AN: Hello! This is my first fanfic, I hope you enjoy ^-^; ! Steven x May

In this story, Steven would be 21 years old & May would be 18 years old.

It has been way too long since he last laid eyes on her. After a little bit of soul searching, Steven was back in the Hoenn region. Being relieved of his championship duties by a young trainer, he traveled the world in search of more rare stones. Of course it wasn't easy for him to leave, but he felt as though he had to. He wanted to while he still had the chance, he knew very well that his father wasn't going to live forever and one day he will inherit the company that would severely restrict his free time.

Returning back to the pokemon league, he greeted all of his old friends who welcomed him with open arms. They ushered him towards the champion's room and told him, "You're in for a real surprise!" Then pushed him through the doors.

What did they mean by that? The silver haired male scratched his head as he walked up towards the chair that was at the opposite end of the room. The chair was facing away from the doors and he wasn't sure if there was anyone sitting on it at all. What happened? He rubbed his chin with his two fingers, remembering the energetic young female who claimed his throne, she surely wouldn't be this silent when someone walked in. Inching closer towards the chair, he carefully peeked over to see who it was.

"S.S. DREAMIE!"

Horror consumed his face as he realized who it was.

"IS THAT THE LOOK I GET AFTER ALL THIS TIME?" The new champion got up from his seat, crossing his arms over his chest. His teal blue hair glistened as he flicked his bangs to the side and made a dramatic pose. "I would presume that you would at least be awe struck by my youthful appearance. After all, it's been quite a while since we last saw each other. I haven't aged a bit." He smiled, adjusting his white cap on his head.

Steven scoffed, smiling at his old friend. "Sorry, it was just that-" He paused, unable to hold in his laughter anymore at his friend's previous outburst. Shaking his head, he cleared his throat and continued, "I was just expecting-"

Wallace, the new champion, cut him off with saying, "May?" A sly smirk rose on his pale pink lips as that name rolled off his tongue. "Well it did happen quite recently." He tapped his chin, as if trying to recall back something. "She wanted to try something new for a change so she gave me the cape and went back down to Slateport!"

A bit puzzled, Steven arched an eyebrow and asked, "Went back down to Slateport?"

"Oh yeah, you know. She wanted to try contests for a change instead of battling." He shrugged his shoulders. "She's actually quite good, so far she has three ribbons."

They were right, he was in for a real surprise. He would have never guessed that May would try her hand at contests, then again she did face a legendary pokemon who was on the verge of destroying the world. And she did save the world yet again by joining rayquaza and breaking a meteorite. But why contests? He presumed that she loved battling! She was so good at it, she tore down the elite four and his own team so quickly that the whole battle felt like a blur.

"You know, Stevie, she's at Lilycove right now preparing for another contest. You should go say hi to her. I hear she's staying at the pokemon center." Wallace broke him out of his thoughts, giving an encouraging smile.

"Thanks. I'll head over there now." He smiled, walking over towards the exit.

"WAIT A MINUTE!" Wallace rushed over towards Steven and stopped him right in his tracks. "Not even a hug or a pat on the back for your old bud? Gone for who knows HOW long - well no! I know how long, but that's irrelevant now. You've been gone for a long time and you're finally back. This is all I get?" He frowned, unhappy with the way his old friend was treating him. Now it was all about May, that was all that rock collector could even talk about in his letters. May, May, May! Arceus damn, if he loved her that much he shouldn't have left in the first place!

"I'm sorry Wallace, but I have to see May." For some reason he wanted to see the brunette, for some strange reason he couldn't stop thinking about her. He also felt a little hurt that she didn't bother telling him that she gave the championship title to Wallace and went off to do contests! They had been talking to each other occasionally, thanks to the updated pokenav. They would talk for hours on end, catching up on current events and even getting to know each other better. He couldn't recall a time when she even bothered to tell him that she wanted to become a coordinator! Why?

"Well, if you're going to see May I'm coming too." He patted him on the back, giving a small smile. He knew that his friend had developed a crush on May, even if he doesn't realize it yet. He would be more than happy to help him get together with her. "Come on, lets go." He ushered him out of the building and hopped onto Steven's skarmony who was called out earlier.

They arrived in Lilycove City fairly quickly, it wasn't too far from Ever Grande.

"Pokemon center, right?" He asked, looking over at his teal haired friend who seemed to be pre-occupied by adoring fans thrusting papers and pens in his face to sign.

"Yeah, I'll catch up to you in a bit." He chuckled, surprised by how fast people recognized him. He waved his friend to go on without him as he didn't want to disappoint his fans.

Steven called back his skarmony and walked over towards the pokemon center, going through its double doors. To his surprise, finding May was really easy. She hasn't changed too much from when he last saw her. Those dazzling sapphire eyes were focused on her blaziken who seemed to be doing various poses. She was taller than before, probably almost the same height as him now. He continued to stare at her in admiration, smiling to himself. She no longer wore a bandana on her head, it was replaced with a ruby red ribbon that was striped white. Her normal outfit wasn't on her, but she still sported red by wearing a dress that shared the same shade as her ribbon. The dress went down to her mid lower thigh, but her legs weren't bare as he saw thin black fabric hugged them tightly.

"Hey May."

He was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard another male call her over. Following her movements, he saw that there was a green haired male who was taller than her just by a few mere inches grin and pat her on the head. Woah, the two were on good terms? Inching over closer, he saw that the grass head pulled out a pristine red rose and offered it to May who accepted it.

"Who the hell is he?" Steven accidentally blurted out loud, grabbing the attention of various strangers nearby. Unfortunately May and grasshead heard his little outburst as well, turning their heads to face him. Blushing brightly, he covered his mouth with his hand and looked away.

"Steven? Steven Stone?"

AN: Next chapter will be coming up soon ~

Updated chapter 1 on Jan. 11 to fix a few grammar errors.