It was a warm summer after noon.  Josh was glad to be home for the summer.  His first year at college had been less discovering yourself and partying than the movies would have had him believe.  Most of the time he hadn’t been studying had been spent trying to keep his newly evolved pokemon from going stir crazy.  He’d been told that he should have waited on letting his Houndour and Noibat (Smoke and Hazard respectively) evolve, but he’d figured that if they were ready then they were ready so he’d never bothered to borrow a couple everstones from the pokecenter. He didn’t regret the decision, but it had meant that any time not take by studying, homework, class, or necessary biological functions had been spent at the pokepark near campus. 

Now though, he was taking the shorter summer semester off to recover before getting back to it.  He still lived with his parents for the moment, which suited him just fine.  He wasn’t quite ready to maintain a house on top of everything else. 

A warm breeze blew through the open window into the room.  It was on the second floor and the window was positioned such he didn’t have to worry about anyone looking in.  Down below he could hear Smoke and Hazard Playing with Blu and Lemon.  His parents didn’t battle much and so neither his mom’s Marill nor his dad’s Numel had evolved.  As for his parents, they were probably watching yet another romantic comedy movie, unless his dad had talked mom into a documentary again. 

It was the perfect time to check out the site his friend had told him about.  It wasn’t illegal, but pokephilia was still very taboo. It was with more than a little nervousness that he opened Pokehub, a site he’d heard about from his childhood best friend Bill. Bill lived on a private ranch a short bike ride away at the edge of their small town, and was apparently named after some distant relative who’d invented some important piece of tech or other. He was also completely open about being a pokephile despite the issues it caused in his life. Lately he seemed to have picked up on the idea that Josh might be the same. 

Maybe he’s got a point. Josh thought. After all, I’m checking out this site.

He’d been trying to convince himself to forget about it all week.

Ok, we’re gonna look briefly just so curiosity won’t kill us, and then once I know I’m not like that we’re gonna delete it from the history and kick Bill’s ass.

The front page popped up.  Under an orange and black logo various thumbnails of people and pokemon populated the screen.  Some well done proper thumbnails, most clearly a random still frame from the video they represented.  He clicked on the first one.  Some lady getting it from a Lucario.  She didn’t look bad, but he found himself uninterested.

After a moment he clicked back.  Next was a guy getting it from a Mightyena, the pokemon’s large dick splitting the dude open while he was bent over a bed.  Immediately he thought of Smoke. It wasn’t like he’d never seen his houndour’s penis,  they had moods and desires and got horny and inconvenient times just as much as he did. As Smoke’s trainer he’d even had to help with a relief sleeve a few times when he could get the houndour to a daycare for too long. He wondered how much it had changed and grown since Smoke had evolved.

He quickly hit the back button, trying to chase away the thought.  It’s natural to wonder, but that doesn’t mean I’m interested, it’s nothing to worry about.  

Then it caught his eye. Near the bottom of the page.  A female Noivern riding its male trainer. 

His hand shook slightly as he clicked on it, not ever aware of having decided to do so.

The noivern in the video was smaller than Hazard, who was on the larger side of her species. He watched as the Noivern lovingly licked and nipped at her trainer, before pushing him down and climbing onto him. Without thinking his hand found its way into his pants and he started rubbing himself.  He didn’t even notice when the video looped, too lost in thinking about both partners.

“Noi!” <Hi Josh!>

Josh jolted out of the day dream and fell over backwards in his desk chair, ripping his headphones out of the computer and slamming his head into the floor.  The carpeting saved him from the worst, but he was still stunned. Through blurred vision he watched the now alarmed Noivern push the screen through the large window frame, effortlessly buckling the cheap aluminum holding the mesh.  She tucked in her wings and slid through into the room, crossing over to him. She dropped to the floor, head right next to his with a look of severe concern. 

After a moment his vision cleared and he groaned.  He reached over and patted the dragon’s head.  “I’m OK Haz.”  His noivern rubbed the top of her head into the side of his face. 

As peace settled and heart rates slowed back to normal both noticed the adult audio now coming from the computers speakers.  Noivern crys mixing with dirty talk and lusty moans. Josh frantically reached up and slapped around his desk until he managed to hit the space bar to pause the video.  

Hazard cocked her head at him.

“I- I was just checking that site Bill mentioned.”  He stammered out, face flushed.

He recognized the mischievous look in her eye. Had she been watching before surprising him?

Hazard stood back up, grabbing his belt with her foot claw and dragged him the few feet over into the open space in the middle of his room. 

“W-wait.  What do you think you’re doing.” 

The bat-dragon gave him a smirk, mischief still evident on her face along with…   something else. Usually Josh felt he could tell what she was thinking, but right now he wasn’t sure. 

