Awkward was certainly a word to describe the feeling between the two. Enjoyment was another.

Both trainers were supremely awkward around one another that night, not entirely certain of what it was that they were supposed to say to the other person. A fair amount of the date was spent in total silence as they made their way from point A to point B.

But neither of them could even begin to claim that they weren't enjoying themselves. In the unsure sense between them, the two of them were very content with their current situation. They enjoyed being around the other person. They enjoyed just being close to one another. Words weren't something that needed to be used to express that. They probably wouldn't be able to anyway.

So they just enjoyed each others company. There wasn't a need to push that any further. That was all the two of them needed to be content tonight.

The parks that they had taken their evening walk through were empty, dark, brightened by street-lamps, Volbeat and Illumise, and very beautiful. Despite being a dead-end town, this place had some real natural beauty to it. Botanists and floral caretakers did their job here, clearly, with incredible skill and talent. Serena wasn't sure she had seen such a wide range of flowers and other such colorful plant-life. Clearly, Adorea Town took great pride in that.

"Wow..." Serena quietly awed at the beautiful park. "It's so beautiful..."

"Yeah..." Ash replied. He hadn't noticed all that much. He was agreeing because, frankly, while he was fine with the silence between them, he almost felt like he was obligated to speak at this point. Like they had to speak. They had a lot to speak about,

But he didn't push it. That would only make matters worse. Dense as the Kantoean was, he knew that he had to let this come naturally.

"Um... Are you okay?" Serena asked, the soft concern in her voice, as always, present.

"Huh? Y-Yeah, I'm fine." Ash stumbled on his reply, caught off guard by her question, and smiled again to cover it up. "Why'd you ask?"

"You just seem a bit... Off."

"I'm uh... Nervous I guess." Confessed Ash, glancing off to the side as he said so.

"That's not like you." Serena said, with a soft smile. She wasn't used to seeing him as anything other than a dense lunkhead. It was actually almost reassuring to see he had more complexity than battle-eat-sleep-repeat.

"This entire situation isn't like me." Ash chuckled, remembering just how bizarre this entire situation was to him. These feelings he held for the Kalosian girl, and the very nature of this night were all alien to him.

"That's true." Serena agreed, her gentle smile still on her lips. It seemed to deteriorate as she looked at the raven haired trainer in front of her. Part of her felt almost guilty for him even being here. Wouldn't he have... Better things to do? "You know... We don't have to do this, you know..."

"Huh?"

"I - I - This date I mean... I - If you want to... You know, go back.. We can do..."

"...What makes you think I don't want to be here?" Ash asked, worried for a moment he had seemed distant to her, despite not wanting to at all.

"I - I just..." Serena hesitated, not sure if she should go on, but did so. It was too late to back out of the sentence now. "I... I thought you might... Want to do something else... Rather than be here... You just haven't seemed... Like you want to be here..."

Smiling gently, Ash sighed. Leave it to Serena to put herself second and him first, despite him having been the one to even propose this date in the first place. It was like she had a talent for selflessness. "Serena, do you remember what I said when we got trapped in that ravine?"

'I love you. ' The exact pitch, tone, length and the silence afterwards had been engraved into her memory.

How would she ever, ever, be able to forget those words?

"I didn't say it for fun. I meant it."

Another eruption of blushes from the Kalosian. She was like an active volcano at this point.

It didn't help her calm down when Ash reached out and grabbed hold of her hand with his. It was one of the only times she could remember him without wearing any gloves, so she could feel the warmth of his skin from the contact, and good lord, was he warm. He went one further though. He also made it a point to intertwined their fingers together, and firmly clasped onto the blonde Kalosian performer's hand, and showed no signs of letting go anytime soon. "Come on, let's keep going."

He was already leading her away when he said it, not really giving her a say in the matter, but Serena noticed what he was hiding. A blush of his own. She reminded herself, he was just as nervous as she was. Though her throat went dry from her body heating up, she managed to tell him, "Okay."

Both still anxious, yet somehow, more relaxed than they were before, they kept walking along the route that had been planned for them. Their hands joined, now used to the warmth of the other, they were able to hold basic conversation at the least. Their conversations weren't particularly deep, nor were they inquisitive in any way. They were just mild conversations, about the routes they walked, the sights they beheld, their time in the cave, Miette and Paul - That one was basically led by Serena - And their recent escapades - That one was basically led by Ash.

