Into the Eye of the Hurricane (Steven and Cynthia)

[STEVEN]

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[/color][/font] gentleman couldn't help but giggle at Cynthia as he felt her breath, looking on as he flipped through the big book of legendary Pokemon like a kid in a Professor's lab. Hearing her own reaction to him calling her Cyn was a bit entertaining, almost like that one visit with Erika and-No. Things have changed now. "Oh, really, now?" he squeaked a bit at the nicknaming. "Whatever floats your boat then, Cynny-Cyn~" Dear lord, what in the world am I doing?...

A thought began to spark in the champion's mind. Cyn and
I do have a lot in common. Maybe... His hands stopped at the section dedicated to the Pokemon known as Jirachi. They would tell many tales of how his little one would grant wishes. His eyes closed as he slowly began to lean onto Cynthia playfully, even purring a bit out of fun. If I honestly were to wish something...

"Um, Cyn?", he began to softly say, turning back to gaze at Cynthia. This would come to be the most pleasant day of his life, or disaster incarnate. Still, he needed something to get his mind away from the doom and gloom of the world. Maybe, his calling card was standing right in front of him. "If you don't mind, maybe...you...and I, together...?"[/div]

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[CYNTHIA]

Nicknames sure were fun, Cynthia had to admit that. Steven was calling her Cyn, it was quite amusing. 'Oh Stevey, it appears as though I've decided on your nickname," She laughed. She wished that everyday was like this. Despite the rocky start of waking up on the sand, she determined that this was one of the best days she had ever had. Even the darkness of the current day couldn't dampen this moment in Cynthia's heart.

Speaking of wishes... the page had flipped to the Legend of Jiarachi. The one Legend Cynthia wanted to see, but she would never get that chance. It only appeared every thousand years apparently. It could grant wishes. Which was pretty much excellent in her book. But what would she wish for if she had the chance? Would she think of the world, wish that everything was all fine and dandy, that there were no problems with anything? Selfish thoughts invaded her head. She might wish that she was still the Champion. More selfish thoughts... She glanced at Steven as he read, then looked back to the book. She wouldn't wish someone's feelings were different, would she? No, she wouldn't. She wouldn't make someone feel a certain way, not if they didn't want to.

Steven stopped to look at her and Cynthia forgot about Jiarachi's wishes for a moment. She looked back at him, no longer afraid to meet his gaze. She smiled slightly. He started to speak, but he seemed rather embarassed, unsure of what he was saying. Together... What did he mean? What was he trying to say? Cynthia had no idea. "Together and... what?" She asked in barely a whisper. She knew what answer she wanted in her heart, but she didn't know what answer Steven would give. After the hot springs, she didn't even know what to think, what he thought. But her eyes urged him to continue.

[STEVEN]

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[/color][/font] and... what?"

Steven's heart skipped a beat. He started to think deeply now. He had to think his words carefully. This was Cynthia, the (former) champion of the Sinnoh region. Willful. Powerful. Independent. If he were to show such a shred of love to her, would she find it in him to accept his heart. Granted, he wasn't a pushover either, yet what did Cynthia truly think? What if she believed that he was simply too weak for her?

Steven moved in to kiss Cynthia once more, ever so deeply in a soft embrace as he book he held slipped away to the floor. From there, the world came to a stop in the man's mind. Nothing mattered anymore. Nothing in this world today ever did, really.

There was no turning back now. If he was to get hid of the thoughts that plagued his mind, he would have to confront it, once and for all. It would be easy, all too easy, to deny himself and walk away now, but he knew he couldn't. Seeing her eyes made it too hard. Steven slowly pulled away from her now, his breaths heavy and his voice weakened, as he looked to her with a ever so softer gaze.
"Somehow, I believe you know what I want to say. The question I should be asking, is if I'd be the Steven you want me to be."[/div]

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[CYNTHIA]

Everything Cynthia had felt up to this moment had been locked carefully away, hidden in the depths of her heart. Up until this moment, Cynthia had been in control. And now, she was not. Steven leaned in closely and kissed her, she thought her heart would hammer its way out of her chest. Even the thud of the book hitting the floor didn't distract her. She kissed him back gently, afraid of the rush of emotion that clouded her mind. but she couldn't contain her feelings any longer.

