Hikari was reluctant to open her eyes, wanting to stay nestled in the warm sheets. Finally she sighed, blinking against the light as she forced herself into a sitting position She looked over at the clock, sighing again. It was 7:09 am, too early for a girl on a vacation to be waking up! Nevertheless, she hoisted herself out of bed, shuffling to the bathroom. Grabbing her toothbrush out of her bag, she began brushing her teeth, blue eyes staring quizzically at the blue eyes in the mirror. The quiet was refreshing; no one was banging at her door, asking for a fight, no mother to fret over her, no one wanting anything. Just herself. She could set the pace, she could choose what to do. She smiled, rinsing her mouth out. She could get used to it.

She took more time than usual to get ready, washing her face until it was pink, taking time to brush every kink out of her hair until it was silky smooth, then flipping it up into a messy bun on the top of her head. She dressed warm, changing into a pink sweater with a black vest and black pants, her red scarf wrapped loosely around her neck. She grabbed her pink belt and buckled it around her waist, her Pokéballs already strapped tight to it. Slipping on her boots, she opened her door to head out into the hallway. However, someone was already there, Hikari running into them.

"Oh! You're already up." She looked up at the person she had run into. Jun had his hand raised as if to knock on the open air, looking down at Hikari. He backed away from her, allowing her out into the hallway.

Hikari closed the door, making sure it was locked. "Why wouldn't I be up?"

Jun shrugged, smiling. "I figured you'd try to sleep in." He had dressed warm as well, wearing a black sweater underneath his normal orange-and-white stripped jacket.

She was slightly offended by the comment, even though she knew it to be true. She reached up and ruffled Jun hair, the blond squeaking at the action.

"Hey! It takes a lot of time to get my hair like this!" He patted his bangs down desperately, although he still couldn't keep a smile off his face.

Hikari smiled devilishly, looking around him. "Where's Kouki?"

"Huh? Oh, he already headed downstairs. I was supposed to get you for breakfast." As if on cue, Jun's stomach growled, causing the boy to laugh sheepishly.

Hikari smiled. "Well let's go! I don't want the food getting cold."

Jun smile grew larger; he grabbed the girl by the wrist and dragged her down the hallway, the prospect of food spurring him on.

Hikari was dragged all the way down to the table, Jun dumping her there to go raid the breakfast buffet. She sighed, taking a seat to regain her breath. Kouki, a plate already in front of him, chuckled. "Good morning. Did you take a morning jog, or something?"

She smiled, watching Jun pile things on his plate. "Not voluntarily." She turned to Kouki. "Did you have a good sleep? You look a little tired."

She had got Kouki mid yawn; he closed his mouth, smiling. "I guess you could say that." He rubbed an eye with the back of his hand. "Jun woke me up at the crack of dawn…I don't know how he can be so chipper in the morning."

Hikari found herself yawning, Kouki's fatigue infectious. "I don't know. I wish I knew his secret, though."

Jun rushed back to the table, balancing a overloaded plate in one hand, and a plate balanced on top of a glass of orange juice in the other. He sat the loaded plate in front of him and the smaller plate along with the orange juice in front of Hikari. "There! All your favorites!"

Hikari looked at the plate, her mouth watering at the array of food. "Thank you!"

He smiled, pulling out his chair. As soon as he made contact with the seat, he began shoveling food into his mouth, both Kouki and Hikari watching him wide-eyed.

Kouki shook his head, nibbling on a piece of bacon. "I don't know if I should be amazed or appalled…"

"I'm amazed he stays as skinny as he does." She took a sip of her orange juice, feeling a twinge of jealousy. "I wish I could eat that much and not worry about gaining weight."

The other boy shrugged, finishing up his bacon. "He probably burns off all of that before noon, at the pace he goes."

Hikari giggled, nodding in agreement. "Maybe that's his secret."

Jun frowned, a biscuit poking out of his mouth. "Ya gaish hak lik um nah wai hurr." His unintelligible comment only incited more laughter from the two. He tried to swallow the biscuit, managing to get the food lodged in his throat. He coughed madly, banging at his chest.

