Chapter 14: Dinner Date?
Frost was reading a newspaper on the recent Pokemon battle between Cynthia and Tobias when he saw Ninetales had returned back with his Pokegear.
"Thank you did you have any trouble on the way here." he said while petting the Pokemon.
"Nine-Ninetales" replied the fox while denying any problems.
"Alright that's good, now lets see where is the Champion." he said while opening the Pokegear.
"Oh they have already reached a while ago well then I should probably find her now." he said to Ninetales as he read the text from Alex.
"Thanks again Ninetales, you should return now since I will be going to a crowded place now." he told the ice/fairy type while recalling her back into her premiere ball.
As Frost made his way to the reception in order to ask for Cynthia's room number but stopped when he saw Cynthia herself leaving the elevator. He waved to her and once she saw him also returned a smile and joined him.
"Took you long Champion?" he teased.
"No thanks to you Frost, you know how the press and police can be they grilled me half to death." Cynthia retorted.
"Well you made it in time and as promised I will buy dinner." he said.
"Now that's more like it you know I haven't eaten a proper meal in all day." said Cynthia while visibly happy from this.
"Follow me Champion." he said as they started walking towards the elevator.
"So where are we having food?" Cynthia asked while following Frost's lead.
"A friend's restaurant here at the Hotel itself it's name is 'Canvas' on the tenth floor." replied Frost as he pressed the elevator call button.
When the elevator did come they both entered and Cynthia pressed the button labled '10'.
The elevator ride itself was very quick and no words were exchanged between the two occupants only once the door opened Frost spoke.
"So what did you want to talk about that you asked me to buy dinner."
"Let's just get to the restaurant first." came a swift reply.
"Fine by me." added Frost.
While walking towards the restaurant our duo was met by a lot of stares, the fact that both of them were wearing blue wasn't helping but our pair didn't pay any attention to them as they swiftly walked past the hall and entered the restaurant, where Andrew greeted them.
"Welcome to Canvas, oh it's you Frost and…." the Barkeep gasped when he saw who Frost was here with as he thought (Maya is so gonna regret leaving early today.) and continuing is greetings said "The Champion of Sinnoh…."
"Please call me Cynthia you must be friend's with Frost." said Cynthia calmly.
"Sure am ma'am, Frost mind explaining what is happening here." he said while looking at Frost.
"Exactly what you think me and The Champion are having dinner at your place so did you reserve a seat for us." replied Frost swiftly as if nothing was out of place.
"Ahem.. ya of course your table is in the west balcony." Andrew said while gesturing him to follow him.
While walking through the restaurant Frost heard many whisper's regarding Cynthia and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy by the unnecessary attention the two of them were getting.
"Looks like someone doesn't like being watched." teased Cynthia while continuing to walk behind Andrew.
Seeing the smirk on Cynthia's face Frost replied "You do realize that this can be in tomorrow's paper considering you are the Sinnoh Champion." replied Frost.
Cynthia just chuckled in response much to Frost's surprise.
"Did I say something funny?" asked Frost unsure of himself.
"No it's nothing, by the way did you get your injuries treated." said Cynthia while changing the topic.
"They were just a few bruises Champion nothing I can't live through." replied Frost.
Cynthia was about to object Frost for this but stopped when Andrew spoke up.
"Here you go this is your seat please make yourselves comfortable while I get the menus." said Andrew while leaving.
The table was a lone one on the small west balcony overlooking the Lumious Tower. The balcony itself was dimly lit and the serene night lights of Lumious City provided a very peaceful and romantic experience overall.
Frost pulled a chair for Cynthia and helped her settle first like a gentleman and only afterwards sat down himself.
"Here you go." Andrew said while handing both of them the menu.
Frost ordered the day's special and Cynthia ordered the same.
"Two specialty lasagna's it is your order will be here soon." said Andrew with a bow as he left leaving our duo alone.
"So what did you want to talk about?" asked frost as he drank some water.
"Well three things actually." replied Cynthia.
Frost just listened.
"Firstly I wanted to express my gratitude towards you for helping me out in the morning." said Cynthia in a somewhat shy tone.
"You don't have to thank me Champion I was just doing my job." said Frost.
"No really I was starting to lose my cool back then I you being there really helped." added Cynthia.
"Well in that case your welcome, although even if I wouldn't have come you would have thought of something else and gotten out on your own." added Frost while accepting Cynthia's thanks.
"But in that case I wouldn't have gotten out without a scratch."said Cynthia with a smile.
"True but really Champion, I know I am starting to sound like a broken record here but you were really brave out there I know many ranger's who are not able to keep calm when in face of danger unlike you."
It was an honest statement which made Cynthia somewhat blush but she recovered and added.
"Ahem coming back to business, I also wanted to know whether you had any information regarding why the Champion's were called here in Kalos."
"Actually I was about to ask you the same, I wasn't really informed about the details my only objective was to make sure you reach Lumious Tower safely today and we all know how that went." replied Frost.
"So why involve the ranger's for such a small task of escorting us." asked Cynthia.
"All I know is that the ranger's were requested personally by Mr. Goodshow of the PLA." added Frost.
