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Ice-Skating + Ice (Madame Rodoshe and TheBeginningsEnd)

Irony, Irritation, Insist, Interference, Idea, and Improve (maxeyn)

Imitation/Identical (maxeyn + TheBeginningsEnd)

and... I love you! (maximumride123)

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I: Ice-Skating + Ice(Madame Rodoshe + TheBeginingsEnd)

Ice-skating, ugh. Even the thought of it can make me cringe ever so much. I don't even know why I dislike it so much. Maybe it's because no matter what I do, I always fall on my ass. That or maybe I was skating with my father when I was young, and I got scared or something. So many possible possibilities that I can't even explain right now.

So… What am I even going to a skating rink in the first place? In normal occasions, I would be glad enough to decline everyone's offer. Maybe it was because N asked me to, and I just can't resist his puppy eyes of his. God, why on Earth did I teach him how to do that?

Well, I felt bad that N never really skated in his life, plus many other things that his messed-up father never allowed him to do. The guy has serious problems, but as long as I'm around, everything will be all right.

But, I would never agree to skate alone with N… who may need a lesson or two. We need something with us, just so in case we fall, we won't look like idiots when we're just sitting in the middle of the arena, stumbling on getting up. That's… not really a pretty picture, now that I think about it.

In the end, Theresa, Touya, Irene, and Chelsea agreed to come in the end. Cheren has the same problem as I do with skating, and that's how we're close buddies. Bianca on the other hand had ballet practice, and now I'm wishing that I was with her. Because the second we got our shoes on, everyone except N ditched me! Oh Arceus help me now!

"Seems like everyone is having a fun time." N smirked as he held tightly onto my hand. Protesting so much to this, I remained seated on the benches out of the arena. I knew what he was thinking, "When are we going to skate? When are we gonna have fun like everyone else?"… "So… when are we joining them?" Wow, I must be a mind reader. Or it could be due to the fact that his pleading face told it all.

"Um… Whenever." I mumbled lowly, letting my tight hat cover most of my head.

Taking the situation quickly, "Let's go now!"

"Now?" I gasped, yanking N's hand before he ran to the arena.

"Why?" N asked, tilting his head cutely. "Is there something wrong, Touko?"

"No, nothing is wrong. I'm completely….alright." I sighed. Why isn't this day over with? I glanced over to the others in the group. Chelsea slipped and fell on her knees onto the ice while Theresa giggled at her, skating by her skillfully. Touya was teaching Irene how to skate. I distinct fully remember that Irene did say that she didn't know how to skate. Lucky her…She has someone to depend on. And here I am, being depended on N.

"Touko, is it that you don't know how to skate? Maybe that's why you're reluctant to going-"N murmured with a hint of playfulness in his voice.

"No!" I cut him off almost immediately. I flipped my, unusually, let-down hair over to one side. "I'm just having…cramps right now."

"Are you sure that's it? If that's the case, I can take you home right now…" N sighed, looking down at me. Never in such a long time did I see N make a face like he did just now. It was so sad, so remorseful. It's like making a little child cry; and N was pretty much like a little kid with his ignorance. Arceus! I feel so bad just by looking at the older man.

Pondering before I could answer, "I think my cramps are going away." At the very instant I said that, N looked up to me with brightened eyes.

"You sure?" N gasped, speaking a little too quickly to my liking. I nodded, tugging the shoes on. N cheered in glee, grabbed my hand, and pulled me to my doom. Maybe I'm being a little too over-dramatic.

While attempting to show N that I knew how to skate, my eyes always wandered back to Touya and Irene. Every time I looked at them, I would always see them laughing so happily. For those seldom moments, Touya decided to take lead in these types of situations. An odd burning sensation in my gut boiled within me, wanting and desiring that type of scenario with N.

It's only natural, right? In normal situations, most guys take lead and help out their girlfriends. But in every case that N and I have been in… it's the exact opposite. Instead of the guy being Mr. Prince Charming; it's me.

