Justin
At Justin's suggestion, the group quickly sets for photos, the three young Weavers taking turns as the photographer. It's clear their enthusiasm comes from having a Pok-E-Dex on their hands for the first time, but his father also takes a turn to take a picture of the friends together. Eventually, they ask a passerby to snap a photo of the whole group as a memento, and even Dusty perks up and pose a bit for that.
"Ok, Justin, we need to leave now. Please, don't keep us too worried," says his father jokingly, which makes his mother hit him playfully in the head.
"Don't encourage No, not worried at all, you hear me?" she says, hugging Justin tightly once again fighting the tears.
"Or I'll go and get you back home, I promise!" she says in a slightly serious tone drawing some chuckles from the teenagers.
As his parents leave, Sarah starts dragging the gang towards the city entrance, chatting along the way about minor things. They start taking pictures together in silly poses and making faces, the last few moments they'd be together at least for a while. During one of these photos, while Terrance is bursting out of laughter behind the camera as Sarah "accidentally" pushes Dustin inside a fountain they've been posing in front, something unusual attracts Justin's attention.
It was a blond
boy not far, standing next to a store's entrance and watching the group. At first, Justin thought it were his clothes that stood out, an impeccable white suit that greatly contrasted with Volucrian bright colors, complete with a black tie and shining shoes, but as Justin looks at the boy's face, his orange eyes were almost mesmerizing. They seemed to be completely focused on Justin, almost as if he was there just for that, and Justin could... feel the boy. He was a complete stranger, yet so familiar his stare was comfortable and tranquilizing. For a moment, a brief moment, there was nothing else around them.
And then someone shakes Justin, snapping him back to reality.
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"Dude, what's wrong?" - asks Dustin, his soaked face peering over Justin's shoulder to look in the same direction, wetting the boy's clothes.
"You wanna buy something there or what?" Sarah and Terrance also had curious looks on their face, and as Justin turns back to have another look at the boy, he wasn't there anymore. But on his head, Justin still held a thought he didn't recognize as his own.
"One."