(Y/n) woke up feeling completely refreshed, but immediately felt all her worries crash down on her. When she saw red in her vision, she didn't realize it was only Silver. Her panicked state frightened them both as she sat up looking around to figure out where she was. "The ruins," she mumbled.

        "Glad you're awake," Silver spoke up though he still held remnants of his surprise.

        "Silver." She met his gaze and noticed that he was perfectly fine. She hadn't seen him since he ran off the day before. "Oh no. I almost forgot." She felt terrible for what she had done. Asking Silver that question had been a selfish act to avoid what she knew would happen towards the end of the festival. Yes, (y/n) did truly want to get to know Silver better and start a lasting relationship with him, but she had asked too soon. She intended to wait until she had learned a bit more about him, but her worries threw her logic out to sea. "I'm sorry about yesterday. I shouldn't have even brought that up," she quickly blurted out.

        He blinked at her. "That's what you're worried about?"

        "Huh?" What did he mean by that? Was she supposed to have other worries?

        "Your performance was...really beautiful," he muttered, immediately avoiding her stare. "But you shouldn't let yourself get like this. You were barely able to stay awake and had completely passed out by the time me and Lillie got you here. Yesterday can wait for now. I just want to make sure that you're alright."

        "I'm fine. Thank you for your concern. It's just one of my duties as Wahine Uila." (Y/n) could tell in the way Silver's brows furrowed that her words didn't make him feel any better.

        "If you need more rest, I think there's a little more time before the fireworks are supposed to start. I was told that you were supposed to be there before then. Lillie might be coming back soon. She's been bringing me a snack every two hours," Silver said. Finally the realization struck her.

        "You've been in here watching me this entire time?!"

       Silver went pale. "Well yes, but not in a bad way. I just didn't see how you could sleep on the floor. I swear I didn't do anything." He put his hands up in his defense.

        "No, no I didn't mean that either. You missed the rest of the festival," (y/n) quickly denied.

        "Oh." Silver scratched his head and blushed just enough to see. "I can just see it with you next year, right? I-If you want to go. I mean, you'll be there anyway. I don't know..." he looked like he wanted to disappear as he hid behind his hair.

        "Yeah, we can see the whole festival next year. Koko will be staying here, so I won't have to perform," (y/n) agreed. "But for now, we should head back since I'm awake. No need to stay here and keep missing it." She quickly stood up and Silver followed suit. Their walk was filled with an awkward silence as they headed back.

        "Hm? Hey, one of your bracelets is missing," Silver noted.

        "Is it?" Sure enough one had mysteriously vanished from her wrist. "I must have left it in the ruins somehow." They had just crossed the bridge.

        "I'll go back and get it. It won't take long. They're important to you, right?" Even if (y/n) wanted to decline, Silver was already going back towards the ruins with haste. She couldn't blame him. She was still thinking to herself about his indirect date request. Though it was exactly a year later, that hadn't changed how either of them reacted to it.

        Silver had just vanished from her sight when she felt herself fill with dread. "Wahine Uila! There you are!" More than anything, (y/n) wanted to ignore the voice. He was going to try again this year. Not just him, but others as well. She expected that which was why she had asked Silver her question the day before the festival. It had been her attempt to avoid situations like these. The boy didn't give her the time to even greet him. "You're as beautiful as always. Your dance was gorgeous. I was so moved."

        "Thank you. The mist was provided by Tapu Fini. I hope it didn't cause any harm," (y/n) said in a voice as calm as she could muster. In truth, she was panicking and wanted Silver to return immediately. The boy in front of her only wanted one thing afterall.

        "Thanks to you, no one was hurt. You have such amazing control over your power. It's admirable," he praised.

