“We hadn’t seen or talked to each other since that day. Serena made her way over and sat down where he had been, all the while keeping her uncertain attention on him.“I wasn’t sure if you would have come,” Ash continued. ![]() Nervous? Worried?“Nervous…” That was his choice.“Nervous? Why?” Serena asked.“It’s been about two years, right? Since we went our separate ways,” Ash began as he moved himself to the other end of the bench. I’m just…”He wasn’t sure what to describe his current state. “I forgot the last time I was thinking hard, I was also in a bad mood. The memory faded as the real Serena watched him, caution in her eyes.“Sorry,” Ash then spoke. Then Ash saw a snowy forest and Serena before him, filled with fury.“… the real Ash…!” This Serena yelled, fighting back the tears in her eyes.“That’s right, Snowbelle…” Ash let the realization out. “I was stuck in my thoughts, that’s all.”“Is it anything I should be worried about?” Serena’s question was almost answered. “Oh, yeah,” Ash replied after a sigh of relief. Tied loosely around her neck was a blue ribbon, the very ribbon he gave her during their time in Kalos.“Are you okay?” Serena asked, her voice and eyes emitting concern. She now wore a black, long sleeve sweater with white dress pants and brown boots. Serena.She too had changed her clothes after they met at the dock. How could he have been so self-centered and forgetful to check on everyone? Especially when he had the time back in Alola, he could have made calls or check the news on the Pokémon Contests.Ash could only pray she wouldn’t be upset…“Ash?” Her voice startled Ash back into reality. The more he thought about the past encounters, the more he felt this guilt. Then Dawn, Gary, the gang at Alola, Brock, and finally Clemont and Bonnie. Moments like these, opportunities to be with old friends, should be taken and cherished. He needed to be attentive, since he had more responsibility put on him. He couldn’t be as narrow-minded as he was. Now, Ash was almost a man, the legal age of eighteen. ![]() It was Pokémon, the World Coronation Series, and the next adventure for the professor that he focused on. Just waiting for a girl.The boy wouldn’t have cared for these things. Instead of his normal adventure clothes, Ash had changed into a plain white shirt, along with black jeans, a black jacket, and black dress shoes. Were this two years ago, or as far as seven years, he would have passed her and got on the ship with Goh and Chloe.Instead, Ash was at the city park, seated on a bench looking out to the sea. An Evening in LilycoveWhy didn’t he think this one through?That thought has been coursing around Ash’s mind since the orange afternoon sky turned into night’s purple and black.
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