Hi! Could you do a scenario or Headcanon ( which ever you prefer ) with a fairy or dawn gym leader who has the biggest crush on piers? But gets bashful and shy next to him? Maybe gets the courage and spunk to confess to them after a battle? Plssss and thank you!!!
Ooooh this will be a fun one! Might be a bit long, but let’s go for it! (Also super sorry for any grammatical errors lol) :D
All is Fair in Love and Gym Challenges
“Relax... relax.. you’ve been through this many times before. They are your friends, and fellow gym leaders,” Y/N said as they looked at themselves in the mirror. Another year, another gym challenge, no big deal right? Well, that would be the case if a certain someone you had been pining after for years sat next to you. You had been a gym leader for about 3 years now since Opal trained and said you had the “pink” to do the gym proud. Even then, it was hard to stay calm when he was in the room. Just even seeing him made your heart beat like a Rillaboom drum, but this year, THIS YEAR, will be different.
After a while of calming down, Y/N made it out to the locker room. The rest of the gym leaders were already talking, preparing, or checking out the board for who was going to be facing who that round. A few rounds already made their way through, including Y/N’s as well. It was against Nessa, and it was a pretty close match. Luckily they managed to make it through, moving onto the next round. They decided to take a look at the roster, mostly seeing who they were going to face next. To their surprise it wasn’t listed yet, reason being that the fight to determine that was going on right now.
Y/N took a look at the monitor, seeing the battle between an Obstagoon and Flapple going on. They can over hear some of the other gym leaders talking about the battle, a lot of them commenting on him for not using dynamaxing, which was one of the things he was known for. Usually it’s a feat in itself to even think of taking a Dynamax Pokémon head on without doing it yourself. If one thing was for certain, this was just another thing that Y/N admired about him. Shouts of excitement breaking their concentration rings through the room, they got up to take a look and it looks like the victor was... oh no... Y/N was facing Piers next.
They knew it would happen eventually, but wasn’t expecting it that day! Y/N starts to sweat bullets, millions of thoughts racing through their mind, but mostly just to try an calm down and to sit down to process. Not long after, Piers comes into the room, Raihan commending him on a battle well done. Y/N just kinda staring for a bit, then looked away a little embarrassed when he looks their way. The two exchange a glance, the moment feeling slow motion, but also short lived when their view gets obscured by Milo.
It gave Y/N another moment to breathe, this was starting to be a little too much. The icing on the cake happens a few moments later when Piers starts approaching. Each step was like a heart beat, it was hard to tell whether or not it was slow or fast. The moment that he sat down by them though, Y/N’s face lit up a bright red and they booked it. Piers was confused to say the least, but mostly remarking, “Hope they’re doing alright.”
Another battle soon passes and it is finally their turn. Y/N giving themselves a final pep talk to get into the game and be ready for what’s to come, but in the end, they knew what they would say regardless of loss or victory. The walk to the pitch was always long, regardless of the side you took. As soon as both competitors step out though, the crowd always goes wild with excited cheers and whistles. The two go to their positions, looking each other in the eye, well Y/N trying to anyway.
“You sure you’re ready for this?” Piers asks, his voice filled with a little concern.
“I’m fine..let’s have a good battle, and don’t expect me to go easy on you,”
This makes him smirk a little, nodding as they get to their final position and send out their first Pokémon. The battle is intense, each Pokémon giving it their all for their trainer. This eventually reaches a head when the battle comes to the last member on both parties’ team. Piers with his Obstagoon, and Y/N with their Hatterene. The odds are more in his favor, unless they decides to Dynamax, but even then Y/N knows that he still has a little advantage type wise. The clock was ticking fast, and they had to make a decision right then. Y/N makes the choice, and they go with Dynamaxing Hatterene.
“Playing hard ball now, huh? I guess the kids gloves are off then.”
Y/N looked a bit flabbergasted at that, “Are you telling me they were on the whole time??”
Piers shrugs, but chuckles a bit, “I guess.”
Both of them laugh for a moment before the battle continues. They give it their all, and even with the slight type disadvantage, Y/N is victorious. Once the dust settles from the final attack, the crowd cheers and the Announcer congratulates them. Y/N could barely believe it, but was so happy all the same. Piers approaches them, “Good battle,” he says outstretching his hand to them. They look at him with a big smile, and shakes his hand, a little shakily though.
“Yeah, just want to tell you something.”
Y/N takes in a deep breath, then looks him in the eyes, “Do you want to go out with me?”
At first there was silence, then he smiles, “So that’s why you’ve been acting weird.”
“Don’t be mean! Just say yes or no!”
“Sure, but how about we discuss this after we get off the field, yeah?”
The crowds cheers grow and Y/N turns a shade or red that a Crawdaunt would be jealous of. Both soon leaving the field and talking about their upcoming date. Piers a bit surprised at their bravery, but he found it really cute. Y/N is very happy that they finally got their feelings out and now have an awesome date to look forward to.
