Snippet #1641781

Route 4 - Passed Old Sally's

“Do you need something?”

"Not really," Dom said, moseying on beside her. "It'd just look like you knew where you were going, and I would hate to get lost by myself," He said, awkwardly scratching his chin. Leafy cooed behind him in agreement. From his backpack, The Chikorita returned the Spinarak's in the form of a hesitant leaf wave. It was a bug pokemon, and the fact that she was still shy made he awkward as well. But it was her idea of following this girl, Leafy wasn't going to completely hole off into Dom's backpack.

"Besides," Dom continued, "After what we went through last night, a bit of company couldn't hurt. Like hell am I going to give another goon like that the satisfaction," He said, irritation readily apparent in his voice. He shrugged and with that, what irritation was gone, and was replaced by Dom's happy-go-lucky spirit. It was a new day, and a new adventure. What would be the point of being pissed off the entire day. It just wouldn't be seemly. With a smile returning to his lips he took the first couple of steps ahead of Raine.

"Since we are going the same way, I was thinking we could travel together until the next town," Dom could hear Leafy from his backpack sigh. That meant she would have to be around others aside from Dom and his companions. That made her comfortable. Dom knew all of this and saw it as an opportunity to try and coax Leafy out of her shy shell. She couldn't go through the entire adventure wrapped around his legs or in his arms. "It's a lot better than me stalking you from a couple of yards behind, yeah?" He said. The fact was they were going to be heading in the same direction, it'd be awkward for Dom to follow the girl from a couple of yards behind.

"Don't worry, I won't chat your ear off," he added. He'd probably end up spending most of the trip drawing the landscape or Raine's Pokemon. He found the Mareep she had with her extremely interesting and wished for a chance to draw it. Of course, he'd wait before asking permission. One can only be so strange at one time.

"So how about it?" He asked, thumbs jammed into his pockets. Leafy peered over the lip of his pack and awaited the answer likewise.