He didn’t have to wait long to find out though. Just as he was starting to sit up, Hazard sat on his chest facing away from him, pinning him to the floor.   Her tail draped over his face.   His nose was filled with her scent. 
 
He’d had Hazard since he was three, when a distracted parent hadn’t noticed their child sharing a caramel apple one Halloween night.  She’d discreetly followed him around for the following weeks, unnoticed by his parents, and he’d snuck her food whenever he could.  It wasn’t until he’d let her in one night and got caught raiding the fridge that they’d been caught.  And at that point it was too late for anything to be done. A pokeball had been aquired, followed by a trip to the pokemon center for a checkup and vaccination, and he had his first pokemon.  The nurse had called her a hazard, not suitable for a child as young as he was.  Josh had misinterperted the statement and the name had stuck.

But now 

She was probably just teasing him, but something in his already worked up horny brain snapped. He wrapped his arms around her tail, pulling it close to him and pressing his face into her folds.  The heat coming off of her was intense. Without a single thought in his head, he began to eat out his lifelong friend. 

Her familiar smell had a new edge to it, and it was only moments before she was dripping.  That was new. She’d never shown interest in other pokemon, but now she was responding to him.  He was too far gone to consider the implications.  

She shifted back towards his head, giving him better access which he immediately took advantage of.  His tongue dived inside her, his entire mind filled with the flavor. After minutes of that he moved to licking, circling, and sucking her clit.  It didn’t take long before she had an intense, shuddering orgasm, spraying his face with juice and collapsing on top of him.  He laid back and closed his eyes, head a happy thoughtless fog.

-----

When he woke up from his impromptu nap Josh found he had been deposited on his bed.  Hazard was no where to be seen, but his sticky face and the smell of his shirt told him that he hadn’t dreamed what had happened.

What he’d just done.

Suddenly feeling miserable he hopped in the shower. He’d betrayed the trust of his oldest friend. Taken advantage of her.  

He wanted to find a hole in the ground and crawl into it forever.

He went downstairs.  His parents were out apparently, Blu and Lemon’s pokeballs missing from their usual spot when home, along with their keys. That was something at least.  He didn’t really want to talk to anyone right now.

Although there was definitely somebody he needed to talk to.   He scooped up his own pokeballs from by the door. His parents would have returned Hazard and Smoke when they left since he was asleep. Hopping on his bike, he headed out into the afternoon. His destination was a field in the woods that were just down the road.  A familiar place, and one he could count on for a bit of privacy. Except for Bill and the usual wild pokemon he’d never seen another soul there.

Near the middle of the field there was a large stone. He stopped his bike and sat on the stone.  He’d been thinking about it, and he hated what he was about to do.  But what choice was there?

He tossed Hazards pokeball. It bounced, releasing the Noivern. She let out a happy cry, then stopped when she saw the tears. 

“I’m sorry. I’m so so sorry. I broke your trust. I…” Josh stopped and sobbed. “You’ll be better off with a trainer who won’t betray you like that.”  

Even as Hazard pressed her head against him and pleaded, he opened the pokeball and reached inside. The Noivern let out a cry of dismay as her connection to the device disappear when he triggered the release. The ball fell from his grip to the ground, completely inert.

-----

Hazard frantically looked around as the young man she had know for most of her life pulled his knees to his chest and cried. She’d been so happy, but now…   

Now she was afraid she’d ruined everything.  In her excitement that Josh might actually reciprocate what she’d been feeling for a long time she’d been too pushy, gone too fast.  Just because she didn’t care about things like social norms didn’t mean Josh didn’t.  He thought he’d hurt her, betrayed her. There was a reason pokemon-trainer relations were taboo after all.  How could one actually have a fair relationship with the power imbalance that a pokeball created. Could he really be blamed for thinking he had just abused the power he had over her.

But he didn’t have a pokeball now.  He’d given up that power.  

She needed to show him it didn’t matter. That she still loved him.

Noivern are frequently described as aggressive and cruel.  The truth is they feel all of their emotions incredibly strongly. Anger and aggression are just the easiest to see in the wild.

Hazard headbutted Josh in the back.  He looked up at her, eyes already red from crying. She nuzzled into his face. Her new form made it a little more difficult than it had as a noibat, but she managed. 

“I’m so sorry.  You deserve so much better. Go find someone better.”  Josh pulled away from her.

Noi verne!  NOI! <You dense mother fucker!> She loved him dearly but she swore Josh had the emotional intelligence of an oran berry.  

Flapping her wings, she took off, quickly reaching speeds she usually would have dared. She needed to make this as clear as possible for her poor stupid trainer. She spotted her target and dove, kicking up a cloud of dust as she landed in front of the pokemart.  

Fortunately, being roughly person height she was able to queeze her way inside, doing the best she could to not knock everything over.  

“Oh hey Hazard, where’s Josh?”  the man behind the counter called.

