The quiet night in Kalos region was almost disturbed when from nowhere black clouds surrounded the area; the beautiful night was no more in the sight and everywhere was darkness now, making the area a little spooky. It didn't take too long before it was raining everywhere; downpour started slowly but ended up in the furious rain around. Fortunately, our heroes were staying in a PokAOmon Centre tonight or they would have been running around in the wild, seeking for shelter. Ash's eyes shot wide open when thunder stroke somewhere around, not enough to cause any harm, but enough for Ash to wake up. Ash was badly startled and rolled to his left not realizing that he was on the left edge of the bed and fell down on the ground. He was poorly covered in his blanket that he ended up wrapped around in it; grunting in pain as he stared at the ceiling with dizzy eyes . "Owwa€ 1 " Ash muttered to himself as he slowly tried to sit straight. He rubbed back of his head where it was hurting and his eyes were shut as he tried to endure the pain. Ash slowly opened his eyes and looked around; his vision was a little blurry. After all, who wanted to wake up this way in midnight? Ash held his bed from right hand and stood up on its support. However, he didn't realize his current condition and fell back as he tried to take a step ahead. "Darn it!" Ash hissed aloud after his body came in contact with floor second time this night. "Pika," Ash heard a weak voice. He looked up at his bed and found Pikachu looking at him curiously with groggily vision; it was rubbing its eyes with its small paws. "Heh, sorry Pikachu, didn't intend to wake you up" Ash sheepishly chuckled. Pikachu shrugged its shoulders and rolled back on the bed; going in its beautiful slumber which was broken by Ash around a minute ago. It didn't take too long for Pikachu to fell asleep again. Ash sighed to himself and stood up again. This time noticing his condition. Ash tried to get rid of the blanket wrapped around him and startled around the room."C'mon, get off!" Not realizing where he was going. Ash ended up falling on a bed this time. He was fortunate enough to not fell on the harsh floor this time; unfortunately he didn't fall on his own bed either. As Ash looked up he was encountered by the warm breath tackling his face, tickling his neck as well. Ash stayed there for a moment or two before realizing where he was. He has fallen on the bed of his childhood friend and travelling companion Serena. His face was little too close to hers that surpassed his comfort zone. Even in this cold night, he could feel his body burning up and sweat dropped from his forehead, his face turned beet red and he was almost about to scream. He quickly retorted and stumbled back, his left foot stuck in the foot of the side bed table and he fell again. "Not again, " Ash grunted in pain, this time however, he did not try to sit up and laid there for a while. The pain he felt for the third time tonight was enough to remove his blush but his mind was still processing, what just happened? How it came? Ash Ketchum, 15 years old soon to be a PokAOmon Master from Pallet town, was thinking about a girl? Of course he had thought about girls before, then why it was different this time? He didn't need any answer, he knew it already. In all these years of his journey through different regions, he had developed physically, mentally and emotionally enough to understand everything now. If not for these, remembering Brock's antic around every cute girl was enough. Ash never understood why Brock was obsessed with cute girls back then, but now when he was a teenager himself, he understood everything. He understood why he was feeling this way towards Serena. He had always found her cute, hell she was the cutest of all the girls he had travelled with before. Ash sat straight again, this time carefully removing the blanket off his body. When he succeed, he threw it on his bad, making sure that it would not wake up Pikachu; he was not planning to get electrocuted after all the pain he went through tonight. Before standing up Ash cashed Serena a quick glance but could see nothing but her long honey blonde hairs and half of the pink bow band. Though Ash never got to know why Serena wore it every night, he really liked it. Ash sighed and stood up; trying not to look at her but his mind ultimately lost against his own heart and he looked back at her. Her long honey blonde hairs were tied up in the pink bow band in front; rest of her hairs was going under the blanket. Her face was facing him, her expression was constantly changing from a smile to a frown, a feared or frozen look sometimes and then back to a smile, and she was breathing fast. Probably she would have been dreaming about something, that's what Ash guessed but it didn't help him to wish that she would be dreaming about him. Ash's thoughts were broken by under thunder nearby; this one was less effective than the last one. Ash looked outside the window of room and found it was raining furiously. He walked to window and opened it only to be encountered by watery wind which started to soak him. Ash has to react immediately and he closed the window as soon as he opened it . Ash looked at himself, partially soaked at few places but nothing serious to led him to catch cold or any fever. Ash walked back to his bed, slid down in blanket and rested his head on very fluffy pillow. He closed his eyes and waited for him to fell asleep. He rolled to his side and waited again. One minute passed followed by two, three, four, and five and so