Warmth In The Cold: Chapter 1 - A Frozen Embrace

Ash clenched his teeth tighter, his lower half continuing to tremble. He looked down to his hands on the ground to either side of him, lifting them into the air a little and trying to bend and straighten his fingers repeatedly. They moved rather rigidly, which worried him, but he reluctantly pulled off his gloves and opened his mouth, releasing a long breath onto his open palms. The warmth felt nice at the time, but it only took a few more seconds for that warmth to fade. The trainer grunted as the weight on his lap shifted, trying to pull his legs a little closer together beneath the weight. It came back down, forcing a deep groan from his vocal chords as he pushed his head back against the rocky wall behind him, clenching his teeth as he looked past the waterfall of blue thread in front of him.

The snow continued to whiz past the opening of the cavern violently, the whistling of the wind gradually becoming deeper and more intense as the blizzard showed no chance of letting up. He groaned, feeling a warm - but still slightly chilly - sensation cover each of his hands, before it laced between his fingers and gripped his skin tightly. He couldn't ignore the moan in front of him, looking at the back of the head of blue hair as it started to raise upward slightly, before lowering back down. Ash winced at the intense warmth of that motion which partly stung from the intense frigid temperatures, giving a sigh as the head in front of him turned to its side, a sapphire-blue eye coming into view and looking back at him. He could see the girl's breath in the cold air as her body shivered, pulling their hands off the ground and wrapping them around her stomach, pulling her back against him. The shift caused her to let out a whimper, dragging her waist back against his pelvis. Ash's head tilted back and his eyes wandered up to the roof of the cave, staring blankly as he panted into the open air. Despite the freezing temperatures, the fact that this girl was now sitting on his lap, or that the gravity of this situation had somehow led to his dick going inside one of his best friends...

How exactly in hell did it come to this?

Nine hours earlier, 11:00 AM

"Ash, come on! How can you be so slow at getting ready?"

"Because I told you, this is my first time!"

"Oh, whatever, it's not even that hard! Do you need help after all?"

The 19 year old trainer gave a quiet sigh to himself, grumbling his complaints under his breath as he continued to struggle with the strap in his hand. Ash was currently sitting on a bench of a very open room, his back hunched over as he reached down to the boots on his feet. His hands were struggling to fasten a plastic strap that tightened his boot to keep his foot secure, but he looked at it oddly while tilting slightly to the left and the right. Yeah, he had no idea how to do this.

"Jeez, Ash, what's taking you so long?" the trainer heard the sound of slightly louder-than-normal footsteps, his eyes looking towards the doorway beside him and seeing a figure move into sight. The figure was clad in rather heavy winter gear, consisting of a heavy jacket, snow-pants, fingered gloves and toque, all pink in color. The boots on their feet were not stylish in any way just like his own, considering they were rentals, but Ash was more bothered by the sly smile on the feminine face as their sapphire-blue eyes stared at him with a knowing look. "So you do need help."

"I said I don't, Dawn!" the 18 year old blunette rolled her eyes, moving closer and plopping herself down on the bench beside him. The hair that fell over her shoulder she pushed back behind her, watching as the trainer - who was wearing similar winter gear but in a navy-blue color - made another attempt at the strap on his boot, but no confirmative clicking sound was heard.

"...Sure you don't need help?"

"...Fine..." his grumbled response made the girl giggle before hunching over, reaching for his boot and taking the strap from his hand. Ash gave a silent roll of his eyes, feeling emasculated at needing help from the blunette before he blinked, fully returning to his senses.

Without realizing, he found his eyes had stopped on the girl's lower backside as she leaned over the edge of the bench. He quickly moved his eyes towards the roof, turning his head away as he felt his cheeks warm up. It was no mystery to him that he found his female friend attractive, but it was more recently since he had started hanging out with her again that he found himself struggling with it.

It had been a few weeks since he had come to Sinnoh again, and this was for the sole purpose of reconnecting with his friends. Namely, Dawn. That meant no plans, no pokemon, just himself to hang out with her. The two had kept in touch since the Sinnoh League ended and they parted ways, but had never really made any personal visits to one another. There was the time they ran into each other in Unova, but that was unplanned and felt rather short, so the pair had decided to plan a lengthy visit. And that's what brought Ash to the Sinnoh region: though the moment he first saw her, he discovered a new trouble that he had no prior experience with.

He had started to...notice Dawn. Meaning in a sexual nature, of course. He thought back to several occasions on their journey: whenever Dawn dressed up in her cheerleader outfit for his gym battles, whenever she changed into a swimsuit, even the skirt of her outfit that she wore each and every day, he had never seen any of it in a sexual perspective. That was probably because he was still an immature kid back then, but he was 20 years old now, and that naïve attitude about girls was starting to cause problems for him.

Specifically, Dawn grew up just as much as he did: even more, in fact. A man might grow up, but tends to not fully mature, whereas a girl...well, a girl both grows up and matures, mentally and physically. Which is what Ash struggled to keep himself under control with. When he had first come to Sinnoh again and met Dawn at her home in Twinleaf Town, he almost didn't recognize her at first before the blunette had pulled him into a sudden hug. That was the first sign of trouble: hugging her gave him both a feel that her chest was no longer childish, as well as the sight that her butt had grown even more than her bosom. Dawn might have only been a year younger than him, but she certainly filled out quickly since they last saw each other. Thankfully he somehow managed to avoid her noticing his awkward behavior, and done so up until this point.

The pair had decided to take a trip north to Snowpoint City, the blunette having heard that a new ski resort had opened recently. Dawn had always wanted to try skiing, and Ash was curious himself, so he of course obliged to go when she asked him. He also quickly discovered that his recent problem was easier to deal with in Snowpoint than in southern Sinnoh, where the temperatures were warmer. This is because in the snowy north, Dawn was wearing heavier and warmer clothing, which covered up her figure and helped his eyes from wandering. Back in Twinleaf Town, the blunette had been wearing skinny jeans and a tank top, so needless to say Ash was eager for a forced change in his friend's wardrobe. Not that he would ever say it out loud, of course.

"There, boots are done," the trainer blinked out of his thoughts, looking down at his boots to see that all the straps and clips were fastened.

"Thanks, Dawn," he turned his head to see the blunette flashing him a cheeky grin before hopping onto her feet and holding out her hand.

"No need to worry! Now come on, let's get our skis already!" the trainer almost grunted in surprise as he was suddenly yanked away from the bench, stumbling to remain on his feet as he was pulled along by his female friend, her grip on his hand too tight for him to escape. The next room they reached was a lobby-like area with a rack of rental skis along the wall beside the doorway leading out into the snow. Dawn tugged him in that direction, quickly clicking her boots into a pair of skis and starting towards the door, but then stopped. She cast a glance over her shoulder, sweat-dropping as she noticed Ash looking back and forth along the rack of skis. "There's no difference, come on!" the trainer was surprised as the blunette suddenly held out a pair of skis to him, beaming as he lowered them to the ground. He looked curiously between the skis and his boots before the blunette rolled her eyes, grabbing each of his hands.

"Wha- Hey!" Ash tried to tug his hands from her grasp, but she held too tightly as she held them equidistantly between their bodies.

"Just push your boot down, it'll click in," she told him, the trainer glancing down with a puzzled look.

"Well, that doesn't sound very safe..." the girl giggled as he carefully lifted one foot and brought it down onto the ski's designated spot for a foot, gradually putting more pressure until he indeed heard a click. Dawn watched in amusement as he lifted his foot and began wiggling it around in the air, watching as the ski stuck with him the whole time. Then he did the same with the other foot.