He pulled away and Cynthia opened her eyes, still staring into his. She felt so... humbled by his presence. And she was feeling like a love-struck teenager again. His soft eyes made her want to melt and she didn't even realize that he hadn't answered her question. As he brought it up, she did know what he meant. But how could he feel this way for her? If she was in his postitiion, she would not love herself, that was for sure. Was she even good enough to love him? Probably not. She knew that she loved him. She knew it with all her heart, there was no denying it now. But why? Why did he love her? She was, well, Cynthia, cold, stern Cynthia.

"You'll always be the Steven I'd want you to be. You should never change, I juat want you to be Steven, just the way you are." She told him in a whispered voice, she sounded just as fragile as she felt. "But I don't understand why... how you could feel this way..." Cynthia choked as she asked her question. But she had to know, had to ask. The former champion realized that she was gushing like a teenager and she tried to regain her composure with a tender smile. She was an adult, it was time for her to start acting like it.

[STEVEN]

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[/color][/font] couldn't help but chuckle at her last few words. How could he feel so much for her? What she should really be asking is how couldn't he feel anything less than love. Seeing her eyes, full of emotion, he came to say what he thought he'd never come to do. "I love you." he said, finally giving in to his feelings. "I feel because you were such an idol to so many...as a trainer, and as a person."

Before he continued, he began to move his hand to hold her cheek again, just like that fateful day at the hot springs, just as his other hand caressed Cynthia's back ever so gently. "I admired you so much, yet, I was a bit afraid. Yes, I am a champion, yes, I know of my own deeds. Yet, somehow, I felt at first that it wouldn't be enough for you." he felt every word strike his heart like a heated knife.

"You and your Pokemon always seemed to have done so much more, compared to me.", he continued on to say, remembering his past years with the League, and with his own struggles to battle Team Magma and Team Aqua. It seemed that everything he came to feel was pouring out like the heaviest of rain. "There would've bound to be so much other people after you, that I felt it would be futile to try and peruse you." he finished, giving Cynthia yet another soft kiss to her forehead with a smile.[/div]

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[CYNTHIA]

Steven's confession seemed to make Cynthia's heart stop. He loved her. It was all she needed, now, forever. She looked at him and smiled at him as he told her that his deeds were not as great as hers. That he, of all people, was afraid of her?! "Oh Steven, you may not think that your deeds were all that great but even in Sinnoh, we spoke of your bravery. I-I came to admire you, even if I didn't know you. You shouldn't doubt yourself. If only you could see yourself through my eyes, you would understand." Every word echoed the truth of her eyes as she said them.She saw him there, truly strong, passionate, constant. And it was that way that she loved him.

His last kiss made her smile and after, she wrapped her arms around him in a loving embrace. Cynthia moved her head up close to his to whisper in his ear. "I love you too," she echoed him, her voice sincere and after she lay her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes, just drinking in the moment of life that seemed so perfect, it could hardly be real.

[STEVEN]

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[/color][/font] much ran through Steven's head. Of Cynthia, of himself, of the many he would do with her on his side. His heart beamed with a new found glow as he finally started to hear Cynthia speak again. Her words soothed him like none other, and her touch came to prove much more meaningful. As far as his mind and heart was concerned, Steven was in heaven.

As Cynthia came to embrace him again, he blush came back to
haunt him, growing ever so much as he gave a soft and squeezing hug with her. And it was then that those three little words came to bite him in the ear, and it never felt as soothing as it did now. Cynthia's head came to nuzzle his shoulder, and Steven leaned his head to kiss and playfully nibble on her ear.

"C-Cynthia...", he began to say, ever so softly. "If you wish, I could have you stay here...in Hoenn, with me." he spoke as he began to slowly dance with her around the room, imagining the most classical of music as he waltzed with her, dreaming of their potential times in the region. "Anyone could see that your head could use some rest.", he said once more as he gave another soft smile at Cynthia. This all felt like a little girl's dream land, and if he wished for anything, he would wish to never wake.[/div]

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[CYNTHIA]

Steven's arms comforted Cynthia as she, well (how else would she put it?) cuddled with him. She rubbed her head against his cheek. He kissed her again and Cynthia wanted this moment to never end. She smiled as he whisked her up into a sweeping waltz. And she listened to him closely as he spoke. Live here? With him? Cynthia's mind wondered at the possibilities. Her smile widened, thinking of Hoenn, Steven, and everything that this place had to offer. And for those moments, she'd give up anything in the world to stay here, forever. She no longer missed her old position. No, she'd rather be here than be the Sinnoh champion even. It wasn't even a contest. She had never been more happy in her entire life.

"Steven, where else would I go? I have nowhere else I have to be, nowhere else I'd rather be." She murmured as she swayed with him.