Just a little one-shot, maybe two-shot I'll like to try. Ash's and Lillie's ages around 15.

I'm still fairly new to fanfiction (in terms of writing stories) so if you have criticism, than please let it be constructive criticism. Thank you.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon nor ever will

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The sound of rain softly hitting the ground beneath it of Melemele island. The rain was a strange occurrence for the Alola region. The region full of shine and sunlight was covered by dark, gray stormy clouds that swept over Melemele island. Sure it rained in Alola, but it was usually always sunny even when it rained, and the rain was usually very light and never so windy. Today was different.

No one dared to step outside in the rain, no person, no Pokemon, no thing. Everyone was indoors or out of the rain, except for one person near the beach. He didn't wear a jacket, nor a sweater of any sort. He was with some of his Pokemon.

"Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" He yelled at the tiny yellow mouse Pokemon. Pikachu jumped in the air, did his signature spin and fired a devastating Thunderbolt at a slightly giant incoming wave. The wave dispersed immediately once the attack hit.

"Leafage Rowlet!" He commanded another one of his Pokemon, this time at a slightly smaller wave. Rowlet flew up a little, spread its wing and fired a gust of leaves at the wave, stopping the wave before it reached the shore.

"Ash! Come inside, I don't need you being sick because of the rain!" A tall, shirtless man wearing a lab coat yelled from the porch. Ash turned to him and grinned, making him chuckle and shake his head.

"Just a minute Kukui!" Ash yelled before he told his Lycanroc to use Rock Throw towards another wave. Ash quickly recalled his Pokemon, besides Pikachu who jumped on his shoulder, and jogged to the lab.

"Sorry Kukui, just wanted to get some training in for the day." Ash words made Kukui grin.

"You can get some training some other time, but later when we have time we can test some moves downstairs." Kukui replied with a grin, Ash was about to respond before someone else beat him.

"Could we really not, and get in, you guys are going to get sick." A person fuss to get them inside, reluctantly they went in and closed the door.

"Knew I couldn't get passed you." Kukui laughed before he walked downstairs, almost tripping in the process. The girl looked over at Ash, blushed, and turned away.

"Ah, what's the matter Lillie, we just want to test some new moves." Ash pumped his fist, Pikachu mimicking Ash's pumped fist. Lillie turned over when the talked and thought that Pikachu mimicking Ash was adorable. She sighed.

"Last time you guys tried to 'test a new move' while I was here, you created not one, not two, but three holes in the house. So, no trying new moves while I'm here." Lillie pouted and glared. Ash scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. She wasn't lying when she said he and Kukui created a lot of damage.

"Ah well what are we supposed to do?" Ash asked Lillie as he laid on the couch. Lillie rolled her eyes before an idea popped into her brain.

"We can watch a movie, but after you dry off." Lillie said, grabbing him off the couch and giving him a light shove to the bathroom. A couple of months she wouldn't even dreamt of touching Ash at all because of her usual shyness, but lately they've become more comfortable with each other.

A couple of weeks ago Lillie asked Ash to come over to her mansion to help watch Snowy because couldn't help her today, and since Ash was good with Pokemon and had have baby Pokemon, she concluded he was a good option. Ash agreed and came over to her house later that day.

She was correct in Ash was very good at handling small baby Pokemon, like the newly hatched Snowy. While Ash and her was watching over Snowy, they talked about a lot of things. They were friends before, but throughout the day they became closer and closer. They grew more comfortable with each other, learning more of their likes and dislikes, and personality.

After that day, they've spent more and more time together. Sometimes with the rest of the group, sometimes with just each other. Today was an example. Lillie wanted to spend some time with Ash, so she walked with him to the Professor's lab right after school. He wanted to get some extra training in, which she was fine with. She's completely fine with watching him, which that thought brought another blush to her face.

While her and Ash's friendship has increased dramatically over the course of a couple weeks, her romantic interest had started to take towards Ash. She's never thought of a boy ever as what she was thinking with Ash. She won't believe that she has a crush on Ash, but the more the days go buy, the more she isn't believing on her own statement.

