So, yeah. I'm back. With a long chapter to hopefully apologize for my extremely long absense.

And if you hadn't noticed already, I ship soulsivershipping and ferriswheelshipping. However, I also ship hoennchampionshipping. (And no, that isn't Dawn/Barry. I ship her with Riley but couldn't find a reason to put him in this one-shot)

This prompt is from Noolie.

Rock Star

"Can you believe I got us tickets to see Blue Oak?"

"I know! It's so exciting! I can't wait to see him rock the stage…"

"Backstage passes and everything? You are amazing, Dawn!"

Leaf rolled her eyes as her three best friends chatted about the tickets Dawn had bought for them to go see the pop idol Blue Oak. Leaf just flipped the page in her book she was reading and let her friends continue to swoon over the "hot pop idol". Kotone, Dawn, and May were pouring over magazine pages that featured the green-eyed singer, swooning over pictures of him posing with his guitar and his Pokémon while dressed rather flamboyantly for Leaf's tastes.

"Tonight just can't come fast enough!" May squealed, probably the biggest fan of the three of them. Leaf thought the boy had talent; she just didn't understand people going so crazy over him all the time.

"Leaf, you could at least act excited that I bought us all tickets to see his show." Dawn said, resting her hands on her hips as she stared at the least enthusiastic member of their quartet. Leaf sighed.

"I know. I'm sorry, Dawn. I really am excited. He's very talented and it'll be neat to see him perform live. I hear he's fantastic live."

The doorbell rang and Leaf was grateful for an excuse to leave the other girls to their fangirling. She opened the door to see Touko standing there awkwardly. Leaf smiled and invited the newest member of their friend group into their house.

"I'm glad you made it. I was worried I'd be stuck with these three airheads all night long." Leaf teased. Sounds of protest came from the other three girls in the room.

"Thanks for inviting me. I'm excited. I hear Blue Oak and his band are really good live." Touko said. Leaf nodded.

"I was just saying that! Glad we're on the same page here." She said with a smile. Touko took a seat beside Kotone to look over the magazine photos.

"So, Touko, you haven't really told us what you think of Blue Oak." Kotone said, grinning. Touko shrugged.

"He's handsome, I guess."

May's head snapped around to look at Touko so fast Leaf was surprised her head didn't snap off.

"You 'guess'?" she asked menacingly. "Blue Oak is the hottest thing to go up on that stage ever."

Touko shrugged. "He's cute, but I think the drummer is more attractive." She said, blushing slightly. Dawn looked down at the page that mentioned all of the band members, searching for the drummer's name.

"'N Harmonia' huh? Interesting name." Dawn said, reading aloud. Touko blushed a shade darker as she nodded.

"Y-yeah. There's just something about him. He's so passionate as he plays. His concentration, the way he cares about Pokémon… I don't know. Of all the band members I'm crushing on, it would be N Harmonia." She said wistfully. Leaf took a seat beside her.

"He is rather handsome." Leaf agreed, staring at the photo of the man with long green hair. "His eyes are gorgeous."

Touko nodded, her blush beginning to fade. May checked the time on her phone before springing to her feet.

"We need to go! The show starts in like two hours and we need to go now!" she shouted, running out the door and jumping into the front passenger seat of Leaf's car. The other girls followed suit. Leaf sighed and shook her head, being the last to leave the house.

"I'm really starting to wonder if the only reason you invited me was to get me to drive you all there…" she muttered as she locked the front door of her house.

The trip was long; Leaf felt like she was going to bash her head against a wall. The girls in the car had been singing Blue Oak's songs at the top of their lungs for the entire trip. Leaf had been contemplating kicking all of them (except Touko who had contributed the least to their shenanigans) out of her car. Or at least turning around and driving back home.

When they got to the place where Blue Oak was performing, May was out of the car before Leaf even came to a complete stop. Leaf rolled her eyes but decided it would be best to not comment on it. No need to start a fight unnecessarily.

May was really excited. They walked through the doors ahead of the line of screaming fangirls and the security guards motioned for them to take a seat in the sitting room.

"The band's manager will be back here to get you shortly." One of the security guards said. May was bouncing up and down in her seat she was so excited. Kotone and Dawn had similar looks of excitement, though neither of them were as excited as May was. Touko looked happy to be there while Leaf looked mildly bored.

"Excuse me."

All five girls looked up at the door to see a tall man with silver hair dressed in a fitted suit standing in the doorway.

"I am Steven Stone, the Band's manager. You must be the ladies who were given the backstage passes." He said, smiling warmly at them. Leaf stood and the other girls followed her lead.

