AN: Hey guy's. Hope you all enjoyed the previous chapter. I know you're probably glad this chapter here didn't take over a month to post too lol. And shout out to Epidemic Bear for being a Madden fan, guessing that my fav team is the Bears (although its kinda obvious :P ) and having Eminem as his favorite artist. I'm listening to Eminem as I type this! Welp, anyway. Enjoy guys!
Once Brock and Max leave out the room. It leaves Ash and May in an uncomfortable silence. They're both just motionless in the same positions that they were in when Brock and Max were in there. Noticing the mood becoming more and more uncomfortable. Ash decides to speak and end it. "Hey May, um I'm sorry for asking you something like that infront of other people. I know it was probably uncomfortable. You know me, I don't always think before I speak." He gives a nervous chuckle. Hoping that May will look up at him but she doesn't. He begins to frown a little. "Hey May. Don't worry about what I asked you. You don't have to go on one with me. We can forget I ever asked." The tone in Ash's voice snaps May out of her thoughts. She hadn't noticed that we was even talking to her. She was too lost in what had just happened. She looks up at Ash and watches as he grabs a sheet and pillow off the bed and lays on the floor. He has a bit of a frown on his face as he does. May wanted to say something to him. But she didn't know what to say. She wanted to say yes so badly. But in her heart she didn't feel as if it was the right thing to do. She didn't know if he was asking just because it was fun. Or if he was asking because he genuinely wanted to take her out. She wasn't sure if he understood the meaning of taking her on a date. And she didn't want her feelings to get hurt. She stands up and walks over to Ash. She figured she'd give talking to him about it a try without revealing her newfound feelings. She walks over to him, then bends down and taps him on the shoulder.
"Ash? Can we talk?" Ash turns over and sits up facing May. "If you want, whats up?" He no longer has a frown on his face. But it's not as cheerful as usual. "Ash I'm sorry that I didn't respond to you. It was just too much for me to handle really. It caught me off guard is all. I never in my life could imagine you asking anyone on a date. You usually act so much like a big kid. So when you asked and I could tell that you were being serious, I didn't know what to say." "Well May, we did talk about growing up today. And you made me realize that I am getting older. I've been thinking about our conversation all day. I decided that it was time for me to embrace it. If you have already embraced it and you're younger than me. I figured it was time for me to do the same. Looks like you were the teacher this time around." He smiles a little and so does May. She could feel the awkwardness between the two disappearing. "So Ash, obviously you were serious about asking me out. Why exactly did you ask me out? Was it just because it was fun?" Ash shakes his head. "No, I enjoyed getting to know you on a deeper level. I mean just think about it. Getting to know you on a deeper level just from today has already impacted me. You see i'm already trying to be more mature. So there's no telling what else would come from getting to know you more and everything about you. I guess you could say that you made me realize i'm interested in you in another way." He then starts to blush. "And truthfully, when Brock said what he said about date's. It made me look at you in a different way than just a friend. And I realized how beautiful you are too." He looks away and blushes hard as he say's this. It causes May to blush as well. But she wasn't trying to hid it since they were both blushing. She leans towards Ash and gives him a kiss on the cheek then stands up. "I'd love to go on a date with you Ash!" She flashes Ash a quick smile then turns off the light and jumps into bed. Ash sits there with a blush on his face while rubbing his cheek. For some reason he felt his heart beat a little faster when it happened. He'd never felt anything like that before. He laid back down staring at the ceiling with a smile on his face. He didn't know exactly why that kiss on the cheek made him feel like that. He'd been kissed on the cheek by girls before and never felt that way. He decided he'd think more about it in the morning as he dozed off into a deep sleep with a smile on his face.