Noi Noi Noi verne.

She did the best she could to indicate at the pokeball case. Unfortunately, the counter guy wasnt getting it.  She turned to the rockruff on the counter and repeated herself.

Noi Noi Noi verne <Please, I need that ball. Its important.>

Rock Rock Ruff <What happened? Where’s Josh?>

Noiiii Vern vern Noi noi <Dumbass released me cause he’s convinced himself he going to hurt me.>

Ruff Ruff Rock ROck <Ouch. And you need that one specifically?>

Nooooooooiiiiiiiiii <Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh>

The rockruff gave a barking laugh and nodded, hopping off the counter and nosing open the back side of the display case. Standing on her hind legs she grabbed the ball in the middle of the top row in her mouth. With a flick of her head she tossed the ball over the counter to the noivern, who caught it in their own mouth. 

RUFF ruff RockRUFF <Good luck with your new MATE>

A blush lit up Hazard’s face as the Rockruff emphasized the word. Still, she had what she needed. Nodding her thanks at the canine she stepped out of the store. She launched into the sky, leaving behind another billowing cloud of dust.  The store owner looked at his pokemon.

“I guess I’ll have to trust you on this one.” He said as he placed a luxury ball in the display and changed the tag.

-----

Josh looked up as something thudded into the grass next to him. Hazard.  When she’d flown off he’d thought he would never see her again. For her sake he’d hoped that would be the case.  

He had stopped crying into his knees and was sitting normally, eyes still red and face streaked with the evidence of tears.  He still felt like he needed to cry, but his body had run out of tears. Now, with Hazard returned in front of him he didn’t know what to think. 

She opened her mouth, but instead of a boulder shattering screech something dropped into his lap.  Josh looked down.  He was confused.  It was a pokeball that had landed white side up. 

He picked it up and flipped it over.  It wasn’t just a pokeball. 

The top was pink with a heart engraved on it.  He blinked.  A love ball.  

As he held it, confused, Hazard tapped the button with her nose.  The ball popped open turning her into a streak of red energy before snapping shut.  The ball only rocked once before clicking.  Zero resistance, a ‘perfect catch’. 

He thumbed the button.  In a flash Hazard was back in front of him.

“I don’t understand.”  

Hazard rolled her eyes 

Noi <stupid> 

Hazard wrapped her wing around him and pulled him close. He buried his face in her neck fur and started crying again.

“Arceus I’m an idiot.”

Noi Noi Noi <Yes, but I love you anyway>

-----

He didn’t know how long they stayed there, embraced like that, but all too soon it stated to get dark. When he got home he popped open both balls before dropping them into the station by the front door.  There were two empty balls already there, meaning his parents had beaten him home. The smell of dinner cooking confirmed that.

He looked at Hazard, who made a silly face at him.  He couldn’t help but grin. It almost felt like nothing had changed. Like he hadn’t come this close to making the biggest mistake of his life.  Almost.

“I imagine you’ve got some catching up to do with smoke.” The houndoom cocked his head curiously.  “I’m gonna go check on mom.” 

One unexpected benefit of evolution had been that it turned out a noivern’s wing hands could work door knobs. So Smoke followed Hazard out through the mudroom into the back yard while Josh headed into the kitchen.

“Oh there you are dear. You didn’t text that you were going out. I know I know, you’re an adult, but your mother still worries.” His mother spoke as she constantly moved between several different appliances and pots, a whirlwind of cutting and stirring and taste testing.  She was a research/design consultant that worked with most of the major pokefood brands at one point or another, so it was no surprise that she was a talented cook as well.

“I know mom. Sorry. Something came up and I just forgot.”

“Well, at least I know you have Haz and Smoke if anything happens. Gosh, I can barely remember a time when it wasn’t the three of you.”

“Yeah...”

His mother paused her cooking.  “That was a very loaded yeah there. Is everything alright?”

“Everything’s fine now.  I just…  had a bit of a misunderstanding with Haz earlier.”

One of the pots started to boil over slightly and the frantic dance of cooking resumed. “I see.  Well, I wouldn’t worry too much. You two are too close to let a little argument ruin your friendship.”

Josh grinned weakly “Right, close friends.”

-----

As usual dinner was amazing. A half dozen colorful dishes each with distinct flavor profiles meant to appeal to both trainer and pokemon. Josh half suspected that his mother used the household to test her research, but he didn’t really care since it meant they were constantly getting to try new and amazing things.  Most of the time. There had been that week where they’d worked out that it didn’t really matter what you did with a durin berry, they were just too damn bitter for people.   Smoke and Lemon, who rather appreciated bitter flavors, had gotten a lot of scraps that week. 

After the first round had been consumed and the usual feedback/compliments had been given to the chef, the group took a break before desert.