"Touko." N growled in a low tone, so low I didn't even notice. "Touko." He repeated once more, still in that low, unrecognizable tone. He suddenly jolted and grabbed my hand, pulling me out of the rink.

"What's wrong?" I looked at him with widened eyes. N looked down at me with a scornful look, as if I did something entirely wrong.

"I should be the one asking you the same question. You look like you're having the worst time in your life." N mumbled. Only in serious occasions N acts like this. "If you didn't like ice-skating, you should've told me."

"It's not as if I don't like it… I'm downright afraid of it." I confessed.

"Childhood trauma?" N asked. I nodded silently. Him hitting the bull's-eye quite shocked me. "Well… If it's that… then I think I can get you out of that phobia." My green haired boyfriend smiled, holding both of my hands tightly.

"And what would that be?" I grinned alongside him. I think I have a pretty clear idea on what he has in mind… Slowly, N walked backwards into the arena again. Still holding me close, he slowly started moving. His heartbeat was close to my face, soothing my own heart down by a thousand.

I looked back up at N, seeing him having the time of his life. Who knew the guy could actually skate? Must've been a skill that he was forced to learn because of that father of his. As he held me close in his arms, he did little tiny twirls, spinning us back and forth.

"Still afraid?" The large man inquired, pausing for only a second.

"As long as you're here with me… I'll be fine." I smiled a warm smile, hugging him especially close to my body. And that day forth, I was never really scared of ice skating as long as N was there with me.

"Hey Touko, want to go snowboarding with my parents next weekend up in Snowpoint City?" Touya asked me one day.

Now snowboarding is something we need to work on just a little bit.

I: Irony (maxeyn)

(Note: For anyone, no matter what order, who can provide the name of the short story which I based this part off of, you get a special kudos in the next chapter!)

"Oh, look. It's Christmas tomorrow." My wonderful wife, Touko, sighed. Was she upset about something? But I thought Christmas was an amazing feeling of happiness and sharing? Touko looked up at me from her teacup, with a downtrodden look.

"Is everything alright, love?" I asked, tilting my head as I chewed on a spoonful of oatmeal.

"Yes, yes. Everything is perfect. It's just that…" Touko looked down to the ground. "N, do you think we should be able to provide each other a gift this year?"

Chuckling and standing up to kiss her forehead, "Now don't you worry, I already have your gift ready for you to open on Christmas morning."

"Really?" Touko gasped, her eyes looking at me in shock.

"Yes… now, go get ready for work or else you'll be late." I softly commanded, allowing my wife to scurry upstairs. I walked upstairs slowly after her, changing into a more casual outfit than pajamas.

In reality, I never even got Touko anything. And Christmas is literally tomorrow. And, literally, I have no time whatsoever to go out and find the perfect gift for my wife. And it's not just the time, but also the money. Lately, we spent a little too much Pokédollars on ourselves, and now is forced to go on a strict money-diet. But I feel like I should get her at least something, you know? She's so precious to me, and I just feel like I should show my appreciation towards her.

And so, in desperation, I had to sell my most valuable item… My father's 100 carat old time watch. He had this handed down to him when he was a child and the same thing with his own father. I had about 60,000 Pokédollars on me now, considering that the seller sold me 600 Pokédollars for each carat. I'm sure that if I had money left over, we could pay the rest of our bills and place it in our savings.

Well, I have the money…Now what? Looking almost all around the region, I managed to find Touko a cute set of hair accessories for her hair. It had almost every single type of Pokémon on there, even Oshawott. It was a bit pricy, taking down half as much I earned. But, it's well worth it. Wrapping it up, I went home ready to see my wife to give her the present.

"Touko… I'm home-AUGHA!" I yelled, jumping in the air when I walked into the kitchen of our apartment. There she stood… my beautiful wife with a short bob of a hairstyle. Her long, luscious, beautiful hair was chopped off into a boyish haircut. "Who did this to you?"

