A/N: Thanks to ultimateCCC for your review! This chapter's pretty short, but I hope you enjoy!

Twenty One – Warmth

Night time had finally arrived on the day where Sky nearly died- she still felt jittery but overall she was okay; beside the rope burn marks on her arms and legs, however.

Everyone sat around the small campfire they'd made, in front of their tents. Sylveon and Pikachu were already asleep in their owner's tents after feeling sleepy. It had been a long day for everyone.

Ash told stories of his old adventures with Brock and Misty, and everyone listened intently. Serena didn't like the sound of Misty, but tried to ignore her apparent jealousy.

After he finished his story about his first gym battle, Bonnie fake yawned (it was obvious) and stretched. "I'm sleepy… Goodnight." Then she ran into her tent, after winking at Clemont.

Serena shrugged and followed along with her. "Me too. Goodnight, everyone." She closed the tent after that.

Ash looked at Sky and Clemont, then smiled. He may be the densest person alive, but he knew Clemont- he acted differently around Sky, so leaving them alone might be a good idea. He then went into their tent, knowing Clemont wouldn't come in for a while. He usually stayed outside with Sky until she went to sleep anyways.

Clemont sighed. "Bonnie was pretty obvious about that…"

Skylar nodded. "I guess so. But I d-don't mind."

Clemont looked at the wounds on her arms. Anger overwhelmed him. 'If they ever hurt her again…' He then looked at the campfire. It was going down, and they would probably be out here for another half hour.

He turned to the woods. "I'm going to go get some firewood, okay?"

Sky visibly tensed, then looked up at him. Clemont was a little short, but she was very short compared to him. Sometimes it bugged her, sometimes it never. But she pouted, staring into the trees. "C-can I come too?"

Clemont was surprised, but then realized she probably didn't want to stay here alone. "Of course. Let's go…?"

She nodded, and together they went into the woods.

Clemont sighed. For some reason, there weren't any good branches anywhere. Ash of Serena must've already been to this area for finding wood, because there wasn't a scrap.

Sky shivered, not out of being cold but because she was scared. She instinctively grasped Clemont hand as she looked around quickly.

"Are you okay?" Clemont asked quickly, abandoning the search of firewood to check on her.

She quickly shook her head. "S-sorry… But can we go back?"

Clemont couldn't say no to her face. "Yeah… Sorry about that."

They reached the campfire again, but the fire was out.

"I-It was scary…" She mumbled. "Sorry we couldn't g-get any wood."

"That's fine." Clemont said as they both sat down, still holding hands. "We don't need fire that badly."

They probably did. It was a cold night, and they both shivered; out of cold this time.

'First, a cold river. Now just cold weather…' Skylar thought miserably- but then she realized one part of her body was not cold, her hand. It was incredibly warm- and gave her the nicest feeling.

Eventually the urge to have all of her body feeling like that overwhelmed her, and she hugged Clemont.

His eyes widened in surprise, but he lightly hugged back without saying a word. They both felt that incredible warmth all over.

Sky mumbled a soft "Thank you." into his shoulder.

"For what?" Clemont replied, confused.

"Saving me, of course… Y-you saved my life." She said gratefully, surprised that she didn't even mention that earlier.

Clemont smiled. "Of course. I would never let you… Die." He had trouble saying the last word.

Sky broke away, and faced him. Their hands were still interlocked. "Th-thank you so much, Clemont…"

Her heart was pounding, but she quickly placed a quick kiss on his cheek. "G-goodnight."

She walked quickly to her tent, afraid to see his reaction.

Clemont sat there, rubbing the cheek that she kissed. It was only small, but it shocked him. Eventually, he got up and went to his and Ash's tent. He had to push Pikachu slowly off his sleeping bag, then got in.

Thoughts overwhelmed him, but he managed to get to sleep after thinking about stars- and Sky.

Skylar snuggled close to Sylveon, and turned on her music box. The soothing music lulled her, but she didn't fall asleep quite yet.

'I know I've definitely got a major crush on him… But I know he doesn't like me back, so… What am I going to do?'