THE NEXT DAY
May was sleeping peacefully and snoring lightly. Dreaming about her and Ash's day together. That was until she heard a loud yell that woke her out of her sleep. She sat up quickly looking from side to side trying to determine where that loud yell came from. Eventually a trail of smoke going up into the air caused her gaze to lead her to a twitching Ash and a pissed looking Pikachu. Even though she just woke up. She quickly put two and two together. She shook her head at her raven haired friend. Pikachu then looks up and notices May looking at them. He rushes onto the bed and jumps into her lap then turns and points at Ash. "Pika Pika!" May giggles at the angry little Pikachu in her lap. "Awww, did Ash hurt you Pikachu?" Pikachu turns to May and nods his head. He holds his tail and acts out Ash rolling over on it for her. "Did he roll over in his sleep and hurt your tail?" Pikachu nods his head and starts to rub its tail. "Well you know Pikachu. I'm not on Ash's side. But when you two sleep together. It's kind of hard for him not to roll over on you. You're smaller and he seems to turn a little in his sleep. I'm sure he didn't mean to hurt you on person." She places her hand on top of his head and begins to rub it gently.
"You should go over there and apologize to him. I know he hurt you but you know he'd never do it on purpose. And he seems to be twitching a lot over there. Looks like you got him good." Pikachu licks May and jumps off of her lap over to Ash. He begins to lick Ash and speak to him. May watches as Ash stops twitching and begins to pet Pikachu. They both start and its like it never happened. May smiles at how cute the two look. "Wish he would look at me and run his hands through my hair like that." She immediately starts to blush at the random thought that just popped into her haid. Ever since she had that conversation with Misty. Her thoughts about her and Ash have been running wild. Now that her mind understands what she was filling, she's starting to freely think about them together. She tries to rid herself of her blush and gets up out of the bed. "Well Ash, I guess I'm up now. And i know you two are as well after that commotion. So what do you want to do today?"
"Well goodmorning to you too May!" teases Ash. "And umm, I don't know. Want to see what Brock and Max are up to?" May shakes her head. "No, they had plans today remember? So its me, you and Pikachu again. What, are you tired of me already? How are we going to go on a date if you're already tired of me?" She gives Ash a sad look and starts to pout. He laughs at her and smiles. "You're so cute when you do that." He gets up and brushes his self off. Not noticing the blush he put on May's face. "I don't know May. But first thing's first. I'm gonna go and grab some food. I figured i'd be a gentleman and let the lady use the bathroom first. I'll freshen up once you're done." "Oh really, well you're so thoughtful aren't you sensei?" "Sensei?" say's Ash a little confused. She caught him off guard with that one. May sticks her tongue out at him and grabs some clothes then runs to the bathroom yelling "i'll see ya in an hour" cheerfully as she does so. Ash scratches his head wondering why she called him sensei? He looks down at Pikachu who is doing the same as him.
"She gets weirder every day doesn't she buddy?" Pikachu smiles and nods his head. He then jumps onto Ash's shoulder and points the door. He pulls out an imaginary whip and starts riding Ash as if he's a jockey yelling "Pikachu Pikachu (Ketchup Ketchup!)" Ash can't help but laugh at Pikachu. "Yes master!" He opens the door and heads down the hall on all fours with Pikachu steadily whipping him while wearing a huge grin on his face. They pass a couple as the head down the hall and Pikachu flashes them a grin and a peace sign then continues whipping Ash. The couple stop and watch as they disappear around the corner. "I knew the day would come when Pokemon turned humans into slaves. Didn't think it would start with a Pikachu though." The woman laughs at her husbands comment. "Oh didn't you see that face it had? It looked pretty intimidating to me. You know what they say, the smaller they are the meaner they are. I bet Pikachu makes him call him Big man." The two laugh out loud in laughter as they continue down the hall.
