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Currently Untitled: (Any Suggestions would Really Help)
Chapter Two:
Ash was wishing he had never agreed to this as he emerged from the bathroom dressed in blue pajama pants. [I wish pikachu had atleast stayed with me but she wanted to keep May company.] He thought.
Ash glanced over at Gary who was sitting on the bed nearest the Air conditionair dressed only in his black boxer briefs. "What are you doing?" Ash asked.
"Trying to find a way to turn on this air conditionair without it freezing the place." Gary said. Ash knew it was hopeless all these cheap motels were the same you either froze or spent the night sweating.
"Give up Gary these places never have a medium setting on the air conditioner." Ash said "I suppose you only stay at high class places." Ash had ment it as a joke but the frown that creased Gary's face made him stop laughing.
"Mom said there had been some trouble in pallet recently care to talk about it?" Ash asked as he set down on the bed closest the bathroom since he guessed Gary intended to sleep next to the window.
"No Ash I don't want to talk about it." Gary said his tone sounding sad. "In fact I'd just like to go to sleep." Ash nodded and got under the covers of his bed and reached up to turn off the lamp nearest his bed. He heard Gary mutter something under his breath as he did the same.
Ash awoke to hear water running he set up and craned his head to look toward the bathroom sink. [I'll never understand why the sink is always outside of the bathroom in these places.] He wondered about the stupid nature of that thought until he saw Gary.
He was hunched over the sink splashing water on his face. Ash noticed that the bit of light from the place where the curtain didn't fully cover the window the streetlight outside was enough to show the sweat on Gary's back. "Are you okay?" he asked and watched as Gary jumped.
"Just a nightmare is all." Gary said as he turned the water off and headed back toward his bed. "I'm sorry I woke you."
Ash knew the smart thing to do was leave it at that but doing the smart thing wasn't always his strong suit. "What about?" Ash asked as he slid to the side of the bed.
"It's stupid." Gary said, "And I'd have to tell you what's going on between me and my dad and that would be unpleasant for both of us."
"No it won't it helps to talk about stuff sometimes." Ash said. [Hypocrite] A voice in his head said. [You won't talk to Brock about your problems with Misty but you want Gary to talk about his.] Ash ignored the voice.
Gary made a defeated sounding sigh and nodded. "Fine but don't say I didn't warn you." Gary took a deep breath and said. "Ash I'm gay."
"You that's ..." Ash trailed off staring at Gary in shock. [I never would have figured him for the type.] Ash's mind was spinning wildly from thought to thought. [Did mom know if so why did she put me in a room with him?]
"Yes I'm sure you want to rant about how disgusting, sick and unnatural it is but save your breath." Gary seemed to pause for a moment a dejected look that was visible even in the dark room appearing on his shadowed face. "I heard it all from my father before he kicked me out after I told him."
"Grandpa and May are the only ones who know who stuck by me." He said sadly. "And now Grandpa is in the hospital and may die and I'm sure it's my fault." Neither said anything for awhile.
"Why do you think it's your fault?" Ash asked as his mind cleared threw the shock he would deal with everything else later.
"Because I think the stress of him watching his son and grandson fight was too much for him." Gary said sadly. "That's what the nightmare was about Grandpa died then May turned against me for killing him she put me on trail and everything."
[May would never do that she's got too big a heart.] Ash thought but instead of saying that he asked. "How could you choose to be that way?" Ash couldn't believe Gary was willing to go threw all this stuff.
"I didn't choose anything Ash it's just the way I am the way I've always been." Gary glared at Ash and continued. "You think I would choose to go threw all the shit I'm going threw having my own father throw me out of the house calling me a pervert." Gary growled. "I just got sick of a hiding in the closet figuring the people who cared about me wouldn't care but it turns out only two people care and one's in the hospital and could die."
"If I could magically decide to be straight then I would just to get away from all this but I can't lie to myself like that." Gary was crying by the end of it and then turned to lay his head on the pillow he didn't care that Ash was watching him he just couldn't hold it in anymore.
Ash felt terrible. [What the hell is wrong with me why did I react that badly?] Ash asked himself as he watched Gary cry. [Well choose Ash you can worry about that or you can try to fix it.] He built up what reserve he could and got up and placed a reassuring hand on Gary's back. He winced when he felt Gary flinch. "I'm sorry I shouldn't have reacted so badly."
"I don't want your pity." Gary said darkly. "Your just doing this cause your afraid of what May will say if she finds out how you treated me." With that Gary shrugged Ash off and grabbing the clothes he had discarded earlier was heading for the door.
Ash jumped up and grabbed his arm. "It's not pity and yes I am worried about what May will say but I am truly sorry." Ash wasn't surprised when Gary wrenched his arm away from him but he was surprised when the fist connected with his face. His shocked gasp and the sound of him hitting the floor with a yelp of pain seemed to snap threw Gary's anger induced haze. Gary stared at Ash in shock then glanced at his fist which had a bit of blood on it.
"How's the nose?" Gary asked as he set on one of the beds facing Ash who held some wadded tissue on his nose. The lights were own now and they could see each other clearly.
"It still hurts." Ash said darkly. "I was trying to apologize." Gary looked away. "There was no reason to hit me."
