By the way! Someone asked me how old was the characters so:
May - 16 Drew - 17 (Let's say his birthday is before May's)
Mieko - 17 Drake - 16
On with the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon/pocket monsters.
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A soft blush crept across May's cheeks as she looked into Drew's green eyes. All her body was paralysed, she stood there, motionless, barely breathing. Contrary to her, the green-haired boy was looking at her oddly, wondering what was wrong with her all of a sudden.
"Are you planing on staying like this all day?!" He asked. No response. "Move May! Get off me!" He said as she finally came back to herself. Drew sat up and May knelt next to him. "You are so clumsy," The green-haired boy teased, giving her his usual 'evil' grin.
She coughed, "Excuse me? I am clumsy? You seem to forget who slipped on the wet floor, that HE forgot to clean!!?" She yelled, ready to strangle him.
"It's because of a girl like you that I was soaked wet, so technically, we're even now," He said flicking his hair calmly.
She got up, put her hands on her hips and looked down at him. "No, we're not, it's not my fault!" She shouted.
"Is it my fault then? I don't think so." Drew replied, keeping his cool in front of the mad May.
"Yeah, it is! If you had cleaned the floor instead of watching TV, you-"
"WHAT!? You're saying that it's because of the TV!? And who FORCED me to watch the stupid show!?" He said, suddenly loosing his temper.
She gasped. "Well...hm...I...I didn't force you! I just-" She yelled back, trying to sound confident.
"You forced me! Thank's to the thunderstorm, I didn't have to watch all of it!"
"I...Well I-" She was cut by the cry of a pokemon. They looked around them to see where it was coming from. The darkness of the room was making it hard to see, after some seconds, they finally discover where the noises were coming from and what was making it. They saw that Flareon was trying to get up, but unfortunately, its legs were shaking and all its body was still too weak to move. It cried in pain, trying one last time to get up and walk, but fell back on the table.
"Flareon! Don't do that! Mieko will come back soon with some kind of medicine for you." May said softly to the fire-pokemon. Its ears were down and it shut its eyes tight. "Because of all your screaming, Flareon woke up!" She turned to face Drew.
"You yelled too," He replied, finally regaining its normal calm.
"Whatever," The girl released Chansey and told it to use sing on Flareon again. It did as it was told and Flareon fell asleep. However the panic came in May and Drew's mind when the sound of the phone ringing causes Flareon's ears to twitch slightly. They were afraid that it would wake it up again.
May rushed over the phone, sat in front of it and pressed the 'talk' button. The small screen turned on, a girl with dark brown hair, black eyes and a grinning Hoppip on her shoulder and a chestnut haired girl with grey eyes appeared.
"Mieko dear! Are you okay!? - Wait who are you? Did I got the number wrong?" The Brown haired girl said, panicked.
"No you didn't, I take care of the house while Mieko's gone" May explained, smiling.
"Really? Why?" Both girls asked in unison.
"Because her Flareon is seriously hurt and she had to go get a medicine for it, I was resting at her house and she asked me to stay for about 3 days." May added.
"What's your name? I know your face, but I can't remember where I saw it." One of the girl asked.
"I'm May, and a friend of mine who was also resting, stayed here with me. His name is Drew."
"Oh! I remember! You're a coordinator I saw once!" The grey-eyed girl said happily.
"What's your names?" May giggled.
"I'm Sally," The girl with the Hoppip said "And this is Karin, we're in Shinou right now and we heard that a violent thunderstorm was coming near Drake's house's area, so we called, it's great that the phones are still working!"
"Yes, but I hope Mieko's all right!" Karin added.
"I'm sure she is, she's not the kind of girl who would do reckless things." Sally comforted Karin who was near-tears.
"You're right, Sally!" The chest-nut girl said confidently.
May smirked softly.
"Anyway, Take-" Sally started.
"NOOO! Delibird come back here! don't freeze that chair!" Karin ran out of the screen.
"Karin, what's going on again?." The brown-haired girl walked out the screen as well.
"Delibird keeps freezing things! - Delibird don't you dare touch that plant!" May heard from afar, she could see now that they were in a poke centre, the small camera was showing a white and pink wall with a poster of a Blissey holding a pokeball.
Sally came back in the screen, sighing, as a Karin ran at the back, trying to escape her Delibird.
"Don't worry, it happens all the time, she can't control all of her pokemons yet, even though she has only two."
May giggled and nodded.
"Well then, Take good care of the house and yourselves! We'll call again when Mieko will be ba- Karin stop that Delibird now! It's freezing my poor Cherrim!" She yelled the last part as loud as she can. "See you!" The girl and her Hoppip waved their hands and hung up.
May press the 'end' button and walked back to Drew who had just watched the conversation from afar. She yawned, it was about 10:30 now and she was getting sleepy. "Where are the guests rooms?"
"First, there is only one room and one single bed, second, it's the first to your right, upstairs." Drew explained, walking past her, grabbing a few candles and going up the stairs. She followed him.
"So how are we going to sleep?" She asked.
"I suppose, by closing our eyes and relax," The green haired boy joked.