His dad spoke up.  “So Josh, I saw the new ball by the door. Doesn’t seem like you’ve caught another pokemon though.”

Josh’s ears burned.  Suddenly he had an all new sense of dread. He didn’t need to be able to use foresight to see where this conversation headed.  “It’s Haz’s” He mumbled and looked off to the side.  The people and pokemon present all considered that it was a good thing he never went to the game corner with that complete failure of a poker face. 

“Makes sense. A love ball is an…  interesting choice though.” 

“Aww you got her a love ball after your fight. That’s so cute.” his mom chimed in.

“You two had a fight? What about?” his dad sounded slightly puzzled.

“I wouldn’t call it a fight.  Just a…  misunderstanding.”  Josh mumbled, hiding his red face with a drink of water.

Hazard rolled her eyes. Smoke sniggered.

“So why a love ball” the his dad pressed

“Hazard chose it.”

An awkward silence filled the room. Josh could tell his parents were waiting for the rest. He stared at his plate, then felt a wing on his shoulder.

“Noi” <tell them>

“Yeah, you’re right.” he said quietly. He didn’t look up from the table as he spoke. “The reason Hazard needed a new ball is because I released her. I thought I had betrayed her, hurt her, and I could stop it from happening again.” He paused, pushing down the welling emotions enough to finish. “She got the ball.” 

He wiped his watering eyes and dared to glance up. His dads expression was one of disbelief, while his mothers face was concerned.  His dad put his hands together before pointing them at Josh “Boy. You cannot possibly be that stupid.”

Josh gave a weak grin “That’s what Haz said.” 

“Well thank Arceus one of you has a brain. You’ve been together for nearly two decades and you think one fight is going to get between you?”

“Are you two okay now?”  His mother’s voice was full of concern.

Josh looked at his Noivern,  She looked disappointed. “I think we still need to work some things out, but we’re get there."

-----

After dinner Hazard went for a fly. Josh hoped the familiar routine would help things go back to normal.

He headed up to his room and Smoke trotted after him. Usually Smoke liked to get as much time outside as possible, but it was hardly unusual for him to hang out with Josh instead. He was just as close with Josh as Hazard was.

It had been about a year and a half after the boy had met Hazard that they’d come across Smoke. Josh’s parents had taken him to the park, and while he’d played on the slide he’d seen a flock of spearow behaving strangely at the edge of the park.  With the kind of decision making known only to children and horror movie protagonists he’d headed straight over to see what was going on.

What it had turned out to be was a houndour puppy unable to do much more than cower from the dive bombing birds. Hazard’s supersonic had been enough to disorient and distract the bird’s, letting the small canine flee. Fortunately it had also been enough to draw the attention of several adults, so he and hazard escaped with only a minimal amount of pecking and a safety lecture. Technically it was his first battle. 

His parents had been torn between amusement and irritation when two weeks later it was once again discover that he was feeding a wild pokemon that had followed him home.  This time the pokecenter trip had ended with a heated argument between Head Nurse Joy and his parents.  A Noibat would have been okay for an older child, but a houndour needed to be handled by an experienced trainer. Still, his parents had held firm on his behalf. They did however also severely increase the level of supervision he received until he was old enough to actually understand how dangerous wild pokemon were.

He flopped down on top of his bed and pressed his hands to his forehead. “What a mess.”

The black and orange canine hopped onto the bed, laying beside Josh, resting his head on his trainers chest. Josh enjoyed the extra warmth of the fire type, something he’d missed severely. 

“What must you think of all this Smoke. Trainer exposed as a complete dumbass.”

“do-doom” <so no change>

“Gee, thanks.” Josh sighed, “I hope that at least means you don’t think any worse of me.”

He lay there for a while.  After a half hour he decided he must have adjusted to not having a personal heater in bed with him. He was starting to sweat pretty badly.  Smoke lifted his head as Josh pulled his shirt off and tossed it aside.  Before long he had kicked out of his jeans as well.

He was still over heating.

“Arceus Smoke, either you’ve got a fever or I’ve turned into a Snom. I feel like I’m gonna melt.”

The Houndoom lifted his head with a snigger and in an instant the overwhelming heat vanished, reduced to the firetype’s normal warmth. 

“or you were doing it on purpose. I guess that’s an option.” 

The houndoom stood the rest of the way up on the bed repositioning himself before settling down. His orange belly on his trainers now bare chest, head rested on Josh’s should. 

“Oof.  Hey smoke. Little bigger than the last time you napped there”

“Houn?” <Problem?>

“No. I can manage.” He squirmed and freed his arm’s from where they had been trapped by his sides. Reaching up he stroked the dogs head, running his hand down the dog’s horns and continuing the motion down the back of his head and neck. “Besides, Haz’s heavier and I survived her sitt…”  He trailed off. He gave Smoke a suspicious look “how much did she tell you.”

