I've decided to start a series of shorts about Alola, and anyone who's played SoLuna (what I call the versions, because it's shorter that way) knows where the title comes from, and that's going to be my base prompt for each of these.

POVs will be: Tsuki (my Moon character), Hau, Leo (my Sun-based OC), Gladion, Lillie, Teresa (my OC), and the occasional 3rd Person POV.

* This short contains no story spoilers, only what was officially released beforehand. Rating is K. Kinda general-friendship. Edited twice.

~IG

(PS:I'd love it if you'd review, so I know what I could improve upon.)

Hau

The first thing I noticed about Tsuki is that she was always smiling. It was a calm smile, revealing nothing about what she was thinking or what she would do next.

At first, I thought it was the same smile, all the time, but as I got to know her, I realized that each smile was different, in a small way. No one else could see it, though; they thought she had the same, calm smile all the time. Somehow, I was the only one able to see the differences.

When I thought back on when she first came to school, I realized she had a hesitant smile, with worry in her eyes because her English wasn't the best. When she walked around, watching people and pokémon, the corners of her mouth threatened to drop, probably because she missed her friends from Kanto. The closest I saw her smile vanishing was when she was teased by Leia. It was forced, as she tried to hide the pain of being mocked like an outsider in a region that was now her home. When she received her first pokémon, a litten, her smile was the same, but the light in her eyes changed that into something that would be ingrained in my memory forever. And when she battled against me, or anyone else, it was a smile that told of her determination to do her best and joy of battling alongside her pokémon.

Over the months of our journey around Alola, taking on trials and challenging the Kahunas, when we ran into each other, it seemed like there was a new smile Tsuki had to show me, each different in a way that only I could see.

Joy when her pokémon were evolving caused her brown eyes to brighten. Her head tilted in wonder when something new was discovered that she hadn't seen before. When she had new clothes or an item to show me, the corners of her mouth twitched, but the mischief always came through onto her face. Anger that was close to a sneer appeared when Team Skull was causing trouble on Akala. Somehow, she managed to smile when the Ultra Beasts appeared, although it was full of fear (my least favorite). And pride, when she showed me the pokémon that had been given to her.

But personally, my favorite smile was the one she wore when we were sitting at the docks as the moon or sun rose or set, munching on malasadas or taiyaki, our pokémon lounging nearby, when all was at peace and there was nothing to worry about.