“So, you had something to discuss with me, Chatot?” Wigglytuff asked as he sat himself in his chair, shifting a bit until he was comfortable. His green clear eyes were focused on Chatot, who was squirming and fidgeting nervously.

“Y-Yes.” Chatot looked outside the room and was glad to see that few pokemon were around. Of course there wouldn’t be many in the guild, Chatot had made sure to approach Wigglytuff in the middle of the day. By then, all of the exploration teams had already moved out. The only pokemon who remained were those who had jobs within the guild. Chatot closed the doors to the Guildmaster’s quarters and turned around.

Wigglytuff was still watching the small bird, with a blank expression on his face. He seemed to be waiting for him to speak up, bring up the topic that they would be discussing. He thought it odd when no sound came from him other than the ruffling of his feathers.

“Well, what is it?”

It appeared that Wigglytuff’s voice startled the bird, as he jumped back letting out a squawk. “Guildmaster, please! You nearly gave me a heart attack!”

“Are you okay?” Wigglytuff frowned. “You’re acting a bit strange to-“

“No, no, everything’s fine!” Chatot cut in, and tried to laugh it off. “Now where were we? We were to be discussing something, yes? What will we be talking about today, Guildmaster?”

“That’s what I would like to know, Chatot.” Wigglytuff replied. “You were the one who wanted to meet in private, to talk to me about something important. I don’t mind it at all, friend, but if you’re not going to say what you have to say then why are we still here? Especially when I could be eating a perfect apple” Wigglytuff giggled happily when he mentioned his perfect apple. He was going to have such a good time eating it, it must be lonely though, sitting on the table with no one to tempt with its delectable juicyness.

“I apologize for wasting your time, Guildmaster.” Chatot said sadly. He let a sigh escape from him as he turned away from the pink fluffy pokemon. He was just about to open the doors and call off the meeting but decided not to. He had chickened out of this conversation so many times before, now that he had the Guildmaster’s full attention he should just blurt out what he wanted to say to him for a long time.

“The truth is” Chatot started out, his voice low but audible. He took a deep breath and gulped. He had been brave during other times, like when he was in Brine Cave, he needed to be brave now. “I wanted to talk to you about something very personal…”

He began by bringing up the time when they first met. Even back then, when Wigglytuff was a mere jigglypuff, he was still much larger than Chatot was. Chatot remembered that day clearly, it was the day that changed his life for good. He was a baby then, and had fallen out of his nest. Scared, and with no way to go back to his nest, he began to wander when he saw him. A young jigglypuff who was out exploring. There was a sparkle in his wide, big emerald eyes and a hop to his step as he walked and sung a jolly tune.

He didn’t know what he was feeling at the time, he only knew that he wanted to be with that pokemon and was overjoyed when the jigglypuff agreed to him coming along and was quick to call them best friends. In a short amount of time, Chatot had learned everything about this pokemon. About how he wanted to discover and explore every unknown place in the pokemon world with his friends to how he ran away from home so that he could fulfill this dream of his. Chatot admired and revered him, he was doing something that no other pokemon dared to do, given that the disasters were striking everywhere. They had been together, through good and bad since then.

Chatot went on to talking about the things he liked most about the Guildmaster. His kind soul, his childish and spontaneous personality, his leadership skills, his beautiful sing-song voice, those big eyes of his that Chatot often found himself lost in, his fluffy luxurious fur that made Wigglytuff perfect to snuggle up against, the way he breathed and moved, and his power that never ceased to amaze him.

All the while he was talking, Chatot made sure to never make eye contact with Wigglytuff, he was just too embarrassed to do so. He opened up his small heart that had yearned and ached for Wigglytuff as he continued to talk about everything he had wanted to say to him.

“I guess what I’m trying to say…” Chatot said, “is that I love you, Guildmaster. No, I love you…Wigglytuff.”

Chatot waited for a response, but got none. He hoped he hadn’t ruined their friendship, and prayed that Wigglytuff wasn’t angry with him. “Guildmaster?” He asked, seeking a response.

And then he heard a soft sound, that sounded like…snoring?! It was coming from Wigglytuff no less! The pokemon stirred and blinked, rubbing his eyes. “Sorry…” He mumbled groggily. “Where were we? Oh yeah! So like I was saying, if we aren’t going to talk about anything then this meeting’s done!” Wigglytuff hopped off his chair. “I’m kind of hungry, we should go out and eat Maybe we should picnic in Apple Woods! Nothing else could brighten up one’s mood more than a freshly picked Perfect Apple!”

“Guildmaster, you were sleeping? I should have known…” Chatot whispered softly so that there was no way Wigglytuff could possible hear. Haha, of course he was. He should have known…Chatot moved his wings over his chest. He wasn’t rejected because Wigglytuff didn’t hear him, but he couldn’t help but feel upset and disappointed. He used one wing to wipe away the tears building up at the corners of his eyes. There was no reason for him to get so emotional over such a petty little thing.

That’s when he felt a hand on his head and nearly jumped. “Chatot, I don’t know what is bugging you or what you wanted to talk to me about… But no matter what I want you to know that you will always be my number one friend and my invaluable partner and that I will always love you.” He was given a hug before Wigglytuff hopped over to the door. “Now, what are we waiting for? Let’s go!”

Chatot smiled as he realized that it didn’t matter whether or not Wigglytuff had heard him, being that close to him should be enough! “Yes, sir!” He shouted in reply happily and flew off, after him.