Chapter 185 - Confession and Hesitation

The pre-heat of the summer seems to make everyone sweat. Most of the people in the city were walking with umbrellas in their hands. Children were enjoying their ice cream. Some people already had started wearing light clothes.

While walking on the streets Itsuki suddenly felt as if he had traveled forward in time. The city still remained the same, everything still looked the same. But the coming of the summer had bought changes to the people who were living in this city.

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As Itsuki and Sabrina were walking on the streets some people weirdly kept staring at them.

"Hey! How come these two are not affected by the weather?"

"There is not even a drop of sweat on their faces even though these two are wearing thick clothes."

With their enhanced senses both Sabrina and Itsuki were able to hear the whispering words of the people. Being Aura users, both Sabrina and Itsuki had developed some natural resistance against cold and hot weather. Especially Itsuki, since his Aura rank is very high he is not affected by anything that is under 1000 degrees Celcius.

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But Since people were looking at them more frequently, Itsuki decided to remove the Leather jacket that he was wearing. Fortunately, he and Sabrina didn't forget to hide their faces by wearing caps and masks.

"So, where you will be going now?" Sabrina asked while walking beside Itsuki.

"The Cyllage City Gym"

"If my memory is right then the Cyllage gym should be a Rock-type gym."

"Yeah. Almost 6 months ago, I started my trainer journey by defeating Brock. At that time, I was struggling to fight against a rock-type gym, fortunately, I got Dratini at that time which greatly helped me."

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There was a nostalgic smile on Itsuki's face. Even though it has been only 5 and half months since Itsuki started his journey, he felt as if years have passed. A lot has happened in these 5 months.

"Do you know where Brock currently is?"

"Last time I talked with him, he told me that he was going to visit a city in Sinnoh Region. From his tone, it was clear that he was enjoying his journey. Although he was still sad about not finding a girlfriend." Sabrina gave a helpless smile hearing that last part.

"If Brock manages to find a girlfriend then it would be known as the 8th wonder of the world."

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"Say, do you know where Cynthia currently is?" Sabrina asked. With all the training going on, Sabrina didn't get much time to socialize with her friends. Her friends were the people whom Sabrina met during the Indigo League. Even after the League, all the girls had contacted each other by letters or calls. But with the [A1] things had become very easier.

Sabrina even purposely told others that she was training with Itsuki. But sadly during her stay in the forest for 3 months, she very rarely got free time. Itsuki was so brutal that he would not allow her to rest until she trained for at least 11 hours.

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"Don't ask me. Cynthia and I very rarely talk with each other."

Sigh!

"It's just that her personality makes it hard to have any conversation with her."

Cynthia was weak at social matters. Also like Itsuki, Cynthia has been doing her own training back at home. The last time, Itsuki asked, Cynthia, told him that she was still in the Sinnoh region, training at her village.

Unlike Serena and Luna, Cynthia didn't call Itsuki everyone unless he took the initiative to call her. Their conversation never went past the 5 minutes mark.

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While talking about random topics, both of them reached the Santalune City airport. Once again the time to separate and walk-in different paths had arrived.

"Don't forget that meditate at least for 30 minutes even if you're busy. You might have learned to control your killing intent but that doesn't mean you should stop meditating. If you don't keep your mind calm, then there is a 5% chance of you going berserk once again."

"Don't worry. Nothing like that will happen again." After remembering the things she did while being in a berserk state, Sabrina swore to herself to not repeat the same mistake.

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"Good. Be sure to eat three times a day. Don't skip your meals. Okay, then I shall take my leave. I am going in the left direction." After staying with a person for 3 months, Itsuki had learned all the hobbies of this girl.

"Itsuki?" Just as Itsuki was about to leave, Sabrina held the edge of his white T-shirt while lowering her head.

"What is it?"

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Gathering all of her courage, Sabrina looked directly into Itsuki's eyes. "Last time, I confessed to you, you told me that the feelings I have for you are nothing but the warmth that I desired for a long time. I admit at that time I did desire warmth. When you hugged me that day when we were in the market, I felt the warmth that my heart always wanted. What you did that day left a feeling of addiction in my heart. I wanted to experience the same warmth again."

After a pause, it was taking her all to not look away as she was feeling very embarrassed and ashamed at this moment. At this moment Both Ituski and Sabrina failed to notice a figure with long blond hair standing at the back and listening to their conversation.

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"I gave deep thoughts to your words for months. The more time I spent with you, the more I came to realize, that my heart not only desires warmth, but it also longs for the love of a certain person. When I was about to die that day, I felt your affection for the first time."

Sabrina slowly stepped toward the frozen Itsuki who was experiencing many types of emotions at this point. Sabrina stopped when she was only 1 step away from Itsuki. From this distance, she could hear his wildly beating heartbeat.

"When I went berserk and accidentally hurt you, I felt extremely guilty. In fact, my heart is still burdened with guilt. During these 3 months, I confirmed my feelings for you over and over again. No matter what I do, I can't control my feelings. I really love you."

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When Sabrina said those words, the third person who has been listening to their conversation left her heart aching in pain. As if at that very moment someone was tightly clenching her heart. The pain that she felt when hearing those words couldn't be described in words.

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Looking at those dark pure eyes, that didn't seem to hide anything from Itsuki. From the beginning, Sabrina always was straightforward when it came to her feeling.

Which man wouldn't be happy when one of the most beautiful girls on the planet confesses her love. Itsuki at this moment couldn't describe the happiness that he was feeling. But there were many different kinds of emotions that were standing in front of his happiness,

When Sabrina said those words, although a part of him was happy, there was also a part of him that remembered other girls. The sad and heartbroken faces of some girls came to his mind.

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Itsuki showed a hesitant look. It was clear that he also had feelings for Sabrina. After spending so much time with her, he had developed feelings for her. But there were some things that were making Itsuki hesitate.

"Sabrina, I....." Itsuki was about to reply when Sabrina closed the remaining distance between them. She put her index finger on his lips and then smiled.

"Don't worry, I can wait. At least you didn't reject me like last time. I call this progress. You can give me your answer later when we meet for the Kalos League. I know you have some hesitation. Take your time."

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At this moment, the mightly Itsuki never felt this powerless before. The thing he wanted was just in front of his eyes but why it was so hard for him to claim it.

"Thank you." In the end, those are the words that Itsuki could utter from his mouth. Never in Itsuki's life, he had felt so useless before. Sabrina hid the sadness in her heart while showing her smile.

'Why I am so useless? This girl has done so much for me, yet I can say the words that she wants to hear the most.' Itsuki felt those three words were stuck in his throat and wouldn't come out no matter how much he tried.

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"Hehe! You will be mine sooner or later." Saying that Sabrina quickly kissed Itsuki's right cheek and then ran away at a very fast pace.

Cynthia saw how Sabrina just kissed Itsuki and ran away, at this moment Cynthia felt like destroying everything around her. It was as if someone had touched the very thing that she loved. These feelings in her heart were so new to her that she couldn't understand herself anymore.

'Why do I feel this way?' Cynthia put her right hand above her heart and asked herself.

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