Meanwhile
"Brockkkkk! Do you have to hit on every woman we see?" "Hehe, sorry. Couldn't help myself." For the past hour Max and Brock had been walking around town. Brock kept seeing beautiful women after beautiful women. And he couldn't help but hit on every one of them. Now he was sitting on a bench with swollen ears and a swollen face. Between his ears being yanked on by Max and the various women slapping him. He looked liked a brown, no eyed and puffy version of Jigglypuff. Max just sighed at the sight of Brock. He then grabs Brocks hand and starts to pull him along. "Come on Brock, lets get you to the pokemon center. You need some rest. Maybe I can get Ash to hangout with me if him and my sister aren't doing anything. Maybe this will teach u a lesson." He turns to see Brock ignoring him and hovering because he see's another beautiful women. Max assumes he's trying to make a lovey dovey face towards her. But his face is so swollen that instead he just looks like a mad snorlax and is freaking the woman out. Max shakes his head and grabs Brocks ear and pulls him along with Brock yelling "Ow!" all the way down the street. Max makes sure he drags him along like that the whole 10 minutes it takes for them to get to the pokemon center. Not wanting Brock to have another chance to scare another woman. There was no telling what Brocks face would turn into next time.
The two enter the Pokemon Center and Max stops in his track as he see's a blur go down the hall and around the corner. He couldn't tell for sure. But it kinda looked like a Pikachu riding someone while whipping them and pouring a bottle of something red over it's body. "I must have been in the heat too long." He chalks that one up to his imagination and proceeds to drag Brock to their room. He notices little red spots on the floor as he goes down the hall. But he quickly dismisses it. Thinking that they must have been there before and he just didn't notice it. Once inside their room Max makes Brock sit down on the Bed. "You stay here! I'm gonna go get May and to help you and i'm gonna see if Ash wants to take me out." Brock nods and hangs his head. Max then exits the room. Brock balls his fist and hits the bed in frustration. "All this pain and I didn't get not one number!" He starts to pout, but then starts to smile and drool as he remember how he got to see the underpants of one woman. She had slapped him and made him fall and he could see up her skirt when it happened. That also cost him a kick to the gut. But he was too captivated at the site to acknowledge the pain. He was also too lost in his thoughts to notice someone walk into the room a few minutes later.
"Umm, Brock. What are you doing?" Brock quickly wipes the drool away and tries to put on a straight face. "Oh nothing, i wasn't thinking about panties or anything why would you think that? He he… he…" May shake's her head at Brock. 20 years old and he never learns. "I can't tell what kind of face you're making. And are you blushing? I guess when you mix a dark red blush with your brown skin you turn purple. Or can you just not breath?" She sighs. "You look like a stereotypical asian/blueberry." "Hahaha, you and your brother are definitely related. Thanks for the jokes." "Well atleast I know it's not that you can't breath." She laughs out loud to herself and Brock sits there speechless. Knowing he's not really in a position to defend himself. "Oh don't worry Brock. I've had my fun. I'm gonna save my teasing energy for Brock and denseachu Ash." She giggles to herself. "Here, I'll go get you a hot towel for your face to help the swelling. Lay back." Brock follows her directions and May goes off into the bathroom to wet up a towel for him. She comes back and covers his face with two towels. Covering everything but his mouth and nose.
"So how'd it go?" she ask as she takes a seat on the edge of the bed. "Haven't seen you this beat up in a while." Brock groans and shakes his head. "That bad huh?" He nods his head. "Oh well. You'll find yourself someone one day. It'll be when you learn to act normal when you're around a woman." "Yeah, I know. I just can't help it. But i'm not too worried about it right now. I know i'll find someone one day. But what about you? You and Ash seemed to be hitting it off pretty well the other night." May blushes a little and starts to hide her face but realizes that she doesn't need to because his face was covered. Come to think of it, she didn't understand how we could see at all. He only had slits as eyes. Brock was really an interesting guy.
"So May, gonna tell me?" "Oh sorry, I was thinking. Umm, we're ok. Nothing new really." "Nothing new? Are you kidding me May? What happened yesterday in the room was definitely new. What happened between you two yesterday if you don't mind me asking." "I don't mind. Well. To make a long story short. I asked him about growing up yesterday while we were eating. I asked him if he's seriously given it a thought and realized how close we are to being adults. I told him i was embracing in and preparing for the future. He said he'd never really thought about it before. And he told me last night after you two left that he had been thinking about it all day and how he thought i was right. So he was trying to be more mature. I guess that's why he didn't blow off what you said and deny it. It accepted the facts and decided to move forward. It really threw me off. I didn't know Ash had a serious side to him when it wasn't about food, pokemon or his friends." "Hmmmmm. I see." The room gets quiet for a minute as Brock thinks then he speaks back up.