Hikari shook her head, handing Jun her glass of orange juice. He drained the whole thing, sighing in relief. She grabbed the cup from his hand, smirking. "If you weren't such a glutton, you wouldn't have this problem!"

Jun continued to eat, glaring at the girl. "I'm a growing boy! I need food!"

The girl continued to smirk, starting to eat her own food. "You're eating like you're a grown Snorlax."

The boy put down the piece of bacon he was about to consume, turning slowly to the girl. Now, it was war. "At least I'm eating healthy, Miss I-can't-go-to-bed-without-a-chocolate-bar."

Hikari put down her fork, returning the boys glare. "What does it matter if it's healthy if you eat it in tons? I don't think that's the healthiest thing to do. One day you're going to wake up and actually look like a Snorlax, too!"

"Well, if I do, I can always work it off! It's called exercise. Of course, you wouldn't know about that."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Oh please! The most exercise you get is walking downstairs to your chocolate hoard!"

"Pig!"

"Bum!"

Kouki watched the two fight, a smile plastered on his face. He looked down at his plate, picking at the food. Unexplainable envy settled at the bottom of his stomach. He felt out of place in their world. Why did it cause him to feel so envious to watch them fight?

"Kouki?"

He looked up suddenly, both of them looking worriedly at him. "Huh? Oh what?"

Hikari spoke up, looking at him with concern. "Um, I just asked if you were ready to go?"

Kouki smiled, standing up. "Oh, yes. I'm ready."

Jun smiled, flexing. "Okay! Let's go, guys!" He skipped his way out of the lounge, humming happily to himself.

"Kouki…" Hikari walked up to the boy, gently touching his arm. "Are you okay?"

Kouki smiled at her. "I'm fine."

Hikari continued to stare up at him, a slight frown on her face. "Are you sure?"

He nodded, the smile remaining unchanged. "I'm sure." He grabbed his jacket off the back of his chair, slipping it over his black sweater, readjusting his red scarf around his neck. He began to head out of the lounge, and then stopped, looking back at Hikari. "Come one. If we don't hurry up, Jun will have all our money."

"Y-Yeah." She rushed after him, the two heading outside.

"Jun, your going to get a cold." Hikari and Kouki watched the boy pile up snowballs, huddled together and shivering in their heavy coats against a pine tree, while the blond whistled contentedly in only his sweater and jacket.

He looked over at the two, grinning hugely. "If you guys don't move, you'll never warm up!" His face was devilish as his mass of snowy weapons of destruction grew larger.

"Jun, you're being stupid­­・" A wet blob struck the girl square on the face, sliding slowly into her jacket. Rambunctious laughed burst from the blond at Hikari's disgusted face; even Kouki couldn't stifle a chuckle or two before her glare silenced him.

Hikari gritted her teeth, both against the cold seeping in her jacket and her anger. Wordlessly, she gathered up her own ammo. While the blond was distracted with his uncontrollable laughter, she flung her snowball, hitting him on the side of the face. He was instantly silenced, wiping the snowy remains off his cheek. A smile grew on his face. "Now, it's on." He picked up another snowball casually, then quick as lightning, hurled it at the girl.

However, Hikari was quicker. She threw a Pokéball, smirking. "Lopunny! Counter!" The Pokémon immediately obeyed, and Jun found himself with more snow dripping down his face.

He shook his head out like a dog, pouting a bit. "No fair, bringing your Pokémon into this!"

Her smirk only grew. "Hey, this day was for them, wasn't it?" The boy attempted to lob another snowy mass at her; the Pokémon countered it without a command from Hikari, squeaking in delight. The snowball veered off course a bit, and instead of hitting Jun, hitting Kouki. Hikari and Jun laughed together at his astonished face.

"Hey! Why am I a part of this?" He gathered up his own snowball, flinging it at Jun, who managed to dodge.

"Why are you throwing it at me? She's the one who hit you!"

He gathered another ball together, this time managing to hit the other boy. "It was your snowball in the first place!"

Hikari giggled, lobbing another one at Jun. "You can't argue with that logic!"

