Final chapter, prepare to b'aww.
Disclaimer: None of these are my characters, never have been, never will be.
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On the morning of his sixteenth birthday, Barry jumped out of kitanda with zaidi energy than he'd been able to find for months. He ran down the hall to the bathroom yelling the whole way, "Oh my god, I'm busting! If there's anyone in there in going to fine wewe all a billion dollars today!" He ran back to his bedroom and ransacked his closet to try and find his favourite striped shati and found a pair of jeans on the floor. He didn't bother with shoes au socks.
"MUUUUM!" He shouted as he tore through the house to the kitchen. "When's Dad getting here? He's coming nyumbani today, right? He can't just forget to come nyumbani today, can he? Especially because he alisema yesterday on the phone that he'd be here today so it'd be real mean of him not to come."
"Sit down, Barry!" His mother exclaimed as she tried to step around him.
"I can't, I'm just so excited!"
"What are wewe excited about?"
"Mum! It's my birthday! And Dad's coming nyumbani and I'll bet he's got me something really cool this mwaka because when I was talking to him the other siku he alisema something about going to get me something but he wouldn't say what so it has to be really, really good au he would have told me!"
"Did wewe take your pills yet?"
"But Mum,"
"No but's Barry. It'll only take a second."
"Alright." He agreed grudgingly and stomped back out of the jikoni and all the way to his bedroom. He closed the door when he got there. "Why are wewe here?"
"Because it's your birthday, silly." Dawn giggled from her place on the end of Barry's bed. "Sixteen years old and he's still talking to me."
"Shut up." He grabbed the bottle of pills and swallowed two of them. "And leave me alone, just for today."
"If wewe really want."
Barry blinked. Dawn was gone. He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lucas?" Barry jumped up onto the kitanda and stared out the window. "MUM! I'M GOING TO THE LAKE!" He shouted. There was no mistaking that red hat.
"Your Dad's going to be nyumbani soon, why now? We can all go later."
"Dad's gonna be hours, he's always late. I swear I'll only be gone for like an saa and then I'll come back and he'll never even know I was gone. We can even go back later if wewe want and eat chajio, chakula cha jioni like a picnic." Barry suggested; he knew his mother would like that idea.
"I don't know, Barry."
"Please Mum, come on, it's my birthday and everything! I just want to go and see if I can find any Gyarados because it's still early enough in the morning to see them. They're gonna migrate soon and I won't be able to see them until inayofuata year!" Barry was hopping from foot to foot.
"Alright, one hour. If you're any longer than that I'm coming to get you."
"Alright! Bye Mum!" Barry kissed her cheek and ran out of the house. He'd seen Lucas, he knew it was him. He didn't care what that meant but he had a few maswali that only Lucas could answer.
"LUCAS!" Barry shouted as he came to a sudden stop at Verity Lakefront. "I totally saw you, where are you?"
"Calm down, I'm here. What, wewe thought I'd just disappear on wewe au something?" Lucas tried to make a scary face to lighten the situation.
"Yeah. Where have wewe been?"
"All over Sinnoh, wewe wouldn't believe it. I went all the way up to Snowpoint City and everything. It was incredible. Mt. Coronet is huge, I got Lost in there for days."
"Yeah?"
"Hey, wewe really need to calm down, Barry, you're not focusing."
"I'm focusing just fine." He wasn't. With Lucas standing in front of him and the usual sounds of the Lake in the background, Barry had no way of distinguishing where reality ended.
"You're not."
"I'm just fine Lucas, they make me take pills and everything so I have to be fine, right?" Barry started to kick off his shoes. "I'll race wewe to the island!" He took a long run up and tore off towards the water before Lucas could warn him against it. With a laugh and a splash, Barry disappeared into Lake Verity for the last time.
"Let go of me!" Lucas said. Dawn dug her fingernails into his arm as a warning.
"He's better off that way anyway, it's not like he even knows it happening. He probably thinks he's at school au something."
"He's drowning, Dawn, it's not his fault his foot's stuck. That's got nothing to do with his head."
"He jumped in because of you. It's your fault Lucas. If wewe hadn't let him see wewe again then he would have stayed home."
"Like wewe can talk! Why do wewe think I came back? To protect him from you, all you're doing is bringing any negative thought he's ever had to life! Let go!"
"What are wewe going to do, Lucas? Drag him out? With what? Your imaginary hands?"
"Shut up!" Lucas njiwa into the water but Dawn had kept him on the bank too long and Barry had already been snapped back to reality at the worst possible moment; the last thing he saw was the sunlight far above Lake Verity.
