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Chapter 39: Sleepless Night
It was around 2 AM and Frost and Cynthia had just walked out of the mobile HQ, when Cynthia commented.
"You know it was pretty smart of you to let the crowd leave before you gave the orders for the morning."
Frost just shrugged his shoulders and replied "Well it makes things easier and also the others seemed tired so I let them rest."
[So he is thoughtful for his team as well.] Cynthia thought as the pair continued their walk to the elevator.
Now inside Frost simply pressed the button for the suite where Cynthia was staying and the elevator started it's ascent.
Cynthia took this time to comprehend what had happened the day before where Frost battled and beat [Much to her surprise.] Steven in a one-one and how she gave Steven the letter to settle everything that was between them once and for all.
[I am surprise Steven didn't question anything and just accepted it, I should have done it a long time ago.] she thought as the door of the elevator swung open and her thinking was interrupted by Frost.
"Here is your stop Champion, sleep well."
"Huh! ya you too Frost sleep well..." she said as she walked out but as the door was about to close Cynthia realised something and immediately stopped the door of the elevator closing with her leg.
"Frost I don't feel sleepy at all." she dead panned.
It was at that moment Frost also realised something and asked
"Cynthia... How many cups of Rain's tea did you drink?"
"About three, I mean it was pretty good tea."
Frost just face palmed not at Cynthia but at his own foolishness.
"I am sorry I should have warned you." he said apologetically.
"Why? What happened?" Cynthia asked.
"Cynthia you won't be able to sleep tonight." Frost said.
"Frost... What was in that tea?" Cynthia demanded.
"Well it's Rain's recipe so I don't know but what I do know is that it is very effective at cutting sleep." Frost confessed.
"Oh I see, so the effect of the tea will wear out right?" Cynthia asked now slightly worried.
"Of course but considering you drank 3 cups it may take almost 4-5 hours for the effect to wear out." Frost confirmed.
"So I am basically on a heavy dose of caffeine right now."
"Knowing Rain and Coffee, no it is much worse than just a 'heavy dose of caffeine'."Frost said apologetically.
"I am sorry I should have paid more attention, this is my fault." Frost added.
At this Cynthia chuckled and responded "Are you kidding me, how this your fault you didn't force the tea on me I drank it of my own free will Frost."
"But I could have warned you of it's effects earlier, also you didn't sleep yesterday after the meeting ,as well pulling two all nighters is a bad idea." Frost said as he walked out of the elevator door.
"You don't have to wait for me to fall asleep Frost you could go back to sleep you have to go to that shipping company's office with Rain tomorrow."
"I know but the least I can do is help you fall asleep faster." he said as he started walking towards her room.
"Wait, don't tell me you are gonna sing me a lullaby now Frost." teased Cynthia.
"What! No I have something better in mind."
30 Minutes and Quick Run To The Hotel's Pantry Later
"So your solution to Rain's tea is this." Cynthia asked looking suspiciously at the mug that Frost handed her.
"Hot Chocolate Milk ,trust me this makes me fall asleep the fastest." Frost said looking proudly at his creation.
Cynthia looked at the mug and then back at Frost who had already made himself comfortable on a chair in Cynthia's room and as she sipped on the hot drink she asked.
"So who taught you how to cook?"
Frost although taken back by this question replied in a softer tone "It was my teacher, she saw how pathetic my cooking my was so she decided to at least teach me the basics, the rest well that came from practice."
"So there was a time when you also couldn't cook as well" Cynthia taunted smugly.
Frost just chuckled and countered "Well I could still boil water Champion." which made Cynthia blush red and say
"Hey not cool."
"You started it Champion." Frost said and suddenly a flash appeared from Frost's coat revealing it to be Ninetales.
Cynthia wasn't gonna lie she really liked that Ninetales not for it's obvious beauty and appeal but for it's mysterious personality and surprisingly timid nature.
"Hello sweetheart how have you been?" asked Cynthia to the Alolan Vixen who in reply just twirled around Cynthia majestically and then proceeded to pounce on Frost who had just finished his drink and was now basically lying on the couch because of Ninetales refusing to move from on top of him.
"I missed you too." Frost managed to squeeze out a voice as he continued to stroke Ninetales.
Cynthia just adored a loving relation between Trainer and Pokemon anytime of the day and seeing Frost and Ninetales made her remind herself of the same.
"So how long have you too been together?" she asked knowing well enough that Frost was probably not gonna answer personal questions as so but to her surprise Frost answered.
"Ever since I became who I am right now this one has stayed right besides me." he said as he continued to stroke the Pokemon laying in complete peace over his body.
Cynthia just hummed in response.
"What about you and your Garchomp I read some interesting articles about your archaeological endeavours with him."
"Well I already told you before ever since I found him in the Celestic Town ruins as a child he has been my best friend and I was always into ruin exploration considering I was born in a town famous for it's ruins." Cynthia justified Frost's doubts.