“HoundoOM” <Everything!>  Smoke gave him a grin. 

Josh turned red, much to the pokemon’s amusement.  Smoke laughed. Then he leaned in and licked his trainer’s neck. 

Josh shuddered. “Hey, what are you trying to do?”

Smoke ignored the question and continued to lick him. His face, his neck, and his upper torso.

Josh could feel the tent in his boxers.  Worse, he could feel it grinding against Smoke’s sheathe. “H-hey. Cut that out.” He pushed the Houndoom back “I said stop.”

Smoke stopped. “doom” <why>

“I can’t. I already almost lost Haz today because I over stupid mistakes. I love you guys. I can’t just go and hurt you like that.,”

The canine took a shaky breath. Josh had never seen him like this. His body heat seemed to lessen and his voice was soft. “dooooom hound  Hou hou hound doom?”  <Why can’t you accept that we love you too?>

A tear rolled down the pokemon’s face. 

Smoke hopped down from the bed and walked out of the room.  Josh was mentally screaming at himself to say something. Anything. But his words failed him. 

He’d fucked up again.

-----

Hazard landed in the back yard, done with her flight. Her wings were pleasantly sore. Heading for the house she almost didn’t see Smoke, barely catching the orange of his muzzle out of the corner of her eye, laying deflated in a lump in the shadow of the fence. She made her way over to him instead.

Noi Vern Noi <Didn’t go well then?>

Doom Doom <What do you think?>

Hazard’s large ears swiveled, directing her hearing towards their trainer’s room. Even muffled by the window glass she could hear him. And what she heard was all too familiar from that morning.

“NOIve vern noi” <Josh sounds rather unhappy as well.>

“HOun” <Good.>

Hazard struggled to suppress the temper her kind were known for.  “Verene noi”  <You don’t mean that.>

“Doom doom hou houND om doom Hound HOUndoom hound” <Right now I don’t even know what I mean. I don’t get it.  He loves us, we love him, and now everybody knows it.  So why is he still pushing us away.>

Ma-Marill <He’s scared.>

Hazard and Smoke turned.  They hadn’t noticed Blu and Lemon approach

Doom hounDOom? <What’s he got to be scared of?>

Nu Nu mel Nu MEL mel nu mel mel <Everything the people make says that this kind of relationship can only be abusive.>

Maraill mar Mar mar Rill Marill <He loves you, and society has told him for his entire life that it will hurt you.>

Smoke and Hazard looked up at the window again, setting sun casting patterns of orange light and shadow on the siding of the house around it.

Noi verne Noi <So what can we do?>

Numel Mel ume nu nu numel mel numel <Just keep trying. You all want the same thing. You’ll find a way eventually.>

-----

He must have fallen asleep at some point, because when Josh opened his eyes it was dark and the red glow of the clock proudly proclaimed that it was 04:18.

He started to roll over to his other side, chasing sleep so he wouldn’t have to think about things. However he discovered that the movement was obstructed. Something was pressing him from both in front and behind. 

As he woke up more his other senses started to report back to him. There was something warm and fuzzy behind him, and the furry thing pressed into his belly was even warmer. 

Finally his brain clicked into gear.  Hazard and Smoke.  They’d somehow managed to work both their larger forms into the bed around him.  Hazard had her wing wrapped around both him and Smoke, both helping smoke not slide off and its span acting as a blanket.   

He was surprised. He wasn’t really sure where he stood with either of them at the moment. Both had made it pretty clear they wanted more of a relationship than just trainer and partner pokemon. And in the cold darkness surrounded by their warmth, he couldn’t pretend he didn’t want it as well.  

Everyone talks about how abusive trainers who sleep with their pokemon are. Not like they have a choice to say no when you can just shove them back in their ball at any moment. Thats why Bill doesn’t use them. 

I wouln’t do that that. 

Doesn’t really matter does it.  They know you could. That’s enough.

Behind him a voice. Barely a whisper but a booming in the silence.

Verne no Noi.  <We know you wouldn’t. Stupid.>

And now I’m imagining Haz can read my mind to justify this to myself.  Arceus I’m awful.

Haz smacked him upside his head. Not hard enough to really harm him, but enough to express her growing irritation. The movement of wing was enough to rouse Smoke. The dark/fire type let out an inquisitive noise.

“VeR vErNe NoO nOi NoI VeRnE eRn VeR ” <What if I randomly turn evil and force them to do things against their will”    

Josh didn’t get all of it but he could tell he was being mocked. He could feel anger starting to rise “Well excuse me for caring”

There was an intense blaze of heat against his chest where he was pressed against Smoke.  

“Hou doo hound doom” <We’re not helpless>  

The canine squirmed out of the bed.  Dropping to the floor he stalked angrily out of the room. 

