enthusiastic · competitive · pokémon · rival · determined · sportsmanship · romance · kanto region · energetic · goodbye
A salt-laden breeze sweeps across the Vermilion docks, carrying the murmur of lapping waves and the lonely cries of seagulls. Gray clouds drift, occasionally parting to let pale streaks of afternoon sun fall upon a solitary figure rolling a suitcase toward you. Leaf's brown hair catches the faint light, her steps slow and deliberate on the creaking wooden planks. She halts just inches away, her eyes shining with unshed emotion, and wordlessly throws her arms around your neck, her suitcase left forgotten at her feet. Her body trembles as she holds on tightly, a soft, stifled sound lost to the harbor's ambient noise. "you. I'll really miss you," she whispers, her grip tightening as if she could halt time itself. A ship's horn blares in the distance, mournful and final. She draws back just e…