Illusions of Heart; Touko x N

Chapter Five: Plans Made For Nothing

Later that day, around supper time, N and I booked separate rooms at the Pokemon Center. We decided that since Nimbasa City was a big, and busy city that the sooner we booked our rooms the better. Plus, we thought we might as well take it easy for the rest of the night, as I had a long day ahead of me, and we had spent quite a bit of time exploring the beauty of Nimbasa. I had forbidden myself from doing anything I had planned to do with Touya, so I didn't go see the Musical or anything like that, but I did see a lot of beautiful nature hidden around Nimbasa. N showed me just how beautiful it was in the city, and I was astonished. He took me to the parks and city squares scattered around, and it was amazing. It was almost like he could see the beauty in everything...and anyone.

Together the two of us came up with a plan. A plan that allowed me to see Touya as soon as possible. We had a lot to work around, but we ended up with what I would say was a pretty well-rounded plan. Although, I will admit, there were quite a few Plan B's and C's...and maybe some Z's, but we wanted to be prepared for everything and anything. Plan A involved calling back Bianca and Cheren. I wasn't exactly up for it, and completely refused it when N offered that as a plan, but I figured if I called Bianca closer to night, I might just be able to talk to Bianca, and not Cheren. I couldn't, and I knew I wouldn't be able to talk to Cheren. Not only was I afraid of him yelling at me again, but his words had really hit me hard. Maybe he was right. Maybe I was wrong, but he didn't have the right to tell me like that. I planned to call her later that night, when Cheren would be sleeping. When we had those few rare chances where we could all travel together I learned something that became extremely important right in this moment: Cheren goes to bed early. All right, all right, it isn't that important, but I found it pretty useful.

I opened the room's window, and let the nice city breeze roll in. With deep breaths, and a heaving sigh, I sat myself down on the bed for a little while, and thought about everything that had happened in less than two days. Cars, and trains all buzzed with noise outside, but I kept thinking. All the trouble I caused, and all the worry. What had I done? I regretted almost everything that had happened, and yet...something else made my stomach churn. I did regret everything I had done, except one thing - running into N. He was so kind, and sweet, and just so helpful. It made me think of what I would of done without him being there, but I was soon interrupted when I heard a knock on the bedroom door. I rushed over to open the door.

"Hey, N," I blushed. The coincidence of him being at the door right when I was thinking about him kind of embarrassed me.

"Are you okay?" he asked. "Your face is all red." N raised his hand up to my forehead, and my cheeks burned brighter. His pale, cold hands shocked me, and my stomach churned even more. "You're burning up, are you sure you're okay?" I nodded. "Well, just in case, let's go get you something to eat in the cafeteria, I think they serve soup." I arched my eyebrows, but just nodded again. All words had apparently left my vocabulary.

When we walked into the cafeteria, N had me sit down at the table. He told me to sit and stay, and that he would go get the food. I quickly refused, finding my words again, but N shot me down. So, there I was sitting at the table and waiting. When N came back, he carried two trays in his hands. One with a bowl of Sweet Pecha Berry soup, and the other with a bowl of Spicy Cheri Berry soup.

"Which one do you want?" I motioned towards the tray with the pink soup, and he set it down in front of me. He took the Cheri for himself.

"Thank you," I smiled. N turned, a spoonful of the spicy soup right in front of his lips. He noisily slurped it to get a rise out of me. I chuckled.

"Goofball," I mumbled, slurping my soup with the same insane amount of volume. N smiled, and I smiled right back at him, then we continued to eat our soup like a couple of kindergartners. Other trainers staying in the Pokemon Center gave us weird looks as we slurped and laughed, but that only made us laugh harder and slurp louder.