Red the Conqueror 12

After checking Elesa into a room of her own, Blue and Red accompanied her to her room. The hotel had plenty of vacancies though not in any particularly fancy room, and she had to get a room with multiple beds.

"I swear if I ever hear them call me "Electrocutie" again I'm going to put this fork in their eyes!" 

Elesa was full of stories! A lot of them were fairly hilarious stories of her childhood, especially when she talked at length about her struggles trying to break into the world of modeling, but best of all, her struggles with the names people put on her. When she'd been a little girl of just nine years, she'd loved the 'Electrocutie' nickname, nine years later, she wanted to hang herself every time she heard it.

Blue winced as Elesa stabbed the air with her fork. "I can't imagine that ending well."

Red nodded. Of course, he sympathized with the trauma of a label put on you by someone else, but there wasn't much he could do, even if he, too, wished to strangle people who called him with childish nicknames and endearments just because he wasn't the size of Regigigas. He raised his hand, holding a miniaturized pokéball instead, and mimed throwing it.

"Ah, right, I was getting to that," she said. "So it turns out that modeling with Pokémon was starting to take off in Unova, and, well, I've always had my ways with Electric types you know!" she said, "all that's left is finishing up my training with Uncle Surge so I can get my certification," she explained. "And then I can combine my passion for modeling with my passion for battle," she said, walking around the room, striking the catwalk poses she had learned as she did, and then finally, struck a pose and gave a small smile. "I'll become a new breed of model!"

"Oh! That was impressive!" Blue said, clapping briefly at the display. "You know it's strange how different you seem when you're walking!"

Elesa smirked and preened. She was very smug about the praise indeed. "I'm talented, what can I say?" she said. "Anyway, you guys are on your League Challenge journey, aren't you?" she asked.

"Yep!" Blue replied.

Red gestured with his hand towards Blue, then at himself, clenching his fist.

"Oh! So you're rivals then?" Elesa asked.

"Kinda?" Blue responded, looking at Red for a moment. "More like, partners? I don't know if I'll be a proper match for Red at the end of the road but, well, we met by chance and we've been working off of each other since," she said. "I guess we're like partner rivals or something like that," she said. "And I think we're dating too?"

Red looked at her for a few moments, then he shrugged. He reached his hand towards her and when she took it he squeezed it firmly, pulling her a bit closer, their shoulders rubbing against one another, though he had to let her go after a moment, she scooted closer on the hotel room bed.

Elesa sat down on the bed opposite Red and Blue, and began poking at the cake she had left on her nightstand with the fork, eating very small bites of it as she relaxed. "Hm, I can definitely see potential in the both of you. You've got good looks, you've got an unique appeal and even from here I can tell you've got talent for battling. You might not be able to cut it on a catwalk," she spoke, raising her fork over her right eye and closing the left, as if using it to get a measure of what she was looking at, smiling after a few moments, "but..."

"Y-You think? I'm not that pretty!" Blue said, blushing.

Red turned to her, raising an eyebrow. 

"Red you don't count, you womanizer," she accused, huffing and turning away from him, face even redder. 

"Oh? Is that some trouble in paradise?" Elesa asked, grinning. "I never get to talk about this with Skyla, she's married to her pilot's license," she gushed, "so come on, spill, I wanna hear aaaall about it. Is he a pervert? Does he keep looking at other women?"

"Ugh! He's the worst! Straight up womanizer!" Blue accused, turning around, her face now even redder, as she poked Red's chest, glaring at him. "I can't even be mad, I knew what I was getting into!"

"Well, clearly, you're very mad," Elesa said with a giggle. "But those ways are supposed to end when you get in a committed relationship," she said, cutting a piece of strawberry shortcake with her fork, picking it up gently by running it through and then sticking it into her mouth, all in a fluid series of motions that wouldn't look out of place in a TV ad piece.

"I mean," Blue scratched her cheek. "To be honest it's pretty nice? You get to meet a whole lot of people and do a whole lot of things that you never thought you would. Learn things about yourself and what you like too."

"I- bwha," Elesa blinked. "Am I misunderstanding something?" she asked.

"Maybe?" Blue asked.

Red cupped his chin, then gestured with his hand at Elesa, telling her in no uncertain terms that she should explain what she meant, then crossed his arms expectantly.

"I mean... you, uhm, you guys are dating right?" she asked. "And you're saying... you're, uhm... in you know..."

"We know... what?" Blue asked.

"Swingers!" Elesa finally saids. "You guys swing?" she asked.

"Oh, no, no no," Blue said waving her hands. "Not at all. It's more like, uhm, Red..." she turned at him.

He nodded seriously at her.

"I guess we're kinda sorta dating but I'm not the only girl Red's dating? He wants to make a harem with, uhm, lots of women," Blue said.

"And you're okay with this?" Elesa asked, looking as baffled as she sounded.

"Oh, yeah, absolutely," Blue said. "To be honest I'm a lot more okay with it than I was when I first started this whole thing, it just sort of makes sense you know?" she asked.

"No I don't know," Elesa said, simply and honestly. "Explain."

Red closed his eyes, then he got up and pulled out his Pokédex. It had a feature to tell the time, so he checked it and looked a bit surprised seeing how late it'd gotten. He looked at Blue then pointed at the time. 

"Oh, you're going to bed early?" Blue asked. "I'll go to your room later," she said. 

Red nodded, and then after waving at Elesa, left the room, leaving the two women on their own.

"You're rising early tomorrow huh?" Elesa asked.

