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he watches john closely, as though STUDYING the way the boy seemed unfocused. “i heard you met rose a while ago. how was that for you?”

He finally snapped out of his daze. “I sure do like fairy types...I like ‘em all really. It’s hard to pick a favorite.”

Kneeling down, he’d scoop the child up and into his arms, quickening their march over to the chairs. Though…as he held the kid, he’d feel the weight, or, rather….lack thereof. This child was light as a feather….deathly so. “You…mentioned that you’ve been here since you’re seven? What…are you hear for, kid?” the man would ask, taking a seat in the chair before gingerly placing the lad beside him in the chair next to him.

John slowly reached for the chair and made sure to lightly land without struggling to get out of the seat to much. Once he was sitting down he felt a yawn escape his lips, but he focused on staying awake.

It had been a rather….uneventful day for the man; he had just gotten off work for the week and was looking forward to the weekend. All he wanted was to stay local for the day, maybe see the going-ons in town. He’d heard that the city here had some attractive offerings. Maybe he’d go check them out later after he got out of this hospital. Then, out of the corner of his eye he’d see what appeared to be a young child struggling to walk, clinging onto the wall for support. Such a sad sight…he felt bad just watching him struggle… Getting up from his seat the man made way over to the kid and offered him a hand to guide him. “Here.” A smile was cast down towards the young child. “You wanna come take a seat, I assume?” he’d ask.

“of course i mean it,” leon replies simply, as though the answer had been OBVIOUS ( and really, it should have been - leon was a man of his word, if he said john could come to a match then he most definitely meant it ). he’d have to pull the strings a little, call in a favour perhaps, but he could definitely manage to get the boy in to see a match at the stadium. besides, john seemed to be a big fan, and he was stuck in the hospital. it was the least leon could DO. “i’ll get you tickets for any match you’d like! is there anyone you’d specifically like to see me compete against?”

“Could I see you battle against Opal?” He wasn’t about to ask for a ticket to finals or even Raihan- those tickets would be far too expensive to waste on him. And he liked fairy types. “Opal’s really neat and that would be quite a nice battle to watch I bet. I’d appreciate that...so much.”

“I’m so bored...” he muttered to himself, staring up at the ceiling as always. “I think I’m gonna walk to the waiting room and see if there’s anyone there to talk to...”  He got up with a stagger and slowly started walking, gently pacing himself not to get too winded or tired. He needed to stretch his legs- even if everyone says at this time especially he should be resting.

He passed down another hall, glancing through the room windows until he noticed someone.. a little one, seeming to have a bit of a hard time walking. “H..” He stuttered a moment. He really needed to work on talking with people more.. “Hello.. Are you alright, little one? Do you need help?” He fished into his back and released a ditto from its ball, instructing the pink pokemon to shift into an audino in case the child did need assistance.

“I’m just...a little far from my room...I don’t walk that far that often....” John confessed. “I-I don’t know... I think I’m getting stronger- but in reality I’m just getting weaker.” John immideately stumbled and started to tip over, but he finally regained his balance before he- once again- made an uncomfortable collision with the floor.

“oh? a good choice of pokemon. charizard is a STRONG one. though this one seems a littleSLEEPY.” reaching over to run a hand down charizard’s back, leon tilted his head, OBSERVINGthe boy closely. “perhaps one day you’ll be able to go on your journey. if you do, let rose know,”a pause. “so that i can LOOK FORWARD to seeing you at the finals. but i’ll make sure you see one of my matches first- for EXPERIENCE, you know?”

The boy seemed to kinda wave back in forth as he listened to Leon talk about Charizard. He was so honored to be talking to Leon right now. He would love to ask Leon every question he’s ever had about training but he was content just to listen. Then that last part hit his ears, and his eyes widened and his jaw popped open as if he couldn’t believe his own ears.

‘ It’s pretty small and has quite some unique people, but I think that’s what makes Ballolea special. ‘ He’d explain, adjusting more as he became less tense. ‘ Glimwood Tangle is really the only place you can ever find Fairy Pokemon, so alot of them even visit through there. ‘

“That sounds amazing!” he said eagerly. “You must be very strong.... I’d never be able to do what you do!” he sighed and placed his head in his hands. “Fairy pokemon might look cute, but they’re not be underestimated. Your matches always show that...well the few matches of yours I’ve seen. I’d love to see more.” He thought about fairy types, Ballonlea, and the boy standing before him, and then he perked up with yet another question.