Hello everybody and welcome to chapter four of Reunion in Kalos! Not much to say here again except thank you all for your nice reviews! I may not have said this before but I upload atleast one chapter a day of either story I write if I have one ready to be published but not all the time since life does get in the way. Anyway, enjoy!

Right after they got out of the train station, Clemont had directed them to a restaurant that had good reviews and seemed something different than just eating in the pokemon center – something to which Ash and May both agreed fully on. It's not that center food was bad, just it got a tad boring though Ash and May still ate it like they hadn't eaten in days.

During their meal, Ash, along with the other three, had caught up on May and her travels with the others doing the same. Serena didn't talk much and only spoke when spoken too. She could see the history between Ash and May, and she didn't like it as she could see that they were great friends. Ash had noticed that Serena was a lot quieter than she used to be and decided to talk to her about it later. They headed back to the center as it was getting late but Ash wanted to talk to Serena about what was the matter.

"Hey, Serena?" Ash asked causing the blonde to turn around "Mind if we talk a second?" Serena nodded slightly red at the thought of being alone with Ash. Ash motioned for Pikachu to leave his shoulder spot which the pokemon nodded knowing what Ash wanted to ask Serena. Ash smiled reassuringly at her to calm her down and say that this talk wasn't about anything serious.

"What did you want to ask?" Serena questioned once the other three were out of sight. They had sat down on one of the center's couches and were almost alone with the exception being Nurse Joy and a few other trainers who were in their own conversation.

"Well…" Ash began "…You seemed a little quieter than usual when you were around May…Do you have something against her?" Serena nodded.

"No! Of course not!" Serena replied "Guess it just takes me a while to get used to people…" Ash gave a confused look.

"But you got used to myself, Clemont and Bonnie pretty quickly?" Ash asked and Serena sighed like Ash was an idiot.

"Yeah, but that was around the third day…I'm sure I'll get used to her and we'll be great friends!" Serena told him and Ash nodded giving one of his famous smiles.

"I'm sure you will! May's a really nice…sweet…beautiful…and kind…" Ash seemed to drift off momentarily thinking about May: something Serena didn't like at all.

"Hey! Lover boy! Snap out of it!" Serena exclaimed making Ash shake his head and go bright red. Serena sighed and stood up "I'm off to be-" She was cut off when Ash grabbed her hand making her go red now.

"Wait." Ash told her simply "I…need to ask you something…" Ash seemed to go even brighter red now. Serena nodded and sat back down wondering what Ash wanted to ask as he stared into space. There was a silence as Serena waited for Ash to ask his question "I…I've had this feeling ever since May and myself went our separate ways…I just thought that I missed her at first and it would go away but…it never did even with me meeting new friends." Ash stopped to think before carrying on. Serena didn't like where this was going even more "And then, today, seeing her again at the train station…I felt so…happy. Happy to see her again. Happy to see her smile again." Ash then turned to Serena "Do you know what this feeling is?" Serena looked at him with wide eyes before looking down.

"Love…" She whispered quietly but Ash heard it and his eyes widened. He thought about it for a minute before coming to the conclusion that it was love that he was experiencing. He smiled at Serena.

"Thanks a lot for that Serena! I'm going to ask May right now!" Ash exclaimed seeming in his happy mood as Serena weakly nodded. She felt heartbroken that the one that she loved didn't feel the same.

"Serena? What's the matter?" Nurse Joy asked seeing Serena's obvious negative feeling. Serena looked up at her and smiled weakly.

"Nothing. Just...going for a walk. That's all." Serena replied as she continued her walk to the exit of the center. Joy nodded but still felt concern for the young girl.

Ash walked to their booked room with one of the biggest grins in his entire life plastered on his face. He walked towards their room and knocked on the door. The door opened revealing Clemont who, seeing Ash was about to speak, shushed him by putting a finger in his lips and nudging to the bunk bed where May was on top and Bonnie on bottom both fast asleep. Pikachu had decided to sleep on May's bed since Ash had yet to return once he felt tired. Ash sighed knowing that his plan wouldn't work right now as it would be rude to wake May up. Ash went into his bag and pulled out a blue, a darker shade of his jacket, sleeping bag and placed it on the floor. Ash took his jacket and undershirt off quickly replacing it with a red vest with white borders at the sleeves exposing all of his arms. Clemont looked down the corridor for Serena but she didn't show.

"Ash? Where's Serena?" Clemont asked as the trainer thought for a moment before shrugging.

"She was just in the lobby a few seconds ago." Ash replied confused "Wonder why she didn't follow me back here?" Clemont looked down the corridor again with concern.

"What did you and her want to talk about?" Clemont asked as Ash red a bit red.

