AN/ Yay here is chapter seven dudes and dudettes! Sorry it took a while, but had some dental work that needed to be done, and a few family issues, my grandfather on my dads side had to go in for surgery and we've been worried sick about him. Anyway, enjoy chapter seven of 'To Love Thy Rival'!

May: AkiChan323 doesnt own me, or Drew, or Ash and Gary...no matter how many times she demands more wishes from Aladdin's genie...(she kidnapped his lamp and used her three wishes on manga, yaoi goodness, and ice tea-which she is addicted to by the way-)

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Shortly after leaving the hotel room we ended up having dinner in a pastry shop, that is, if you could call a slice of ice-cream cake each and two vanilla milkshakes dinner. But May had insisted on coming here so I thought, what the hell? What's the worst possible thing that could happen? But as I suspected, the night went well, it was quite peaceful actually.

After our 'dinner', we decided to walk for a little bit, just to work off the extra weight we'd most likey gained from the desserts. The walk was fairly pleasant, I rather enjoyed May's kiddish remarks and the way she pointed out things I would usually miss. Like the belossom lying in the flower beds snoozing, the flowers on their heads effectively disguising them.

"Oh look Drew! They're rose bushes!" squealing with joy, May imediately dashed for the rose bushes and lowered her face toward them, taking a gentle sniff. "Hmm, they smell so nice!" I sighed softly and shook my head, a small, bearly noticeable smile gracing my lips. 'I bet she still thinks those roses were for her beautifly...hm.' The small smile disappearing, I stood up straight and ran my fingers through my hair. A new habit I just recently picked up, from where, I had no idea.

"Come on May, no time to daudle now," standing from her stooped posture after taking one last sniff, May bounced back over to me with the energy and enthusiasm of a four year old on a sugar high...'Maybe those desserts weren't the best idea after all...' ignoring my own thoughts we started our walk again and I had the strangest inkling that someone was watching us. I stopped and turned around, narrowing my eyes and darting my gaze from place to place, trying to spot whoever it was that was following us.

"Hey Drew you alright?" I stared for a moment before shaking my head again and turning back, giving her a reassuring smile.

"Yeah everythings okay, thought I heard something," mentally sighing with releif when she accepted my lame excuse of an excuse, I caught up to her(she had ran ahead of me when I stopped) and continued to walk next to her. I stubbornly tried to ignore the gut feeling that despite what I thought, someone was watching us. And his, or her intentions weren't innocent.

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"Ooooh, that pewny little pipsqueak is so going down! I just wanna strangle that tiny little teenie bopper with that stupid red bandana! She thinks she's sooo great! Well I've got news or her hun, she is going down!" Harley had been ranting on and on like this for the past hour or so and it wasn't getting us anywhere...more preferrably me. I sighed and reached up, pulling my black bandana from my hair and running my fingers through my short, ivory locks.

We had been following May and that green haired jerk around for the last couple days since their second, and final, win that would get them in the grand festival. Apparently, since the grand festival was about a week away and the city it was in was only a three day trip they had decided that they were going to stay here for another day. That worked out for me of coarse, being given the chance for a break was one that I wouldn't let pass by. But Harley just didn't seem to be able to comprehend the meaning of the word 'break', meaning: A peaceful, relaxing, and quiet time in which to rest...I could feel my brain throb as the evident headache reared its ugly, green head. Yes...ugly green head.

That jerk that my May had been travelling with was getting on my nerves big time. It was so damn freaking obvious that he liked her, but she just didn't seem to notice. Which was most likely a good thing for me. 'When I decide to show myself it will only simplify everything.' Smirking to myself I tuned Harleys ranting out, and pulled in thoughts of my May, and how I planned to win her over. "I guess Drewbie, is just shit out of luck...because he isn't laying a single finger on my sapphire," I heard a derisive snort from across from me and glanced up, startled by the sudden sound, at Harley, who sat adjacent to me munching on a pecha berrie.

