Sooo just a little songfic about when Ash first realized he was in love with Misty… I heard the song for the first time in years and was like OMG CUTE! THIS TOTALLY WORKS…

Yeah…

Read and enjoy X3

First I get cold and hot
think I'm on fire, but I'm not.
Oh, what a pain I've got,
it must be love!

Ash could never explain what he felt whenever he looked at Misty. Just her smile made him tingle from his chest, and if she touched him, even on his arm, it burned like Charizard's fire. But he liked it. It made him happier than ever to be around her, and it didn't take long until someone noticed.
"You know, Ash," Brock smirked one day, "Maybe you should tell Misty how you feel."
"What do you mean, how I feel?"
"You obviously care for her. I can see it in your eyes and how you act around her."
"I...I do always get really happy when she\'s around."
"It must be love."

There's nothing I can do,
all that I want is you.
Look what I'm going through,
it must be love!

Once Ash realized he did, in fact, have feelings for his best friend, he couldn't stop thinking about it. The truth never left his mind. It was hard to be around her anymore, he was so scared of saying the wrong thing. She was all he wanted. It was agony to try to get on her good side. She still slapped him constantly. Ash even realized he was starting to like it, and this he found insane. 'Oh my gosh, I'm going crazy! Brock must be right.' he began to think.
'It must be love!'

It must be love, it must be love.
I fall like a spearow and fly up above
You must be the dream I been dreaming of,
oh what a feeling, it must be love!

Things only got worse. Misty was constantly at the gym for challenger battles - which meant she wasn't with Ash. It killed him to be apart from her. He could go whole days without seeing her, and began instead to see her in his dreams. At first it was innocent - he would just see her, laughing or slapping him, and these dreams he relished, because at least he saw her. They made his Mistyless nights livable. It must be love.

Something is wrong or right,
I think of you all night.
Can\'t sleep 'til morning light,
It must be love!

But the dreams didn't last. Soon Ash couldn't even sleep. He was awake all night, thinking of Misty. Her fiery red hair, her emerald eyes, her angry scowls and jovial grins. He fantasized, letting his mind wander into all sorts of impossible oblivions. But he couldn't sleep before the first rays of sunlight broke through his window. He slept in more often than usual, leading his mother to question him one morning as he lumbered groggily down the stairs. His response was less than audible.
"It must be love."

Seeing you in my dreams,
holding you close to me.
Oh, what else can it be?
It must be love!

Eventually, after weeks, sleep returned to him. But his dreams did as well. This time they went deeper, involving him and Misty. Kissing. Touching... Often he woke in a cold sweat, scared of what his brain dreamed up. Only Pikachu's warm, furry body curled up next to him could coax him back to sleep. What is this stupidity? He wondered.
It must be love.

It must be love, it must be love.
I fall like a spearow and fly up above
You must be the dream I been dreaming of
Oh what a feeling, it must be love.

Misty had told him to stop by after her battle one day. While biking to Cerulean City, talking to Pikachu for support, he worked up the courage to tell her how he felt.
He reached the gym and stepped inside the doors.
Misty was waiting for him.
His heart pounded.
It must be love...

** "It Must Be Love" lyrics (c) Alan Jackson **