I love Calem more than I love myself, which should be a problem. But it isn't. Not to me.

He's such a sweet person!

He says happy Valentine's Day. UwU 💕

Anyways, I'll get started. This is kinda like the "Rescue!" oneshot that I'm writing. But never mind that.

The night was cold and dark. It was pouring freezing rain outside.

"Faith, can you let your Pokémon outside for a few minutes?"

"Sure thing, Mom!" I took Absol out of her Poké Ball and brought her outside.

As I stood there, sheltered by the roof, I noticed a figure laying on its side on the ground, shaking violently... and another in the shape of a fainted Fletchinder next to it. As I got closer, I recognized the boy to be none other than my next door neighbor, Calem. He looked... weak.

"Calem? Are you alright?"

He moved at the sound of my voice. I knelt down next to him and touched his forehead. It was slightly warm. Calem's clothes were soaked with rain and... blood?

"What happened to you?!" I cried. He shot upwards, alarmed, before collapsing into my arms.

"I-I was a-attacked... they injured m-me and my Fletchinder... and I'm locked out of the h-house..." he mumbled weakly, exhaustion tracing his voice.

"Don't worry, Calem. I'll take care of you until you get better." I lifted him up off the ground, earning a groan from him. "Sorry. I'll try to be gentle."

I got us inside, explained to my mom what was going on, then went to Calem. "I need to clean your wounds."

Calem nodded weakly and kept still while I was cleaning and fixing the wounds. Although he was shaking violently. Once I was done with all of the wounds, I wrapped a blanket around him.

"Y-You really didn't n-need to do this, you know," Calem said. God, he sounded horrible. His voice was scratchy and weak.

"I couldn't just leave my best friend to die in the rain," I told him. "You mean a lot to me, you know. I can't lose you."

Calem smiled weakly and closed his eyes, falling asleep. I ruffled his hair with a smile. That's when I remembered how high his temperature was. I went to get something to help him recover.

I came back with a wet cloth. I laid it over his forehead, trying to make sure it wasn't too cold. I removed his coat from his body so that we could dry it, leaving him in his black T-shirt. Then I wrapped another blanket around him to keep him warm. I ended up falling asleep next to him.

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The next morning...

I was laying on my stomach, my wings folded tightly against my sides, the soft, smooth feathers brushing up against my ribs, when I started to hear Calem waking up. I got up and went over to him.

"Morning, Calem. How are you feeling?"

"Much better," he said. "I'm definitely not cold anymore. My head doesn't hurt, and I can actually breathe again."

"Well, that's good, because you know what day it is?"

"No..."

"It's Valentine's Day!"

Calem blushed and looked away.

"What's wrong?"

"W-Well... the reason why I was outside yesterday was... I was gonna ask you out."

I felt myself blushing. "You were?"

"Mhm."

I couldn't even find the words to say.

"So... will you go out with me?"

"Y-Yes!" I smiled.

Calem looked shocked and started to say something. I shut him up with a kiss. He blushed.

"I'm so happy I met you, Calem."

"Me too, Faith."

A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed my Valentine's Day Shinyshipping oneshot! I know it was a bit long. Let me know if there's any other oneshots you want me to write for Valentine's Day!

This is Faith, signing off.

Art credit: @KaiRubyz