"I see so your guess is as good as mine at this point." said Cynthia while sighing.
"Pretty much Champion."
"Damn and I was hoping that you will be able to tell me something about it that is why I tried to find out about you before I even boarded the plane." said Cynthia.
"Sorry to disappoint." chuckled Frost while sipping water.
"Well I can't do anything about that now can we." said Cynthia as a waiter came and places two glasses of white wine on the table.
"Excuse me but we didn't order this." objected Frost.
"It is on the house sir." said the waiter as he left.
Frost peeked over Cynthia to see Andrew showing Frost a thumbs up and grinning like a Gengar.
"Your friend is really rooting for us isn't he." said Cynthia while taking a sip from the new beverage.
Frost just sighed and said
"Well that is what I get for taking an international celebrity out on a whim."
"Why did you agree to come anyways, sorry if I am being rude but Alex told me that you don't really go out on dinner dates." said Cynthia.
"Really she said that, well I suppose I do have that reputation after all." replied a bit shocked Frost.
"Well I have been curious too you know about who you are for sometime now wanna tell me about yourselves." asked Cynthia while twirling the wine glass in her hands.
"What do you want to know." asked Frost while sipping wine.
"Well let's start with your name."
"You already know that it's Frost." smiled Frost wrly.
Cynthia just stared at him and added "Do you honestly think I would fall for that, it's pretty obvious that Frost is not you given name."
(This women is pretty smart when she is calm, I better keep my guard up around her.) thought Frost while replying.
"And why do you think that Champion."
"Stop avoiding the question and just say it."
"I am afraid I can't do that ma'am." replied Frost sincerely.
"Let me guess it's confidential information, just like everything else about you." retorted Cynthia.
Frost simply smiled at that much to Cynthia's annoyance.
"Seriously just who are you, because I know for sure that you are no ordinary ranger but the fact that there was no personal info on you is just weird." added Cynthia.
Frost sighed as he knew in order for Cynthia to stop poking her nose around for information and inevitably get in trouble he needed to give her something.
"Champion if I tell you something about myself will you stop looking for information on me." he asked.
"Depends on what you tell me."
"Alright, I can't tell you my name because firstly it's in another language so you won't be able to pronounce it anyways and secondly my ranked ranger's have to keep there personal data off the network that is why your secretary couldn't find anything on me when she tried hacking into the database yesterday evening." he said.
"Wait I never mentioned any secretary." exclaimed Cynthia.
"You are not the only one who is allowed to collect information you know." Frost added with a mischievous smile on his face.
"Please continue..." said Cynthia while being embarrassed of being caught red handed.
"Anyways what was I saying ah yes my ranked ranger's, Champion are you aware of the different divisions of the Pokemon ranger's." Frost asked.
"Vaguely yes." came the only reply.
"In that case I will explain it as simply as I can, you see there are two major categories when it comes to rangers 'Generalized' and 'specialist'. While the 'Generalized' category has various sub-parts that I won't be going into, basically they are you average pokemon ranger's that you see mostly like Alex for example."
"Then what about the 'Specialist' type?" questioned Cynthia while sipping her drink, keenly listening to the man sitting in front of her.
"As the name suggests they are the Ranger's that specialize in particular field these Ranger's are ranked above 'Generalized' Ranger's because they have additional training on top of the general training."
"I see so you are a 'Specialist' type I presume." said Cynthia
"You catch on quick Champion, and yes I am one of the latter." replied Frost while sipping wine.
"That still doesn't explain why you can't tell me your name thou?"huffed Cynthia.
"Due to the nature of the work assigned to 'Specialist' types our identities must remain unknown for security purposes." added Frost as he finished up his explanation.
After looking Frost I his eyes Cynthia said "Well that's the most I have heard you talk since I morning so I guess I am satisfied with that but still I won't say that I am not curious now." said Cynthia.
"Thank you for understanding Champion." said Frost.
"Enough of the serious talk it's ruining the atmosphere." said Cynthia now looking relaxed.
"I agree." added Frost further welcoming a change of topic.
"Well I asked my questions do you want to ask something before the food arrives." suggested Cynthia.
"Yes actually I do."
"Go on then we still have time."
"You know Champion you remind me of someone very close to me." said Frost.
"Who?"
"My teacher she had the same eyes as yours." said Frost while staring into the blonde's gray pupils.
"Is that why you were staring at me when you entered the plane this morning?" asked Cynthia while smiling behind her wine glass.
"Well partly yes but I was staring mostly because I was still processing the part that you were holding a bomb in your hand." chuckled Frost.
Both of them laughed at this before Cynthia asked "So your teacher what is she like?"
Frost's expression slightly staggered because of this but he continued to speak
"She was one of the most talented ranger of her time and was also an extremely strong willed women." added Frost.
Cynthia wasn't an idiot to miss the fact that Frost used the term 'was' twice in that sentence so she lowered her eyes slightly and asked softly
"How did it happen?"
"Killed in action." was Frost's only reply as he also hung his head low.
"I am sorry I didn't..." Cynthia could not complete her sentence as Frost cut in by saying.
"Don't be."
The air grew tense around the two because of the silence as Frost was the first one to break the ice.