        "Thank you, but that was really thanks to my Togedemaru and Pikachu." His attempts to get her to let her guard down weren't working. She already knew what he wanted to ask her. "The answer is no. Please, stop asking every year." There was no reason for anyone other than herself, Hau, Lillie, or currently Silver to be anywhere near the ruins at this time which meant he knew she had been here, and he had been waiting. Not to mention that Silver had just been with her moments before he decided to reveal himself.

        "As you know, there will be fireworks tonight. I would like it if you could watch them with me. My family owns a big boat, and we could see them over the water where no one would be able to bother us. Wouldn't you like that?"

        "Sorry, I can't go. I already have somewhere I have to be at that time." She wasn't lying. She already intended to watch the fireworks with Silver. She just hadn't asked him yet, but it was her assumption that he would say yes either way.

        "But your duties as Wahine Uila are already over. You aren't scheduled to be anywhere else. The tradition..." Why did he just take a step closer to her? "You always do this. Every year I decide to ask, you make up some excuse. You're supposed to do everything the people ask of you." (Y/n) took a few steps away from him, preparing to zap him if she had to. Though she wasn't supposed to harm anyone with her power, this was starting to feel like an emergency. "You're making this harder than it has to be!"

        "Hey, what's going on here?" It wasn't Silver, but (y/n) was thankful for a familiar face. "You aren't supposed to be here," Lillie spoke.

        (Y/n) expected the boy to back down, but nothing of the sort happened. The boy released a Tyranitar, a pokémon that definitely wasn't native to Alola as far as (y/n) knew. "This doesn't concern you."

        Lillie frowned at him. "I think it does." She threw her own pokéball and released Nebby. The grand pokémon gave a mighty roar, making both the boy and his pokémon flinch. Many were unaware of Nebby's existence, so the mere sight of Solgaleo was enough to drop almost anyone to their knees. "You should leave before I report this to Kahuna Hau. It would be unfortunate for you if you were banned from the festival," she said. "And if you refuse..." Nebby growled and jumped forward just enough to scare the boy and his pokémon.

        (Y/n) watched as he returned his pokémon and ran off as quickly as he could. Nebby even nipped at his heels for added effect. (Y/n) managed a quiet snicker at the sight.

        "Thank you Lillie," (y/n) said. The girl returned her pokémon and promptly burst into tears. "Lillie?!"

        "That was so scary!" The girl tackled (y/n) into a hug. "I'm never taking Gladion's advice ever again!" Ah, of course it was Gladion's idea. Lillie would never hurt a cutiefly much less even think to threaten someone with a pokémon. (Y/n) rubbed the girl's back in reassurance.

        "Huh? What happened?" Silver had returned. "Who was that person running away?"

        "Nothing too serious. A guy just tried to ask me out, and didn't want to take no as an answer. Lillie handled it, but she's a little shaken as you can see," (y/n) explained with a slight laugh. She saw Silver freeze, his expression making it seem like he was angry, but it all vanished as soon as it came.

        "Here, I found it." He held out the bracelet to her which she took with a smile of gratitude.

        "Let's hurry back. The fireworks are going to start soon," Lillie spoke as she let (y/n) go. She had composed herself once more and was back to the innocent Lillie that they all knew. "You just have to chose the colors and then you can go wherever you want to watch them, (y/n)."

        As her last duty during the festival, she was supposed to choose three colors for the first set of fireworks to mark the end of the festivities. Of course, there would be many more throughout the rest of the night, but they had to officially bring everything to a close following the sun completely setting. After she chose her colors, Hau would choose. Then the rest of the colors were left up to the villagers.

        "It's not that hard of a choice. I already know one of the colors I want to choose," she thought as they all walked back towards the crowd. Hau, Moon, and Gladion were waiting for them. She ended up leaving with Hau to quickly make their choices. She had entirely forgotten that she was supposed to ask Silver if he wanted to see them with her, and he was most certainly thinking about it. That among other things that began to weigh heavily on his mind once more.
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I tried to branch off from the usual guy saves distressed girl trope. Hope it worked...haha. Until next time you phenomenal readers!