Every muscle was itching to run towards her. To feel her arms wrap around me. To breathe in her scent for the first time in forever. Hug her, kiss her, cry to her. But I didn't move. Well it felt more like I couldn't move. The tears slowly ran down my cheeks and fell onto the floor as I stared at the girl I had fallen for. Woman. I mean. Woman. We aren't children anymore.

Her red ruby eyes looked at me with a mixture of surprise and sorrow. Her masked partner just had to be me.

So many emotions swirled through me like a raging storm. I wanted to yell at her. I wanted to walk away. I wanted to just fall onto my knees. But I couldn't bring myself to do any of that.

"Hi May," Zinnia said softly. Her hand trailed up to her face to tuck a strand of her striking black hair behind her ear. Her other hand clenched her black dress nervously. Opening and closing.

I continued to stare at her, swiping at my tears. My eyes were burning thanks to them. It felt like acid as the liquid trailed down my face. I shook my head in a small motion and finally moved. I stepped towards her till we were face to face. Her eyes pierced into my green ones and I felt a familiar ache in my heart. She had changed so much. The young features of a child were gone and were replaced by adult features. Her jawline was more visible, more lean now that the loose skin of a child was gone. She was even more beautiful than before.

I rose my hand, staring at her with a mixture of hurt and anger.

Smack!

Her head was turned to the ground. She was stunned. I stepped away from the Draconid girl and turned to the crowd. One teary glare was all it took and they all took a couple of steps back. They faced the people beside them, trying not to pay mind to what was going on. I took a quick glance at Zinnia.

She rose her head to look at me, one hand placed on the side of her face. She was silent. Her mouth a thin line. The nervous shifting was gone. The emotion that was in her eyes, vanished.

I stormed off. I couldn't stand to continue looking at her. There was so much feeling bubbling in me. My blood seemed to fizzle with anger. My heart seemed to break with hurt. I pushed through the crowd, passing a worried looking Lisia and for once a concerned Chaz.

Opening and shutting the large doors of the ballroom, I stomped down the halls looking for a place of shelter. To keep away from the eyes of all my friends, fans and admirers. I found an open balcony and placed myself there. Fresh air would help.

The night's air was chilly just like how it was the day at the top of the Sky pillar. Or what Zinnia called it. The Dragonhark Altar. I leaned against the rail, my arms resting on top of the metal bars. I inhaled and exhaled. I didn't notice until now but my feet were killing me, thanks to these heels.

I swiped at a few tears and let out a wistful sigh. After all these years she decided to come back. The day she disappeared. She came back. Why? Why? Why? She shouldn't have returned to Hoenn. Even if I did miss her a lot. Even though I did wish to see her again and kiss her one last time. Our first kiss was everything to me. What was it to her? I saved the world, hoping to explore these feelings more. But that was stupid of me. That bitch. Anger overtook again. I gave out my heart to her only to have it thrown to the ground and shattered. Leaving me to pick up the pieces. To put those pieces back together was hard, but the moment when I had the last few in my hands, she comes back into the picture.

It hurts. It hurts so much. Because even now, I know that I still have those feelings for her. It was like an infection that could not be cured. It was terrible. I had no medicine. My only choice was to give in.

It was stupid. It was stupid to let my supposed enemy get to me. To take a step into my world and get to know the true me. I wasn't suppose to let her in. I was just supposed to obey Steven's orders and get the damn Mega Stones back. Not get mixed up in the fate of the world. It wasn't even my job. It was Zinnia's. I just had to get the Mega Stones and get Zinnia to tell me the secrets within her so Steven could fix them. Instead I let a feeling get in the way. A small feeling that bloomed into a heart pounding emotion. A little crush transforming into big time love. Thanks to that woman, I was now an emotional wreck.

"Mind if I join?"

Of course she followed.

I didn't reply. I kept my eyes glued to the sky, scanning the stars. I traced the images the stars made. I looked over the stories the stars told. There was a lot of them. I felt I could gaze at them forever. To escape from reality and live in their world. It seemed peaceful. Less troublesome.

Zinnia approached and stopped by my side. She leaned her back on the rail. I felt her gaze on me and then I felt it fade away. She averted her eyes to the ground. At the edge of my vision I could make out her cape draped over her shoulders. It was battered up. The light grey cloth was torn at places but it was over all clean. She still had that thing?

We were both silent. Time seemed to drag by painfully slow. The silence seemed to tighten around my throat and cut off the oxygen that went unevenly into my lungs. I needed something to happen. I could feel my chest burning and I started to panic mentally. What's wrong with me? What the hell! Why? Zinnia you bitch. Agghhhh!

"Seems to be any doubts I had and still have are correct." Her voice cut through the silence and vibrated through the air. The burning stopped. I felt my breaths slow down. Her voice rung in my ears reminding me of the past.

Zinnia waited for a response. I didn't feel like I had the strength to produce a noise though. Another breath-taking minute passed and her voice once again sliced through the night air.

"I...May...I beg to be..forgiven."