Josh moved to sitting on the edge of the bed, facing away from the noivern. “Why are you both making this so hard. I can’t just take advantage of you like that.”

Hazard was about to reply when smoke walked back in, carrying his pokeball in his mouth. With a flick of his head and pelted it right at Josh’s forehead, where it impacted with a thud before landing in the trainer’s lap.  

Josh picked up the ball. “What?”

Smoke growled, a clear challenge.  “hound DOOM” <fucking try it>

Josh’s face was absolutely dristraught, but then set with a grim look. “If this is what it take’s to make you understand, When I let you back out I expect you to drop it.” The words were bitter in his mouth and made him feel disgusted with himself.

The Houndoom turned into a streak of red energy as it was returned to its ball. Josh held the ball in front of him an and pressed his forehead against it. “I’m so sorry. Please don’t hate me.” 

A second passed in silence, and then another.  Hazard watched silently.

The ball popped open, causing Josh to flinch backwards. A streak of white ejected to the floor and formed into the houndoom. Smoke’s hackles were raised and he lunged at Josh.

Another streak of red. Another second of quiet. Another flash of white. 

This time Smoke was faster, snatching it from Josh’s grasp.  Holding it in his jaw, Josh could only watch as the canine crushed the device. It cracked, the top and bottom halfs splitting from each other, both spiderwebbed with stress fractures radiating from several fang marks. There was no chance in Distortion that it still worked.

“nOi verne nooi verne”  <Easy, you proved your point> 

The comment went unacknowledged as Smoke jumped up on Josh.  The trainer flinched, eyes squeezing shut as he accepted his fate.

A warm tongue began to slobber all over his face. 

-----

The store had just opened when the door to the pokemart slid open as Josh approached it, a very smug looking houndoom trotting along behind him. The trainer stifled a yawn.

As the shop chime sounded, the man behind the register turned to face him.  “Hello and welcome to-  AH Josh.  It’s good to see you.  Long night?” 

Josh nodded at him “Hello Mr Toya. Yeah, you could say that.”

Smoke sniggered and Josh shot him a look.

“Anyway.  I need a new ball for Smoke, his old one err…   broke.”

The older man peered at him over his glasses.  “Hmm, first your Noivern steals a love ball and now you’ve brought a wild houndoom here? College seems to have turned you into quite the deliquent.”

A look of absolute horror passed over Josh’s face “I-I’ll pay for that, a-and Smoke won’t be any trouble”

The shopkeeper broke into hearty laugh.  “I’m just messing with you.  Pebble decided you had a good reason and I trust her judgement.” He pet the rockruff in her usual spot on the counter.  “I’m afraid you will have to pay for this one though.  So, what’re you thinking? Another pokeball, or something fancier?”

Josh looked at Smoke “What do you think? Haz got to pick, so fair’s fair.”

“Oh-ho.  That ball was for herself was it? I take it her ball also mysteriously broke? You’re lucky to have pokemon who hold you so close. Its rare for a pokemon to stick around after their ball is lost, and I’ve never heard of any outright enabling their recapture.”

He stroked his chin. “Then again, I guess most pokemon wouldn’t be on good terms with their trainer in the kinds of situations that result in them becoming wild, outside of whatever sort of freak accident you’ve managed. You’ll have to tell me about it someday.”

“Doom” <That one.>

“The luxury ball? It suits you.”  Josh nodded.

Mr Toya grabbed a case from the shelf behind him and passed it across the counter. Josh popped the lid and grabbed the ball from inside.  Activating it, he held it out for Smoke, who tapped his head against the button and disappeared inside. Josh hung the black ball on his belt next to Hazards new pink one. 

Hard on the budget, but worth it Josh thought as he paid.

-----

“A new ball for Smoke as well? Please tell me you didn’t try to release him too Josh.” 

Everyone was in their usual spots, gathered up for lunch like they usually did on the weekend. However, Josh’s dad had apparently decided this was an issue that couldn’t wait for the meal to be eaten.

“Well Haz got a new ball so I thought…”  Josh saw the looks he was getting from the entire table. “Wow, nobody’s gonna let this slide huh. Okay then, time face the fact that I’m stupid again.”  He took a deep breath and started again.  “Smoke may have destroyed his ball to prove a point.”

His mother softly gasped “Why would he do that?”

“To show me that I couldn’t use it to force him to do things.”

Josh’s father slowly looked back and forth between the boy and his pokemon. Then a look of understanding lit up his face, followed quickly by exasperation.  “Jirachi save me. So, let me get this straight. Yesterday you get in a fight with Hazard where you’re afraid you’ve done something to betray her.  And now Smoke’s convincing you that you aren’t manipulating him with his ball.”

Josh gave a hesitant “Yes?” His mouth felt incredibly dry and he lifted his glass of water.