If she ever decided to admit to herself she has a crush on Ash, she'll still probably won't do anything. Her shy personality made her frown, she knew she wouldn't ask him out or anything, but an idea popped into her head. Typically she wouldn't do this, but she knew she needed to break out of her shy shell. She was going to do it.

Lillie laid herself on the couch and decided to find a movie while Ash showered. She knew which genre of movie she was picking. Horror. She's had watched a couple of horror movies in her lifetime because of Mallow, but she was never was a fan. She kept scrolling through the movie tabs before she found a movie that look quite scary. She couldn't believe that she was about to do this.

Ash stepped out of the shower and started to dry himself off and change into some clothes. Ash being the clueless dense boy that he was, had no idea that Lillie had romantic interest towards him. He saw Lillie as being a good friend that has become closer over the past few weeks. That thought made him smile.

Lillie was a good friend he concluded, but his gut was telling him otherwise. He couldn't quite place it, but lately his gut has been telling him that Lillie was more than a good friend. His first thought was that they were best friends, but he wanted more of something he didn't know, which is something he's never experienced before.

He had a feeling he's never had for anyone before and he has no idea. Ash shook his head to snap of it, but no luck. He was going to have to ask someone about this. Who could he ask?

Kiawe? He's a good friend and almost like a brother to him, but he seems more clueless to this than he was. Lana? While he felt she would know, she'll probably tease him about it and be mysterious like she is. Sophocles? Nope, he would definitely accidentally tell everyone and he had a feeling that Lillie shouldn't know until he understood what exactly he was feeling.

Mallow though seemed like a good choice. Even though she was best friends with Lillie, she wouldn't tell Lillie about it. Sure she'll tease him about not knowing, but at least she'll be direct about what it is. He'll ask Mallow soon about it. He realized that he's been standing there for about five minutes, doing nothing but thinking. He shook his head and smiled at himself and stepped out.

"There you are." Lillie patted the couch with her hand, asking him to sit right beside her. He smiled and flopped onto the couch.

"What movie are we watching?" Ash asked Lillie who was rubbing Pikachu. When did Pikachu get here?

"Don't know the name, but it's a horror movie." Lillie responded. She whispered something to Pikachu and he scurried off. Ash slightly frowned and raised an eyebrow.

"I thought you didn't like horror movies?" They've talked about it, he deliberately heard her say she dislike horror movies.

"Well my dislike comes from fear, so I need to try and get over it." She came up with a basic answer, that seemed reasonable. She knew she wasn't going to get over horror movies anytime soon.

"That's the spirit, got to get over our fears!" Ash brightly smiled at Lillie, who in response blushed, so she turned her head over to not look like Ash. Lillie rolled her eyes at herself. Her statement was any less true and here was Ash making her blush from something she knew was a lie. Lillie grabbed the remote from floor, and pressed play on the movie.

The rain outside started to get heavier while the movie was playing, making it harder to hear the movie. So the movie had to be turned up, which in turn made Lillie more nervous about when something scary will happen.

The movie started slow to begin with, something which bore Ash. He wasn't particularity a fan of horror movies, but he did enjoy watching them. He's usually never scared to watch one and deven as a little kid he's never really been scared by a horror movie.

As the movie carried on, more and more scary stuff started to happen. This in turn did freak out Lillie a bit. Ash look and her and saw she was clutching a pillow, her face slightly paler than usually. Why would she want to watch this? He had a slight feeling that what Lillie said was not the true story of it all, but he wouldn't question.

All of a sudden he had a urge, a massive urge to wrap his arm around her. He felt confused as to why he wanted to do that. He wasn't focus on the movie or really Lillie as he was lost in thought, asking himself where the urge came from and why it still wants him to wrap his arm around her.

Ash always acts on impulse and his gut, and his gut was saying to him to wrap his arms around her. Keeping her safe his what his gut was telling him. But his logistical mind part completely disagreed, but he usually listened to his gut, especially in Pokemon battles. But this time he did listen to his mind.

He was so wrapped up in his own thoughts, he didn't see what happened with the scary movie.