Jun dove under the protection of his snowball wall, peaking above it when the assault ended. "Two against one? No fair!" He tossed a handful of Pokéballs in the air, a whole party of Pokémon backing him up. "Use Earthquake, Snorlax!" The huge Pokémon yawned, flopping down onto its back. The ground began to rumble, causing the tree Hikari and Kouki were standing under to rain snow on their heads.

Hikari, Kouki, and the Lopunny dug their way out of the snow, Jun cackling the whole time. Kouki grabbed his own Pokéball. "Alakazam! Psychic!" A huge chunk of the snow pile they had crawled out of lifted into the air, floating toward Jun. The ball lifted high over the boy's head, then suddenly came hurdling toward the earth, dropping onto his head.

Both sides stared at each other before bursting into laughter, a silent truce called between them. The rest of the Pokémon were let out of their Pokéballs to enjoy their vacation. Hikari's Pachirisu and Lopunny joined Kouki's Clefairy in a game of tag; her Gyarados, along with Jun's Empoleon, began to make tunnels through the snow as if it they were in water. Some of the other Pokémon huddled around Hikari's Infernape and Jun's Rapidash as if they were bonfires; Jun's Staraptor and Hikari's Noctowl took to the skies. Soon after they were let out, Jun recalled his Roserade and Heracross, while Kouki recalled his Toterra, the Pokémon not taking well to the cold.

The trainers stood back and watch their Pokémon enjoy their vacation, chatting amongst themselves.

Hikari turned to Kouki, her face flushed with happiness. "This was a great idea, Kouki! The Pokémon look as if they're having a lot of fun."

Kouki's face grew hot at her enthusiasm. He laughed nervously, looking away from her. "Heh heh…I just though the Pokémon would enjoy having a little vacation of their own. Although…" He looked a Jun, who was currently trying to figure out where his Empoleon would immerge from the snow next. The Pokémon leapt out of the right behind the boy, sailing over him into the snow. Jun shouted, running after the Pokémon. "…I think Jun might be enjoying himself the most."

Hikari laughed, watching the blond boy as well. "Well, Jun's not the type to do anything half-heartedly, work or play." She watched as the boy disappeared from sight, falling down one of the tunnels the water Pokémon had created. "I just wish he would think things through a little more."

Kouki chuckled as Jun crawled his way out of the hole, running after an amused looking Empoleon. "He leaps before he thinks." The boy's face grew melancholic. "It's a bit admirable, actually."

"You think so?" The blond boy finally caught up with the Pokémon, leaping onto its back. Both Pokémon and boy disappeared under the snow, popping up at random intervals with Jun laughing madly. Hikari sighed. "I'm just worried he's really going to screw up one of these days."

Kouki looked down at her, smiling. "If he does, you'll be there to pick him up."

Hikari smiled up at the boy. "That's what best friends do."

Jun ran up to the two, panting and laughing. "You guys have to try that! It's so much fun!" His face was pink from the cold, snow matted all over his body.

Hikari dusted some of the snow of the boy, giggling. "I'll take your word on it."

Jun wouldn't take no for an answer; he grabbed the girl by the arm, dragging her over to the Pokémon. He picked her up and sat her on her Gyarados, the Pokémon immediately taking off when she was seated. When they popped back up from the snow, Hikari was laughing uncontrollably, her face lit up. Empoleon and Gyarados dove through the snow, twisting and curling around each other.

Something tugged at Kouki's jacket; he looked down, staring into the big eyes of his Clefairy. The pink Pokémon tilted her head to the side, looking up a Kouki. "Fairy?"

Kouki knelt down, petting Clefairy on the head. "I'm okay. Why don't you go off and play some more?" Reluctantly the Pokémon left, looking back at Kouki a few times.

"Kouki! Stop being a party pooper!" Jun ran up to Kouki, his Empoleon trailing behind. "Come on! You're missing out on all the fun!" He pointed to the penguin. "You can hop on Empoleon!"

Kouki smiled, shaking his head. "Nah, I think I'll pass."

Jun pouted, his shoulders drooping. "But it's fun!"

"What's the matter?" Hikari hopped off of her Gyarados, running up to the two boys.

Jun pointed an accusing finger at Kouki. "Kouki won't try it!

Hikari shook her head, smiling. "He's probably too smart to try something like that."