"I did… I sold off most of my hair to find you a present." Touko sighed. My gift… my gift was ruined. It's no use showing it to her now. Touko walked over to a cabinet and pulled out a small, silver box. "Merry Christmas Eve." She smiled, handing me the gift. I slowly unwrapped it. Seeing what she got me.

Smiling, "And here's mine." I pulled out her useless gift, and handed it to her. She did the same as I did with unwrapping her gift from me. Touko gasped and laughed at the same time when she opened up the box.

"You have got to be kidding me…" She laughed.

"Thanks for the watch strand…" I kissed her gently on the forehead.

"And thank you for the hair accessories." She sniffed, a single tear drop rolling down her cheek.

"Merry Christmas Eve, dear." I pulled her into a tight embrace.

I: Irritation (maxeyn)

"Augh! That stupid, idiotic moron! I hope he spends his afterlife chilling with Darkrai!" I yelled loudly, kicking the side of my king sized bed.

"What's wrong, darling?" N looked up at me from his armchair with a confused look on his face.

"Stupid jerk cut me off while riding home today! I could've got into an accident because of this moron!" I hissed.

"Are you alright? You aren't hurt are you?" The older green haired man gasped, holding onto me.

"Yes, yes I'm fine. I just need a moment to lie down… Can you get me a cup of tea, sweetie?" I politely asked, trying to cool down.

"Anything for you, love." N kissed my hand.

A few moments, I finally laid down in my bed, trying to catch up a well needed rest. Well, that idiot from before wasn't the only thing that really ticked me off. It all started when I spilt hot coffee all over me in the morning… I tripped while trying to get on my bike to go to the Elite Four…and I forgot to pack lunch and was forced to eat…Shauntal's cooking…

Let's just say, it's been a real bad day, shall we?

Almost falling asleep, "DEEEAAARRRR!" N yelled out, causing me to fall out of my bed in a sudden jolt. "Oh sorry, did I wake you?"

"No, I needed to be awake." I groaned, holding the top of my head. "Now, what is it?"

"Where's the tea pouches?" N asked with a dumbfounded look on his face. Is this man joking me? Oh well, I love him anyway.

Getting up without a word, "Don't worry, I'll get it. Can you draw my bath?" I sighed. N nodded, quickly running off to the bathroom. Sighing, I walked towards the kitchen. I quickly poured the hot water into a cup and soaked a tea bag into it. Before I could take a tiny sip, I heard N's voice from a distance.

"Touko! I drew you the bath!" N yelled out, running to me. I smiled, thanking him. "Here it is!" He grinned, pulling out a picture of a bathtub…and a poorly drawn one, too.

"No dear, I meant… turn on the bath for me." I sighed, my irritation growing. N gasped silently, running back to the bathroom. Finishing my now cold tea, I heard N call for me again. "Is it ready?"

"Yep, water is on and everything." N kissed me on the cheek, awaiting appraisement.

"Good boy, thank you." I cooed. I swiftly stripped the second N left the room and took a tiny dip into the water. Suddenly, I yelped and jolted back. The water was freezing cold! I fell backwards and hit my back against the wall, causing a few toilet paper towel rolls to fall on my face. "N!" I shouted.

"Yes dear? Finished with your bath already?" He innocently peered in.

Sighing and grumbling at the same time, "I'm staying at my mother's house for the night."

"But why?" N gasped.

"Because I need a moment of relaxing peace." I grumbled. "I love you and all, but my sanity is about to snap right about now."

"Well, have a fun time!" He laughed.

The man can seriously worry me sometimes…

I: Imitation/Identical (maxeyn + TheBeginningsEnd)

"So, you understand the bet, right N?" Touya asked me with a stern voice. I just looked at him seriously.

"Yes." I simply answered, brushing my hair back.

"No matter what, you must copy every single thing that Touko does today." Touya smirked, brushing my hair into a high ponytail.

"Yes." I repeated, fixing my black vest.

"Oh, look- here she comes." Touya sneered, quickly jumping out from behind me.

