Not much to say this time around. I don't know why I even tried writing a NejiKato when I barely know the characters, but it was a lot of fun experimenting. Enjoy!

Disclaimer:Pokemon does not belong to me, nor am I making a profit off this story

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"Do you like me?" Cattleya suddenly blurted out. Nejiki paused in his work, completely caught off guard by the question. He tried hard not to blush and stared blankly at the battle recorder in his hands.

"Well, if I disliked you," he started, trying to avoid making eye contact, "I'm sure I wouldn't be able to work with you standing there asking me random questions like that."

"That's not the answer I was searching for," Cattleya replied putting her hands on her hips. She was greatly irritated that he wasn't even looking at her. "Normal people would respond with a yes or no."

"I know." Nejiki said simply.

"Ah, so you're saying that you're not normal." Cattleya narrowed her eyes. "Is that supposed to mean something?"

"Not really." His attention turned to a computer console that was displaying the statistics of all the rental pokemon in the facility. "Can you hold this?" He asked handing her the battle recorder. Cattleya nodded and took the device.

'So this is that stupid little box he's so infatuated with,' she thought as she stared at it. 'Too bad I'm not one of these.' She looked up and gazed at the back of Nejiki's head. "You do know that I like you, right?" she asked.

"I've inferred as much from the fact that you go completely out of your way to spend time with me even though you've explicitly told me countless times how much you can't stand the Battle Factory." He replied not turning around. Mentally, Nejiki kicked himself for sounding like such a jerk, but he was desperately trying to maintain his composure.

"Oh…" Cattleya said quietly. She stood there wishing she had never even brought the subject up, but was still unwilling to let it go. Silence filled the room as Nejiki continued to work at the console and Cattleya sat down on the floor. A few minutes passed before she spoke up.
"Nejiki, have you ever wondered what we'd be like together?"

This time, Nejiki felt his whole face flush. Thankful his back was turned to her, he swallowed hoping the burning feeling would subside.

"We're together right now, Cattleya," was his feeble answer.

"No, I mean like if we were dating or something, you know..." she trailed off.

"Ah." He stood there for a moment thinking of what to say next. Then he walked over to where Cattleya was and sat next to her. "I can't really say." He stated still not looking at her. Cattleya let out a frustrated sigh.

"Ok, I get it!" She said angrily. "If you don't like me that way, then just tell me no!"

"No." He said. Cattleya's face fell at his blunt rejection. She turned her face away, unable to look at him. "I'm not going to 'just tell you no,'" he continued softly, blushing once again. Before she could say anything, Nejiki placed his hand on the side of her face, leaned in and kissed her gently.

"Was that the answer you were searching for?"

This time it was Cattleya's turn to blush, her face a deep shade of crimson.

"…Yes," she murmured.

"Good." Nejiki took the battle recorder from her hands and placed it in his pocket. "Glad that's settled."