Twins of kalos (5th place in Adventure) PWA 2018

Chapter 36: Pancakes*

The next morning, Calem's mom was up early to make breakfast. Calem was sleeping like a slob, sleeping with one arm off the edge of the couch. I never really seen him sleep, expect for that time when we slept on the couches back at the lab, he wasn't this sloppy before

"It's nice to see Calem sleeping comfortably for once" his mom walked into the living room while stirring in a bowl. I got up to get out my project and started sewing again "oh, are you making something?" She sat next to me. I now noticed she was covered in flour

"Yes... it's technically for my sister" I didn't take my eyes off my protect "I take pride in making clothes for her"

"Then you must be Serena's sister" I looked at her "I only ever met her and his friends once when they were kids, but I hear good things about them. Serena is Kalo's queen, and she's always talking about you" I blushed a little

"Looks like everyone knows of me" I sighed "regardless, I don't care for the attention"

"Do you mind me asking... how did you meet my son?" I looked into her eyes, seeing the motherly aura within her that my mom often has. It was warming and soothing... "I never get to see him, ever since I moved from Vaniville town, he's been a stranger ever since" she looked down "I'm not even considered his mom, so it's wrong of me to worry so much about him"

"That's stupid" I blurted out, surprising her "you're his mom, you gave birth to him! that's a reason why you should worry for him. I came to Kalos a few months ago, and before that I haven't seen my mom in 7-8 years because we lived in different regions" I put my sewing down "she has every reason to worry about me the whole time... and she's worried about Serena's disappearance. It's the only reason I came all the way here" I shook my head, not knowing why I was telling her my story "you have every right to worry about him. That's why you hired the defenders of Kalos, right?"

"Y-You know about that?"

"They're the most annoying people I know..." she turned to face me more

"Last night... I saw that he tried protecting you from my attack. At first I just saw him taking you, so I figured he..." she looked down "I shouldn't say anymore"

"That... he'd kill me?" She looked at me wide eyed "I know the whole story"

"Y-you do..?" I nodded, starting my sewing again

"Nothing to worry about, he's better" his mom looked at Calem for a long while until he probably felt her staring and woke up

"Not the way I wanted to wake up. Stop looking at me like that, it's making me uncomfortable" he sat up

"I'm so happy you decided to bring the girl you wanted to marry home to me!" I nearly poked myself with the needle "you didn't think I noticed your father's keystone?" Calem looked away

"I didn't decide to bring her to you" he stood up "we're leaving" his mom stood after him

"Wait! I'm making pancakes!" I glanced at them, feeling the tension in this room

"No thanks" Calem turned to the door

"I like pancakes" I said, starting a new section of my project. He immediately sat down when I said that

"We can stay for a bit then" he refused to look at our direction. I snorted a little and watched his mom happily run back to the kitchen. I smiled a bit, wondering how exactly Calem behaved when he stayed with her and how she behaved

I made sure my Pokémon were fed before I got to the table to eat myself. Absol stayed pretty close to me, still being a bit skeptical about Calem. Although he was eating pancakes like a child would. It put a smile on his mom's face