Another chapter, hope you enjoy!
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Harvic awoke to the sound of bird pokemon chirping loudly out in the forest.
He groggily opened his eyes and rubbed them with his free hand, in an attempt to see more clearly.
Yawning and stretching as much as he could within the sleeping bag, he looked around.
Jeremy was still sprawled out on the ground on his back, snoring lowly, Angelica was still covered in her blankets in the corner of the tent, he couldn't see Joey past Angela, who was sleeping soundly, cuddled up to his shoulder and holding his numb arm.
Harvic smiled at the sight of her sleeping soundly and ran his fingers through her hair with his free hand.
He laid his head back and stared at the roof of the tent, thoughts ran through his mind.
He knew they shouldn't be far from Luthworth now; they walked a good ways from Pentra before setting up camp.
He sighed aloud before he felt a rustle at his side, he looked down to see Angela was yawning and shuffling around.
"Good to see your awake sleeping beauty." Harvic said with a smirk.
Angela released his arm and rubbed her eyes from the grogginess of sleep, before looking to Harvic with a sleepy smile.
Harvic yawned again slightly before he stumbled to his feet, a bit off balance and groggy still.
"Do you mind waking the others? I think I left the backpack outside last night."
He looked to Angela and saw her nod, obviously still sleepy.
With this confirmation, he walked out from the tent and was instantly blinded by the light of the sun.
Throwing his hand over his eyes in defense, he nearly fell over as the light had startled him.
Regaining his composure, and somewhat getting used to the new lighting, he trotted over to where he left his backpack, luckily it looked untouched.
Grabbing it and putting it on, he felt its heat radiate onto his back waking him up some, it had gotten hot sitting in the sun all morning.
He turned and saw rustling in the tent, likely meaning everyone was awake and getting ready for the day ahead.
Harvic stood for a moment, and eventually watched as everyone walked from the tent, also blinded by the light of the sun.
Without need of instruction, when the tent was empty, both Angela and Angelica used their psychic powers to take apart the tent and fold it so that it fit in the backpack neatly.
"Good job," Harvic stated as he finally felt fully awake from standing in the morning sun.
"You guys need anything before we go and head on out?" He asked, grabbing his pokeballs.
He saw them shake their heads lightly, likely too tired or groggy to talk.
"Alright then, let's get going." he said as he returned each of his companions, except Angela of course.
They both walked from the forest spot in the way they 'thought' was heading back to the route.
After around twenty minutes of walking Harvic stopped walking and looked around.
All around him were trees… just trees, no route in sight, nothing but trees.
Harvic sighed as he face-palmed in frustration.
"Well… something… I don't know what… something tells me… we're lost." He said in a sarcastic tone as he spun around looking at all of the trees.
Angela looked around wearily and confused, she didn't know where they were either.
"Any idea which way we came?" Harvic asked looking to Angela.
She simply shrugged and Harvic sighed.
"Welp, this may put things to a halt." Harvic stated as he simply chose a direction and began walking that way.
"Let's get going." He stated as he walked on.
Spending an hour walking in that direction they eventually found themselves at the bottom of a cliff's wall.
"Well then, can't go on that way." Harvic sighed, Angela could feel his frustration rising.
Harvic looked around and saw there was a cave nearby in the cliff, though no use to him at the moment, he made a mental note.
"Well, eventually we'll make it out of here and to Luthworth." Harvic reassured Angela.
"So now we should head on in that dire-" He was cut off by a raindrop that patted him on the head, followed by three more.
"No…" he stated as he looked up at the sky, black rainclouds lined the sky as far as he could see.
"No… No no no, when did those get there!" Harvic exclaimed, as the light sprinkle slowly turned to a roaring downfall.
"Gah, Jeez!" Harvic grunted as he put his arms over himself in cover, Angela seemed surprised by the sudden change also, mimicking Harvic in his attempt to stay relatively dry.
Harvic looked around for shelter, when he remembered the nearby cave. "To the cave!" He shouted over the loud thunder of heavy rain.
