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Dawn smiled. She had never seen Paul look so… different. He actually complimented his Pokemon!

It may have been just a small one like 'you did well', but it was still praise. And maybe it was just because his guard was temporarily down, but still, praise! And the look on Weavile's face. Clearly, despite his outer appearance and attitude, Paul's Pokemon still obviously liked their trainer.

Dawn followed after Paul, he walked fast and silently. "This is nice" she thought out loud. "Huh?" Paul turned his head to face her and slowed down a bit "what's nice?"

She nodded at the scenery "This, the quiet. I almost forgot how much I liked walking in the quiet" Paul turned his head and murmured "I don't like noise. I prefer to use the time when Im travelling to think, about strategies and stuff. And it's easier when I don't have 3 million people chatting behind me."

Dawn smiled "I do that too… or at least I used to, but when Im travelling with Ash and Brock, well…we talk …a lot".

Paul grunted. Then looked forward.

She was keeping pace with him now that he had slowed down and now she could see his face. His expression surprised her. It was calm, comfortable, like this was where he was most happy, in the quiet. At the same time he looked…lonely? She couldn't take her eyes of his face.

"What!" he demanded. Dawn snapped out of her spell and shook her head "nothing, nothing" she said. Then she decided to just tell him "I just like this expression on you, but you should smile more. I think that would look even better".

The minute the words came out of her mouth her heart instantly started pounding. 'Huh? What's wrong with me?' She thought to her self 'why is my heart…?'.

She glanced at Paul, at her comment he had turned his head away from her and had grunted what seemed like a careless 'whatever'.

From the way his head was turned she couldn't see his expression, and for some reason…that made her …sad?

The reason that Paul had turned his head away was because it was threatening to break out in a blush. Usually he was always able to control his emotions but for some reason he relaxed too much around Dawn.

Paul didn't know if he liked that idea, but he sure didn't like the idea of her seeing his blush right now. Especially since he was still trying to figure out why he blushed at her comments, and why now?

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Dawn had over taken him now and was half walking, half skipping in front of him. She started to hum slowly and then that hum turned into what sounded like a child's lullaby

Far Far above the clouds

Souring with the wind

A falcon flies alone, silent as the sky

I hear his lonely cry, never can he rest

I walk with you along an empty winding road

Were far from the one to love, never can return

Never can we see again, the countries of our birth

Paul was mesmerized. He watched her, unable to take his eyes of the teal haired girl. Her voice was beautiful! It shook him and sent shivers down his spine at the same time it gave him a warm feeling.

But her face was different…

When will I ever find a place to call my home?

Sadness circling like a falcon in the sky

When will I ever find someone to speak my heart?

To someone who knows, what it is to be alone

…for some reason her face was so sad, so empty, so… different. He'd gotton so used to seeing her face cheerful; it was wired seeing her face like this. Heck, her expression looked so pained it was hurting him!

Suddenly she stopped singing and swivelled round to face him her cheerful expression once again on her face "sorry about that" she said briskly "I guess I kind off interrupted the silence". Paul shook his head, again too angry at himself for thinking such things about troublesome, to do anything but over take her again and slip in a "do as you wish, just don't do it too close to me".

That's what he said but the truth was that he liked her singing, but nothing on earth would make him admit that.

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Three days have passed and Paul made it his main concern to not be around Troublesome to much, when he was around her he relaxed too much and sometimes some of his emotions slipped out. Paul prided himself on his self control.

But Dawn wasn't like anyone he had ever met before. She was bright and…seriously annoying and…kind and…too talkative and … cute in her own way, all in one go. Half the time Paul either found himself with the urge to strangle her, or smiling softly to himself at her. But he never let her see.

But he hated watching her and her Pokemon train. Her face was most happy then. Even her usual cheerful expression was nothing compared to her face when she was with her Pokemon. And her Pokemon adored her. But her approach to their training was completely ridiculous.

She always gave them praise, even when they failed. She would give them training exercises that were pathetic; it was soo different from when he trained. Usually he concentrated on offence more the defence, even if it meant injuring his own Pokemon. And barely ever let them feel proud.

Some may think his methods were harsh, but in the end they worked. He usually always won. But still…it was never enough, he never felt like it was enough, but not in a power-mad way.

Suddenly dawn stopped and ran over to him, who was resting under a tree with their bags. She rummaged around in her bag for something and pulled out a brightly coloured tin. "Ok guys, let's take a break".

