1 Day to go
The two teens hadn't spoken a word after the whole mistletoe scene that had occurred the previous night. They'd merely gone straight to bed, and the bluenette was rather glad about it as she didn't know how she was going to face him after that.
Dawn yawned tiredly, she turned over to face the wall as the sunlight harshly stung her eyes. She groaned and finally allowed herself to crack an eye open, but only to look at the clock on the bedside table. As she flipped over and her open eye gazed upon the room, she noticed something very wrong.
In a flash, she was no longer feeling groggy and she managed to sit up, her eyes desperately scanning the opposite side of the room she was on. The bed had been neatly made up and there was absolutely no sign that anyone had been sleeping there at all. No backpack lay on the ground and the bathroom door was wide open.
She leaped out of bed, hurriedly pulling on black leggings under a pink dress as she shrugged her white coat on, forcefully dragging a hair brush through her tangled, sapphire locks. She bolted out of the door, not even bothering to make her own bed.
"Has my room mate left already?" Dawn asked the pinkette quickly who was standing behind the orange counter.
"Yes, he checked out about twenty minutes ago," she replied, receiving a quick thank you from Dawn as she sprinted outside towards the harbour. She stood on her tiptoes, scanning the heads of the people buying ferry tickets.
"Purple hair, purple hair, purple hair," she muttered to herself, dodging in and out of the crowd in search of Paul. "Please Arceus," she begged, now resorting to using her elbows as the mass of people increased.
Finally, a shock of purple brown hair caught her eyes, she dashed around the citizens, only stopping when she'd managed to crash into the back of the boy.
"Watch it," he growled, turning around to see who had so rudely ran into him, his dark grey eyes widened however when they met azure ones staring wide eyed back at him.
"Paul…" She managed to choke out, finally stepping away from him. She looked down at the ground, a light pink hue grazing her cheeks. "Why did you… why did you leave without so much as a good bye?" she asked, looking back up at him. The boy for once didn't know what to say, he was at a loss for words as he saw the tears dancing in the corner of her eyes, threatening to fall at any moment.
"I-I didn't… I mean," he stuttered, stepping away from her cautiously, the feeling of guilt washing over him.
"Here," she muttered, reaching into her bag and pulling out a wrapped parcel. "If you're leaving already, then I should probably give you this," she chuckled bitterly, refusing to look him directly in the eye.
"Thank you…" he mumbled, gently taking the package from her small hands and putting it into his backpack. "Although… I haven't got you anything," he added guiltily. Why am I feeling so guilty?! It's not like I did anything wrong, and I never asked her to get me anything! he growled to himself. The ferry's horn sounded and the bustling crowd began moving in its direction.
"Well, I have to go," he stated, shoving his hands in his pockets and looking down at the ground. But why is it that I don't want to?
"Thank you, so much." Dawn said with a bow, allowing her bangs to fall over her eyes. "I had a lot of fun, even though you were sometimes grumpy." She chuckled, "I learned a lot, and I'd have never been able to do it without you," her voice cracked and she decided to shut up at that moment, not wanting to break down in front of Paul.
"Don't mention it," he said with a sigh, "And.. I- I had fun too," he added, a small smile gracing his lips as he turned around to walk towards the boat. Dawn watched him go, an idea suddenly springing to her mind.
"Paul!" She yelled, running after him and grabbing the back of his hoodie. "Here, I- I want you to keep this," she said quietly, once he'd turned to give her a questioning look. She grabbed his hand and placed the ribbon she'd won at Hearthome in it. "I want you to remember me, so here," she explained. Paul smirked.
"How could anyone forget you? You're way too troublesome," he said with a chuckle, reaching out to ruffle her hair. She squeezed her eyes shut, grimacing at his words. "But, I can't keep this. You'll need it," he said, trying to hand it back to her.
"No!" She exclaimed, "You always seemed to forget me, and I don't want that!" Paul winced, another wave of guilt crashing over him.
"I never forgot you," he said quietly before turning back around. Dawn's eyes widened and she stared at his back in shock. His words replayed over, and over again in her head.
"Why don't you… why don't you stay with me and my mum for Christmas?" She then suggested shyly, tugging on the back of his hoodie.
"Because I can't," he replied sharply, pulling away from her and hurrying over to the ferry. What the hell are these feelings?! He growled inwardly to himself. Dawn stared for a moment but soon turned and ran, covering her eyes with her arm as the tears finally began to fall. She didn't want him to leave, she wanted him with her. She needed him with her.
Dawn sat under a tree of the outskirts of route 201, the sun was setting and she'd been sitting with her knees pulled into her chest and her head in her hands for most of the day. She knew that she'd have to leave sooner or later to get back to Twinleaf before it got really late, although she couldn't bring herself to do so.
Suddenly, someone forcefully grabbed her by the shoulders and began to shake her senseless. She began to squeal, her eyes opening wide with fright as she hurriedly removed her hands from her face. She was met with stormy grey eyes and a mass of violet hair, her breath hitched at the sight, although the expression on Paul's face was murderous and it made her cower down in fear.
"You idiot!" He snarled, having yet to cease his shaking, "Something could have happened to you! I turned away for one moment and you're gone! You stupid girl, you should have waited and I would have come back for you okay?! I changed my mind!"
At that moment, she felt a pair of lips fiercely crash down upon her own and her eyes widened. Paul's kissing me. She screamed inside her head. She eventually closed her eyes, melting into his body as they embraced while surprisingly he hadn't pulled away until he was short of breath.
"You stupid, stupid girl," he muttered, holding her forehead against his own. He then gave her a quick peck on the lips, beginning to trail kisses all around her mouth, "troublesome," kiss, "annoying," kiss, "stupid," kiss. The process continued for a good few minutes; Paul threw an insulting nickname at her between each peck.
Dawn was far too dumbfounded by this point to be able to even process what he was saying. He's kissing me. Was the only thing she could hear as her mind had completely shut down, only running on automatic as she accepted each and every touch of his soft lips as they sent shivers down her spine.
"You troublesome girl, why is it that you of all people make me feel this way?!" He said exasperatedly after a while, his forehead once again resting upon hers. "I don't understand," he muttered, bringing a hand over to pull her into him, giving her a warm hug. Dawn sighed in content, snuggling into his hoodie and looking up at his face.
"So, you're staying with me for Christmas?!" She asked rather excitedly.
"I thought I just made that much obvious," he replied with a chuckle, finally standing up and pulling her with him. "I suppose we'll have to go now before it gets too late," he said, taking note of the dark sky. Dawn nodded, following him as he began to trudge through the snow, she couldn't help a faint blush crawling up her face as she smiled happily, hurrying to walk next to her plumb haired idiot.
Gah, I'm so so so so so so so sorry that I didn't get this out one time! You see, on Christmas day I was with my family since six in the morning (little sisters… I really don't recommend them if you value your beauty sleep) and then after, we went out to a friend's party and stayed until around 11. Now as you may have guess, I was rather tired by then so I pretty much collapsed on my bed and fell straight to sleep once I'd got home. Now, yesterday the wifi was down so I couldn't post then, no matter how many times we restarted the router it just wouldn't cooperate, so you can imagine how irritating that was for me, knowing I'd be extra late, and with such a feelsy chapter as well :c Well, I am truly sorry, and the next one will be out very shortly :D
~X-Ray
