Eh, two dearest reviewers? Ahaha. Times do change. 10th edit!
School.
Most people generally hate it. Work that threatens to give students endless pain and torture and stress, insane teachers that sometimes go WAY out of topic, like a geography teacher talking about controlling bladders. Or maybe they just bore you with their lecture, like maths.
But most of us realize that school is the place where we found our bestest best friends. The place where we pass by and actually smile when a friend praises how wonderful it is. The place where we find some hardworking, dedicated teacher willing to suffer to ensure our proper education.
It's where we find ourselves playing games, laughing, and enjoying. It's where we may find solitude, to just relax, and to take in the wonderful environment.
But for a handful, it's where they find 'the one', even though it's just a crush. Some grow into blossoming relationships, some just wither and fade away, into the memories of those who were involved.
Ash and May, they were one of those.
Ash was looking out for the young brunette, outside his classroom. He yawned, but quickly rubbed his eyes and hit himself lightly. No sleeping before class, he thought wearily to himself, it may affect my attention.
His attention soon drifted to the ground, 2 floors below where Ash was. He saw a few blonde cheerleaders look up, and giggle when they saw him. He rolled his eyes.
Then he saw his friend, Drew and his new girlfriend, some blue-haired girl, walking hand in hand. It was easy to spot his green hair.
Ash noticed that Drew's new girlfriend was that choir head of her age group Dawn. She sang once at the talent show held in school, and Drew was becoming a contrasting red. When she winked at no one in particular, Drew assumed it was him and he almost fainted.
The next person Ash saw, much to his dismay, was Misty. Ash had to remind himself to get Brendan out so he could see her. Ash, took a last glance downstairs, and not spotting any brunette, he ran in, called Brendan out, and ran back.
"Aw, man, thanks dude. Now if you EXCUSE MEE…" Brendan hastily pushed Ash away.
"Misty Waterflower, my love! Please hear my poem, which I have oh so cleverly devised!" Brendan yelled.
Ash could see Misty's blush even from way up there, and he could see the surrounding people stop to listen.
Brendan began it:
Parting was such a sweet sorrow!
We were brutally separated by cruel fate!
Now, we meet again, out in the cold,
But I feel warmth, for I have seen my one true mate!
And he coughed.
Upon that finishing cough, everyone from below started clapping and cheering. Misty was even redder now, Ash noticed.
Out of embarrassment, Misty looked up at Brendan, who tossed the petals of roses onto her. "These, my love, signify how much love I am willing to shower on my love! Say those wonderful 3 words, darling, and I shall rain even more on you!" As he said that, he heaved up 10 more buckets of rose petals.
Ash counted all the buckets. "Misty, you should run! Brendan's got 49 more!" (That would mean 60 buckets)
Misty, upon hearing that, ran up the stairs.
Then she ran up to him, and, in front of the whole audience…
She slapped him, then kissed him.
Another round of applause.
Brendan winced. "Why, Misty, darling, did you show such horrifying yet sweet mood swing?"
Misty smiled. "The slap was for the fact that for one whole week you didn't ask me out, and the kiss was because I LOVE YOU TOO!"
Another cheer.
From where Ash was standing, he spotted that one brunette, looking rather confused.
Before Ash could figure out what he was doing, he was standing right in front of May, huffing and puffing. And May was…shocked.
"A-Ash?"
"Aw, man, May, we saw each other on Saturday! You don't recognize me?" Ash remarked sarcastically, with a hint of shock.
"N-No, I'm just, well, stunned."
Ash looked at her bright, blushing face, and then he realized how close their faces were. He pulled away quickly. "I-I'm sorry."
May looked at his auburn eyes, and she blushed even more.
"Uh, May…? You okay?"
Ash looked at her blushing face, and he ruffled her already unkempt hair, making her blush more and more.
Ash couldn't resist the temptation. He slowly stroked her hair, running his fingers through her hair. Then he lifted her chin to see her face, already more than just rosy. Then he slowly brought his face closer, and closer…
…Until, of course, Solana appeared before the two, already in a very awkward position. Solana was holding a video camera.
"This is sweet, keep going!" Solana grinned. Ash quickly pulled his face away from May's, like trying to pull away two magnets with their opposite ends, facing each other; it was so hard not to stop. He faced Solana, and he smiled.
