Pokémon Sun and Moon: Champion of the Stars- Volume 2 -ULTRA BEAST MISSIONS-

26. A Passing Thought

When you realize that certain phrases are better to be read aloud then in your head for this chapter. Lol. Anywho, thought I'd keep you guys updated that I had finished writing the second volume for this chapter!

Yes! All chapters for Volume 2 are all set and ready to go! However, they won't all be released at the same time. Maybe certain chapters. But cmon, isn't it good to keep up the suspense?

Anywho...

Enjoy the show!

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Gladion's POV

"Are you in love with Luma Moon?"

I felt like I was choking on air as soon as she said that... how she could... I mean... All I could do was clear my throat and try to answer to the best of my ability. But my pride had took over otherwise.

"Is this suppose to be a joke?"

She shook her head and looked me in the eyes. It was as if she was trying to read through my emotions. Trying to scan through each of my passing thoughts... Feelings... for Luma? The same girl I considered my rival... the same girl who accomplished her trials? who battled me in Route 5? The same girl who I... I was searching for... who helped me... my family... That Luma... the one who made my... my heart race...

"Well?" she asked one more time.

"What made you think of that, Wicke?" I asked her, and she was quick to reply.

"The way you worry about her. It's different than the way you would think of Miss Lillie... You worry about both of them. But Luma is on a different level..."

"how so?"

"You would go to the secret labs and storm through the files to figure out what was bothering her all this time... you went to her house with Hau in tow because he knew something about Luma... and lest we forget about when we received that message from Nanu when Luma battled Xurkitree. You were furious. enraged. You wanted to do everything in your power to ensure that she was safe... Even after the mission, you completed all of your paperwork early to visit her every day until she woke up when she was in the hospital..."

I did all those things? Now that she mentions them, I nearly forgot about them... When she was against those thugs. When we had dinner at the floating restaurant. When we... when I embraced her for her decision to proceed with those missions... they all came back to me... those memories from the festival to the very beginning when I first heard of her from Guzma. They all rushed to me... even when she stayed the night in Route 8... as I held her hand... could it be? Could it be that I really am having feelings for Luma? I just... I'm so confused... I only did those things because she was kind of helpless. That's it...

"I did those things because she's helpless... Always sticking her nose in other people's business... that's all..."

"Oh? and the Shiny Type:Null that you gave her? Was that a present for her just because she's helpless?"

this woman... she will not stop until she get's the answer she wants to hear...

"Anywho, you're going to go with her for the last mission, right? I suggest you get to bed at once young master. And when tomorrow comes, I suggest you tell Miss Luma how you really feel about her. Who knows, she just might feel the same."

Why would I do such a thing? honestly Wicke... I just walked away without giving her my answer to this yes or no question... But even so... I couldn't run... not from these sudden passing thoughts... I can't keep running away from such feelings... Yet I'm sure it's just a silly crush and nothing more... I'm sure Luma will see that in such a way, too... or she'll feel the same way...