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I remember when he found me in the woods that day. I was scared, and hurt. He helped me, brought me back to safety.
I remember when he asked me if I wanted to travel together with him. I had no goal then, no idea what I wanted to do in life. He didn't have to ask me, he didn't have to let me come along.
But he did.
I remember throughout our journey together, all the things we did with Clemont and Bonnie. Helping that Pangoro get its leaf back, helping Goodra get his homeland back, helping Clemont take his gym back from his robot. How he used to yell "Science is so amazing!" every time Clemont showed off one of his inventions, even when most of them backfired.
I remember the ribbon he gave me, the one wrapped in a bow on my chest now. Such a small thing, but it meant so much coming from him.
All these thoughts and all these memories of a boy who walked the Kalos region with me, of the boy who, even after what I just did, is still happily waving goodbye and wishing me luck in Hoenn as the escalator takes me away from him...
I smile to myself, the blush from what I did starting to fade. If Ash was okay with that, then I was happy with it. Sure, maybe he hadn't returned it, but he hadn't freaked out, like I was scared he was going to.
Maybe he didn't feel the same way just then, but maybe one day, he will.