"No... no! Absolutely not!" Nate glared at me when we arrived to the Celestial Tower with Professor Juniper "You are not going in that tower!"

"Huh?!" I complained "why not?! It's a tower! Full of ghost Pokémon!"

"Exactly! If you go in there, you might end up getting another ghost type!"

"What's wrong with that?!" He pointed at the tower.

"Ghost types are dangerous! I don't care how much they like you, I don't want anything happening to you!"

"That's not your decision to make!"

"So what?! I'm your guard! I have to protect you!" I groaned.

"Once we find Rosa, you will no longer be my guard, which means you can't tell me how to live!"

"I'm not trying to tell you how to live! I'm trying to tell you to live!" I was taken back "I don't know exactly why ghost types like you, but I don't consider it a good thing... You were fine with Oricorio, and then you added Litwick! You saw the Pokédex entree... Why aren't you scared..?" I frowned at how concerned he was, but it wasn't necessary.

"I already told you..." he looked away "I'm not scared of anything. You don't have to worry about me" I held my chest "I decide what I want to do with my life. I won't be anything but a memory... A memory you don't need to remember" I looked up at the tower "I'm sorry... This is getting too far. Let's go catch up with Juniper"

"You're making a mistake, Cam. You're going to make your family sad" I smiled, hearing that over and over, but he never claimed that he will be sad.

"Don't worry... Once I'm out of the picture, even they won't remember me" I took his hand "Come on, let's go" he followed me into the tower, where Juniper was looking at a grave stone at the end of the building. This tower is so tall, so I can only imagine how many graves there are in this building.

As soon as I stepped inside, I felt surrounded by pressure. It wasn't overwhelming, but it was heavy. Not wanting Nate to worry about all the ghost types that are attracted to me, I ignored the feeling and we walked up to Juniper looking up to see us.

"Hey there you two. Skyla should be up on the roof where the bell is. Could you get her for me as I stay here?" She asked us. Without questioning it, Nate and I went up the tower, passing thousands of graves and millions of eyes watching us as we walk.

"This place is so quiet... It's nice" I said, enjoying the silence.

"If your idea of nice is being surrounded by graves, then no" Nate said, which made me laugh "We're just here to find Skyla and get out of here. I don't want you to get comfortable"

"Don't be so uptight. The dead loves the quiet, so show some respect" he huffed and pulled on my hand, making me stop walking and look at him. He looked distressed. I sighed, having enough of making him feel this way. I don't like seeing innocent people sad over what I do, so I came up to him and held his cheeks, like I did with Rosa "Nate, believe me. It's going to be okay. You can live your whole life without knowing I existed. Why are you so sad for?" He held my hand.

"Because! You deserve more! You deserve to live a life you can be happy with" I kept my smile, though it was hard to keep it.

"I can't be happy, Nate. How many times do we have to have this conversation? As happy as I am to make sure my family is okay, I'm not happy with being alive" I held his hands "Ever since my father died, I never been the same. For the things I've done, I don't deserve to live, but I stayed alive for this long so I can be strong enough to protect my family. I..." I looked down "I really hope Rosa chooses you, so that way you can protect my family in my place"

"Cam..." his hands started shaking. He was about to say something before the ghost types around us revealed themselves. I looked around confused, suddenly understanding what caught their attention. I stormed up the last flight of stairs with Nate following me and made it to the roof top, where a girl was standing at the very edge of the tower, staring at the view.

"Oh, another one. I see" I held my chin, alarming her and looked over at us. Nate was frozen while I stared interestedly "What are you doing there?"

"Who are you..?" She looked back at the view "Well, I guess it doesn't matter. Don't worry, I'm not going to do what you think I'm going to do. I was just... imagining" she stepped back and faced us "are you two trainers aiming to get a battle out of me?"

"Not exactly" I walked up to her "You were just imagining? So closely? You could had fallen. You know that, right?" She frowned and looked back at the view.

"Yeah... I'm a flying type gym leader, so I raise flying type Pokémon. I'm use to these heights. My Pokémon had a baby, and that baby tried learning how to fly, so I suggested to come up to this tower like all my other Pokémon, but it didn't make it" she turned her back "I caused a small Pokémon to fall to its death, because I thought bringing it here was the best decision" she looked at her hands "Why am I telling you all this?"