"Yeah yeah, you've said that like, a thousand times already! When are you going to talk about this revenge scheme you have going for her boy-toy Drewbie?" narrowing my ruby eyes at the green clad man, I huffed and turned away.

"My plans are for me to know, and you to find out when I decide to put them into action." I glanced at my partner in crime out of the corner of my eye to see him pouting like a child.

"Hmph, no fair! Maybe I don't want to be apart of this stupid plot anymore," I smirked.

"Fine, do what you want. But remember, I'm the only one who knows how to truly scare Drew, without me you won't be able to get the revenge that we so rightfully deserve." A few moments of incoherent mumbling later Harley shook his violet head and pouted again.

"Hmph, fine...I'll help, but this better work! If you're screwing me over you'll be in big trouble mister!" shaking a fist at me in what I supposed he thought to be a threatning way, I snorted again and returned my gaze back out the window.

"Seriously Brendan, I don't know what you see in that wonder-brat..she is nothing but a royal-pain in the behind!" sighing again I closed my eyes and smirked (again).

"You think that only because she beats you so badly in contests...when it's you who is annoying. If it weren't for your devious mind and positively evil inuition I would have tossed you out the door by now," laughing at the angery flush on the violet-heads face I stood from my spot in the pokécenter and headed for my room. 'May, You'll be mine by the grand festival!'

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After walking through the park for a while, we finally found a secluded spot and released our pokémon, allowing them some fresh air and some play time as a reward for their efforts in the contest that had ended mere hours ago. We had returned to the same park we had been walking through only a day ago and I couldn't believe that this was happening, I mean come on! It was totally unfair! Why in the gods above did May have to look so god-damned cute? She was playing with her pokémon, she did this often enough, so why did my face decide that it liked the color red? 'Stupid puberty, running my life...' frowning slightly I shook my head, a few grassy green strands falling in front of my eyes. I moved them away only to yelp in surprise upon realizing that May had been inches from my face. If I thought my face was red before, it was nothing compared to now.

"M-May! Are you trying to give me a heart attack?!" she giggled lightly as I tried my best to force the raging blush down, and succeeding with vigor. Coughing into my hand I quickly regained my composure and kept my posture still, making me seem confident. She probably already knew that I was embarrassed, but hey, it didn't hurt to try...right?

"Hey Drew, you should come over and play with me and the pokémon! It's really fun!" blinking twice whilst thinking on her request, I shook my head and brushed my grassy bangs from my brow in a languid, and fluid motion. In other words, I flipped my bangs arrogently...but I prefer not to describe myself as arrogent, I preferred the term, better-than-you.

"No." Was my simple answer. When she pouted I smirked. Her cuteness was truly my only weakness.

'Oh come on Drew! Why not?"

"Simple, I don't play. I am much to sophisticated for that kind of childish behavior," the look on her face now was halfway between a pout and pure and bloody murder. I didn't like the second possiblity.

'Oh loosen up would ya? You are such a prude," huffing and turning away she was unable to see the look of utter surprise and revulsion on my face. 'Prude? Come on, I know I can be an ass, but a prude?'

"Oh really? Then what possible reason would you have to travel with a prude such as myself?" she glared at me and huffed again.

"I accepted your offer because Ash was being a jerk, and..." she paused, biting her lip nervously before turning from me. I raised an eyebrow.

"And, what?" I heard her sigh before she glanced over her shoulder, our gazes meeting.

"And...because you were being kind to me, for once since the day a met you, you actually offered me help, comfort and support when Ash and I got into an arguement. For once you were honest and open with me..." she hesitated before taking another deep breath. "You openly showed me you cared without using some overrated and stupid excuse," my eyes were wide and my mouth hung open in shock and anticipation, my mouth had gone dry and my hands were shaking. 'Oh god please let her be trying to say it...please. Please...' I clenched my hands to steady them, and took a deep, calming breath to keep it even. I knew I was getting my hopes up but god I just couldn't help it now, they were to high to bring back down.

