The executive had been looking for Silver all day; he even went as far as to search in the alleys of Goldenrod city. He spent about fifteen minutes, fuming as well as calling out for the younger, when he heard whimpering. Finding it odd, Proton went to investigate, turning ‘round a corner only to find that Silver was about to get hit by a complete and total stranger.
Proton stood there and stared, growing more and more infuriated with each passing moment. The moment the stranger brought their hand down upon Silver’s cheek was when the Executive snapped. Proton was on that man with a knife in hand faster than you could say ‘Slowpoke tails’.
And, with that knife of his pressed against that person’s throat, the executive let out a low chuckle whilst shaking his head. He then opened his mouth to allow a few words fall out, saying—
“You shouldn’t have done that.”
After that was said, Proton slit the mans throat in one fluid motion, promptly getting up off the man so he could drown in his own blood and bleed out.
It took him a few moments to calm down, but Proton managed to do it, sliding that knife back into his pocket without so much of word to pass his lips. The only thing that mattered was Silver. Was Silver okay? That was the big thing.
Proton then swiftly turned on his heels, and hesitantly approached Silver, slowly reaching out to brush some of those ginger locks out of the younger one’s face. He was unsure of what to do, what since he has never done something like this to keep one he cared about out of harms way. Hell, he rarely cared about anyone at all.
So, the executive wrapped his arms around Silver and pulled him close, muttering, “I should have been here earlier…..”
“Now why would I do that?” Red mused in reply. He was just getting to know him; having never spent much time around the Johto kids, Red never knew much about them… But Silver was an interesting boy, especially this one.
He perked up when tears sprung to Silver’s eyes, a tiny frown creasing his lips. Red sighed. “Oh, come here…” Carefully he approached the trainer and wrapped his arms around him, being as gentle as possible. It was a defensive maneuver; he felt the other was going to break at any moment. “Silver, it’s going to be okay, promise…” He whispered.
Silver felt the tears hot and wet roll down his face, little tragic, broken boy. He could hear his father’s words once more, Don’t grow attached. Don’t grow attached. But gloved hands clutched at the elder trainer’s shirt as he wept.
It was too late, a simple kindness and he was already attached. He wanted to be held, he wanted for just a moment to be shown somebody, anybody cared about him. Arms wrapped around him made him feel safe and secure for the first time since he was small.
“Hey.. Hey don’t mention it, really,” Red tried to smile for the boy, and gave him his best grin. “It’s all gonna be okay. You’ll see. You’ll break free, and once you do you and your Pokemon will be free as Butterfree,” he mused.
He snickered a little at his own, corny joke. “Jokes aside, I really do mean that, friend,” he continued. “It’s all going to work out in the end.”
"Senpai…? You would do well not to be my friend, not to grow attached to me. Not when I die brutally in every timeloop.“ he warned quietly.
”:But… I thank you.“ he whispered again, as tears had sprung to grey eyes. "It’s nice… To have somebody care about you.” Little broken redhead so terrified of being alone, but unable to hurt others and thus shoving them away.
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“You…” Red blinked. Of course, Silver had said something like this earlier… But he died? That was how his loops ended, with death? He suppressed the shudder that came up at the thought. That had to be awful…
His gaze wandered to the Crobat above as well as he listened to the redhead talk, and he nodded. “I will, or at the least I can try. Your father…that’s no way to treat a Pokemon, not at all,” he muttered. Oh how he would wring Giovanni’s neck for words like that.
“Thank you, Senpai. I am content then… Knowing they at least won’t suffer. I can be free to treat them how I wish to, I’m not a cruel trainer… But I didn’t allow them to grow close to me.” he explained
"Now I don’t have to be cold towards them… Thank you… Thank you, Senpai.“ he whispered, the gratitude in his eyes and voice as he smiled tenderly at the elder trainer.
Silver taking his hand was a bit unexpected. “No prob,” he quietly replied. He was still calling him senpai, and dammit, it was getting to him, little by little. He didn’t like it, but at the same time thought it was precious that anyone would call him that.
But Red averted his gaze when he answered Silver’s question. “Well, I uh… Not exactly,“ he bluffed. "Let’s just say I was…very stupid in my attempts at freedom…”
Silver gazed at the elder trainer and gave a soft, sad smile. He was actually pretty happy if he was honest. “Senpai… I should warn you, I die… pretty often. When I die this time… My partners will you look after them?” he pleaded
"Father said to use them as tools, use them and throw them away, but I can’t do that…“ he whispered, gazing at the Crobat that flew around. above their heads. "I don’t want them to suffer when I am murdered.”
