Precious things

Chapter 7

Hello everyone!!!
I have to thank you all for reading my story!
Especially to Clanchy and Noiverngaming05. These two are the best readers an author could wish!

And about last chapter. Some of you may think 'Wuutt?? How could Ash and Serena forget about the thing they were going to do on the mountain?!!'
To answer it, they fell down a cliff, survived it, but then fought against a swarm of Beedrills, are pretty hurt; I don't think that it would have been somehow realistic, maybe it would but none of us knows it. And about the lake, I had to implement it somehow so this was the best way I could do.

Anyway, about chapter 7, I hope you guys will enjoy!

"Ash, I lost the ribbon"

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Last time, our little heroes and heroines got separated due to an unexpected meeting with Team Rocket. Ash and Serena fell down the cliff, and landed 'safely '  in the forest below. While Bonnie and Clemont stayed on the cliff and defeated Team Rocket.

Clemont and Bonnie had no other choice than going to the next town and wait at the pokémon center for them. But Ash and Serena had to take care of their wounds first so they decided to visit a small lake near them.

"Huh?" was the only thing Ash could say. He looked at Serena as she began to cry. He knew that these weren't tears of joy nor tears caused by physical pain.

He knew that those were tears caused by sadness. And she was sad because she lost 'the' ribbon. That's all Ash knew, at that moment. But he didn't know what he was supposed to do.

'What should I do?'  Ash thought, completely unaware of what to do. He was unaware of that but he slowly moved closer to Serena who covered her eyes with her hands and kneeled, completely devastated.

'Should I just tell her that i can just buy her a new one?'  ' No I can't do that. I know how much it means to Serena. I can't just buy her a new one. It is like Braixen and her broken twig.'

With each step Ash took towards Serena, his mind became clearer and clearer. He began to comprehend the complete situation and he knew what to do, first.

He picked up his pace a bit so that he was standing in front of Serena within seconds. Serena didn't notice Ash's approach and continued staying in that state. Ash took off his gloves and, slowly, he reached out his right hand towards Serena's face. When Ash's cold hand made contact with Serena's by hot tears wetted cheek, Serena stopped her uncontrollable sobbing which turned into a light one but still covered her eyes with her hands.

Ash took that as a good sign and decided to just follow his instincts. he reached out his left hand and moved towards Serena's hand. He did with his right hand the same. He gently grabbed them around the fingers and slowly put them down. Serena cautiously opened her eyes and looked at Ash to see his expression. He smiled. Of course, he didn't smile because he was happy but knew that he had to do it for Serena. As much as he wanted to frown, he just couldn't do it. This was a really sensitive situation. A wrong move could make things worse. And he had to smile in order that Serena didn't think that he was angry or sad too.

He had to smile so that he could say "It's okay, Serena. Don't cry".

Serena looked into his hazel eyes and began to sob even more when she remembered the moment when she looked into his brown eyes as he gave her the ribbon, back in the old days in coumarine city, under the pledging tree.

"But Ash, I lost the ribbon you gave me. It's all my fault. It can't be ok. And you are probably mad because I lost it. Isn't it so?" Serena closed her eyes again, unable to bear the situation.