A/N: Thank you for your continue support on this FF ^^

Under this quiet starry night,
N and Touko are sitting around the camp fire,
After the shocking confession in the afternoon,
They noticed allot more about each other than they used to before,
Knowing the Gracidia Flower was from N all these time...
Touko will...?

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Black 2 and White2 43: Overflow feelings

"Oran berry?" Touko holds a large brown paper bag in her hand full of groceries, she walks into the forest where she promised to meet N behind the Pokemon Center. N has already started the camp fire, in the center of two tree benches for them to sit. There's several blue oran berries on the ground.
N nods: "Sewaddle needs to regain some energy." N picks up a berry and feeds Sewaddle who's sitting beside N, happily chews onto the berries.
Touko shivers upon watching Sewaddle.
"Wha… What about our food?" Touko twitches her eye bow.
N turns to her silently, blink a few times feeling guilty.

"You forgot… didn't you?" Touko sighs.
"…" N uneasily looks away.
Touko smiles: "You just find the food for Pokemon before yours huh?"
"… Sorry…" N passes the Oran Berry to Sewaddle to hold, he stands up, "I'll go find some…" He turns to the direction of the inner forest.
Touko sighs, "It's very you." She giggles, she carefuly puts the grocery bag down on the ground, "I've picked up some food for us and our Pokemon."
N turns to her with shock.

Touko takes out apples, sandwiches and some raw pasta noddle.
"Let's cook, shall we?" She smiles with excitement to cook these ingredients she just bought.
"Cooking? This is the first time…" N blushes, "We cook together…" He mutters.
"What's with that look?" Touko stops taking stuff out of her grocery bag, pouts.
"NO… I just remember something…" N awkwardly laughs.
"Like what?"

"Well? Any problem with my cooking?"
"It's not…what…you think…." N glances away, "I'm looking forward to it!" He forces his smile.
Touko pouts with unpleasant look on her face.

He remembers, that sandwich they had together that night.
It was tasted oddly strange.
If Touko is cooking…
He glances over at Touko who's humming the song while taking stuff out of the bag.
He gulps.
But this scenery… Sure feels nice… he thought.
He couldn't help but place a grin on his face.

The delicious smell of food, Touko's Pokemon, N and Sewaddle are having their own plate of pasta made from Touko.
"It's delicious…" N expresses, upon taking the first bite of the food, "You really have improved, Touko!" He turns to Touko with a surprise expression.
"How rude."Touko blushes immediately, she pouts and hits N with her left hand on his head: "What do you mean? I've been cooking you know!" She turns away and takes another bite of her pasta that's only small portion left on the plate, "A lot of practice!" She says after finish chewing.
N hisses from his pain, he looks up to the quiet night sky, with starry stars are sparkling.
"I remember… we have dinner together before in the Pinwheel forest, didn't we?"
"AH, I remember." Touko giggles, she turns to N, "We were just barely met, you were a strange person back then. I fell asleep and droll all over your pants."
"Ah… did that happen?" N glances over.
"…" Touko shifts around, "Well… no… it didn't… I have got my memories mixed up." She peeps away.
N is confused, "…ahaha…" he giggles, "A lot of things has changed since."
"mmm…" Touko stands up takes the pot, "You haven't really change, N." She takes the empty pot that everyone finished the pasta, and stacks up with other dishes.
"It's very your style that, you still put Pokemon in your priority as always." She continues and smiles, "I'm going to wash these at the lake." She holds up the dishes in front of her and ready to turn to the direction where the river string is.
"For the sake of my friends… right?" N smiles he gets up and follow behind Touko.
He takes the dishes from Touko from her hand.
"I'll help." He says gently.
Touko's heart skip a beat.
"Can you do your own dishes?" Touko asks with taunt as they are walking to the direction of the river.
"Still stubborn as always for you." N smirks.

As they arrive in the little river exsit the forest, they arrive on Route 6. The route has many different mini bridge to cross in between the routes.
Soothing sound of water floating into the lake far away, tree and grass. The rhythm of the rustle grass.
The clear surface of the river surface reflects the moon on the sky. A pokemon swim by, breaks the ripple and the picture of the moon shakes.
As Touko and N approaches closer, their reflection appears near the Lake.