They both set off as fast as they could to the cave, and got inside, Angela relatively dry and Harvic was soaking wet.
"Well… that sucked." Harvic sighed as he looked out into the rain. "Where did that come from? It was bright and sunny when we left the campsite."
Angela shrugged; she hadn't said a word all morning.
"Ah well" Harvic stated as he looked down at himself, soaking wet and dripping.
He set down his backpack on the cave wall and looked into the darkness of the cave.
"Wonder how far it goes…" He trailed off before he shivered heavily from the cold he was experiencing, followed by a sneeze.
"Think I'm getting a cold… Are you alright Angela?" He asked, rubbing his hands together to keep warm.
"I'll be fine, the question is, are you?" she replied.
"Ah, this is nothing, just a col-" He was interrupted by a loud sneeze, that echoed down the walls of the cave.
Harvic sighed and looked between the rain and the darkness of the cave.
"So… what to do, what to do, we can wait here for the miles of rainclouds to pass, make a run through the forest with no direction, or head into the deep dark cave with nothing but a small handheld flashlight." He said in a depressive tone.
Harvic sat on the ground slowly and put his head in his hands, shivering heavily and sniffling. "W-wow, I have n-never felt so c-cold before in my l-life." He managed to say through his shivering.
Angela walked near him and was about to embrace him in an attempt to warm him but was stopped by Harvic.
"N-no, you'll just get a c-cold too…" He barely managed to say before getting to his feet.
"S-so… W-what should we d-do?" He asked Angela, looking between their choices.
Angela looked between the darkness of the cave and the heavy rain that poured outside.
"Let's look in the cave… who knows what we can find." She spoke sadly but optimistically, unable to help her friend from his cold.
Harvic simply nodded and heaved the backpack onto his back and took out his small hand-held flashlight and turned it on.
It didn't offer much light, but it was better than nothing.
He sighed as he began walking into the darkness, Angela following not far behind.
Using his flashlight he lit up the floor of the cave to be able to walk through it.
Darkness had enveloped them, and if it weren't for the flashlight, it would have smothered them.
It was completely silent, other than Harvic's sniffling and occasional sneeze, which would echo off the walls.
Time seemed to distort, as they had no clue how long they had been walking, the flashlight seemed to have dimmed over how long they had walked, and Harvic had gotten no better during their walk, though he did become dry somewhat.
Harvic began to hear whispers, but ignored them, thinking them a figment of his imagination, which often overacted when it was quiet.
He sighed and looked behind him, causing Angela to do the same in curiosity, "I don't know if we made a mistake… I don't know if we'll ever even get out of here." His sense of dread was felt by Angela.
"it's okay, who knows, maybe this will lead us somewhere on the other side of the cliff." She replied, trying to be optimistic.
Harvic sighed and got to the floor steadily, making sure the ground beneath him was clear before he sat and leaned against the cave wall.
Angela simply watched him confused, "Why are you sitting?" she asked.
"I'm tired, and I don't feel so well, this colds getting to me, good thing though is that I've stopped shivering." He said before he coughed and put the flashlight down, it was barely emitting any light anymore, though just enough for them to see each other.
Angela, being worried walked over to him and sat next to him, he was too tired to object.
She leaned over on his lap like she did the night before, and she seemed to radiate a warmth that heated Harvic, as he closed his eyes from fatigue.
Angela let her emotions run out of her, she had been keeping them to herself to not hinder Harvic, but could hold them no longer.
She cried, she didn't know if they were going to make it out of the cave, or if he was going to be okay, despite him just saying he had a cold. She cried until she felt his hands run through her hair and she looked up at him.
His eyes were closed but he was not asleep,
"Don't cry… please… I don't like it when you're sad." He said, his voice was hoarse and he was obviously tired.
Angela moved closer to him and hugged into his chest and listened to the rhythm that was his heartbeat.
Harvic smiled and leaned down, kissing Angela on the top of her head before leaning back to his sitting position.
Angela blushed deeply and relaxed once again on his lap.
"Goodnight." He said before he let his fatigue take over, he fell asleep almost the second he closed his eyes again.
