4.1
Rei wrapped her arms around Mewtwo's torso and nuzzled his neck. The female clone noted Mewtwo's tenseness and asked, "What's wrong?"
Mewtwo twined his tail with hers and leaned into her embrace. "Besides the usual?"
Rei shook her head reproachfully. "So you still haven't told her?"
"How am I supposed to tell someone blessed by Arceus that I..." Mewtwo faltered on the next word and fell silent.
"The same way you told me?" Rei murmured, causing Mewtwo's ears to warm.
"That's not exactly...feasible," Mewtwo replied carefully. Rei snorted.
"You could just kiss her."
Mewtwo made a weird noise and Rei's brows rose.
"...You've already kissed her? Why?"
"It was...erm...practice. For kissing you."
Mewtwo scowled as Rei fell off the bed laughing.
"So how was she? At kissing, I mean," Rei asked, getting her mirth under control.
Mewtwo let his mind wander back to the day he'd awkwardly practiced kissing with the shiny eevee.
"...Soft," he murmured, remembering the feel of his roommate's lips against his own. His hand reached up to touch his mouth and he shook his head. "But that doesn't mean anything, I have you."
Rei stood up, hand on her hip as she looked down at him. "But you don't have me. I'm not mad. Well, kinda. You really need to talk to her about this. Please? You'll feel a lot better once you have it off your chest."
Mewtwo nodded reluctantly. Rei leaned down, cupped his face in her hands and kissed his nose as she pushed him back onto the bed, climbing on top of him.
"And with that out of the way, I can now teach you how to properly treat a lady."
"Yes, ma'am."
4.2
Sasha tossed and turned in her bed, unable to fall asleep. After a few minutes, she let out a frustrated growl and got up, shaking herself from ears to tail.
Stepping out of her room, she looked around the darkened apartment, turning her ears this way and that. Hearing nothing, she wondered if Mewtwo was at Rei's for the evening. The thought somewhat irritated her, since she usually enjoyed airing her grievances with the clone, whether it was about trainers, pokémon or life in general.
Making her way to the door, she let herself out and ventured to the abandoned floors below where Mewtwo had made his home after a series of incidents he'd vaguely touched on when she'd asked.
Humans seemed content with giving old abandoned buildings to wild pokémon to nest in and prohibiting trainers from catching them. Sasha had been pleasantly surprised to learn the pokémon provided heat, water and electricity not only to Mewtwo's home but to some of the surrounding homes as well.
The eevee had been down here before and discovered all kinds of urban 'mon, from rattata, to pidgeys, ekans and, to her surprise, a pair of absol who seemed particularly interested in her.
Making her way to where they kept their den, she wasn't surprised to see they were awake. The male was the usual dark-skinned, white-furred absol while his mate's skin was reddish-orange. Both nodded politely to her.
"Good evening, Sasha. Couldn't sleep?" the male asked. Sasha shook her head ruefully.
"No, Aiedail. Too many things on my mind and my usual stress reliever is...occupied," Sasha said, sitting down and flexing her paws one at a time.
Aiedail tilted his head as the female rested her head on his back. "So you've come to clear your mind?"
Sasha wrinkled her nose. "Maybe?"
"Why don't you tell us what's bothering you the most?" Aiedail's wife asked.
"Well, Song, it's...complicated? The top thing on my mind is probably...love," Sasha grumbled.
The two absol shared an amused look before Song spoke. "You've fallen in love with him, then?"
Sasha's ears warmed and she nodded slowly. Song nudged her husband with a smirk. "I was right," she snickered while Aiedail rolled his eyes.
Sasha glared half-heartedly at them. "Seriously? Anyone else in on this?"
Aiedail failed miserably at keeping a straight face and Song grinned.
"For..." Sasha snorted in disbelief. "Unbelievable. My entire life is a game to you?"
"You know that's not true," Aiedail replied sharply. Song reached a paw out soothingly.
"It's just...you're rather easy to read, Sasha. I wouldn't be surprised if Mewtwo knows as well."
What little color in the eevee's face drained and she hid her head in her scruff.
"Seriously though, Sasha," Song said, "Just taking time to sit down and talk about it with him...that's probably the best thing you can do at this point. Holding it in just makes it worse."
Aiedail nodded, nuzzling the red absol fondly. "That's what I did with you," he murmured. Song pushed him away teasingly, sticking her tongue out at him.
"And then you showed me just how much you loved me," she chuckled.
"Er...I think I'll just be going then," Sasha muttered awkwardly as the two disaster pokémon made goo-goo eyes at each other. Chuckling softly, the eevee made herself scarce and went back upstairs.
4.3
"Lord Arceus?"
The Original One opened an eye to gaze at one of the first pokémon it had created.
"What is it, Mew?"
The small cat-like pokémon twisted its paws together before it spoke.
"I've been following the shiny eevee you saved and blessed and...with all due respect, I think you made a mistake."
"You're talking about her bitterness towards being saved, correct?"
The Mew nodded and Arceus shook its head.
"Just because I gave her my blessing does not mean I have designs for her. That's reserved for my Chosen, such as Ash, Yellow, Wes and N."
"Yes...ah...about Ash..." Mew said nervously. "He's...um...missing. Again."
Arceus sighed heavily and made a note to have Celebi check the Ketchum boy's time stream and give him a nudge in the right direction.
4.4
Sasha stared at the pink fabric Mewtwo was holding curiously.
“What’s that then? Something for Rei?”
Mewtwo shook his head with a small smile.
“No…this is something for…you.”
Sasha blinked as Mewtwo knelt in front of her and tied it around her neck.
The soft fabric rested comfortably against her fur and she touched it with a paw.
“Thank you,” she said, ears heating up.
The clone gathered her up in his arms and stroked over her.
“Just something to let others know you’re not a wild pokémon,” the clone explained. “Rei gave me the idea and I made it myself.”
Sasha raised her eyebrows and she giggled. “He can cook, he can clean, he can knit and sew. A ‘mon of many talents.”
“You’re welcome.”
4.5
The lights were on and Mewtwo was pacing back and forth, arms folded behind his back. He turned as the door closed and he nodded absently.
"Welcome back"
"You too," Sasha replied, jumping up onto the couch. "Hey Mewtwo, can we talk?"
The clone stared at her and she blushed. Taking a breath, she started speaking.
“Over these past weeks, I’ve thought about things, such as maybe you only keeping me around because you felt obligated to after saving me and…I have come to realize that’s not the case. Meanwhile, I’ve…” she closed her eyes and the next words fell from her lips like weights.
“I think I might have fallen in love with you.”
Mewtwo crossed his arms, tail waving idly as she fidgeted under his gaze.
“I’ve noticed,” he said simply. “And…while I originally thought it might’ve been a schoolyard crush, it seems I was wrong.”
He touched her cheek, cupping it in his grip and tilted her head up. “Sasha…while I’m flattered you’re attracted to me, you do realize it’d be impossible for us to…well, you know…mate, right?”
Sasha pressed her head into his palm and growled. “That’s not what I want, anyway,” she said. “I just…like being by you. With you.”
Mewtwo gently kissed her forehead. “Nothing wrong with that, little one.”
Sasha flicked her tail in surprise. Mewtwo pulled her close, cradling her against his chest.
