Weakness Isn't An Option

                      [harm]  you

                                        not   while

Why hadn’t she come home lately? He knew she was probably off in Unova with the Ice King somewhere, but wasn’t it about time that she came home? Normally he wouldn’t worry so much about this, but she wasn’t answering her PokeGear. Was it because she was busy? He… certainly hoped so. No, he knew so. An idiot as stubborn as her can’t get killed, so there was no reason to worry.

Leaf would be fine, right?

He jumped when he heard a knock on the door, wondering who it was that planned on bothering him today. Leaf was busy and he didn’t have many people that would actually want to visit him. Plus, if it was Leaf, she wouldn’t be knocking on the front door. That would be silly when she had her own key, right? … So who was it? What could they want from him?

Silver lifted his body from the couch before trudging over to the front door, reaching his gloved hand out to unlock the door and open it. Grey eyes met a man wearing a suit, wondering what the envelope in his hand was for. Was it… some kind of post card or a letter from someone? From Leaf?

Hastily, he reached to snatch the envelope from the stranger, mumbling a quick thanks before closing the door behind him. If it was something from Leaf, he would need to read it in privacy. It wasn’t that it would be anything that he needed to hide, but he wanted something that she wrote to him only to be seen by him. He turned his back to the door as he pulled the envelope open, pulling out a letter inside. What… was this? It didn’t look like Leaf’s handwriting.

Eyes quickly scanned over the obviously typed letter, freezing when he got to the real meaning of this item that was sent to him. … What the hell was this supposed to mean? An invitation for the funeral of Ellie Rosaire? Wasn’t that… Leaf?

Was this supposed to be some kind of sick joke?

Karma must be playing her dark magic on him again. Dammit!

His hands shook before the letter swiftly found itself to the ground, his body sinking down along with it. He lifted a hand to his mouth to muffle the whimpers that escaped from him, tears dragging itself down his pale cheeks. Why was this happening? Was he going to be abandoned yet again? No… this couldn’t be! Why didn’t he go to Unova with her?!

This was all his fault!!

"E-Ellie…" He allowed the foreign name roll off his tongue, hating that he wouldn’t be able to say such a name ever again. It seemed way too… surreal. "I… dammit! If this is a joke, go ahead and come out! I can't do it anymore!"

This wasn’t funny.

This wasn’t fair.

Now he was without her.

Alone again, probably for the rest of his life.