"Yes. I am Leaf Green and these are my friends Dawn, Kotone, May, and Touko." She said, smiling at Steven. Steven motioned for them to follow her.

"The band will be setting up soon, but you can have some time to talk with them." He said. As the girls filed out of the room, Leaf turned her head and noticed May was staring after the man with a lovestruck expression. She grabbed May's arm gently and tugged her along.

"What's the matter, May? I thought Blue Oak was the hottest guy on the planet?" Leaf teased. May shook her head slowly.

"Blue Oak is a hot boy, but dang that Steven Stone is a hot man. Huge difference." May said in hushed tones. She looked up at Leaf. "Leaf, I think I'm in love. Did you hear him speak? Yum, like chocolate on gravel…"

Leaf shook her head, laughing lightly. "Come on, May. Let's go meet the band."

"I want to talk to their hot manager."

BREAK

The five girls were lead backstage where the four band members were standing around drinking pop. Leaf recognized Blue Oak immediately; he was hard to miss. He was dressed in tight black jeans with a thick spike belt that hung low on his hips. He was also wearing a sleeveless leather jacket with no shirt underneath, showing off his rather impressive abs. Not to mention the fact he was covered in silver jewelry and wearing black sunglasses. Indoors. Leaf could admit he was quite attractive.

Blue grinned at them when they walked in.

"Hello, ladies! Good to meet you all. I'm Blue as you probably know and—" he stopped speaking when his eyes landed on Leaf. He lifted his sunglasses to take a better look at her. He smiled at her, a grin that very nearly stopped Leaf's heart. "Why hello there, gorgeous. And your name is…?"

Leaf was surprised to say the least. She hadn't expected Blue Oak to take an interest in her out of all of her friends. She was the least enthusiastic about meeting them anyway! "Um, Leaf. Leaf Green."

"It is an absolute pleasure to meet you, Miss Green." Blue said, taking a step closer to her. Blue took her hand and kissed it, bowing low.

"You have beautiful eyes." He said. Leaf felt her stomach begin to churn.

"Um, thanks?" she said, tugging her hand out of Blue's grasp.

"I'm really glad someone with a great body like yours has a backstage pass to come see my show." He continued, taking another step toward Leaf. "You should come to my dressing room after the show so we can get… better acquainted." Leaf took a step back in response, startled to have the famous idol so close and slightly disgusted by his words.

"Oh, lay off, Blue." The red-haired bass player/backup vocals said, laying a hand on the lead vocal's shoulder. "Can't you see you're making her uncomfortable?"

"Shut up, Silver. She's fine, right?" Blue said, shoving Silver's arm away with a frown and then grinning at Leaf again. Leaf swallowed hard.

"Um—"

"Yeah, he's right; she's feeling uncomfortable." Kotone piped up, coming to stand beside her best friend. Leaf gave her a grateful smile. Blue scowled at her.

"And who are you?" he asked. Kotone squared her shoulders.

"I am Kotone and you need to leave my friend alone, you lecherous Mankey." She said, linking arms with Leaf.

"Hey," Silver said, looking irritated, "you don't get to talk about him like that. He wasn't doing anything bad. I told him to back off and he will. You don't have to be rude."

Leaf had a sinking feeling things were about to get worse.

Kotone's face turned red with anger. "I call them as I see them! I don't care if you guys are famous rock stars, you don't get to do whatever you want!" she nearly shouted. She took a step closer to Silver and poked her finger into his chest. "And you, Mister, one moment you're standing up for my friend and now you're getting angry with me? You need to chill out and keep your dog leashed." She spat, glaring at Blue. Blue narrowed his eyes, fully prepared to defend himself, but Silver cut in, stepping close to Kotone and dwarfing her with his larger frame.

"Listen here, little girl. You came to see us. Not the other way around. That does not give you a right to come in here and be rude to my friend. So sit down, shut up, and stop making a fuss about something that isn't that big of a big deal." He hissed, glaring at her. Kotone glared back, raising her chin to stare into his eyes, refusing to back down.

"We paid good money to come see your show and meet you guys backstage so I think that we deserve to be treated with a little respect and not propositioned the moment we get here."

Silver scoffed, rolling his eyes. "No one is propositioning a child like you."

"I'm seventeen!"

"Could've fooled me!"

"Hey!" Leaf cut in, getting angry at how Silver was treating her friend. "Now you're being rude."

"Stay out of this!" Silver yelled at her. Leaf glared at him before turning her fury on Blue.

"And you, you were being perverted and I think I deserve an apology." She told him. Blue laughed at her.

