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Z is for Zero

The fireworks were starting in a few moments. It was a tradition and there was always a countdown, plus the area had a local rumour and superstition, that if you kissed someone just before the fireworks went off then they would be your true love. Strange right, well they even had a tradition to count down the fireworks, although May paid no attention to it, even though it seemed incredibly romantic. She continued to fill her platter, and headed out to the hillside to get a good view.

It seemed to be a good spot, there weren't too many people around and she had a clear view, so it was easy for her to see Drew and his Roserade come up towards her. She let them join her and offered to share her food with them.

Drew smirked, and chuckled. "What's so funny?"

"You have some sauce on your face."

"I do, oh sorry, could you hand me a napkin Drew?"

"I'll get it off May, just hold still." Drew gently wiped the sauce of May's face, "You know the legend here, don't you?"

"You mean the one about the fact if you get kissed before the fireworks, it's supposed to be from your true love."

"Yeah, that one."

Roserade seemed to start chatting, Rose, rade, rose rade while in the background the chatting towards the start of the fireworks started.

"Hey Roserade seems to be counting down too, "Five, four."

"May, shut up!" Drew teased, chuckling slightly.

"Make me." She stuck out her tongue and continued. "Two."

Drew raised his eyebrow. May's mouth seemed to freeze. Taking advantage of a stunned May he decided that as perplexing as the situation was to just go along with that zany tradition.

So that is how his lips literally crashed into hers. Someone had just yelled zero. The fireworks were starting.

May's heartbeat seemed to be as loud as the fireworks in the sky. Even though he only kissed her to get her to shut up. Still the thrill seemed to be too much.

She didn't hear too much, because of it. Not that it's easy to hear anything with firework being as noisy.

Even when he pulled away, and tried to say something to her, but May couldn't hear anything, zilch.

However she did see him smile, so maybe he felt something for her, instead of nothing, zero, zilch, for her.

Roserade chuckled, it was great to see her master so happy, instead of almost being like a zombie, but the blushes on her master's face was amusing.

As well as the girl he kissed, his rival May. Of course she knew how he felt, and she knew that she felt the same way.

They didn't see it though; they just stayed there watching the fireworks, having a new zone of inspiration, and why, wouldn't they.

It was clear in both coordinators minds that the legend in this zone was real. At least it was for them, because nobody else could even come as close as they felt.

For it was, because both felt their heartbeats as loud as the fireworks, as well matching each other, synchronising, in harmony.

None else could match that, except those that were truly a true love, no one else, zero, zilch.