It certainly wasn't a conversation bringing anything new to the table - But it was just incredibly enjoyable for the two awkward teenagers. Their conversations didn't need to be inquisitive to the nature of the Universe. Being around the other brought them both individual joy, there wasn't anything more required. They didn't need anything else. They didn't want anything else.

As they walked along, they became calmer and more comfortable with each other. The ease of tension made it far easier for them to enjoy their date.

Finding themselves on the final leg of their route however, wasn't exactly the most pleasant experience in the world. What the map hadn't shown them as this route was unbelievably rocky and it was the first pathway in this entire village that barely had any streetlights. There were a few, but they were few and far between. It made it difficult for the two of them to actually see where they were going, and both of them had plenty of trips and tumbles.

"This isn't as smooth as the rest of the routes..." Ash commented with a bit of a scowl, still firmly holding Serena's hand, leading her through the darkness.

"Why are we even coming this way?" Serena asked. "I mean, it seems out of the way..."

"Miette claimed there was a really nice view from this route. Apparently its not known to a lot of people, even the locals."

"And she found it on a map in about an hour?" Serena sounded incredibly skeptical, rather understandably.

"She hadn't steered us wrong yet." Ash defended, but the second he finished the sentence, he tripped up on an upturned rock in front of him. He ended up tugging at Serena as he said that, dragging her forward a step or two. "Sorry." He apologized quickly. "Scratch that, she might be starting to steer us wrong here."

He couldn't have been more wrong.

Though it took them several more minutes to figure it out, it was more than worth it. The route they had taken looped around, brining them to a slightly heightened natural balcony-like location. It overlooked Adorea Town from a distance, and the sight was nothing short of outstanding.

Because Adorea Town was a well lit town, there were hundreds, if not thousands of tiny lights dotting the landscape around the clearly illuminated town. Piercing the darkness, both trainers could see every building in the small, flower-prided living space, and it was beyond stunning. Absolutely beautiful. A small town hidden away in the Kalos region, that held total beauty in comparison to its rival towns in the region.

Like a beacon of light against the dark, night sky.

It was beautiful.

"Wow..." Was all Serena could gasp out when she saw the amazing sight.

Ash couldn't help but agree. He had no idea how the heck Miette had done it, but once again, she hadn't let them down. How she's done this with just a map amazed the Kantoean, but he wouldn't question it.

This was an absolute splendor of a sight.

The two didn't speak for the longest time. They didn't really need to. They just stared at this view, drinking it all in.

"Hey, Ash?"

"Yeah, Serena?"

"Um..." Serena's voice went up in pitch slightly as she bit her bottom lip lightly and fiddled with her fingers. It was a question she was nervous to ask, but felt had to be asked nonetheless. "What... Um... What... Are we, now?"

It took the raven haired trainer a few seconds to register what the Kalosian actually meant by that. When he did, his own face went red, equally as red as Serena's. It was a valid question to ask. A confession of love, and here they were on a date, yet there wasn't a specific term for what they were. Was it a relationship at this point? Was there a reason for it not to be? Would this sort of thing need to be specified? "Oh... Um... I'm... I'm not sure... What... What do you want to be?"

Serena went dark crimson. It said everything Ash needed to know.

"I... I don't see... There isn't a reason... That we shouldn't be..." Stuttering wasn't something Ash was used to doing. It almost sounded like someone else talking. "I - I mean... If... If you wanted... I'd be... Really happy to be able to call you my..." He stopped for a second, before whispering the word, "Girlfriend."

It wasn't possible for Serena to go any more red, unless she was to go the color of blood. The mere idea... The thing she'd wanted for so long... It was actually here. She swallowed and nodded. "I'd... I'd love that."

Both parties blushed, but the mutual knowledge that both of them felt the same way helped ease the tension, and they managed to smile at one another, even laughing lightly.

"Do we... Make it official then?" Ash asked, still red. His insinuation clear.

Serena nodded, though she had butterflies swimming in her stomach at about five-hundred miles a minute.

They spent an unspecified amount of time closing in to one another, nerves still screaming at them, but they ignored them completely as they came closer to one another than they ever had been before. It seemed a lot longer to them than it actually was. A second was an hour. But it was all worth it when their lips finally met. A jolt of electricity shot through them, and then it was over. As abruptly as it started. It wasn't even slightly like either of them had expected, but they were both warmer than boiling water.

They both separated, looked at one another, and finally, they smiled.

Well, there it is. There's the big kiss that I spent twenty freaking chapters building up ^_^ I hope it was worth it.

Also... Sun and Moon Anime... *Sigh* I did call it, didn't I? God damn it ;-;

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