"I did visit Celestic town a long time..." Frost began but this alerted Cynthia's attention in a wrong way as she considered why a guy with a professional expertise as his would visit her hometown.
Frost who saw the uneasiness in her eyes replied "Relax it wasn't for mission, the team wanted to take the time off and well... I wanted to visit the Celestic ruins."
"Wow I didn't think you would be the type to take interest in such things." Cynthia was genuinely surprised.
"Well I like to visit new places its not a particular interest in archaeology I am afraid." Frost replied with a wry smile.
"Aww and here I thought I found a like minded person." Cynthia showed disappointment.
"Hehe." Frost chuckled softly so he doesn't disturb the Pokemon laying on top of him.
The two of them chatted for some more time about random topics ranging from Archaeology to cooking both of them sharing and enjoying each others experiences in each time flew by for both of them but soon Cynthia realized that for Frost who had work to do after waking up it was fairly late and she was not more sleepy than the start of their conversation.
"Frost you should go to sleep now it's late don't worry about me I still have work as Champion to do and considering it's daytime in Sinnoh right now I would be able to do just fine."
Although Cynthia raised a valid point a small portion in Frost's heart didn't want this time to end but alas work was work and someone had to do it.
"Yes I suppose I should leave now thank you for your Hospitality Cynthia."
"Your welcome and thank you for your company it was fun." she said as she stood up to get her Laptop from her bag.
Frost tried to do the same albeit to leave was unable to do so because of a certain creature now fully asleep on top of him.
Frost saw the peaceful expression on the sleeping Pokemon's face and only a single thought crossed his mind
[I don't wanna wake he up, seeing her like this is a rare sight.] he thought as his own facial expressions warmed up significantly a fact not missed by Cynthia of-course.
"You can sleep here if you want I don't mind." Cynthia chirped in from the table across the room while still concentrated in her work.
" Don't worry I'll wake her up." Frost said as he knew Staying the night would be outstaying his welcome.
Cynthia on the other hand stopped him in the act and reassured "Really it's fine I don't mind plus I don't want to disturb her when she has such a pretty sleeping face." Cynthia pointed out and being completely Honest Frost could not deny this.
After little bit of self assurance Frost agreed
"Thank you Cynthia I appreciate it." he said as he allowed himself to rest on the sofa.
After a short while Cynthia glanced over her shoulder to see a seemingly asleep Pokemon and Trainer duo on the sofa and she thought seemingly because just a few seconds in her observation of the two Frost spoke up
"Champion if you are gonna keep staring at me I wouldn't be able to sleep." he said with his eyes still closed."
Cynthia immediately turned her flushed face back on her work as she said
"Sorry I didn't mean to.. I mean I wasn't starring I was just seeing if you were actually sleeping but how did you see me?" she asked as she fumbled with embarrassment.
"Simple I didn't." Frost replied as he opened his eyes and used his Coat's jacket to cover Ninetales up along with himself.
Cynthia realised that she had been played with by a simple bluff and as she tried to justify further Frost cut her by saying
"Good night Cynthia." Frost said honestly and shortly after fell asleep for real this time a fact that Cynthia confirmed by staring at them again multiple times.
Now fully sure that Frost was asleep Cynthia went back to her work which was probably gonna last her the night.
Frost woke up at around 7:30 in the morning and realised that Ninetales was no longer on him as he jerked awake in concern he was relieved to see her observing a now sleeping Cynthia as she had her head resting on her hands on the table with a closed laptop on the side.
Frost took this time to wash his face with water he obviously was not gonna bath in Cynthia's room so he just freshened up making minimum noise.
As he was done he saw Cynthia again still sleeping on the table but this time took his time observing her face carefully.
[She is very pretty even in her sleep.] this was the first time Frost actually considered that Cynthia was in fact a very charming lady but he didn't really pursue this thought as he realised that he had to be somewhere and he hadn't even taken a bath yet.
Quickly retrieving Ninetales back into her Pokeball (After talking to her about it of course) he was ready to leave and was about to but stopped once more to sneak a glance at the sleeping face of Cynthia.
[Damn I am gonna regret this later.] thought Frost as he slowly made his way towards the table Cynthia was resting on.
[Please don't be awake.] he prayed as he gently pulled her chair back and lifted her in his arms moving as carefully as possible he placed her on the King size bed of her suite and covered her with fresh set of sheets before softly whispering
"Sleep well Champion."
Author's Notes:-
Sorry for the delayed update but from now on the rest of the Chapters will be delayed quite a bit since I am actually touching up the drafts I have hand-written for the upcoming Chapters. Trust me I am not abandoning this Story I just haven't hand-written the later Chapters and unless I do that I won't be posting updates but fear not I am writing them as you read this and normal updates will return in a few weeks free to review and ask questions regarding the story and don't forget to follow my work your support is greatly appreciated the next Chapter will be about Rain and Frost as they investigate the shipping company's office hope you guys wait for it's arrival.
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