[Arashi Satou]

Arashi was sitting in his lab working on his computer. His Persian Coins was snoozing in a Cat Tower that Arashi had built for the cat family. His son Bengal was also there snoozing in a lower level. Coin's Mate Raija was under the bed preferring a darker 'cave' to sleep in. In all it was a peaceful afternoon, Arashi was just doing some minor checking and maintenance.  

Arashi sighed as he leaned back in his chair. 

His screen popped up a message alert it was from Digit his Porygon2

Arashi connected "Report Digit

"all dorm systems are at nominal levels." Digit reported in a robotic voice.

Arashi hummed "good work Digit, proceed to Blissfury plains to check power grid."

"Proceeding now, will call back when scan is complete."

"10-4" Arashi replied then hung up

A Shinx growl was heard below him

Arashi looked and Bengal was wanting attention

Arashi smiled and patted his lap "come on up Bengal."

Bengal wiggled his hunches playfully and leapt up to Arashi's lap and got comfy and Arashi started to pet him 

Arashi chuckled "your father used to do this often you know."

Coin made a comment from his spot

Arashi chuckled "like father like son right Coin."

Coin purred in agreement

[Aurelia Belmonte]

It was a little odd being back on campus, but the golden beauty was slowly starting to get become used to being back on the island. She had missed the island quite a bit. It was because of Gray Haven Academy that she had became the young lady that she had always dreamed of becoming someday. She earned the title of a Top Pokemon Coordinator, earned a career as a fashion model, raised a gorgeous team of Pokemon. Now, she had given the opportunity to severe as one of the Nature Dorm Warden and Beautiful Direction. There honestly wasn't more that she could possibly ask for right now. 

A cheerful tone escaped from Aurelia's mouth as she gently pushed opened the door leading into her dorm room. She had just returned back from a small shopping spree at the island's shopping center. She carefully made her back into bedroom and carefully placed her bags against her bed. It wasn't long before she noticed the sound of one of her Pokemon calling out for her attention. "Hmm, what's going on Meyer?" She asked the small Pichu, kneeling down a bit to get closer look at the small mouse Pokemon. The Pichu smiled as he attempted to pass a typed letter to his trainer with the use of his small hands. "Oh, a little for me? Thanks Meyer, I wonder who it's from." She responded with a puzzled look as she took the letter from the Pokemon.

Aurelia's golden eyes scanned over the letter. "Oh, this is a surprise. It seems like Gadget Boy wants to talk to me about something." She spoke after comprehending the words on the letter. She was a bit shocked to read that Gadget wanted to discuss something with her. What could the two of them possibly discuss with each other she thought to herself. During the years at the academy years ago the two of them only engaged small talk with each other. Now, it had been years since the two of them had seen and heard from each other and now he was requesting to meet with her. How weird was that? "Okay. Well, I guess not keep Gadget Boy waiting too long. Come on, let's get out of here Meyer!" She smiled at her Pokemon, who didn't waste anytime climbing onto her shoulder. 

Aurelia and Meyer exited the Nature Dorm and within about ten minutes the two found themselves entering inside of the Bolt Dorm. Once she made it to the Arashi's Lab, she quickly extended her dainty hand out to give the door a couple of knocks. "Arashi, are you in there?" She called out, hoping to hear his voice or either see him opening the door to let her in. 

[Arashi Satou]

Arashi heard the knock then Aurelia's voice came to Arashi through his computer. When she had entered into the Bolt dorm, she triggered a security system to track her and record her. Her direct words had been transmitted from a security device that was mounted just outside Arashi's door.

Bengal made a growl of attentive confusion.

Coins made even a longer growl of attention. Aurelia sounded familiar to him.

Arashi hummed in confusion the voice was familiar to him as well. He looked to his computer and went to live security footage and outside his door was the familiar amber haired female. "Aurelia?" He muttered in confusion. He then did a face scan via his computer and the image scan quickly came up with a report that it was the same girl that Arashi had crushed on during his school years. She was back in Grayhaven. Why? He didn't know. Why was she knocking at his door? He didn't know that either. A old dream scenario came in his mind on what he would do if the amber haired beauty would knock on his door but when he thought about it, it was be extremely weird and almost downright creepy if he acted like he had did in his dream. The details made him blush. 