"Perfect, now let's go!" Ash blinked with a surprised expression as two poles were pushed against him, the blunette flashing another smile before taking poles for herself and walking awkwardly towards the door. Ash glanced down at the skis on his own feet, copying her movements and feeling like an idiot for moving this way until he finally reached the snow. At that point, he noticed the single spike on the bottom of each pole in his hands, pressing them into the snow and pulling, feeling his body slide forward rather suddenly across the snow.

"Whoa, whoa...!" wavering as he attempted to regain balance, he heard a few laughs from a distance, sighing quietly to himself. He wasn't sure if those people were just having fun or they were laughing at him, but he would definitely not be surprised if it was the latter. Giving a quick look around, he didn't even seen Dawn anymore, which led him to wonder how the hell she was so good already. She did say she had never skied before, right?

"What're you just standing there for?" Ash nearly jumped, giving another sigh as a figure suddenly came up beside him from around the side of the building, stopping on the side of their skis and casting some snow up against his snow-pants. He gave an unamused look to the girl, seeing her flash a sly grin as she giggled. "Sorry, Ash, couldn't resist."

"Yeah, yeah, laugh at me not knowing what I'm doing..." Dawn gave a brief roll of her eyes, leaning over towards him and nudging her elbow against his.

"Oh, come on, this'll be fun! Don't tell me Ash Ketchum has grown into a big baby~" the trainer glared at her, only getting a sly smile in response before she gracefully moved herself away and started gliding across the snow. He watched with an arched eyebrow at her movements, wondering how she was doing that so well before glancing down at his own skis, starting to move again.

A few falls later, he finally managed to reach the base of the ski lift, which was further than he had originally thought. He noticed Dawn waiting at the bottom near the loading area, her eyes shining as she admired the snowy hill before noticing Ash coming up beside her. When he finally came to a stop - which partly required Dawn's help to prevent colliding with her - Dawn could see that he seemed rather annoyed, which made her frown. She helped him towards the loading area and remained beside him, the lift seat taking them off their feet and raising them into the air. She glanced over and noticed Ash's hand take hold of the post beside him rather tightly, making her giggle.

"It's okay, Ash, you're not gonna fall."

"Yeah, that alone doesn't reassure me."

"Well, you know I wouldn't let you fall, either. Here."

"What do you-" the trainer's voice cut short, his body tensing up as he quickly looked down to his lap. He saw a pink glove over his own, following the arm to see Dawn smiling at him.

"This way, if either of us fall, we fall together," Ash's brow furrowed at her words. He could tell that she was trying to make him feel better, but a part of him was refusing to ignore the lack of logic there. She must have realized his problem here was the falling itself, not falling alone. But he chose not to question her, simply remaining quiet as he turned his head away, his hand still held by hers. When they finally reached the end of the ride, Ash turned to her with a puzzled look as he saw the seat ahead of them turn around the large metal post that held the lift in place. "Okay, hop off...now!" the trainer quickly hopped off just after the blunette, watching her skillfully stop herself after a few feet while he continued to slide forward. Considering the trainer's experience already with skiing, and that he felt this wasn't gonna get better anytime soon, he decided to stop the only way he knew how.

Dawn couldn't help but giggle, using her gloves to cover her mouth as she glided up towards Ash, who was now sitting on his butt in the snow with his skis parted and his knees bent. He looked up and noticed Dawn come into his view, looking unimpressed as she continued to fail to hide her laughter.

"I...I'm sorry..." Ash rolled his eyes as it took a few seconds for the girl to calm herself down, offering her hand to him. He took it and pulled himself up, clearly taking her by surprise as she felt herself yanked forward, the trainer holding out his arms and letting her fall against him. The blunette lowered her head to hide her cheeks which had grown a deeper shade of scarlet, pulling herself away and turning away from him. "S-Sorry. You ready to go?"

And with that, they officially began skiing. Dawn of course glided down the course skillfully, slaloming from side to side down the hill as if she were already a pro. Ash, on the other hand, surprised himself by only falling once before he got to the bottom. He found the blunette waiting for him by the ski lift again, riding up together before starting down the hill a second time. And this time, Ash managed to do it without falling at all! While riding up the ski lift again, Ash decided to ask Dawn why she was bothering to wait for him when she could go as much as she wanted. The blunette told him that it was because they were here together so they should experience it together, though she could tell Ash seemed unconvinced by that answer. She decided to tell him her own personal reason, which was that she didn't want to ride up alone just in case a stranger managed to catch the same seat as her: specifically a guy. Ash seemed confused by this, but Dawn explained that in the pat few years, she was experiencing more and more guys who would hit on her when she was alone.

For a single second, Ash was surprised at that. But it didn't last long when he started to think about it: he had noticed it himself, after all. Dawn had grown very attractive since he last saw her, and it's only natural that some guys would be dumb enough to try their chance. Even if there was clearly zero chance. Ash knew that he was somewhere in that percentage, not to mention he didn't want to risk messing things up with his best friend, so he knew that he would never say anything about liking her. He wasn't even entirely sure that was the case, either. He had never really thought of having a girlfriend before, especially not Dawn, it was just something that had never occurred to him. And he had always thought of Dawn as his best friend, so how was he supposed to know if that ever became love? He had no idea what that felt like!

"Hey, Ash?" the trainer blinked, snapped from his thoughts before turning to the girl on the lift beside him. She was playing with the outside of her gloves on her lap, as if trying to twiddle her thumbs, an almost troubled expression on her face as she looked down. Ash had seen that look on her face before, to a much worse degree: something was clearly bothering her. "...Are you annoyed, being here?"

"Huh?" Ash's brow furrowed. "Why would you ask that?"

"Because...You seemed pretty annoyed earlier, when you kept falling," the trainer didn't respond to that, knowing that was definitely true. "I just...feel like I'm bothering you, asking you to come here with me. I was hoping you would have fun, too..."

"Dawn, just being with you is always fun," Ash didn't seem to notice since her cheeks were already rosy from the cold temperature, but the blunette could certainly feel a blush come across her face. "I know you were excited when you heard this place opened up, and as soon as you asked me to come with you, of course I was gonna say yes. Hanging out with you is when I have the most fun, so no need to worry, right?"

Normally, Dawn would have thought nothing of this and reacted cheerfully by repeating her catchphrase: no need to worry. During their travels in Sinnoh, Ash was the one who was a bigger influence on her in almost every aspect, but her catchphrase was one of the few things that he picked up from her. And that made her happy, considering everything he had done to help her when she was first starting out as a trainer. Catching her first pokemon, dealing with her first contest loss, helping her regain her motivation when she felt like quitting, he was always there for her no matter what. She always tried to do the same for him in return, like cheering at his gym battles, but she never felt like she was giving enough back. But that became a minor issue ever since he had come to visit, and she had come to realize something.

Dawn was in love with her best friend. When they had parted ways at the end of their journey, the blunette had a suspicion that she had developed a crush on him, but she shrugged off her sadness and told herself it was because her best friend was leaving. Though a few years later, it started getting worse. She was really missing him: she wanted to see him, talk to him, eventually becoming a desire to spend as much time with him as possible. From the very start, all the way to now, she had felt it was strange to fall in love with her friend, so she tried to suppress these feelings inside of her. But the moment they started talking about him visiting Sinnoh again, they leapt out of her heart without a care in the world, though she still wouldn't tell him outright how she felt. If Ash didn't feel or think the same way, she couldn't bare to mess things up between them.