"As if! I thought you were hot and that's my response to all the hot chicks. You're nothing special, honey, and now you've pissed me off." He said. Leaf looked at him incredulously.

"I pissed you off?" she demanded, furious. "You're the one being a pervert and yet I pissed you off! Arceus forgive me! I pissed off the great and mighty Blue freaking Oak!"

Meanwhile, Touko had gone to introduce herself to the drummer. He kept glancing over at his band mates engaged in the verbal sparring nearby, but smiled gently when she came near him.

"Hi." Touko said shyly, blushing. N blushed as well.

"Hi. Nice to meet you. I'm N."

Touko smiled. "I know. I'm Touko." She said. N nodded quickly, feeling dumb.

"Of course you know. Right. Um, it's nice to meet you Touko." He said. He glanced over at where Silver and Kotone were still fighting and Leaf had begun arguing with Blue. Touko sighed.

"I'm sorry; this wasn't supposed to happen…" she apologized. N shook his head.

"No, it's not your fault." No reassured her. "Blue and Silver are both hotheaded. Though I haven't seen them get this worked up over girls before…"

Touko looked over at the fighting pairs. "Still, I apologize. I just wanted to meet your band because I think you guys are really talented. I didn't want it to end up with everyone fighting." She said sadly. N smiled at her.

"We're not fighting." He said. He looked over at Dawn who was joking around with Barry and at May who was talking with their manager. "And neither are they. It could be worse."

"I suppose…"

"Hey, how about to make it up to you, we can maybe go get some ice cream?" N said. He was blushing and not looking at Touko when he was speaking. She was surprised for sure, but she also thought it was cute how nervous he was. He was almost like a little kid confessing to his first crush.

"I'd like that." She said with a smile. N smiled back and both teens had matching flushed faces.

"Can you believe those idiots?" Barry asked, laughing as he watched the bickering pairs. Dawn nodded.

"Unfortunately, yes. Kotone is extremely hot-headed and Leaf is the most stubborn person I have ever met." She said. Barry shrugged.

"Silver is rather abrasive and argumentative while Blue is lecherous and irritating. It was only a matter of time before they met their matches." He said.

Dawn sighed in exasperation, watching Leaf have to hold Kotone back to keep the shorter teen from tackling Silver and punching him in the nose. She glanced at her childhood best friend.

"Hey, thanks for the tickets by the way." She told him. Barry waved it off.

"No problem. Couldn't let my best friend get away with not coming to at least one of my shows." He then proceeded to ruffle Dawn's dark blue hair. She whined and half-heartedly swatted his hand away.

"Stop! You'll mess my hair up…"

Barry simply laughed.

"You have quite… spirited friends." Steven said, watching as the fights played out. May had never felt so embarrassed in her entire life. Here she was, standing next to the most gorgeous man on the planet, and her idiot friends had to screw everything up by picking fights with the band members.

A muffled "I'm going to tear your spine out and beat you with it!" came from their direction. May figured it belonged to Kotone. She covered her face with her hands, embarrassment tinting her face pink. Steven looked down at her.

"Hey, May, do you want to get out of here?"

May's heart just about stopped altogether. "Wh-what was that?"

"The show isn't for another hour and I don't think they'll be done fighting about Arceus knows what anytime soon. So, do you want to go get some coffee and get away from this madness for a little while? The break room is just down the hall." He explained. May nodded slowly, following him to the door that led to the break room. She walked beside him, her heart hammering a mile a minute.

"So, Steven, how did you get mixed up with Blue and his band?" she asked. A small grin curled the corner of Steven's mouth.

"It's actually a pretty funny story. So, there I was, walking through Granit Cave…"

BREAK

The fighting wasn't resolved by the time the band started setting up. Steven decided it would be best for everyone to go stand out in the audience, the front row of course, and then come backstage later if they were up for it.

"Um, hey Steven?" May asked as he started to lead the five girls away. He turned to look at her.

"Yes?"

"Would you mind if I maybe stayed back here? I'm really curious to see what the job of a band manager is…" she said, biting her lower lip. Steven smiled at her, placing his hand on her shoulder and squeezing gently.

"I would love to have your company, May."

A face-splitting grin spread over her face at his answer.

"Let me take your friends to their seats. Wait here and I'll be back shortly."

Leaf gave May a sly glance as she passed her friend. May blushed and stuck her tongue out at Leaf. Leaf simply laughed in response. Steven led them out from backstage and into the crowd, giving them a front row view of the stage.