Angela was left to her thoughts; she had to tell him, she couldn't be trapped forever in here without him knowing.
Her thoughts were interrupted when the flashlight finally died out… leaving nothing but darkness in its place.
The both of them were awakened by a gust of wind floating through the cave, causing them both to shiver awake.
Their attention was both caught by a light that cascaded from the end of the tunnel in bright rays.
Without words, they both stood and walked forward, Harvic stumbled on a rock in the darkness they walked through, though was supported by Angela, stopping him from falling.
They continued on until they were sure they could touch the light, before Angela stopped.
"Harvic, wait… I need to tell you something." She said aloud, getting his attention and causing him to stop walking too.
Harvic looked into her eyes and nodded, he was eager to escape this cave, but was willing to hear what she needed to tell him first.
She closed her eyes and began trying to tell him, "Well I… I wanted to tell you earlier… but I… Alright… here goes… I... I lo-" She was interrupted as she felt Harvic embrace her in a passionate kiss.
She opened her eyes in surprise, but rather than back away, she embraced him and pulled him as close as she could despite her horn.
They stayed like this for as long as they could before they broke for air, and they looked into each other's eyes.
"How did you… Does this mean that…" Angela began.
"I love you Angela… It took me time to realize it… but I did, and here I am." He replied, getting lost in her eyes.
Angela smiled and blushed, she radiated happiness and joy, and she could feel that he was too.
"I love you too Harvic." She said as they both embraced once again, though this time shorter as they pulled apart and looked to the light of day at the end of the cave.
"Now let's get out of here." Harvic said as they grabbed each other's hands and began walking out into the light.
They both squinted, as the light of day warmed them to their core, and blinded them at the same time.
When their eyes adjusted, they looked around, not far ahead they could see a route… and they could hear the commotion not far.
They walked hand in hand to the route and looked around, to their left they could see a city, tall buildings lined up in the city and scraped against the sky itself.
Harvic and Angela smiled at the sight; they both recognized it… as Luthworth city.
Only few stared as they walked into the city hand-in-hand, ever since pokemon/human love was legalized a few years ago; at least in the Xendar region, most people had gotten used to such sights.
They walked to the pokemon center that was not far from the entrance they used to get into the city.
As they walked into the pokecenter, Harvic gave Angela a quick kiss, causing her to blush as he walked up to the counter with her hand in his still.
The nurse looked up from her desk and smiled, "How can I… Oh you don't look so good sir, are you alight? Wait… is that you Harvic… and Angela?"
Harvic smiled in reply and nodded slightly, he knew quite a few of the nurses in the Xendar region, and they knew him as Harvic, the boy struck by lightning.
"Come, come, let me get you to a room quick-"
"First I would like it if you can take care of my companions first, they haven't eaten since yesterday morning… neither have we." He said as he handed the nurse his pokeballs.
The nurse nodded, "I'll make sure they get something to eat, now you follow Chansey and get to your treatment room you two!" She said as she hurried out, and Chansey took her place.
"Chan.. sey… chan!" the Chansey exclaimed.
Harvic, not needing translation from Angela, simply nodded and followed it.
The Chansey led them to a double bed treatment room.
The two lovers let each other's hands go, and Harvic laid onto one of the beds with a relaxed sigh, they were relatively large.
A few seconds after he got onto his bed; Angela, rather than take her own bed, got into the one he picked and laid next to him, grabbing and holding onto his arm, snuggling up to his chest as he smiled.
The nurse, having brought and released his pokemon into the temporary day-care for food and water, watched the couple from the room's door smiling.
"Awwww." She exclaimed as she walked over to them, "Anyways, your pokemon are being fed, and you two are no doubt hungry too, so I'll go ahead and get you some food."
"Thank you nurse Joy, that would be great." Harvic said with a smile as she walked out of the room.
Harvic began dosing off, not having got a good night's rest was getting to him.
Go ahead and sleep, I can wake you up when food gets here if you want. He heard chime in his head.
He smiled and looked to Angela, kissing her on the cheek before letting himself dose off into a light sleep.
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