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IN HIS LANGUAGE
After a long track in the chilly mountains of north, our heroes had finally found a pokemon centre and they were in full mood to take all the advantage of it.
"ah, we finally reached a pokemon centre, I can't wait to eat. Mew, I am so hungry, are you hungry too buddy?" Ash spoke petting pikachu
"Pika pi" pikachu replied with a faint blush
"Well, let's hurry, I think the canteen will close soon" brock advised and started walking towards the canteen
Misty, the third and the female member of the group was not paying attention to the boys. Her eyes were fixed on a couple, who were cuddling with each other on the couch of the lobby watching a movie from the tv screen. Due to the festive season, the pokemon centre was showing extra hospitality to the trainers who weren't able to travel back home.
Misty had a small smile, and a little hope in her eyes that she will have what the couple have in her future, if a certain raven head allowed. She blushed at her thoughts and hugged togepi tightly sighing sadly.
"Come on Misty, stop smiling creepily at strangers. You'll scare them" Ash grunted.
"ha-ha very funny" Misty stuck out her tongue at him and walked away from the lobby
After an hour, the trio was back at the lobby, where brock was adjusting/flirting with nurse joy for their rooms. Misty was tried, so she went and sat down on the couch. She noticed that the couple were not there anymore, but a lot of CDs of cliché Christmas romance movies were left. She even found her favourite movie among them.
"What's up? You seem quiet since we arrived her, is everything okay?" Ash asked, his eyes were full of concern, oh, how beautiful brown his eyes were.
"Um, ya I am fine, it's just…" Misty broke the sentence mid-way. How can she tell Ash that she wants to cuddle and watch a movie with him and just enjoy the night?
"What? Oh, is this the movie that you told me about? 'The Christmas Princess' so you want to watch it huh? Ash inquired, he picked up the CDs and started reading its description written on it.
"Ah, what a cliché, princess falls in love with the prince, kiss, the family opposes, fight fight fight, everything gets back to normal, they marry" He sigh and placed the CD down.
"Well, a lot of people like that cliché stuff, because they don't get it in real life and movies are the only source of some happiness" Misty snapped rudely.
"Who needs love when you can become a pokemon master" Ash snapped back.
"They are two different things: Love and career. And you don't choose between them" Misty argued back. How can she fall in love with someone who doesn't even know what love is? She sighed inwardly.
"Yeah, whatever, pokemon-human relation is far better than human-human relations. How cute pokemon are, they fight for you, they obey you, they are your best friends. Human relations are complicated. At least my parents were" Ash sighed and bend his neck back on the back rest
Well, he had a point. For sure Pokémons were less complicated than humans. Humans tend to curtain their feelings most of the time, while Pokémons were straight forward. It makes it easier to understand them. And the irony is that they don't even speak the human language. But it is wisely said that action speaks louder than words.
But in case of Misty, even if she shows a grand gesture to tell ash that she likes him, he won't understand. Although, this conversation did strike an idea in her mind, to maybe subtly hint him about her deep feelings.
"Maybe it's just that you haven't met or realised the person you love?" Misty said with a hope
"I don't know, that's not what is on my mind, all these mushy stuff eww" Ash made a disgusted face.
"Ash! Don't say it like that, kissing, hugging your partner is a nice thing to do, it makes them feel appreciated. Just how you pet pikachu, or cuddle with him at night" Misty roared back with her hopeless romantic views.
"Its different with pikachu, he is my pokemon, my partner, my best friend" Ash pouted.
"It is not very different. I mean just try to understand it like this" Misty turned towards him and folded her legs. He turned around to face her. A small blush kept on her face when she saw his confused and curious eyes. she loved his eyes the most. They had a magical calming effect which can increase her heartbeat in a second.
"You have pikachu, like the one pokemon who is always with you. You have around 15-16 Pokémons if we don't count your tauros. Even when we started a new journey to Johto, you left all your Pokémons except pikachu, right? He is special for you, more than your other Pokémons"
"Uh, yes, pikachu is more like a best friend than a pokemon, he is one of my strongest pokemon, and he is my starter pokemon, my first pokemon I got on my journey, he has been with me since day one. He understands me and I understand him. We have a great bond" Ash pondered.
"Ya, and that makes him different than your other Pokémons. Now, think of your other Pokémons as your friends that you meet and pikachu as the person you like the most, in more than a friend way" Misty said with a satisfaction.
"Hm, Maybe, it makes sense, I love all my Pokémons, but pikachu is different, he is more special than them" Ash replied.
"See, that's how it works, you find this one person, for whom you feel different than you normally do for your friends. Um, sometimes it can also be your friend and you just haven't realised that you like them as more than a friend" Misty subtly tried to induce the idea of friends becoming lovers so maybe, just maybe he would consider what she wants.
"Does that happen? I don't know that's kind of interesting? Having a person that you love the most who loves you back, you care for and get it back, like we do with our Pokémons but having that bond with a human? I mean, it didn't happen with my parents, my dad-" Ash started, but stopped at the mention of his dad. He hardly talks about him, and neither has misty seen Mrs Ketchum talk about him.
