Roark's POV 🪨

Y-Yeah. I'm fine." Y/n replied, even though I really don't think she's fine.

There were marks on her arm that I didn't recognize at all or have never seen before.

When did they show up? They weren't there when I met y/n and when I was still in the hospital.

Were they???

"Yeah, but - " I began.

"I said I'm fine, Roark..." She says before sweat dropping a little.

Then she pulled something out from her pocket and ate it, which immediately made the marks on her arm disappear completely, as she sighed and relaxed a little.

"See? I'm okay." Y/n says.

"What the hell? What did she just eat??" I thought, confused at this point.

I decided to try not to let it bother me, even though it's still gonna be in my mind for a while.

"Alright then..." I said to her.

Just after we left the café a little while later, a few bunch of drunk but aggressive men came up to us and the girls.

They shoved me hard a little, almost making me fall to the ground, before roughly grabbing the girls.

Their faces, however, were obviously showing bad intentions, so we tried to stop them, only I failed.

"Roark!" Y/n says as she struggled hard in one of the drunken men's grip.

"Y/n!" I went as I tried to get back up.

But, that's when something happened right in front of us that I don't think anyone would forget...

Y/n's POV 🍒

As I kept struggling, trying to break free, I suddenly felt my heart pound loudly and hard within my chest.

"DOKI" was what the heartbeat sounded like.

Then I lowered my head a little, a shadow falling over my eyes, as I smirked.

"What's so funny, puny bitch?" The drunken man, who roughly grabbed me by the arm, asked.

That's when I swung my foot, kicking the man in the crotch so hard, that the sound of bones breaking could be heard very loudly and clearly.

The man screamed as he letted go of me, while he held his crotch in pain.

In response, I swung my foot at the side of his head, instantly knocking him out.

Cracking my knuckles as the other drunken men letted go and came after me next, the other girls quickly got away, knowing shit's about to get real.

When the next drunken man got close, he had his hand extended out in attempt to grab me, I immediately broke his arm, by grabbing it and swinging my entire body around it real hard.

A cracking sound was heard next before I got off of his arm, as he had the same reaction the previous one did, only towards his arm.

Only when I knocked him out this time, it was by hitting my hand hard at the back of his neck.

The next three all came after me next, which I beated them with ease as the same energy that circulated through me before (during Cynthia's battle) immediately came back, only it was the color of orange this time.

Without hesitation, I judo flipped the two of them hard into the ground at the same time, instantly knocking them out, before I literally sent the last two flying to the other side of Sinnoh.

"One reminder for you drunk bastards..." I said as I walked over to the ones that I broke their bones and knocked out, after they gained consciousness.

"DON'T. TOUCH. AND. HURT. ANYONE. OR. ROARK. AGAIN."

As I said that word by word, my voice was heavy with rage.

The drunks quickly nodded their heads in understanding before getting up and immediately running away from us, heading out of the city.

The last thing I heard from them was, "That new champion bitch is scarier than a dark-type pokémon!"

As soon as they left, the orange energy surrounding me, then vanished as I stood there.

"Holy shit...." I heard Cynthia say. "You're pretty savage when it comes to fighting, aren't you, y/n?"

"And yet, you've beaten them all up in under one second!" Maylene adds in before coming over and showing me a stopwatch that she somehow brought along with her.

"Yeah...I guess it's almost like my overprotective mode was immediately switched on." I went after looking at it.

"I'm normally really nice to others. But, in situations like what just happened, that's when you'll see my dark side."

"Valid." Fantina replies as she nodded her head.

Nodding back in return, I went over to Roark and asked him if he was okay.

"Yeah, I'm fine...But, those jerks pushed me too hard." He says as I hugged him, while I felt him hug me back tightly in return.

"I know...But, I'm glad you're okay." I said as I looked at him, once we parted the hug.

"Me too, y/n..." He replied, while smiling gently.

I smiled back at him too in response before I booped him by the nose.

"Aww~" I heard Gardenia gush in adore, immediately making both of our faces turn red.

"You two are so cute together."

"Gardenia!" I shrieked before playfully punching her by the arm not-too-hard.

She and the other girls laughed hard a little at my reaction as the boys were too, only at Roark.

After a while, we all decided to head home and turn in for the night.

As the others left, it was soon just me and Roark.

"Ready to head back?" He asked as he looked over at me.

"Yeah, but, I got something to show you once we drop our stuff off at the house." I replied as I smiled.

"Just one last trip too."

"Oh, alright y/n..." Roark says as he rubbed his eyes a little.

I hid a smile in response, liking the fact that he has no idea what I've secretly planned.

I honestly think this'll be a really good surprise too.

Roark's POV 🪨

After we setted our things down, y/n went in the guest room for a moment and returned, carrying something behind her back.

Confused, I just watched as she walked up to me, as we were standing in front of each other.

"Okay! Now, close your eyes...And don't try peeking either!" She says.

I playfully rolled my eyes in response to that, before I did so.

Then I heard something being shuffled around.