Operation: Cheer Hayate up!

[10yen_idol]

Who: Hayate Ayasaki and Yayoi Takatsuki
Where: Goldenrod City
When: December 2-ish
Summary: Hayate lost most of his traveling group in one fell swoop. Yayoi just regained her voice after a particularly nasty Rocket attack. TOGETHER, THEY FIGHT CRIME And now, the idol's going to try to stop him from spiraling!
Rating: G/PG/E FOR EVERYONE
Log:

Well, Yayoi's voice is back, and she's mostly recovered from her bout with a bad Smog attack (which had been courtesy of a large number of Rockets in an enclosed passenger train). She had also rushed back to Goldenrod once she heard and saw how bad Hayate was hurting.

Right now, Yayoi's waiting in front of the Pokemon Center, where she'd called Hayate out to. She's a little more nervous than usual- she's honestly not sure if she CAN cheer him up, or make him feel better, or- or what she can even DO for him, really. But she made a promise, and she intends to keep it for Hayate's, and even Mitsuru's, sake.

... it's go time.

Comments

[combat_butler]

*If there were two things Hayate was good at doing, it was spiraling into depression, and rebounding from it just as quickly since life being a disappointment is rarely a surprise to him. Yet he was hit hard and fast by Mitsuru and Asuka leaving... But if nothing else, thanks to everyone he talked to, he at least recovered to somewhat balanced levels of cheerfulness.

Which is why when he approaches the Center, with a trench coat tossed over his usual butler attire for extra warmth-- he manages to run up to greet Yayoi with a big wave and a small smile.*

--Yayoiiiii~! *huff* Sorry for being a little late... I ran into some trouble on the way over... But I made sure to take care of it quickly, since I couldn't keep you waiting.

[10yen_idol]

[O-OH THANK GOODNESS he looks pretty alright...! Yayoi bounds up and matches him, wave for wave, and gives him her usual big smile]

Hayate!! -- it's okay, I wasn't waiting long! Um, is everything okay? What kind of trouble...?

[Her voice is just barely noticeably hoarse- a HUGE improvement over no voice at all]

[combat_butler]

Oh, um... Just the usual trouble for this kind of day... People having trouble with snow, a misbehaving Pokemon or two... that kind of thing!

*After his reply, he tilts his head a bit as he tries to get a good look at her... She certainly looks her normal energetic self... He was worried she might still being having voice troubles, so that's a relief.*

[10yen_idol]

W-Wow, you helped them all out...!? That's kind of amazing!

[Just standing here, Yayoi doesn't seem to be having TOO many problems- she seems a little slower than usual, but she IS just recovering from that attack!]

[combat_butler]

*Good... good! Though it's not as if he can't tell her voice is a bit off... still, worrying about her is better than her worrying more about him!! Even if that's why they arranged this in the first place...*

I end up doing things like that almost every day though... So I don't think it's not all that amazing. ... ah, minus the snow part. That's only started up recently.

[10yen_idol]

... H-Hayate, how long DO you do that kind of work everyday?

[combat_butler]

--eh? It's not exactly work... Though I usually wind up delayed for anywhere from ten to sixty minutes depending on how absurd the situation I get dragged into is.

[10yen_idol]

... wow, you kind of make it sound like these things happen on a regular basis... a-absurd?

[combat_butler]

Well... They do. Something happens pretty much every day. Just yesterday I had to help someone pull their Oddish out of Magikarp's mouth...

[10yen_idol]

...

Hayate, you really ARE like Superman!

[combat_butler]

Ah...? C-Come on now... Anyone would help out if they saw a thing like that... It didn't even require some kind of crazy feat of strength.

[10yen_idol]

But you home into when people are in trouble and help them out!!

[combat_butler]

Er... T-That's just... because I stand seeing someone left to fend for themselves when they clearly need help... That's pretty normal though, right?

[10yen_idol]

Not at all! That makes you really kind of cool!

[combat_butler]

*ffff GETTING THAT FAMILIAR FEELING that he won't be able to dissuade her of this... so just going to look a tad embarrassed.*

W-Well... I suppose I can't really object to having Yayoi think I'm a little cool...

[10yen_idol]

Not just a LITTLE cool!

[Yayoi beams up at him, her arms behind her back.]

Anyway... um, shall we get going, then?

[combat_butler]

--ah, yes! *Looking down to her curiously as she beams up... Definitely glad she's recovered.*

What's first on the agenda?

1/2

[10yen_idol]

Lunch! [O-OF COURSE]

2/2

[10yen_idol]

-- ah, but if you aren't hungry yet, we can go do something else first!

[combat_butler]

*O-OH OF COURSE...*

N-No, that works for me! I only had a very light breakfast today... *more so than the usual.*

[10yen_idol]

Great! Then... let's go have some hamburgers!

[She says this the same way that most people would say "lobster" or "steak"]

[combat_butler]

Ah, burgers? Alright... I take it you have a place in mind?

[10yen_idol]

Yeah! Um, um, there's a burger shop a few blocks away, and it's kind of an old-fashioned store, but it's really, really good! The burgers are all handmade, and... the fries...

Uuu~, you definitely have to try it! Let's go!! [And she's seriously just going to take his hand and start dragging him along]

[combat_butler]

Really? It's that good? If you're endorsing it that much, it must be ama-- ah! *--oh god being dragged along by the hand whaaaaat. He is going to be doing his best to match her pace-- mostly so she can let him go instead of dragging since that's... kind of embarrassing.*

[10yen_idol]

[Yayoi lets go when he manages to match her pace! -- whch isn't TOO hard, thankfully.]

It is! And we can even eat the whole burgers, too!