Pokemon: Yellow Prose

"Oh mighty knight..." The young woman swooned, hand nervously squeezing the skirt of her flowing dress, leaning back on her bed and blushing. The smiling knight slowly approached her, kneeling down by her humbly.

"You've fought so hard for our beautiful nation...devoting a lifetime of servitude for our nation's people...and I've been so unable to find a fitting reward for your efforts. But you've come today, asking for my hand in marriage...surely it cannot be enough!"

"I can promise you, m'lady..." The handsome knight took her hand in his, kissing it lovingly, and placing his other hand on top of it. "It is all I need to be happy."

"O-Oh...my knight..." The lovely princess gasped out, tears forming in her eyes, a strong blush building in her cheeks from the kiss.

"...Yellow!"

The young girl was jerked back to reality, suddenly blushing rather furiously, clutching her sketchbook up to her slender chest in the hopes that no one had seen it, and no one could see it now. "Wh-What is it, Red...?" She answered nervously, legs folding over each other.

Red looked up at her, a little confused...but mostly just curious. "What are you drawing up there? Can I see?" He always liked looking through her sketchbook. She was a good artist! At least, he thought so. She'd been sitting up on that bluff ever since she showed up to watch his training session, doodling away...but he didn't know what about. If it were his Pokemon, he'd certainly want to see!

Yellow glanced down at her sketchpad...she had drawn herself in the place of a beautiful young.princess...and Red had been her gallant and fearless knight. Guh! No way was she showing this to anyone! "N-No! You can't look! I mean..." She gulped, trying to steady her quaking nerves. "I-It's nothing special. Just little doodles. P-Please, ignore me..."

Red blinked once or twice, still watching her, then shrugged and went back to his training exercises. "Alright, Saur! This time...let's see you jump, do a loopidy-loop through the air, land on your hind legs, and spin some plates in your mouth! And maybe squeeze in a Triple Frenzy Plant in there somewhere."

The Venusaur looked at him like he was crazy.

"...Couldn't hurt to ask, right?" Red laughed nervously, before just pointing at a much simpler target for Venusaur to nail with a Razor Leaf. Meanwhile, Yellow had gone back to her sketches and, subsequently, her daydreaming.

"Ms. Secretary..." Boss Red began, spinning around to face her in his office chair, fingers pressed together in his lap pensively. "...you've been with our company a long time, have you not?" He looked so dashing, in his silk business suit and tie...though the professional look was otherwise ruined by his cute, unruly hair.

"W-Well, yes sir..." She stammered out, bowing politely. "I've been working directly under you the whole time, sir. And, I'm very proud of that." She looked just as nice, in her long-sleeved white blouse and long, loose skirt that painted a delicious mystery of just how shapely her legs actually were.

Her boss laughed softly, and leaned forward onto his desk. "Well...I believe it's time I rewarded you for all your hard work. Don't you think? I'd like it very much if you'd go with me to dinner this weekend..."

She gasped, holding fingers up to her mouth in surprise. "S-Sir...! Are you sure that's appropriate?" There were strict rules against dating your co-workers! Was he really willing to put all that aside, just for her?

He smirked and laughed again, leaning forrward with his hands on his desk...face just an inch from hers. "If you prefer...we could have our 'date' here...right here in the office..."

"...S-Sir...!" She blushed madly as her employer leaned forward further...their lips softly--

"...Yellow!" Red shouted again, cupping his gloved hands by his mouth to amplify his voice. She had ignored him the first three times he'd called her name. "Are you okay over there?!"

She jumped in her seat, brought back to reality once more, the shock almost making her drop her sketchpad. Predictably, she'd been doodling the scene that had just played out in her mind...this one in a lot more detail. Well, at least she was getting better.

...In a totally embarassing way.

"You were all fidgety." Red continued, wiggling his index and middle fingers back and forth symbollically. "I was worried you'd sat in some ants or something."

"No...n-no, I'm fine..." She reassured him, voice barely audible, most of her face hidden behind the art pad. "Please, carry on...d-don't worry about me, okay? I'm just here to observe..."

He stared at her a little longer this time, then just shrugged and turned back around. "Pika! Transform into a jet!" The Pikachu didn't look amused with the suggestion. "...Just trying out new ideas, you know?"

Yellow sighed and went back to her doodles...letting herself get caught up again.

"I'm awfully thankful to ya for helpin' us out with this year's cattle drive, stranger." The young woman spoke in a lilting southern accent, heart racing as she looked onward at the handsome cowboy who had mysteriously appeared during her great strife...looking quite picturesque in the oranges and purples of the setting sun.

"T'weren't nothin', ma'am." He grinned, pushing up the brim of his stetson hat with his thumb. "All too happy to be in the service of a pretty lady such as yourself. If'n there's anything else you need, don't hesitate to call me up, y'hear?"

"Anythin'..." The young, lonely cowgirl echoed, hands held close to her heart, head turned down in a moment of nervousness.

Like he could read her thoughts, the mysterious stranger slowly approached her...and wrapped an arm around her waist, holding her petite frame close to his. "...Anythin' at all. I'll be by your side for as long as you're in need o' me."

She looked up, smiling gently, slowly moving towards him. "Oh, Mr. Red...I do need ya...please, stay here with me..."

"In a heartbeat, missy." And they kissed...long and deep, until the colors of the sun had faded, trailed by the twinkling stars and glittering moon...

"Cool! Is that us as cowboys?"

Her heart stopped. Oh no! He'd seen it! It was all over for her now! The world was coming to an end! He was going to call her a weirdo, and she was going to die! And he'd tell all their friends about it, and they'd laugh too, and she'd die again!

"Really cute! You did a good job!" He praised, smiling and softly patting her head. "Come on, we're done for today. Let's head back to town."

...Her pulse slowly returned to her, and she took in a deep breath...slowly closing her sketchbook. "Okay! Hehe...thanks for showing me some of your training methods!" What little she'd actually paid attention to, at least.

"No problem! It's not like it's some great secret." Though he was still filled with a great bit of pride at the notion that he might know some great technique other trainers don't. "...Hey, you wanna pick some dinner up with me on the way home?" Just an off-hand remark; he didn't mean anything by it.

Didn't keep her heart from stopping again. "Y-Yeah...sounds great, Red."