Stranger Than You

Chapter 3

"Y-You...you don't remember..." Lilac gasped, tears in her eyes. "You don't remember me..?"

"M-maybe..." Lance said, unsure, wiping her tears.

"Don't you remember...the Whisperinggrass Guild..?"

Lance got a shudder.

"Lance..?"

'Umm...wh-what's your name again?"

"L-Lilac..." she murmured, drops of salty water streaming down her cheeks.

"Lilac...Lilac...it seems so familiar," Lance mumbled, continuing to wipe her cheeks.

"Why don't you remember?" She cried out.

"After Whisperinggrass...mom..." Lance mumbled, before breaking down and crying.

"Lance!" She hugged him.

Lance hugged back, tears streaming down his pale gray
face.

"Lance..." she murmured again, closing her eyes.

Lance could only cry.

"You really don't remember..." Lilac said softly.

Lance nodded. "Guys, I'm trying to sleep," Daisy mumbled.

"Sorry!" Lilac called out. "How do you not remember...what happened..?"

"Guys, go somewhere else!"

Lance teleported him and Lilac away.

"What happened..?" She asked again.

"M-mom...d-d-died..."

She fell silent. :L-Lance...:

"Am I supposed to remember the worst part of my whole life," he furiously asked.

She pulled away from him, staring at him wordlessly.

Lance went back to crying. "I...I'm sorry," he said, running away.

"L-Lance!" Lilac shouted, running after him.

Lance didn't stop.

"Lance!" she shouted again.

Lance kept running, covering his face.

"Wait! Please!"

Lance tripped and fell into a river.

"I'm sorry..." Lilac murmured.

"I...this..." he sighed.

The purple haired Kirlia fell silent. Her light blue eyes were dull with sadness.

"This...it feels...so familiar..."

"The spa..." Lilac muttered softly.

"The what?" "At the Whisperinggrass Guild. There was a spa. We went there..."

"I...I remember...kinda...maybe..."

"You do?!"

"Y-yeah..."

"Do you...remember me?"

"N-no..."

Lilac seemed crestfallen.

"I...I'm sorry," Lance said, running away again.

"Wait! Lance!"

Lance kept running.

Lilac ran after him, but she stumbled over a rock, slowing down.

Lance tripped fully, landing hard on the ground.

"Ah! Lance!" She cried out, racing over to him.

"Oww..."

She knelt by him. "Oh jeez... what do I do..?"

Lance just lay there, defeated.

She offered a hand to help him up. "Please... just
talk to me...

Lance looked up at her, an image flashing across his
mind. "Augh..."

"Lance..." she murmured.

"It...I..."

"What's wrong..?" "I..umm..." he said, before running off again.

"Stop running from me! Please..!"

Lilac cried out, chasing after him.

Lance teleported into a tree.

Lilac stared at the tree, closed her eyes, and began climbing. :l'm so scared of heights!: she thought, squeezing her eyes shut tighter.

Lance saw her and felt her fear. He grabbed her with
Psychic and put her back on the ground.

"Lance!" She said, frustrated. She began to climb
again.

Lance teleported back to the ground. He sat against tree, sighing.

She jumped down with a relieved sigh. She looked over at him, her light blue eyes dull with sadness.

"Look...I'm sorry I can't remember everything...I'm sure we were friends at one point...but I just can't remember..." he said, beginning to sob...

Lilac let out a soft sigh. She sat next to Lance and dejectedly poked his cheek. "...boop..." she murmured softly.

Lance looked at Lilac, a bit of confusion in his eyes.

"Lance..." she murmured, closing her eyes.

Lance reached over and gently poked her cheek. "...boop..."