Those words seemed to send signals to my brain. It was like an electric wire that just zapped me into finally doing something. I jolted. I positioned myself to look at her. She didn't look at me. Her eyes glued to the ground.

"You what?!" It was almost a screech but I managed to hold the squeak in. "You want to be forgiven?!"

"My only wish." Her tone was monotone. It seemed to anger me. There was no emotion in it while my voice contained plenty. My rage seemed to make the girl flinch though. Of course it did. Zinnia loved to act like she was strong but she really wasn't. She was exactly like me. I couldn't handle myself mentally. But I was probably the only one who knew her weak side. Zinnia had almost let me completely in. But I guess I must have did something wrong because she quickly pushed me out and slammed the door. I had seen too much of the pain and misery she was going through. No one was suppose to see that part of her. She was just as stupid as me. She prefered to suffer alone.

"W-why?!" My voice broke. My fist were balled up in anger. They shook. Tears edged my vision once more. "What is w-wrong with you?! How do you have th-the nerve to ask me that! Do you not see the wrongs you did to m-me?!"

Zinnia's eyes seemed to shimmer with a quick feeling of guilt but it dimmed away. She stated, "I'm aware of them and I regret them." She paused for a second with a bite of her lip then added, "I want to fix it May. I want to make it write to you. It will kill me if I don't."

"To me? To me?!" I hollered my foot stomping on the ground. "Are you so sure about that?" I felt anger overflowing and it filled every inch of me. "You're just doing it for yourself, Zinnia. You think that if you fix this, it will be all better, don't you?! You think that once this is all over and you don't have to live the guilt anymore, you can just run away again and live a normal life."

"M-May-"

I cut her off and pointed at her, "You think that's how it will work don't you? It's been 4 fucking damn years since I've seen your sorry ass and this is one of the first things you say to me. You are an idiot Zinnia!" The tears fell from my cheeks and I looked away from her. I couldn't stand this. Arceus, the nerve this woman has. This is stupid. Everything is so stupid. Just...uggggghhh! I felt like I had plenty of reasons to be bad and at the same time had no need to be. It was a frustrating emotion.

Zinnia placed a hand over her chest. Hurt was painted on her face. She said in a wistful tone, "You...know...I knew you would be mad. I just knew it. I just...just didn't expect it to feel this way."

I closed my eyes for a moment and took a deep breath. I moved forward, my heels clapping against the floor. The Draconid girl didn't respond to the sudden closeness between us. Her eyes were misted. She seemed lost for a second.

"Am I wrong?"

Finally her eyes met mine. Our gazes locked, making me forget for a split-second of what was happening. How familiar this was. How use to it I was.

"Yes."

I was surprised, because every part of me wanted to explode into a fit of anger again. To say she was lying, that she was only saying this for my sake. But the thing was...she didn't look like she was lying. Hell, I could see tears that threatened to leave her red glimmering eyes.

"May. I came here for you. And only you. Not me or anybody else." She started and eyes seemed to be looking past me, not at me. She sighed. "When I left the only regret was leaving you. I kept fighting with myself, telling myself I did the right thing. For awhile I actually did believe it. I went for many months thinking everything was fine and alright. It wasn't till I heard news of this ball." She paused then added, "I didn't really think of it at first but then I received a letter from an anonymous sender. They promised me if I came I would see you again."

"At first I was hesitant. Nervous. Going back to Hoenn after all these years? Seeing you? I didn't think I was able to do it. But I summoned all the strength I could muster and managed to make it here just in time" She finished and clenched her right hand into a fist. "May. Once again. I beg your forgiveness. I speak from my heart and I wish to rekindle what we had those few years ago."

I felt tears run down my cheeks but I didn't bother to swipe them away. I looked at her in disbelief. She was speaking the truth. The emotion filled into each word was impossible to be an act. Dammit…

I choked out, "R-really?"

"Honestly." She nodded in confirmation. A managed to catch the sight of a tear running down her face but she swiped it away as soon as it left her eye.

"I must be crazy," My hand reached out to grab her wrist. It was too soon. I couldn't do it. Most people would also agree with me. But I knew I was allowed to do this. I mean, who wasn't? I pulled her forward, feeling the energy that was within me that day when I kissed her. My arms wrapped around her tightly and I dug my face into the crook of her neck. I felt her arms lance around my waist and I managed to smile weakly.

"I'm here to stay." Zinnia whispered in my ear and I felt more heavy fat tears leave my eyes.

A/N: Hey it's yah boss, Zouboss. How about that? I felt like this chapter turned out great! I think this one was my most favorite to write. Originally in the rough drafts of this story, Brendan and May were suppose to go to Unova and stuff but it took too many chapters explaining everything and I knew at that rate we wouldn't see Zinnia for awhile. So I'm happier it turned out like this. But I do feel like I just scraped away Brendan from the story. I don't want to do that to him, so I'll give him more moments in the future. Mmmm I feel bad for Lisia now. Because Lisia x May is also another favorite ship of mine. Oh well! Sorry Lisia. You're stuck with Chaz. Thanks to everyone who read/reviewed/favorited/followed and all that. I really appreciate it! I will see you guys in the next chapter!

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