Realizing he was getting too deep into his thoughts, he hit the microphone button "uh just a minute." He stated meekly. His voice would be transmitted to a small speaker that was outside his door because he had soundproofed his room. Why? Well to not disturb his students and others with his late night work but in exchange he setup a communication system so that people could talk to him through the door. However seeing that she had come to his door, it would be downright rude of him not to answer.

Arashi nudged Bengal off his lap who leapt off with a confused growl then Arashi straightened himself up to make himself look neat and dusted off any Shinx fur that could have been on his clothes. He didn't exactly know how he looked for his hair and such but he had taken a shower that morning and wore clean clothes with a standard white collared shirt and dress pants, that was standard hygiene and appearance required for the school.

Arashi went to the door and answered it and when he came face to face with the star eyed beauty. He nearly froze his system but he recovered. "Aurelia..." He muttered then swallowed the lump in his throat and turned causal with a blush on his face and a nervous rub of the back of his head "uh hey when you get back to Grayhaven?" If Aurelia couldn't tell it was clear by the expression that Arashi had not been expecting her at all.

Bengal came over with a curious growl and looked at Aurelia. He had never met her before but with a friendly purr he rubbed up against her leg like a cat.

[Aurelia Belmonte]

Aurelia hummed softly as she waited for Arashi to make his way towards the door. She figured that he must have been busy working on a new project or something in his lab. Therefore, it was possible that he was a bit too distracted to notice her arrival. "I still can't help, but to wonder why Arashi requested my presence. Maybe, he wants to help him with a new project or something? But that wouldn't make any sense. I'm not too good with using high technology." She spoke softly to herself than to anyone else. Meanwhile. Meyer was resting on the right side of her shoulder, his keen eyes twitching as he started to pick up on what sounded like some sort of ringing or buzzing sound coming from behind the door. 

Aurelia soon found herself breaking out of her thoughts after hearing a familiar voice echoing through a speaker system. "Ah okay, take your time." She replied back to Arashi as small smile formed against her lips. Meyer let out a loud coo as he stared up at the small speakers above Arashi's door. The baby mouse Pokemon was more than impressed by the sound tool. A couple of soft giggles escaped from Aurelia's mouth she noticed the excitement in her baby Pokemon's voice. 

After a few more minutes of waiting outside of his dorm, Aurelia soon noticed that Arashi had opened the door for her. "Hi Arashi!" She greeted him, showcasing her pearly-white teeth as she flashed him with an alluring smile. Her starry-eyes staring into his light eyes for a couple of minutes. "I've been back for a few months now. I'm one of the Nature Dorm Wardens and Contest Directors." She explained, smiling a little more at him. She then reached into her designer purse to pull out the letter that Meyer found laying on her floor. "Here's the letter that you sent me." She added, extending her hand to show him the letter. She couldn't help, but to notice the nervousness in his actions.

The gorgeous blonde soon shifted her attention away from Arashi and placed them onto Coins after feeling the Shinx rubbing against her leg. "Well, hello there." She smiled kneeling down a bit to get a closer look at the Pokemon. "You're so cute." She smiled, gently reaching out to rub her dainty fingers against its fur. Meyer soon leaped from his trainer's shoulder and move towards the small cat-like Pokemon, giving it a friendly greeting of his own.

[Arashi Satou]

Bengal purred as Aurelia petted him then made a growl of greeting of his own to the mouse pokemon.

"A few months?" Arashi echoed in disbelief. His crush had been back for a few months and he didn't even know about it. "Man I must have been buried deeper in my work then I thought..." He blinked "wait Letter?" He noted the letter and lightly took it and read it over and got a confused look "Urgent Business and an request to meet with you... I didn't even know you were here how could I..." He muttered then blinked as a thought came to his mind and his eyes narrowed as he looked at his computer. "Excuse me a moment." He went over to his computer and pressed a button, "Arashi to Digit what's your status."