"We are!" Blue agreed. "It's difficult to stay ahead of the competition so we're putting our best foot forward," she said. "Anyway, I'm happy we could talk. I might have to visit Unova sometime, it sounds fun!"

"Kanto's got its charm," Elesa responded. "But I'm still curious," she said. "You were talking about your relationship with Red... you guys, uhm, you said he's trying to build a harem. Doesn't it bother you?"

"Kinda and kinda not?" Blue said. "I mean I don't know about other girls but I certainly didn't think I'd be in this situation some day," she said, "and I'd be lying if I didn't say there's a part of me that wishes I was the only girl in his life, but overall, I'm not really complaining. It all comes together you know?" she asked. "He's really good at sex, and he's shown me a lot of new things about myself, and we've gotten together and done all sorts of things with even other girls," Blue said. "Like, I didn't even know doing things with girls would feel as good as it does!"

"I could've told you that," Elesa muttered briefly.

"But yeah it's strange," Blue said, "but it works and we're happy with it," she said.

"As long as you're happy I guess," Elesa said.

"What about you?" Blue asked. "You got anything going on?"

The blonde flicked one of the long power-cables dangling from her headphones behind her shoulder. "Not really I guess," she said.

"But you're so pretty! A model and future gym leader too!" Blue said, "I'd imagine you've got boys lining up to date you!"

"Yeah, boys," she muttered. "Never really been into boys you know?" she said.

"Oh, I get it. I want a mature man too!" Blue said, "I guess Red's got a bit of a babyface but- he's got it where it counts!"

"No I mean-" Elesa blushed.

"oooooooh," Blue blinked. "So you got a girl at home?" she asked.

"I-" Elesa blushed even harder. "Kinda?" she asked. "Skyla is my... girl...friend?"

"Girlfriend? Or girl friend?" Blue asked, overly emphasizing the space. 

"I don't know alright!" Elesa finally said. "I think I like her and I think she likes me but, but it's hard, okay? What if I'm wrong? About me? About her?" she asked. "I'm not even sure if I like girls or boys," she said. "What if I ask her out, a-and then I realize that I like boys after all- wait, what am I even saying, why am I telling someone I just met today about this!?" she said, flustered.

"Well I'm glad I look trustworthy enough to share stuff with me," Blue said. "But maybe it's because we just met and might never meet again?" she asked. "Like, worst thing that can happen, I'll have a story nobody'll ever believe about a popular model."

Elesa blinked, her mouth opened and she raised a finger, then she brought her hand down, and finally realized. "That makes a... scary amount of sense," she said. "I guess you're right? Maybe that's why I'm oddly comfortable here."

Blue hummed in thought. "You know, if you're really confused about what you want, I guess the best way to really figure it out is to have some experiences?" she said. "I mean, I didn't know I liked doing things with girls until Johana showed me how wonderful things are, and I sure didn't know how much I would love doing things with men until Red came along," she said. "Then again before that the idea I had of sex was that I'd have to do it when some dirty old man beat me in a battle and I didn't have money to pay out."

The two of them looked at each other.

"You... you know that's illegal right?" Elesa said. "This isn't even an Unova thing that was declared illegal in every country that follows the League Conventions. Even Paldea and Galar follow them and their leagues are really weirdly structured."

"Legal or illegal doesn't really matter when getting on my knees for an ugly old bastard is the difference between sleeping out in the streets or being able to afford a hotel for the night," Blue said. "Of course I don't have to worry about that with Red, Red doesn't lose after all."

Elesa snorted. "I guess," she said. "Doesn't mean I have to like the idea that people have to do that sometimes."

"That's fair," Blue said. "We all do what we gotta do," she said.

"Yeah. Well, I guess I got lucky. I've heard some girls had to do some really nasty stuff to get their modeling careers going," she said, "and I've heard bad things about the movie and contest industry, enough that I'm staying well away from those," she said. frowning severely.

Blue let out a nervous laugh. "Ahahah yeah," she said, faking cheer. "Mooooving on," she said, "so about that experience thing-"

"But what can I do?" Elesa asked. "I mean I want to know for sure if I really like Skyla like that, or if I'm just... if she's just the one friend I have and I'm getting overly attached and then I'll ruin what we had and we'll never be able to go back to before," she said, "and I'm rambling and I feel like an idiot and I can't stop-"

Blue didn't comedically slap her, but the clapping sound did bring her back to reality.

"Then all you have to do is just find the answer in yourself. And the first step is exploring things yourself!" Blue said.

"You think?" Elesa asked. "Yeah. It sounds... yeah that sounds right," she said, "I'll figure things out, and when I know for sure - I'll talk to Skyla!"

Blue nodded, and pumped her fist. "That's right! You gotta discover yourself before you can wreck yourself!"

Elesa got up, and waked towards Blue, swinging her hips as she did, then she grabbed the trainer's hands and brought them up. "That's right!" she said. "Thank you for the help," she said, "it's invaluable, you told me exactly what I needed to hear," she said.

"Great," Blue said. "What are you going to do now?" she asked.

"Well I still have to go to Vermilion tomorrow," she said. "But tonight I'm free! So I'm going to figure things out about myself, so that I can go back to Unova knowing myself properly," she said. "That's why I wanted to ask you-"

Blue blinked, and though she tried to interrupt, she didn't find the words in time.

"Can we have sex?" she asked.

"M-Me? A, and you?" Blue asked.

"Yes," Elesa said. "I need to know if I really like girls, or if I'm interested in boys," she said. "Can you help me with this? Maybe Arceus himself put us in each other's path!" she said, "for this very moment!" she added. "You guys are exactly the help I need!"

Blue blushed, but she'd have her answer soon...