#grovyle was crying over hero btw 😔

[eldragon-x]

A little Comfort

FutureTrioShipping fic where Grovyle and Celebi are having a rough day and Dusknoir tries his best to make them feel better. Might have turned out too cheesy Idk.

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Dusknoir had spent the day doing missions by himself while Grovyle and Celebi stayed home. He already noticed that they were not feeling well in the morning, so the group agreed that he would do the dungeon work on his own. On his way home, Dusknoir picked up groceries so he could cook one of Celebi’s and Grovyle’s favourite meals in the evening.

When Dusknoir got home, he noticed that the other two Pokemon were still in their rooms. He decided to leave them be for the moment and start preparing dinner. Only a few minutes later, he heard Grovyle behind him, entering the kitchen. Dusknoir didn’t acknowledge him until Grovyle was peeking over his shoulder to see what he was doing.

“Impatient as ever.” Dusknoir said, lighthearted. 

Grovyle apparently didn’t expect the Ghost-Pokemon to notice him, as he got startled and took a step back before trying to change the subject. “Thank you for taking over today. I’m sorry I didn’t come along.”

Dusknoir rolled his eye. “I wouldn’t have gone if I couldn’t handle it. There is no point in apologizing because you needed a day off, Grovyle.” He turned to face the lizard, only to widen his eye in surprise at the sight of him. “You look like you’ve just cried. What’s wrong?”

Grovyle turned away in embarrassment and Dusknoir could only assume that he didn’t even realize how much his face gave away. It took Grovyle a second to find his words again.

“I don’t want to talk about it.” he finally said before walking away. Dusknoir grabbed him by the hand before Grovyle could leave the kitchen, which caused him to look up to the other Pokemon in surprise.

“You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to, but I’m still concerned for your well-being. If there is anything I can do for you to make you feel better, please let me know.”

Grovyle couldn’t help but smile a little while moving his hand out of Dusknoir’s hold. “I appreciate it, but you’re already helping enough. Thank you, Dusknoir.” Grovyle paused for a second. “But if you could only bring me a serving to my room when the food is done.”

Dusknoir’s soft-eyed expression faded and was replaced with a suspicious glance while he crossed his arms. Grovyle held back an amused smirk, already knowing what he was getting at. 

“Is something the matter, Dusknoir?” he teased.

“Don’t take me for a fool, Grovyle. I know how messy you are.” Dusknoir responded. “I’ll bring you your food, but you bring your dishes back to the kitchen, understood?”

“Celebi doesn’t need your permission to eat in her room.” 

“Celebi doesn’t leave her dishes in her room either, now stop making fun of me.”

Grovyle left without another word to bother Dusknoir. Despite the mild annoyance, Dusknoir was relieved that Grovyle was still able to goof around despite having a rather bad day. Once he was done cooking, he brought Grovyle his food before going to Celebi’s room and knocking on her door.

“Who’s there?” Celebi responded to the knock.

“It’s me, Dusknoir. Do you want to eat something?”

“I’m not hungry.”

Dusknoir could hear that Celebi was upset, which worried him. “Can I get you anything else?” he asked, wanting to make sure that she was alright. It didn’t take long for Celebi to get to the door and open it.

“Can you stay with me?”

Dusknoir was a little surprised since he couldn’t hear Celebi fly to the door, but he nodded. “Of course.”

Celebi opened the door further and moved aside to let Dusknoir in. She sat down on a stool while Dusknoir closed the door behind him and took a seat on a chair that seemed to be too big for Celebi. 

“Do you want to talk?” asked Dusknoir.

Celebi stared down at her own hands while thinking about an answer. “I don’t know? I’m just… still really upset about everything that happened in the dark timeline. It’s silly. It’s been over for years but I just can’t get over it.”

“It’s far from silly, Celebi. You can’t just get over something like that. Your feelings are justified.”

“...You know, a part of me hoped that things could be just fine when we woke up on the mountain back then.” She held back tears while speaking. “I hoped I could leave all of that behind me and have a happy life in this new timeline, but it’s much more complicated than that.”

“Can I give you a hug?” Dusknoir asked to which Celebi nodded in response and flew to him. Dusknoir held Celebi as she continued talking while tearing up.

“I feel like I should be happy. I mean I am happy, but I don’t know if I can recover from… all that, you know?”

“I know, Celebi. I can’t tell you that you’ll be completely over it eventually, but I’m here for you if you ever need someone.”

Celebi wiped her tears away. “Thank you. I just want you to stay here for a while, if that’s okay.”

The two Pokemon sat in silence for a while, not exchanging another word. Eventually, Celebi broke the silence.

“Can I stay with you overnight?” she asked.

“Of course you may.” he responded with a smile.

Celebi smiled back. “Thank you. I just don't want to be alone.” She rubbed her head and looked almost embarrassed. “I would have spent the day with Grovyle, but he wanted to be alone and I didn’t want to bother him.”

“You know, I could have stayed home today if I knew you’d be so lonely.” Dusknoir pointed out.

Celebi just shrugged. “I guess I didn’t want to hold you back.”

“Oh please, you think I’d rather spend my time in a dungeon than with you? Where would I be if I willingly choose that over my beloveds?” Dusknoir responded, speaking in an intentionally overdramatic tone which made Celebi laugh a little.

“Alright, I get it. I’ll let you know next time I want you to stay around. Stop being silly.”

Dusknoir giggled, but suddenly went silent when Celebi gave the mouth on his belly a kiss. He stared at the smaller Pokemon in surprise who gave him a smirk.

“You’re too easy to fluster, my dear Dusknoir~”

“Well you took me by surprise. Not that I mind it.”

Shortly afterwards, Celebi noticed how hungry she was and decided to eat something with Dusknoir at last before the two headed off to bed.

-

It was late at night when Dusknoir was woken up by a knock on his door. Grovyle peeked into the room.

“I didn’t mean to wake you up. I’ll leave.” Grovyle whispered.

“What do you want?” Dusknoir asked before he could close the door. Grovyle shook his head dismissively.

“I was gonna ask if I could stay with you but since Celebi is already here-”

Dusknoir rolled his eye and reached his free arm out. “Come here already.”

Grovyle only hesitated for a moment before he climbed onto the bed and tried to find a comfortable position. Dusknoir moved a little to give him more room and was afraid to wake Celebi up, but she only moved to cling even more to his arm and kept sleeping peacefully. Grovyle curled up next to Dusknoir and rested his head on the chest of the Ghost-Pokemon. Dusknoir moved his hand to scratch Grovyle’s head, which made the lizard purr.

“Couldn’t sleep?”

“Hardly.” Grovyle admitted. “But it’s more comfortable here.” he said before yawning. “Goodnight.”

“Goodnight, Grovyle.”

It didn’t take Grovyle long to fall asleep in his exhaustion. Dusknoir was up for a little longer, but tried to fall back asleep too. He still took the quiet moment to appreciate his partners. It may have been a harder day for them, but to him it was worth helping them through it. Even more so when he knew he could trust them to support him the same way when he needed it.