And now here they were, riding a ski lift together with no one around to hear them. The other skiers on the slopes below were too far out of ear-range, plus the whistling of the frigid wind. They were essentially all alone: this could be the perfect time to say it.

"Dawn?" the blunette nearly jumped, snapped from her thoughts when she noticed his glove move overtop of hers. Her eyes looked to her side, feeling her cheeks grow warmer again when she noticed his auburn eyes staring at her with concern. "You okay?"

"Y...Y-Yeah, I...I'm..." the blunette fell silent, feeling her heart start to beat faster. This really was the perfect time. Was it worth the risk? If she messed this up, she would lose Ash, and she could barely handle her first loss in a contest. Losing her best friend might break her heart. But when she glanced in his direction again, the caring warmth of his eyes made her voice get caught in her throat.

"Whatever it is, you know I'll help however I can," his grip on her hand gently tightened, which only made the beating of her heart get faster. He was always so kind to her, and never seemed to notice how much it affected her. His kindness was one of the first things that she admitted to falling in love with about him.

"...Ash...I-I think-"

Her voice cut short as the pair felt their feet swing forward, the lift seat beneath them tilting backwards. Dawn's free hand quickly moved overtop of Ash's on top of her other hand, gripping it tightly as her body reacted on instinct. And as a girl, in a situation of surprise/fear, she tended to cling to the closest thing she could find. So Ash wasn't exactly expecting that the ski lift stop so suddenly, but also that the beautiful girl beside him would immediately shift closer and lean against him, clinging to his hand.

"D-Dawn?" he couldn't help but voice his surprised reaction. Sure, the lift had stopped rather suddenly, but he wasn't expecting the girl to be afraid of it. He could see her glove starting to tremble, which only made him more concerned. "Hey...it's okay. I'm sure it'll start up again soon," the blunette didn't respond, keeping her head low against his shoulder. This was mostly because of her mortification for acting so scared over something so simple, but also because of the fact that she couldn't help but cling to Ash because of it. Something like this was not helping her keep her emotions at bay.

Ash might have been uncomfortable for the duration, but it was only a handful of minutes before the lift started moving again. Once they reached the top, they were greeted by an employee of the resort who apologized for technical difficulties, before they headed for the slopes again. Neither one spoke about what happened when the lift stopped, not only because it was embarrassing for both of them, but also because neither one had a clue what the other was thinking. Did Dawn do that because she wanted to? Did Ash enjoy it? Neither one knew, and neither one was brave enough to ask about it.

The afternoon continued in a fairly regular manner for the pair: ski down the hill, ride the lift back to the top, then repeat. There were two instances where Dawn had finally gotten tired of the current hill and wanted to go to the next one, which Ash did hesitate on but agreed nonetheless. The slopes got slightly steeper and longer with each advancement, which Ash admits that he was concerned about, but he had managed to get the hang of not falling as much as when he first started.

It was now 5 PM as Ash breathed into his bare palms, watching the mist linger in the air before dissipating. He and Dawn had taken a break to get something to eat within the resort, but Dawn still clearly had energy to burn since she went straight back to the slope afterwards. Ash was a little more held back by his appetite and decided to take a break just below the top of the slope, his back against a tree as he watched a familiar outfit of pink winter gear ski gracefully down the snowy hill. He slipped his gloves back onto his hands, trying to keep his teeth from chattering as another gust of frigid wind blew past him. Ash had definitely noticed the temperature had gotten worse since they first arrived, so much that his fingertips and toes had grown numb hours ago.

Not to mention what he had heard in the dining hall. There were a few people talking about the chances of a blizzard hitting the resort, some saying it was minimal while others argued it was highly likely. Ash had no idea what to think himself, since he never checked the weather forecast before going outside, so he was trying not to think about it while hoping it would stay away. A blizzard would force them off the slopes, and he knew that would make Dawn sad, so obviously he'd prefer if that didn't happen. And when Dawn reached the top of the hill again and found him waiting, she gave him something else to wonder about.

"Hey, Ash, look over there," the trainer looked in the direction his friend was pointing, seeing that she was looking towards the line of trees that acted as the boundary of the slopes. And at a specific point, where two trees seemed a little further apart than the rest, he could see what had gotten her attention. "Is that...a trail?"

"Huh..." as the pair moved closer towards it, Ash saw that the snow appeared thicker than what was on the slopes, but the space did seem open enough to travel on. "It kinda does...but it doesn't look like it's been used for a while."

"...Wanna try it?" the trainer's brow furrowed, looking to the blunette. During their travels in the past, he may never have known why, but he was able to tell whenever something piqued Dawn's interest. And the ever-shining curiosity in her eyes as she stared at the old trail was definitely telling him that she was interested.

"I dunno...Who knows how far it even goes, or whether the trails leads another way back to the resort," Ash stated, the blunette's eyes glancing curiously to him.

"We won't be gone long, just a little while...Please?" Ash swallowed his breath. Like Dawn's newly-developed beauty, that was another thing he was recently finding hard to deal with: her puppy-dog eyes. He could never find the strength to refuse them.

"...Just a little while," the girl blinked, her pleading look instantly replaced by one of gratitude and happiness. Her lips curled into a wide smile as she used her poles to pull herself forward, moving past the line of trees. Ash gave a quick glance around, seeing no one nearby before following closely behind her, not wanting her to go off on her own. He was unsure enough about this path, so letting Dawn go alone was not an idea that helped him feel any better.

But what could be the worst thing to happen?

"I think it was...th-this way..."

"N-No, I thought it was that way..."

It had been nearly an hour since Ash and Dawn left on the side path. The trail started off easy enough, just a little thicker snow than the slopes, but nothing that they couldn't handle. The wind started to pick up just as snow started to fall, which started to hinder the range of their vision. Then pretty soon, when Ash noticed that there didn't seem to be another part of the path that led towards the resort, he advised to Dawn that they should go back the way they came. But once they thought to try it, they noticed that the snow had started falling heavier, and any trace of their path had been buried under a new blanket of snow. And it didn't help any that all the trees - no matter which direction they looked - appeared the same.

"Uh...Now I'm not so sure anymore..." the trainer trailed off, watching his breath hang in the air as a gust of wind blew past them, making him flinch. The temperature definitely felt like it was getting colder, too.

"A...A-Ash..." he looked towards the blunette, who had her arms wrapped closely around herself with her poles held in the snow. Her shoulders appeared to be shaking, the visible skin of her face being a deep scarlet from the temperatures. "I...c-can't...feel m-my..."

"Hey, hey, don't worry. Try to keep your face covered, okay?" the girl slowly nodded, pulling her gloves up over her cheeks and trying to shield as much of her face as possible. Now Ash was starting to worry a lot more: his eyes searched around frantically for any sign of their previous travels, but there was nothing left. Mentally cursing himself, he took his glove off and held up his hand. He clenched his teeth as the wind blew across his skin, chilling it rather quickly before he scrambled to put his glove back on. "If we follow the wind, it should lead us to the upward slopes again. Come on."

"O...O-Okay..." Ash couldn't help but feel concerned as he heard her teeth start to chatter together, making him feel urged as he started in the direction the wind was blowing. The blunette started following behind him, but both of them noticed that her movement speed had drastically reduced since the slopes. The cold had begun to affect both of them more by the minute: their senses of feeling were nearly non-existent in their toes and fingertips, and the chill on their faces forced their bodies to rush blood in an attempt to keep the skin from going cold. The wind continued to grow stronger as they moved in search for the slopes; or anything at all, really. Ash clenched his teeth as he narrowed his eyes, trying not to let the wind dry them out so he could continue to see. They had to find something soon, there just had to be...!

