Disclaimer: Tripolar: I'll buy it… but yeah, I'm still upset -_- Arther: Pokemon is my guilty pleasure : ) Clover: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Olih: Thanks, and thanks for the constructive bit ^^ Penny: I found that if I read between the lines in Platinum, I pitied him.

Question: What's your fave chapter so far? (As given to me by Olih)

My Answer: I can't really say, since I wrote them : )

Characters: Suzune (Clover's OC) X Cheren, for Clover.

Summary: Happy twelfth birthday, Clove!

Dark

The campsite was quiet, kricketots shrilling their nightly tune gently in the background. The sound of a tent unzipping pierced the stillness, and a lone figure climbed out. Being careful not to make too much noise, she picked her way over to a tent nearer to the forest, and unzipped its door. Then she crawled in, and hastily zipped it up behind her.

Cheren stirred drowsily in his sleeping bag. "Who's there?"

"It's me," she whispered back, pushing her brown hair back from her face.

"Suzune?" he sat up straight, his hair mussed from sleep. "What-"

Before he could finish, she flung herself into his arms. He lost his balance and toppled backwards, lying on his back with Suzune on top of him.

"What-," he stammered, his cheeks radiating heat.

"The dark is freaking me out," she mumbled into his shirtfront. "Can I stay here with you?"

"I- well- um…" Finally, he gave up trying to form a coherent sentence, and contented himself with resting his arms on her back.

She took this as a yes, and snuggled gratefully into him as she closed her eyes and forgot all about things that go bump in the night.