Bryan had been coming back from an unsuccessful night at the bar, he tried to pick up some guy but it seemed that because of the christmas spirit everyone was already coupled up. He took a sip of his drink while he walked home (covered by a brown bag of course, he isnt THAT much of a degenerate.) He had audino walking besides him, he usually had a Pokemon walking by his side at any given moment. She was apparently really interested in his snowy foot prints he was leaving as she walked behind him. He stopped to look at her and put his hand on her head and gave her a soft pat. It was around this time of the year he really appreciated his Pokemon, they were the only consistent family he had besides rocket plus the amount of time it's saved his butt by taking care of him when he was sick or badly injured from getting into scraps and fights.

He gave audino a quick kiss on top of his head as well. "Thanks for always being there." audino stood there shocked really, Bryan was never mean to her and usually nice but he wasn't the type who would always openly share his feelings. It could sense his genuineness and gave a happy little cry to show how happy she was for the affection. Then again she kind of expected it since he usually began to act like this when that brown bag was around. He had started to make his way back to his temporary home, a woman from Kalos had taken him in allowing him to stay at her place. She was a rather nice woman, took him in while he had no one else around so he felt indebted to her, he pondered what she'd probably like for the holidays but really knew little about what she liked or what she needed, plus that wasnt really his style... Maybe Audino and Lily could help? After all despite being pokemon...they had a knick for fancy items and stuff..especially audino for some reason REALLY liked shiny gem things.

He had made it back home, the antique shop she ran that also doubled as their home. He opened the door gently yet a bit clumsy, oops. He came in and with the help of audino took his boots off at the door and his coat as well. At the same time the two of them began to smell the air, the scent wafted towards the boy, luring him towards the kitchen. He turned the corner and saw Eloise there she could see him too, his face red from the snow or maybe the liquor he had been drinking previously. Audino came into the kitchenette rushing past him to say hello to Eloise raising her hands up wanting to help since she liked this kind of stuff. "Well, seems like Audi wants to help." he said as he walked towards Henri and Nell and pet the two dog pokemon feeling like they'd like some head pats as well and offered them a small but bit drunk smile. While crouched down petting the two dog pokemon, he had heard women in the other room chatting to one another, he turned his head towards the noise for a second "Oh, sorry didnt see you had guests. Im gonna go to my room and stay out of the way." He said quickly moving with a panicked face to his temporary room Eloise most likely seeing the brown bag that was in his grip. He had a hunch what she was about to try, oh god.

@eloise

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