"Wait...is that...?" finally, Ash caught a break. His eyes briefly left the source of his relief to look back at Dawn, seeing that she was holding her arms close to her body again as she shivered, barely managing to keep up with him. He put all of his strength into one leg, pressing down and watching the ski sink only about an inch into the snow, despite how much it had been snowing. Thankfully most of it was fluffy, so it seemed safe enough to walk on. He crouched down and struggled with the clips holding his boots in place, eventually managing to detach himself from the skis. He took his poles and skis and tossed them ahead, hurrying to Dawn's side and detaching her skis.

"A...A-Ash...?" the blunette's eyelids flickered as she watched him toss her poles aside, then watched her arm be slung across his shoulders while barely feeling it. Her teeth continued to chatter, her whole body shivering as she was helped ahead through the snow. Her eyelids fell shut, trembling as they struggled to open again, but never found the strength to.

Until she no longer felt the wind. The air had become calm, almost as if the weather had come to a grinding stop in an instant. She managed to open her eyes once more, blinking a few times before her vision adjusted to the brightness difference. She was no longer looking at the falling snow blowing across her face, but something...darker. And solid.

"W...Wha...A...cave...?" she noticed Ash press his back against the wall ahead of her, falling to the ground as he watched each breath he took briefly cloud the air.

"This should at least keep us out of the wind..." the trainer told her, rubbing the palms of his gloves together before covering his mouth and letting out a heavy breath, feeling the warmth of his breath waft over his skin. It was refreshing, but at the same time bittersweet, considering how briefly it lasted. He glanced up and noticed Dawn still standing where he left her, her shoulders shivering with her arms wrapped closely around her mid-torso. He patted the rocky ground to his left. "Come on, you shouldn't be too close to the opening."

"R...Right..." the blunette's feet seemed to drag forward with little energy before she turned around and pressed against the wall, trying to let herself down easy but ended up falling without warning. Ash's head turned with a look of concern but the girl shook her head, pulling her knees towards her chest and wrapping her arms around them. They sat about a foot and a half apart, both sitting in the same position with Dawn pressing her chin against her knees to stop her teeth's chattering, and Ash using his cupped gloves to enjoy the warmth of his breath.

The pair sat in silence as they watched the air current outside the cave carry the snowfall sideways through the air at high speeds, now looking even worse since they were out of its range. Ash glanced to his side, seeing his friend's shoulders continue to tremble beyond her control, which never let his concern subside. He hesitated and kept to himself for the first few minutes, hoping that the condition of the cave would help them regain their body's warmth as opposed to being outside. But it didn't happen quite as Ash had hoped: he took off his gloves and breathed against his skin directly, having a little stronger effect but it didn't last any longer. He continually checked on Dawn beside him, but her condition didn't seem to get any better either, which only made him more concerned.

Eventually, he mentally cursed himself for his hesitation before putting his arm around her shoulder, pulling her closer to him. The blunette blinked with a surprised look on her face as her head softly fell against the side of his shoulder, her eyes drifting up towards him. She couldn't tell if he was blushing at what he just did, or it was the temperature that made his face so red, but he did appear rather bashful as his eyes awkwardly avoided hers.

"I...just figured body heat would be better..." he didn't notice, but Dawn stared at him with a shining curiosity at his words. Even now, all he could worry about was being kind to help her. Dawn pulled the toes of her boots together, her gloves fidgeting with one another before she released her legs. Ash blinked as he felt something snake around his torso, glancing down to his right to see a pink glove holding the side of his jacket. His eyes drifted to the opposite side to see Dawn still leaning against him, but her other arm was now reaching across his front before gripping his jacket just above the other hand. Part of his brain instinctively told him that this was a dangerous situation to be in, especially with Dawn, and to get out as soon as possible. But he didn't: his body refused to move, nor did it want to. It felt comforting, and almost...warm.

Given how cold she was, Dawn could no longer tell if she was blushing or not as she felt Ash's arm around her pull her even closer against him. She felt the corner of her lips twitch slightly as it curled upward, giving a weak smile as she closed her eyes. She knew that this situation was dangerous for their health, not to mention their friendship, but a part of her felt...relieved. The two of them could do something like this without it being weird, even if it is for the sake of their health. But all Dawn could think about was how nice it felt: how comforting his arm around her was, and how he held her close.

But reality is not always so kind, and the next half-hour proved that. The pair in the cave did manage to stay out of the frigid wind, but it only got worse outside with each passing minute. The snow started piling up, the whistling of the current never died down, and the two friends seeking shelter continued to shiver against one another. Ash kept his teeth clenched together to prevent chattering while Dawn struggled to keep her teeth apart, but the trainer beside her still heard her teeth knock together every now and then.

"I...I-I'm...s-sorry..." Dawn's quiet words made Ash's brow furrow, looking down curiously to the girl's head on his shoulder. He noticed her lower lip beginning to tremble as her eyelids flickered weakly. "I-I...I'm the reason...we're h...here..."

"Hey, don't...don't talk like that, we'll be alright," he rubbed his hand up and down her arm, but it didn't seem to comfort her any as he heard her sniffle.

"It...It's my fault..." she sniffled again, making the trainer feel a painful pinch in his chest. He had heard Dawn blame herself in the past before for something she wasn't responsible for, but this was more disheartening to watch and hear than anything from the past. "I...I'm sorry, Ash..."

"Hey...Look at me," the blunette felt his arm lift off of her slightly, another hand touching the left side of her waist. Ash's hand turned her torso so that she faced him directly, his other arm falling around her waist and still keeping hold of her, a serious look in his eyes as he stared into hers. "We will get through this. No need to worry, right?"

"Ash..." even now, his main concern was still to help her. Dawn was amazed that despite how cold she was, and how dry her eyes felt, her eye still managed to form a tear before it rolled down her cheek. How could she have been so lucky to have met someone like him? Her mentor, her supporter, her best friend...even her first love.

"Dawn?" Ash gave a puzzled look as he watched the girl tug off her gloves, rubbing her fingers a little before she reached for the center of her jacket. They trembled as they managed to take hold of the zipper, before slowly pulling it down along her torso, Ash looking back up at her eyes questioningly. "Dawn...What are you...?"

"You said...body heat is best...right...?" the trainer blinked, looking surprised as he noticed the two sides of her pink jacket suddenly part. He blinked again before he registered the sight of her white pullover sweater, the realization finally clicking in his mind before he started to grow nervous.

"W-Wait, what-" Ash's eyes widened slightly as he noticed her hands then reach beneath her sweater from the bottom at each side, seeming to struggle a little bit from how cold her fingers were before a look of embarrassment came across her face. "W-What are you doing...?"

"Body heat...is better when it's...direct..." Ash's brain seemed to shut down as her hands came out from her clothes and reached for the zipper of his jacket, something falling out from her sweater after her hands. The trainer might not have had any personal experience with bras, but he could tell by the shape of the azure-blue fabric that it was indeed a woman's undergarment. And this one belonged specifically to his best friend.