"still compiling data on the power grid." was his Porygon2's reply

"Query did you know that Aurelia Belmonte was back at Greyhaven?"

"Yes I did,"

"uh huh... did you also happen to send her a letter with my name on it because I didn't."

"uh... negative boss that wasn't me but I think I know who did."

Arashi hummed "who was it."

"Guess and four short circuits don't count."

Arashi blinked then his eyes narrowed as he looked upward.

In each corner of the room hanging out by a various gadget was one of his rotoms.

"ROTOMS!" He growled

Coins looked upwards from his cat tower then hissed loudly. He hated the rotoms especially when they pranked him or Arashi. He flashed his claws.

"Ro-to!" Each one replied in a uh-oh tone then they all went wild for a moment then took off quickly disappearing into the Dorm's systems.

Arashi moaned as he facepalmed himself "lousy spark plugs. Don't know why I thought getting more then one was a good idea." He muttered then went back to Aureila "I'm sorry Aureila, it seems we've both been pranked by the motor squad. I don't know why they sent you a message under my name but I think they have been getting into my computer while I'm away on tech support and might have discovered something in it involving you."

[Aurelia Belmonte]

Aurelia giggled softly as she listened to the purring coming from Bengal's mouth. It was nice to know that the small Shinx appeared to be a bit fond of her. "I've never noticed just how cute Shinx can be. I may just have to catch one of my own." She stated, gently petting Bengal a couple of more times before slowly removing her hands from his head and pulling them back towards her thighs as she stood and faced Arashi. 

"Yeah, I've been here a few months now. That's probably true, but I've been a little busy getting readjust to everything here, too. So, it's not like I've had too much time to go around mingling with old friends and classmates." She admitted, brushing a couple of her golden strings away from her fair face. A puzzled expression soon spread against her once calm face as she watched Arashi's response to the letter. If he didn't write the letter and invite her over then who's idea was it? She thought to herself as she continued to look at Arashi, waiting for his next response. However, instead of clearing things up with her, Arashi decided to excuse himself for a couple of minutes. "Umm...Okay." Aurelia replied, still slightly confused about everything going on around her at the moment. 

Aurelia could hear Arashi chatting with him Pokemon inside, however, she could not make out all of the words. Of course, she could just invited herself inside of his lab and investigate things on her own. Instead, she decided to just stand at the door until Arashi makes his way back over to her. "I don't know what's going on Meyer, but things are starting to get a little too weird for me." She spoke to her Pichu, slowly bending over a bit to pick up the baby Pokemon. 

A few minutes passed and Arashi finally made his way back over towards her. "A prank? Oh, I see." She replied with a half smile. "It's okay, it's not that big of an idea." She stated with another half smile. She could have been doing other things instead, but she had been tricked to come over to the Lab. "Well, see we both know what's going on now, I'll just make my way back to my dorm room. It's was nice to see you again." She smiled before turning away from her him as she prepared to make her exit. 

[Arashi Satou]

