grabbed his phone.
"I'm wearing a thong." she deadpanned at him.
Jord immediately held his arm out to her, "You had me at thong." the younger teen replied with a grin.
She rolled her eyes and grabbed his offered arm and brought him along with her. She supposed he would be happy to know their next destination was their room.
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"So, is this where you have your wicked way with me?" Jord wiggled his eyebrows as he sat down on the bed closest to the door, bouncing on the mattress. He suddenly grinned and hugged his arms over his chest and hid his face away from her shyly, "Yamate Kudasai Hilda-sama!"
Hilda stared at him blankly, 'Isn't that the whole language Kanto used to speak before everyone switched to the global one?' she wondered blankly.
Where the hell did a literal street rat orphan learn how to speak it, or even know if it? It was a dead language at this point, nobody really used it and was more brought up in history classes back home than anything else.
It showed her, that despite how much she'd learned of this kid in the last few weeks they'd been together, there were still many hidden depths to him.
In a way, it kind of made her happy, and relieved. Knowing there was even more to him, it meant she could be more reassured in that he would be fine without her looking over his shoulder or something to stop him from trying to pick a fist fight with a Rhyperior that bumped into him by mistake or something.
She wouldn't put it passed him, on the way here to Vermillion a Primeape jumping through the trees spilled some berry juice on him and he tried to chase it down and kick its ass…himself…without any of his pokemon before she calmed him down.
"You always have to run your mouth huh?" she snorted.
"What can I say, it's a gift, and one that I have to share with the world," he turned around and grinned at her, "Since I'm so generous and all."
Despite herself, Hilda couldn't help but chuckle, he was a little shit, there was no doubt about it, but he was a funny little shit.
When her amusement cleared, she sighed and sat down beside him, "I'm parting ways with you tomorrow," she said upfront, he was the type to prefer no beating around the bush after all, "I'm heading back home to Unova for a bit."
Jord's eyebrow rose, "Well that sucks," he clicked his tongue, "Did something bad happen?" he asked, sobering his attitude and placing a hand on shoulder comfortingly.
"No, nothing too bad," she lied, "Just some family issues I need to take care of."
"Ah, okay," he nodded, "Do yo need a hand? Can't say I'll be much emotional support, but I can work as muscle if you need it."
"Nah, it's okay." Hilda shook her head and denied, even as gratitude filled her for the offer. She really would rather have him come with her, she'd feel much safer with him around, his rough and tough way of things would be incredibly reliable with what she was going to be dealing with.
But, she couldn't. He was still so young and he was in the middle of his journey right now to secure a good life for himself, she couldn't drag him away from something so important for him and his future prospects, just for her family issues.
Jord eyed her suspiciously for a moment before shrugging, "Well, I'm only a phone call away if you need me, and now that Pidgeotto has evolved, I'll be able to get there quick between him and Fearow if you do." he mused.
"…I'll keep that in mind, thanks." she smiled warmly at him.
For a few moments, they just sat in a comfortable silence, before Jord suddenly groaned and fell onto his back on the bed, "This sucks, I was hoping to get you into a skimpy bikini on the St. Anne soon!"
Hilda sighed and shook her head, same old, same old, "Does your thoughts revolve only around seeing me naked?" she snorted, amused.
"Nope, just fifty percent of them, and not just seeing you naked." he refuted almost instantly.
"You're such a horny little brat," she rolled her eyes, "Well, if you're wanting me that badly..."
She slumped down onto her back herself, bouncing lightly on the mattress and turned to face Jord on her side, and then before he could no doubt come up with some other smart mouthed comment, she leaned forward and pressed her lips against his.
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