Star gazer ✩

[Who was Chiki-- Well, probably a pokemon of hers that was protective no doubt, right? Well, that pokemon didn't need to worry because he was just a little fan for the girl! If he did anything to her, it'd probably hug her or hover over her the entire time till she kicked him out or something. He was meeting his idol, after all, so he wanted to spend a whole lot of time with her before he had to leave! After all, what were the chances of seeing her again if she were to disappear again? He would look for her again, yes, but still...]

…-At the name Kotone..Kris crossed her arms and frowned a little- I see. Well..Anyways..I only ask considering we’re almost to Ecruteak and..oh thats right thats right! Ethan? Would you like to stay with me for a few days? I know its odd to be invited by someone older than you and you just met them but I think  it’d be cool to have someone over for awhile. Maybe you’ll get to meet my recent capture too..Chiki’s guarding her at home.

[What-- Was his idol frowning all of a sudden? Had he done something wrong or said something she didn't like? Panic started to bubble up in his chest, clearly shown in those blue eyes of his as he stared at her-- but in the end he ended up offering a cheerful and slightly nervous smile at her words. This smile widened to become more sincere when she offered for him to stay a few days. He was being offered to stay with his idol?! This was too great, he could barely contain himself!]

  Home again. It looks like no matter how far from Newbark she goes, she’ll always end up walking back. The girl couldn’t help it though, that feeling of being homesick always struck her. Besides, it’s not like for the past years she had any goal or dream either, so restarting her little journey wouldn’t account to much anyways. Not to mention visiting her father or the professor can’t hurt either. A sigh. Ethan was probably off somewhere too. Every time she came back, she never did see him coming back either. Well there was that one time, but he was really only passing through. She found herself struck in deep thought while she walked, her Marill following a step behind her. How was Ethan doing? Surely Kotone wouldn’t find him around Newbark right? She could always call him through pokegear but ah— she didn’t want to seem as much of nuisance. What if he was in the middle of battle? Another sigh. She really was hopeless right now, huh? Her Marill seemed to take notice of this, giving a small cry and a glance at it’s trainer. Kotone looked back at it with a smile. That’s right! She mustn’t be down at a time like this! When the time comes, then surely she will meet Ethan again! All she had to was wait, they did say that patience will give you what you want.

After growing up with his friend Kotone for so many years after meeting her in New Bark, the two of them had always been close and were the best of friends! Albeit she was older than him, people would always leave him in charge of her if they were supposed to stay alone at his or her house while their parents went out to dinner or something. Such was always the case and it never changed every year they got older... She was always so childish and carefree, and people seemed to love that about her and perhaps when they were little it was cute and Ethan loved to see it and enjoyed her bubbliness, but after a while the attitude had grown stale on him, unfortunately; especially when he had gained an admiration for a certain person and could only see a fragment of her everytime he saw Kotone's face... As if she was some replacement for the idol he looked up to. Still though, no matter how much Ethan had adored that person, he still acted as if he was friends with Kotone despite the way his feelings went from caring and almost having some puppy dog crush on his childhood friend to irritation and annoyance-- he still bothered to be around her. It was his way of perhaps preserving and honoring the way he once felt about her as a friend despite his thoughts now. While growing up, they never really had any other friends aside from each other. New Bark was a relatively small town and it was always going to be such, so aside from them there really weren't any other children to talk to or get along with.