"We don't have to be so depressed about it you know."
"No it wasn't that it's just that I know what it feels like to lose someone important." replied Cynthia.
"It is a very strong feeling." added Frost.
"Sure is." sighed Cynthia as she took another sip from her glass.
"This wine is really good you know, and we even got it for free because they think we were on a date, I suppose asking you out wasn't a bad idea after all." said Cynthia in order to leave the gloomy atmosphere behind.
"Am I suppose to take that as a compliment." chirped Frost as he eyed the half empty glass in his hand.
"Geez I was only trying to lighten the mood a bit." said Cynthia.
"That's very kind of you Champi..."
"Cynthia." cut in Cynthia as she had grown tired of him calling her by her title.
"That is very kind of you Cynthia." rephrased Frost.
"Better." replied Cynthia with a warm smile.
Just after this Andrew returned with their food in hand and said.
"Sorry for the delay guys, had to deal with a mob of people trying to enter the place looking for you two took me ages to explain to them that we are a reservation only restaurant."
Frost just sighed as he was getting ticked of by the attention but then he saw Cynthia trying to hide her smile behind her glass when he said
"You seem to be enjoying this?" he asked the gigling Champion.
"Well it's just funny to see a calm individual such a yourself be irritated by just a few onlookers." Cynthia justified while still stiffling a laugh.
"Haha very funny." replied Frost in monotone.
Andrew who witnessed Frost's different demenour around the Champion started a conversation with her
"You must one of a kind miss because this is the first time i have seen Frost speachless."
"Well thank you and i suppose I do have that effect on people." replied Cynthia while looking at Frost with a wry smile.
Andrew chuckled and said "Well if that's the case please enjoy your dinner." before leaving the two alone again.
Both of them finished their meals in relative peace and were now gazing at the nightlife of Lumious City while finishing the wine that was still left.
"This dinner wasn't half bad was it?." Cynthia asked while still drinking wine from her glass.
"Well if you consider the fact that most of the people think we are on a date 'half bad' then I suppose it wasn't bad." replied Frost while finishing his drink completely.
"Regardless of what other people say it was really nice talking to you like this without anyone interruptions." said Cynthia while diverting her gaze towards Frost.
"I suppose it was quite nice to talk to you like this." Frost said while now looking into Cynthia's eyes.
Both of them forgot about the city lights as they gazed into each others eyes for a solid minute while thinking the same thing in their minds.
(We should do this more often.)
It was Cynthia who snapped out of her stupor first and averted her gaze from Frost hurriedly and said
"It's getting late now we I should be going now."
"Ya me too." said Frost while snapping out himself.
As Frost paid the bill for their food both of them stopped before the door realizing the crowd of people still waiting outside.
"I am not walking out of that door." said Frost while stopping in his tracks.
After seeing the situation with her own eyes Cynthia said
"I'll second you on that, but how are we suppose to leave now?".
Frost eyed the Restaurant carefully before replying "We can always use your Garchomp but then an easier method would be to jump out of the balcony."
"May I remind you that we are on the tenth floor." Cynthia deadpanned.
"That is why we jump out of that balcony, because it has the ninth floor balcony just underneath it." said Frost while pointing at north balcony.
"Oh… But is it safe?" asked Cynthia.
"Probably" said Frost before taking a leap of faith.
"Wait…." Cynthia's sentence was cut short as she saw him jump.
When she rushed to see if he was alright she saw that he had already dusted himself and was completely unharmed.
"It's safe." confirmed Frost from the lower Balcony.
"Don't scare me like that ever again." Cynthia said while taking a sigh of relief.
"Are you coming or what." asked Frost.
"If you would have stopped before you jumped you would have noticed I am wearing a dress." retorted Cynthia a bit loudly for Frost to hear it.
"So what I can catch you if you like."
"No thanks." replied Cynthia sternly.
"Suit yourself, just make sure to walk out of that place with a helmet on." replied Frost sarcastically.
Cynthia gritted her teeth as she knew Frost was right so she steeled herself and climbed the railing and said "You better not drop me." in a threatening manner.
"I wouldn't dream of it." replied Frost in a reassuring tone.
With that Cynthia jumped and just before she was about to hit the ground was caught safely by Frost.
"See I told you I'll catch you."
'Ya ya now can you put me down, this is embarrassing." said Cynthia with a blush.
Frost soon realized that he was holding Cynthia bridal style be it for only he few seconds so he wasted no time in helping Cynthia to her feet before slightly blushing himself.
"So where are we?" asked Cynthia.
"The eigth floor is a pokemon Stadium so the ninth should be the observation gallery for the stadium."
"Well in that case all we need to do is walk to the elevator on this floor right."asked Cynthia.
"Yes." replied Frost.
As Cynthia opened the door to enter the observation deck she saw a familiar face in the stadium with someone she stopped instantly and smiled asking Frost
"Hey are you interested in a Pokemon battle?"
Author's Notes:
Oh god that was long to write but anyways enjoy this long chapter as I am now free of my tests. Also the ship has sailed for our two protagonists, but who was the person Cynthia saw to find out follow the story and don't forget to review what your feelings are on my work. Till the next time.
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