*Chapter 45: Picnic🎶

"What seems to be the problem here?" I froze, slowly peaking behind me at a man in uniform, standing by the door way with a serious look on his face. My heart felt like it wanted to pop out my chest at the sight of his beautiful eyes. His hair was still long, but it was shiny and well groomed. I found myself staring before he noticed me while the employee was explaining what happened. I flinched and lowered my scarf over my face. This... This is so sudden. I felt like passing out...

"And she won't even respond after what her Pokémon did!" The employee finished explaining what happened. Why, Rotom..? Why did it do that?! Is it because I didn't officially captured it and it wanted to jump into the most machines in one place as possible.

Nate walked up to me and leaned down to look at my face, but I couldn't let him see me "Ma'am, what was the reason for this?" He asked. His voice sounded so demanding... My heart couldn't take it. I ended up getting a nose bleed. I didn't notice it was a nose bleed until I touched my nose confused and saw the blood on my hands "You're bleeding. Are you okay?" He reached out to me. I flinched and jumped back, ended up falling on the floor and scoot away from him. I'm not ready... I'm not ready...

"Don't touch me!" I cried out, still hiding my face "I didn't mean this to happen!" I explained Rotoms story and why I didn't capture it "I don't know how to really train Pokémon. It's a new Pokémon and I need to save money, so I can't afford a Pokéball" I admit.

"Oh, I see" he kneed down to hand me a Pokéball. This isn't the first time he gave me a Pokéball... this brought back memories when he let me capture Litwick "luckily I have one in hand" I looked at the ball on his glove he was wearing. It won't count if I touch his glove, so he won't remember me if I reach for it...

I shakily took the ball and held it close to me "T-Thank you... I will take responsibility in what happened" he stood up.

"That's good. Hey, are the machines working?" He asked the employee. The employee went off to check on the machines before coming back and claimed that they were working fine "I'm sure the Rotom was just having some fun" Nate smiled "No need to take this further. Just be careful with your Pokémon" he offered his hand to me. I stared at it, unsure if I should "Is your nose still bleeding?" If he's wearing that uniform, it's definitely still bleeding "Come with me. I'll take you to the Pokémon center" I nodded and carefully took his hand, careful to not touch his skin, and was brought back up on my feet.

He smiled at me, which immediately made me want to pass out and lose balance "Oh!" He reached out to me. I panicked and fell on the floor again.

"S-Sorry!" I cupped my face, embarrassed "I'll stand on my own!" I got up quickly and almost fell again, feeling myself getting dizzy "I guess I haven't ate..." Nate sighed and waved to me.

"The Pokémon center should help. Losing blood on a empty stomach is not a good idea, so come with me" he offered his hand again. I shook my head and walked pass him to leave the arcade. He followed after me towards the Pokémon center.

"Hey" I flinched when he spoke "That dream catcher on your necklace. Where did you get to from?" I turned around to face him and looked at the dream catcher.

"Oh! This..?" I smiled "It was a gift... It's very precious to me. You can say it saved my life" I chuckled.

"My mom makes those dream catchers. She lives in Opelucid city" I nodded and smiled at him.

"Yeah! I'm aware. Her work is amazing" he came up to me and reached for the necklace he gave me and observed in his hand. I gulped, feeling my hands getting sweaty from how close he was "I-I got this as a gift too... from the same person"

"Your friend has good taste in gifts" he chuckled. I wanted to melt at his smile. Oh Nate... The fact that he doesn't remember our moments together hurts so much, but I can't do this right now.

We finally ended up going to a food truck that we've been to before. I ate after not eating all day and enjoyed every minute of it, especially when Nate was with me and sitting a good distance from me... since I scooted away to give us from space.

"You didn't have to pay, you know?" I told him.

"Don't worry about it. You seemed to be struggling, so I wanted to help out. A good cop looks out for people" I smiled at my empty plate, happy to know he's living a good life in this job. It's what he always wanted and deserved "Where are you from?" I flinched at the personal question.

"O-Oh! Well... I have two homes since my parents are divorced. I lived in Letimas Town and Aspertia City..." I admit.