on but Ash could not find him anywhere near sleep . Ash opened his eyes and took a deep breath. He knew he could not sleep now. He sat up did not bother to uncover himself. He took the pillow, adjusted it to better position and let himself lose on it. His legs were kneeled and his arms were crossed around his chest . Trying to think of something to pass his time he let his eyes wander around. They stopped only when they caught the glimpse of most important thing, or person in this case. Ash stared at Serena from across the room; their beds were across to each other unlike previous times when the beds were side by side. Talking about this, whenever the group has stopped at PokAOmon Centre for a night they always found two bunk beds on both the sides of the room. This one however was different; probably because very less traveler passed by here. This time they have gotten two rooms with two beds in each of the room. Bonnie suggested that Clement and she should share one while Ash and Serena does other. No offence, he agreed immediately but didn't realize the motive behind this. Normally, Serena and Bonnie would share one and Clement and Ash other, even when they camp outside . This thought was gone far when Ash realized that his eyes were glued on her by now, he smiled. He had always found Serena very attractive, her passion to become a PokAOmon performer was amazing and he was always mesmerized by her kindness. What was there to say about her smile? It was most amazing and he always found himself melting into her whenever she smiled at him. Her eyes were blue like sapphire and he could stare into them forever; unfortunately he never got to stare into them for more than few seconds without making her blush or freaking her out. He has noticed that whenever he stared at her Bonnie always whisper something in Serena's ear which would make her blush. But he has a good idea of what it was all about; he had overheard some as well. Though, he always shrug them off or pretend like he didn't understand but truth was that, he does, every time. He felt bad to be the reason of her embarrassment. His smile disappeared and he frowned. Sometimes he highly doubted if Serena does feel something strong about him or not, of course she likes him, anyone can tell that but how much? He did not know. How much he wished to tell her how he felt towards her, but he could not. He always tried to say whenever he was near her, whenever they were all alone, but he never did. He did not fear rejection at all, maybe a little. But what he feared that this could ruin their friendship forever. Losing her was the last thing he wished for; no matter if they would never become something more than friends but this would keep them close to each other. Those three little words he was dying to tell her were sealed now, still struggling to escape his heart and his mouth. Ash uncovered himself and walked to Serena's bed. When he reached there he sat down on the bed beside her and stared at her beautiful face. Her expression was still changing but this time, it was more negative ones than her smile causing Ash to raise his eyes in confusion. He would have stared at her for only a minute or so when there was another thunder outside, and this one was the loudest that Ash felt him almost getting deaf. " AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH " Serena screamed on top of her lungs and threw her blankets off her, not actually caring where they were going. The blanket flew up, up and away and finally fell down on Ash, completely covering him. She shot up and breathed heavily, her face was covered with sweat and she was on verge of crying. Bad dream, what else? Serena closed her left hand and put it on hear heart. She took deep breaths to calm down; this would have worked if her eyes hadn't spotted someone sitting on her bed. Her breaths suddenly stopped and her eyes widen when she saw someone covered in white blanket and the hands moving towards her. "W-Who-Who are-are you?" Serena managed to ask however and scooted back on her bed in fear. "Please 1-leave me. Please leave me" By now Serena's eyes were diluted with tears flowing down her cheeks. "Ash. Ash. Ash. Ash! Ash! ASH!" Serena started screaming in fear; the only one she thought could save her was Ash. She was so horrified and was crying so badly that Ash couldn't help but feel sorry. He reached out for her but his hands, tangled in the blanket made him look like a crook and something that was going to hurt her. "Serena, Serena, listen to me" Ash snapped at her and suddenly grabbed her by arms. "Serena, listen to me. Serena, please!" Ash shook her but for nothing. Her fear only increased and she didn't stop screaming for help. And then he did something which surprised himself. Ash pushed Serena back forcefully and put his hand on her mouth. Serena was forced to stare at him; her tears were still drowning and she was shaking her head left and right in attempt to break free. "Serena, listen to me. It's me," Ash paused and pulled down the blanket. When Serena saw him she stopped and only stared at him. "Ash" When he finished he looked at Serena, he could not help but felt pathetic; he accidently scared Serena so badly that he could never know it. They stayed in the position for a while and slowly. Ash started to lose the grip of his hand on her mouth. He was really concerned about her, but knowing that he had made her scared, he could do nothing. When Ash let her go, Serena looked down in her lap, ashamed of what just happened. She has unwillingly made so bad scene, she