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Ash was out hunting for food. Yes, he could make his own breakfast but having the same simple thing for several days in a row gets stale quickly. He'd make something else but there were a few issues with that. For one, he forgot to do his grocery shopping. For another, he....really can't cook. The last time he tried frying an egg it got burnt. The time before that he cracked the shell into the egg. And the then before that he...well, simply put, something always went wrong when he was in the kitchen. It was to the point that, back home and even now, he was never allowed to enter it without a watchful eye on him just in case he managed to set fire to, say, the table...again.The only difference was that back then it was usually a servant - a human servant - who supervised him. Now, it was his pokemon who took the job.[break][break]

After seeing him linger around the kitchen, looking over the various ingredients they still had, Regina was quick to pick up that he wanted something different then just bread and jam or plain margarine for his morning meal and quickly shooed him out of the small kitchen area by hissing angrily at his heels. He didn't need to understand pokemon to be able to decipher the look on his friend's face - nope, don’t even try!. With a sigh, he figured that it was either let his team cook for him - which, admittedly, often produced more decently made food than he ever could - or simply take a break from having breakfast at home and go out to look for something to chew on.
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Tossing on his coat and with Edward at his heels, the young man left their apartment.[break][break]

”Oh, I can look after myself, you know?” Ash complained to his friend, who stoically kept pace by his side as they strolled the streets for anything that caught his eye. ”I don’t need to be babysat all the time.” He added, rolling his eyes. He loved his team, he really did, but sometimes they could be so overbearing - not that he minded, he thought with a chuckle, it was actually pretty…sweet. He just couldn’t help but poke fun at it, at their incessant worry over him as if he was a young pup, like Lucinda. In reply, Edward only huffed.[break][break]

A little while later, a pastry shop caught Ash’s attention and the man made a move to open its doors and walk in - however, at the sight, Edward gave a low growl, biting down on Ash’s long coat and trying to yank him away. To his companion’s vain attempts to get him to eat healthily, the human only laughed and all but dragged the Silvally into the shop. ”Don’t be such a spoil-sport, ‘duard! A little indulgence never hurt anyone.” He teased softly, as the lady who manned the counter greeted them.
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Inclining his head towards her in greeting, striding up confidently to the counter, Ash was quick to make his decision after giving the menu - and the pastries on sale - a once over. For himself he ordered tea and a slice of apple pie and cake, while for Edward he got water and a shepherd’s pie. After paying for their meal and receiving the food, he thanked the woman and took a seat at a nearby table - but that ended up not being their final seat, as he noticed a man in the far corner of the shop similarly accompanied by a Silvally.[break][break]

”Lookie, Ed.” He muttered to his pokemon, gently nudging Edward with a foot. ”Let’s see if you can make friends, alright?” It’s a proposition that upset the pokemon, but nevertheless Edward followed after Ash, who moved to a table beside the other male. ”Sorry to disturb.” He apologised with a light chuckle, noting how tired and just done with everything the stranger looked. ”I just couldn’t help but notice well…” He gestured to the man’s Silvally. ”That you have a Silvally as well.”[break][break]

For the moment, Ash stopped, glancing down at Edward. He hadn’t really thought much past, ‘My brooding bodyguard might actually relax around another of his kind and finally have a friend outside the team’. Needless to say, he didn’t really know how else to continue the conversation and simply gave the man a small smile. Oh boy, he really hoped he wasn’t going to regret this…[break][break]