"So how do you feel about him May?" May's a bit taken back by the question. She shouldn't have been so surprised because of the topic that they were on. But it surprised her nonetheless. "H how i feel? What do you mean Brock?" Brock sighs. "May don't make this difficult. I am 20 years old after all. I'm not a little kid. I might not have a love of my own but I can tell when someone has feelings for someone. I could look at you yesterday and tell you were blushing a lot. And even now, you're stuttering. Why would you be doing that if you didn't like him? Don't worry May, I won't tell him. I just want to help you. Holding those kind of feelings in are never good. It's always helpful to confide in someone." May sits there and thinks over his words. What he was saying was true. It was nice to have someone to talk to about it. That's why she called Misty. But Brock was actually here and it would be nice to see what a males perspective was. She decides that she can trust Brock.
"Ok Brock. I i like Ash. I didn't know that i did until recently. It didn't happen until after the whole ordeal with Manaphy. I had been having certain feelings around him that I didn't understand so I was kind of distant. But the other day I talked to Misty and she helped me realize what I was feeling. And ever since then I can understand my feelings and my thoughts and why i'm having them. That's why i've been blushing a lot more." Brock is a little surprised at first that she's admitting it to him so calmly but he quickly gets over that. May was a strong girl thanks to being the daughter of the Petalburg Gym Leader. She was shy but strong and confident. The latter being thanks to Ash.
"So does Ash know how you feel?" May shakes her head. But then realizes that he can't see her. She continues to shake her head at herself. "No he doesn't." "I didn't think so. And that's probably a good thing. I think Ash probably likes you too but just doesn't understand that exactly at this point. But you're already off to a good start May. Getting him to acknowledge that he needs to grow will help him look at you a little more outside the box." "Yeah Brock, you're right. He basically told me that last night after you two left. I don't think he really understands too much at the moment. But i'm sure after time he'll realize and understands his emotions more just like I did." Brock nods in agreement. "Exactly. Just give him time. Keep spending time with him. Flirt with him some and try to dress to catch his eye. He might be dense but after awhile he'll start to notice and he won't be able to help but notice you in a different way." May smiles, it was amazing how Brock and Misty said almost the same thing. They both knew emotions and Ash pretty well.
"I will Brock. Thanks. You and Misty said almost the same thing. It's nice hearing it from you as well. To have a male and female perspective. I feel optimistic about it. He made a huge jump yesterday. So i'm sure he'll continue to grow. I just hope that as he notices me more, that he wants to be with me in that way." "Im sure he will May. Just be patient with him." May smiles and nods. "Thanks Brock." "No problem May." he pauses for a second. "Where is Ash anyway by the way?" "Oh, he took Max out. We didn't really have any plans today so he decided to take him out since you promised him you would yesterday." Brock laughs a little. "Yeah i did. I feel bad about not being able to keep my promise. But i'm sure he'll enjoy it all the same with Ash, if not more." "Yeah you're probably right." agrees May.
"So how about a movie or something? I know you can't see but at least you can hear it." "I can see it!" yells Brock in frustration. May laughs and Brock just lays there mumbling to himself. She was in a good mood and couldn't help but be cheerful. Things were going pretty good she thought and she was excited to see what things had in store for her and Ash in the future..
AN: Hey guy's. I'm sure you all don't want to know this. But as I was typing the part about Brock picturing that woman's underpants. I was drooling right along with him. Guess I really do have a connection with the characters in my story as well lol. Anyway. Thanks for reading this chapter guys. I notice in my other stories I don't really include Pikachu much or other characters too much. So i'm trying to do more of that in this story. As well as add a little bit of comedy to it. Because Pokemon has plenty of hilarious moments. But like always, reviews and comments are always welcome. Especially for this story seeing as how i'm basing how often I post on how many seem interested in this story. See ya next chapter guys! :)
