Kotone snuggled inside her brown blanket, her bum softly placed on the creamy carpet while her body leaned against her warm Typhlosion. She hugged her knees and her eyes were placed on the television screen.

But her mind was wondering somewhere else.

It had been two days since she last saw Silver.

I wonder how he is. Kotone sighed. Looks like he really did left to train. And when I'm back on my feet, he'll be there – not to happily hug me, but to battle me. The girl frowned. The boy was an egoistic jerk. But she couldn't let her hopes fly high. She was lucky that the boy decided to turn on a new leaf. Ever since the double battle in the Dragon's Den, Kotone had been visiting Silver frequently. As much as Silver denies it, but she could see he actually like her being around – which made her smile a little at the thought. Their bitter rivalry had turned into a friendly rivalry and then into just friends. Kotone was happy that she can be friends with him – no matter how much of a jerk he'd been to her for the past years.

But selfishly, that wasn't enough for her.

Years past by and Kotone had feelings for Silver. Strong feelings. She likes him. Although it might sound crazy to other people – I mean come on – the boy literally shoves her and insults her everytime they meet during their journeys. But deep, deep inside, Kotone knew Silver wasn't a bad guy (eventhough he did stole Totodile), but he's just…egoistic. And stubborn. And alone.

And Kotone wanted to be with him.

The sick girl sighed heavier. Like that would ever happen in a million years. The thought of Silver actually care for her was more impossible than the thought of defeating Red.

Kotone's sigh awoke the fire starter; opened his right eye to see his beloved trainer frowning. He lifted his head and nudged her hip. This startled his trainer and turned to look at Typhlosion. She smiled weakly. Her hand patted the creature's head. "It's nothing boy," she lied. Kotone knew Typhlosion hated Silver. He was on the pokemon's 'Burn It into Crisp and Feed It to The Houndooms' list. So rather than irritate Typhlosion with her thoughts about Silver, she just kept quiet. Hopefully her mind will just wander him off.

It wasn't helping at all especially when she heard the door knocked.

Kotone's head turned to the front door. Ampharos dashed to the door as the knocking became quite violent. The girl sighed. Must be Hibiki. The boy was constantly visiting her since she rest at home. Sometimes, the boy can be impatient – like another boy that was invading his mind.

But her eyes were soon wide opened as she saw the guest outside her front door.

Silver stood at her front door – stunned and clueless. His right hand held a small box while his Feraligatr stood proudly at his left side. He was surprised to see Ampharos greeting him at the door. He was even more surprised to see a certain small figure resting at the living room.

"Kotone,' he said unwarily.

Kotone was still speechless. Why was Silver here? I'm still not that healthy. And what, does he feel like he can beat me now? But it had just been two days. Is he being impatient again? Her mind flickered into a thousand questions. Until finally, the last question hit her. Did he miss me?

Her mind snapped back into reality as he heard a person coughing. She looked outside. Silver was still standing there. And since when did he have house manners?

"Arent…aren't you gonna come in?"

Silver's head tensed. "I would love to, but would you mind telling Typhlosion to move out of my way first."

Kotone raised an eyebrow. Suddenly, she realized that Typhlosion had swiftly moved out of his sleeping position and was now crouching in anger in front of Silver. She sighed. "Not again," she muttered. "Typhlosion, let him in."

But Typhlosion was muttering something that she can barely understand. Then she had forgotten that she was home alone, her mother went to Sinnoh this morning to visit her grandmother.

I'm sorry to leave you alone honey but your grandmother called and she said it was urgent. And it's not that I don't want you to come, it's just that you're still quite frail and I don't want you to be sicker as it is. But I promised I'll be back. Three days tops.

Now she was home alone with her pokemon friends. And Typhlosion was her babysitter. Kotone frowned. I'm seventeen for God sake! It's not like I can take care of myself.

"Typhlosion, please. Let him in." Her voice pleads softly. This sent a shiver down Silver's spine, leaving him an unknown want. Luckily, that want evaporated when Typhlosion growled again. Silver was getting impatient. But before he could say a word, Feraligatr butted in.

"Feragh raghh." His pokemon said to the fire creature. Then his blue claw pointed the small box in which Silver was holding. Typhlosion faced his attention to it. Afraid that the volcano pokemon might burn it into dust, he hid it behind his back.

