I glare up at the sky, rain pouring down like a Sobble in full despair. "No umbrella?" Leon chuckles as he comes up from behind me, "Unfortunately." I sigh out crossing my arms. "Me neither, and the gym members said it's not going to lighten up anytime soon." He hums, my face scrunches up in irritation, my place is a thirty minute walk from the stadium and I don't trust the taxis enough to get me there in one piece.

"If you're worried about getting home you can wait out the storm at my place, it isn't as far and a lot more bearable than the stadium." He offers with a small smile, "And how would we get there? I don't trust a taxi enough as is." I huff. Leon pauses before a bright grin spreads across his face.

And that's exactly how I found myself running beside Leon, his cape tossed over the both of us to shield us from the rain. I squeal when a car comes zooming by and splashes us when it hits a puddle, Leon lets out a dooming laugh at the sound. "I can not believe I went along with this!" I hiss as his building finally comes into sight, "Oh come on! It's fun isn't it?" He teases, "No. No it is not." I huff pushing open the door to the building lobby. Leon pouts mockingly, I roll my eyes and follow him to his apartment.

I shiver upon entering the apartment, my clothes soaked thanks to the car. "I got some clothes you can borrow, and you're more than welcome to a hot shower." He offers with a smile, "I would be very grateful." I smile appreciatively. Leon disappears down the hall and into his room. I look over the room as I wait, pleasantly surprised to see it still clean from the day I went on a cleaning spree.

Now that I'm distracted by the mess I can appreciate how nice the place is. Leon's living room is big and open, the dining room is just as open with no walls separating it from the living room. A big chandelier hangs above the deep wood table. It would be even more beautiful if the sun was shining, given that the area is just in front of the glass wall that opens up to a big terrace.

To the left of the living room and dining area is a kitchen space, long in space rather than wide, with a long island counter as the border to separate it from the rest of the open space. Just past the kitchen is the hallway that leads to Leon's room, the bathroom, and laundry room.

Leon's footsteps draw me away from the space as he comes back with a pile of clothes in hand and a towel thrown over his shoulder. "I assume you know where the bathroom is, so I'll leave you to it. Don't be afraid to use anything you find in there. I'll make us some hot tea in the meantime," He chirps with a smile. "You should take a shower after me, you'll get sick again if you stay in wet clothes." I huff, "I will, after I make the tea. You're always taking care of me (y/n) let me take care of you." He chuckles, pushing the clothes and towel into my arms. I take them with an eye roll, "There's a reason why I'm always having to take care of you, and it's not because of an underpaid paycheck." I muse.

Leon shook his head at me, without any further arguing I walked down the hall to the bathroom. I turn on the hot water and strip down. Tossing my wet clothes into the laundry basket, stepping into the shower felt like a dream. The hot water soothing and the water pressure to die for, I look at Leon's shampoo. Pleased when I see both shampoo and conditioner, at least he knows how to take care of his hair.

Once I get my hair taken care of I use the soap bar to clean the rest of me, even after I'm clean I soak up the amazing shower but eventually hop out knowing Leon still needs a shower. I climb out and wave my hand through the steam that fills the room before drying off with my towel.

I cringe at the thought of putting on wet underwear, I really don't want to get an infection, I'm sure Leon will let me wash them before I put them back on. It should take an hour max. I can hold out that long, I look down and snort at the giant black and red Charizard T-shirt with matching basketball shorts.

I slip them on and place the towel in the basket before leaving the bathroom, I make my way back down the hallway to find Leon in the kitchen waiting for the water to boil. He must have heard me coming because as soon as I'm in the line of sight his golden eyes fell on me, I sent him a coy smile. "Charizard? Really?" I giggle, Leon's cheeks flush before he pouts, "There's nothing wrong with liking my Pokémon." He snips. "I know it's just...cute." I laugh crossing my arms, "Go ahead and take a shower, I'll finish up the tea and make us something to eat. Put your wet clothes in the basket with mine and I'll toss them in the washer when you're done." I instruct.

"Yes ma'am." He mocks with a teasing grin, I roll my eyes and give him a light love tap to his back as he passes. I get to work when I hear the bathroom door close, I turn the heat down on the tea, that way I can get dinner started and the tea won't be done too early. I look through Leon's fridge and determine that there isn't much more than random curry ingredients. So I put on a pot and start making some random variation of curry, by the time I hear the shower stop and the bathroom door opening the curry is just about ready and the tea is boiling.