"W-Whoa, whoa! Dawn, hold on a sec'!" the trainer's thought became scrambled as he felt his own winter jacket part along the middle, a pair of hands smaller than his own prying their way beneath his sweatshirt. He sat himself up straight rather suddenly, pulling his back against the cavern wall in an attempt to get some distance between them, but it only turned out to be a few inches. The blunette felt her heart beat faster against her chest as her hands slid up his stomach, feeling over his muscles before pulling away from his skin. The trainer glanced down with bewildered eyes as his sweatshirt was parted from his body, pulled upwards before seeing one of Dawn's hands move back to her own pullover. Thankfully his own shirt clouded his lower field of vision, but he could still tell that she pulled up her top in a similar manner. "Dawn, wait-!"

Ash's brain came to a halt, all thoughts fading into the background as he felt an incredibly warm sensation against his chest. His entire body tensed up as the blunette pressed herself more intensely against him, wrapping her arms around him as she rested her cheek against his shoulder, keeping her eyes low. The trainer's mind was suddenly jolted back to reality as he felt something hard graze against his chest: or rather, two small hard objects. He wanted to look down to confirm his suspicions, but he knew that if he were right, Dawn would never forgive him for looking. But then why would she do this in the first place? Oh yeah, it was for warmth, that was it. That had to be it. It was only for warmth, there was nothing else to her doing this...nothing else...

"Is...Is it...warmer...?" her timid tone didn't help with how nervous Ash was, who still held his hands out in the air. He was too worried to embrace her again, considering the new lack of clothing between their torsos, and whether or not that would affect his control of his own hands.

"Y...Yeah..." he stammered nervously, feeling her arms tighten around him even more. Glancing down cautiously, he could see that her head was tilted downward so that her face was out of his view, and felt his heart start pounding against his chest as he noticed the open nape of her neck. He thankfully couldn't see the skin of her torso past the bunched-up pullover over her collarbone, but clued in on something else that he didn't notice: slightly faster than his own, he could feel another heart beat.

"Y...Your heart is racing, Ash..." the blunette's words were quiet and shy, the trainer glancing nervously to his side.

"S...So is yours..." he responded carefully, feeling the girl's cheek rub against him slightly. Ash slowly straightened his legs, resting them on the ground as the blunette's hands clutched the back of his jacket tighter. Ash swallowed his breath, trying to calm himself down to no success, unaware that a similar battle was occurring within Dawn's mind as well.

"Would you...mind if I...got closer...?" Ash blinked, looking down with a furrowed brow as the blunette began to shift against him. He noticed one of her legs straighten out alongside his before it lifted off the ground, hovering over his before lowering again. "I...I'm still...a little cold..."

"U-Uh, I...I'm not...!" Ash's stammering didn't get out fast enough before Dawn's other leg followed her first, draping over his waist. With a cautious and careful tug from the blunette, Ash felt a weight settle on top of his pelvis, looking down with wide eyes as his best friend was now sitting on his lap with her legs off to his right, still holding her bare torso against his. "Dawn, are you...s-sure about this...?"

"This is...for body heat, to...to keep us warm..." she replied shyly, tilting her head back slightly to look up at him. Ash became aware of his rapid heartbeat once again as he noticed the innocent shine of her cerulean eyes, making him feel guilty about what was happening, even if it wasn't his doing. How could he not feel guilty about this situation with his best friend?

Though while he was distracted with these thoughts, Dawn couldn't help but notice as something hard poked against her butt.

"A-Ash-?!" the blunette heard a surprised whimper escape her throat, quickly covering her mouth. She looked to Ash's face, noticing that he had snapped out of his thoughts and was now looking at her with a confused expression. "A...Ash, is...is that...?"

"What are you...?" Dawn shifted herself slightly on top of him, the trainer blinking as he suddenly became aware of his friend grinding against a rather hardened part of his body. His eyes snapped down in shock, then looked back up to her. She still held her hand over her mouth, panting against her palm as she struggled not to let out another whimper at the feeling of her butt rubbing against him. Even through the thickness of her jeans and snow-pants, she could still clearly feel that something was rather...alert, about him. "D-Dawn, let me explain-! I-I'm sorry, it's just that you got on my lap, a-and I wasn't expecting it, plus the whole shirt thing, I-I just didn't-!"

"It's okay."

Ash blinked, tensing up beneath the blunette. Did...he just hear her right? But that didn't make sense. He was expecting her to slap him and jump off, or at least get angry at him, but she didn't seem to react at all. Looking her in the eyes, all he saw was a sense of innocent sincerity as she stared back into his auburn orbs. "It's...what?"

"I said...it's okay," she repeated shyly, relaxing her waist on top of his. Ash winced as he felt her behind shift against his bulge, watching her eyes soften as she felt the movement too. But what Ash didn't realize was that at the same time, a thought came to Dawn's mind. Something that she had almost never thought about before in her life: only on a few specific occasions, when she found herself feeling really alone and missing Ash. Her desire to not mess up their friendship usually kept this thought at bay, but in the past few years since hitting the tail-end of her puberty, she found herself more and more curious by the day. But she never wanted to mess things up between them.

"D-Dawn?!" the trainer's eyes shot open as he felt something touch between his legs, beneath Dawn's hips. He opened his mouth to question her again but quickly bit his tongue, supressing a groan as he felt the bulge within his pants be squeezed, before starting to be rubbed gently. His eyes drifted down past the girl's torso against his, seeing that one of Dawn's arms had at some point pulled away from him and reached behind her own back, clearly finding its way beneath herself and between his legs. "Ho-Hold on, what are you doing?!"

"It gets...really hot...doesn't it?"

Ash blinked, frozen in utter shock. When she said 'it'...Is she actually referring to it?! "Dawn, wait, just take a minute and think-" he bit his tongue again, feeling another squeeze on his crotch as the girl's waist lifted off him slightly. Since the blunette shifted herself, he could feel her chest pull away from his by the slightest of margin, so he tilted his head back and looked up to the roof of the cave just to be safe. But he was only further confused when he heard a zipping sound, then felt another hand touching his crotch from the front. Throwing all caution to the wind, he snapped his eyes back down to see what was going on.

His heart was basically at risk of pounding through his chest as he first noticed Dawn's rolled-up pullover across her collarbone, followed by two small but clearly hard and pointy tips that rested on the face of two fair-sized mounds of pale flesh. He swallowed his breath as he forced himself to look past it, seeing that Dawn's one arm still reached behind her while the other was now down between her hip and his abdomen, tugging on a few layers of clothing. Specifically his jeans and boxers.

"D-Dawn, I-I don't think that's-!" his voice cut into a gasp, breathing out heavily as a sudden comforting warmth covered his crotch. Most of her palm rested against the front of his shaft, which was painfully being held down by all the clothing, while her pinky finger and thumb were over the sides and found the sac of flesh beneath it. The blunette began breathing heavier, suddenly feeling very nervous as she wrapped her fingers around the foreign object in Ash's pants, prompting a grunt from him. Her other hand came to her front and pulled his clothes away from her hand, giving it enough space to be freed with its new friend.

Ash shuddered when her hand parted from it for a moment, the chill of the air instantly washing over it before her palm found it again. He clenched his eyes shut, his fists pressing into the ground on either side of him as he tried to think of anything but what what was happening. But he couldn't help but feel everything: each of her fingers slowly wrapping around it, the somehow relieving heat of her still-cool hand, the poking of her nipples as she leaned against him again, or the warm sensation of her breath on his collar as she breathed heavily.

"D...Dawn...Why...?" he could barely get the words out as her palm started grazing along his length, the soft sensation putting a strain on his mental control. This girl was his best friend...so why was she doing this?