"Hey guys what's up?" Touko smiled, but her face snapped into something filled with confusion. "What the hell…"

"Hey guy's what's up?" I copycatted, even copying her facial expressions. "What the hell…"

"What the hell did you make him do, Touya?" Touko ran over and pulled him up by his collar. "He's speaking and looking like me!"

"What the hell did you make him do, Touya?" I ran over to Touya, and pulled him by his back collars.

"N! N! Stop this now!" Touya whined.

"But you said that under no circumstance…" I mumbled softly to his ear.

"What are you two talking about?" Touko looked at us suspiciously.

"What are you two talking about?" I repeated her. Both of us sighed.

"N! I CAN'T BREATHE WHEN BOTH OF YOU ARE HOLDING ME UP IN THE AIR LIKE THAT!" Touya screamed, gasping for air.

"Oh… sorry." Both Touko and I said at the same time, letting N down.

"So, explain before I knock the heck of you." Touko threatened, holding a fist.

"So, explain before I knock the heck of you." I mimicked, holding a fist.

"N has to copy you for the rest of the day, or else he'll lose the bet." Touya explained. "Which is if you have the endurance to deal with yourself all day. And if loses, he has to pay for my food for an entire month."

"You idiot!" Touko growled, smacking Touya upside the head. I followed suit. "Well, this could be interesting…"

"Well, this could be interesting…?" I looked at her with a confused look.

"Dear Arceus…" Touya gulped.

I: Insist (maxeyn)

"Thanks for taking me out tonight, N." Touko smiled.

"It's no problem, my love." N cooed, ruffling her neatly straightened hair. Both of them swiftly walked up to the double sided doors of the restaurant.

"Here, I got the door." Touko offered.

"No, no. I'm the gentleman, I've got the door." N came back, refusing to give up his post.

"Oh, but I insist." Touko giggled weakly. She could see that upcoming people were giving them odd looks. One of them was Cheren, she noted.

"But honey, I insist." N continued, still refusing to give up. Touko sighed, allowing the man to win just this once.

After the dinner was served and completely eaten, enjoyed each other's company while they were waiting for the bill. Like on cue, the waiter promptly walked to their table and set down the envelope.

"I got this." N assured.

"But you got the door when we got here. Let me pay." Touko puffed out her cheeks.

"It was common manners, Touko." N sighed, not wanting to lose this time either. This was his treat for taking out his girlfriend to the town.

"Still… I insist."

"I insist too!"

"Sorry honey, you're not winning this time." Touko stuck out her tongue cutely as she place the money in the bill already.

"You win this time!" N puffed out his cheeks.

I: Interference (maxeyn)

"Oh? Looks like I'm going through…tunnel…can't…speak…anymore! Bye!" I yelled out as I quickly hung up the phone.

"Touko, we weren't going under a tunnel…" N pondered as we were walking through a park.

"I know… but I had an unpleasant talk with my cousin, and I had to find a way to hang up without being rude." I looked down, ashamed.

"Well, that was still rude, Touko." N scolded. Weird, N was the 'adult' in the situation. Usually, I am.

"Yeah, but just saying 'You know what, you're annoying me, bye' is quite insulting as well." I came back.

"Well, maybe said in a nicer tone…" N groaned.

"True." I sighed. "But this woman is seriously ticking me off to my last nerve."

"Touko…"

"I mean, listen! She's was just talking non-stop about her not even conceived children! How stupid is that!" I hissed.

"Touko…"

"And she was gloating about the husband she has! And he's the one who leaves the house almost every single night!"

"Touko…"

"And worst of all… She WON'T STOP TALKING-"

"Oh no! We're…breaking… up… Going…through…a tunnel… bye!" N snickered, walking ahead of me.

"You jerk!" I yelled out to him.

I: Idea (maxeyn)

"Okay Touko, think." The brunette groaned while sitting at her desk, hands tearing out her hair. "It's easy to come up an idea with a story! Every college student can do it!"

"Talking to yourself again?" Touya snickered.

