Love's Tough Choices
A.C: Hey everyone! Sorry it took me so long, had a hard time loading and reloading it. Anywayss, I read all your reviews and I just want to say a few things before I introduce the next chapter: GARY OAK IS NOT IN THIS ONE (Sorry for those who had their hopes up on me adding him in.)! And another thing, about the yuri thing, it's only a one time thing….maybe. Anyways, this next chapter is about Ash's date with May but there's a lot of mixed emotions and stuff in this one. But I let you guys read to believe.
Chapter Four: Emotional Trouble
The next morning, Ash, Pikachu and Max, Ash decided for him to bunk with him for the night, woke up early and got cleaned up, just to start the day. Ash told them to do whatever they want for a while, and they just nodded and played some games for the time being. Ash, then, started for the stairs and went to the kitchen, hoping that Misty was there, but she wasn't. In fact, no one was actually there. 'That's strange. I thought either Brock, May, Misty or Mom would be here.' He thought but then came to a conclusion that he was making breakfast for today and then whipped out the old cookbook, and started to work on some other style of breakfast for today. After a little while, Ash was done making the required amount of servings for everyone, and started calling everyone for breakfast. Max, his mom, & Pikachu came downstairs to eat but then, Ash wanted to know why the others are not upstairs yet.
"I don't know. I guess they're not early risers." His mom said but Ash didn't want to accept that.
"No way, Misty was up bright and early yesterday. I wonder why she isn't today?" he wondered.
"It might be because you two were out a little late than usual." Max stated but Ash shook his head.
"Nope, Misty and I went to bed at the same time."
"Pika pika chu katchu (Then why don't we check up on them then?)" Pikachu suggested to the group and they all agreed on it and went to the basement to see what's up.
"I made sure I have extra keys for their doors just in case." Mrs. Ketchum showed them and was going to use it until Ash grabbed her arm to stop her.
"No. First, let's knock on the door. If no answer, check and see if it's actually locked. If it is, then we use the key. Okay?" Ash instructed her and she nodded her head because she should have known not to disturb someone's privacy and barge in like that. KNOCK KNOCK! "Hey Misty, you awake? Your breakfast is getting cold!" he called out to her but got no answer. Then he tried the doorknob, and succeeded. He opened the door and got a sight he or anyone else never would have guessed to see. Misty had her arms around her legs; her eyes widened, and looked extremely scary. "Misty…? What happened to you?" Ash said with such worry in his voice. He walked up to her slowly and lightly grabbed her arm. "Please, speak to me, Misty." And he got nothing from her. But he saw Misty's lips move but no sound. But figure that sje was saying something so low that Ash had to move his ear right to her lips. He could make it out but then got a little scared and backed away a bit. Max and Mrs. Ketchum wondered what happened and when Ash looked at his mom he told her to bring Max back upstairs.
"Huh? What do you mean, 'Go back upstairs'?" he asked him and Ash didn't want to yell at him but he asked his mom, again to bring him upstairs so he could eat his breakfast before it gets cold, and come back down here.
"O…okay sweetie. C'mon Max." she said and walked with him upstairs. But before Max did, he stood in front of Ash with a not-mad-at-you sort of look.
"Ash…"
"Don't worry Max, I tell you when you're a little bit older, okay?"
"…Alright" and with that, he went upstairs on his own. His mom had a stern but mad look on her face.
"Why did you want Max to leave?" she asked him and he just told her straight out,
"It's because of what's Misty's saying."
"What is it then?"
"She keeps on saying, or rather asking herself, 'May…Is May a yuri?'
"A yuri?"
"Yeah, I wonder what happened with her and May?" And as soon as he asked that, she snapped out of it and saw Ash and his mom in the room while she's in her nighttime clothes, still.
"AHHH! Ash Mrs. Ketchum, what are you two doing down here?" She asked in confusion and they were relieved to see here okay.
"Misty, I'm so glad your okay." Ash said with a sigh and hugged her. But he kept a secure close on her while she hugged him back. Mrs. Ketchum had a feeling that they would want a little privacy and quietly went to check on May.
"I'm sorry to have worried you." She told him and kissed him on the cheek.
"So yeah, what was with you this morning? You were saying 'May…Is May a yuri?'" As soon as Ash said that, his mom came in with May and she was looking a lot shyer than last night.
"Good Morning Ash, g-good morning Misty." She said and everyone's wondering why she was stuttering when she said good morning to Misty.
"May, what's going on?" Ash asked her and yet again, his mom left the room to leave the three of them, alone. "Tell me."
"Well…it's like this;" she started and told the whole story about her eavesdropping on him and Misty that night and saw the whole making out at the front door, the argument that she and Misty had, and their "quick close-up" they had after she was crying on Misty. And Ash just stood there with amaze.