"What are you trying to say, May?" I thanked the gods that my voice was even, and that I didn't stutter. I froze on the spot when she looked up, our eyes meeting. Sympathy and caring showed in those wonderful sapphire orbs...that look she gave me sent the butterflies in my stomach on overdrive. I was on the edge now, any second I was going to drop over the edge I was procariously teetering on, the one I had been teetering on since I met her, and I was going to shout at her and tell her exactly why I did and said all of the things I had said, why I insulted her, and teased her and...everything before after and inbetween all of those things. I was going to go insane from the pressure my gut was giving me, telling me, no, screaming at me to just tell her now, tell her now! But I wont risk anything yet...not before I'm sure. So I watched her, and waited for her response.

"You were...were acting like the person I've always imagined you to be, the person I knew you were..." I blinked as she raised her hand, and gently placed it on my chest where my heart rested, the pumping blood in my ears sounded like thunder and yet I was still able to hear her. "The person I knew you were in here, in your heart..." she blushed profously and took her hand away, looking down at her shoes. "I-I know that sounded really corny and stupid, and probably made no sense what so ever, but I meant what I said. I bet you think I'm nuts, huh?" I blinked, and stared at her for a moment. And then I smiled.

"You know, that may have been the corniest thing, I have ever heard in my life, but it is definately not stupid, and I don't think you're nuts, just...sensitive, and...sweet." Slowly, I lifted a hand to her face and gently cupped her left cheek, brushing my thumb across her bottom lip gently. I crimson flush was splashed across her cheeks from my simple, yet intimate action. A rediculously devious thought ran through my suddenly really corrupted mind, and I found myself slowly leaning forward, and noted how her eyes went from confused and slightly watery, to saucer wide in only two point five seconds. And just as my lips were just barely an inch from hers, I smirked and parted my lips as if to speak, allowing a small amount of hot air to escape and brush against her lips. When she shuddered my devious smirk grew. I chuckled, but did not move.

"You know, I think that if you were any sweeter I'd get a cavity..." pausing for affect, I slowly leaned in, passing her lips and moving off to the side, brushing my parted lips against the outer shell of her right ear, chuckling when she shivered. "You have so many endearing qualities, but I think I like that one the most." I blinked in surprise when I heard a giggle emit from the very girl I was teasing and drew myself back to give her an odd stare as she continued to giggle.

"What?" I nearly pouted as the giggles got slightly worse, and she wiped a tear of mirth from her eye.

"Now who's being corny?" I frowned, my brows knitting together before I realized what she meant. I pouted.

"Hey I didn't laugh at you when you were being corny!" the giggled died down a bit, but were still there none the less.

"You can be such a dork Drew!" she blinked in surprise before placing a hand over her mouth and yawning loudly. I held one back myself. 'Stupid contagious yawns.'

'I'm tired, lets head back to the hotel okay Drew?" I nodded, agreeing with her. I too was tired, the contest took a lot out of me. I won this time, only just beating May. She had gotten way better while I had been gone. But now we both had enough ribbons to enter the grand festival, and to tell the truth...I couldn't care less who won the stupid thing, for once in my entire career I didn't give a rats-ass whether I won or not. I sighed. 'I guess May has been rubbing off on me, and we've only been travelling together for a little over a week now!' shaking my head and sighing softly again-I seemed to be doing that alot lately-I walked quietly next to May as she babbled about how awesome everything was. I couldn't agree with her more.

When we finally got back to our room, we both got changed in our respective changing area's (her: the bathroom, Me: Hotel room) before approaching the bed, and standing on either side, staring at it.

For some odd reason it had only just occurred to her (us) that we had to share a bed. Last night we had both been so wiped from training that we had pretty muched passed out in different area's of the room, waking up in odd positions (me:on the couch in the corner, her: in the bathtub) and now we stood there, just...staring.

