you were traveling with him and mairin,but not so much because your main journey was with ash and the others,you started to fell for Alain,after the kalos war and getting rejected by Alain(happened before the war)

You guys went in different directions,you ended up going to paldea,after 2 yrs you heard that ash was in aloha,and decided to visit him,you became the champion there,one day you were surprised that alain was there,turns out professor sycamore had business with the other professors