"We need...to share our body heat..." her timid tone of voice did not match her actions as her hand started stroking him up and down, making the trainer bite his tongue. Despite how cold he was, and how numb the majority of his body had become, this was something he could feel in its entirety. "And...it is my fault...you're like this...so I want to help you..."

"D-Dawn..." the trainer winced, feeling a pressure already starting to build in his loins. Dammit, as if this weren't awkward enough already, now he couldn't even last barely a few minutes?! "Dawn, I...Wait a sec', if you do...th-that..." the blunette glanced up curiously to him at his words, a single thought coming to her mind at what he could mean. So she glanced down at his shaft curiously, pausing for a single moment before starting to stroke again. Faster. Ash's fingertips tried to dig into the stone on either side of him to no success, his knuckles nearly turning white from the pressure as he clenched his teeth. With how warm her palm was compared to the rest of his body, and how oddly amazing she already was at doing this, this was definitely about to become a problem. "Dawn, s-stop, I'm gonna...!"

The trainer's voice trailed off, shifting into a deep groan as he felt the pressure within him suddenly condense and travel to his tip. Dawn's free hand traveled down to his member as well, pressing them together with her fingers pointed downward, her palms concealing the head of his dick as he couldn't hold back his ejaculation any longer. The blunette gasped, sharply sucking in air as her palms suddenly grew very hot and sticky, his shaft pulsing and twitching against her fingers as his load poured out onto her palms. The trainer's waist twitched repeatedly, struggling to keep himself under control before his orgasm finally started to subside. Dawn carefully pulled her hands apart, several strands of sticky white ooze stretching out between them and his shaft. She looked down in amazement at the amount of the liquid coating her palms, as well as his shaft, feeling her heart beat faster against her chest. She glanced up curiously to Ash's face, seeing a mixed expression of strain and relief before she raised her hands closer to her face. She cautiously gave it a sniff, her nose scrunching up a little at the pungent scent. Then she waited a few seconds and tried again, but this time was...okay. In fact, it was almost...pleasant. Like it was something she didn't know she wanted to smell.

"...I...I'm sor- W-Whoa, Dawn?!" Ash blinked in shock, not believing his eyes as he watched his best friend's tongue snake out from between her lips, lapping up some of his ejaculate from her hand before pulling it back into her mouth. Her nose scrunched up again like earlier, this time her head giving the slightest twitch to either side, as if her body were refusing it like a child refusing their vegetables. But just as Ash opened his mouth to tell her to rub it against the cavern's wall or in the snow, his jaw nearly fell open as her lips started grazing over more of the ooze. As her lips moved across her palms, he could see that she was leaving almost nothing in her trail as she slurped up his ejaculate, the trainer only watching in pure awe at the sight. "D...Dawn...You do realize...that's...?"

"...It's so warm..." the blunette dragged her tongue across her upper lip, her heavy breath still visible in the air as her eyes slowly drifted toward his. And as he stared into them, he noticed that the innocence from earlier was gone, and now starting to look rather curious. "...It's a little bitter...but...it feels...so warm inside..."

"Dawn, I-I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to-" the trainer's voice cut into a grunt, wincing as he felt her palm suddenly grip his shaft once more. And this time with her hand being coated in his jizz, it felt more slippery. "W-What are you doing...?!"

"Can you...help me feel good...~?" Ash blinked, looking rather shocked as he noticed the curious look in her eyes begin to glaze over a little, as if being controlled by something else. Something he had never seen in her before. Her hand stroked his shaft a few times before he heard a zipping sound down below. He couldn't help but glance down curiously, noticing her free hand fiddling with the front of her pink snow-pants. Then he saw it open, revealing her navy-blue jeans. Then her azure panties that matched her bra...

"W-Whoa, whoa, wait! Wait a second, you can't be-!"

But the trainer was silenced by something soft pressing against his lips. In the first moment, he recognized a bitter and rather strong taste that he didn't recognize. And in the next second, he felt her hand part from his dick before it touched against something else that was even hotter, then quickly became enveloped by that heat. He bit down on his tongue, even harder than before as he felt his dick start twitching eagerly at the extremely warm sensation around it. For a split second, he almost thought as if his tip had found resistance against something, but he figured it pushed through since he couldn't exactly focus on one thing right now. And then, trying to pull his mind away from the extreme heat on his crotch, he tried to focus on his sight to see what was touching his lips.

And to his shock, he saw Dawn's closed eyelids directly ahead of his eyes. He glanced down with a look of shock, their noses blocking his eyesight at what was touching his lips, but it was still obvious. She was kissing him. His best friend was actually kissing him. And not only that: looking past that, just past his jawline to the side of his vision, he saw that the front of her pants was still parted, her legs on either side of his waist with a small patch of thin blue hair visible directly above the base of his dick, which was submerged inside of her. His eyes widened as far as they could when he registered what he was looking at, and that's not even regarding the small amount of red liquid trickling down the front of his shaft. Not only was she kissing him...she just put him inside of her.

His brain suddenly became overloaded with various thoughts, none of them corresponding to his crotch as his member continued to twitch eagerly against her inner walls. He felt the blunette moaning into their kiss, her lips pressing more intensely against his as her hands dragged up his stomach and his chest before stopping on his shoulders. He jerked his head back suddenly, parting their lips which prompted a disappointed whimper from the girl.

"Dawn, what the hell are you doing? Do you realize what you just did?!" he asked in a panic as the blunette's eyelids started to flicker open. But beyond his expectations, the glazed look from earlier now appeared to have fully taken over her: she wasn't looking at him like she normally would. Right now, she was looking at him as if he were...essential. Like she needed him for something.

"I'm doing...what I have to..." the trainer's brow furrowed as her grip on his shoulders tightened, her waist lifting off him slowly. He desperately held back an aroused grunt as he felt his shaft drag downward along her inner walls, slowly emerging back into the cold air of the cave. But as he opened his mouth to question her, she suddenly let herself drop, her butt hitting his thighs roughly. Neither of them could prevent themselves from letting out a moan at that one.

Dawn clenched her teeth, baring through the pain in her loins. She knew losing her virginity was supposed to hurt, but a part of her was hoping that her numbness from the cold temperature would help with that, but unfortunately didn't seem to be the case. Although, despite the pain, another part of her still felt relieved. It hadn't been very long ago that she started thinking about her virginity, or who she would give such a special part of her life to, but she could only ever see one person to share this important moment with. Ash.

The trainer grunted as the girl lifted her waist once more, then came down slower while dragging her hips from side to side. He looked directly ahead to her face, recognizing that she seemed to be struggling with something. When she noticed his eyes looking into hers, she finally felt her nervousness of the situation settle in, her eyes looking down to her side shyly. Ash felt her pull her hips away until his entire length emerged into the chilled air.

"Do you...mind if I turn around...? I-It's embarrassing..." Ash felt a pinch in his chest at her timid words, watching her lift one leg and turn her body halfway, then lift them again before lowering her butt back onto his lap. She lifted herself a little, feeling her hand find his shaft and hold it straight upward, hovering her waist over him a little before he felt it press against her warm opening. Then it disappeared inside of her once more. He couldn't help but let out a heavy breath at the sensation, her inner heat enveloping him like a blanket before her walls started to tighten. Ash clenched his teeth as he felt himself be squeezed by her, seeing the blunette's breath in the air over her shoulder as she panted. She tried to continue the vertical movements of her hips, but she found herself starting to lose strength as she felt a pressure building within her abdomen. She let her hands fall to the ground on either side of her, touching the cold ground before she saw his fists in the lower corners of her vision. She gently dragged her hands over his, snaking her fingers between his to hold his hands tightly as she weakly moved herself over his member. Ash heard a moan emit from the girl in front of her, seeing her head turn to the side and noticing one of her eyes come into his view, which glanced back to his. He lifted his hands, which were still attached to Dawn's, wrapping them around the girl's stomach and pulling her back against him. They both let out a quiet groan as her hips dragged back against his, his dick rubbing against her inner walls. She felt a warmth spreading through her body from Ash's embrace, as well as the pressure in her abdomen growing stronger before it started to descend.