Leon comes wandering in and groans at the smell of food, but my throat tightens at the sight of Leon's bare chest. A towel wrapped around his neck as he stands clad in nothing but a pair of shorts. I remember back to the locker room where it took all I had not to look at his chest, but this time around I can't seem to muster up that same control. Leon's chest is wide and firm looking, small chest hair sprinkled on and in between his pecs, a small tall tale sign he shaves it.

I clear my throat and look back down at the curry, "Are your clothes in the hamper?" I question, "Yes ma'am it is," He chuckles. I hum before reaching up for a bowl, I take two down and fill them both. I hand one to Leon, but he takes them both, I watch as he places them on the island and begins to take out utensils. I turn the curry on low before making up the tea, I fill two cups and place them down beside each bowl.

"I'll be back, I'm going to toss the laundry into the washer." I call, already making my way down the hall before he could answer. I grab the basket from the bathroom and carry it to the laundry room. I sort through it, Leon's uniform goes in first, I set Leon's cape to the side to be washed separately. My clothes can go in next before I wash the cape and towels, I set the cycle to whites before starting the washer and make my way back to the kitchen where Leon sits waiting.

Glancing at his bowl I notice he waited, and it brings a small smile to his face. "Thanks for letting me wait out here." I smile sitting down beside him, "Like I said before, it wouldn't hurt if you let me take care of you once in a while. Especially when you take care of me all the time, whether it's your job or not." He chuckles, scooping up some of his curry. I nod my head with another small smile, "Can't help it, I've always wanted to take care of people. Even when I was a Pokéstar, I would always offer to take care of my own clothes or I would buy dinner for my crew." I shrug, "It's kind of my thing you know, It doesn't make me tired in the slightest, in fact it makes me more energized." I quip with a small laugh.

"I think that's really cool," Leon hums, "I've always liked to provide for my mom and brother, and sometimes I feel bad that I don't have time to go help take care of them since they live all the way out in Postwick." he mumbles. "Well you won't have to worry about that for much longer, I looked over some of the gym contracts and there's no record of vacation days or mental health days. While I could use this against The Chairman, it's more important to make sure you and gym leaders get those days, it's not good for you guys to work as hard as you do with no off days." I mumble. Leon lets out a soft laugh, "We're tougher than you think," He muses, "That is not something you should be used to Leon," I huff.

Leon hums and sips on his tea, "True, I swear I can feel knots the size of a pokéball in my back." He chuckles. "I can fix that, you know." I muse, "Fix it?" He mumbles. "How long has it been since you've had a massage Leon?" I laugh, "Never?" he snorts, my eyes widen at his answer. "Finish up your curry, I'll switch the laundry around before I give you one." I mumble taking a large bite of my curry, "Wait hold on!" He yelps. "No, I won't let you walk around with knots the size of Pokéballs! You'll strain a muscle doing that!" I lecture, "Then let me do the dishes first! I'll clean while you switch the laundry." He demands. "It's fine, I'll do it after." I scoff taking another bite of my curry, "You cooked, I'll clean. It's my house (y/n), I can't just let you do everything!" He whines. "Please at this point it's my house too, you just live here and pay the bills." I snort, "(y/n)!" He huffs, "Fine," I appease finishing off my curry before washing it down with the last of my tea.

I get up and place my dishes in the sink, but quickly grab the rest of the curry and put it away in a sealable bowl. "(y/n)," Leon warns, "You never said I couldn't put away the leftovers." I grinned as I put the leftovers in the fridge. "Fine, but that's all you're getting." He grunts pushing from the kitchen, "Yes sir," I mock. I make my way back to the laundry room where I toss Leon's uniform into the dryer before putting my clothes into the washer. When the cycles are set and going I walk back to the kitchen where Leon is putting away the last dish.

"Come on," I tug, pulling him out of the kitchen and to his room. "Where are we going?" He sqweeks, "Your room, how else are you supposed to lay down comfortably?" I snort. But I stop at the bathroom, I look under the bathroom sink and grin when I find a bottle of lotion. I drag Leon into his room where I order him to lay on his stomach. He follows my orders to the T and I climb on top of him. I feel him tense up as soon as I set myself down on him, "Relax Leon," I whisper, opening up the bottle and pouring some lotion on my hands.

I rub them together to warm it up a bit before applying pressure to the top of Leon's shoulder blades. I cringe as a harsh pop comes from under his skin, Leon let out a loud groan as the pressure releases from his muscles. I'm almost scared to keep going in fear of hearing any more disturbing noises coming from Leon's tense body. But I run my hands down from there keeping a soft pressure applied as I run them between Leon's shoulder blades, I can feel at least three knots there alone. So before I go any further I run my hands back up Leon's shoulder blades, applying a harder pressure and gently working my fingers in small circles. Leon lets out deep breathes and small groans as I work the knots out of his back, only to let out a breathy moan when the knot finally pops.

