AN: First time writing a pokemon fanfic, go easy on me.

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Being Galar's newest Champion is more tiring than Victor had expected.

Whenever he saw Leon with his flamboyant but still somehow cool style, glowing in the attention and awe of his fans, he thought it'll be easy. He loves talking to people, Pokemon especially, and he doesn't mind being mob by fans every now and then. Leon seems to love it, how bad can it be?

The answer: It's not as easy as the previous Champion makes it out to be.

He's not a loner, but he's not a social butterfly like Leon, that shines whenever he's on stage or at the center of attention. He gets overwhelmed whenever the people would mob him, asking him questions, fangirling, touching him, sometimes pinching him, etc. It would sometimes become so bad he had to summon his Corviknight to bail him out.

That's why from time to time he would hide somewhere his adoring fans couldn't reach him, somewhere he could relax free of the thought any of the rabid mob would reach him.

"-so that's why I'm here!" Victor smiles brightly, wearing his usual red polo shirt along with his wool hat.

Marnie stares at the Champion and Hero of the Galar region standing in her home kitchen cooking what she would assume a curry with his iconic beautiful smile, with his favored pokemon, Cinder the Cinderace, sitting on the table alongside her brother, with the later casually reading a newspaper. "... What." Is what she could only say, while her Morpeko purring in delight from the smell of the food.

"I said I'm here because-"

"No, I get that part!" Marnie cuts in, "But why here of all places?! H-How did you even know where we live?!"

"Oh that, I ask one of the Team Yell."

"..." Marnie is thinking about how she would give those idiots an earful later. Her eyes then look at her brother with an accusatory look, who's slightly peeking from behind the newspaper.

Pier shrugs, "It's fine, right? He's cooking us dinner too."

"Oh," Victor seems to finally catch on, "A-Am I intruding? Should I leave?"

Marnie's eyes twitch as she stares at the Champion guilty expression. His beautiful, brown eyes staring at her with the emotion of a kicked puppy, and she could imagine him whimpering like one as well. She could feel her heart beats faster, and her face feels hotter. "N-Not at all, just, just tell me the next time you come..." She said, capitulating at last.

A great smile that Marnie could stare forever appear on Victor's face, "Thanks, Marnie! I'll call you next time!" He then went back to stirring the curry, its delicious smells still linger in the kitchen.

As she sits down on the table, she could feel intense stares directed at her.

*Jiiiiiiiiii*

She looks to the source, finding her brother staring at her with a weird look, and Cinder with a knowing look. "WHAT." She asked, her face blushing red.

Pier went back to reading the newspaper while muttering 'nothing' while Cinder looks away with an annoyingly amused expression. Before she could do anything else Victor arrive at the table with a tray filled with five plates of curry rice, "Sorry for the wait! Sweet and Spicy Burger curry's ready!"

Gently Victor laid down the plates in front of them, with Cinder and her Morpeko having the bigger portion thanks to their Pokemon needs for battling so much. Marnie stares at her plate in awe, surprised and impressed that the Champion could make something so mouthwatering looking. She made a lot of curry in her lifetime, but never to this extent! "A-Are you a trained chef, Victor?!"

Victor, who just sat down, look at her in confusion before he smile sheepishly when he realized what she's talking about. "Ah, not at all. It's just I'm so used to cooking them in the wild that I've become familiar, that's all. I can't cook anything else besides curry, trust me." Then he claps his hands loudly once, "Okay! Then let's eat!"

With that, they began to eat. Marnie moans when she takes the first bite feeling the heavenly taste that fits with the food looks and smells. She takes several more spoonful of bites. "It's so delicious, Victor! You should cook for us every day!"

Then everything stops.

It's only a second after she said it that she realized what she'd said, what it vaguely implying. From the surprised look her brother is giving her he realized it too, a spoon is halfway to his mouth. Slowly she shifts her gaze toward Victory with a red face, the champion is staring at her with a stoic expression.

'PleaselethimnothearthatPleaselethimnothearthat-'

"Well,"

'OHNOHEHEARDIT!' "B-By that I mean-"

Victor's stoic expression changed into one with a big smile, "If you ask of me I'll be happy to cook for you anytime, Marnie!"

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...

...

Marnie slumps back to her chair, face red as a cherry as she felt her soul leaving her body from sheer embarrassment.

"M-Marnie?! Are you okay?!"

Pier sighs, "You know Champion, mate, you shouldn't tease my sister so much, she's shy in nature you know."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

The Pokemons only stare at their human partners in amusement, preferring to enjoy the show while eating.

Thus the dinner in Pier and Marnie's household continues in peace, with the later not being able to stare at Victor's face with looking away in a blushing mess.

~Fin

AN: We'll move on to the next ship, I'll take requests if I find it interesting.