A letter
Drew ran his fingers through his messy green hair, and heaved a sigh into his coffee cup. The digital clock at his elbow read 1 am, but he couldn't sleep now. He had to do something to pass the time until dawn.
I may as well reply to Solidad▓s letter while I'm up, he pondered.
Dear Solidad,
Yes, the rumors are true about May. And you're probably wondering what I think about all this. I blame myself, partially. It all started a few months ago. After you and I traveled Johto, and I got my ribbon cup at last, and after the Dratini Lance gave me fully evolved.
FLASHBACK.
May and Drew leaned on the railing of a balcony that overlooked Slateport beach. The brunette sighed deeply, hair fluttering gently in the warm breeze. The sun was slowly beginning to sink into the sea. Drew was oblivious to the beauty around him, seeing only the beauty beside him. And beauty she was, in the truest sense of the word.
"We've been friends for a long time, huh, Drew? "
"Little past seven years. Why? Something wrong? "
She fiddled with a lock of her hair, twirling it around her finger and staring out to sea as she replied.
"I feel like I can ask you just about anything. Can I? "
"Of course, May. "
"Well, you know, you're a guy... "
He bit back a smart remark about health class and the Discovery Channel with some effort, instead replying coolly, "Yes. Your point? "
"Do you think I'm attractive? Like... do you think any guy would, you know... like-like me? "
He laughed slightly. "What? Oh, you're serious. "
She looked down, saying nothing.
Drew mentally cursed his callousness and kicked himself in the shin. "I didn't mean it like that, May. Any guy in his right mind would kill to be with someone like you. Where'd you get the idea that you're inferior? " Drew's grip tightened on the rail, partly out of suppressed passion, partly out of righteous rage.
"Nowhere. You really think that? " May turned to him, those big blue eyes he could get lost in wide.
"I've never lied to you before. Why would I start now? " He smiled slightly.
Her eyes sparkled. "Thanks so much, Drew. I've got to make a phone call. "
Drew turned away from the railing to watch her go back into her hotel room, dialing a number with nervous excitement on her PokeGear.
"Hey, Ash? Are you...um...free tonight? Because there's this really nice restaurant I've been wanting to try for a while now... "
END FLASHBACK
Whether I fell or jumped, I still can't remember to this day. Nurse Joy said it was one of the nastiest collarbone breaks she's ever seen, and that I was lucky to have not broken my neck. The worst part was that the remnants of my fan club absolutely swarmed me, but May never visited me once. But, back on subject, yes. They're engaged. You're invited, by the way. I won't be going, so send my best wishes to the bride. I'm leaving town come morning. I wonder if that Gym Leader spot is still open in Johto...
--Drew
Sighing heavily, Drew closed his eyes wearily, sick of the plain white walls that surrounded him, waiting for the morning.