Rain had abruptly poured down upon the two traveling companions. It drenched the two in water, soaking all of their clothes, their hair, and everything that surrounded them.
Iris let out a shriek as the rain was quickly pouring down harder on them and her eyes were closed tightly.
"The spirits are angry!" Iris cried, trying to shield herself from getting wet, but failed.
Cilan rolled his eyes and a tiny sigh escaped from his mouth.
"Let's find some shelter before the weather worsens!" Cilan insisted in a serious tone while squinting his eyes repeatedly, trying to keep them open.
"I-I can't!" Iris yelled weakly and there was a slight annoyance in her voice.
The rain was pouring down so hard that Iris couldn't even open her eyes and her body trembled. In a matter of seconds, the rain started to pour down even harder, and Iris almost fell to the ground.
Cilan growled as he grabbed her hand and the two started to sprint into the mist that Iris was frightened to go into a few moments ago.
Iris had finally opened her eyes as they sprinted more into the forest and she yelled while panting, "This is all of your fault, Cilan! The spirits are upset with you!"
"How is this my error?"
"Because you're a non-believer!" Iris replied dramatically as the two continued to run through the rain and range was building up inside the young girl.
"I really doubt this is my fault considering I saw the weather report saying it was going to rain sometime this week at the last Pokémon Center we were in, and even if these spirits were real, I think they wouldn't waste their time with my tiny comments!" Cilan remarked panting and the two continued to run.
"Well I don't remember you ever watching the weather report!" Iris retorted.
"You weren't with me at the time!"
"You're in denial, Cilan!"
"I'm afraid you're mistaken since you're the one in denial, Iris!"
"No you!"
"You!"
Cilan sighed as they continued to sprint and he muttered under his breath, "I can't believe I'm arguing with a female…"
"What did you say?" Iris asked quickly, not hearing him, and a scowl showed on her face as she growled.
"Nothing of importance…" Cilan replied with a sigh.
The two came to a halt when they were both now standing in front of a tiny cave and both panted.
Both exchanged glances, then looked down towards their locked hands, and blushed. Iris quickly snapped her hand away from his and looked the other way.
"D-Don't just stand there! Let's go in there already!" Iris yelled at him hastily, trying to ignore what had just happened, and she sprinted into the cave.
Cilan frowned as he walked into the cave as well.
Her body wobbled as she tried to walk forward; however, she was shivering immensely as she held her arms and she slowly sat down against the wall of the cave.
Cilan saw this and sat down next to her.
They were both extremely soaked.
Iris's hair was so damped that it was ridiculously straight. Her purple bangs that usually were placed neatly on her forehead were now almost covering her eyes and her pigtails that usually were sticking up had now remained down.
Cilan's hair was extremely damped as well. The part of his hair that usually stood up was now covering his forehead, almost seeing as if he had side bangs.
Both of them then looked at each other and laughed.
"Your hair looks funny!" Iris teased him with a giggle.
"I could say the same towards you," Cilan replied with a chuckle.
Iris suddenly sneezed and she started to shiver.
As Cilan saw this, his emerald eyes widened in concern, and he took off the backpack from his back. He started to rummage through his backpack and pulled out a sky blue blanket.
An annoyed expression showed on Iris's face as she muttered, "What else is in that backpack?"
Her hazel eyes had widened once Cilan had wrapped the sky blue blanket around her and she felt her cheeks heat up.
Once he had finished wrapping the blanket around her, he went back to the same sitting position he was in before, and stared at the ground.
"W-What about you, don't you have a blanket, Cilan?" Iris questioned slightly nervous and she was trying to fight off the blush that tried to remain on her cheeks.
"It's the only one I have, sadly. Well, I can't just sit here and let a young lady like you be cold. I would never forgive myself if I didn't do anything to assist you," Cilan explained in a soft tone, still looking towards the ground, avoiding eye contact with her, and sighed.
Iris's eyes widen more as she whispered his name under her breath and a frown formed onto her lips.
"But we could always share the same blanket!" Iris told him trying to sound ecstatic.
"That's alright. I'll be fine, but thank you, I appreciate it, Iris."
Iris frowned. "You sure…?"
"I'm quite sure, trust me," Cilan assured her and flashed a grin towards her.
Iris sighed.
"Whatever you say…" Iris muttered with a sigh.
Her cheeks then had grown pink. "And um… Thanks… Cilan…"
"It was my pleasure," Cilan replied smoothly and closed his eyes.
Iris then looked back towards the cave's entrance and watched the raindrops collide with the ground.
"I wonder if Ash is okay…" Iris mumbled.
"I'm sure he is fine."
"But knowing how much of a kid he is, he probably got lost in this rain and-" Iris gasped dramatically as a fearful thought formed into her mind and she continued to speak, "And-and, what if Axew is lost in this rain too?"
Cilan sighed and Iris looked at him with a worried expression.
"I'm sure Axew is fine. A little rain won't do any harm towards anybody," Cilan comforted.
Iris sighed of relief.
"I guess I am over reacting a little bit… Sorry…" Iris apologized and looked down towards the ground.
"No, no, it's very understandable for a trainer to be worried about their Pokémon. In fact, it's a good thing that you're so worried, it shows that you have a lot of compassion and love towards your Pokémon," Cilan explained with a smile and closed his eyes.
Iris returned the smile and felt her cheeks turn slightly pink.
"Thanks Cilan. So um… I know we usually don't talk much, but I wanted to ask this for awhile now… Weren't your brothers a little mad about you leaving the gym?"
"At first they were somewhat disappointed, but they understood. I don't regret my decision with traveling with you guys either, one of the best decisions of my life," Cilan admitted and laughed.
"Oh, well that's good…"
Iris flashed him a tiny smile.
"Are you interested in seeing a pacific gym, Iris?" Cilan asked her.
Iris hugged her knees and avoided eye contact with him.
"Not really… Well, I mean… I don't know…" Iris replied in a quiet tone but a hint of sadness could be heard in her voice.
"Are you okay, Iris?" Cilan questioned her concerned.
"Yes, I'm fine… I'm just… Never mind…"
"No it's okay, you can tell me, I'll-"
A bolt of unexpected lighting was heard that made the both of them jump and it also made Iris snuggle into Cilan's chest in fear.
Iris realized what action she had just done and she blinked repeatedly.
"S-Sorry! T-That just startled me!" Iris stuttered nervously and blushed of embarrassment as she quickly returned back to her sitting position.
"Don't worry, it's understandable. Now…what were you about to say?" Cilan asked, raising an eyebrow.
A depressed expression could be seen on the purple haired trainer's face and her eyes averted towards the ground.
"Forget I said anything. It's stupid."
"But Iris-"
"Forget it!"
Author Note: Sorry for the wait, I'm lazy…
Anyways…
You guys have any ideas what's wrong with Iris? If you guess correctly, I'll give you a Cilan doll :D
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