CorruptedMoon

Ethan woke up at the movements. Opening his eyes he looked over at Silver and gave a faint smile, "Looks like someone's feeling better."

Navi looked around curiously. Never did she even think that the Great Deku Tree could be this confusing!

Haru looked up to see his mother there with her hands on her hips, smiling faintly. "I've been looking everywhere for you two!" Haru looked sheepish, "Sorry."

Cynder glanced down before silently following suit. Ethan looked at the two starters before glancing down at the redhead in his arms. Somehow, this almost seemed...nice. With that thought in mind, he slipped off to sleep.

Navi followed him, dodging the water droplets that flew off the shaking blonde. "Eep!"

Cynder glanced at them and smirked faintly, 'They need this...it's a bit extreme, but they do.' Ethan's expression softened slightly. He stayed silent, but sighed softly, the faintest trace of a smile on his lips.

"She wanted you to be happy." He murmured softly, reach up to stroke Len's cheek gently.

"I never said I wouldn't do the same thing. But freaking out is not going to help." Cynder said flatly. He didn't like before so blunt, but it needed to be said. "He's not going to die. He will be fine, so calm down." Ethan kept silent, but he hugged him a little tighter, "Please, be okay." He whispered softly.

Navi followed, but at a slightly slower pace. She giggled softly at his now soaked appearance.

He chuckled softly, "Like I said, she is very accepting. She'll understand."

Cynder gave the pokemon version of a sigh, a cloud of smoke forming, before he went over to the water starter and lightly nuzzled him. "Relax, he's going to be fine. Ethan will take care of him." Meanwhile, now ignoring the two starters as they conversed in their language, Ethan removed his own wet clothing, shivering slightly. Once again he pulled Silver to him and wrapped the sleeping bag around them before hugging him tightly.

Navi beamed, "Alright! Now let's keep moving!"

Ethan looked at the pokemon in disbelief. "What the hell..." Cynder deadpanned, "That was not a brilliant move."

Haru smiled softly, "As do I." He said quietly.

Haru pulled him as close as he could, a pink flush forming on his cheeks. 'I can't believe I finally found someone I love so dearly.'

Ethan flinched in surprise then nodded to himself. 'Okay.' He took the redhead's bag and quickly pulled out the said object. Opening it like a blanket, he gently wrapped it around the other male and himself and hugged the other tightly. "You better be alright." He said softly, leaning up to gently kiss his forehead. "I won't forgive you if you aren't."

Haru gasped softly before he slowly relaxed and returned the kiss.

"Hm..."Navi tilted her head, then glanced at the unlit torch. "Maybe if you light this, it'll activate the bars?"

Ethan felt a chill go down his spine. 'I have a bad feeling...' He had finally made it to Route 50 where a blizzard seem to be whipping up. He was about to turn back, but something told him he needed to keep going so he did. And what he came across shocked and frightened him. "Silver!" The raven-haired teen rushed over to him and knelt down, flinching when he touched him. 'He's freezing!' Gently picking up the redhead bridal style, he spotted the cave where the trainer had obviously been trying to get to. He rushed towards it as fast as he could. Luckily it was pretty close so he made it there before anything bad could happen. Panting softly, he sat against the cave wall and called out Cynder who provided heat and warmth for the two. Ethan glanced down at his...what was he to him now? His rival? His friend? His...love? He shook his head firmly, blushing. Forcing the blush down he murmured, "Geeze, what were you doing out there?"

Navi giggled softly, "Come on, let's keep moving!"

Haru shivered slightly at the touch, his grip tightening slightly on the blonde.

Ethan sighed to himself as he and his starter came onto Route 49. Another reason why Route 50 was so unknown was because it was hard to get there and it was well hidden. If you didn't know the way... let's just say you'd be running in circles for awhile.

Once his team was fully healed, Ethan headed out again, eager to get some actual training in before he went back to Mahogany Town. And what better place than route 50? It was one of those lesser known areas, because the weather could be so harsh so only tough trainers went out there.

Haru gave a fain smile, "I won't be...not any more."

"Thank you..." He whispered softly.