"So, the whole reason why Misty was in a trance was because of that quick kiss you made on her?" he asked.
"Yes, and I'm sorry if she was in a trance about that." May said and throughout this conversation, she didn't snap on Misty, or Ash, about what happened. In fact, she was absolutely calm about this whole thing. Ash noticed this and was surprised.
"Y'know what, your actually calm about this! I mean, you're not being so energetic about our date today, or shouting and bad-mouthing Misty, or anything, in fact." Ash stated and that caught Misty's attention and May's as well. May didn't notice this until Ash mentioned it. She did change. And it was from what Misty told her: "His heart knows who is a part of his life." And it totally changed her from being a love-sick fool to being an actual, and matured young lady.
"Well then I'm sorry I was being an idiot and sorry about what happened last night, Misty." She said with a straight face and in a calm way.
"Don't worry about it May. You only scared me when you did that." She said. Ash thought she sounded like a hint of enjoyment from what happened last night but why did she look like she was in a trance? 'Oh well, I guess I better get this day over and done with' he thought and told them that their breakfast was made.
"So I'll get them warmed up for you two when you two are dressed. I'll see you two upstairs in a bit." He told them and they nodded. And after a few minutes, they both came upstairs and had breakfast without actually fighting. Ash's mom and Max was surprised at this little coexistence between the two girls.
'Ok, are these the SAME 2 girls that was fighting for Ash, or am I still dreaming?' Max thought and sure enough, he was totally not dreaming.
"So you still know that Ash's mine?" May started up the old fiery Misty again but before she yelled at her, she gave her a little wink using the eye, opposite to Max, and half smiled at her on the same side. Misty didn't know why she did that and why she wanted to argue about it. But then that same thought went through her head but with another question in it.
'I think she's DEFINITELY a Yuri, but why? Does she like me AND Ash?' She thought but then came to an assumption that May's only arguing with her just to convince everyone that the hunt for Ash's heart is still on; and basically just played along with it. But still kept in mind about what she was thinking about.
"Ooo-kay I better get ready…." Ash said and walked away from the so-called arguing that May and Misty are having and went upstairs to his room to clean up, again. While the three ladies washed the dishes, Max walked back downstairs to see what Brock was doing, but the weirdest part was, Brock was nowhere in sight!
'Okay, what happened to him?' He thought but then thought about yesterday when Mrs. Ketchum asked one of them to look after the dating scene, to see if anything would go wrong. 'Yeah, that must be it! He must have gone out early.' And went back upstairs to Ash's room and played games with the lonely Pikachu. Right after the dishes were done Misty and May went downstairs to the basement and they both went their separate ways. But then Misty put her hand on her to stop her.
"What?" May asked.
"You know, you shouldn't hide it anymore." Misty said to her and May was a little confused about what Misty just told her.
"What are you talking about?"
"May, Ash loves me. I don't think that there is any kind of feelings he has for you, sorry to say."
"Well, I kind of figured that, but I want to know if he does love me and was just hiding it from me."
"I doubt it!"
"Well, if you must know, he let me sleep on him on the bus ride here, so there!" And when Misty heard that, she just turned her head and gave a little snort.
"Yeah right, like he would ever do that! And besides, he wouldn't even let you do that."
"Well he did, and trust me, he felt so soft that I didn't want to be apart from him." And pretty much, Misty had a hurtful look on her face.
'Why would Ash let her do that? I mean, he knows I love him, and he has the same feelings for me, too. I don't want to believe it, I won't believe it!' she thought and May can see the hurtful look on her face.
"Well, I can tell by the look on your face that I hurt you in the one place you never, ever wanted to be hurt at, your heart! So you better believe it, girl! Because if you don't, and when you're on your next date with him, ask him! And he'll tell you that I wasn't lying! So there!" May said with such accomplishment in her voice and went to her room to get ready. Misty stood there, biting her thumb with nervousness and hurt in her expression on her face.
'Is she really telling the truth? Will I actually lose him to her?' she thought but then held her head up and, with a tear trickling down her cheek, looked like the determined Misty that wanted to be with Ash from the beginning of this whole little contest. 'No. I won't let May win his heart. I remember what I told her about Ash's heart choosing the right one for him and I know for a fact that it'll be me! So I'll keep on believing and I'll trust my own heart about who he'll choose.' She thought with great determination and walked upstairs to find Ash. Sure enough, he was waiting at the door, looking the same as how he was waiting for her on their first date, all dressed up normally in his blue vest and jeans. "Ash," Misty called out to him and he got startled from Misty's call to him.
"Hi, Misty!" Ash said and he hugged her, but she pushed away from him.
"Ash I need to ask you something." She said bluntly.
"Okay, what's up?"
"Well it's about the bus ride from Vermillion City to Pallet. I was wondering, did you let May sleep on you?" Ash felt a little bad about that and had to give her an answer that she wouldn't like.