The two starters started to talk again in words both trainers were left wondering. Kotone on the other hand placed her attention in the small item Silver was holding. What is that?

Finally, after what it seems like minutes, Typhlosion gave permission to enter her house. Although he still had his burning eyes on Silver. The red-head tried to be as far away from him and stayed close to his Feraligatr.

Kotone rose up and walked towards Silver.

Her appearance made him took a sharp breath.

The girl was wearing the overgrown white t-shirt again – leaving her slender legs bare. Not only that, but Silver could actually see the shape of her body. Even with the shirt being way too big for her size and the blanket covering around her shoulders, her figures were flaunting in many ways that it shouldn't be. And she didn't even notice.

"Hey Silver…" Her voice was enough to make him felt the shiver again. He looked down; Kotone was standing right in front of her – her body mere inches from his. Her face…

Silver fight back the urge to do something he shouldn't.

Kotone held a puzzled look. Silver was acting all weird again. Even so, this was the first time she got this up close. Who knew she had it in her? It was the perfect chance to survey his face. The boy's lips were in a tight line. She could swear a sweatdrop was slowly trickling down his forehead. But what attracted her most were his piercing eyes. He actually has silver eyes.

Before Kotone could move on, Silver shoved the small box at her stomach.

"Oof!" Kotone scoffed. Her face a bit flushed by the impact. She looked up – a peeved face was shown. "Are you here to hurt me-achoo!" She sneezed.

Silver took a step back, not wanting to have the sick girl's germs. But he didn't retreated away from her because of her disease, he retreated because he was worried about own personal disease. The hormonal kind.

"S-sorry…" He muttered.

Kotone frowned. Though now the item that was itching her curiosity was in her hands. Her eyes faced the now…blushing? Silver. "Erm…" She coughed. "What is this?"

Silver just kept his mouth shut. He could feel the heat in his cheeks. Damn it. "It's…erm…" His eyes on the floor. "Something."

"Something?" The brunette got more confused. Her slightly shivering hands still holding the small box. It was a blue rectangular box, covered in a pretty red bow. The more Kotone observed it, the more confused she gets. This is so not Silver!

"J-just open it already!" Her hands almost dropped the blue box when Silver shouted. She preceded him with another frown.

"Okay, okay. Sheesh –" Her mouth gaped open without a word when she saw the goods inside.

They were poffins. But not just any poffins. They were violet-coloured poffins. A mix of Bluk berries and Sitrus berries – a sweet and sour poffin. Her favourite poffins.

Her eyes fixated on Silver. Pure awe and disbelief were showing in her eyes. Silver felt uncomfortable at her stare and began to fidget. Great. She hates it. She hates it so bad that she can't even say anything. Nice job Silver. You are not only a douchebag, but a hopeless sappy douchebag with terrible cooking skills and –

Silver's thoughts halted like a bullet when Kotone hugged him. "Silver! Thank youuuu!" Kotone yelled happily – completely forgotten that her throat was too sore to shout. She jumped up and down – shaking the stiff-looking redhead. He didn't expect this to happen. Last thing he checked, Kotone was a few inches away from her – which was already hard enough for him to avoid doing something regretful. Now – the woman was hugging his waist tightly. He could smell the scent of Pecha berry shampoo in her hair as she jumped. His lips can almost touch the roots of her head…

Oh dear God, save me.

Kotone kept smiling – she could hear the boy's rapid heartbeat. Her body tensed up a bit due to jumping here and there but it was all worth it. She may not know why Silver bought them – but she loved it. Her eyes observed the teenager's face – it was beet red – as red as the colour of his hair. Kotone giggled. "Let's eat!"

Both the teenage trainers settled themselves on the sofa. Kotone nibbled her poffin happily next to Silver while the boy sat in silence. He was still speechless after the embrace – his hands clenching his legs – trying to calm his very, very hormonal nerves.

Kotone chewed the poffin happily. This is delicious! She faced her attention to Silver who was still quite. The situation reminds her that it was always like this in the Dragon's Den. Kotone will eat and talk non-stop while Silver just sat there quietly, listening. But this time, however, the redhead looked a little bit…tense.

"Silv, you kay?" She asked softly.

Silver gulped. Silv. A nickname Kotone gave to him ever since she saw his trainer card. But honesty, he kind of liked it. He nodded.

