Passionate Rose
Okey dokey! This is my first EVER fanfic so I'm soooooooo sorry if it sucks! I'm still getting used to terms and hopefully my writing style will improve with time so be kind!! Also review, I need help here ~^_^~
I'm writing this fic cuz this couple have so little love and hopefully I'll change that.
Sadly, I do not own anything apart from this totally awesome *cough cough* story! ¬.¬"
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It all started with a rose. The rose that was supposedly meant for a pokémon and not the person who received it. The second rose was much the same, handed over with a smirk and a vague response as to who the rose was directed at. The rose thing had become a normal part of whenever they met up, and after a while (although still not completely clear about the roses) it was assumed that they were all for May, much to a certain someone's disappointment...
"Alright! We won!" exclaimed an ecstatic May after doing a rather complicated looking twirling sequence on the stage, "That's out third one, we're closer to the Grand Festival!"
After the contest was completely over, May ran over to her travelling companions who all greeted her with warm smiles and exclaiming things along the lines of, "You were amazing May! Well done!" May gave a cute little curtsey and then glanced around as if looking for something... or someone. Although the movement was subtle, Ash noticed it as he was currently doing the exact same thing. And that's when a familiar cocky voice sounded.
"I guess I should say well done," *signature hair-flick move* "Although I must say I'm a bit disappointed. Had my pokémon not been so tired from all the contests we've been in lately, forcing me to sit in the audience, then I'm sure there would have been a very different outcome to this contest."
May opened her mouth to protest but was silenced when the green haired boy in front of her gave his usual smirk and held out a rose. May snatched it up, grumbling a thank you, to which Drew raised his eyebrows slightly as if to say, "Say thanks if you want but it might not be yours you know." This action made a certain trainer come out of his sulking and smile slightly. This made him feel awful but he couldn't help it.
Although his feelings weren't voluntary he still kicked himself for having them. Whenever Drew gave May a putdown or anything like that he would feel glad, and whenever she was given a rose (which seemed to be every freaking minute as far as he was concerned) he felt angry and jealous. At first Ash had no idea why he felt the way he did, May was his friend so why on earth did the sight of this one co-ordinater being nice to her get him so riled up? May was making a name for herself and had often received flowers from fans which Ash didn't care about at all, so why was this one cocky bastard messing with his head?
The answer to this became crystal clear to Ash when, on one very rare occasion when it was a case of just-happened-to-be-in-the-right-place-at-the-right-time, he saw Drew smile.
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Drew was just feeding his pokémon outside a centre they just all happened to be staying at. The sun was setting and the black haired boy had stepped out for some fresh air on his own, well Pikachu was with him of course. He nearly called out to Drew until he saw the smile. This was surely a different Drew: guards were down, eyes were lit up and instead of the stereotypical Drew-esque smirk was the most amazing smile Ash had ever seen. He looks so cute... Ash thought and he became aware that his heart was beating much faster than usual. All he could do was stare, until Pikachu got slightly worried and broke him out of his trance. That was when Ash knew: He had feelings for the younger boy, maybe he was even in love with him. He shook his head when he came to this realisation. You're straight dammit! You like girls... right? But Drew looks so... GAH! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?! Drew is a GUY!!! Buuuuuuuut, he is so cute! I want him! Wait... did I seriously just think that?? But still you can't blame me when he looks like this-
This highly intellectual thought pattern carried on and on to the point that, after a few days of just not being with it, Brock decided to intervene.
Dragging his friend to one side while May and Max were busy refilling their water bottles by a river, Brock shook Ash to get what little attention Ash was capable of giving at said time and asked, "Ok, so are you gonna tell me what's up any time soon? Why have you been so spacey lately?"
Ash mumbled something unintelligible and looked up at Brock blearily. For a moment Ash realised what Brock had just said and decided that some advice would be useful. Of course he'd have to word it carefully, he wasn't about to say, "Actually Brock the reason I've been distant lately is because I've been thinking that I could be gay. Well actually I am gay and it looks like I love Drew, really love Drew. I keep thinking about him and when I was apparently moaning in my sleep last night it wasn't a nightmare but the most amazing-"
"What would you do if you liked someone but the chances of them liking you back is... next to impossible?" Ash went with the extremely vague tactic, he wasn't about to tell Brock that he'd started having dirty dreams. Especially when those dirty dreams were about a guy.
