The next day, in Celestic Town.
After drinking red wine and opening up to her grandmother, Professor Carolina, the night before, Cynthia had become more certain of her feelings.
Since they were both on vacation, Cynthia had asked Li Wei out.
Wearing baseball caps, the two sat on a park bench, quietly enjoying their time together.
That was one of the nice things about Celestic Town. Not only was it small, but it also had few residents, most of whom were elderly.
Anyone seeking better prospects would leave Celestic Town for more economically developed cities like Veilstone City, Eterna City, or Jubilife City.
Their fans wouldn't suddenly appear to interrupt their time together.
"What made you suddenly ask me out?"
Cynthia gazed at Li Wei with her gray eyes.
"What? Can't I?"
Li Wei shrugged. "It's not that. It just isn't like you."
"People's personalities and the way they act can change," Cynthia said softly. "And you treat friends differently from someone you're in love with."
As she said this, Cynthia tilted her cap-covered head and rested it on Li Wei's shoulder.
She stayed there, leaning against his shoulder. "I wouldn't have done this before you confessed to me."
"I never imagined myself doing something like this before, but I'm only a little shy. Just a tiny bit."
A faint blush colored Cynthia's cheeks, and the reddened ears peeking through her long blonde hair gave her away as well.
Still, Cynthia really wasn't that shy. She didn't even feel that this was too forward. It all felt perfectly natural to her.
Even though, since becoming a couple, they had spent far more time apart than together, theirs was a thoroughly long-distance relationship.
Despite that, Cynthia didn't feel any distance between them.
Perhaps it was because she and Li Wei had