Silence again. Suddenly, Kotone's mind flickered. "Where did you buy this?" She showed the bitten violet poffin. Silver raised his eyebrows – shocked. Yet, he remained silent. "Silv…I'm asking you. Where did you buy this?" No answer. "Earth to Silver." She poked the poffin to his cheek. This annoyed Silver.

Kotone frowned. She poked harder. This time she used her finger. When there was no response, she pulled the strands of his hair.

"Ow!" He yelled – a deathly glare was given to the girl.

Kotone was being all too oblivious to care. "Answer me!" She pulled harder. "Where'd you bought them!" The constant pulling was irritating Silver no less.

Finally, he cracked. "I made it, okay!"

Kotone's body froze. She automatically released her grip. Her wide eyes showed signs of utter disbelief. "Eh?"

Silver led out a loud sighed.

"No, no, no."

Silver growled. His hands were a mess. His hair was a mess. The kitchen was a mess. Ever since Silver saw those poffins the idiot bastard brought, he felt…intimidated. More like jealous.

And Silver wasn't the type that thinks before you act. He immediately commanded his Crobat to fly him to Blackthorn City and find Lance. Not that he was a great baker, preferably because other than Kotone, Lance was the only reasonable man he was comfortable enough to go to.

And now here they are in Lance's kitchen. Trying to bake poffins without destroying the place. Lance sighed. He wasn't much of an expert about food but he does know his way around poffins, especially the ones for his beloved dragon types.

He just doesn't know why Silver wanted to bake them.

Though he does have a hunch that it was for a certain brown-haired girl.

"Gahh!" The redhead's voice snapped Lance back into reality. Silver was stirring the batter but it was splashing all over the place. Finally, the boy swatted the mixing bowl with the wooden spoon angrily. Lance sighed. The boy seriously has anger management problems. His eyes faced the teenagers Feraligatr – who was staring blankly at his trainer in boredom. Just by looking at the blue creature, Lance knew they were thinking the same thing.

"Damn motherfuckin' berries!" He wiped a smudge on the edge on his lips. The more Silver thought about Hibiki and his 'wonderful' poffins, the faster he wanted his poffin to be done (and to be 100 times more delicious than that bastard's). The kitchen counter was filled with berries. But he only had eyes on two – the Bluk berry and the Sitrus berry – both were Kotone's favourites. He thought of mixing them together, but obviously it wasn't as easy as it seems.

Before Silver could launch another attack at the mixing bowl, he felt a hand grabbing his hand. It was Lance. "Look, kid. In order to make the poffin, you need to stir it nice and easy. Not too fast. Not too slow. And when you wanna put it in the oven, the temperature should be about 50-60 Fahrenheit. No less." He surveyed his kitchen. "And try not to destroy my kitchen."

Silver released the grip. Suddenly, a phone rang. "Dragooo!" Dragonite called for his master. Lance nodded his head as soon as the pokemon called for him. "I'll be right there!" His eyes fixated on the messy teen. "I'm gonna get that call. And when I get back, I expect some decent poffins – and my kitchen not exploding." And like that, he barged right out of the kitchen.

Silver scoffed stubbornly. Nice and easy? Yeah like that's ever gonna happen! Suddenly, he had an idea. Silver peeked outside the kitchen. Lance was too preoccupied with his phone call. Good.

His hands moved to his belt – getting one of his pokeballs. Satisfied, Silver released the pokemon. "Alakazam!"

A bright flash of red came out of the ball. In seconds, a solid shape was formed. "Kazaaam!" Alakazam yelled proudly. Now, both of his pokemon were in front of him. Feraligatr held a confused look onto why Silver summoned the psychic type.

Silver grinned a devilish grin. "Alright Alakazam. I want you to help me. And it involves your Psychic."

"No Clair, I don't know why grandpa won't pass your test. No Clair, I don't think grandpa would accept bribes. No Clair, I will not help you kidnap grandpa and ship him to the Sinnoh region." Lance sighed. His cousin was being as difficult as Silver.

BAMM!

"Wahh!" Lance yelled. He'd never been so shocked in his life. Dragonite shouted at the explosion too. Both trainer and pokemon looked at each other – then towards the kitchen. "Clair, call you later." Without a response, Lance hangs up and rushed towards the kitchen.