"I'll tell you, but you tell anyone, you hear?" Ash answered and Clemont nodded his head. Ash sighed and told Clemont about what he and Serena had talked about in private. Clemont only smirked knowingly when Ash told him about how he felt about May.

"Knew it." Clemont stated "You two acted really close so I'm not surprised that you like her in that way. Don't worry, your secret's safe with me...as long as you keep this safe..." Clemont leaned over and whispered something into Ash's ear making the trainer go wide eyed.

"Really?!" Ash exclaimed as he stood up in pure surprise "You l-"

"Shut up!" Clemont exclaimed in a whisper as he covered Ash's mouth with his hand "You promised that you wouldn't tell!" Ash nodded and Clemont moved his hand.

"Sorry. Just took me by surprise." Ash stated rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. Clemont nodded before looking down the corridor again. He was still concerned for Serena especially with the news that she had just heard. He feared the worst but a confident look appeared on his face as he looked towards Ash.

"I'll go look for her." Clemont told Ash who nodded in agreement, especially after what he had just heard from the glasses-wearing Gym Leader who smiled at Ash before heading down the corridor. Ash lay down in his sleeping bag but didn't go to sleep. Not only was he was thinking about what he would tell May tomorrow but also he was worried for Serena. Only now did he realize that all of Serena's kind actions towards him weren't just "acts of friendship" but hints of her feelings towards him. Ash had to mentally smack his brain for not realizing this sooner. He waited up for Clemont to return.

Little did he know that a certain coordinator wasn't fully asleep and heard most of the trainer and Gym Leader's conversation...

Clemont walked to the lobby and looked around for the blonde haired girl but, to his dismay, she wasn't anywhere to be seen. Clemont decided that he should ask someone who would've seen all that happened in the lobby, Nurse Joy.

"Excuse me, Joy san? Have you seen a girl named Serena around here? She was with us earlier." Clemont asked and Nurse Joy, after thinking for a moment, nodded.

"Yes. She walked out of here a couple of minutes ago. She seemed pretty down but she said that she was just going for a walk." Joy replied "I saw her talking with Ash just before she left." Clemont nodded and thanked Joy for the information before heading out of the center himself in search of his missing friend.

Clemont looked around for a good ten minutes all around the block of the pokemon center but didn't find a trace of Serena so he decided to widen his search going around most of the town. He began by checking near the city's biggest attraction, the sundial that was a pink star-shaped object that towered almost every building in the city. Clemont seemed to be in awe of the sundial until he saw what he was looking for: Serena, staring straight at the sundial. Clemont walked over to her, slowly, but Serena heard him.

"Y'know," Serena began startling Clemont. He could hear the sadness in her voice "they say that one look at this sundial and all your dreams will come true. Complete nonsense!" Serena turned around to Clemont with tear filled eyes "Why doesn't he love me?! After all I've done for him and yet he loves her!"

"Serena, you must realize tha-" Clemont tried to calm down the furious girl.

"What?! That he's as dense as a rock?! Please, I know that all too well!" Serena interrupted "He sees his own feelings towards her, but not the countless things that I've done to him to give him hints at how I feel! I wish she crashed on her boat on her way here!" Clemont's eyes widened at that comment. This wasn't the Serena that he had become friends with. This wasn't the Serena that he….had fallen in love with, himself.

"Serena!" Clemont had to shout to snap the girl out of her rage. Serena looked at him with an angry expression but it softened once she saw Clemont's expression "Just because Ash likes May doesn't mean that either of them are bad people!" Serena looked at him expressionless before dropping to her knees making her sobbing continue as she covered her face with her hands.

"W-What have I become?! To wish death upon my friends! I'm a terrible person!" Serena exclaimed through sobs. Clemont felt bad for Serena and knelt down to her level bringing her into a hug to which she returned crying into his chest.

"Love is a powerful force. It can do what it wants, when it wants." Clemont told her in efforts that it would make her feel better "If it makes you feel any better…I don't think that you're bad person at all." Serena stopped her crying and looked up at him as Clemont smiled at her "I love you, Serena." Serena's eyes widened as she began to go deep red.

He…He loves me? Serena thought looking at Clemont's sky blue eyes "I-I don't know what to say…"

"Yes would be nice…" Clemont joked earning a small laugh from the two.

"So…you had all these feelings for me…but you were completely fine with me being in love with Ash?" Serena asked and Clemont nodded and smiled weakly.

"Yeah. I thought that as look as you were happy, I'd be happy." Clemont replied. Serena thought back to all the times where she had given the hint to Ash that she liked him more than a friend but Ash completely ignored it but in a nice way. Serena always seemed down after that but who was there to cheer her up? Clemont. Who was there when she most need it? Clemont. The answer seemed crystal clear now.