And the clueless Ash could only wonder: How exactly did it come to this?

Dawn's hands squeezed his much tighter without warning, as well as her insides. He clenched his teeth, an involuntary groan escaping him as her walls clamped onto his shaft much tighter. They started convulsing erratically, Dawn's stomach starting to tremble beneath Ash's palms as he struggled to keep his composure. He felt a warm liquid wash over his dick, making it slip more easily as her hips quivered on top of him. He may not have had any experience in sex before, let alone what a woman's orgasm might look like, but the girl's shaky condition on his lap was starting to give him an idea of what had just happened.

"Dawn...did you just...?" the blunette's head fell back against his shoulder, panting heavily into the air as her eyes drifted over to look up into his. This exhaustion was definitely not just from the cold.

"A...Aaassh..." her moan made him feel another pinch in his chest before he felt his palms be dragged up her skin. Her skin seemed to become softer beneath his hands until they stopped over her chest, his fingers seeping into the abundance of fat beneath her flesh with a single hardened tip poking into the center of each palm. As much as Ash had noticed her matured physique recently, he had never imagined the possibility of feeling Dawn's breasts. He never could have imagined they were so...soft. The tank top she wore at home in Twinleaf Town did well at showing that she was a grown woman, and not just a little girl anymore, but now feeling what rested directly beneath it gave Ash no hint of doubting that fact. Dawn was a woman now: she chose to have sex with him to keep them both warm. How could he not support her like he always has?

Dawn's eyes widened a little, a gasp escaping her mouth as she felt his tip drive deeper inside of her without warning. "A-Ash-?!" her voice rang out in another moan as his waist beneath her shifted away enough to pull his length out of her insides, the tip remaining barely inside before it drove deeper inside again. She let out a heavier breath into the air, feeling his tip press against the depths of her pussy, clearly not expecting it as her walls suddenly started to constrict around him again. His fingers sank into the outside of her breasts, prompting another moan from her as he dragged his palms slightly, pulling her breasts with them. Her nipples continued to poke into his palms, somehow growing even harder as she felt his dick start to move inside of her in a rhythm.

Her breathing started growing sporadic, his pelvis bucking up against her butt repeatedly. The padding from her snow-pants made it a little harder to feel, but she still felt it nonetheless while his hands continued groping her chest. Her fingers released their grips on his hands, one hand falling uselessly to her side while the other reached over her shoulder to the back of Ash's head. Her fingers snaked into his hair beneath his toque, pulling his head closer as she turned her cheek onto his shoulder, looking up at him with lustful eyes. She couldn't help but whimper a little as he continued thrusting inside of her before she pulled her head up, her lips quickly finding his. He let his hands part from her breasts a little, hearing her whimper into their kiss before being followed by a sharp gasp, each of her nipples being pinched by his index fingers and thumbs. He started twisting them, hearing another moan from her as he felt her lips start to part against his, taking his chance as he pushed his tongue forward. The blunette's eyelids widened before starting to flicker weakly, her cerulean eyes rolling back as his tongue pinned hers to the bottom of her mouth. He then released it before circling hers, pushing it to the roof of her mouth and prompting another groan from her. She knew Ash always tried his best in whatever he did...but she was not expecting him to be so amazing at this.

The blunette whimpered, clenching her eyes shut as she felt herself brought to orgasm a second time. His dick didn't show any sign of slowing down as it was bathed in her sex juices, the trainer groaning as he started to hear the wet sloshing sounds from their loins clashing constantly. Dawn heard it as well, but could no longer focus on it as waves of euphoria coursed through her entire body over and over. The tightening of her walls made Ash's grip on her breasts tighten, snapping the blunette from her trance. The trainer's brow furrowed, his dick twitching eagerly in the air as it slipped out from her insides. The girl stumbled a little, but managed to turn herself around, mashing her lips against his as her legs draped over either side of his waist, aligning his throbbing member to her opening before dropping her pelvis against his.

The pair moaned into their kiss, their tongues dancing with each other as Ash's hands moved to each cheek below her lower back, squeezing roughly as he bucked his waist beneath her. His dick drove as deep as it could reach before pulling back again, prodding against her cervix repeatedly, the blunette's eyes starting to roll back again at the sensation. She pressed her bare chest against his, her nipples poking into him just as his did the same from the cold. Her inner walls tightened around his dick once more, prompting a grunt from Ash as he thrusted into her until he felt a familiar tingling sensation in his loins.

"D-Dawn, I'm...I'm gonna...!" the blunette's eyes opened and looked straight into his, appearing disappointed from his lips pulling away from hers. His grip on her butt went loose, gently lifting her cheeks upward making his dick start to slide out of her.

But clearly, Dawn had different ideas.

"Hey-!" the feeling of Ash's dick quickly being submerged within her again took him by surprise, unable to resist a groan. His brow furrowed as he continued staring into her eyes, feeling her legs shift against his sides until he felt her heels touching his lower back. His hands tried to lift her butt again, but that only made her legs tighten around him. "Dawn, seriously, I-I can't-!" the trainer felt the girl's lips mash against his once more, her tongue immediately finding his and resuming their wrestling match as her hips began grinding against him. Ash couldn't help but groan as her inner walls rubbed along his shaft, tightening again as her movements started to become faster. He became more worried as he felt the tingling in his pelvis become more intense, focusing into a pressure that he recognized from earlier. "D...Dawn, I...It's...coming...!"

The blunette only tightened her legs in response, wrapping her arms around his neck and running one of her hands through his hair, pulling herself as closely against him as possible. His ejaculation came not even seconds after he gave the deepest moan yet, the vibration of his vocal chords arousing the girl further as she felt a hot liquid suddenly be ejected deep inside her. Her eyes shot open, the sticky substance quickly coating her cervix before it started running back along the walls of her pussy, sending the girl into another state of drunken sexual pleasure. She could feel each twitch of his dick against her insides, making her moan into his mouth as her tongue fell limp within his mouth, unable to keep control of herself as she felt her body grow weak in her best friend's grip. The muscles of her thighs and vagina started convulsing wildly, her butt starting to tremble in the trainer's hands as he tried to fight his urge to move. His dick continued to spurt his hot seed inside of her, the sensation feeling indescribable to the raven-haired trainer as his hands simply slid up to her lower back, holding her quivering body against his.

It took a few minutes before either one finally came to their senses, fully realizing what had just happened. "D-Dawn...I...I'm..." Ash could barely find his words before the blunette started to shift, slowly lifting herself off of him. His tip slipped out of her, instantly followed by a gush of the sticky white substance he had released, which started to trail down the sides of his length. The blunette found herself still lacking strength, her waist falling back down onto his lap so that his dick protruded into the air directly in front of her entrance, his jizz still trailing out of her insides. Neither one said a word, not having the slightest clue of what to say. Ash had tried to stop the sex because he was afraid of exactly this happening, knowing how dangerous this could be for a girl's life and future, while Dawn's head was simply swimming with the incredibly warm feeling inside of her. She had never felt anything like this before, and had no idea what to expect: she honestly was not even planning or expecting this to happen. She had never even considered having children at her age: she was still nineteen, after all! She was young, she had her full life ahead of her! But as one of her palms slowly came down from behind Ash's head, gently dragging across the skin of her stomach, Ash noticed an odd expression on her face as she glanced down at herself.