Jun stared at her. "Are you implying something?"

She laughed, running next to Kouki. "No, of course not! I'm not implying you're immature, or anything of the sort!" She grabbed Kouki by the arm, dragging him away from Jun. "Come on, Kouki! Let's go play with the Pokémon!"

"O-Okay!"

Jun ran after them, fuming. "HEY!"

"101 degrees…What did I tell you?" Hikari sat on the edge of Jun bed, holding a thermometer between her fingers. She pulled the covers up over the boys thin frame, frowning. "Next time, please listen to what I tell you!"

The boy coughed, his eyes closed. "It's…nothing a little sleep won't fix."

Hikari wiped sweat of his face with a towel, sighing. "You wouldn't have to sleep it off if you just listened to me!"

He weakly waved a hand at her, smiling. "That's not my style, Kari."

"I'm back." Kouki walked in the door, setting some things on the table. "I got ice, and some soup." He walked up to the bed, looking a Jun. "Are you feeling any better?"

"I'm fine!" The blond coughed, clutching his side.

Kouki shook his head, smiling gently. "That's not what I would call, 'fine.'"

Hikari grabbed the bowl of soup, sitting it on the nightstand next to Jun's bed. "Sit up." The boy obeyed, leaning his head against the wall. She dipped at spoon into the broth, blowing on it to cool it down. "Say, 'Aaaah.'"

The blond blushed, looking away from her. "I can feed myself!"

She huffed, looking hurt. "Will you just do what I ask once? Please?"

The boy looked back at her, his face flushed. Reluctantly, he opened his mouth, the girl feeding him the spoonful. She repeated the process several times, looking back at Kouki. "Could you get some towels ready, please?" He nodded, walking into the bathroom.

The bowl was finished up shortly, Hikari placing a wet towel on Jun's head. "Now, get some rest, please. Kouki, make sure he doesn't overdo it, okay?" She grabbed her bag, opening the door. "I'm going back to my room now. If you need anything, don't be afraid to wake me up. Good night, guys." She shut the door behind her.

Jun sighed, squirming to get under his blankets. Kouki began cleaning up the room, picking up the bowl from Jun's nightstand. "Hikari really helped out. I didn't know she was so good at this kind of thing."

Jun pouted, adjusting the towel on his head. "She didn't have to do all of that…It's just a cold."

Kouki smiled. "It's probably just her nature. She's a really caring girl, isn't she?"

Jun sighed. "She's wonderful…" Jun gasped, his eyes widening. "I mean, she's really good at this kind of thing!" The boy coughed, his excitement getting to him.

Kouki patted the boys back, shaking his head. "Your going to get me in trouble if you don't settle down! You need your rest."

Jun flopped back down on the bed, red-faced. "Y-Yeah…" He ran a hand through his hair, strange thoughts running through his head. "…Maybe the cold's making me delusional…"

"Hmm?" Kouki walked back from the bathroom, changed into his pajamas. "You say something?"

"N-no…It's nothing." He flung the blanket's over his head, hiding his face.

Kouki stared at the blond hair peaking out from the top of the blanket, an eyebrow rising curiously. "Are you sure? You looked kind of flushed.

"It's nothing!"

"If you say so…" The boy sat down on his bed, sipping a glass of water. "…Hey, Jun?"

"Hmm?"

"What do you think of Hikari?"

Jun flung up, staring at the boy as if he had seen a ghost, his face beet red. "I-I think she's bossy, over-protective, and…lazy!"

Kouki chuckled to himself, looking away from the boy slyly. "Sure, sure…"

"Wait! You're taking in the wrong way! It's true!" Jun retreated back under his covers, turning his back to Kouki. "I-I'm going to go to sleep. Night!"

"Good night." The other boys face fell, tracing his finger around the tip of his glass. What he suspected was true…So, how could it work out without someone getting hut? He sighed softly, turning off the lights.

A/N Ooooo? Do I smell drama? Wait...Maybe I just need a bath...Anyways, so this story is so easy to write! Very fun and uplifting! Not much I need to say, is there? Anyone know of any events that people do at ski resorts?

Anyways, Please R&R!