"Oh! Really?" He got closer to me. I quietly freaked out "I'm from Aspertia too! Though my mom lives in Opelucid City. It's a long story" he chuckled "I think I went to Letimas Town once, but I don't remember" I looked at him thinking for a bit before looking back at me. I flinched and looked away "You're pretty nervous, aren't you?" He chuckled "Don't worry. I'm just looking after yah. I'll be out of your hair soon. I have somewhere to be after this"

"Where are you going?"

"On a date" I blushed and looked down again. So after a whole year, he barely asked Rosa on a date? Or maybe they're together already! That's great... yet my heart felt like it had dropped "It's a first date, so I'm kinda nervous" I snapped my head at him rubbing his head, embarrassed.

"A first date? A handsome guy like you doesn't have a girlfriend yet?" I cupped my mouth and turned my body back so he wouldn't see me. Did I just blurt out that he was handsome?! I thought it was Darkrai that blurted out my mischievous thoughts. Don't tell me I'm really that bold to say things like that! "I-I'm sorry..."

"You're fine" he pulled on the back of my shirt, which sent me chills and look back at him moving his hand away.

"Y-Yes..?" He stared at me for a moment. I lowered my scarf over my face again and hid myself.

"Why are you so nervous?"

"I-I'm not nervous!" My nose started bleeding again and dropped on my shorts "Oops..." I picked up Banette to give me a towel and cleaned myself off again "Ignore that..."

"Do you get nosebleeds often?" Absolutely not "You sure you don't want to go to the Pokémon center?" I waved my hand, showing that it's fine. It was quiet for a moment. I looked at him staring at Banette sitting on my lap. That might cause him to remember me! I quickly scooped her up and stood up to bow to him.

"Thank you for the food! I'll be sure to repay you!"

"Don't worry about it" he stood up "I better get going" I stood up while he was looking at his Xtransceiver "My friend should be coming here soon. She just left from her school on her last day. She's been stressed over finals, so what better way to make her feel better after all that studying?" He slapped his hand after remembering something "Which reminds me! I have to go to the floral shop!" He came up to me "You sure you'll be okay?" I blushed and looked down, nodding.

"Y-Yes... Thank you for taking care of me" he reached out to pet my head. I panicked and rushed off before he could do so. I was so into the moment that I almost forgot I was wearing a scarf on my head! What in the world!? Why am I so jumpy!?

"I think you're still not use to being in your old body" Melanie showed up "You depended on the darkness so much that you don't even know yourself. I'm sure it'll take some time to recover. I don't think it'll last forever" I nodded and looked around to look for where Nate went off too. If he's going to go see Rosa, this is my chance to find her! But I still am curious where he's going. The floral shop?

I found him exiting the floral shop with a decent size box in hand. Judging from the size of the box, I think that may be what I suggested for him to give Rosa when we were last here.

He sent out a Pokémon that ended up being a pink bird with a hula skirt, almost reminding me of... "Oricorio" Nate kneeled down to hand her the box. I gasped at her new form "I need you to-" Oricorio looked around before stopping at where I was. I jumped and hid behind the building "What are you looking for? Listen to me. This is important... I need you to take this box and hide it until I call for you to bring it to me. It would be a hassle to carry it the entire time" Oricorio nodded and looked back at my direction "Is something over there?" He got up to observe, but Oricorio flapped her wings to get his attention before she levitated the box and flew away. He crossed his arms while watching her leave "What a strange Pokémon..."

His Xtransceiver went off "Rosa!" He answered the phone "Hey, I'm on my way to the park right now!" He smiled at the screen. I sighed and admired that smile on him "Are you there already?"

"I'm like five minutes away! I'll be there soon!"

"Great! Thanks for agreeing to come with me. I know you've been stressed about everything, so now that everything is over, I want to make this fun for us"

"Awe! You're so sweet" she giggled "While I'm on my way, can I tell you about the dream I had last night?" Nate was surprised to hear this.

"A nightmare?" Why did he think it was a nightmare?

"What? No! Nothing like that!" Rosa said "I've been having some weird dreams as of lately for the pass few weeks" Nate started walking, so I sneakily followed to hear more of the conversation "I'm always in a forest, and I'm always faced or being looked over by another me!" She's actually seen the dreams I've seen her in? I didn't think she did!

