Minor Piece | Cote x Pokemon

Arc 3. Chapter 11. It's time, to cook

Ayanokoji Pov:

"Zzz..." Ichinose snored.

I took a look at her, and she was covered in a blanket as she slept.

Once I made sure she was asleep, I moved out of my bed sneakily, walking with no sound to not wake Ichinose up.

I looked back at her while moving to make sure she hasn't woken up, just then-

Bang!

My leg accidentally hit a table, making a noise.

"Hah...?" I heard Ichinose mutter.

Crapbaskets...This isn't good...

I did not move at all. Staying completely still to the point I could hear my heartbeat.

"..."

Ichinose went back to sleep.

I breathe out a deep sigh in relief.

That was really careless of me...

I quickly moved towards the door, and unlocked it.

I wore my shoes and left the room. Not before locking it though. Can't have some pervert enter the room.

I walked towards the elevator. But because of the lack of lights, it was quite difficult to make my way towards it.

Suddenly-

Thwack!

I bumped into another person.

"A-Ah! I am sorry!" She said,

"Uh...No, that was my fau- Mii-chan?" I said in surprise upon noticing that the girl I had bumped into was my fellow Hirata fan friend, Mii-chan.

"Ayanokoji-kun? So it's just you..." She said as she sighed in relief.

We became friends through the school forum. We were in the 'Hirata fanclub' group and we decided to meet up to talk about Hirata, and through that we managed to become friends.

"When did you come here?" I asked.

"Oh, we just made it here today. Thecave was really scary..." She answered.

"What are you doing out here at this time?" I asked.

"Uh...Nothing really..."

"Couldn't sleep?"

"Yeah..." She confessed.

I understood what was the cause. It was the nervousness of the battle against the gym leader which is heaving on her mind. She did not want to hold her partner back, which caused the stress alongside the threat of expulsion.

"You shouldn't worry about the gym battle. I don't doubt you will be a great help to your partner."

I decided to give her a few words of comfort.

"Ah...It's not that..." She said with a sad expression on her face.

So It's not the gym battle? If that's the case, what could have gotten her so troubled?

"So what's the problem?" I asked.

"...Hi- Hirata-kun and Karuizawa-san..." Tears started to form from her eyes.

"What about them?" I asked in a more gentle tone.

Hirata and Karuizawa...What could they-

No...

No...

I- It can't be...Right?

"They're...Dating..." The tears flowed.