Well with the end of Alola my love, I thought I'd tackle my other favorite couple from Pokémon Sun and Moon; Hau and Moon, yes I like this paring don't judge me. This is a bit different since I don't want to start from their first meeting I'm gonna jump a few years ahead in time to get myself some more writing room.
Moon was never really sure when she first developed her crush on Hau; she knew it was sometimes around the first time they meet. He was such an energetic child when they were eleven, always running off before she sometimes couldn't' even catch up to him, he was also extremely friendly even after losing to her in a pokémon battle he would congratulate her on a win and offer to take her out to go get malasadas; which she always accepted. All these things turned the small crush Moon had on Hau into a rather large one, which eventually evolved like her popillo evolved into primarina; into a deep infatuation for him. Now here she was at the age of nineteen and still pinning for him; and not one step closer to telling him how she felt.
This was not at all helped by the fact that Hau's heart was already taken by another person, her friend Lillie. Well that was not really true, Hau much like her crush on him had a slight infatuation of Lillie, whereas Lillie was…rather oblivious to his infatuation; that or she didn't really share the same feelings he had for her it was sometimes hard to tell with Lillie sometimes. this made what he told her today all the more…heartbreaking.
"I think I'm gonna tell Lillie how I feel about her." Hau said. They were sitting at a café in Heahea City, he was enjoying his all-time favorite dish malasada while she settled for something that reminded her of her native home of Kanto. When those words came out of his mouth Moon's world stopped.
"C-cool, when do you plan on doing it?" Moon asked trying to not let it show that she was heartbroken at this revelation; she may have been in love with him, but if this was what he truly wanted to be happy, who was she to get in the way of it.
"Tonight, you'll be there to help me right?" Hau asked. She wanted to say no, she wanted to blurt out that ever since they were kids she'd had a crush on him, she wanted to tell him that Lillie didn't feel that way about him, but she couldn't.
"Sure, I'll be there," Moon said fighting back tears, after this she didn't really want to eat anymore, her body felt numb and all she wanted to do was leave. "Hau, I'll see you later, I got…champion stuff to take care of." Moon said, lying so she could go home and do something she hadn't done since she was a little girl; cry, cry and cry some more.
"Moon, you okay dear?" Her mother asked noticing her daughter was crying for quite some time.
"It's not fare mom." Moon said, her eyes were red from crying, Her mother sighed she knew exactly what this was about.
"I know your heartbroken dear, but you have to move on, there are plenty of magikarp in the sea." Her mother said trying to get her daughter out of the rut, Moon wiped her eyes and let out another defeated sigh.
"I know I just, it hurts so much mom." Moon said; she'd felt physical pain before it came with being a pokémon trainer, but this was a pain she was not ready to deal with.
"Know that this will pass Moon, but me and your father are there for you." Her mother said hugging her daughter tightly. She could hear her sobbing into her shoulder, "It will be alright dear." Moon's mother said rubbing her back, the only thing she could do at this point to comfort her daughter. Later that night Moon gathered up enough strength/courage to go to the place where Hau was going to confess to Lillie.
Looking herself over in the mirror Moon was clad in a powder blue bodycon dress and had her hair done in a bun, a single orchid adorned her hair near the base of the bun. She was as ready as anyone was to see her crush try to woo another woman. Hau decided to do this at the place where the three had first meet. It was early in the evening around seven.
"God I'm so nervous." Hau said as he fiddled with his hair over and over again. This was a bit of a tic he would show when he was really anxious
"You'll be fine just breath." Moon said patting her friend on the back, she heard him take in a deep breath. A few minutes passed and Lillie showed up, she waved at her two friends.
"So Hau, what is it that you wanted to talk to me about?" Lillie asked her friend giving him a warm smile; Moon sighed waiting for the inevitable, this could go one of two ways, Lillie reacts him and Hau goes home sad and brokenhearted or she doesn't and Moon goes home even more broken hearted either way this was not gonna end good for someone.
"Um Lillie would you like to…go out on a date?" Hau asked trying his best to not sound nervous. Lillie thought for a moment and then shook her head.
"Sorry Hau, I just don't see you like that." Lillie said as she politely declined Hau's date invitation. Hau looked deflated; it wasn't a great sight for Moon or Lillie.
"O-oh Okay, sorry to bother you." Hau said, he always wore his heart on his sleeves and it was showing greater than ever now. Lillie hugged him.
"Don't be do downtrodden I'm sure there are other girls who like you." Lillie said looking directly at Moon.
"Like who?" Hau asked a bit surprised at this. Before Moon could stop her friend from revealing her crush on Hau, Lillie spoke up.
"Like Moon, I know she's been pinning over you for a long time." Lillie said and Moon stopped dead in her tracks. She could see the look on Hau's face, it was a mixture of surprise and a bit of admonishment; no doubt at him failing to see that she had a crush on him.
"Really?" Hau asked. Moon reluctantly nodded. Hau was unsure how to act, on one hand he had gotten rejected, and on the other he had found out that one of his best friends since childhood was in love with him. The silence was rather defining almost.
"I'll see you guys later!" Moon shouted as she ran off trying to get away from this awkward situation. Hau reached out trying to stop Moon from going, but it was too late and she was already gone.
"She…liked me and never told me." Hau said. He looked at Lillie and tried to think of something. To say.
"How long?" Hau asked still trying to piece together what happened just several seconds ago.
"For as long as you guys knew each other," Lillie said trying to think of how long Moon has had her crush on Hau. Hau tried to think of any of the times that it might have been obvious that she liked him, "Sorry I never told you or she didn't she's so shy sometimes." Lillie said talking about Moon, despite her outgoing nature when it came to things like this.
Moon was halfway to the ferry when she heard a voice crying out to her. Turning around she could see it was Hau who was trying his best to catch up to her. Out of breath and a bit flustered Hau walked up to her and tried to steady himself.
"Hau, did you run all this way to catch up to me." Moon asked a bit impressed that he ran all this way to just to find her.
"Y-yeah I just didn't want you to run off before I could straighten things out with you." Hau said finally able to talk straight as he stood up. He looked moon in the eyes and smiled his usual goofy smile he always gave her.
"Look Moon, I'm sorry I never picked up on your love of me, If I knew I would have, gosh I don't know," He said as he took ahold of her hands, "but I'm willing to make up for lost time." He said smiling at her.
"I would like that a lot." She said as she gripped his hands a little tighter.
Well I'm done with this chapter, I hope you guys liked it, it was fun to write this and I plan to continue it so review favorite and all that jazz.