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Chapter 7: Read my heart again
On a cold morning of the early winter, Sato was standing in the kitchen, making breakfast.
'I'm sure that she will be surprised. I bet she doesn't even know that I know her birthday.' he thought, as he put everything on a plate and walked upstairs to Lila's room.
On his way, he stopped by his room to get the two tickets for the festival, her present.
When Lila woke up, she could smell that someone was making breakfast.
'Is that Sato-kun? He is never up so early in the morning.'
Just as she finished this thought, someone knocked at the door.
"Come in, Sato-kun."
The door was kicked open and Lila couldn't believe her eyes. Sato was standing in the door frame, holding a plate full of breakfast and a small wrapped package.
"Happy Birthday, Lila!" he exclaimed as he entered the room and placed the plate on her king size bed.
"Y-You know my birthday? How?" she asked.
"Enishida told me when I asked him."
"Oh."
While they were eating breakfast, Sato told her about some of his oldest adventures, like his first encounter with Team Rocket or how he had seen the legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh on his first day as a trainer.
When they were finished, Sato took out the wrapped package and give it to her.
"Here is your present Lila. Happy Birthday!" he said with a smile. "I hope it's okay."
Lila unwrapped the box and opened it. She gasped in astonishment.
"A-Are that...?"
"Yes. VIP-Tickets for the Saffron City Poke-Festival. I hope they're okay for you. I couldn't think of anything else to give you."
Lila hugged him.
"Oh, Sato-kun! It's perfect! Thank you!"
"I'm glad that you like it Lila" he said, hugging her back.
They hold their position for a minute before both of them came back to their senses and released each other. Lila was blushing and looked away while Sato only had light red cheeks. An awkward silence started to creep up so Sato decided to start the conversation again.
"So, uh... What do you think about going to the lake for a little icing and after that we can get everything we need and head of to Saffron City."
"Y-Yeah, I think that would be cool." Lila said smiling but still with a light blush on her cheeks.
They walked down to the lake, which was now complete frozen. Sato called out his Pokémon so that they could have fun too. He helped Lila with her skates, causing her to blush again.
'She is so cute when she blushes.' Sato thought, smiling at her.
They got up and skated over the frozen lake, laughing like little kids when Pikachu decided to throw a snowball at Sato, which of course led to an all-out snowball war. After three hours and many snowballs to the head, Sato headed back with Lila and the Pokémon to pack his things for their trip to Saffron City.
After finishing with his luggage, Sato headed downstairs and waited for Lila. He waited for half an hour without a sign from her. He started to get worried.
"Lila? What takes you so long?" he called upstairs.
"Sorry, Sato-kun! I couldn't decide what to wear."
'Girls.' he thought with a chuckle.
He heard a ruffle from upstairs and looked up. His jaw dropped at the sight that was presented to him.
"L-L-Lila?" he managed to gasp out.
Lila blushed. "Yes, Sato-kun it's me. I know, normally I don't wear this sort of clothes."
She was wearing a white shirt with lilac ornaments and lilac pants that matched perfect with the shirt.
"I... Y-You... It looks wonderful." he finally managed to say. "This shirt looks really nice on you."
"Thanks, Sato-kun." she said with light red cheeks.
"Let's go."
"Yeah, let's go." she said.
They walked out of the door and to the train station of Tojoh Falls.
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Three hours later, Saffron City Central Station
When Sato and Lila arrived at the station, they were already expected. As soon as they left the train, there were greeted by the other Frontier Brains and Enishida.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILA!" they shouted.
"Nani? How did you guys now that we would come here today?" the girl asked.
"Sato told us. We thought that it would be a nice little surprise." Enishida said with a smirk.
"And of course we came to wish you luck on your little date with Sato."
Lila blushed madly. "Enishida! We... I..."
She cut herself off.
"It's okay Lila. I'm just teasing you." he said.
"Come on Lila, let's go to the festival." Sato said, taking her hand and causing her again to blush.
"Those two lovebirds..." Enishida said as he looked after them.
"Just like ourselves when we were little." Datsura said.
"Come on guys! Let's go to the festival too!" Heath exclaimed, already walking down the street.
"Yeah, yeah. We're coming."
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Meanwhile Sato and Lila already arrived at the festival, which was right outside the city near to a big lake.
"Lila, come! Let's get to the rollercoaster!" Sato exclaimed, dragging her with him.
"W-Wait Sato-kun!" Lila said. She was always afraid of rollercoasters. But it was already too late and she and Sato were already sitting in one of the wagons and the ride began.
"S-Sato-kun I don't think that was a really good ide-AAAAAAAH!" she screamed as she saw that the ground was coming nearer very fast.
"What's wrong Lila? Sato asked laughing.
When Enishida and the others arrived, Sato and Lila were just leaving the rollercoaster. Lila was grabbing Sato's right arm and looked a little pale.
"Don't even think of a second ride, Sato-kun." she said, trying to hold the content of her stomach inside.
"What? That was fun!" Sato looked at her shocked.
Lila only glared at him but smiled as she saw Sato's excitement.
'He looks so cute when he smiles. I don't think I could ever get enough of his smile.'
"Hey you two lovebirds!" Enishida exclaimed as he came nearer. "What do you think of going to the ghost train?"
"That would be funny!" Sato said and followed him, dragging Lila with him again.
They entered the ghost train and Lila was sitting next to Sato, which caused a blush from her again. Every time something happened, she cringed closer to Sato, trying to hide from the scary things.
"Hey, hey." Sato said. "Is this really so scary?"
Lila said nothing, but retreated a little. "S-Sorry, Sato-kun."
"Don't be. It's okay." he said, smiling at her.
"O-Okay."
When they leaved the ghost train, Lila was still holding Sato's arm but also leaned her head on his shoulder. This caused the Brains to smile at them.
"Sato-kun?"
"Hm?
"Could you come with me for a moment?"
"Yeah, okay. Excuse us for a moment guys!"
Lila grabbed his hand and dragged him away from the festival, towards the lake. The sun was setting down and the lake was glistening in a bright red and golden color. They came to a stop right at the lakeside.
Lila turned around and looked at him.
"Why did we go out here, Lila-chan?"
"Chan?" Lila said, blushing lightly. "I want you to read my heart again, Sato-kun."
"You sure?" he asked.
"Yes."
Sato looked into her eyes and placed a hand to the center of her chest, right above her heart.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry Lila-chan."
"Nani?"
"I'm sorry that I never realized my feelings for you. I was such an idiot."
"It's okay, Sato-kun. As long as you do feel the same, I could never be happier."
Sato smiled and hugged her close.
"I love you, Lila-chan."
"I love you too, Sato-kun."
The other Brains were watching them from the distance and couldn't help a smile as they were watching the new couple hugging each other in the soft light of the sunset.
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*Sniff*
Oh what a beautiful moment between our lovely couple! Finally they admitted they're feelings for each other. I wonder what will happen next? We will see :)
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Until next time!
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