“Your question should have been, ‘why does a man who hasn't even married gives an advice that makes the most sense?’”

He laughs trying to make himself a big man out of the situation, but only because Chu-e Choi can also smile at him.

“Although I must warn you: be careful what you wish for.”

Marrying has not crossed his mind, echoing what he has said earlier. It tickles his curiosity, yes. But it may not be enough to make him commit. Not when he has bigger goals to achieve by himself.

But of course, he knows the man is just kidding.

“I am honored.”

He takes his extended hand and plays into his gesture, arm wrapping itself onto the man's waist as they venture into the woods. Brenn follows the pair while the axew from before follows it, together with a boldore. This has been its target for the past few minutes, trying to tame it to prevent it from disrupting Valerio and Chu-e's moment.

CATCH: BOLDORE - 4

#Chu-e Choi

"Maybe not being married is what makes you smart!" Chu-e laughs, leaning against the other, soaking in his warmth. Maybe, sometime, Chu-e should tell Valerio Dachev what a giant crush he had on him after he joined Rocket. It was old feelings now, nothing for the redhead to worry about, but it seemed like something that might fluster the other if he worded it the right away. And, well, Chu-e did love to press on people's nerves.

They're not too far into the trees before they find two dogs. A Rockruff and Snubbull, who seemed to have been fighting over a scrap of meat of some kind. Chu-e isn't kind in what he does, ordering Aloe, who had been following along as well, to slam the Snubbull into a tree with his Psychic. A pokeball is tossed shortly after.

Catching Snubbull!

“Hey, it's not like I won't want to get married!” He huffs a laugh, knowing it will most likely be the scenario if he does not find a boyfriend anytime sooner.

“I'm reserving myself for the boss.”

He adds as a joke which, of course, he expects Chu-e to find hilariously ridiculous.

As the other man's pokemon takes care of the snubbull, his dragon goes to calm down the other hound with a food of its own. As soon as it relaxes, he begins to throw the pokeball to capture it for good.

In all honestly, he has not sensed anything more than the friendship they had along those years. They had a rough start, which is surprisingly unexpected for the kind of bond they had built over time. And if he was completely honest, his death had been mostly trivial to him, considering the fact that they both had lost those that were precious to them.

If Chu-e can find the courage to tell him his feelings, perhaps the redhead can't give a proper response without really carefully examining all the aspects of their relationship. So if it is something that is to happen in the near future, he hopes it will not come as a surprise that will make it uncomfortable for them to stay the way they are.

CATCH: ROCKRUFF - 5

#Chu-e Choi