"When I'm around, I tend to make people say more than what they expect. You can let it out, it's okay" I reached out my hand for her to take. She just looked at me "You have no reason to feel guilty. You trusted this method, so you didn't expect this to happen. I know what it feels like to lose someone, but we become stronger. Come on, move away before you fall" she slowly nodded and reached out for my hand. Her foot ended up slipping and made her fall backwards, pulling me into the fall.

I stopped the fall before we could drop from this high tower and shouted in pain at my wound on my arm while holding myself up and keeping Skyla in my hand.

"D-Don't let go!" Skyla cried. Nate was already above me and pulling us back to the floor, giving us back our safety "Oh my Arceus!" Skyla sobbed, cupping her face "I am so sorry!" She looked at my arm and gasped "You're bleeding!" I looked down to see that my stitches snapped and caused me to bleed again.

"That's not good" I sighed and dug in my bag. Nate stopped me and pressed a cloth I was going to use to stop the bleeding on my arm.

"You shouldn't be doing this yourself. We need a professional. Come on, let's get you both some help" he told Skyla. Skyla nodded with a guilty look on her face before running off to push the big bell on the other side of the floor we were on. As soon as that bell rang, I coughed and splashed something black from my mouth. Nate didn't noticed and ran off after Skyla was done and I was taken to the Pokémon center with Juniper with us so I can get my wound treated properly and see if Skyla needed attention.

"Audino, this is your job! Why aren't you doing what you're suppose to do?!" The nurse lectured the Audino that worked with her to heal patients with wounds. It was asked to heal my arm slowly healing and my wound, but as soon as it saw me, it refused to and started crying. I sighed and looked at how sad Nate was looking at me, like he really started to get worried more and more each day.

"It's fine, I'll just heal the old fashion way" I stood from my chair before Nate stopped me "What?"

"It's natural that this happens when you're around, so why don't you just play your instrument?" My instrument? "It'll be good to calm Audino down!" I took out my Kalimba and started playing a random song that popped in my head, getting Audino to calm its crying and watch me playing surprised

"You... and I... we're like fireworks and symphonies exploding in the sky... with you, I'm alive... like all the missing pieces of my heart that finally collide" I remember Rosa calling out my name "So stop time right here in the moonlight, cause I don't ever want to close my eyes. Without you, I feel broke, like I'm half of a whole... without you, I have no hand to hold..." I looked at my hands, remembering how Rosa was looking at me when she first saw me, thinking I was dead "without you, I feel torn, like a sail in a storm... without you... I'm just a..." I looked down, not wanting to continue

Song: Sad song by We The Kings

I sang with the melody of my instrument, using my voice to calm those around me, giving my words to Rosa, but also felt them towards Nate, who was carefully watching me and enjoying the music like everyone else.

I was staring at him as I was singing. I stopped playing, realizing what I was doing. I cupped my mouth to stop myself and noticed a light coming from Audinos hands healing my arms.

"That was beautiful, dear" The nurse smiled at me "You're all done" I slowly nodded and stood up to look at Juniper and Skyla clapping for me. I blushed and looked down, feeling embarrassed.

"You sing so beautifully" Skyla smiled. I chuckled and left the PC after everything was clear for us to go. Skyla mentioned that she'll have to give Juniper a ride tomorrow because she caused a lot of people trouble and she had to help get things going again. We understood and went separate ways until tomorrow.

Nate and I went back to our room and stayed there for the majority of the day. He was watching movies while on the bed while I was on the floor wanting to play a song, but I can't shake the fact that I ended up saying those lyrics towards him. It could had been worse... I could had kept going.

"Ori?" Oricorio questioned why I was staring at my Kalimba the whole time. I smiled and kept my eye on it for a moment before trying to figure out how to play a song that sounds perfectly for those who dance traditional Japanese style. Oricorio just kept tilting her head at everytime I messed up.

"I haven't figure it out how to play this song"

"You can't play it?" I looked up at Nate looking down at me from the bed. I quickly looked away to hide my blush and look at my instrument.

