the-empathizer:

Meanwhile in the cold wintry weather of Sinnoh, Diamond was alone in his home as his mother went to get errands. Being that he was alone, the boy felt very restless, deciding to invade the kitchen to make stew. (His mother, Pearl and Missy had now proclaimed him the King of the Kitchen for some reason…?) Since well, stew is like logic of winter days and it warms everybody up right? That’s what he thought as he began cutting up vegetables and taking out the meat. These days like this made him uneasy for some reason. He couldn’t quite explain why—- but it just made feel like moving around. Probably the after effect of travelling around Sinnoh with Pearl and the Missy, and also being in the distortion world for a while…  

‘The distortion world...’

He thought as he began making the base of the stew. That’s probably the source of all his problems and anxiousness. The chef never spoke about his experiences in the Distortion world as he was quite bodily harmed in anyway, yet …. thinking about it gave him slight strange feeling reeling inside of him.

Or probably… it’s the fact that he, Pearl and the Missy hasn’t interacted in days. Each one of his friends had their own thing to do and it made him kind of lonely, even though he was still close to them as always. Sighing a bit, he slaps his cheeks and continues to concentrate on his stew in fear of over thinking. Sometimes he get a bit overly worried or just plain silly to the point he didn’t understand what he was feeling anymore! It wasn’t a good sign! Diamond is not the guy to worry over things! He’s the person who needs to be okay and happy.

‘Think of happy things…! Yeah that’s right, happy things lifts the bad mood…!’ He murmured as he began cutting the meat and putting into the stew to stir it all together.

“Happy things. Yeah, happy things such as like um… uh……” He frowns slightly and thinks harder as he stirs some more tasting it.

‘… Like Proteam Omega, manzai, friends, Pearl, Missy… Pokemon, Mom, food, cooking, baking…, uh…mecha, robots…….‘ 

His thoughts were interrupted by a gentle yet cautious knock on the front door almost alarming him. Seeing that he was alone and Mom wasn’t here at the moment, also he was busy cooking stew—-… that leads to…. He stares at the pot and nods happily turning off the heat and taking off his apron into his arms heading to the door opening revealing to the face of one his fellow dexholder and senpai by the name of Silver.

“Silver-san!!” He exclaims with his eyes shining brightly. Dia paused and looked towards the bag the older boy was carrying with interest. The new Proteam Omega magazine…? His eyes were more brighter!

“Sure, Silver-san! Come in, come in! You must be cold! I made stew and well it’s a really huge stew for one person!” He smiles taking the other boy’s arm but then withdraws slightly almost waiting for permission. “Oh and I’ll make hot chocolate for the two of us! Or um something else, if you don’t like chocolate like tea…?”

The first thing that hit him when the door opened was the noticeable warmth inside the house, no doubt from the heating they most likely had on to keep them warm from the cold temperatures outside. Such a warm feeling in contrast to the cold he stood in right now was welcoming, but not as welcoming as the face that appeared when the door to the home he had been bold enough to visit unannounced was. It had been a long time since he had seen Diamond last, so this was the one good thing about his trip to visit this region because Professor Elm had requested it of him. He had already done what was asked of him back in Sandgem town, and since Twinleaf was so close, he dared to come and visit the younger in hopes they would be able to catch up some… For always meeting up just when trouble arose as was the norm with Dexholders, it seemed, never gave much time to play catch up. Waiting for another troublesome thing to pop up could’ve been a while anyway, and he held a certain fondness for the younger because they seemed to share similar interests. Gold and Crystal teased him about it and questioned him, but Diamond was happy about it if anything no matter how childish it might have seemed.

There was a smell that came along with the warmth of the house– Food, no doubt. The younger Dexholder was a gifted chef from what he had heard, though he had never seen it in action himself, but he was going to take their word for it. Diamond was a genuine person, he knew. Over the years, the Exchanger had become a decent judge of character, though he never did underestimate anyone no matter how dumb or how kind they seemed to be. Even upon meeting Gold in the very beginning at Professor Elm’s lab, he didn’t do so and this continued all through the events that transpired at that time that seemed to be so far away now even when it was just a couple of years. Diamond was a kind person, he knew, but the other was most likely not just limited to that.

When his name was spoken in such a cheerful manner, a reserved smile tugged at the Exchanger’s lips. It was a relief to see that he was happy to see him– And what he had brought along with him more-so, but such was to be expected considering what it was. 

Brows raise in slight surprise when Diamond reaches out to grab his arm in what he assumes is to tug him inside, though the Empathizer stopped prematurely in the action and turned to him as if asking for permission to continue his actions. Namesake optics blinked for a moment as if recollecting himself, nodding a little as he accepted the other’s invitation and started to walk with him inside the house. “Thank you, Dia–” He spoke, tone sounding surprisingly kind. “Hot chocolate would be alright, but only if you really want to. I know I kind of showed up unannounced…”

(Source: rocketheir-blog)