“Giratina’s blood, are you telling me your pokemon are actually having to baby you through accepting you’re a pokephile?” 

Smoke broke into uproarious laughter, Blu and Lemon traded looks, and Hazard covered her face with her wings. Josh choked on the water he had been drinking and started coughing.

“HAROLD!” Josh’s mom smacked his dad in the back of the head. 

His dad waved his arms towards Josh. “What, do you want from me Meredith.” 

“You agreed that we wouldn’t make any assumptions about that.”  

“Mae, that was before I found out he was as slower than a slakoth.”

Josh recovered from choking on his water enough to half stammer half wheeze out “How could you…  I never…”

His mother gave his father a glare. “We didn’t know, but we suspected. After all, you’ve been sleeping in the same bed for years, and the day they evolved you started looking at bigger beds.”

“I… it’s just hard to sleep without them.” 

“You were the first person Bill told and you didn’t so much as question it.”

“He’s my friend, I would never judge him.” Josh felt himself getting defensive

“You’re in college and I’m pretty sure you’re still a virgin.” His dad added, earning another withering glare from his mother.

“I’ve been too busy” Josh’s face was burning as the evidence was piled on.

His mother dealt the final blow  “Whenever you had to make valentines day cards for school you always insisted on making them for Smoke and Haz as well. It was very cute.” 

He didn’t bother to respond.  What’s the point? Who am I even trying to convince? he thought.

Hazard moved behind his chair and leaned on him, resting her head on top of his. 

Josh was flushed, embarrassed beyond belief. “Well, guess I’m the last to know.” He paused before quietly asking “So what now?”

Josh’s dad shrugged, exasperated surprise seeming to have worn off. “I don’t know what your plans are, but I’m going to try to convince your mom that The Inside Story of Team Flare isn’t” he switched to a falsetto imitation of his wife “a boring waste of time that’s completely made up”

Turning to his father with an eyeroll, his mom started “One of the most rich and famous people of the era did not secretly run a criminal organization dedicated to committing genocide with ancient super weapons only to be stopped by a couple children. That is not a thing that happened.”  Josh’s mother turned back from to him from the good natured bickering they repeated most nights.  “What your father means is we love you for who you are dear, and that hasn’t changed.”

“Having nearly a decade of forewarning to get used to the idea also helped.” His dad quipped

“You hush or we’re watching the notebook again”

His dad faked a shudder “No! Anything but that!”

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Lunch passed relatively uneventfully outside of a bit of teasing which his mother eventually put a stop to. 

After lunch, he’d made his was up to his room. He tried to forget the amused knowing look his parents had given each other while deciding to go out for a movie.  He laid on his back on the geometrically patterned decorative rug in the middle of his room. He stared at the ceiling.

Smoke and Hazard traded questioning looks.  

“I made a right mess of all of this, and you both stuck by me, set me right. I don’t know what I would ever do without you guys.”  He propped himself up on his elbows, and looked at his lifelong companions. “I’m sorry for being a dumb-ass. I love you both so much.”

Immediately both were by his side, the trio pressed in together. He dropped back onto the rug, an arm finding its way around each of his companions pulling them tight.  The three of them lay there, enjoying the comfortable familiarity after the turmoil of the previous day.

After a bit though, Josh noticed that he was starting to feel too warm, even for summer. He lifted his head.  “You know Smoke, that’s not the kinda trick you can pull two days in a row.”

“HounDoom” <I don’t know what you’re talking about>

“Hah,” Josh laughed “Well, I guess I’ve made you both wait too long as it is.” He sat up and pulled his shirt over his head, before laying back and kicking out of his pants. He was surprised at how little self consciousness he felt.  It made some sense in hindsight though. Even if the context was new, between baths and getting dressed it was hardly the first time he’d been naked around them. 

Which wasn’t to say he wasn’t nervous. This was all still new to him after all.

“Soooo...  uhhhhh…  What first?” 

Smoke and Hazard traded looks, and Hazard nodded. Smoke stretched and climbed to his feet, padding around to Josh’s head and stood over him. Words were unnecessary. Once again, his senses filled with the smell of one of his partner pokemon.  This time he recognized the smell of arousal on his pokemon. Smoke’s scent was strong than it had been before he evolved, but it hadn’t changed.  Musky, savory, slightly spicy.  Josh watched as the pointed red tip of his canine companions member started to show, growing rapidly from the houndoom’s sheath. 

Soon the red tip was hanging in front of his face. With butterflies in his stomach Josh opened his mouth, and the growing tip slipped right in.  The taste was exactly like the smell, just stronger.  He circled his tongue around the tip, gathering up the salty precum and tasting his pokemon.  

Smoke huffed, his legs trembling.  He may have had the only experience in the group but it still felt like it was his first time all over again. His legs shook slightly, the attention from his trainer leaving him weak. He started to give small thrusts against Josh’s mouth.

