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POSTED ON Nov 23, 2021 5:40:06 GMT
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[attr="class","niko i"]"we'll go sometime. we can belt out a duet."

it's been too long since he's been to karaoke, and honestly, the thought of going with her excites him. he looks forward to it even if no concrete plans have been made.

he's leaning forward ever so slightly, finding himself drawn towards her.

"what sort of little things? like hats and gloves and stuff?"

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The promise of seeing Niko again aside from a working stand point made Jessie's heart flutter for a moment. Even if this wasn't more than a small fling and a night out after, he at least was pleasing her heart in multiple ways.

"Yeah? I would love that."

She blushed a bit when he mentioned her crochet work, shrugging a little.

"Yeah. I made some for my Raichu, Lucy, once. She got so excited that she zapped them and burned them. I had to make more so she wasn't upset."

It was still sort of funny to remember.

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POSTED ON Nov 24, 2021 10:12:52 GMT
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[attr="class","niko i"]lucy, raichu. he commits the name to his memory for reasons he doesn't seem to be aware of at the moment. maybe later, when he thinks back to tonight, he'll realize.

"that's really cute."

he chuckles.

"will you make some for me? a lil' beanie would be nice."

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"You want me to make you one?"

She seemed surprised. Jessie never considered herself good at what she did, and he didn't even know what her work looked like. Why would he want one?

"I can, if you want. Just tell me the colors you want. I'm not promising you it'll look amazing, though."

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POSTED ON Nov 25, 2021 10:24:11 GMT
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[attr="class","niko i"]"well, i like black. maybe throw in a bit of blue in there?"

he shrugs. it's clear he doesn't have the most fashionable mind, nor is his imagination particularly creative. he's a more practical man. as long as the beanie fits and works, then he's happy.

he'd be even more happy if she made it for him.

"you haven't told me yet what you wanted from me."

with a vague of an offer as everything, it leaves her plenty to choose from.

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Well, he gave her colors, and she asked for colors. She'd have to be a bit creative and see what she could do with it.

"I'll work on it."

He brought the attention back to what she wanted. What did Jessie want? Really, she was happy, except for a few things. Mostly involving her family.

"Right now, for you to cover the check and stay with me tonight is all I could ask for... I'm really not a hard girl to please."

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POSTED ON Nov 25, 2021 15:47:46 GMT
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[attr="class","niko i"]"done."

whatever plans he might have had after this can easily be tossed aside. she matters more, anyway.

soon, their orders arrive, placed down in front of them as if they're meant to be sharing all of it. little do they know.

he reaches for whatever's closest, though doesn't dig in just yet.

"how long have you lived in slateport?"

not long, perhaps, given how easily she agreed to working for him in verdanturf.

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His readiness to drop everything, just for her, made her heart clench in her chest. This feeling was as unknown as... an unown. See what I did there?

"Really?" She couldn't help but express her surprise.

How long had they been in Slateport now? It had been a little while at this point, hadn't it?

"Just a little bit, I think. My family came here from Canalave."

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POSTED ON Nov 25, 2021 16:15:10 GMT
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[attr="class","niko i"]"of course. i meant it when i said i'd give you anything you want, jessie."

honestly, he'd do anything for her, and though the realization hasn't quite hit him, it's fucking terrifying.

"shit, you're a long way from home."

he chuckles.

"i gotta ask. of all places, why hoenn?"

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She had to hide her flushed face by eating some of her food, though she was entirely pleased. She couldn't help but smile as she ate and drank.

"Yeah. Kinda far..."

Her mood dropped slightly when he asked why they came to Hoenn. She sighed.

"My asshole father, really. I think he found more work opportunities here. I didn't wanna leave, but I didn't have much of a choice. I didn't want to be alone."

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[attr="class","niko i"]the same question could've been asked to him, to be fair, because he had also picked hoenn. he doesn't regret it, not one bit, because hoenn, for what it's worth, will always be his home.

his mood stays the same, level both by the food in front of him and by her.

"the rest of your family's here, then?"

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"Yeah. Siblings, mother, father. Aunt. A whole lot of them."

She pushed around her eggs on her plate for a moment, recalling how came into the club and embarrassed her in front of all those people.

Hardly her father at this point.

"Do you have family here?"

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POSTED ON Nov 26, 2021 15:32:36 GMT
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[attr="class","niko"]
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[attr="class","niko i"]"it's just me."

he shrugs.

"the gang's family as well, i guess."

and when he says 'gang', he means it in the literal sense.

"a lot of them are really young. the system treated them like shit, so i gave them work to do instead, along with a place to stay, food to eat."

he shrugs, stabbing at more food.

"it's not clean work most of the time."

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Jessie had a sense of his occupation now. Before, she had wondered what exactly he did, where he got his income. But it wasn't quite a mystery to her anymore. To most, she'd think, it would be a bother or terrifying, associating with a person who did "unclean" work.

She could hear her brother's lecture right now.

But to her, it didn't seem to phase her. Not sense she started working in the night life and meeting all sorts of individuals. The good guys, the bad guys, the morally gray.

"You're a good person, to give them a home they probably wouldn't have," she said, offering a smile.

"My father and brother, they're the type of people to follow the league. My brother's part of the Slateport police force. But, I've never fit in with their ideas of justice or morals, I think.

"My father thinks I'm a stain to the family name, doing what I do."


Why she was admitting this to him, she wasn't sure.

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POSTED ON Nov 26, 2021 16:21:57 GMT
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[attr="class","niko i"]the league.

his surprise is overpowered by the contempt he feels towards them. he would've scoffed, maybe even sneered, if not for the food in front of him. instead, he jabs his fork into more food, nodding as she speaks.

"a stain to the family name?"

that, he scoffs at.

"the fuck does he know? your family name means nothin', jessie. fuck what he thinks."

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