"Nate-kun!" I cheered as I ran to Nate standing in the opposite side of the police station that I arrived to in Castelia after Looker brought me from Aspertia City a few days after we visited father's grave.

Nate looked up from some paperwork and flinched when seeing me running and attack him on the floor with a hug "It's been a long time since I've seen you!" I cuddled up his face "How are you?"

"C-Cam... I'm fine. Can you get off?" I laughed and sat on the floor while he sat up and leaned on his knees, looking at me still smiling "You look happier than usual. I bet it was nice to spend time with your family" he smiled and stood up.

"Yes! We went to visit my father's grave in Icirrus City" he offered his hand to help me back on my feet.

"That's great. How was your time?" I scratched my head "What happened?"

"The Shadow Triad came looking for a fight, but it didn't last long. Other than that, I had a nice time just being with my family" Banette handed me the pictures Hilda developed the other day "We took tons of pictures!" He smiled and pet my head.

"I'm glad you had a good time" he organized his paperwork before walking me to the front of the station while we wait for Looker to come back.

"You were in Opelucid City. How was that?" He sighed and ran his fingers in his hair.

"Well... I saw my mom" I listened carefully when he glanced away "She got a bit of frost bite, but she's fine now. I went to go visit her, and I can just say she looked happy to see me, but she was also a little distant" he chuckled weakly "I kept my distance. I told her about my job and how I've been doing these pass few months. As I was talking to her, she looked like she loosened up and listened to everything I said. I told her about Team Plasma, I told her about the journey, my job, and even about you" I pointed at myself confused.

"Me?" He nodded and took off his backpack to dig for something "I'm sure it's all good things, right?" I joked.

"Yeah, I wasn't going to tell her how off you were, but I did say that you were a lot of work. The usual" I sweatdropped, knowing I shouldn't have expected him to say more about me "I also told her how fun-loving you are and how you made my journey a lot more fun" I looked at him confused as he took out a velvet textured box that was the size of my hands and gave it to me.

"What's this?" It looks like it holds some sort of jewelry.

"I told her that you have nightmares every night, so she got this as I was on duty around the city. Open it" a gift from his mother?

I opened it and saw a beautiful green dream catcher with unique feathers at the ends, even looking quite expensive "My mom is a handcrafter and makes a ton of things. She believes this can help with the nightmares. I don't know how, but look at how cool those feathers are" I smiled and closed the box so I could hug it "Do you like it?"

"Yes. This... This is so sweet. Thank you..." I don't believe something as simple as a dream catcher can help my nightmares, but it was a beautiful and thoughtful gift.

He smiled as I put the box away in Banette and looked back up to see him holding a smaller box the size of his palm of his hand "Huh?" I slowly took the box "Something else? Your mother didn't have to do that"

"Yeah, she made it, but this is from me. I saw it and thought you'd might like it" this is from him to me?

"You really thought of me?" I giggled and opened the box to see a pretty white and shining crystal attached to a necklace "A crystal?" I smiled, taking it out to put around my neck next to my other crystal "thank you!" I jumped to give him a hug "they're beautiful" he chuckled and pet my head.

"No problem. My mom said it's called a Opalite. It's said to be a stone of emotional balance, improves your sense of self worth, and brings peace" I held him closer, feeling emotional that he bothered to think of me when picking this for me.

"Nate..." he moved me back so we can face each other and he pet my head.

"I just wanted to get you these things so you can find some worth in living. I don't want you doing anything to yourself. I'll try my hardest to help you. Will you at least try?" I frowned. He went through all this trouble, so I can continue living..? N-Nate... "You don't have to say anything. This is all up to you, but just know that everyone will be sad to see you go... even me" I deepened my frown as he smiled for me "I look forward to traveling with you again"

"Nate... You're too good to me. You make it harder to leave" he chuckled and messed with my hair.

"I'll take it as a good thing" I sighed and smiled, giving in on his efforts. It made me smile that he cares so much, but no matter what he gives me to encourage me to stay, I can't do that. I already made a deal... I can't back down from it.