"Sure there was I just picked the wrong time." Gary snapped back. "And don't play the victim you deserved it for what you said earlier."
Ash opened his mouth to retort then sighed. "Your right and I'm sorry I said what I did." Ash glanced at Gary unable to read if the other boy believed him. "I have to ask does my Mom know your gay?"
"No," Gary said shaking his head. "She probably believes the rumors circulating that it's cause I want to stay a pokemon trainer rather than follow in the family tradition of becoming a Pokemon researcher."
"And that's why she wanted me to talk to you." Ash said as it clicked into place. "Misty and I had a fight pretty early in our relationship over me wanting to stay a pokemon trainer."
"Oh I had heard you two got together I'm happy for you Ash." Gary said calmly. "I take it you to worked everything out."
"Yeah that time." Ash muttered and winced when he saw Gary's Questioning look. "I don't care to talk about my private life with you." Ash said.
Gary shook his head. "It's 3 AM Ash should we try to go back to sleep?" Gary asked gesturing at the clock on the nightstand between the beds. "I mean we do have to get up early to go see Grandpa."
Ash noticed Gary was getting depressed again as he thought about his grandfather. "I have a better idea get dressed lets go have a pokemon battle." Noticing the shocked look Gary was giving him. "By the time I get back to sleep it'll be time to get up." Ash said as he got up and grabbed some clothes. "Sides with my nose still sore I doubt I'd be in too good a mood after sleeping on it."
Gary watched Ash's retreating back and sighed getting up he pulled on his clothes from the day before. Glancing at his Pokeballs still on his belt. [It'd probably do them good to get out some.] He thought since this mess had started he hadn't been letting them get the excersize they deserved.
Ash returned wearing a blue T-shirt and as always jeans. "Well come on." he said as he tied his shoes grabbed his belt and pokeballs and shoved the hotel key into his pocket. Once there were out in the motel's parking lot Ash looked around. "There has got to be somewhere we can have a pokemon battle."
"I don't know Ash." Gary said looking around at all the fast food restaurants that surrounded the area. Ash however had wandered over to a road sign and soon made a sound of Triumph. "Should I be afraid?" Gary asked jokingly.
"Look at this." Ash pointed toward a spot on the sign that mentioned a public park three miles away. "Come on don't tell me you can't jog a measly three miles to the park." Gary glared at him.
"Ash it'll take us an hour to get there and an hour to get back it's already after three and the wake up call is at 7 am." Gary could tell by the look on Ash's Face he wasn't disturbed by this in the least.
"Come on it'll be fun and we will be really hungry for breakfast when we get back." Ash said as he started down the road. "Coming or are you afraid I'll beat you."
Gary Oak shook his head. "I never could resist a challenge." He said to himself as he began to jog after Ash.
Ash was laying on the hill looking up at the fading stars. "Amazing how the heck did you get a Rapidash that strong." Ash asked thinking about the fact his Golduck had lost easily to a fire pokemon.
"Because I don't camp in hotels I go where the really wild pokemon are." Gary said. "As a result I rarely sleep anywhere but the ground." Gary then smirked "Your just getting soft Ashie boy."
"Don't call me that." Ash growled. "After all I'd do that too if it wasn't for Misty she's gotten kind of tired of camping so much and I make more than enough money to let us sleep in hotels."
"Your still going soft even if it isn't you doing the softening." Gary said and dodged a swipe from Ash. "Anyway Ash I want to thank you for well for not treating me like a sick freak and helping take my mind off Grandpa."
Ash smiled. "Don't mention it though I still have to pay you back for my nose and the going soft remark." Ash set up and said "Wow look at that Sunrise it's beautiful."
Gary froze. "Ash Sunrise is around Six o'clock isn't it?" Gary said staring at the sunrise despite it's beauty he was scared stiff.
Ash looked at him then panicked. "Oh shit we should have paid attention to the time." They jumped up and began to run as fast as they could toward in the direction of the hotel.
Misty was furious as she banged on the door to Ash's room for the umpteenth time. "I know you can hear me Ash Ketchum open this door." She yelled before Brock put a finger to his lips in a shhhh motion. "Oh right hotel." she said calming down. May and Mrs. Ketchum were exchanging worried glances when they heard the sound of someone running.
They turned to see Gary and Ash running up from the street. "You loose Gary they hadn't got the management to open the door yet." Ash managed to get out between panting breaths. Gary only scowled as they stopped to catch thier breath.
"Ahem where were you two and What happened to your nose Ash?" Delia Ketchum said calmly letting her tone show she wasn't happy.
"At the park having a pokemon battle and he called me a cheater just cause he's gone soft." Gary said figuring Ash was too bad a lair to fool his mother.
"I have not gone soft." Ash yelled glaring at Gary not bothering to register the lie Gary had just told.
"Yes you have." Gary replied. Delia seeing this could easily go on for sometime waved a hand infront of them to silence them.
"You two stink Go get cleaned up and meet us in the breakfast hall." She said "You two seem about the same size Ash loan Gary some clothes." Ash mearly nodded glaring daggers at Gary as he opened their room.
To Be Continued.