"I apologize for the actions of the band. They're usually not that bad." Steven told them, directing his words more toward Leaf and Kotone. Leaf waved off his concern while Kotone crossed her arms over her chest.

"They were very rude. I used to love their music, but now all I think about them is how awful that Silver person is and how disgusting Blue was to Leaf." She said. Steven gave her a sympathetic look.

"And I sincerely apologize. If you are willing to come backstage after the show, the boys will have a formal apology prepared for you. Again, I am very sorry for their immature and rude actions."

The show was really good. Leaf and Touko had heard correctly; Blue Oak's band was fantastic live. Kotone seemed to soften up as the band continued to play, eventually singing along with them. Leaf was able to enjoy it, but she still couldn't shake her earlier argument with Blue out of her head. Once the band finished playing, Leaf noticed N wave and then blow a kiss to Touko. Touko blushed bright red but was grinning from ear to ear. Leaf laughed.

"Okay, girls. So what's the consensus?" Dawn asked once the bad retreated backstage.

"I'd like to go see them again." Touko said.

"I suppose I wouldn't mind getting that apology from Silver." Kotone said, sighing like the admittance was a great burden. "Besides, someone needs to let that boy know rudeness won't get him anywhere."

Dawn looked to Leaf expectantly, awaiting her answer.

"You guys go ahead. I'll wait in the car." Leaf said.

"You sure, Leaf?" Dawn asked. Leaf nodded.

"Yeah. Go on. I'll be fine."

The other three girls went to join May and the band backstage while Leaf headed out of the arena toward where she parked her car. It was a struggle trying to get passed the mass of fans all heading for the exit, so she took a step back and waited outside for the crowd to thin.

It took no time for the parking lot to turn into a ghost town. Leaf stood from her spot on the concrete, brushed the dirt from her backside, and made her second attempt toward her car.

Despite the disastrous meeting with the band, Leaf had enjoyed the concert. They were good, really good. Some seriously talented people, even if their lead vocalist was a pervert.

"Leaf!"

He was attractive, yes. Any girl with eyes could see that. But that attitude of his… Leaf had never felt so riled up before. She'd never got so angry with a person. It was a weird feeling. Chaotic, passionate, fiery…

"Hey, Leaf! Wait up!"

Where had she parked again? Oh right, between the light post and the dumpster. Now she could see it.

"Hey, seriously. I need to talk to you, Leaf." Blue said, grabbing Leaf's arm and snapping her out of her thoughts. She gasped and jumped nearly a foot in the air.

"Blue!" she shouted, both surprised and irritated. He gave her a sheepish look.

"Yeah, sorry about that. I called your name like three times but you didn't answer."

Leaf shook her head to clear it. "Okay, whatever. Now what is it you want?" she demanded, still sore over their earlier argument. Blue, still looking sheepish, released her arm and rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

"I want to apologize for my behavior earlier."

Leaf crossed her arms over her chest as she stared at him.

"I shouldn't have been such a demented fool or treated you like a piece of meat. Or argued with you. Or said any of that other stuff. I'm sorry."

"Are you only saying this because your manager, Steven, is making you?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. Blue shook his head.

"Well, I mean, he did tell us to apologize, but I really am sorry. I feel bad about the whole thing." He explained. "I was hoping you'd come backstage so I could tell you, but when I saw you didn't come with your friends, I panicked. I couldn't let you leave without me at least apologizing. So, forgive me?"

Leaf made a show of tapping her chin, giving it a lot of thought.

"I don't know, Blue. I think you need to make it up to me."

"How?"

Leaf grinned. "I want you to buy me dinner."

Blue was surprised. He wasn't expecting that. "Dinner? But—"

"But I want you to know, I won't be a cheap date. I will be ordering everything on the menu." She interrupted. Blue could feel a smile tugging on his mouth.

"Alright, Miss Green. It's a date."

Leaf shook her head, sliding into the driver's seat of her car. "No, not a date. This will be retribution." She corrected him. Blue laughed.

"Whatever you say."

"Hey, will my friends be okay back with the rest of the band?" Leaf asked him as she started her car. Blue nodded.

"Yeah. Barry and Dawn are childhood friends and he's already offered her a ride home. N promised to take Touko out for some ice cream after the show, so she's good. May and Steven have really hit things off and I would be surprised if they didn't go out tonight. And Kotone is demanding that Silver starts to be a nicer person. She's making him drive her home to make up for the way he treated her earlier."

Leaf nodded. "Alright, just wanted to be sure I wouldn't be leaving any of them stranded."

"So, where do you want to go?" Blue asked. Leaf smirked.

"What's the most expensive restaurant in town?"