Bengal had liked the petting he was receiving from Aurelia. He was tempted to volunteer himself to be her Shinx but knew that his mother wouldn't allow it because he had been breed and trained to be a pokemon with Arashi. He growled in confusion as both Arashi and his father coins got upset at the Rotoms but then it seemed like Aureila was going to leave.

~~~

"Yeah it was nice to see you to." Arashi stated "I guess I'll be seeing you around..." He stated meekly. He turned to leave and started to think about why his pokemon would prank him and her like that then a thought struck his head. What if it had been an attempt to get the two of them to meet up so that Arashi could admit his feelings to Aureila. Arashi had a serious almost obsessive crush on her and he had mentally beaten himself up when she left and never had the guts to tell her how he felt about her. Now that she was back he was doing the same thing. He was letting her get away. He had to let her know how he felt.

He took a deep breath to focus himself and decided for once to take a chance but he had to play it like he usually does, calm, logical and otherwise make it a statement of facts but he wanted to do it away from the dorm.

"Aureila, wait, let me walk with you." Arashi stated in a calm serious but yet remorseful tone "since you came all this way to meet with me. It's only fair that I at least walk you back and while that letter may have not been sent by me, I do have something that I want to talk to you about. Something important." He stated.

[Aurelia Belmonte]

Aurelia smiled back at Arashi. "Of course, I'm sure that we will bump into each other quite a bit now." She stated, nodding her head a bit. "Okay Meyer, it's time to go. We still have some other tasks to complete." She called out to her Pichu. The cute little mouse Pokemon let out a playful cry before leaping into his trainer's arms. "Take care Gadget Boy and try not to start any fires." She teased him before walking off.

The golden beauty didn't even make it half way down the hallway before she heard Arashi's voice call out to her. "Oh, you don't have to do that Arashi. I'll be okay." She replied with a soft smile. "Besides, I know that you were busy working on a new project or something." She added, allowing her warm amber eyes to make contact with his own eyes for a few seconds. She soon raised an eye brow after hearing Arashi mention that he wanted to talk to her about something. "Oh, very well. What would you like to talk to me about?" She asked in a curious manner. She had no idea what her friend wished to talk to her about, but she was definitely interested in finding out.

[Arashi Satou]

Arashi hummed "I wanted to talk to you about what my pokemon found on my computer." He stated "you see there is a folder on there with projects that have been scrapped or canceled either because of impractically, inability to get the required tools and a few other excuses however also in that folder is a project called Aurelius. It was a collection of videos, pictures, articles and other things concerning someone who I was deeply attracted to in my school years but never had the guts to approach her directly and when she left I mentally beat myself up for not having the guts to approach her and tell her how I feel about her, fearing rejection, dislike and disgust. I mean who was I, A gadget kid of the city who played with tools, gadgets and sometimes even junk to make stuff and who was she, she was a high society debutante with both beauty and brains mastering her lessons and becoming a star in her own right that continued to glow brightly even after she left and every time I looked at her I admired her from a distance but always ended up bowing out of sight when she came near me. She haunted my dreams and had me replaying every chance I had to let her know how I felt but failing." He sighed "and I almost made the same mistake today."

[Aurelia Belmonte]

Aurelia raised her eye brow as she listen to Arashi mentioned to her that he wanted to explain a certain project that his Pokemon recently found on one of his computers. She honestly had no idea where the shorter Warden was going with this, but she still found herself wanting to know more about it. Oh wait, Gadget boy actually had a crush on someone in his past. She thought to herself. She never imagined that Arashi would have developed a crush on someone during their school year. He was always so busy playing with his tools and latest contraptions, so everyone just pretty assumed that he wasn't interested in crushing on anyone or wanting to get to know anyone on a more personal level. A soft smile touched her lips as she continued to listen to him go into further detail. It wasn't long before she captured the name of the project. Aurelius. Well, that name definitely reminded her of another name. She thought to herself. However, she didn't want to jump to any conclusions. At least, not yet she didn't. The more details Arashi gave her, the clearer everything stated to become to her. She was confident that the girl that he was talking about was her. She was a bit fluttered, but at the same time she kind of felt bad because Arashi was so hard on herself. "Arashi... Am I that someone?" She asked, staring into his eyes.

[Arashi Satou]

