#dipplinshipping week

Confession/Battle

Companion piece to this amazing artwork by the radiant @cosmic-seer <3

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Juliana’s heart tightened as Kieran’s words pierced through her chest. The shine from his terastalized Hydrapple highlighted the emptiness in his eyes. The heat from her Skeledirge caused sweat to run down their backs. His sickly thin arms shook with adrenaline and rage.

This wasn’t how she wanted this to go.

When she was given the opportunity to go to Blueberry Academy, she thought that it would be the perfect time to give Kieran a proper apology, maybe even confess how quickly her heart was beating during the festival, how bright she thought his smile was, how tempted she was to look him in the eye and give him the love he so clearly needed.

But now she stood across a battlefield as he released several months of bitterness and overworking himself upon her poor team. The friendship they once had, completely in tatters, ruined the second she decided to lie to him. And made worse now that she’s in position to steal Kieran’s Champion title.

This wasn’t how she wanted to fix things. She just wanted to go back to being friends. She wanted him to take care of himself again.

Summary: Kieran saw colors for the first time when he met Juliana.

*late*