Once I get the knots out of his shoulder blades I put on some more lotion and move my hands to his lower back. There aren't as many knots but definitely some tension there, Leon humming in bliss every time I get the muscles to relax. When his lower back is fixed I move all the way to one of the most problematic, the shoulders. I sink my thumbs into the groove of Leon's shoulder and he hisses slightly, "Sorry." I whisper, "S'alright." He mumbled a tad lucidly.

I press more gently into the muscles and work out the tension Leon humming softly when they finally relax. When I work them all out I pour some more lotion onto my hands and rub all along Leon's back, "There that should do it." I muse. "Thank you." He mumbles groggily like he fell asleep at some point. "Mmhm, Anytime." I giggle, Leon goes quiet. I assume he fell asleep so I carefully started to lift myself off of him only for him to flip over and take me by my hips and bring me back down.

"Leon?" I mumble, cheeks flushing darkly, his eyes molten gold and dangerously swirling. "Lee," He corrects, "You can call me Lee." He mumbles. I lick my lips feeling his hands run down my hips and thighs before going back up. "Lee?" I whisper, Leon's face twists and I hold in a gasp feeling something under me that wasn't there before. A new kind of heat flushes through my body, but so does fear. "Lee, what are you doing?" I whisper weakly. "Whatever you want." He whispers back, "Lee, Leon, I've never—" I squeak before the words die on my tongue. Leon's eyes shoot up to mine, "You've never done this? Well not exactly this but uh....been intimate?" He questions with wide eyes.

Embarrassment washes over me, I bow my head to avoid his eyes. "Hey come on, it's okay." He mumbles, one hand moving to tilt my head back up. "I've always been busy as a Pokéstar, and anytime anyone has expressed any kind of interest in me my father squashed it before anything could happen. I've kissed people, but it's never been anything more than that." I spoke hushly. "Even after I left I didn't try, I mean come on. Who wants to be with a twenty-three year old virgin, look at you. You've been Champion just as long if not longer than I've been a Pokéstar and you have experience." I croaked my throat tightening up.

"Do know how old I was when I first had sex?" Leon questions, "I was twenty, and the only reason that happened was because Raihan sent me a 'gift' after my birthday party. I told her to go home, that I didn't want her to do something because she was paid or that she had to, but she didn't. She stayed, offered to teach me how to be intimate because she knew it was my first time and my first time shouldn't be because someone paid for it." He confesses. My eyes widen as I look down at him, his eyes sad yet hold a thankful shine to them. "Do you still see her?" I question softly, "No, after that I wrote her a big check, told her to go do what she really wants in life. She took the check and I haven't seen her since." He shrugs with a small smile.

"My first kiss was Steven Stone," I profess, "The guy you ballroom danced with?" He questions. "Yeah, but this was later in life." I chuckle dryly, "He had a certain interest in me, and me being the repressed curious little girl I was, I went with it. We danced around each other for years until we kissed, after that we went on secret dates, but I drew the line at sex. He was nice said he would wait but then my father found out about us and promptly put a stop to it all. It was after that I had my big realization that I didn't want to be his little doll anymore or a Pokéstar." I admit.

"Didn't know you have a champion kink." He jokes, "Which is fine with me," He muses quickly just as I bring my hand down on his bare chest. Leon grunts but laughs anyway, his laugh infecting me and makes a few giggles slip from my lips. "You're horrible." I hiss teasingly, "Only for you." He smirks. "And I put up with it only for you." I shot back.

"Hey (y/n)?" Leon calls lowly, "If you ever want someone to show you how to be intimate, you can always call me okay? I don't want you to end up in some ass's bed who doesn't know what he's doing." Leon expresses softly. A gentle laugh slips out, "I'm serious!" He grunts but a large grin spreads across his face, "I know! But do you know how rare it is to hear you curse?" I giggle. "I'm a family friendly guy!" He huffs, "I know, and that's what I like about you." I breathe out.

"You can sleep here if you want?" Leon offers as a yawn falls from my lips, "With you?" I smirk. "If that's okay with you, it's a big bed." He shrugs, "Let me change the laundry." I smile. I jump up from him and run across the hall to the laundry room. I take out Leon's uniform and hang it up before tossing my clothes into the dryer, I then toss Leon's cape into the washer and start the cycles. With the laundry going I hop back to Leon's room, I grin wickedly as I get a short running start before jumping onto the bed. Leon's eyes go wide as he holds his arms out to catch me. He grunts upon in pact but he lets out a laugh, Leon's arms tighten around me before pulling me under the blankets to sleep. 

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