"Touya!" The female brunette yelled. "I am not talking to myself!"

"Okay Touko, think." Touya teased with a high pitched voice to sound like Touko's herself. The said girl rolled her eyes as he continued. "I'm a troubled college girl who loves talking to herself and rejects it whenever someone points it out!"

"Oh shut up." She hissed, throwing a nearby pillow at him.

"Hey, where's N?" Touya asked. "I got this new game, and I've been itching to play it with him.

"Like I know," Touko rolled her eyes again. "He's been gone all afternoon. Now if you don't mind…"

"So, what's your problem? You're crankier than usual." The lighter brunette haired man inquired, honestly worried about his close cousin.

"For an English assignment, I have to make a one chapter story about my heart or something like that." The girl explained, slamming her head on the desk.

"Deep, bro." Touya sympathized, snacking on a nearby chip bag.

"Can you help me?"

"With your heart? Pshaw!" The boy snickered.

"Oh come one!" She whined.

"Why don't you write about something sci-fi?"

"Eww…"

"Mystery?"

"That's my weak point."

"Friendship?"

"Too overdone and I don't think I can elaborate on that topic."

"Horror?"

"I'll cry myself to sleep."

"Um… Why don't you just write about N?" Touya offered.

"Write about N?" Touko repeated.

"Yeah… just say how much you loved him, and how much he changed your heart. Physically and mentally, I mean." The brunette boy shrugged.

In a flash, the girl's eyes widened up in joy. She quickly jumped over and tightly hugged her cousin, "You're a genius!"

"Naturally am. Hey, when you're done…want to play the game with me?" The cousin asked.

"Sure thing, now that you helped me!" The girl smiled.

When the grading was in… Touko received an A for her assignment! The warmth and love conveyed in her writing really moved her teacher.

"Thank you, honey." Touko smiled, kissing her boyfriend gently.

"Uh… for what?" N looked at her with a confused look.

I: Improve (maxeyn)

Ever since the day I met you, you truly changed me on my outlook on the world.

You made me accept for other people's cruelties.

You made me smile.

You just made everything worthwhile.

When I met you, we were mortal enemies from the start.

With your tiny short shorts,

And your irresistible white long shirt.

Problems to me just didn't mean nothing to me anymore.

You see, you really changed me to who I am today.

I improved both emotionally and physically.

And as I'm standing across from you in the aisle…

I can't help but think but… Thank Arceus for whatever brought us here!

No matter what… No matter what anyone says… You complete me.

So I thank you by completing and improving me here.

And I'll show you my gratitude by becoming one with you at the altar.

My lover, my enemy, and my best friend…

Thank you so much for being there until the end.

I: I Love You! (maximumride123)

Take a deep breath in… and a deep breath out… A thumping heart… this is normal, isn't it? It's a confession… And more importantly…

It's a confession to you, my dear N.

I remember those foolish days when you and I constantly struggled to be on top, beating each other in some way almost every step of the way.

Every one could've assumed that I hated you, but they were downright wrong. I completely adored you. Loved you, even.

Love…that's a funny word, isn't it? It's a strong word where you give your utter devotion to someone… and possibly risking the possible outcomes in the future.

In all honesty, I feel a strong feeling that you would reject my feelings… and loathe me as the years go by. But then I realize that's not you.

You are that type of care-free person ever since your father liberated you. You were free, you were happy. And soon, my feelings of hatred and utter loathe for you crumbled over the months I've spent with you.

I can honestly say this now… I love you. I love you, I love you lots. But, would you accept my feelings?

Life is all about taking risks, and those risks are the kind of jeopardies I'm willing to take.

So, I take another deep breath in, and deep breath out…

"I love you."

"I love you too."


Sorry for not updating in a LONG time! But I'm now on Spring Break, so I'm hoping to update a lot faster! In the next chapter, there are going to be a lot of words that are going to be jumbled together to provide a decent amount of oneshots without doing the same topic over and over again.

THIS IS SO MUSHY!

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