N knees down, places the dishes on the hard soil, rolls up his sleeve takes the pot and ready to wash it.
"Ah, maybe you should take off your white jacket if you are doing the washing." Touko stops N, "The pasta sauces aren't easy to get wash off if it splashes on your white shirt."
N glances over to his pure white shirt that he rarely get too dirty on…somehow…
He puts down the pot, start to undo his buttons.
For some odd reason, Touko can't stop staring at this. She gulps, her face is slowly blushes.

Upon taking off his white shirt, N is wearing a tight black turtle neck shirt under neath. The shirt is tightly sticks to his body, it really shows the nice shape of his slim body.
"I don't need to take off this too, do I?" He asks innocently.
Seeing Touko dazes there looking at him, "Touko? Are you OK? Your face is very red…" He asks again with concern.
Touko shakes her head immediately: "Errr. NO NO , If you take this off you will catch cold! Hahahaha…" She laughs.
"Really?" N walks close to her, her faces glows even redder.
He leans his forehead close: "N…? I'm OK…" She tries to distance herself but her body isn't responding what her mind wants to.
"Your forehead seems hot, and your hand seems cold." He glances and holds to her hand with his forehead is still leaning against hers.
"Hey, are you trying to take advantage of me here?" Touko asks, "Feeling me everywhere…"
She can feel his breath, his warmth. Her heart is very fast pounding.
As N distances himself and let go of her hand, some reason she feels that she misses that warmth and want to feel that warmth again. She curve herself up, sits on the grasses. Both of her hands are grasping against the opposite side shoulder, she turns her head away.
N stands in front of her, wraps his around around her back and puts his white shirt on her back.
"It's cooler around the Lake at night, so for now you should wear this. That'll keep you warm." He says softly. He gets up, and start washing the pot with his black sleeves roll up.

Touko looks at the white shirt cover on top of her, she puts both of her arms into individual sleeves, she overlaps the button area, and she sniffs.
The shirt smells like N's scent.
Such white shirt, it's barely dirty. He must wash it very often… Or perhaps Anthrea and Concordia has been taking good care of him, keeping him clean.
She glances over at N who's scrubbing the pot, back facing her. Seeing how silky and smooth his hair looks, it's probably them that have been brushing it right?
Now that she looks closely with him wearing tight shirts… He has nice body…
Her mind is fill of thoughts of N, wearing his shirt right now makes her heart pounds even faster.
N's shirt is slightly bigger than her, the shirts is all way pass her butt, sleeves a a lot longer. She looks to the reflection of the mirror, it's almost like she's wearing a "Boy Friend Shirt".
It's so warm, she touches both of her cheeks, her heart is filled with strange feelings and happiness…
When N turns around to check out on her, he nods and grins lightly.
She can't help but giggles quietly.
This feeling is nice, she thought.
Somehow this feeling, feels nostalgic.

After washing the dishes, Touko and N are walking back to the forest, where her Pokemon are waiting.
Touko remain with N's white shirt, she's walking beside him.
The shirt is warm, even wind comes at her direction, she doesn't feel the cold.
Is it because of the shirt? Or is it the warmth she's feeling inside her heart?
"Where's Victini?"
"Ah, I left him in Professor Juniper's lab. I can't use him in the tournament, so I exchanged both of my Reshiram and Victini with Venasaur and Ampharos."
"Professor's lab…" N wonders.
Touko waves both of her hand: "It's alright! Professor Juniper's lab is very large! So he will have tons of place to run around and be with other Pokemon!"
"I see." N looks forward, he doesn't look as convince.
Touko realizes N probably is worried, perhaps she should show him the lab sometime...
After all, to N, Pokemon should be running around in the wild.