She opened the tin to reveal an assortment of what looked like small oval cakes. The Pokemon instantly gathered round, each took one and nibbled on it eagerly. "What are those?" Paul asked curiously.

Dawn held them up "Poffins" she answered "it's the best thing to give your Pokemon, especially if you're a coordinator"

"Why do you give it to them" he said

She smiled, she smiled a lot "because it not only makes your Pokemon more healthy, more fast, it makes its fur more shiny and soft and most importantly, it builds trust between your Pokemon and you when you put your whole heart into making the perfect Poffins for your Pokemon"

He scoffed "Pa-the-tic. Who cares about the bond between Pokemon? There just there to serve you…" but before he could finish, Dawn smacked him on the head.

He looked up, rubbing his head. She was really angry. "How could you think that? How could you think that Pokemon are just human tools?" she was really angry. Her whole body shook with anger, clearly, Pokemon were a touchy subject with her.

"Pokemon are living creatures that should be treated with respect" her eyes were tearing up now. Paul was surprised; he'd seen many sides of her before. He'd seen her happy. He'd seen her cheerful. He'd seen her hyper. He'd even seen her sad, and pained. But he had never seen her cry before.

"I guess you'd never understand anything, you have too much of a closed mind" and with that she ran off.

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Dawn sobbed. She didn't usually act like that. She could usually at least keep herself together more. But the things Paul had said mirrored what…He…had said before. And it tore her apart.

Dawn kept running. She didn't know where, but she kept running. Until suddenly, a hand shot out and grabbed her. It swivelled her round to face…Paul?

* * *

Paul hadn't wanted to come after her. In-fact his first thought had been to ditch her now. Be rid of his problem the easy way.

But every time he tried to leave, his traitorous eyes, would glance at her Pokemon and he would think of her eyes when they were crying.

Man, he hated it when girls cried, ant he knew that she would probably get lost in the forest, and that would bother him for a while.

So against his better reason, and with the knowledge of knowing he would probably regret it later, he ran into the forest after her.

She wasn't hard to find. Dawn was an ungraceful runner, bumping into trees and all sorts, leaving a clear path. I helped that he was also a fast runner, much faster then her.

In a matter of seconds he had caught up with her. She was running into a tree "Hey, watch where you going!" he yelled

But she didn't hear him. He grabbed her arm and turned her to face him. Tears were coursing down her face. But before he could say anything she shook her head and tried to run away again.

But his hand was still on her arm. She accidentally pulled him forward and his foot got stuck in a root. He tripped and fell onto dawn, pinning her onto the tree. Their heads bumped and their lips collided into a kiss.

'What in the…?'Was Paul's first thought, but that soon dissolved as the kiss deepened. Subconsciously he snaked his arm around her waist and pulled her to him, his other hand cupped her cheek and turned her face up to him.

For a few seconds Dawn just stood there motionless, but soon she started to kiss him back. Her hands reached up and ran through his hair, the movement was simple, but it sent shivers up and down his spine. No one had ever affected him like this, not like this. He felt like he was going to explode.

Half of him, the sensible side told him firmly that this whole thing was off limits and that he should just let go and back away quickly. But the rest of him practically screamed to never let her go. She just felt so right. Dawn fit against him perfectly, no bumping of noses, no height problems, she was perfect.

Dawn moaned, and that single sound set him on fire. He wanted to pull her closer and to push her away at the same time. But eventually they both had to come up for air.

It was that that made him come to his senses, and apparently hers, because they both pushed away from each other at the same time, blushing and panting for air, still drugged on passion.

"W-w-what was that for" she panted. Paul glanced at her. She looked too cute.

With her face flushed and her eye's all dreamy and her lips swollen from their previous kiss. All this only made him want to kiss her again! He wanted to more anything, and the sheer need to do so scared him. What was wrong with him, he never let anything affect him like this, especially not a girl.

"That was nothing" he said "I tripped". Her eyebrow rose "so then, what was that when you tripped?" she asked

He blushed furiously, but turned his head so that she wouldn't notice. She didn't. "Wait a second, why are you here?"

Paul turned and swallowed down the blush and said "were leaving now, if you still want to come with me, then come on"

He gave her a choice, after what happened, she had the choice to leave. But unfortunately, after a few seconds, she followed after him. Most of him was angry with her. but his traitorous heard still skipped a couple of beats when she followed him.

My longest chapter ever I think

What did I tell ya? I promised fluff, and I gave you all fluff

Keep reading to find out what happens with dawn and Paul's new found feelings

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