"It makes me happy that you two are getting along so well" Looker walked back to us with some paperwork "I see you two are ready to travel some more. It's good for young people to go out and explore. As usual, I hope you'll be on your best behavior, Camilla" Looker told me "here" I took the papers confused and looked through them, seeing a picture with a familiar face attached to the files "I took the liberty to look for the girl you told me about that broke out of the mental hospital you attended before. Cece Akira"

"Akira-chan?" I scanned her files "She's reported to have escaped the mental hospital at 15 years old. She lives with her grandmother, who accepted her despite that killed her own family that was abusive..." I read more of the report and was surprised to learn that she got a career "So she's living out her dream, it seems" I gave him back the files.

"Who's Cece?" Nate asked.

"She was my roommate back in the hospital. She was always to herself and never talked to anyone, so we didn't really became close until the second year I've been there. I had just gotten my Kalimba approved to keep on me, and I guess we just started being friends after I played for everyone" I looked back at Looker "I have no real reason why I wanted to know more about her. I was just wanted to know before I..." I decided to stop "We should get going now" I turned to Nate frowning at me and took his hand "I'm ready to go now!" He nodded.

"Come on. There's allot more you haven't seen" I nodded happily that I get to finally travel with Nate again and traveled to Nimbasa City to actually have fun in the amusement park this time instead when I couldn't enjoy myself last time.

"Make sure you stay with me. Wouldn't want you to get kidnapped again" Nate said, checking his Xtransceiver while I ate some cotton candy "You're not allowed to eat too much sugar, so don't go overboard"

"Yeah yeah" I laughed, happy to hear him nagging at me again. Something was chewing on my shoes "hm?" I looked at Nate's Zorua chewing on me "Do you like my shoes?" I smiled. It looked up at me and flinched, running back to hide behind Nate's feet. I giggled and tapped on Nate's shoulders to get his attention.

"Hm? What's up?" He asked. I got Banette to take out some jars with four different color nectar inside to show him "What's this?" He turned off his Xtransceiver to look at what I wanted to show him.

"Alani sent this to me all the way from Alola! It's nectar I can feed Oricorio so she can change forms" Oricorio flew down from the sky to sit on the bench we were on "This pink nectar will change her into a Psychic type, this yellow nectar will change her into a electric type, this red nectar will change her into a fire type, and this purple one will change her back to what she is now" I looked at her staring at me "a ghost type. I'm so lucky I got her as a ghost type, otherwise she wouldn't be with me for this long. I'm afraid to even let her try these because she'll change"

"Do you seriously think just by eating these nectars that she's going to change how she feels about you?" I chuckled.

"It's like you read my mind... Say, Nate?" I gave him the nectars "I know you don't like when we talk about this, but when my day comes, I want you to take Oricorio"

"Excuse me?"

"She has the potential to become a different type and explore her horizons. If she stays a ghost type, she will never live without me. When I'm gone, you should change her so that she can be happy without me. My other ghost types will do what they wish, but Oricorio can have a different future. Please?" He took the jars and stared at them.

"I have the feeling that if I see Oricorio come to me, I can only guess you did what you wanted to do" I nodded. He handed me the jars and kept the pink one on him

"So you picked pink" I smiled "I take that as a yes for taking her. Thank you"

"I might have agreed, but don't think I'm giving up on helping you" I held his cheek and nodded, knowing he won't give up. There's no reason to stop him from trying.

"That's good enough" I let go of him "You're a very determined guy. I admire that about you... You even say that you plan on confessing to Rosa even if she has a boyfriend" he nodded, looking forward to look at the park around us "well, to tell you the truth, that guy wasn't her boyfriend, but an ex who cheated on her" I looked to see a reaction, but there wasn't one, though he stiffened up "But she likes someone else... Does that make it less encouraging?"

"Even if that's the case, I still want to tell her how I feel" I smiled at my lap, knowing that even if Rosa likes Hugh, Hugh might not even know about her feelings and will take Nate into consideration because he likes her so much. I don't know how everything will play out, but I admire how brave Nate is to do this even if he does or doesn't get rejected.

Putting that aside, I let out a long stretch before getting up to take in some fresh air "I think I want to get on another ride!"

"Another one? We went on a ton! Aren't you tired?" Nate stood after me "Does Rosa like rides like you do?" I held my chin, ignoring the fact that he seemed like he tried comparing us.