"It's kind of nice it's just the two of us alone, isn't it?"
Touko peeks at N, she blushes.
It sure is… she thought.
"I kind of miss it."
Those words caused her skipped the beat, she stiffs up, turns forward and afraid to look at his face.
"Wh…When you said to have dinner together, I thought it'll be in-door like a restaurant." She giggles awkwardly.
"I'm Sorry…" N turns to her, "I thought eating in the forest under the moon light, would be very romantic… I didn't know you would prefer a restaurant."
"Romantic…?" Touko stops.
N continues walking.
"You said this wasn't a date!"
N stops, he turns around: "Huh? What do you mean?"
"…" Touko pauses in her shouting position, not able to move her lips but her face is charging up with redness. "It's nothing." She catches up to him and even walking ahead with both of her fists clench, and head dips down.

Touko's Pokemon who are playing together with Sweddle turn their head upon hearing Touko and N's voices. They twitches their ears.
"Why do you ask if it's a date?"
" 'Why'.. you asked…?" Touko stands in front of N feeling irritated, "I mean you just confessed to me this afternoon and all…" She nervously looks around, her words become mumble.
That moment N takes a close look at her.
That jacket tightly stick to her body, shows her nice curve and due to her shorts, he can't see her pants.
Her expression, her current pose is very cute he thought. He has the tendency to head over and hug her right now.

"How about it?" N walks to Touko, "Let's go to a restaurant next time."
"We didn't need to make a fancy plan like this…" Touko turns away pouts her mouth, "Plus will you be alright in these crowned human environment? Wouldn't… Wouldn't you prefer to eat with the Pokemon?"
"… Well…" N scratches the corner of his face with his index finger, single drop of cold sweat falls down, "I've never tried it… If that makes you happy," He turns to Touko with the kind smile, "I'm more than happy to do it for you." His face is lightly blush with shyness with such confession.
Touko shrugs, her face is raising up temperatures even higher.
"Why do you always says such misleading things in such a serious face?" She shouts.
"But I mean it…" He feels worried upon seeing her with the trouble look on her face. He panics.
"Th… Then…" She pushes N on the shoulder, "…make sure you do dress nice, N!" She lifts her head up with the shy smile shows her pure white teeth.
"…Errr?" N turns redder upon seeing Touko's spooyness. He turns away covering his mouth. This is too cute… He thoughts.
He dips his head down.
"WHAT?" She frowns, "What are you hiding? Why did you turn away? Is there something on my face? " She moves in front of N, "HEYY?" She leans her face closer.
Unconsciously N moves his body, hugs her tight.
Her heart is fast pounding, she's blushing herself. She feels her heart pounds so fast that, N might be able to hear it…
That's too embarrassing if he can hear her heart beat. She panics.
No that's it not. As she calms down, she can feel his fast heart beat as well.
She feels powerless, her body is so hot that she feels like she could melt onto him.
What is this feeling?
She doesn't hate it.
But her heart is aching.

When N confessed earlier today…
He really meant it…
It wasn't a joke…
He didn't say it out of whim…
Her heart is confused.
Two years ago, it'll be something that she's looking forward to hear…
Now…
She doesn't understand this feeling anymore…
This confusing feelings…
It feels different than before…
Right now…
All she can sense is that…
His shoulder is so wide… and warm…
And she's very comfortable leaning her entire upper body into this hug, and let him hug as long as he wants.

"Sweddlee~ "
Sweddle is happily rubs its cheeks against Touko's ankle.
Touko immediately jumps out of N, hides behind him.
"Touko?" N turns to her, and look below where Sweddle looks shocked from her reaction, "You are going to hurt Sweddle." He frowns. He bends down to Sweddle who's already tearing. He sighs, "Still hasn't change that… have you?"
"Sweedlee…." It sniffles.
N picks him up, and stands up on his original position, while Touko slowly distances herself from him.
N smiles apologetically: "I'm sorry, my friend isn't used to Bug Pokemon."
Touko is surprised, realized when N meant when he said "Still hasn't change that… have you?".
N kindly pats on Sweddle's head who's badly hurt by Touko's reaction.
"You still remember?" Such minor details and he recalls it. She feels guilty, the pain in her heart continues to increase.
Suddenly he holds up Sweddle in front of her.
"EEK!" She panics and distances herself slightly. Cold sweats falls down from her head continuously.
"Apologize to Sweddle." N commands.
She trembles, looking into the innocent eyes of Sweddle who are very sad and tear up.
Touko pauses, she dips her head down: "I'm sorry…" She lifts her hand lightly pats on Sweddle's head.
Sweddle turns from sad to happy, "Sweddle swaddle!" It moves all of its hands on its body happily.
N seeing how initiative Touko did, he remember she had done the similar thing to Joltik back in Charge Stone Cave at that time.
He happily smiles.