Josh felt Smoke start to thrust and started to suck instead of just licking, his mouth pulling the houndoom’s member deeper and deeper.  Soon the tip his the back of his throat and his body heaved slightly as he gagged.  Smoke didn’t stop, but he did reduce the depth of his thrusts, just about half his length sliding in and out of Josh’s mouth.

As much as Josh was enjoying his houndoom, he felt a slight bit disappointed. Something about gagging on Smokes dick had grabbed him.  He could just use me like a toy, Josh thought. Use my my like it was the sleeve, see how much I can handle.  

Josh heard Hazard laugh softly from where she was still cuddled against his side, and looking at hear out of the corner of his eye he saw she had a mischievous grin. 

“noi VERne” <Go harder on him.>

Before he could react Josh gagged again as the Smoke’s next thrust hit the back of his throat. He gagged and flinched as the canine battered the back of his throat, slowly but surely working it open, until with a slip Josh felt his pokemon suddenly slide deeper.  He could feel his throat bulging, now filled with houndoom cock.  

Smoke gave a worried look at Hazard.  It felt good but the mighty heave the boy gave and the way his throat was clenching worried the pokemon.  Hazard just grinned at him however and nodder her head towards Josh’s painfully hard and leaking dick. Clearly he was loving it.

Smoke was close. He pulled back enough for Josh to gasp for air, and then with his next thrust he also lowered himself onto the boy, his chest laying on Josh’s.

Josh’s heaves threatened to displace Smoke from where he lay on the boy, hammering deep into his trainer’s throat. The room was filled with loud squelching and gags as Smoke face fucked the boy, his knot popping free from its sheathe as he pulled back just long enough for Josh to take a breath. Then, panting hard, Smoke buried himself as deep as he could in the boys throat, knot pressed tight against the boys lips.

Josh could feel the cock pulse in his tightly stretched throat with every shot. It felt both like a mere instant and an eternity as the dark fire type filled him. Already being partially full from lunch, he felt himself bloat slightly from the sheer amount of cum the pokemon produced. He instinctively tried to swallow, his throat milking Smoke’s dick as it squeezed.  

Josh felt smoke shift, and the dick blocking his airway left with an audible pop. Smoke’s last couple shots painted Josh’s face, and dribbles of cum leaked from the boy’s nose and grinning mouth.  He choughed and weakly chuckled alternatedly, too overwhelmed for words.  

It wasn’t over though.  He hadn’t noticed Hazard pull away from her spot as Smoke pulled out of his face, but he became keenly aware of her new location as something wet and intensely hot rubbed against his achingly hard dick. He couldn’t see, head still trapped under the houndoom’s hips, but he could feel as Hazard ground her soaked cunt against his dick, and it was all he could do to not lose it immediately as she started to take it inside herself with a moan. 

Josh groaned and gripped the rug.  He’d never experienced anything like this. He wondered if it was just as intense for he, being just as much a virgin as he was.  Smoke lifted off his face and moved a few steps clear, contentedly flopping down on his side to watch.

Hazard was crouched straddled over him, facing him. Her eyes met his and she leaned forward, chest laying on his.  As she held herself on just the tip of his dick she pressed her face to his.  Josh gave a gentle kiss to the red V in the middle of her face. In return Hazard gave him a look that said ‘bless your heart’ before opening her maw, locking it on his face, and forcing her long bat dragon tongue into his mouth and half way down his throat.

Josh’s eyes shot open in surprise before half lidding over as he melted into the kiss. Having just had his throat stretched by smoke he found it relatively easy to take the noivern’s tongue, only gagging a bit as Hazard started to tongue fuck his esophagus, still coated with the houndoom’s seed. He sucked on the the invader, his own tongue flicking around as best he could manage.

After what felt loike moments and forever Hazard pulled back and he drew a deep breath that turned into a gasp as his dick was enveloped in her molten hot pussy. She didn’t give him any time to recover either, riding his dick hard and desperately. 

His hips bucked instinctively as her strong legs lifted and dropped her weight onto him again and again. It was better than he could have dreamed, her dark, wet, inner folds working him with what seemed like desperation.  His hands found their way down to the thick base of her tail, grabbing on. He used the leverage to hammer back into her as hard as she was riding him.

It didn’t take long before they both reached their limit. With a cry josh buried into his lover, pulling her close as his cock pumped his seed deep inside. Hazard let out a loud cry as well, thankfully controlling her voice enough to avoid damaging anything, clamping down around him and drenching his groin with her juices. 

Hazard collapsed on top of her trainer before sliding off of him to one side, still twitching from her orgasm. Smoke moved back in to press against Josh’s other side, and the three of them drifted off into sleep together, as they had many times before.