Arashi paused for a notable moment as he looked into Aureila's eyes. "Yes Aureila, you are that someone." He stated "throughout the school years I've had an obsessive crush on you but I absolutely no self confidence to ever approach you. My excuses that haunted my nightmares were, she's out of your league gadget, or oh look at this, gadget boy got a crush on the pretty prep girl, what's he gonna do, confess to her with a bouquet of tools? You think she gonna like you Junkman, please you are nothing compared to her." He sighed "the worse dreams that first haunted me were where you said those thing yourself but I managed to dispel those nightmares with facts as we interacted on a friendship level and I got to know you somewhat." He sighed as he gave Aureila a sad look "pretty pathetic isn't it, how my genius tech mind can come up with grand inventions and plans but yet I couldn't get enough guts to confess to you." he sighed "I'm sorry if this disturbs you in any way I'm sure you didn't see this coming and I'm sure I am making a fool of myself."

[Aurelia Belmonte]

A soft smile curved against her lips as she felt a slight blush touch her high cheekbones. She felt a bit honor that Arashi felt that way about her. However, at the same time she felt a little bad that he struggled confessing his feelings towards her and often beaten himself up for not having the guts to approach her until now. To be honest, she never thought of Arashi in a romantic way. It wash't that she didn't find him attractive or anything. She just never really looked at him in that way. She preferred to date guys that were at least her height or taller. Arashi was definitely a lot shorter than most of the males stationed around the island. She also preferred to date guys with a lot more confident. Still, Arashi was intelligent and kind, which were also some of the other traits that she often looked for in guys. She felt a little overwhelmed after hearing all of those words escape from Arashi's mouth and she started to feel even worst about it. "Arashi. No, I don't think you're pathetic. I would dare have said any of those words to you." She assured him with a sweet smile. "There's no need to beat yourself up for the things that you didn't do in the past. The good thing is that you've finally expressed your true feelings to me and I'm quite flattered." She added with another smile soft.

She then bit down on her bottom lip for a few seconds. The hardest part of all of this would be trying to put him down without actually hurting his feelings even more. "I really do appreciate you letting me know how you feel, Arashi. I guess it's time for me to let you know how I feel about you know, huh?" She asked with a half smile resting against her lips. "Honestly, I've never thought of you in that type of way. I've always viewed you as a good friend. You're an amazing guy. Any female should feel honored to be with you. I'm just not sure if I'm the right one for you right now. I'm pretty busy with my new career and I'm pretty sure being a Gym Leader is keeping you busy, too." She explained, hoping that he wouldn't be upset with her. "But that doesn't mean that we can't handle and enjoy each other's company. I really hope that nothing changes in our friendship." She added with another half smile. She didn't want their conversation to ruin their friendship. 


+1 Egg Hatch for Marill, Buneary, and Fennekin Egg!

[Arashi Satou]

"She Flattered..." Arashi thought when she heard her first response "that's good I think."
"how she feels about me? Moment of Truth Gadget brace for impact." He thought when she stated that
"she doesn't feel the same way. Well should have seen 'that' one coming..." He muttered
"Always a good friend. Ouch Friend Zoned... well that could have gone worse she could have rejected me in disgust like my nightmare and not want anything to do with me."
"any female would be honored to be with you. Yeah you say that Miss Belmonte but yet you won't honor me huh what I'm not good enough for you... spoiled...b... Then he mentally smacked himself before that curse word could take form knock it off Gadget you're starting to think like your Aegislash led by your heart not by your head. You're not a king dumb dumb you don't need honoring so get your head out of your royal throne. uh... program switch to logic mode. Heart is getting out of control"
"She's not sure if she's the right one right now. See, it's not you Gadget that's fully the problem. You were doing this confession in a quick manner to catch her before she got away again.
"She's a nature Warden and a contest director. Just like you are the Bolt Warden and a Gym Leader for students here. She has responsibilities, you have responsibilities and if you two can manage to settle down get your jobs in order and still pull this off more points to you both but come on Gadget, be logical, be her friend, support her and when things settle down with both your jobs and she see that you were there supporting her then maybe you two can become something more then friends just give it time. She now knows that you like her. Accept that you completed this step but don't take two step back just because she's not ready to accept a change in your relationship. It has not changed in her mind so don't change it in yours.

While this internal battle was going on his Arashi's mind. His expression would flicker from attentive bracing to sadness then slight anger then a calm would go through his face and he just started lightly nodding as he came to terms with her answer. His silent expression would be broken with a few words.

"It has not Aurelia..." Arashi stated "you have quite a few valid points, new career, new path in your life, you are not sure if you want to add another new thing to your path but you could use a old friend to support you on this new quest. I will be there for you Aurelia like a true friend, you can always rely on me." He stated