"Yes, I did." He told her and she looked like she was in so much pain that she didn't want to look, or be with him anymore, and started to cry. But he grabbed her arm and she tried to shake him off.
"Let go of me, Ash!" She yelled at him but he wasn't listening.
"Misty listen to me." He said and turned her to face him, with tears in her eyes. "I didn't actually let her cuz I cared about her, nor did I have any clue that she likes me when she slept on me. I only thought that she was tired and she was only doing that out of our friendship. So if she's telling you that I let her do it because I had feelings for her, she's wrong, okay?" Listening to Ash's words, Misty felt relieved and happy again.
"Okay Ash. Thanks for being honest with me!" She hugged him and gave him a kiss on the cheek and left with a wave. Ash waved back at her and saw her head for the kitchen, and to the basement. Ash felt relieved that he got that off his chest and can get through the rest of day not worrying about it. After a few munites, May came up looking all ready to go and they both started out the date with a walk to the park (Rather practical, don't you think?). They both sat at the bench and watched the little kids playing around in the sand.
"Hey Ash…?"
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Do you think that we'll have kids?" And Ash couldn't even believe that came out of the blue, too.
"What do you mean? I mean, we're still a little young to think about things like that, right?"
"Yeah so, I don't care. I want to have kids with someone I truly care about, and I truly care, no, love you, Ash." She told him with such passion. Ash didn't know what to say. He wasn't really someone who would want to be a father.
"But aren't you thinking a little to ahead of yourself? I mean, will I truly be the one for you though?"
"I know you are, Ash," she said and laid her head on his shoulder. "There's no doubt about it, me and you are meant to be."
"I don't know about that, May. I mean, sure I care about you as a friend, but I don't know if there ever can be a relationship between me and you, aside from being from two different regions and all." He laid it to her straight all right, but when she looked at him, and he looked at her, she didn't seem fazed about what he just told her. 'Man she's really determined!' he thought but then quickly looked at her hand and it was clenched into a fist. And when he looked at her face again, it looked like she was holding back the tears and he knew it. "May..." he said to her and hugged her. It wasn't out of passion, well maybe a little bit, but it was just to give her a shoulder to cry on. And pretty much she cried on him and he smiled. "I know you love me but, I don't know if I truly do, you know?" he told her and she nodded while she still cried on him. "C'mon, let's go." He told her and got up. She got up and they both went to the next place on their date. They went to the mall and walked around for a while and went into some stores and bought some things. May looked a little depressed when Ash offered to buy her something at the 12th store they went into. He was wondering why and when he asked her, she only shook her head and only said she was okay. He doubts it and waited for the right time to get it over and done with. When they got to the exit of the mall, they were surprised to see who was waiting outside for them.
"Misty?" Both Ash and May said together, both in shock at seeing Misty here.
"What are you doing here? This is my date with Ash, remember!" May shouted at her but Misty didn't look like she wanted to argue. Misty walked up to Ash and May and just said whatever came out from the top of her head.
"May, I'm not here to interrupt your date with Ash." She told her.
"Then why are you here then?"
"Because of this…" and without warning, she kisses May, and Ash just went into some weird Anime pose in shock at what he's seeing. May was gonna just knock her block off for that, with her fists clenched, but…she didn't. Misty held it in until after a few seconds, she let go.
"Sorry you had to see that, Ash…Ash?" Misty looked Ash and he was petrified as an already made statue covered with two heaps of concrete. He somehow chiseled out of his pose and completely freaked out.
"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT ABOUT?"
"It was something I needed to pay her back for. Plus, I don't think you'd mind having a girlfriend, who is a Yuri, right?" Misty told him and made Ash think. He wasn't at that stage to have THAT sort of relationship but he would give it a shot. But he almost forgot that he needed to finish off this date in order to make his decision.
"We'll talk about this later, Misty. AND you too, May, after this date's done. Because of right now, after this date, I'm making this decision about who I'm with." Ash stated and walked off. That gave both of the girls worrying about his final decision he's gonna make.
"Well he's gonna pick me." Misty said.
"Don't flatter yourself, girl!" May snapped at her and went after Ash. Misty knew he would make the right choice for which girl he would pick. Even though Misty accepted the fact that she is a Yuri, it wouldn't change the fact that she loves Ash and his heart would pick the right girl that would be with him for sure.
A.C: So what didya all think? I know I said I would lay low with the yuri, but I couldn't help but do it JUST one more time. And it might not be the last, heh heh heh…But, sadly, I'm sorry to say that the next chapter will be the last and final one of the fanfic. So WHO will Ash choose in the next one? Well, only I know and it'll be a shocker for the rest of you. Or it may not be. Tell me what you think about this one AND make a vote on who should be with Ash.