"I only know songs I've had in my music player I gave away. It's not that easy learning a new song. If I had some notes, maybe it'll help" I started playing different notes "I can probably look it up and print it, but we haven't had the time"

"We have enough time right now. It sucks that we have to wait until tomorrow to go forward, but what can we do?" He sighed "I hope Rosa is okay"

"She's fine" I closed my eyes, thinking back at how shocked she was to see us. I don't know what made her think joining TP to get into their plans to stop is was a good idea, but I wish I could've helped her instead of thinking of something so dangerous "I know she is"

"How do you know that? Is it twins intuition?" I laughed.

"Yeah!" I looked back at him "It is! When we were in Driftveil, I thought I felt her"

"You did?!" I looked down, nodding "Is that why you were looking around?"

"Yeah, and to be honest... I don't think we should worry anymore" he frowned "but I'm not saying we should stop looking. I'm sure she needs to us help her"

"What are you saying? Do you know something I don't?" I coughed on my arm "What's wrong? Are you still sick?"

"No worries" I got up to sit on the bed next to him. I could feel him staring at me, which I ignored and started trying to get the song right.

"Why don't you tell me what's wrong?" He faced me "I know something is troubling you. Can I help in any way?" I looked at his worried face "The more we travel together, the more I feel like things are going to escalate fast. Do you really think I'm going to forget about you after all we've been through?"

"It's only been a few months. People can forget easily"

"Not everyone is the same. I'm not going to forget you" I rested my head on his shoulder "Cam..."

"You want to bet?" I smiled at him "We need to stop talking about this. You shouldn't fall for me, Nate" he groaned and rubbed his face.

"You need to stop that. It's getting old" I chuckled "Whatever decision you make, Cam. Just know that I'm right here" I looked down as he stood up to open the curtains, making the room fill with the sound of rain "I may be your guard, but I'm still your friend" I squeezed my Kalimba, trying not to cry.

"My friend..? How are we friends when I don't treat you like one? I annoy you all the time and get on your bad side. We are not real friends, Nate. It'll hurt more if I have to leave more people behind" I stood up "Why can't you just be like Hugh?" He came back to me.

"Hugh, for whatever reason, doesn't like you, and sure, you may be annoying and a pain in the neck, but you're still pretty cool" I looked at him surprised as he smiled "You can fight to defend yourself and look cool doing it. You're okay on my part" I held my heart, feeling it pounding like before "Listen, I-" his foot got caught on the carpet and made him fall onto my body, laying on top of me on the bed. I bit my lips, holding in a nose bleed "Shit!" He was about to get up before I wrapped my arms around his neck "Cam!"

"Once you see Rosa. It's over" he stopped struggling "If she's going to be with anyone, I want it to be with you. You're an amazing guy who would go all out to help others. You've done so much for me when I don't deserve it... I can't thank you enough for making this journey so much fun" I ran my fingers in his hair "Please... Let's just stay like this"

"Cam..." I smiled and closed my eyes.

"Aside from my family, you're the first person in a long time I got to hug for this long. Physical touch is my love language. I appreciate you, Nate. Thank you for looking out for me" I felt my tears falling, holding him closer "I won't ever forget you..."

"Don't talk like that" I chuckled and let go of the hug, letting him get up and hover over me. He frowned when he saw my tears, but I still smiled "You deserve more than what you think you do... It's me who doesn't deserve happiness" he placed his forehead on mine "You're right. We need to stop talking about this stuff" he chuckled "but I'm glad I can be myself around you. You don't judge anyone, which makes me not feel ashamed if I ever tell you what I did"

"What did you do?" He snorted and got off me to sit down.

"Nice try, but I'm not giving in so easily" he looked down "even if I know a lot of terrible things about you... I'm sorry"

"It's okay. I would want you to tell me when you're comfortable" I picked up the remote and gave it to him "let's watch a movie together" he nodded "and cuddle!" I opened my arms to hug him. He pushed me away and laughed, picking me up by the waist instead and put me on the other side of the bed so he can sit comfortably too.

For the entire night, we just watched movies, and in the back of my head, I feel like Nate and I are becoming closer and closer everyday, which may be dangerous on his part...