"Another you? Maybe you have a long lost twin" Nate joked. I sweat dropped. He arrived to the park with many nice trees around and sat on a bench. I sat behind a close by tree and continued to listen in on the conversation.

"I mean..." Rosa said, sounding like she was lost in thought.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know... Just seeing that other part of me felt comforting. Being with her felt so nice. She didn't look a lot like me, but we had the same face. It was weird... but it felt right" I hugged my legs and held them close, feeling the sadness in her voice like I felt in my heart "If I had a lost long twin, what do you think they would be like?" Nate thought for a moment. Oricorio came flying to my side. I cupped my mouth, not expecting her to be here!

"O-Oricorio!" I gasped quietly. Oricorio cooed happily and flew to my lap to hug me. I shakily brought her into my arms and cried "You remember me... I'm so happy. I didn't end up dead after all. We can be together again" I peaked at Nate still thinking.

"Well, you'd probably be the complete opposite. Since you're confident and outgoing, I can imagine them probably being shy and nervous all the time" at the moment he said that, I realized what I thought would happen, happened.

"Her personality really did change when I left..." I looked at my shaking hands "She first changed because of me... now it's back to how it started" I cupped my mouth in disbelief "I ended up screaming at random encounters just like when I met strangers as a kid, but it's different" I squeezed my hands "I grew a little from that personality"

I looked behind the tree again to see a car pulling up where Nate was sitting and saw Rosa climbing out with an adorable uniform on! She's so cute!!

"Sorry I'm late" Rosa smiled "I see you still have your uniform on as well"

"Y-Yeah..." Nate blushed "I just got out of work" she chuckled.

"You look like a body guard" she joked. Nate looked at a random direction "What's wrong?"

"Uh... Nothing" he started the walk "Let's go. I have something set up for us. Are you hungry?"

"Starving" she smiled and followed him around the park. I followed them for awhile, pretending like I was a normal person just walking behind them. I know this is weird, but I'm just trying to get to my sister without Nate around! "Can I continue with my dream?" She asked him.

"Go for it. I want to know more about this twin of yours" she nodded excitedly.

"W-Well... The first time I encountered her, I don't know why... but I wanted to cry so bad. It sounds silly, but I just wanted to hug her. There was an invisible wall between us, so I couldn't. She ended up giving me my favorite flower" she held her cheeks and had hearts floating around her "Nobody really knows my favorite flower, but she did! It made me happy" she looked at him "and last night was even crazier! She sang the song my mom use to sing to me when I was a kid!"

"A song?" He looked down for a second before looking back at her "How did it go?"

"I don't think she noticed I was listening, but her voice was so pretty" she shined "All the shine of a thousand spotlights" she sang in a small voice, not really trying to sing "all the stars we steal from the night sky will never be enough... never be enough" Nate stopped walking while she kept walking and semi singing "Towers of gold are still too little. These hands could hold the world but it'll never be enough... never be enough... for me" she realized Nate stopped walking with her and looked back at him before widening her eyes "Nate?" She ran back towards him "What's wrong?" He wiped his face quickly "Why are you crying..?"

"I-I don't know..." he kept wiping his eyes and seemed like he couldn't stop what Rosa claimed were tears. I stopped walking and hurried to hide behind a tree to cry. Looker was right... He does go into a daze. He does remember me... but not entirely.

"Ori..." Oricorio frowned at me. I looked back at them to see Rosa using a handkerchief to help him clean his face.

"Sorry..." Nate said. Rosa smiled and put the handkerchief away.

"It's okay. Come on, what is it that you wanted to show me?" They continued their walk until they arrived at a picnic spot on top of a hill guarded by Samurott "oh Nate! This is adorable! Did you really plan this out all by yourself?"

"I can't remember where I got the idea, but I was hoping you didn't eat" Nate chuckled and pet his Pokémon "Thanks for watching over the picnic" Samurott nodded and looked over at the tree I was hiding behind "What?" He looked over at the same time I hid myself "My Pokémon are acting weird today" Rosa sat down on the blanket before Nate.

Samurott left to give them time alone and ended up coming to the tree I was by while hugging my legs and crying on my own, sad that I can never have Nate, but I will still be happy if the two of them end up happy together... That's all I've cared about, yet I cry... I'm sorry for crying...

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