To be honest, Heath had complicated feelings about Kailunya. This was not to say that he planned to do anything to her, but simply that she had used him before, and he had not noticed at the time, so he had unwittingly been played. Although it had not had any negative impact on him, the feeling really was unpleasant. Heath felt as though his brain simply wasn't up to the task.
It felt like he had been maneuvered by someone clever, which annoyed him a little. No wonder clever, cunning villains tended to leave a stronger impression on movie audiences. After all, they made everyone else seem like idiots.
"Heath!" Ash suddenly jumped up. He had already finished eating, but now he was holding a phone, his face bright red. For a moment, Heath had no idea what was wrong with him.
But the first possibility he could definitely rule out was someone having confessed their feelings to Ash. Ash was so romantically oblivious that he could carry on traveling even after a girl kissed his cheek. Hoping that Ash would understand confessions and romantic feelings at his age was less realistic than hoping he could understand why a Charizard would have an Ability as absurd as Water Absorb.
After comparing the two, though, Heath realized that the latter did seem easier for Ash to understand. After all, Pokémon were far more interesting to Ash than girls.
"What's wrong, Ash?" Heath served Kailunya her freshly cooked dry-fried beef chow fun, then wiped his hands and looked at Ash in puzzlement.
Kailunya had no intention of listening in. Holding her dry-fried beef chow fun and humming a tune, she went over to a chair across the street and sat down, far away from Heath and Ash, then swung her legs as