Ash felt like his fucking arms were going to fall off with the amount of lifting he's done in the past few hours. They had finally got all of his shit out into the new apartment but he was now plagued with having to take everything out and put it all away. His fingers were practically screaming about how much of an asshole he was after moving some of his essential furniture up flights of stairs with just the help of Gary and no one else.
He was happy to not have to be under his mothers roof anymore and knew that he'd still have a wonderful relationship with her even though he wasn't going to see her everyday anymore. He was so at home already having spent so much time in the house with Gary already that it truly felt like coming home.
Gary kept him thoroughly entertained as he unpacked all his clothes and put them in his specified dresser. "I don't have that much shit you ass," he snapped cutely, pretending to be mad by wrinkling his nose up. Gary thought the action was endearing and only smiled more and slowly walked over to him, wrapping his arms around him slowly. "I'm so glad you're finally here," he said sweetly, looking directly into Ash's eyes to let him know just how serious he was.
"Me too," he replied quietly, looking around the bedroom with fond eyes. "This is all ours, that's so fucking cool." Gary thought his excitement was insanely adorable considering he had already lived on his own for sometime and the appeal wore of for him. "It's nice to not have a mom breathing down your neck for sure." Ash laughed softly and leaned into Gary's touch a little more, batting his eyelashes up at him.
Before either of them could lean down and kiss each other Ash's phone started to ring causing him to pull away with a sheepish grin on his face. "Just one second," he said softly, picking it up as soon as he saw it was Misty calling him. "Hey, girl." he said sweetly into the phone, sitting down on the bed with a grin on his face.
"Hey, are you able to come over? I'm having a crisis." Ash peeked over at Gary and let out a hesitant sigh, "I- uh guess I can come over." he mumbled into the phone, trying not to look at the disappointed look on Gary's face that their first day living together was tarnished by his friend. Misty's always there for him in his time of need so he just wouldn't feel right to abandon her in the middle of a crisis, no matter how small the crisis was.
"I'll drive over soon, okay – yeah, bye." Ash threw his phone on the bed beside him and let out another sigh, peeking up at Gary shyly. "Touch me," he purred, wiggling up the bed until he was resting against the pillows. Gary rolled his eyes as he watched Ash try and recreate the mood that he himself ruined by allowing Misty to take precedence over their day.
"I'm not in the mood," Gary growled, looking away from him with a frown that he wasn't able to conceal before Ash got to see it. "I'm sorry, Gary." he said quickly, immediately leaping up from his position in bed to pull him close. "I wont be gone long, I feel bad enough that I said yes I don't want you to be mad at me."
Gary knew that Ash didn't decide to go there just to spite him but still let out a frustrated sigh, "I had the entire day planned.." If it was possible he felt even shittier as he let go of Gary and slipped a coat on. "I realize that, I'll be back soon. Continue as scheduled, I'll be back soon."
"Whatever." Gary kicked a box aside that was in his way before he left the room, leaving Ash in an unbearable silence that he didn't want to be in. Ash slipped his boots on and left the house in a huff, getting into his car and driving the 20 minutes out to Pallet Town.
Misty met him at the front door with a face that looked like she's been crying long before she even decided to call him. "I'm pregnant." she said with a sob, breaking the news to him before she even let him inside the house. Ash stared at her blankly in awe, unsure of what exactly to say to her to even be a comfort in this situation. "Who the fuck is the father?" was the only thing he could think to say to her at that moment.
"I don't know," The answer made him extremely uncomfortable and he stepped inside her house and followed her up to her room quietly listening to her crying. "Explain to me why you don't know who the father is," Misty wasn't the type of person to just sleep with strangers so he was completely surprised at the news. It was almost like the girl that called him over wasn't even his childhood best friend but someone who took her body and made bad decisions with it.
