I hiss as light blinds my eyes, I toss my arm over my face and sink into the softness of the bed. I breathe slowly, waiting for my head to clear, I can recall the club, being drugged, and what little there was of my rescue. When my thoughts finally stop blurring together I slowly uncover my eyes to the sun, the room I'm met with is unfamiliar but I can vaguely recall Nessa saying something about Raihan taking me home.

I groan sitting up only to feel familiar fur bush up against me, I smile and pet my hand over Zarude's head. I lean forward and press my forehead to his, "Thank you." I whisper softly, Zarude coos softly in return. I pull away and let out a sigh, I yank off the blankets before promptly standing.

My feet touch the cool wood of the floor, I scan the floor looking for my shoes only to find one tossed one direction and the other tossed in the opposite direction. I quickly gather them up and exit the bedroom door, I follow down the hallway only to meet two figures standing in the open area of the living room.

Nessa and Raihan argue as quietly as they're possibly capable of and it makes a grin form on my face. "I still don't know what you meant when you said Raihan doesn't deserve as much respect as any other gym leader. He seems like the perfect gentleman to me." I muse, the pair of them fall silent and snap their heads in my direction. "You're awake?" Nessa questions in shock, "Careful, you don't want to sound like you're disappointed." I laugh making my way closer to them. "Ya alright love? The bastard slipped ya something nasty last night." Raihan mumbles, "Unfortunately it's not the first time I've been drugged. However, it has allowed me the experience to learn when to get the hell out of dodge much like last night." I sigh out rolling my neck to relieve the tension.

I glance down to see Nessa holding a bag, "I assume this is for me?" I question looking at the bag. "Yeah, something to change into before we head out." She smiles while handing me the bag, "You're free to use the shower, down the hall and to your left, opposite of the room," Raihan instructs. I sent him a grateful smile, "You wouldn't happen to have some pokéfood to spare? Can't even imagine how hungry Zarude is." I giggle as Zarude nuzzles into me at the sound of his name. "I'm sure I can whip something up." The man smiles, "Thank you." I breathe out.

I turn and make my way down the hall, finding the bathroom with ease, when the door is locked I turn on the shower and start to strip down. I don't wait for the water to heat up more than it already has when I get everything off. The water isn't all that cold when I step in, which must be Raihan's expensive apartment perks. I rinse off all the sweat and grime from last night before I start scrubbing my skin raw in an effort to wash off the man's dirty touch.

I scrubbed off all I can handle before I step out of the shower, the mirror that takes up most of the wall on the opposite side of the bathroom reflects what I'm left with. I push my hair out of the way as I check for any marks, to my luck there aren't any.

Licking my lips I open up the bag and find what clothes Nessa picked for me. A pair of white slacks with a matching button up and heels, not to mention a lacy set of underwear. At the bottom of the bag is a black and blue scarf, a black leather belt, black cat eye sunglasses, and a bit of makeup. I lay all the items out before making sure I'm dry, when I'm sure I won't get any of the clothes wet I start to put them on.

I tuck in the button shirt and lace on the belt before leaving the first few buttons of the shirt undone to leave room for the scarf I neatly tie with bunny tail ends and push it off to the right side of my throat. When my clothes are on I do a simple neat makeup look before tossing my old clothes in the bag and stepping out of the bathroom with shoes and sunglasses in hand.

I smile at the two, refreshed and ready to conquer the day, "Ya look better love." Nessa smiles. "I feel fantastic." I grin looking over at Zarude who eats messily, "I hope he didn't try to take your hand off, he has food aggression," I breathe over to Raihan. "It wasn't all that bad, I do train dragons you know." He chuckles, I nod appreciatively in agreement. "I'd like to apologize (y/n), usually the pub isn't all that seedy." Raihan spoke up, "Don't dwell on it, you can make it up to me another time." I smirk.

Raihan lets out a laugh and bobs his head in agreement, "On the bright side the doorman said your welcome to come back anytime you're ready." Raihan chuckles. "Damn, and here I was hoping I'd get to steal a bit more of your time." I sigh out mockingly. "All you need to do is ask love," He grins, "Alright ya two, break it up. We got to pick up (y/n)'s Pokémon before we can go home and I for one think that she would appreciate sleeping in a bed that's hers." Nessa butts in with a playful smile.

"To be fair, I'm staying in a hotel until I find my roots." I giggle as she pulls me to the door, Raihan hands me my purse and I pop it open and retrieve Zarude's pokéball before zapping him back in. Nessa is already out the door when I try to slip on the white heels she got for me, Raihan is kind enough to allow me support as I hurriedly slip them on. When I finally get them on I smirk and grab Raihan by the front of his hoodie and yank him down, I place a soft kiss to his cheek before grinning. "Thank you." I whisper softly before pushing on my sunglasses and hurrying after Nessa. 

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