"Hey, thanks, we'll need that to touch up on our…drama class." Ash quickly excused the two from total embarrassment.
Solana raised her eyebrows.
May quickly regained her composure. "Um, yeah. It's a…um…story! About…"
"…two lovers who got separated when they were extremely close childhood friends. This scene…" Ash brought May's chin up and brought his face close, "…is when the two are finally reunited."
Solana leered at the two. "You may have gotten away this time, but you had better watch out." She growled, and she stormed away.
Ash looked at May, still a little confused about what happened. "Ash, what did you just…do?" she asked, her eyes widening.
"I saved you from Solana because I almost…"
"K-Kissed me?"
"Yeah, you could call it that."
Then, the school bell rang.
"Um, I'll just run up and put down my bag." May then proceeded to walk away from the awkward situation.
Ash stood there, speechless. After he absorbed what just happened, he smacked his forehead. "Oh, man."
Lessons resumed as per normal, despite that MAJOR HAPPENING IN THE FIC…sorry, I've mentioned too much… like the week before the holidays. Ash was awfully quiet throughout the lessons, doing his reflections of the incident.
"Mr Ketchum?"
The teacher jolted Ash out of his thoughts. Ash stood up abruptly. "Y-Yes, sir?"
"You seem awfully quiet. Usually you'll be blabbering some nonsense, but today, none at all."
"O-Oh, um, well…"
The teacher continued. "Well, not that it's bad or something." He chuckled, before saying, "You feeling okay?"
Ash raised his eyebrows. "No need. I'm fine, really."
"Well…okay. Let's continue shall we? So, we all know that World War II was a brutal war…"
Recess was the same.
Ash was poking his food, a single piece of sausage, for the first time in his whole life. He accomplished two things he had never done, or portrayed before. A lack of appetite and eating only one food item.
Brendan grabbed Ash's wrist, and started yelling (and yanking his hair) at him, "DUDE, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?! I MEAN, YOU, ASH KETCHUM, KEEPING QUIET AND ALL GOODY-TWO SHOES?! AND YOU DIDN'T TOUCH YOUR FOOD?"
Ash winced as Brendan pinched his arm and tried to do a judo throw. "I'm just emo, Brendan. Get over the fact that your best friend has turned into an emo person."
He yelped when Brendan hit him in the head. "Aw, man, my head still hurts from the bite marks!"
"Bite marks of what?"
"Rabid cousins."
"…Oh. Sorry."
Ash sighed dejectedly. He looked around for a head full of brown hair, in the never ending sea of heads in the canteen.
Normally, he would run down, ignoring those swooning girls, and then he would be the first in queue (unless some girl who thinks she's pretty enough for him asks him to let her go first; that was how he developed a grudge against puppy eyes and pouting faces. Though he thought May would look cute doing it).
Then he would make funny noises: chomp, munch gobble...the usual. And he'd order 2 plates of rice with ingredients if he was happy.
He looked around for the brunette. Nope.
Speaking of hair, he thought, her hair was really nice to touch. He should really consider touching his female cousins' hair…but that would be too risky.
And then his thoughts shifted to what happened in the morning. What was that unknown force that led him to almost kiss her?
You like her, his conscience told him simply. That was something minor that Ash thought about: why was his conscience so against him?
Brendan looked at Ash looking out to space again. He motioned for Drew, and Lunick, who wanted to see this "once in a lifetime opportunity to see the talking king not doing what he does best".
"What's wrong with that guy? He was okay ever since this morning…"
Drew eyed Ash, still poking his sausage, and then, "Well, maybe we should just leave him. He'll be fine by tomorrow."
Lunick coughed. "I'll ask Solana. She can ask May."
The boy walked away from the two worried friends, and spotted Solana. When they made eye contact, Solana squealed, and she proceeded to jump on Lunick's back, hugging him from behind.
"LUNICK!! I'VE MISSED YOU!"
"Um, yeah, missed you too." Lunick hurriedly adjusted Solana on his back, but Solana instead made him carry her bridal style, with her arms around his neck. She giggled cutely when he blushed.
Lunick quickly started to fulfill his mission. "Um, hey Solana, can you ask May what happened to Ash?"
Solana looked at him. "He almost kissed her."
Lunick was so shocked, he dropped the young girl.
"Oh. Crap."
I think I'll just change the title of the chapters from now.