Shadows and Darkness (PKM Watty Best in Romance 2014)

Chapter 10

        The sun was just setting as Alice made it to Nimbasa. She made her way to the Pokémon Center, and up to the front desk.

        "Is there a free room, Nurse Joy?" She asked the pink haired Pokémon nurse.

        Nurse Joy smiled. "Sure." She handed Alice a key. "And it looks like you got the last empty one."

        Alice took the key with a small smile. "Thank you."

        As she walked into the room, she flipped the light switch. She had made sure to start doing so since the Striaton incident. The room was empty, save for a bed, small side table, desk, and lamp.

        Releasing her companions from their Pokéballs, she gave them a small smile. "You guys can hang around here and rest, if you want. I'll be back in a bit." They all gave varying signs of agreement.

        Walking through the entrance of the amusement park, Alice leisurely made her way over to the Ferris Wheel. She figured the view of the setting sun would be nice from the top. She paid the man running the ride and stepped inside, the door to the Pokéball shaped car closing behind her.

        The sky was varying shades of orange and red, stretched out across the horizon beyond the trees. The car swayed slightly with the light wind, the motion more comforting than one would expect.

        "Alice..."

        Alice jumped and spun around, a surprised look on her face. There, standing behind her in the car, was Shadow.

Shadow POV

        As she turned around, Shadow froze.

        Now, Shadow was hardly the "hopeless romantic" type. But, as Alice stood there, framed by the fiery colors of the sky, as cheesy as it sounds, she looked truly beautiful. He was in awe. He could feel his face start to heat up as he thought this.

        Then again, he was the one planning to confess on a freaking Ferris wheel.

        He could see her face shift from surprise, to mild annoyance, to confusion as he stood there gaping at her, face flushed. This was obviously incredibly out of character for him.

        "I, um, have something I need to, uh, tell you..." He turned his gaze away from her, hoping that not looking at her would help. "I-I u-uh... Um... I l-lo..." And now he was stuttering like an idiot. His face reddened further.

        What a wonderful time for his usual confidence to go flying out the window.

Alice POV

        She watched in obvious confusion as Shadow stood before her, stuttering incomprehensibly, a flush displayed clearly across his pale cheeks. She wondered if he was sick. It would certainly explain his strange behavior and flush.

        The Ferris wheel ground to a halt at the bottom, and the door slid open. As it did so, Shadow visibly wilted. Alice raised an eyebrow at him and gently shoved him out of the car. The man running the ride paid no mind that two people were getting out of a car that only one had went into. He'd seen stranger things.

        Moving out of the way of the slowly diminishing bustle of the park, Alice turned to Shadow with a questioning, and slightly concerned look on her face.

        "What..?" He mumbled, still a bit downtrodden over the previous events.

        Her head tilted to the side, slightly. "Are you okay? Are you sick?" She reached up and pressed a hand to his forehead, checking for a fever. "You aren't acting like your usual over-confident, cocky, self."

        Shadow turned his gaze to the side. "I'm fine..."

        Alice frowned, not believing him, but let it go, anyway. "Whatever you say..."

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        From some nearby bushes, a pair of green eyes, and a pair of yellow eyes watched the exchange.

        "Well, that didn't go as planned..." The purple cat mumbled to her black and blue companion.

        "Clearly..." 

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I... Have absolutely no excuse, whatsoever. T^T And for that, I am sorry...

On the upside~ Shadow tried to confess :3 But it didn't go as (Purrloin apparently) planned... x3 Poor Shadow, losing his confidence right when he needed it. x3 Nervous!Shadow is adorable, though x33

I'll try not to take too long to update next time. ^^"

Until then, Vote, Comment, Follow, and all that Jazz. :3

Viso gero! [Goodbye in Lithuanian (apparently)]

(Akane)