Ash's POV:
"Here, the boy's bathroom. You have your swimsuit with you, right?" Ash asked Goh, as they were alone in the bathroom, the door locked. "Um, yeah!" Goh said, opening his bag and taking out his swim shorts. Ash opened his bag and did the same, taking out his own swim short. Ash undressed, leaving himself in just his underwear in front of Goh. "Aren't you gonna change?" Ash asked Goh, who was just staring at Ash. "Oh, um.. right. Could you look away?" Goh told him. "What? Why?" Ash asked. "I don't want you to see me like that..." Goh said, blushing. "But you see me 'like that' all the time! Can't I get to see you 'like that' for once?" Ash told Goh. "...fine" Goh groaned, and took of his shirt, letting Ash see him shirtless for the first time. Wow. He looked good! Then Goh kicked off his shoes and socks, then stopped. "Huh? What about your pants?" Ash asked him. "No..." Goh said, blushing. "Come on... pretty please?" Ash said, trying to pull an innocent face. "It's embarrassing..." Goh said, blushing harder. "You embarrass me almost every day! I've even gotten used to you seeing me in my underwear! I don't even let my mom look at me in that state! Come on!" Ash said. "I don't have the strength to do it in front of you..." Goh said, his cheeks having turned an adorable shade of pink. "Okay then" Ash said, as he kneeled down and put his arms on either side of Goh's legs. "I'll pull them down for you!" Ash told him, grinning like a maniac. "Ash.!!" Goh said, blushing extremely. "Come on Goh, pleeeaaase?" Ash said, looking at Goh with the cutest face he could muster, leaving Goh with no other choice. "...fine. Do it..." Goh said, looking away, as Ash grinned as if he was insane, and pulled down Goh's pants. No way. No way! Ash couldn't believe what be was seeing. Instead of regular male underwear, Goh was wearing panties! Ash laughed out loud. "Come on! I told you it's embarrassing!" Goh yelled at Ash. "Come on Goh, you look good!" Ash said to him. "You... you really mean that?" Goh said, his entire face blushing. "I do! You look good in them!" Ash said, and Goh smiled. "Thanks..." Goh said, then put on his swimming shorts, as Ash did the same. They unlocked the door, and went out, immediately bumping into Lana and Mallow. "Lana? Mallow? What are you doing here?" Ash asked them. "Ash..." Lana said. "This is the girl's bathroom." "What? No it isn't!" Ash said, confused. "Ash, they changed the bathrooms the week after you left" Mallow said. Ash turned back to see that indeed, the sign was for the girl's room. "Oh... oops!" Ash said, embarrassed. "Hey Ash, could you come alone with us inside for a bit?" Mallow asked him. "Why?" Ash asked. "We just wanna tell you something in private.." Lana said. "Um.. okay. Goh, you don't mind, right?" Ash said, turning to face Goh. "Oh, um, of course not! I'll be waiting for you!" Goh said, as he stepped away, letting the girls and Ash into the girl's bathroom. "So... what's up?" Ash asked them, once they had locked the door. "We know" the girls said in unison. "Know what?" Ash asked them. "You love him!" Mallow said, grinning. "Who else knows?" Ash asked. "Don't worry, just us!" Lana said, grinning as well. "Well... what do you think of him?" Ash said, blushing. "He's great for you!" Mallow said. "It's like you were made for each other!" Lana added. "Do you have any advice?" Ash asked them. "I'm really worried about messing it up..." he added. "We don't have advice, but if you sit down and close your eyes, we can help you" Lana told him. "What do you mean?" Ash asked, confused. "Just do as we say" Mallow said, and Ash sat down, his eyes closed. He felt something brush against his face, something soft. He knew what it was. The girls were putting makeup on him! This wasn't the first time. Back when he lived in Alola, the girls loved dressing him up. One time they dressed him up as a Passimian, the other as a cute girl in a dress. And now, they were making him as cute as he could be in order to hopefully get Goh to love him back. "Ta-da! You can open your eyes now!" Mallow said, as Ash opened his eyes to look in the mirror. "You're into men Ash, tell us how you think you look!" Lana told him. "I look... soooo cute! I'm adorable!" Ash said, admiring how cute he looked in the mirror. His cheeks were cuter, his eyes were shining, and all with the makeup being almost invisible! No one would be able to tell he even had makeup on him! Ash rubbed his own cheeks looking at himself in the mirror. They felt so soft... Ash had never felt so good about his looks before. "Do you like it?" Mallow asked him. "I love it! Thank you so much!" Ash said, as he kneeled down and hugged her, crying tears of joy. "That's... a bit much" Mallow said, a little embarrassed. "But.. won't it wear off?" Ash said, scared of losing his cute looks. "Here, you can have our makeup kit! We only ever used it to dress you up anyways..." Lana said, handing it over to him. "Wow! Thanks! But.. I don't know how to use it!" Ash said. "It's ok, we included an instruction manual for you specifically!" Mallow told him. "It will be a bit complicated at first, but soon you'll get used to it!" She assured him. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Ash said to both the girls. Mallow put both her hands on either of Ash's cheeks, and said "Now, you get this cute face out of here, as Lana and I are supposed to change into our bikinis!" "Oh, um, of course!" Ash said, as he walked out, letting the girls change in private. Now, where was Goh?