Only to find a gigantic berry splatter mess. Lance's head and body circled around frantically at his destroyed kitchen. He was flabbergasted. Soon, his eyes laid upon a berry coated teenager and his two extremely sticky pokemon.

"Sil…Silver…" Lance mouthed. "WHAT. THE. HELL!" Finally he led out a roar before fainted.

Silver led out a long exhale. After that sticky situation, Silver was forced to clean up the kitchen for two straight days. Luckily, he was able to bake some decent poffins in time that doesn't look like it was going to explode – like his previous poffins.

"You…made…them?"

Silver turned his head. Kotone was still flabbergasted at his confession. He grunted. "Yeah. So what if I did? That doesn't make me a wimp!" He felt a blush coming back to him.

Kotone was taken aback at his tone. "I didn't say you were a wi-choo!" She sneezed. Silver groaned. "Good God woman, cover your mouth!"

Kotone sniffed. Her fingers scratched her red nose. Silver seeing this held back a chuckle. She looks like a Rattata. Without finishing her sentence, she continued chewing on her poffin. She eats like a Rattata too.

Her constant chewing sound was weirdly a normal thing to Silver. Maybe it was the fact that he had been hanging around with her long enough to handle her traits.

Just as she had handle his.

With one gulp, Kotone smiled. "Haa! That was delicious!"

Silver kept staring at the girl – mostly in disbelief. Delicious?

His heart sank a little. "Don't lie, you moron."

Her head turned to her side, frowning. "I'm not a moron and I did mean it. It was delicious." She picked up the empty box. "Next time if you visit me, can you make more for me?" She said softly – her voice sounded so silky eventhough she was sick – which was suppose to sound raspy. His skin started to prickle. Both of them were still on the sofa. Kotone was leaning reaaallly close to him.

"I better leave." Silver quickly stood up and went to the front door. This caught Kotone off guard. "What, leave?" Her head faced the clock on her living room wall. It was 8 at night. That late already? "Silver, its dark outside. And it's raining. And it's cold. I think you should stay the ni-choo!"

Silver couldn't believe she had just said that. Stay the night? Here? Alone? With her? The boy shook his head. No no no no no no hell no!

You know you want to big boy. He could hear the voices in his head – it was the demon chibi.

Oh hell no! I do NOT need to deal with this now.

Feraligatr stood by his side, ready to leave. "I overstayed my welcome." He hushed. "…And I'll be fine."

Kotone frowned. Typhlosion stood right by her side, giving her warmth. Just as Silver's hand almost reached the doorknob, he felt a hand grasping his arm. He turned around. It was Kotone. "W-what?" Silver stuttered.

He could see a sad, needing look in her eyes. "Please. Stay." Her voice cooed softly. Silver panicked. Her voice and her eyes were a huge red alert for his body right now. Silver wanted to struggle, to push her away like he did every time he sees Kotone. But now, it was as if his body didn't mind Kotone being this close. It was as if his body wanted to let Kotone touch him.

It was as if his body wanted Kotone.

Silver's breath began to move in uneven ways. This was getting bad. I can just say no and barged right out and never come back again. But if I say yes…I can be close to her.

Oh dear God, what the hell is wrong with me?

Kotone stared at Silver. For the first time in weeks, she was happy. She was happy that Silver was here with here. She was happy that Silver actually made her some poffins (delicious too). She was happy that Silver really did show some hints of care about her.

But most of all, she was happy that she was all alone with Silver. And she didn't want this to end.

Silence filled the room for what it seems like hours for the two. Finally, Silver replied slowly. "Fine. I'll stay."

"Yayy!" Kotone cheered. Her body bouncing up and down again while holding Silver's arm.

But unfortunately, the celebration was cut short when a lightning storm crashed the electrical system – causing the house to have a blackout.

"Wahh!" Kotone panicked as she saw nothing but darkness. Out of awareness, she quickly jumped and hugged Silver's neck. Her face nuzzling on the boy's neck in fear.

Silver was even in a worse situation. The minute the house hit pitch black and Kotone pounced on him, he knew he was going to be in trouble. The second he felt Kotone's lips on his neck, he wished he could just die in the dark. His body was betraying him every nanosecond!

He's just thankful that Kotone couldn't see his extremely red blush that was conquering every inch of his face.

"Silv…I'm scare-achoo!"

Silver groaned. Please help me.