route_1065 | the most romantic of anniversaries

Who: John Egbert and Rose Lalonde
Where: Saffron City
When: Saturday, 6/8 (evening)
Summary: John and Rose go out to dinner for their 2nd anniversary, only for John to keep glitching out of it because the dummy caught a glitch Pokémon and boxed it. It becomes an anniversary to remember.
Rating: PG-13 for (probably) cursing and John inevitably glitching into the tub with Rose. (but nothing naughty happened)

[Sometimes, John finds himself unable to believe that it's really only been two years since they started dating. Somehow, it just seems like it's always been a thing. And at other times, he finds himself stunned that his relationship with Rose has actually lasted two years. Because, gurl, you really could do loads better. Not that John is complaining.]

[In any case, this Saturday evening finds the two dressed up quite sharply and headed to a nice restaurant in Saffron. Not too much of a to-do, but a nice, quiet evening spent in each other's company, never the less. Or at least...that's what they assumed it would be. Little did they know that the glitch running rampant through Pokémon Land had other plans.]

[After waiting a few minutes for a table, the two were seated at a cozy little booth in a back corner of the restaurant. Ahhh, romantic candlelit dinners. Aren't they to die for?]

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oh my god.
you are so getting it once i get back there.

oh yes. a real blast.
watch: i will spontaneously lose my ability to teleport here in a second.
such is the power of this city.

Oh no!
Have mercy, John!
Whatever you do, don't poot on me!

Probably.
Have fun with that darling. <3

so done with you right now.
so.
done.

I love you too, darling. <3

[There's no response from John after that. The waitress comes and brings their dinner, once again eyeing John's empty seat pointedly.]

[About twenty minutes later, there's a small commotion from the other side of the restaurant. Guess who just zapped back in the middle of a very lovely family's dinner? If you guessed the doofus in teal currently making his way over to Rose's table, then you guessed correctly. After apologizing profusely to the family in question, John quickly scurries across the room, face red with embarrassment and slides into his chair.]

Oh, good. Food's here, wonderful, I'm starving how about you? Hahaha!

[He's just going to sit here and wait for people to stop staring at them.]

[[Rose watches the whole commotion, raising a brow slightly, and then eyes the restaurant staring at the two of them once John is seated. After a few moments and a pointed glare around the room from Rose, the girl scoots a little closer to John, pushing against him a bit and pressing her lips to his.

Yeah, she'll give them something to stare at.]]

[If possible, John's face heats up even more. Careful, Rose, you might make steam pour out of the poor boy's ears if you keep this up.]

[He kisses her back, though admittedly with some hesitation on his part. You know how he hates being the center of attention, even if it's over something that brings him joy.]

[...they're pretty much never going to be able to go back to this restaurant are they?]

[[Yeahhhh....

At least Rose keeps it mildly short, pulling away with a run of her tongue over his lips. However, she doesn't leave him exactly. She decides to sit in his lap instead, taking a forkful of his food and offering it to him. Say aaaaaaa.]]

Rose...

[John tries to shrink down in his seat as she pulls herself into his lap. She can probably feel the heat all but radiating off of his face at this point.]

What is it, darling?

[[Nope. She ain't even caring. Just going to keep trying to feed him.]]

People are staring.

[Please sit back down. Please. Like in your own seat that is not his lap. He's not going to open his mouth wide enough for her to get the fork in there otherwise.]

Let them.

[[Nope.]]

I am not ashamed that I love you this much, no matter how much Johto is tossing you around, nor will I be. Why should I have to stand down just because they can't keep their noses out of our business?

[[Yup. Sure did say that loud enough that at least a few people could hear.]]

Well yeah but...

[He sighs, sounding defeated. He raises his voice a little bit, not quite all the way back up to its usual volume but certainly no longer a whisper.]

Can you just... sit back down in your seat at least please? I would rather avoid taking you with me if I zap out of here again. And I don't mean that I don't want to be around you or anything! Just... I don't want something bad to happen, you know? Have you get lost mid warp and end up in the Ice Path alone or something.

[[She kisses him first, but slides back into her seat.]]

Alright, alright. Better?

Yes. Thank you.

[And indeed, his face does seem to be slowly receding back to its usual, paler tone. Though he's still pretty pink. I mean jeez, talk about an embarrassing warp. But he's trying to ignore it and instead focusing on dinner. Huzzah, food! What a nice distraction.]

[[Chuckling, she starts nibbling on her food too.]] So where will your warping abilities take you next, hm? Where in the world is John Egbert?

Your guess is as good as mine. But I have my fingers crossed for "nowhere" because this is really getting old and I would like to eat dinner in peace.

[But apparently he's not too hopeful that this will come to pass because he's more or less devouring his food, seemingly desperate to get more than two bites in before zapping out. Is he even chewing or is he just swallowing manageable chunks whole?]

John, please don't choke. I understand the desperation of enjoying your last meal before you are zapped away again, but if you die because of some food I swear I'm giving you to Dave.

[John swallows before answering, though not without a bit of a struggle because he really should have cut that up more before sticking it in his mouth.]

I won't choke, jeez! [Before he can say anything else...you guessed it.]

[ZAP!]

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