"so you don't mind me cozying up with you?" [break][break]
alecis was teasing back now, aware of how real the mood had gotten. she shot an apologetic glance at the stylist's morpeko, not wanting to cramp the blonde's mood any more than she had. there was little to do to continue being a bit of a serious half to the duo, anyway, seeing as he seemed to know exactly what to say to make alecis almost physically recoil violently like in an animated series. a soft rose came to her cheeks and she let it sit there, glowing with a happy flush of her entire face shortly after. she wasn't blushing from a truly romantic perspective, but she was simply happy to hear such genuine words from someone she actually gave a damn about. jesse had no time to mince words with almost anyone since his work already had him doing that, so she knew that he truly meant them and that meant the world to her.[break][break]
as if their pokemon agreed, the baby ditto found itself attempting its best to take the form of the gengar to imitate its actions and expressions it seemed to like. this was only done momentarily before the ditto reached up a short stubby hand to the taller-than-life gengar as if to just hold hands. this made alecis almost want to laugh from how cute it was, feeling the positive vibes emanating from the scene.[break][break]

"hey jesse," the magician began, a flair of her wrist summoning forth her business card that she offered him as if he didn't already have 20 of them. "why don't we go to kalos sometime?"

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"hey, make space for arceus!" alecis called out suddenly, pointing accusingly at her ditto who blushed a bright magenta. it wasn't really doing much but hugging the leg of the gengar it seemed so fond of. it warbled unhappily, tugging gengar away from the sight of the two trainers to just spend more one-on-one time in a shy crush way. although alecis didn't quite like this, she decided it was best to just let them be. it seemed she had much to address with jesse, anyway, so she couldn't quite let her dittos get all her attention at that moment.[break][break]
"huh, that might be nice." getting to meet up with jesse's associates at his hometown seemed a bit personal and it made alecis admittedly shy, one hand rubbing at her corresponding side's cheek. it wasn't that she didn't want to, she was just happy that the man seemed to like her as much as she did, him. they had a mutual trust of one another and it showed in the closeness of even the pokemon they called their own. the remaining two of the ditto troupe were happily wrestling with jesse's other pokemon and alecis used them as a focal point in her gaze, thinking not to look at jesse for fear of seeing him vulnerable when he didn't want it or seeming vulnerable in a moment of weakness, herself.[break][break]
"all that aside, though, when am i meeting your dad?"[break][break]
knowing it was sudden, alecis was attempting to get to jesse - tease and rizz him a bit. "it's been a while since we've been friends, jess. don't you think it's about time i get to see him? want to just see where you get your personality from, really. if he's anywhere as strange as you, i think it'd be fun." a thoughtful pause. "in fact, when we do go --" when they do go, huh? there was no room for arguments now, seeing as she was already set on making this small wish of his come true, "would we be staying with him or did you have other plans?"

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“that’s a long-winded way to say you don’t want me to meet your father,” alecis continued to tease, laughing as she gently jabbed jesse in the side with one of her elbows. “i don’t mind having a ton of questions thrown my way. i can redirect curiosity just fine, thank you,” almost as if offended, she put a hand to her chest. her whole day job consisted of misdirection and intrigue so she figured she could keep anything a secret so long as jesse wished for it. it wasn’t her place to really say much regarding what they were or how they were, given the fact that she quite frankly didn’t know what to say. the two of them always had been good friends but good friends also didn’t know how each other looked half-naked … or did they? some did, probably. alecis didn’t pay this thought much more mind, also at ease with letting her youngest ditto roam free.[break][break]

“i trust your boy to take care of anything that comes along,” alecis said, looking in the direction the pokemon had all seemed to wander off to. it wasn’t too far away - not like last time where cracks in cave walls could lead to whole other areas. it would be fine this time, especially since her ditto was with friends who could likely easily body anything that dared to bother them. after all, alecis had learned to accept that pokemon - much like kids - got scrapes and bruises, sometimes even breaking their bones and getting super sick to the point of great concern. all she had to do was make sure they would get well again and didn’t suffer fatal damage. this much, she was confident she could do and so she was at ease still.[break][break]

“mmm, depends on you. my work can be done most anywhere. hell, i could leave here tomorrow and not really miss it much.” truly, she had few ties to this region. her job was transient and her following would be annoying to amass once more, but it was doable. she could even find a stable job elsewhere, if she wanted. looking at jesse, she paused. “you’d be coming with me, so i have no reason to really worry about where or how long so long as it’s good with you.”

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"so we're going with someone else? who is it? don't tell me it's linda. you know how much i hate that bitch," alecis started, obviously focusing on the smooth line he had delivered and reflecting it with some playful banter as if it would hide the way her face was glowing red like a christmas light. "if your dad's anything like you, i'm sure it'll be a good time." a sideways compliment came jesse's way as alecis made quick work of the dirt underfoot - wiping off her ass and backs of her legs that had come in contact with the ground while they were idle-simming and watching their pokemon play around them.[break]
"come back already!" alecis demanded of her ditto and the rest of the gang that was made of her pokemon and jesse's own. if she wasn't trying to keep it pg-13, she would have called out a 'come out of hiding, you sluts!' but it seemed inappropriate for the fact that she so keenly kept treating her one ditto like a baby. when the gelatinous blobs came out with various sticks and leaves in their bodies from roughhousing with the morpeko and co, alecis knelt down to pick them clean while the last ditto emerged with a large trademark ditto smile and the gengar in tow. it seemed to take initiative with their movement now, obviously feeling proud that the gengar had given it even a bit of time out of the day.[break]
"there you are," alecis said softly, putting the dittos on her frame as opposed to letting them return to their pokeballs. the gelatinous masses clung to their trainer with happy vibrations. "we should head out then, right? got a lot of packing to do," the rocket member said with a grin as she extended a hand to jesse to help him up and out.

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