Sound of tree branch breaking in the fire.

N picks up another tree branch near his foot, throws into the fire.
He turns to his shoulder where the weight is.
Touko sitting beside him on the branch, with his shirt on her.
She fell asleep, she was unstable sitting there that she lost balance and leans her head onto N's shoulder, sleeping soundly.
Must been a long day for her, he thought.
N smiles watching this sleeping beauty leaning his shoulder to sleep, who's looks so defenseless just like before.
N gently touches her hair, lightly sweep the messy hair hanging from her bangs.
Her hair is so soft, the center crip shape around her hair, is probably create by her cap. Her cap is placed beside her on the branch.
It's just the time they both were spending the night in pinwheel forest.
He knew all along… It isn't the memories that brings his feelings for her back. It's his feelings for her hasn't changed since…
He smiles.
He wonders if the time can stay this way, and he doesn't have to let her go.
He loves her…
Touya loves her too…
Question of if they are dating appears in his mind.
These thoughts are giving him aches in his heart.
He has told himself many times that to give up on her back then.
Even he has made the mind of letting Touya be the one with her, but his feelings for her isn't ready to giving up yet.
Love is such a stubborn thing.
He giggles.
This feeling for her has been very hard… and difficult.
Why did he confess his feeling unconsciously today?
The deep feelings that he has been hiding in his mind that he didn't have plan to deliver until he's ready.
Upon reunion, his feeling for her has grown stronger.
No… It's not only that…
It's the feeling he didn't understand, and has been resisits deep down in his heart.
Unconsciously, he closes his eyes, softly kisses her on the forehead with her long bangs hanging above her nose.

She wakes up from the kiss.
Blurrly looks at N.
"…Did I wake you?" N blushes, he wonders if she notice that he kissed her, or perhaps he shouldn't explain that his kiss may have wake her up.
She rolls her eyes with his hand, and shake her head: "No… it's alright…"
Didn't notice huh? He thought.
She looks at N with her half open eyes, "Ah… I slept on you again… I'm sorry…" She giggles while trying to open her eyes, "I've done similar thing before, haven't I?"
"…Err… Ah I don't quiet remember clearly what happen."
"I drooled all over your pants." Touko says straight up.
"…Ah… that's right…" He smiles. He remembered, she mentioned that earlier.
"Haven't you sleep?" Touko manages to open her eyes wide.
N looks at Touko who has the concern look on her face, he turns to the camp fire: "I couldn't sleep."
"Why?"
"Probably that… I was too excited to finally see you again after all these time."
Those words, makes Touko's heart skip a beat.
She gently smiles at N: "Mm… I wanted to see you all these time as well…"
N glances over at Touko, blushes.
He's very happy…
He's very happy that Touko feels the same.
The night in Pinwheel forest, if she remembers… Does that mean she also feels that night is special?
He wonders.

She looks to her side, all of her Pokemon are asleep peacefully.
Togekiss and Amphoras are lying beside each other sleeping soundly.
She can't help but smile, watching her Pokemon who worked very hard today in the tournament and is resting up.
"I wonder what Pokemon dream about."
"I remember you've asked me that once." N looks at the fire answers, "You are often curios about Pokemon's life."
"That's because I don't understand them like certain someone does." Touko pouts glances over at N with irritated look. "I really love Pokemon." She confesses.
N smiles at Touko upon hearing her confession, he closes his eyes and shakes his head: "I don't fully understand them either." He closes his eyes answers calmly, "Pokemon are mysterious creature." He opens his eyes with grin on his face.