Lillie's plan wasn't working as she planned and it all had to do with the movie. The movie was slow pace, building up the suspension and scariness as it goes. Not a horror movie she preferred which had quick, maximum horror scenes.

Her plan was simple, but not yet working. Right now though, she waited as the suspension built up. Her full attention was on the movie, her plan not even a forethought in her mind. She looked back at Ash and saw he seemed to fully into the movie by him just staring at the screen.

The suspension kept building and her breath pace became faster and more erratic. She started to shake a little, and her palms became heavy.

The movie eerie's song came to the height of the buildup, which she knew was going to be the scary part. She braced herself, tightening the hold of the pillow and tightening her muscle, frozen in place. She waited, nothing happened. She relaxed thinking nothing was going to happen. Her mistake.

DAYUM

"Eeeeeeeeeeehhh."

Ash all of a sudden felt a weight on his torso, snapping him out of thought. He knew who it was without having to look, but he still anyway. On his chest was Lillie, clutching him, buried her head into his chest. He once again felt an urge to wrap his arms around Lillie, this time he did.

He wrapped his slightly muscular arms around Lillie, who clenched when she felt his arms, but immediately relaxed after a second. Her breathing was erratic and fast paced and he looked down at her worried. She gripped his shirt and had her head on his chest, rubbing against it.

Ash was now acting on impulse and followed whatever his gut was telling him. He rubbed her arms soothingly and her breathing became slower and more control. He then moved to her back and drew circles on her back. She all of a sudden whimpered and he felt himself be broke from the noise.

"Shh, it's alright. I'm here Lillie. I'm here." He kept repeating those words that he whispered into her ear. Her breathing was normal and slow and he realized she fell asleep.

He picked her up and went to his loft. It was a bit tricky to get up there with Lillie, but he managed and he laid her down on his sleeping area. He went down, back to the normal ground and made his way to the phone.

He remembered Lillie telling him what Hobbes contact number and he felt lucky he remembered.

"Ring… ring… ring… ri… uh alola? Who is this?" The person, he assumed Hobbes, asked.

"Alola Hobbes. It's me, Ash Ketchum."

"Ah Ash. How are you doing sir?" The butler asked him.

"I'd doing good."

"Ash, can I speak with Lillie. It's getting quite late but the rain and wind has picked up." Hobbes said through the phone.

"Uh Lillie can't talk to you. She fell asleep while watching a movie." Ash said, but he wasn't going to tell Hobbes about her falling asleep on him.

"Okay Ash. Hmm, well… how about she stays over there for the night. I'm sure it won't be any problem for Kukui. I trust you young man, for her to sleep at your house for the night." Hobbes sounded almost like a parent.

"Thank you for the trust in me Hopps," even though Ash was alone at the phone, he scratched the back of neck, "and it's no mind that she stays at Kukui's house."

"Alright Ash, I'm trusting you. I'll pick her up, sometime in the afternoon. Have a good night sir." Ash rolled his eyes at the word 'sir'.

"You have a good night as well Hopps." And Ash hanged up the call. He set the phone down and made his way pack over to the loft.

Boom

He heard thunder and was glad Lillie was asleep. She hates thunderstorms. Though a slight part of him wished she was awake, jumping into him and holding on to him as the storm raged on. He shook his head at the thought, questioning himself again as to where the thoughts are coming from.

He climbed up to the loft to see Lillie comfortably sleeping, laying her side, which shocked him as she usually slept in one of the best beds in the region. She was holding on to a stuff Pokemon of a stufful, which he didn't even remembered he had up here. Now he wanted to be the stufful, himself and her arms. He was going to ask Mallow tomorrow, one hundred percent.

He smiled softly at Lillie, and thought she looked cute when she slept. A thought of which he didn't question, he actually believed she looked cute. While he was criticizing himself for the thoughts just now, he had a impulse to do something.

He went over to her, hovered slightly over her, and planted a kiss on her cheek. He felt himself get hot and seriously questioned himself on why he did it, but he was happy that he did.

"Goodnight Lillie." He whispered to her before he left the loft. She smiled in her sleep.

And done. I think that was alright. I'm half considering if I should make this a two-shot or leave it at this. Maybe make it longer.

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