was scared of what Ash would think of her now. New tears formed in her eyes and she silently cried. She folded her knees and held them close to her chest with her arms around them. She looked away from Ash to the window of the room; different thoughts were running in her mind. However, that doesn't change the fact that she was scared. Ash sighed to himself; he crawled on the bed to the other side, sitting next to Serena the very next moment. He took the blanket and wrapped it around her, securing her from the cool wind and giving her comforting warmth at the same time. Serena let him do his work but didn't say any word. She was so embarrassed; to make it worse scared too. Ash again looked at her with the look of guilt. "Are you fine, Serena?" Ash finally asked; concern could be clearly heard in his voice. "Bada€ 1 dream" Serena felt her eyes filling with more tears as she answered. It was true, she had seen a bad dream and was so scared; but when she saw Ash under the blanket, she failed to understand anything and her instincts did their work. She felt so weak and pathetic at the moment, she knew that Ash would have been thinking about her same as her. On hearing that Ash sighed in relief. So, it wasn't his fault, not completely. But he still felt bad but protective towards her. He wanted to give her comfort and calm her down; after all she was his best friend. However, before Ash could respond, there was another thunder burst outside. It was so sudden that it startled already broken Serena. " AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH " Serena screamed again and covered her ears as her body trembled badly. Ash reacted immediately and wrapped his arms around her, pulled her closer to him and hugged her. Serena's head rested on his chest and her whole body was leaned against him. Serena didn't realize it in first but when she did, she found herself blushing for being so close to him; Ash was actually hugging him. She could feel the warmth of his body around hers, it was so soothing and comfortable; Serena didn't realize when she started enjoying it. She didn't hug him back, thinking that it would make it awkward, but let him hug her, comfort her by any mean he could use. She could feel his one hand around her back which was pulling her closer and another was running down her hairs. This sounded crazy but she was getting comfort from this. Tears started to dry off her face as the time slowly passed. Merely a minute was passed after the previous thunder but there was silence in the room, the only sound they were hearing of was the raining outside. As much as it was weird, the clouds which caused Serena to tremble so badly with the thunder and lightning were the same clouds which helped her calm down. The sound of rain striking the ground and roof sounded rhythmic, it was like music to her and it made her relaxed; music was natural pain killer after all and it was killing the pain she had in her heart right now. After staying like that for a while. Ash thought Serena would have been fine now. He held her arms and pulled her off of their hug against her will. He then gently forced her back on the bed and Serena only stared at him with sparkling eyes; the dreamy look on her face made her look so cute that Ash would have left consciousness if he would have seen it . Ash let her go and stood up to go to his own bed but stopped when he felt tug on his hand followed by a tight grip. Ash looked back and found Serena had held her hand; she wasn't looking at him but her face was hung in shame. She was still embarrassed for whatever happened but that does not help her to feel better in any way when Ash left her. She again found herself scared on the mere thought of her nightmare. "Don't goa€ 1 P-Please, stay with me" Serena whispered very slowly that Ash could barely hear her. Ash sighed; does he really have any choice? He nodded and gave her a reassuring smile. Serena didn't let his hand go until he was back on the bed. When he was on the bed, under the covers, she let go off his hand and tightly clenched on the blanket she had on. Ash glanced at her for a brief moment before turning back to stare at ceiling. He had made sure to stay at the comforting distance. However, sleeping on the same bed as the girl was already out of his comforting zone and to make things worse, it was Serena, his childhood friend and now a long time crush. Serena has started to feel better already. With Ash on her side, she felt safer, warmer, like nothing could even touch her, hurt her. She closed her eyes, they picture of the devil that scared her before returned. She immediately opened her eyes and tightly held the blanket; tears again form in her eyes. She sniffed and unknowingly gained Ash's attention. "Serena, you sure you are fine?" Ash asked with concern, ready to do whatever he could for her well being. Serena didn't respond verbally and sniffed again prior to nodding. The way she shook her head made it clear that she was lying but she did not want to bother Ash. She has already proven herself as a weakling to him, at least she thought so, and she did not want to get down any further. "You know Serena," Ash said as he kept his eyes glued on her. "You aren't a good liar. So, stop being so stubborn and let me know what you want. Let me know how I can help you, okay?" Ash said and bit his bottom lip before saying again. "I won't mind anything. I just want to help you," Ash finished . Serena stared at him in disbelief with blurry vision. Her tears hadn't stop but she wasn't feeling bad at all. As much