A green haired young man lay soundly on a bench in the waiting room of the Pokémon Centre. It wasn't the ideal setting, but as the pair had arrived rather late, all the lodging rooms were full or booked. Touko had been ready to pull out the 'Unova Champion' card and shove it down Nurse Joy's throat, but N had assured her that he was perfectly happy with sleeping on the bench. He was different in that way, he was calmer and always the realist in every situation. He balanced her out. Well they do say opposites attract, and now it wasn't the whole 'good and evil' theme anymore.

The brunette stared at her companion, she still couldn't get her head wrapped around the fact that he was there, right there next to her, and not quite as innocent as when they had met. It made her wonder, how much of the ideals that his father had spoon-fed him since infancy, was still there. It wasn't something that disappeared just like that, no matter how life changing their final battle had been. When she stopped to examine her own life now, it very much resembled the one where they had been enemies, nothing had really changed.

Touko knew that under that serene innocence of N's resting face lay a dangerous amount of calamity. Just getting him to open up about it would be a task to accomplish, let alone go through. She didn't know the half or what was under the surface, but if they were going to have a shot at making this work, she had to find out.

Brushing strands of tea-green hair out of his face, fingers tickling his cheeks. Touko didn't want to stop watching him yet, there was still a lot she wanted to get straight, like were they really a 'couple' now. Her body however had other plans. Eyelids weighing down heaver than she could manage, the girl was forced to let her head rest backward on the wall and slide her eyes shut. He would still be there in the morning.

Soft blue eyes blinked open, not instantly recognising where they were. She remembered sitting before she fell asleep, but she was now in a vertical position. "N." Was it just a dream? She rubbed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she had to blink hard to make sure she was seeing right. There was a Petilil floating above her face.

"Did you sleep well?"

The Pokémon talked! Now she knew it was a dream, especially when the little Petilil had N's voice. N wasn't a Pokémon. 'Wait just a minute.'

Sitting up, it all started to make a lot more sense

"So?"

The girl now saw that the voice belonged to a familiar young green haired trainer. "So what?" she asked, more bluntly than she meant to.

N's expression dropped from an ecstatic smile to a timid pout. The Petilil turned to the male and hugged him for comfort.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that." Touko reassured him with an apologetic grin.

The Pokémon hopped from N's lap onto the girl, huddling close to her. Obviously apology accepted.

"She wanted to come and see you." The man's face softened.

The girl petted the baby creature. "She's adorable." Only then did Touko realise that N was wearing a white frilly apron, more commonly seen on a Nurse Joy. "And so is what you're wearing." She was forced to suppress the urge to fall over laughing. Instead, she let a wide smile creep onto her lips. "N, why in the name of Unova are you wearing that?"

The green haired man seemed flustered. "I just thought because Nurse Joy was wearing one when she was helping Pokémon." A naive and honest answer, he was probably slightly embarrassed now thanks to her.

"It's actually nice." She made an effort to correct herself with a straight face. Easier said than done.

N grinned. Luckily he bounced back quickly. "They have some spares if you want to try one on too."

Thank goodness he didn't realise how that sounded. "Oh it's alright, looks better on you anyway. I was just wondering why you were wearing it."

"I asked Nurse Joy if she needed any help with the Pokémon."

An eavesdropping Nurse poked her head in. "Did you sleep well?"

The brunette could have sworn she was being sarcastic, if she didn't know better. "Just fine." Rubbing her neck and wincing made her statement all the more believable. Floating, talking Petilil, what had she been thinking.

"Good." The nurse smiled at both of them. "Your boyfriend here has been wonderful, the Pokémon really adore him."

"Oh he's umm... well he's a natural." Touko did her best to accustom herself to the feeling of being referred to as someone in a relationship, but it was just weird. Had N openly declared their status, or had the woman just made the assumption. Either way, it was something she wanted to leave for later to sort out. For now she'd act as though yesterday never happened just to avoid any awkward and unsought situations. The last thing they needed was a meddling Nurse Joy.

Patting the small Pokémon in her lap, it hopped off and ran out of the room. "Wait, don't..."

The girl was up, covers that she had no idea were on her sent flying in the air. She was out the room and after the Petilil before the other two even realised what had happened. They too followed, but didn't have to get far, when three meters from the door was a brown haired girl lying on the floor with a Pokémon safely in her arms.

"Got her."

N laughed. "You know she wouldn't have run far, her mother is in the other room. She was just hungry."

Standing up, Touko put the Pokémon down, and it scurried off to where the man had said. "I knew that. I was just worried she's get lost or hurt." An awkward smile on her lips, she was hoping they'd pretend to believe her.

"You two are welcome to help out for today, it looks like it's going to get really busy." Nurse Joy nodded to them, and hurried off.

Touko sighed, and looked at N. "Well you guys already started without me, so might as well join in."

Joy returned with a white piece of fabric. "Just what I was hoping to hear." Handing it to the girl who unfolded it, to no surprise it was a nurse's apron. This was going to be a long day.

A/N: I really wasn't supposed to write this story, at least that's what I had told myself, let alone another chapter. But hey, here it is anyway. Hope you enjoy.