"Uh...are you sure you want to share the bed? I mean, I could take the couch."

"No, the couch is really uncomfortable from what you told me this morning, its not fair that I put you through that again...this is our only option..." glaring at her side as if hoping to god that she would just magically appear into that spot to prevent the action in which she lifted the covers and climbed in, May took a deep breath and reached out, clasping her fingers over the cloth of the sheets and pulled back, lifting them up and climbing in slowly, lying the sheets back over her lower body and blinking, staring at her lap for a moment before looking back up at me and shrugging.

"Its...not that bad, come on you chicken, et in the bed!" that cocky smirk she had obviously picked up from me was the last straw as I narrowed my eyes in challenge and climbed in the bed without so much as glancing at her. Knowing that the moment my eyes landed on her I'd blush and realize that we were going to sleep right next to each other. Which I just did, instant blush. 'God damnit! Stupid freakin' puberty!' pouting I glamced at her only to see her lying down under the sheets, smiling up at me with sparkling, yet tired sapphire eyes.

"Come on lie down before I make you!" snorting and shaking my head I layed back, pulling the sheets up further to just under my chin, and laid there. The silence was so deafining that you could literally here the cricketune chirping away outside in the forest. Then suddenly the light went out and I nearly flinched before turning my head to face May. Her eyes were already closed, and a content smile adorned her features.

"'Night Drew...sweet dreams," with one last tired yawn she took a deep breath, and fell asleep. 'Wow, that was fast. She must be dead beat to fall asleep that fast.'

My gaze softened as I watched her sleep, though I wasn't all that tired myself (Yeah I know I said I was, but now I'm not!) As I watched I wondered to myself. What if this was like, something akin to what would happen in the future? Would May and I get married? Have kids? I paused and shook my head furiously. 'Woah! Settle down there buddy, now why in the heck would you be thinking that far into the future anyhow? That probably won't even happen,' the thought itself stung me, but it was probably true, so in actuallity, I was only preparing myself for the inevitable. My eyes shone, no longer with the luster and shine they held while I watched her sleep, but with a sombre gleam. Reaching out, I slowly shifted closer to her, holding her lithe, warm body gently against my own. Resting my chin on her head I slowly and soothingly ran my fingers up and down her spine, making her sigh in her sleep.

A small, but solemn smile stretched painfully across my lips as a single tear escaped my eye, rolling slowly down my cheek and off of my chin, being caught by a strand of coffee brown hair. I sighed tiredly and bit my lip, holding her closer.

"I...I love you, May..." I closed my eyes as I buried my nose in her soft hair. 'I just wish I could tell you while you were awake...I'm such a coward.' And with that I felt the dark comfort that was sleep finally envelope me, and I drifted through my subconscious, but was sadly, not granted the privilage of a dream tonight. Tonight, would be nothing but darkness. 'I love you...'

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AN/ Damn my need for an angsty ending for this chapter, DAMN ME! 'Sigh' I just hope you guys like it, it took me until like, five in the freakin' morning to finish this, im just lucky my parents didn't catch me (using my dads computer for this) I just love all of the fluff, and I added Brendan as the revenge seeking rival for May's affection since I'll be pulling Ash from the race next chapter...and you know those annoying cheerleaders that followed Gary around? Yeah, I may add them at some point, just to amuse myself. I still remember that annoying chant:

'Gary, Gary he's our man! If he can't do it, no one can!' ugh... 'rolls eyes'

Drew: Anyway...please read and review, seriously, there just are not enough reviews for this fic! some people are waiting for the fic to be over until they review again but you should really just review every chapter, it gives the writer a perspective of what her readers are thinking and helps her write faster and do a better job! So review god damn it! Or she may just keep jerking me around on that god damned leash of hers! I WANNA KISS MAY GOD DAMNIT!...oh crap, I didn't just say what I think I said did I?

Me: 'Nods enthusiastically' Yup! Teehee!