as she was surprised, it was an expected statement; after all it was from Ash. She did not respond any further and laid down, her face facing his as he stared at the ceiling. He sometimes caught her staring at her continuously, but instead of freaking out he smiled at her warmly. If this is what it takes, then so it is. Serena felt her heart aching again, her longing feelings returned to her. She again wanted to be close to him, wanted to be in his arms, so close and tight, wanted to be comforted by him anda€l kissed by him. She bit her bottom lip and slowly scooted closer to him trying not to attract Ash, of course it didn't work and Ash noticed her. But he decided to stay quiet and kept staring at the ceiling, wandering in his own world. Serena didn't stop there and searched for his hand. When he found it, she gulped and slowly moved hers to his. Her hand brushed against his, which he ignored, but then she slipped her hand slowly into his. This one actually caused Ash to look at her in confusion. Serena kept her eyes down to avoid eye contact and kept looking at his hand. Ash mentally sighed and brought back her hand with his in between their faces. Serena and Ash both stared into each other's eyes as Ash intertwined their fingers and locked their hands in firm and gently, but at the same time in tight grip. This caused Serena to blush, but there was no way to hide and was noticed by Ash. Ash didn't comment on it but smiled at her. She felt her body burning, tears in her eyes disappeared and others dried, leaving marks on her face. Her desire to get closer to him increased. "Ash?" she asked Ash . "Yes? What is it, Serena?" Ash asked immediately. "Uha€ 1 can youa€ 1 uma€ 1 hold mea€ 1 uha€ 1 clo-closer ? " she said in low tone. When Ash heard it he sighed. If that's what it takes, if that's what it would take to feel better then he would gladly do it . "Alright, c'mon" Ash responded. Serena almost cried in joy on hearing this. Ash was actually letting her rest in her arms. She slowly rested her head on his chest followed by her left hand; she could feel his heartbeat and she liked it, she liked being in Ash's company. That's when Ash wrapped his arms around and gently pulled her into him; her eyes shot wide open but she did nothing to stop him. She just enjoyed it and embraced the moment. Her smiled widen with every second as she rested on him. It felt so good, so safe; she wished to do nothing to resist it. How long she had waited to be held like this? Ash had let her come close to him, had held her tight and comforted her; her dream was coming true. It would take only a moment, but what if she would ruin it? She knew she felt too strong for him and wanted this, but what if this would end their friendship, forever? But Ash would do nothing that would hurt her, would he? But again that was something too far anda€ 1 "A-Ash, c-can I ask you for something?" Serena asked, trying to press her nervousness with every word. Ash looked down at her and smiled . "Whatever you need just let me know" Ash responded with a warm smile . "Ash, c-c-can Ia€ 1 uma€ 1 woulda€ 1 would you," Ash raised his eyes. What was so difficult that she could not even ask straight? Serena also thought about it, would he do it if she would ask him to? Maybe not, but maybea€ 1 just maybe he would let her do it. "C-c-cana€ 1 Ia€ 1 k-k-kissa€ 1 kiss you. Ash?" Ash stared at her for a second or two after that. When his mind registered what she meant he found his face turning red. Obviously, he would do anything for her. She was Serena, her best friend and he could do anything just to bring a smile on her face, and if that's what she want, if that's what would make her feel better. But that was somethinga€ 1 "O-Ok, " Ash responded not really looking in her eyes. Serena hadn't expected this, not at all. But now when he had said it, now when she had his permission, she could no longer hold back. Who knows if she would get this chance again or not? She brought her hand to his cheek and tilted his head, their eyes met and locked. Ash stepped up and held her cheek. Serena closed her eyes and leaned forward, this was it, her desire, her dream, her love. And before she could think further, her lips met his sending a sudden jolt in her body. That was it, she had finally done it. She was kissing him. She was kissing her Ash at last. Her longings were finally fulfilled. Her dream had finally come true. Those lips she has always wanted to feel against her, were now kissing her on Ash's own will. They were hers now, completely hers. The kiss last longer than expected but no one complained. Slowly, Serena pulled back, her lips still brushing against his gently as she opened her eyes and stared into his. He was blushing beet red, looking so cute that she could not explain, she giggled cutely. He had the same look in his eyes as she had right now. Does that mean he has loved her all the time as much as she did? Does that mean he wanted to kiss her as well? She sighed and rested her head on his chest. This time when she closed her eyes, there wasn't anyone. If there was, it was his Ash. She smiled and cuddled into his chest and her head snuggled under his chin. Ash kept running his hand gently in her hairs as she rested on his chest, a thought still bothering him. Where their friendship stood now? Where would be they going from here on? Ash had always loved her and if she would leave him now, he would break apart. But right now, he enjoyed the moment with Serena.
by StreetRacer . Sam
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