Chapter Eight: You Learn Something New Every Day

Morning had soon rolled around for Isaac and Laura. Like the previous day, Isaac was the first to wake up, while remaining lay down as to not disturb Laura too much he sat up carefully and slowly, stretching and rubbing his eyes to get rid of any remaining tiredness. However, as he began getting out of bed, he felt two slender arms slink their way around his waist.

He seised all of his movements and turned around to face Laura. It seems she reacted to him moving and moved herself closer to him. With some degree of reluctance, Isaac sighed with a smirk and slowly lay back down on the bed, to which Laura had just dragged herself even closer to Isaac and nestled her head into his shoulder while remaining entwined around him.

'I'm guessing these actions are relatable to her feelings?' Isaac questioned to himself, wondering if Laura's sudden closeness and overall acceptance of him must be due to the feelings she said she had towards him.

However, it was Laura's turn to wake up now, and what she saw made her blush in embarrassment and sudden excitement to be so close to Isaac. She yelped in surprise and quickly untangled herself from Isaac and sat up straight, the blush still noticeable on her muzzle.

"How did you sleep?" Isaac asked her, sitting up himself. Laura went to punch him in the arm, thinking that he was making fun of her suddenly cuddling with him, but he raised his arms in defence. "Please Laura, if you wish to know my opinion on what just happened, I will say that you are rather soft and quite comfortable." He admitted, only making Laura blush even more, causing her to punch Isaac in the arm out of embarrassment.

"Sh-shut up Isaac. I was asleep. How was I supposed to know you were so close?" She asked, trying to give herself a fighting chance at avoiding suspicion. That didn't really work because Isaac was still smirking, yet it was a little less noticeable to Laura's relief.

Isaac didn't answer her question though, instead he simply shrugged his shoulders, now with a somewhat knowing smirk and got out of the bed and sat in one of the chairs.

Laura took this opportunity to sort herself out, getting out of the bed and looking around for a mirror. Luckily she found one that was just beside her side of the bed, so she took to the routine of adjusting her hair like ears then using her paws to sort out the fur on her muzzle.

As Laura finally finished up, Isaac had stood up from the chair and made his way to the door. "Shall we Laura?" Isaac asked, to which he opened the door, waiting for her to exit.

Laura left the room first and Isaac followed suit, locking the door on the way out. Once they'd entered the elevator, Isaac took to folding his arms and standing silent, while Laura began fiddling with her paws.

"I-Isaac, when we reach Route 215 again, c-can I tell you something?" Laura asked quietly, decideing that now was the best time she would get to try and see if he'll listen to her.

"Yes, of course. We'll head for the Oran berry tree and we can talk there." Isaac said as the elevator came to a stop. Isaac looked at the number panel above the doors which had the letter, 'G', displayed.

They were on the ground floor, one step closer to freedom.

As they walked out, they made their way past the other trainers straight to Nurse Joy to return the key. "Oh, thank you. Your trainer went on ahead to Route 215. Safe travels you two." Nurse Joy said, once again lying for their own safety.

Isaac and Laura nodded, handing the nurse the key to the room, and leaving the Pokemon centre without any suspicious stares, which was great for them.

"Now then, back to Route 215." Isaac said, taking the lead as he walks off towards where they first met. But Laura was not following him. As Isaac turned around to check on her, he found her still stood in front of the Pokemon centre, looking down and fiddling with her paws again.

"Laura? Are you coming?" Isaac asked, worried that something may be wrong with her. In response to his question, Laura simply looked up and began walking towards him, stopping just in front of him. "Yeah, let's go Isaac." She said, to which Isaac stood to the side and let Laura go first, and that's how they made their way to Route 215.

Throughout their return though, Isaac had kept a watchful eye on their surroundings in case anyone would try to make a move on either of them. But after ten minutes of walking and searching their surroundings, they made it to their tree where they met.

"Okay Laura, what was it you wanted to tell me?" Isaac asked as he leaned against the tree. The answer he got from her was not vocal, but physical as she quickly pulled him from the tree and wrapped her arms around his neck, placing her lips on his, kissing him.

Isaac was once again shocked at how Laura had answered one of his questions, but he soon loosened up and placed his arms around her back and fell into her kiss, the two of them turning their heads to deepen it.

However, Laura was the first to break the kiss as she thought she'd never hear the end of it from Isaac, but she never let go of him.

"Isaac, what I wanted to say was that... I love you..." Laura confessed, looking away from the monferno she willingly tangled herself up with. "You see, even though I didn't give you the best first impression, you still stayed with me to make sure I was okay and then you rescued me from that stupid electavire. The kindness you've shown me is something I wish others would do to their fellow Pokemon." She continued. Isaac simply hugged Laura, shushing her and stopping her from continuing.

"The reason I stayed with you was because no Pokemon should have to be alone just because nobody treats them right. One simply needs to keep searching for the right Pokemon to show up and show a degree of kindness. It seems that your search ended when I showed up and gave you what you wanted." Isaac explained, leaning back from the hug.

Laura looked at him confused, "what do you mean, 'I got what I wanted?'" She asked, simply wanting Isaac to explain what he meant.

"What you wanted was to be cared for and treated right. Which is what I did for you, isn't it?" Isaac explained, earning a nod and a tight hug from Laura.

"And to answer your feelings, I too, have fallen for you Laura. My reasoning is because you simply stuck with me even though we just met. You even took me to the centre for medical care. So, as silly as my reason may be, all you have done for me is return the favour." Isaac said. Returning Laura's hug.

What Isaac got in return, was the sound of Laura crying, so he lifted her head and looked at her, smiling while crying. "I think it's about time we rested up Laura. Wouldn't you agree?" Isaac asked. Laura nodded and wiped away a few tears.

The two soon sat down against the Oran berry tree. Laura placing her head on Isaacs shoulder and Isaac resting his head on hers and wrapping an arm around her shoulders to keep her close. They soon let sleep take them and rested for the day in each others company, enjoying the fact that they both found love in each other.