"Well, Father use to take us to Nimbasa City when we were little. We were never tall enough to get on the big rides, but she always seemed to get dizzy on the Merry-go-round" he nodded.

"Okay. I think I'll try to find another way to take her out before I tell her how I feel" I looked at him blushing a bit. I frowned a bit before asking.

"You're going to take her on a date?" He nodded.

"If she's not busy. Maybe I can find a way to win her over. I still have a chance" I chuckled a bit "Do you have any ideas?"

"Oh! Uh..." I played with my fingers. I really don't want to help him with this, but I would want Nate to be happy even when I'm gone. I'm sure we can find a way to make his dream a reality "I don't know... maybe a picnic?" I looked away "maybe flowers? She likes lilies ... Lilies have a unique meaning. The pink ones stand for admiration, and the red ones mean love, so you shouldn't go that far yet" he took notes in his Xtransceiver "maybe get a delicious dessert? A handmade one will have more of a bonus score. You still haven't given me cookies from your moms recipe you told me about" I chuckled "cookies will be nice" he nodded, taking notes quickly, looking excited. I smiled at this, happy to see him so determined. Oh Nate...

"That's a good idea. That's really romantic" he said "How about a walk around a park?" I nodded "Should I give her a gift?"

"Well, you shouldn't overwhelm her, but a gift would be nice. You should know that a girl doesn't want to feel like you're trying to hard to get to her. You should have her see how much effort you're putting to make her happy. It's best to take things slow"

"Oh, I see"

"A gift does sound nice" I held the necklace he gave me "Something small, but has a lot of meaning" I smiled, loving the gift he gave me "If anything, maybe you can give her a few flowers. A Bouquet would actually confuse her. Attach the gift to the few. What would sound good for a gift?" I thought about it "Something simple... Like a teacup"

"Teacup?"

"Yeah! Rosa use to love drinking the tea I brought from home! That would be very thoughtful" Nate smiled and finished the notes.

"Thank you, Cam" he held my hands "All that sounds like a good time" I put on a smile, trying not to show how sad it made me to give him away. Nate... "I'll try my best"

"Good" I hugged him "Give it your all. I wish you happiness"

"Rosa's favorite flower is a lily. You would think it's a rose because of her name, but no. If you're name is Camilla, what's your favorite flower?" I let go and backed away to giggle at the question.

"My favorite flower? Why would you ask me that?"

"I don't know. I just want to know" I played with my fingers shyly.

"Well, there's a flower that is similar to my name, but it's not my favorite flower. My favorite flower is the Salvia and Lavender"

"Salvia and Lavender? That's specific" He smiled "I think I'll look for some for you as a thank you for doing this for me" I held my cheeks and spun side to side, blushing hard "What is it?"

"Flowers have many meanings to them. Lavender is simple, grace and calmness, but Salvia flowers aren't exactly gifts to friends, but to sweethearts. It depends on the color as well. The blue one means 'thinking of you' and the red one means 'forever mine' I don't think you would want to give me that message" I turned away and cupped my face, imagining a moment like that "The two of them always makes a great tea" I giggled "I'm just happy you gave me this necklace... I'll cherish it always" I turned back to him staring at me "Nate..." I took his hands, smiling up at him "I..." I stared into his eyes before I realized what I was going to do. I cupped my mouth and randomly pointed at a ride "I want to go on that ride!" Nate looked over at what I was pointing at.

"Y-You want to go on that ride?" I looked at where I pointed and sweatdropped at the haunted house "Y-You sure..?" Nate doesn't like ghost, so I don't think that was the best move. I was just pointing at a random direction.

"Uh... We don't have to go if you don't want to" he shook his head and took my hand, surprising me when he started pulling me into the building.

"No, I have to do this. If I want to impress Rosa, I'll have to suck it up and take it as it is"

"Nate, you don't have to do that. Rosa doesn't like scary things like I do. I grew up with scary movies, so you don't have to push yourself, you know?" He shook his head and kept going until we walked into the darkness of the entrance. I sighed and went through the entire building not even fazed by the jump scares like Nate was. He didn't scream, but he carried me to safety and jumped hard whenever another jump scare appeared. I giggled at how hard he was trying, but it was adorable. I'm looking forward to our last moments together. Please... Let these moments last a long while.