"I went to a party with Brock a couple weeks ago and I got really drunk," She spoke softly, not looking up from her lap. "I can't remember anything from that night, I'm too afraid to ask Brock." He understood why she would be afraid to ask him, they both knew that he wasn't much of a drinker and that he would remember exactly who she hooked up with at the party. "I'm gonna call Brock over alright?"
Misty wasn't really in any position to deny him so she nodded sadly and curled up underneath her blankets while she listened to Ash speak on the phone with Brock. "He's on his way over," Ash said slowly, looking down at his phone knowing he should probably tell Gary he might be a little longer than expected.
-Hey, it's an actual crisis. I might be awhile, pls don't be too mad.
-Fuck off, I figured this would be the one day you put me ahead of your friends. I'll see you later.
Ash figured this was going to be the response that he got and sighed as he locked his screen and shoved his phone back into his pocket, knowing he'd have to do some serious making up to Gary or he didn't know if their relationship was going to work out.
Brock let himself into her house and headed up into the bedroom, obviously confused as to what exactly he was urgently called for. "What's going on?" Misty didn't uncurl herself from the blankets which left a frustrated Ash to handle the situation for himself. "Who'd she bone at that party you took her to?" Ash asked quickly, knowing it was easier to be blunt about the situation instead of beat around the bush. "Oh, uh – I haven't mentioned it because I didn't want to make anything awkward between us, Misty. You came onto me at the party, crying over how Ash was moving in with Gary and we had sex."
Ash let out a frustrated growl at the impossibly stupid situation unfolding in front of him. "You got her pregnant and you're going to fucking handle this situation."
-I'm sorry I said some rude shit to you, I'm just frustrated. Please come home soon, I miss you already. What's the crisis?
Ash took a peek at his phone and smiled slightly to himself at the fact Gary wasn't completely mad at him for ruining their day.
-She's pregnant. Brock is dad. I'm uncomfortable, will be home asap. I love you.
Brock sat down on the edge of the bed and peeked over at the obviously distraught Misty who was peeking her head out of the blankets at him. "You could have told me, I wouldn't have gotten mad that we had sex. I obviously chose it in that moment." Brock shook his head at her mentality knowing that she would have yelled and said he took advantage of her and how he was a fucking pervert. "Get rid of it," Brock said sternly, not about to be a dad at his age and got up from the bed and headed over to the door.
"That's your support in this situation from me. I'll pay for it but either you get it done or you do that on your fucking own." Brock looked over at Ash for support, wondering what exactly his thoughts were on Misty having a baby at her age was. "I'd have to agree with Brock, Misty. You're too young to raise a kid and even to expect Brock to take care of you both is completely selfish."
Misty pointed to the door and shouted for them to get the fuck out, childishly. "Don't call me for help if you cant take the advice I give you, remember that." Ash hissed, heated that Misty would even blow up on him after he drove all the way down to see her. "Gary is mad at me because I came all the way up here, so you can fuck right off too. Don't take your friends for granted, Misty. Treat me like shit and I wont stick around."
"Yeah you will, you did it for Gary." She said quickly, obviously not realizing just what she said before it came out of her mouth. Ash and Brock stormed out of the house immediately after and exchanged a look of awe before heading in different directions.
Misty's words lingered in his head for the entire ride home realizing if that's exactly what people thought of him when they saw him and Gary together. They had some tough times and Ash had forgiven him and that's all he felt mattered.
Gary was lounging on the couch when he finally returned, an eager expression on his face as he waited for all the details of what exactly happened. "What are they gonna do about the baby?" Ash shook his head with a hiss, slamming his keys down on the table. "Brock told her to get an abortion. I told her I agreed with him and she was a total bitch the entire time. I would never just put that all on someone else to deal with."
Gary motioned for him to come lay on the couch with him and wrapped his warm arms around Ash. "Simmer down, it's time to punish you for ditching me today." Ash shivered in anticipation and let out a soft whimper as lips came down upon his.
AN: Hello, I'm officially back. Thank you to anyone who read the really short first chapter of this and I hope you enjoyed this one. See you next time.