N always have that kind gentle smile on his face, whenever topic comes to Pokemon.
It's not only that.
N has always been this gentle…
Touko blushes, she covers her face with the long sleeves on her hand.
N's clothes is so much bigger than hers, she looks baggy and feels warm.
The scent of N, makes her feel very happy for some reason.
She glances over at the Gracidia Flower on her bag.

"The flower… N gave it to you…"
"He asked me to keep it a secret."

That's what Touya told her.

As she reaches for it, a sudden lose of balance causes her to fall.
Her face is facing the mud, she's closes her eyes consider letting the mud spash over her face as she falls over.
N reaches to her arm, and pulls her back up.
"Are you OK?"
Touko loses balances and drops the transparent ball that holds the Gracidia Flower in.
It rolls over to the fire camp.
"The flower!"
She panics, let go of N's hand and catches the ball before it rolls into the camp fire.
The heat wave from the fire is burning beside Touko, the sound of tree branch cracking scared her. She grabs onto the ball and immediately stands up with a relief sigh.
She looks at the flower with the smile on her face, holding the flower tight to her chest.
"That was closed…" She feels relief, and turns to N, open her palms and shows the Gracidia Flower in the transparent ball, she smiles with the grin white teeth, "Tada!"
N watches how silly she acts, he giggles.
Touko is confused: "What's so funny?"
"No… just it's just a flower…"
"This isn't just a flower." Touko frowns.
"You work all out for it."
Touko remains silent.
Notices the awkward pause, he looks up at Touko who's standing in front of him, with irritated look on her face.
"How could you say this?" She grasps it tightly, "This flower has been cheering me up and motivates me to fight and move forward! Yet you said 'it's just a flower'… This flower meant a lot to me…"
"…I'm sorry… I shouldn't have said it this way." N feels guilty, "… You really do treasure this flower…" He smiles with his head titled.
"That's because it's a special flower…"

"It's not because it's a flower from Shayamin, it's because this flower is from you, N."
He looks at her with shocked.
"Touya told me everything… To…tonight…" She glare at the flower in her hand.
"…" N is expressionless, "But you have been treasuring it because of Touya…right?" Once again, aching in his heart. These thought came to his mind, it's making him jealous.
Touko gasps: "What are you saying?"
"That's because… Touya is always the one for you, isn't he? He's always by your side, support you, afterall his feeling for you, and your bonds with each other are always stronger. So this flower…"
"…" Touko frowns she looks at N with rage.
"Please don't misunderstand this, it's not because of me the flower that gives you the motivation, it's Touya's kindness. You love Touya…"

"YOU IDIOT!" Touko shouts, she throws the Gracida Flower to N, hits him directly at his chest. The slight pain gets him, he catches the flower.
He looks up to Touko, who's tearing all over her face.
"What are you saying? How could you say this all these time?" She cries, and bites her lips, "If you are jealous that this flower meant from Touya, then why were you being a coward and gave credit to Touya? Accuse me because my love for Touya that gotten me this far? Don…Don't joke with me!" She begins to cry, and not able to catch up her words, "I…I was… I was…very happy to hear that, YOU WERE THE ONE who gave the flower to me! Touya had been hiding this from me ALL THESE TIMES! Yet… you said it's just a 'MERE FLOWER' and Touya is the one I should love? Who are you to make the decision for me!" She leans forward, "All these time… ALL THESE TIME I HAVE… I have…"
Memories of Touko crying multiple time, how many times she mistaken alot of green hair men with a cap as N in the Declora islands and the Kanto region.

Pokemon who were sleeping around them wakes up from the argument.
Without noticing, it's already early morning.
"N you idiot!"
She takes out Pokeball, puts all of her pokemon back into the Pokeball and runs out of the forest.
Sweddle climbs to N with worried look on its face.
N dips his head down, clenching both of his fists.

His heart is feeling aching, and hurt.
He grasps against his heart, he's trembling.
He let jealousy stand in his way…
No that's it… from the start he has always been jealous the thought he has about Touya and Touko being together…
He finally meet Touko…
Yet… he screws it up…
He has made her cried…


A/N: Touko runs away and is hurt by N's words,
All the misunderstanding and trust,
where will their relationship lead them?
On top of that, what are Touya's action?
Stay tune for next chapter!