Winona's POV.

Winona sat down after a long day of training. Running her hands slowly through her lavender hair as that feeling slowly returned, as it does each day. It was they empty hollow feeling, the kind when you feel you're missing something. She knew what she was missing but she knew that she could never have it back. She swore herself to that. She would need to get on without him because that's what he's clearly doing without her. She was wrong of course but he hid it well, they both did.

Wallace was the only thing on Winona's mind. Every time she let her guard slip she would see him in her minds eye. His azure hair,that laugh and only end up with that empty feeling again. She worked as hard as she could every day to prefect her skills yet she knew she would never be as good, or as powerful as him. That was one of the reasons she broke it off with him. The way people compared her to him, saying she would never be as good. They thought he could do better.

She needed a distraction, she needed to get her mind of him. She called out Altaria, her first and most trusted team member and together they went to the one place Winona could think clearly. The sky, high above the clouds where she could see everyone but they couldn't see her. From this height the gym was a white speck among a blanket of green that is the trees. It was perfect to clear her mind. Only it didn't.

He was all she could think about now, she didn't know why. She went this long without him, she hadn't seen him since the whole Teams Magma and Aqua thing. He saved her and she owed him that. She couldn't bring herself to go see him, or even thank him properly because she knew she would just breakdown in front of him in tears, apologising for everything and telling him she couldn't live without him. Yet she still persisted on trying.

Hours past, she must have fallen asleep yet Altaria kept circling the sky. She heard the familiar roar of an engine and she knew it was his flying car. She hugged close to her Pokémon and wished that he would just fly on. He regularly called to her gym, every week at the same time. She forgot about him coming because she was trying to forget about her need to be with him.

She always ignored his calls and visits. It should have been fairly apparent by now she didn't want his company yet he still came, attempting to see her. She would have to confront him one day or another. What she would say or do she didn't know and she hoped the moment would never come.

Watching the door, she waited for him to leave. Normally he stayed five minutes to find that the lights were off, door was locked and nobody was home. Today he didn't. He sat on the doorstep, watching the sky. He must know that she would be up here. She always is after all. It's her safe haven from her feelings for him. As he sat unmoving, scanning the sky for her, she gazed at him. She allowed herself to drink in his beauty, she missed this and she missed him.

Plucking up the courage she eventually landed. Pretending to be indifferent to Wallace sitting there. She didn't allow herself to look into his eyes, she couldn't if she wanted to keep up a resistance to the advancing feelings she fought for so long.
He got up and stood in front of her, preventing her from walking into the gym. He gently tilted her face upwards so she was looking at his. She tried to place his expression. Worry and a hint of something else. Joy, love maybe even relief.

"Win...where have you been?" He starts of the conversation with his old nickname for her.
"I've been..around" she replies, she's not about to tell him she was avoiding everyone.
"I've..I mean we, the leaders, have been worries sick about you. Not one word from you since we stopped Teams Magma and Aqua"
"I've just..I've been kept busy Wallace"
"Doing what? Avoiding me, ignoring my letters and calls. I thought..I thought you were.."

At that he looks away and there's a glimpse of what seems to be tears in his eyes. Why was he here, why was he crying? She couldn't make sense of it. He was over her, he clearly showed that by parading around with that group of women after each contest. Taking them back to his home in Sootopolis City. He has no idea how hard she cried each night, crying herself raw each night because the thought of seeing Wallace with another woman hurts her, so much.

"Wallace..." She has no idea what to say. Instead she pulls him into a close embrace.
He hugs her back, a hug worth a thousand words. Somewhere in the silent embrace she begins to cry because she knows this can't go on. He's not her Wallace anymore. She has to let him go. That's when she breaks free and runs.

Wallace's POV.

Winning contests had always been a passion of his, he was good at it. In fact he was great, brilliant at it. He has a lot of fans, mainly female fans. They were nothing to him. Even though he brought them home. They would never do anything because there was one woman always on his mind. She never left his mind and he never wanted her to.

It was that time of the week again. He promised himself that after the Team Magma/Aqua affairs he would check up on her. She was taken hostage and abused by that Tentacruel. She didn't seem the same after that. It must have been because he surrendered to save her. Even after their failed relationship. She must have hated him for that.

He always thought she was over him, that's why she's been ignoring contact with him. He rang he and sent her letters. They all went unanswered. She never answers the door when he arrives. He was close to giving up. Wasted energy for the one he loves.

Hopping into his flying car he makes to travel to Fortree City again. It's a short drive, and it's one he's always enjoyed taking. As he nears the city he automatically scan the tree line as he always does. She loves the trees, the altitude and the thrill of it all. He loved that side of her, the thrill seeker.

Parking up, he makes his way to her door. He promises himself that this would be his last time. He's tired of her ignoring him, but today he wouldn't take no for an answer. He would sit there until she showed up. One way or another she would. The door was locked and the lights were off. She was out, again.

Waiting for her doesn't seem that long. Scanning the sky he spots Altaria easily and he assumes that she is up there with her. He was right because soon after she lands effortlessly. Watching her brush her lavender hair out of her face and take of her fight cap was enough to get his heart racing.

She was determined not to look at him, he wanted her to so he tilted her face up so he could gaze into her eyes. He knew she was scanning his face, he wanted to talk to her.

Win...where have you been?" He asks because his missed her.
"I've been..around" she replies, slightly agitated
"I've..I mean we, the leaders, have been worries sick about you. Not one word from you since we stopped Teams Magma and Aqua"
"I've just..I've been kept busy Wallace"
"Doing what? Avoiding me, ignoring my letters and calls. I though..I though you were.."

At that he looks away and there's a glimpse of what seems to be tears in his eyes. He couldn't contain his emotions any longer yet he wasn't about to show weakness to someone who has no feeling for him, or so he thought.

"Wallace..." She whispers and she pulls him into a close embrace. He hugs her back, a hug worth a thousand words. Somewhere in the silent embrace she begins to cry and he doesn't know why. Suddenly she pushes him away. That's when she breaks free and runs.