Sorry for the wait. I have been Slaking off (pun intended) and reading some Pearlshipping fics... I am trying to get rid of the writers block that I am having with An Adventure of Romance in Sinnoh...
By the way if you don't figure it out by the end of the chapter, this story is connected to Deeper Than Love. It does take place in a different timeline where Ash never told Brock or Max, but I will right a fic about Ash, May, Brock, and Dawn travelling through Sinnoh that will take from both this fic and DTL.
I know it's a bit confusing, but if you have any questions, that is something to PM me about.
Anyways, let's get on with it!
Pikachu woke up in Ash's open backpack. He heard someone screaming, and then sobbing, and then someone bursting out of a door. He looked around only to see his trainer running. "May!" Ash yelled.
He continued to observe, wondering what happened to May. His question was short lived however, when he heard Norman. "What was that for!?" He said raising his voice. "I thought you'd at least be okay with them!" He spat. Still awaiting response from her, he stormed out. "What's gotten into you..." He walked out of the room shaking his head.
Pikachu's eyes darted over to Caroline. She had a look on her face that could kill! Pikachu shuddered. He didn't want to be seen, so he quietly crawled out of Ash's backpack and behind the couch. The door was still open, so he quickly darted out of the house, being sure to stay stealthy.
Ash was still chasing after May. She was the one telling him to slow down at the start of their journey through Hoenn. She could really run now. 'This isn't the time to think about that now, Ash!' He yelled at himself. He continued chasing her all the way into Petalburg Forest.
After running for, to Ash, what seemed like hours. May finally came to a stop at a small pond. She sat on a large boulder, and hugged her knees to her chest. She continued to sob silently, until she felt a pair of hands wrap around her.
"Damnit, Ash!" She sobbed. "I knew this would happen!" She looked up at him. "Why did we have to tell them!? Mom was fine until that!" She stared at him with teary eyes and a hurt expression. He kept his arms wrapped around her body, as she cried.
Ash sighed. "I'm sorry, sweetie. I really didn't want you to get hurt..." His eyes teared up. He didn't try to hide it this time. "I thought they were both ok with it. Your dad seemed pretty happy with it." She returned his embrace and she nuzzled her head into his shoulder.
Ash sighed. This whole thing was really starting to put a lot of stress on both of them. He was so angry at Caroline! She completely destroyed May's happiness, and that hurt him too. He rubbed May's back while they cried. 'How could she do that!? I thought that she would be the calmest about it...' Deep in thought, trying to find the best way to deal with it, he continued to let tears fall down his cheeks.
When May looked up at him, she noticed that he was crying too. This was another surprise. Normally he never shed a tear. In the entire time she knew him, he had only cried a couple of times. His eyes were closed tightly as he was pondering the situation.
May took her arms from around her legs and placed them around Ash. "I'm sorry I told them, May! I just thought it might be better... so much for that. I just went and screwed things up more than they already were." His tears were drying up, his voice was replaced with angst and regret. "It's okay, Ash." She spoke up. Her voice was a little shaky, but she pushed through it. "It was good to get it out in the open!" She was slightly encouraging him to cheer up.
How could he be cheerful right now. His best friend's mom basically told him that she was disgusted at him. "How do you mean, May? It isn't good when someone is that angry about it! We should have just kept it a secret. Your mom just flipped out on you because of this!" He was a bit mad. "Can't we just use this as an opportunity to grow stronger, Ash?" May asked.
He let go of her and faced her. "I don't understand." What did she mean? "Well, Ash, what I mean is, with this we can work together to solve this. Maybe we can change Mom's mind. I mean, that we can make our bond stronger!" She exclaimed. The tears had long since dried up, and her voice no longer sounded depressed. Pure determination replaced the sadness.
'She's right... and Norman is okay with it! ' He thought. "You're right, May." She gave a weak smile. "You bet your sweet ass I'm right! I'm sure that in a couple of days, we can have a nice laugh about this mess! No need to worry!" She exclaimed! "Um, sure, babe... But don't you think you sound a little bit like Dawn?" She rolled her eyes. "Sure, but this time we only have one big thing to lose left. And I promise you that that isn't going anywhere!" She pumped her fist.
Just knowing that they had each other's backs was all it really took to cheer each other up. They could go from the deepest, darkest depression, and as long as the other was there, they could come out of it just as fast as they went in.
They had gotten up and walked back to May's house, but this time snuck in through the gym, hoping to see Norman. After sneaking through the door, they continued onto the main part of the gym. They saw Norman sitting on the benches, deep in thought.
"Hey Dad," May started. He looked up. He showed some concern towards them. "Hey guys. Caroline didn't see you, right?" They shook their heads. "We came in through the gym." He nodded. "Good." He quickly went back to staring at the ground with his chin in one of his hands.
May looked at him, and then back at Ash. "We've decided that we're going to stay at the Pokèmon center tonight. We can figure out something tomorrow." May stated. His eyes darted up when she said this. "Why don't you two stay here? May has a room you know." At this their faces showed blushes, that looked more red than a healthy rose. He chuckled. "I talked to your mom, Ash. She told me everything. I'm still not super ecstatic about you two sleeping in the same bed together, but I digress." He told them.
"Are you sure that Mom won't get pissed about this? You saw how she went off earlier." May asked. "I'm not going to make you stay somewhere else because of a silly fight that your mother started. What kind of father would I be then?" May was confused. He didn't normally act like this. "Ok if you think it's okay, then we'll stay here tonight. Come on, Ash!" She dragged him up to her room. Norman sighed.
As soon as they entered her room, he noticed that it was the same as how she left it the night that they reunited. Her bed was made, even after two years, the book that she was reading was still sitting in the same place, upside down open on the page she was on. He was in awe at how everything was untouched.
May saw him with his mouth agape. "What's up, Ash?" She asked. His eyes darted to her. "It's just your room... It is exactly how you left it!" He studied the room closely. The room hadn't been touched since the morning after they had fallen asleep together in the gym. The time they confessed their feelings for each other.
"Alright Ashy, you can come out of it now." He looked back at her in embarrasment. "Sorry May, it's just that my mom has Mimey go into my room and clean, so things get moved around. Oh well enough about that. So your dad talked to my mom eh?" He quickly moved on. "Yeah... I'm surprised that he's okay with all of this." May started. "I thought he would be the 'Stay the hell away from my daughter' guy!" She sighed. "Well Ash, it's getting late," she yawned. "I wanna go to sleep. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow." He yawned and stretched out his arms. "Yeah, I think I want to as well." He walked up to her and gave her a small kiss on the lips.
After getting changed, they both got on May's bed and pulled the blankets over them. "Ash?" May asked. "What is it, sweetie?" Ash replied softly. "Well, I'm sorry about yelling at you for wanting to tell them. I think I realise that they would have found out anyways. It probably would have been worse if we hadn't. I just hope that we can persuade Mom to leave us alone about it." She said with a slight sadness in her tone. "We will, May. As long as we're strong, no one will stop us!" He exclaimed.
He looked down at her and brought her into a deep kiss. They pulled apart. "I promise, love." He told her, as he cuddled up next to her, and they both fell asleep.
I know this was primarily fluff, but this chapter is just as important, since a lot takes place in it. So I hope you all enjoyed and please feel free to give me some pointers on what to do better.
Thanks for reading!
~PearlxAdvance