Disclaimer: None of these are my characters, never have been, never will be.
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On the morning of his sixteenth birthday, Barry jumped out of kitanda with zaidi energy than he'd been able to find for months. He ran down the hall to the bathroom yelling the whole way, "Oh my god, I'm busting! If there's anyone in there in going to fine wewe all a billion dollars today!" He ran back to his bedroom and ransacked his closet to try and find his favourite striped shati and found a pair of jeans on the floor. He didn't bother with shoes au socks.
"MUUUUM!" He shouted as he tore through the house to the kitchen. "When's Dad getting here? He's coming nyumbani today, right? He can't just forget to come nyumbani today, can he? Especially because he alisema yesterday on the phone that he'd be here today so it'd be real mean of him not to come."
"Sit down, Barry!" His mother exclaimed as she tried to step around him.
"I can't, I'm just so excited!"
"What are wewe excited about?"
"Mum! It's my birthday! And Dad's coming nyumbani and I'll bet he's got me something really cool this mwaka because when I was talking to him the other siku he alisema something about going to get me something but he wouldn't say what so it has to be really, really good au he would have told me!"
"Did wewe take your pills yet?"
"But Mum,"
"No but's Barry. It'll only take a second."
"Alright." He agreed grudgingly and stomped back out of the jikoni and all the way to his bedroom. He closed the door when he got there. "Why are wewe here?"
"Because it's your birthday, silly." Dawn giggled from her place on the end of Barry's bed. "Sixteen years old and he's still talking to me."
"Shut up." He grabbed the bottle of pills and swallowed two of them. "And leave me alone, just for today."
"If wewe really want."
Barry blinked. Dawn was gone. He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lucas?" Barry jumped up onto the kitanda and stared out the window. "MUM! I'M GOING TO THE LAKE!" He shouted. There was no mistaking that red hat.
"Your Dad's going to be nyumbani soon, why now? We can all go later."
"Dad's gonna be hours, he's always late. I swear I'll only be gone for like an saa and then I'll come back and he'll never even know I was gone. We can even go back later if wewe want and eat chajio, chakula cha jioni like a picnic." Barry suggested; he knew his mother would like that idea.
"I don't know, Barry."
"Please Mum, come on, it's my birthday and everything! I just want to go and see if I can find any Gyarados because it's still early enough in the morning to see them. They're gonna migrate soon and I won't be able to see them until inayofuata year!" Barry was hopping from foot to foot.
"Alright, one hour. If you're any longer than that I'm coming to get you."
"Alright! Bye Mum!" Barry kissed her cheek and ran out of the house. He'd seen Lucas, he knew it was him. He didn't care what that meant but he had a few maswali that only Lucas could answer.
"LUCAS!" Barry shouted as he came to a sudden stop at Verity Lakefront. "I totally saw you, where are you?"
"Calm down, I'm here. What, wewe thought I'd just disappear on wewe au something?" Lucas tried to make a scary face to lighten the situation.
"Yeah. Where have wewe been?"
"All over Sinnoh, wewe wouldn't believe it. I went all the way up to Snowpoint City and everything. It was incredible. Mt. Coronet is huge, I got Lost in there for days."
"Yeah?"
"Hey, wewe really need to calm down, Barry, you're not focusing."
"I'm focusing just fine." He wasn't. With Lucas standing in front of him and the usual sounds of the Lake in the background, Barry had no way of distinguishing where reality ended.
"You're not."
"I'm just fine Lucas, they make me take pills and everything so I have to be fine, right?" Barry started to kick off his shoes. "I'll race wewe to the island!" He took a long run up and tore off towards the water before Lucas could warn him against it. With a laugh and a splash, Barry disappeared into Lake Verity for the last time.
"Let go of me!" Lucas said. Dawn dug her fingernails into his arm as a warning.
"He's better off that way anyway, it's not like he even knows it happening. He probably thinks he's at school au something."
"He's drowning, Dawn, it's not his fault his foot's stuck. That's got nothing to do with his head."
"He jumped in because of you. It's your fault Lucas. If wewe hadn't let him see wewe again then he would have stayed home."
"Like wewe can talk! Why do wewe think I came back? To protect him from you, all you're doing is bringing any negative thought he's ever had to life! Let go!"
"What are wewe going to do, Lucas? Drag him out? With what? Your imaginary hands?"
"Shut up!" Lucas njiwa into the water but Dawn had kept him on the bank too long and Barry had already been snapped back to reality at the worst possible moment; the last thing he saw was the sunlight far above Lake Verity.