The Cake's a Lie -LNZetsumei

The Cake's a Lie

"Red, my birthday was two days ago."

It's not like Green wasn't happy to see the Kanto Champion/Mountain Dweller finally came down the mountain without being nagged for an hour and a half, he was surprised that Red came down to visit him willingly and even brought a cake, he wonders about how the store clerk had reacted when Red went to buy said cake.

Judging by Red's expression when Green told him the date, it was safe to assume that the raven had forgotten the exact date of Green's birthday.

"It's fine." Green said reassuringly and gestured for Red to come in and close the door behind him, where the Viridian Gym ace Trainers were gaping at the Champion's presence.

Green took off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose, Red put the empty cups of coffee aside and placed the box of cake down.

Red regards him with a concerned look.

"I'm fine, just got too many things to do." Green covered a yawn, it was obvious that the brunet hadn't been resting well. His pale skin, bags under his eyes and his disheveled hair, despite always telling Red to take care of himself, Green doesn't really use the same words in his daily life, huh?

Green continued to write his gym report and Red offered to tidy up Green's messy of a desk.

Neither of them say a word, the only noise in the office room was from the air conditioner and the flipping of pages from Green

Red sat on the couch, browsing through the magazines that was laying around on the coffee table. He sneaks glances up at Green who was so engrossed in his work and noticed how his hair were getting longer, how his bangs fell just enough to cover his eyes and the hair behind him just brushed his shoulders.

Red couldn't help but to wonder if... he had been on Mt, Silver for too long.

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At first he only wanted to explore, find new Pokemon and fill his Pokedex, soon he began to train there, sets up a camp in a cave near the summit. He doesn't know when, but it started to feel like home. So he stays.

He only comes to his senses when Green came out of the blue one day and punched him square on the face, a series of curses flow through the brunet's mouth. He wasn't surprised of that but what caught him off guard was how Green look directly into his eyes, tears pooling in those emerald hues and Green saying he misses him before trapping him in a warm hug.

After that, Green come to visit him at least twice a week, bringing supplies and keeping him updated about what's going on in Pallet.

Everything seems so natural with Green, they rebuild their friendship and forged it to become so much more stronger than that over time.

He remembers their first kiss, it was on the night of his birthday which Red would have forgotten if it weren't for Green showing up late in the night, Arcanine by his side.

Green led him outside after their Pokemon had fallen asleep, under the starry sky, the whiteness that surrounded them and the view of Kanto from where they were standing. Green tells him just how much he was sorry for how he had acted back in the days while they were still kids, traveling through Kanto in their journey.

For Red it had become the journey of self discovery.

For Green, it was a chance for him to make people acknowledge that he wasn't just relying on his last name to get where he wants, especially Red.

But constant overshadowed by the person he wanted to notice his effort the most-- the prodigy, the young boy from Pallet
who took down Rocket and beat two champions in one day.