Rosa had been stressing a little, she felt guilty for asking the Shadow Triad to send her letters to her friends and family, and not telling Akuroma. She didn't want to anger him, or give away any chances of them being found, but she had also wanted to make sure Kyouhei at least knew a little bit of what was actually going on. Her heart pounded in her ears as she paced the room they had gotten in a Pokemon Center, restlessness and uneasiness making it harder for her to be calm. She knew the Triad would have been able to deliver the message within the night, yet she still couldn't help but wonder if Kyouhei had been able to decode her message. They were twins after all, and they had always seemed to be able to be able to know what the other was either thinking, or saying...
It had taken them months to come up with their code, Rosa wasn't afraid he'd forget it, they had been writing to each other when their journey split ways, making sure the other was okay, and also discussing more pressing matters, without the chance of the their message being read by someone else and their plans being found out. The two of them had done this for months, telling each other discretely what they had heard of Team Plasma, and doing what they could to shut them down.
And then Rosa had run into Akuroma alone... He had always been helpful, testing something or another, and his schedule seemed to run into her own multiple times... Clearing the road of some crustacean Pokemon had been only one of their run-ins together. Gradually they began to organize their meet ups, going to eat together, even getting some bread, and throwing crumbs to Swanna, and Ducklett. Many of their meet ups were cut right from the cheesy romance books which seemed to fill just about every middle aged woman's book shelves these days.
"Rosa?" Akuroma's voice is low, somewhat concerned, and she stops suddenly. The small rented room seemed even smaller as she turns to face him. Her hands clasped together as she twists a silver band on her finger in a form of nervousness which has been becoming habit.
"Are you alright?" He sound genuinely concerned, and his care for for her warmed her heart.
"Yes, I'm fine. It' just weird... Not attending my own funeral." Her eyes had gone to the sliding doors, where a soft rain was falling on Undella Town. The two of them had been changing towns every two days, and the next morning they would be taking a train towards Nimbasa City, before transferring to another to go to Mistralton City - their final stop in Unova.
They were on the other side of the region, only because Rosa had told Akuroma she had wanted to see the Marine Tube once more before leaving. What she hadn't told him, was that she was going to see her brother once more, too. Though, she was also going to have to explain that to Akuroma when she brought back her team...
What am I thinking, I can't do this? Rosa was about ready to start pacing again, when she stopped herself. "Can I go to the Marine Tube later?" She may not be confident in her choice to want to meet up with Kyouhei, but she trusted her brother, and she wanted to make sure he knew she was safe, that she would be happy on this new path she was forging for herself.
"Of coarse, that's why were came this way-" Rosa turns to Akuroma, a small smile which doesn't even show her dimples forming.
"If it's alright, I'd like to go alone...It's an important place for me." Meeting his gaze was harder than the decision to go through with ... well everything she'd done thus far.
"...Alright, just be safe." His smile is wider than hers, and the hand now resting on Rosa's cheek was warm and reassuring.
"I will." the words are but a whisper drifting from her lips, and for the first time since they ran off together, the two indulged in a form of romance shared between most lovers.