"D...Dawn, I'm...I'm so sorry, I...It just felt so amazing, I couldn't..." the trainer didn't realize his rambling almost went unnoticed, the blunette appearing rather fascinated with her hand over her stomach. "...Dawn...?"

To his further confusion, he was only answered with an embrace. His brow furrowed as the girl's arms both went around his head again, pulling her cheek against his shoulder as she faced away from him, her waist shifting forward slightly enough that he could feel the heat radiating from her entrance on his member and abdomen. His hands hovered a short distance from her back, unsure of what to do in this situation, considering everything that had just happened. How often does one have sex with their best friend and also accidentally cum inside?

"Do you feel better...?"

"...Huh?" Ash blinked, glancing curiously to the head of blue hair on his shoulder. Since she was facing away from him, he couldn't exactly read her facial expression to see what she was thinking, so he was forced to go with gut instinct and hope for the best. "...uh...Y-Yeah...I guess so..." silence. Then he noticed a small cloud of her frosted breath emerge into the air.

"...I'm glad..." her tone was quiet, but he managed to hear her clearly. "...That really...kept us warm, didn't it...?"

"Y...Yeah, it sure did," he answered hesitantly, reaching over her shoulder and scratching his cheek bashfully. How the hell was he supposed to react right now?! "...Look, Dawn, I...I'm really sor-"

"Don't be," his brow furrowed again, feeling the girl's arms pull closer to the back of his neck. Her head parted from his shoulder, flipping over and resting her opposite cheek against him, her cerulean eyes glancing up at him curiously. The lust was gone now, and seemed to be replaced by her usual look: though there was a glimmer of something else that he didn't recognize. Something...warm. "...I wanted to keep us warm, so...I did what I wa- what we had to...so don't be sorry, Ash," the trainer watched with a look of absolute surprise as the blunette pulled her head away from him, looking straight ahead at him with a gentle smile and that same caring warmth in her eyes as always. "No need to worry, right?"

"...What?" the blunette blinked at his blunt response. "D...Dawn, do you...you must realize what just happened. What I just did, it...it's incredibly dangerous! We're still young, we're only just becoming adults now! What if this doesn't just play off well like you're hoping? What if it goes the other way, and...and you end up pregnant?" Dawn seemed to fall silent, staring into his eyes with a look that was hard to read. Ash's mind was gathering his thoughts on how to further protest this situation: to explain just how risky this was and how it could end up deciding both of their futures - especially hers - but didn't once realize something. That the whole time he had been rambling, with each word he spoke, he never had a clue...that it almost didn't sound so bad to one of them.

"Hey...Do you hear that?" Ash was snapped from his thoughts at his friend's question, watching her curiously as she looked to cavern wall to their side. She waited for a few moments in silence, her eyes slowly trailing down to the ground as the trainer watched her intently with curiosity.

"...What is it?" he asked cautiously, his hands finally coming in contact with her just below the center of her back.

"It's nothing..." Ash's brow furrowed again, feeling the girl shift slightly and turn her head further away from him. "...Look. The snowstorm cleared up."

"Huh?" Ash blinked, tilting his head to the side and looking curiously past the girl's shoulder. True to her word, he was able to see the snow-covered trees in the distance, the air perfectly clear and no trace of the wind whistling past the cave entrance. They had become so immersed in their 'warm-up session' that they hadn't even realized the snow stopped at some point. "...Huh...How about that..." his eyes glanced back to the side of the girl's face as she continued staring out of the cave, eventually trailing down to the front of her body which was still visibly naked from her open jacket. He felt his cheeks warm up, quickly looking away and clearing his throat. "Y...You're probably better off zipping up your jacket again. We should be able to get back to the resort lodge before it gets dark."

"...Right..." the blunette's timid response was followed by her waist lifting off of him, shifting off to the side. She noticed Ash's eyes follow her body for a moment before looking away with an embarrassed expression, turning his body away as he fixed the situation with his lower half. The blunette turned herself away from him as well, unable to resist a small smile as she picked up her bra from the ground, putting it back on before straightening out her pullover and zipping up her winter jacket. Unable to resist giving a curious peek over her shoulder, she saw Ash still hunched over before she heard the sound of a zipper, noticing him cast a curious glance over his shoulder as well. Dawn couldn't help but giggle to herself as she noticed him grow rather nervous in an instant, looking away from her again.

Ash rose to his feet, slipping his gloves back on before starting towards the entrance. Dawn did the same with her own gloves as he looked at the snow that had accumulated just outside, using one boot to test it, only sinking in about a foot and a half despite how much it had snowed. He glanced around, seeing several drifts off to the side before turning around towards Dawn, moving towards her. She glanced up curiously as he offered his hand to her, hesitating before taking it and being helped to her feet. He glanced back to the opening of the cave, turning his body with the intention of letting the blunette's hand slip out from his. But to his surprise, he felt a slight tug as he tried to move away, glancing back and noticing one of Dawn's gloves fiddling with the side bangs of her blue hair, a slightly bashful expression on her face. Ash felt a pinch in his chest at the sight of her, hesitating before wrapping his gloved fingers around hers.

The pair moved outside without a word, taking their time through the snow as they managed to find their discarded skis and poles. Now that the wind and snow had died down, they were able to clearly see the slopes of the mountain in the distance, so they started their way in that direction. Along the way, they realized that they had traveled further than they thought, taking nearly 20 minutes before they reached the base of the most basic slope that they had originally started on. They weren't surprised to see that there was no one around, considering the weather, so they simply made their way towards the lodge and sought refuge inside.

Thankfully the doors were unlocked, and that's because on the inside, there were resort employees cleaning up the lobby and dining hall, who seemed surprised to see Ash and Dawn there. Ash explained lightly that they were stuck outside in the weather, immediately regretting that decision as the pair were bombarded by concerned questions from the employees.

As Ash handled the questions in efforts to try calming the employees down, Dawn merely remained silent as she subconsciously squeezed Ash's hand a little tighter. She began feeling worried and nervous as she found her knees rubbing together awkwardly, being reminded of the warm sensation that still lingered inside of her. She lowered her head to try and hide her embarrassed expression, feeling her cheeks grow warmer. Ash obviously did not mention anything about what happened in the cave, merely stating that they were stranded and managed to stay warm enough until the weather cleared up, which seemed to really impress the employees before they finally relaxed. Ash and Dawn finally managed to slip away from them, making their way towards the main entrance, neither one fully aware that their hands were still firmly holding one another as they stepped outside beneath the increasingly dusk sky. Neither one said a word about it. Neither one was even positive what to think right now. Neither one realized it, but they were both fighting the same conflicted feelings: on one hand, the two of them had grown even closer than best friends. But on the other, neither one was willing to admit why because they were afraid of what the other might say. And so, unfortunately, this day drew to a close without any solid affirmation.

But what they also didn't realize was that a curious pair of ears had overheard their explanation of being stranded, and the curious prying eyes that accompanied them watched the hand-in-hand pair leave the resort, wondering to themselves about the embarrassed look on the girl's face.

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