Goh's POV:
Where was Ash? Goh wondered. It had been almost half an hour since the girls took him into the girl's bathroom. Oh no! What if Ash was telling them about Goh wearing panties? That would be so embarrassing... Goh had lived his whole life with only his family knowing about this, but now Ash knew, and nothing was stopping him from telling everyone! Goh panicked, and tried to call himself down. He thought of what could call him down. Well, he could only think of one thing. Ash's adorable face. He was dying to see it again. "Goh? Where are you?" He heard Ash say. Speak of the devil! "I'm here!" Goh shouted, as Ash walked into the room and... WOW. Goh was looking forward to seeing Ash's cute face, but for some reason his face was... was... it was so cute it couldn't be put into words! Goh's heartbeat multiplied tenfold. "A-A-Ash?" Goh said, struggling to speak, too blindsided by love. "Yeah Goh?" Ash said, striking a cute expression. Goh couldn't handle it. He almost fainted. "Goh? Are... are you okay?" Ash said, worried. "I'm fine! I'm fine!" Goh said, picking himself up. "You um... you look... good" Goh said. "Why, thank you!" Ash said, striking another cute expression. Goh could have sworn his heart stopped beating after that, until it restarted around 5-10 seconds later. "So, um... is everyone ready? I know Kiawe and Sophocles are!" Goh told Ash. "Mallow and Lana are almost ready too, they're in there changing right now" Ash said, as the door to the girl's bathroom opened, right on time. Mallow walked out wearing a green, two piece bikini with red flower designs, and Lana, wearing a blue one piece. "You boys ready?" Mallow asked them. "Yeah!" Ash and Goh said in unison, and they all took went to Treasure Island, where Goh found his Alolan Exeggutor, and managed to catch it, everyone else cheering him on.
Ash's POV:
After everyone was done celebrating Goh's capture of an Alolan Exeggutor, Ash pulled Mallow and Lana by their shoulders, taking them to speak someplace privately. "What's up Ash?" Lana asked, confused as to why Ash did that. "How... how do you think I should confess?" Ash asked the girls. "Actually... I think you should let him confess" Mallow told him. "What? But..." Ash tried to say, but Lana cut him off. "No offense Ash, but you're not the type to confess, you're the type people confess to." "But... what if he never confesses to me?" Ash said, worrying. "Have you seen the way he looks at you? He already looked at you nicely before the makeup, now he's struggling to keep his eyes off you" Mallow said. "Are you saying... he loves me?" Ash said. "Well, not for sure. But he does certainly find you attractive, at least cute" Lana told him. "But he seems to want things to move at a slower pace. Keep putting on makeup, keep acting cute, and wait until one day he confesses to you. Do not confess to him before he does, or give him any signs" Mallow said. "But... why?" Ash asked. "If you do, you'll be scaring him. He's been nervous all day interacting with us! Moving things at a fast pace with you will scare him too much!" Lana said. "Besides, you're the one who asked us for romantic advice. You better take it" Mallow added. "But you haven't ever been in love!" Ash told the both of them, who in turn gave him an embarrassed look, then they looked at each other. "Yeah..." Mallow said. "About that..." Lana added. "Wait... are you two dating?" Ash said. "Don't tell anyone!" Mallow said, blushing. "Since when?" Ash asked. "To tell you the truth, we're both bi. We bonded over the times we dressed you up in outfits and... yeah" Lana said. "So wait, did you have feelings for me too?" Ash asked them. "Yeah, but we're largely over them by now. The makeup did bring back a small feel however" Mallow said. "Hey, anytime you want, be sure to come to Alola, we'd love to dress you up again!" Lana said. "Maybe even dress up Goh too, if you start dating!" Lana added. "Okay... sure!" Ash said. "Oh, and if you have any questions about the makeup, call Rotom with your Rotom Phone, we'll answer any questions you have and help you look as cute as possible for him!" Mallow said. "I will!" Ash told her. "Oh, and one more thing. Are you gay or bi?" Lana asked him. "Um... I'm not sure.." Ash said. "Well, look at us now! In our swimsuits! Do you feel anything?" Mallow asked. "I... a little bit? But I'm much more interested in Goh.. and I don't wanna get in the way of your relationship.." Ash said. "Oh no, don't worry! We just wanted to make sure" Lana said. "Well, I guess I'm bi..." Ash said. "Hey Ash!" Goh was heard shouting. "Oh, right!" Ash said. "Off you go!" Mallow said, and pushed his shoulders to give him a boost. "Hey Goh!" Ash said. "Ash, why do you keep disappearing? And especially with Mallow and Lana, too. Is something going on?" Goh asked him. "Oh, um, nothing! Don't worry about it. And hey, when we get home to the Cerise Lab, I can give you a full day to prank me as much as you want!" Ash told him. "Oh, thanks! But um, I'm a bit tired today. Is that deal still on for tomorrow?" Goh asked. "You bet!" Ash said, as the two boys gave each other a fistbump. Afterwards, they changed back into their regular clothes, and went back home to the Cerise Laboratory, where Ash fell asleep with makeup on, for the first time of many in his life.