Maybe seeing his parents break up, or seeing his mother cry over his dad, made him uninterested in love? And he directed all his devotion and mind into pokemon training? Misty didn't dare to ask. It was too early to ask a deep question like this. Maybe they'll get back to this topic in the future
"Hey guys, we have got the room 29" Brock came back from the counter and soon as he spoke, he sensed a tension in the atmosphere. He felt that Ash and Misty, both were thinking about something. He didn't ask.
"Oh, thanks brock, we'll come in after sometimes, you can go and settle in." Ash replied with gratitude.
"Okay sure, should I take pikachu with me?" Brock asked partly looking at Misty. He knew she would enjoy some time alone with Ash The older breeder knew about Misty's crush on his younger companion. Not that she told him, she would never admit it to anyone.
"Yes, thank you brocko" Ash replied and Brock and pikachu started to walk back.
"Hey, Brock, you keep on hitting on different girls. Why don't you wait for your true love?" Ash asked with curiosity. Brock turned around to face them, and looked at Misty, he knew she did something to intrigue ash on the topic of romance. He smiled at her and gave the answer.
"I am trying to find her, that's why I try on all the girls I see, maybe she is one of the people that I meet on the journey? I am not lucky like you who gets his true love right at his door step and don't even have to try to persuade her" Brock winked at Misty and walked away.
"Huh? What does he mean by that?" Ash turned back to Misty.
"I don't know" she murmured lightly with a heavy blush on her face.
"Hmm, have you found him? Ash asked after a small-time span of silence
"I don't know, maybe-maybe not" she fumbled at her words. Her blush darker as before.
"And all this stuff like kissing and hugging do they really feel as good as they show in these movies" Ash asked. He was actually intrigued by this topic. He was a quick learner, and always gave his best in everything did. She can never imagine what it would feel like to kiss him. She can already sense the butterflies just by thinking about it.
"Yes, pikachu always purrs when you give him chin striches and cuddle him, it means he likes it. And even you like to do it for him right? With the right person, everything feels right" Misty explained and unconsciously moved closer to him.
It was getting cold. And Misty was quite satisfied with the conversation she had with Ash. They would generally talk about pokemon, or their journey or their career related dreams. This was the first time they had a deep conservation about love. And by the way Ash asked questions, it seemed that he might be slightly interested in love. It was a start. She was quite happy with herself. She managed to crack a little of his denseness.
"Come on we should probably go to bed; Nurse joy will be switching off the lights in 15 minutes." Misty yawned.
"Can I try?" Ash asked.
"Try what" Misty asked standing up and stretched her hands
"To kiss you?" Ash replied bluntly standing up and close to her.
Misty gasped; did she hear it correctly? He wants to kiss her? Wait what is happening. She soon finds herself to nod at him. Words not exiting her dry mouth
Ash closed up to her, inches left between their mouth. Misty shuts her eyes close. Suddenly she finds her lips captured between his. He clearly didn't know how to kiss, but neither did she. And despite all this the feeling she felt was more than words could ever describe. It felt that either she was going to float or she was going to melt. And everything that held her stable was Ash's hand on her waist. It wasn't passionate but it was sweet and dreamy.
"Uh, that, I-it felt-t good" Ash blurted out as he broke the kiss, they were still standing close and both were holding each other.
"Hmm umm" Misty managed to produce some kind of sound. It felt more than good for her. It was surreal.
"don't get me wrong but all those things that we discussed, all those qualities of true love, it all matches with you. Brock and Tracey and all the other people I have met along the journey they all are close to me and special. But you, I guess you are different, like pikachu, you are always with me, brock left us on orange islands, even Tracey left us, but you were always there, next to me for all my journeys. I like when we are together, just talking or when we hold hands so that we don't get lost. I like all those moments. I feel that maybe you are the right person for me" Ash said nervously rubbing his neck.
Misty could feel the sincerity in his words and his eyes. She smiled at him and looked down nervously. Being the centre of Ash's attention was new and exciting. It made her feel giddy inside.
"You understand me, I know you care for me, you keep my ego in check, you support me, I may not say it on daily basis, but I appreciate it" Ash said sweetly blushing.
"I feel the same for you Ash, for a long time. I love you" Misty replied back to his confession, blushing like a mess.
"Misty, I am still new to the concept of love. I don't know if I can say I love you back right now, but I feel different for you" he said timidly
"I understand Ash, and I am more than ready to explore it ahead with you" Misty winked back at him with confidence. Ash smiled again and nodded.
Misty pulled him back for another kiss, this time her taking the lead, and thus making it more passionate.
"Okay kids, I know you are evolving into adults but no need to start making out anywhere at any time, please go to your room and sleep" Nurse joy entered the lobby after her nightly inspection of the injured Pokémons to close the centre.
Ash and Misty shyly broke apart. And apologised to Nurse joy and started walking back to the room
"Hey, Mist?" Misty blushed at the nickname and nodded towards him
"Are we dating? Are you, my girlfriend?" he asked blushing. He was so cute when he was nervous
"I guess if you want. We can try" Misty smiled at him. This felt like a dream. But still somewhere deep down she always felt that this would come true. She was a smart girl. She had found her true love in a first sight.
"Cool, maybe this is not so bad" Ash sighed as he held her hand.
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