Chapter 136

Chapter 136

"Oh!" Whitney snapped her fingers as she looked at the plush Virah was holding, "that's my Milktank plush, she's there to remind me of Fat Remi,"

"Your bodyguard?" Virah tilted her head, that Milktank had a name?

"Yep!" Whitney nodded, she grabbed her bag and grinned, "come on, give her to me," Virah handed her the plush and it disappeared into the tiny opening of her friend's trainer bag, "okay, so I think I have everything now..."

Virah looked Whitney up and down, her friend had chosen to be over the top when it came to her clothes for their little outing and she had this ranch girl like look.

Her normal pink cardigan had been replaced by pink mechanic overalls on top of a striped cotton T-shirt. As always, Whitney had shorts since the pinkette doesn't have a taste for pants.

Whitney pulled on her boots and smiled, "where are we going again?"

"A coffee shop," Virah tried to hide her blush by looking away, why did Whitney smell so good?

"Oh," her friend replied, slightly disappointed, "that's it?"

"We can also go around the Town," Virah tried to correct herself, "I don't really know where to go besides Bugsy's gym or some other battle facility though so uh-"

"That's fine," Whitney ran up to her and held her hand, the pinkette's smile was full of joy, "it's okay if you want to take me there, I don't really mind,"

"R-right," Virah stammered, her face hot with blood, her cheeks felt very tingly right now and her ears were numb, "you smell good,"

She blurted that out- why did she-

"Thank you," Whitney giggled, "really, thank you, it means a lot,"

Virah managed to compose herself and she nodded, "you're welcome," but why would it mean a lot? Did Whitney seriously think she wasn't pretty? What? Virah decided that her next words would help with her friend's self confidence.

"You're pretty, Whitney, honestly you're one of the- uhm- prettiest girls I know-" Virah gulped, now she was feeling self conscious, "- so you know... uhm... yeah."

Virah looked away and the fog in her head cleared, "what I meant to say was that you're pretty, Whitney, even if you don't think of yourself like that, everyone around us would disagree,"

Virah turned to her friend only to see her run for the door, "I think we're late so we should go!"

Virah sighed, Whitney didn't even wait for her, she stepped out of the room and locked the door herself. Did Whitney really feel so self-conscious of her looks that she couldn't accept a compliment?

Virah on the other hand?

Well, the current projects that her friend is working on is a testament to her intellect; Virah was researching, designing, and making gadgets that utilize Elemental Stones, she tutors their Pokemon advanced moves, and she is also a prodigy Aura user despite, in Grene's words, knowing only the basics.

And that's just Virah's day to day stuff, she also does research for Eggtech on the side and investigations during the night, to say that Virah was a genius would be a bit of an understatement, and Whitney scolded herself for underselling her friend.

"What do you think Whitney?"

Whitney crawled out of her thoughts and met her friend's gaze, what did Virah ask about again? What was she talking about before this?..

Ah, right!

"I think I've heard from Dad that Magic Bounce is similar to reflect, and a professor visiting our gym also mentioned that Espeon's orb is the reason for why that barrier is present across its body," Whitney answered with the tiny tidbits that she knew about that particular Ability and Espeon's connection to it.

And, like always, Virah turned that smidgen of information into proper conclusions.

"Wait..." that reflective shine in her eyes that indicated she had an idea came and Whitney waited...

"I get it," Virah took out her Pokedex.

Whitney smiled and watched the ongoing battle between an Espeon and a Snubbull.

Virah would probably take a while to get her thoughts in order so she should watch the battle to entertain herself at the moment.

Whitney took a peek at her friend and saw that she now had an open Pokewatch whose screen showed an article about Espeon's orb, the Pokedex entry for said Pokemon, and was furiously scribbling on her notebook.

Virah looked up, "Espeon's also specialize in the barrier moves don't they?"

"Yes, yes they do," Whitney nodded, smiling, "I think Elite Trainers who have them use them as set ups for that type of thing,"

"Right," Virah nodded, "they're also common leads,"

Whitney focused back on the battle, 'again, this would take a while,'

And she wouldn't have it any other way.Thê source of this conte/nt n/o/v/(el)bi((n))