"Clemont…I…love you…too…"

Ash was still lying awake in his sleeping bag waiting for Clemont and Serena to return. His concern only grew the more he waited until he decided to get up and get a glass of water, mostly for an excuse just so he could get up but he couldn't lie that his throat felt a tad dry. He quietly stood up and reached for the door, about to turn the knob but he heard a voice that startled him slightly.

"Ash?" Ash turned around to the source of the voice and saw that it came from a slightly groggy May "Where are you going?"

"Just for a cup of water, you want one?" Ash responded and May nodded still with her sapphire blue eyes half open "K, be back in a second then." With that, Ash left the room opening and shutting the door lightly. He headed down to the water fountain that was in the lobby taking two plastic cups and filling them with cold water before heading back to his room. He had finishes his cup by the time he got to the door allowing his free hand to open the door to their room where he saw that May was sat up and seemed to be in deep thought. He nudged her lightly snapping her out of her thoughts and gave her the plastic cup.

"Thanks." May thanked as she took the cup with two hands and took a sip.

"Don't mention it." Ash replied giving May one of his famous smiles to which she went slightly red at but smiled back none the less. Ash was about to climb back into his sleeping bag but was interrupted again by May.

"You know...you could sleep in this bed with me..." May suggested making not only herself but Ash, too, go red "I f-feel horrible that y-you're having t-to sleep on the f-floor because of m-me." Ash looked at her with his redness gone and smiled at her.

"I don't mind. I'm used to not sleeping in a nice...warm...cozy...comfortabl-" Ash seemed to be day dreaming about May's offer "Screw it. Budge up." May giggled as she moved over to the side of the bed and Ash climbed in. They both stayed their, sat up.

"Errr..." Both trainers were both red in the face again as they both were embarrassed about being this close to one another.

"Maybe this was a bad idea..." Ash stated as he began to get out of the bed but May stopped him, without even realizing it.

"Don't go." May told him. She instantly went red as she tried to make up a reason "I-I get cold..." Ash nodded as he repositioned himself into the bed but this time, lay with his back facing away from May as she did the same.

"Night, May."

"Night Ash." Though both trainers were both red in the face, they both had satisfied smiles on them as well as they both went to sleep. Once May thought Ash was asleep, mostly due to his light snoring, she snuggled up to Ash wrapping her arms around his and rested her head on his back. The smile on her face only grew bigger as she fell asleep. Pikachu, who had surprisingly not been woken up even with all of the movement, was now on the floor.

A couple of minutes later, a certain Gym Leader and blonde girl walked back into the center and into their, room, hand in hand, and laughed quietly at the predicament that Ash and May were in. It didn't anger Serena anymore that Ash and May loved each other, since she was now in love with Clemont, and she was quite happy to try to set them up if they didn't confess to each other soon. Clemont took the top bunk whilst Serena changed in the bathroom. She walked out about ten minutes later wearing a pink, short-sleeved shirt and darker pink long pants. She thought about climbing into the bottom bunk, but her mind had other ideas.

"Clemont? You awake?" Serena, quietly, asked. She heard the blonde haired Gym Leader turn over to face her.

"Yeah, what's up?" Clemont asked with a smile to which Serena returned but soon went red in the face with Clemont quickly following not knowing what the girl was about to ask.

"Umm...Can I sleep with you?" Serena finally asked as Clemont's eyes widened. Serena giggled knowing exactly what Clemont had thought "Not like that you dirty minded pervert!" Serena joked still giggling and Clemont sighed "I meant could we sleep in the same bed?" Clemont nodded and smiled in understanding moving over as Serena climbed the ladder up to the top bunk and lay with her back to Clemont but her head on his chest. Clemont saw the motion which Serena was referring to and put an arm around her pulling her closer.

"Night Clem." Serena told her now boyfriend who chuckled slightly at the nickname Serena had just thought up.

"Clem?" Clemont repeated jokingly as Serena giggled slightly.

"Yeah. Clemont has two syllables whilst Clem only has one. It's easier to say." Serena replied defending herself. "Clem" chuckled again.

"I like it. Goodnight...Ser?" Clemont questioned himself trying to think of a nickname for Serena earning yet another giggle from his now girlfriend.

"Nice try, Clem. Night." Serena joked. Whilst she was beetroot red, she couldn't be more happier...

Well then! This story soon took a turn didn't it?! I just thought of the idea of Clemont and Serena together and I thought it would be perfect for this situation! There'll probably be about two, maybe three if you're lucky, chapters of this story left! Stay tuned!