There’s a brief pause to pose for the photo, before the shutter clicks and captures the two of you side-by-side.

“Not bad,” Raihan muses, straightening to his full height and checking the selfie out on his rotom phone, “Pretty cute, huh?”

He turns the screen towards you so you can see it for yourself, playfully adding: “And I guess you’re not too bad yourself.”

“So,” The gym leader turns his device off, before pocketing it in his jacket, “This makes—What?—My third loss against you?”