"Seriously Drew, I don't want to share the bed with you." May groaned.
"I'll just sleep on the couch in the living room," He said, opening the guest room's closet and starting to search for some kind of blanket.
May entered the room soon after him. It was dark, small and messy. There were toys everywhere, she bent down to pick one. A small pokeball, it was made rubber, she squeezed it, it made a funny sound that put a smirk on her face. She pushed on the small black button on it. The toy pokeball opened suddenly making her jump. A cute little Jigglypuff toy had popped out of the pokeball and was now bouncing on a spring. She smiled and her eyes noticed that Drew was pulling things out of the closet, throwing it on the bed near her.
Vulpix stepped into the room, jumped on the bed and looked at May who was now staring at it. The brown haired girl picked a candle that was laying on the bed and asked Vulpix to melt the bottom with its fire. It did so and May quickly put the candle on the nightstand. She asked the fire pokemon to use its fire once more and light up the candle.
The girl sighed, looked back at Drew who had got almost everything out while barely noticing what it was. May sat down on the bed putting the small toy beside her. She began to examine the clothes that were laying on the bed.
"I found one, finally!" Drew happily muttered.
The girl didn't say anything, she took a pink and yellow clothes in her hands and gazed at it, wondering what it was supposed to be.
"Do you know what that is?" She asked curiously.
"Huh? hum...looks like a Whismur costume." Drew answered, putting the red blanket on the bed and sitting down beside the pile of clothes.
"You're right! Look at the ears!" May laughed, pointing at the big ears.
The boy stood up, picked the Whishmur's ears, he put them on May's head and smiled.
"Too bad the costume is not big enough, you would look cute in that!" He sniggered, putting his hands in his pockets and waiting for her reaction with an eyebrow raised.
The blue eyed girl blushed, took off the ears. "I think it would look cuter on you!" She said putting them on Drew's head. Surprised and confused, he quickly took them off.
"Aww, why did you take it off? Your fans would do anything to see you with these on." May folded her arms and laughed.
"And you are one of them?" He teased, smirking.
"I am not!" She sighed. "I'm tired, so good night!" She got up and put the clothes back in the closet trying to make them fit in there without folding them. Then May took her bandana off, put it in her bag and put it down next the bed. Drew stared at her for a while and closed his eyes. Sighing, he walked calmly out of the room, whispering a 'Sweet dreams' almost inaudible.
He closed the door and leaned against it. His eyes were still closed, the green haired boy looked deep in thought. He stayed like that for a few minutes, until all the noises coming from the room faded, showing that May was already trying to sleep.
Drew smirked and let out a sigh as if he was holding his breath the whole time he had been standing here. He made his way to the living room. The boy took all the stuffed toys that were still on the couch and put them on the floor. He lay down on the couch, noticing something was missing.
"Ah...Darn it, I forgot the blanket," He muttered to himself. However, he gave up the idea of going back in the guest room to get it. It was late and he needed to sleep. It wasn't that cold anyway and he still had the blanket he used when they were watching TV. Half covered by the beige blanket, he fell asleep in no time.
On the other hand, May wasn't sleeping yet. The more she thought about things, the more awake she got. She was feeling bad all of a sudden. She wanted Mieko to come back and heal Flareon, but she didn't want to go back in the dark forests with nobody to talk to. The brown haired girl knew that, when she said to her friends that she was perfectly able to travel alone, it was a lie. She couldn't do it, she needed someone to talk to, to have fun with, someone who could understand her and cheer her up when she was feeling bad, someone to make her feel safe...
She turned around, feeling Vulpix near her legs. It was keeping her warm, maybe she could ask Mieko if she can keep Vulpix for a while to keep her company. She shook the thought off. What was she thinking? She couldn't ask something like that.
Of course, she could ask Drew, but he's been traveling alone for so long, he probably wants to keep traveling with his Roselia. He didn't even care about her, why would he want to travel with such a weak coordinator? Her eyes started to itch. He didn't care about her, he never really cheered for her, he was not worried about her when they were both in the storm. A tear fell down her cheek. She couldn't explain why, but thinking about that was painful. To her he was a good friend, her rival too, but they were friends above all. Was it the same for him? Was she only one of his rivals?
Tears were slowly blurring her view, she closed her eyes. The rain that was falling outside the house was making her feel lonely. Something in the back of her mind was telling her to go and wake Drew up, she wanted someone to comfort her, anybody would do. She sat up in the bed, Vulpix raised its head. They stared at each other and the blue eyed girl laid back, he was probably already sleeping, waking him up for a pointless reason wouldn't be really wise.
After some time, she was too tired to think about anything, she fell asleep.
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The sun was shining, the grass and plants were still wet. The pokemon in the fields were enjoying the sunny weather while white and fluffy clouds were floating around in the sky.
Drew opened his eyes slowly and yawned. It was 8 am, the boy stirred and got up. He walked in the corridor, rubbing his right eye and yawning again. His hair was dishevelled, he tried to fix it by patting his head with his hand. The boy came in front of the guest room's door. He knocked twice, but there was no response.
"May, it's time to get up!" He said through the door.
