Pink Lemonade [Ilima x Reader]

Berry Boy

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"Wait, you want one Boris? But it's so high up..."

You looked up the tree. Boris only likes food with bitter or sour flavors, and none were on the floor because other trainers have picked the day's fallen berries clean. Tiny little Freckles wasn't old nor strong enough to be trusted climbing a tree that tall so it was up to you. You let out a sigh and set Freckles down next to Boris and then placing your hands on your hips. Where was the best place to start your climb upwards to hopefully find a berry with the Boris stamp of approval?

You see three green berries above. Boris likes Durin and Rabuta berries the most, so that meant you had a good chance of getting at least one in this tree. You find a few branches in a close proximity of eachother and begin climbing. Freckles cheers out a cry, thinking this was a game. She tried to trot towards the tree to join you, but Boris moves his tail so she's trapped next to him. Good job Boris. Way to be a good big brother. You use your arms to hoist your legs up onto the trunk, "walking" up it to get to the branch you're gripping onto. Once you're steady, you do the same thing to the next branch. Well, more or less.

Yay! With the help of fanfiction magic you make it up to the part of the tree where the three green berries were. One Aspun, one Lum, and one Aguav. Boris hates Aspun and Aguav berries! Well... maybe he'll like the Lum. It's kinda bland. You also found a Pamtre and Apicot berry each for Freckles. She likes sweet and dry berries. You wrapped the berries in your shirt and jumped down. Like a Litten, you landed on your feet after jumping down from so high. Boris and Freckles cheered. You have the most both the berries you've collected. Freckles sign into hers happily. As for Boris...

It's a fat rejection.

"Oh dear, it seems like Boris is quite the picky eater. A Lum berry has no particular flavor so normally a Pokémon could enjoy it regardless of taste. No fear, I have all kinds of berries. What is Boris's preferred flavor palette?"

You jumped, not expecting to see Ilima here. Wait, did he just see you scale that tree like it was some sort of building? If so... you're not sure if you should be embarrassed or proud of yourself. You look over at Boris, who is nudging away the alum berry. Figures. With a defeated breath through your nose, you have in to Ilima's offer.

"Boris will only eat something if it's either super bitter, super sour, or bitter AND sour. I've tried giving him Aguav berries and stuff before, but the flavor is not strong enough for him. He's just a spoiled little turd."

You turned over your shoulder and stuck your tongue out at him. Boris did the same thing, but playfully. It was a nice contrast to your agitated tone. Freckles tried to do it too, only her tiny little tongue wasn't long enough to blow the raspberry. Poor sweetheart. However, Ilima listened to the forewarning and pulled out both of the berries that were on Boris's favorite list: A Durin and a Rabuta berry. Ilima approached Boris and gave him both. Delighted, he began to chow down. What a relief. You wiped the sweat from your forehead, after climbing that tree and forgetting to that earlier, and looked up at the sky. It really was a hot day.

"Thanks Ilima. Boris may be a spoiled brat, but I love him. Is there anything I can do to return the favor?"

Ilima Smiled, neither nodding nor shaking his head. You were confused... and thirsty. You brought a bottle of water when you came out here to route three... right? If not you're goimf to have to make a run to the Pokémon center to go buy one at that vending machine. Mineral water. It's healither.

"The fact that you aren't a blushing, flustered mess whenever I'm around anymore is better than anything else you could repay me with. Maybe now you'd actually consider me a friend."

If you had any tea, you'd spit it out. Oh yeah. You forgot about that. You supposed it was all the time you've spent with him so far other than idolizing him. Well, that and how casual this meeting was in comparison to the others. The others had romantic context in the back of your mind. This one was just Ilima being a bro and helping you out in a time of need. Speaking of time of need, you notice Yungoos and Smeargle. Yungoos was sleeping on his head and Smeargle was staring longingly in the tree. He was staring at a Pecha berry. You grinned. There's an actual thing you can do! That and you grinned at Ilima being a really amazing guy. He's so sweet. Like a Liechi berry!

"Yeah. That part is probably because you're an amazing person, Ilima. Anyway, it looks like Smeargle wants a berry. I'm going to go grab the one he wants, 'Kay?"

You didn't wait for Ilima to protest. You started walking towards the tree and Smeargle ran to walk at your side, grabbing your index and middle fingers and holding them like it was your whole hand. Once you got to the tree Smeargle pointed to a berry. Hey, that ain't a Pecha berry like you thought! Smeargle actually wanted the Magost berry next to it. And the Nomel berry next to that. It was much closer than the others berries you grabbed, so you were happy to climb the tree for them.

It took all of two minutes to get up there, grab the berries, and get down. You actually stole the Pecha berry, a Razz berry, and a Cherri berry that was up there with it. You handed the two to Smeargle, who ate them happily. You walked back to Ilima, who had Yungoos waking up on his head. With Yungoos's Bold perosnality, he's probably love a Razz berry. Yungoos happily took it and began eating. Ilima laughed and set it on the ground, but he was confused when you offered him the Pecha Berry. A bittersweet flavor is probably something he'd love.

"For you."

Ilima took the berry cautiously, as if he didn't believe it was for him. You split the Cherri berry in two, since it's based off of the real life cherry, and ate one. Unlike real Cherries, Cherri berries don't have pits so you can just eat the whole thing. You watched Ilima smiled and eat his Pecha berry whole. You felt your heart get stricken by cupid's arrow. Cue the blushing nervous mess. HE'S SO CUUUUUUUUUTE!!!

You definitely have a crush on him. Maybe even love him? But it's too soon to tell of its love, right now it's only like. You have to get to like-like before you can love.

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