Brock looked surprised for a moment but then replied, "Well, I'd try to get their attention. You know you could learn a thing or two from me, after all I am super popular with the ladies. You should always use a head on approach, women like a man with confidence-" blah, blah, blah. Ok, with his track record asking Brock was a pretty stupid idea, I must be desperate here!
The talk with Brock had been pointless but it touched Ash to know that his friends had been worried about him. He became more like his old self after that and after a few days had passed they didn't talk about Ash's blank phase as he was totally back to normal. The only time Ash would act weird was whenever they would bump into Drew. Brock had said that the head on approach was the best but Ash was always too scared to tell the green haired boy how he felt about him. And so he became distant once again when Drew's presence was around. Drew annoyed Max and sometimes Brock so they passed Ash's stand-offish behaviour as pure annoyance and him not wanting anything to do with the arrogant boy.
They couldn't have been more wrong.
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"Well, I'd best be going now." The boy and his Roselia turned around and headed for the door. Drew raised a hand in a wave like fashion but didn't turn around. Ash was sad to see him go and he knew that once again he'd acted like a jerk around him. He let out a long mournful sigh before May stepped forward calling, "Wait!"
Ash looked at May curiously and Drew stopped in his tracks.
"You told me where you were headed next, and it just so happens to be en route to where we are going," May started. Drew turned around and cocked his head slightly, wondering where this was headed. "That being the case, um... would you like to travel with us?" May moved her arms to indicate who us was in case he was somehow confused. Brock and Max didn't seem to mind May's invitation, Ash just stared.
The suspected reaction from Drew would've been him flicking his fringe from his eyes with his sarcastic grin, followed by a putdown. No one expected him to look down slightly and fiddle with his jacket, hesitant to give an answer. After a few seconds of silence Drew looked directly at Ash, Drew had noticed his almost cold behaviour towards him. Ash was surprised to see worry and what looked like sadness etched on his crush's face. He was pretty sure he was the cause of it and he felt awful.
"I'm not sure that would be the best idea," Drew said, a hint of sorrow evident in his words.
As if his body was on auto-pilot, Ash stepped forward until he was in front of Drew. He brought one hand up to Drew's face and stroked his cheek gently. "I like the idea," he said softly, still caressing his cheek, "I'd love it if you'd travel with me, please come." Ash wasn't really much aware of anything, and he didn't realise he'd said me instead of us. That wasn't really top on his things to worry about though as an embarressed, "Uuuummmmmmmmm," from Drew brought him back to reality.
Drew was blushing insanely and Ash quickly followed suit as he caught on to the actions and tone of voice he'd just used.
"Errr... well," *embarrassed cough* "Of course you don't have to if you don't want to, I was just thinking that I'd love to have you around me... WAIT! I mean I want you with me... WAIT!-" Ash was babbling, arms flailing around wildly and was bright red in the face. The smaller boy in front of him was still blushing, but a small smile graced his lips. It was a shadow of the beautiful smile Ash had seen that time, but it was enough to make the dark haired boy stop mid rant and admire Drew.
Looking at the floor, Drew said, "Ok, I'd like to travel with you." Ash gave the biggest grin at these words, but somewhere in the back of his mind a voice was saying Grrrreeeeeaaaaaattt, you're already having dreams that should be illegal about this guy, do you seriously think you can hold back if he's with you 24/7? However Ash's rational mind would have to wait because he was far to happy to let common sense get in the way.
Meanwhile a confused Brock, Max and May looked on, all of them thinking, What the hell is going on here?!
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And we're at the end of chapter one of this story and my first fic! YAAAY! ^_^ Hopefully it's worth reading although I know there could be improvements so please review if you have any advice or if you liked it (or didn't but please don't make me cry with too cruel words T.T)
So I think it's kinda obvious there's gonna be another chappy (is that a good thing ?.?) so I'll start writing when I have the time.
Thank you sooooooo much for reading!
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