After knocking again, he opened the door. "May," he whispered, walking closer to her. "May, it's time to-" He stopped, noticing her red-eyes. "May?" he asked, shaking her softly. "May!?" He yelled, starting to wonder if she was okay. "MAY! Wake up!" He panicked. Her teary eyes opened a bit as Drew let out a sigh of relief.
She looked at him, still half-asleep. Her eyes were itchy so she rubbed them with one hand.
"Are you okay?" Drew asked, with a worried look on his face. She smiled and nodded. "Are you sure? You seem sick," he insisted.
"I'm fine, I was just feeling a little depressed last night." May said, smirking.
"Why? Something's wrong?" He questioned, sitting on the bed.
She looked into his green orbs, there was some kind of worry in them. "It's nothing," the girl answered.
"Have you been crying?" He asked calmly. "If something's wrong tell me, who else is there anyway?" He smiled.
May's eyes widened, he said it, he said the thing she wanted to hear. She only wanted someone to listen to her, to hear what she had to say. He was insistent, but somehow she was thankful for that. She took a deep breath, trying to focus on what she had to say and not feeling anything. May didn't want to broke into tears in front of him, it would be awkward for both of them.
"It's foolish, so go ahead and laugh at me," The girl sighed.
"If it's funny, I'll laugh." Drew teased.
She smirked. "Well, I...You know Mieko will return in three days," She started.
"Yeah, You might have said something like that,"
"When she will come back, I will be happy, because Flareon will feel better and Mieko will be thankful to us, but," She took another deep breath, as if she was going to say something important. "We will have to go and continue our journey...alone," She spitted out.
"Yeah, so?" He blinked, not fully understanding what she meant by that.
"So, I'll be traveling alone again, and...and," She tried to hold back what she was about to say, afraid that it might come out wrong "I want to travel with you!" She uncontrollably yelled, looking deeply into Drew's eyes.
He frowned and his eyes widened, he didn't expect that. The green-haired boy wanted to answer 'Yes' right away, but restrained himself. He had to think about it before, having May around all the time, he didn't know if it was a nightmare or a dream coming true.
"I...hum...You do?" He asked, a serious expression on his face.
"Yes,"
"Hum, will you let me think about it, it's not that I don't want to...it's just I've been traveling alone for so long, I don't know if I would be a good company." He said while trying to escape her stare.
Drew stood up, "I'll go cook something for breakfast, and no it won't be cake," he sniggered, walking off.
"Okay..." She answered sadly.
He stopped, noticing her tone of voice. "Cheer up! I didn't say no, besides, we still have about two days 'til Mieko comes back," He comforted her. "Try to show me you could be a good traveling companion!" He added, winking at her and stepping out of the room.
He smirked, he knew he would answer yes, but he just wanted to take advantage of the situation and get May to be nice to him for the last two days they had to stay here.
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He went down the stairs and as if on cue the front door of the house opened wide. Drew stopped, watching someone enter. The person was soaked wet, he had light brown hair, blue pants, an orange T-shirt and a belt with Pokeballs could be seen around his waist.
He searched for something and his eyes turned on Drew. His deep brown orbs stared in Drew's emerald ones. The boy gasped and found himself loosing control, he frowned deeply.
"Who are you??! Where is Mieko?! What are you doing in MY house??! And why are you wearing my clothes??!" He shouted angrily.
"Well, first, I'm Drew, nice to meet you by the way, Mieko's gone to find a medicine for Flareon, It's your house? My clothes are wet, I thought I would borrow some and it appears that they're yours." The green haired boy answered, keeping his cool.
"Are you...Are you Mieko's boyfriend?!" The brown haired boy yelled as Drew gasped.
"I'm n-" He was cut, by May who had heard someone scream and came over to see what was happening.
"If you are Mieko's new boyfriend and you are cheating on her, I'm going to beat you up right away!!" The boy yelled, he seemed out of control, he was shaking with rage and gritting teeth.
Drew went down the few steps left and came closer to the mad boy. He tried his best to keep his clam in front of him. May followed him, she was frowning, trying to look strong, even though she was a bit scared of the boy. She hide herself behind Drew.
"Could you be...Drake?" She asked.
"How do you know my name?! Who are you?!" He shouted back.
"I'm May, we take care of your house while Mieko's gone, Flareon's seriously hurt." She explained angrily.
"How do I know if you're saying the truth?!" Drake questioned bitterly.
"Believe us! I swear we're here only to take care of the house." May begged him to believe them, she didn't want to get into trouble.
"Okay, I'll call Mieko on her Pokegear later to know if you are telling the truth." He said, calming down. "But I don't like you!" He pointed at Drew.
The green-haired boy gasped, why would he hate someone he doesn't know. Of course, Drew hated Harley before knew him, but that was different, Harley was scary, but Drew wasn't, was he?
"I challenge you! Both of you! Outside the house! Right now!!" He yelled.
Finally I finished my chapter! I knew from the first chapter that something like that would happen, but I didn't know what to put between the first chapter and Drake's entrance. Anyway I hope I didn't make too many mistakes! there are words that I'm not sure they even exist in English .
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