Chapter 5 breaking point
After eating lunch the group headed for Pewter city. They paced along route 2 in silence. May walked alongside Ash while blushing slightly. Being so close to him made her nervous and she was trying to decide whether or not she ask him a certain question…
"Umm Ash?"
"Yeah?"
"Would you… would you…" she began nervously.
"What?" pressed Ash.
Fearing she was losing her nerve May decided to blurt it all out.
"I-was-wondering-if-you-wanted-to-go-on-a-date-with-me…" she muttered.
"Darn. That didn't come out right",
"A date? Uh sure. What do you want to do?"
May was still nervous but inside she was all.
"Yes!"
"Umm, why don't we go get some ice cream? Or a burger or something",
"Sounds good. We can go do that when we get to Pewter city",
"Great. If you win the gym battle the date's on me", said May.
"Nah, you don't have do that. I'll pay for it regardless",
"Aww, this is even better than I imagined it… aww…" melted May.
During the next two days Ash and May seemed to have grown closer and Misty was getting suspicious. After they arrived in town they took their Pokémon to the Pokémon center for some rest and that afternoon they went to the gym. Now having a water Pokémon and the gym being a rock Pokémon, Ash won within five minutes. Brock's brother whom he battled was not pleased. Ash and co exited the gym less than twenty minutes after they entered. Ash was holding the badge in his hand.
"All right! I have the new rock badge", he said and clipped it onto his jacket.
May cleared her throat.
"Oh yeah", he remembered.
"Misty do you mind hangging around town for a while? May and I are gonna want some time alone",
Misty crossed her arms.
"Going on a date are you?"
Ash blushed.
"Y… yes", he said. Misty had a blank expression on her face. Trying to cover her anger and hurt with fake apathy.
"Sure why not. I'll see you back at the Pokémon center", she said and turned around and walked away. The duo just looked at her for a while.
"She seems upset", pointed out May.
"You think she's jealous?"
"Only a little",
Ash nodded.
"Yeah…"
"Come on. Let's go get that burger. I'm starved", May said and began pulling Ash by the arm as they walked hand in hand. While they were walking, Misty turned around and saw them holding hands. She saddened, then angered.
"I can play dirty too you know…" she thought as she walked away. While in the Pokémon center she approached May's bag and rummaged through it until she found what she was looking for: May's shampoo. She walked to the bathroom, opened the bottle and poured its content into the sink and rinsed it off. She then opened a small can of white paint she bought on the way over and poured it into the bottle and put it back in its place.
"I know Ash. He only likes her for her looks. Once her hair is wrecked he will go back to me. His old traveling companion…" she chuckled.
An hour and a half later, the duo came back. Ash went into his room to spend some time with Pikachu while May went to take a shower while taking her fake shampoo.
"Got her right where I want her…" Misty thought deviously. About fifteen minutes later May was out of the shower and was putting on her pajamas. When she was dressed she wiped the vapor off the mirror and looked at her reflection. Two seconds later she shrieked.
"Thee hee, hee…" chuckled a certain someone.
"May?" called out Ash as he ran to the bathroom.
"May, what's wrong?" he talked to the door.
"Nothing! Nothing's wrong. Go away", she said in panic.
"Come on May talk to me. What's going on? I heard you scream",
The moment he said that May wailed and broke down in tears.
"Oh man May. I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you cry, I was just…"
"My hair… my beautiful hair… it's ruined now…" she sobbed. Feeling confused and very concerned for May's wellbeing Ash knocked softly.
"Listen May are you dressed? Can I come in? I just want to check on you",
May sniffed as she rubbed her nose with her arm.
"Mhmm…" she mouthed and Ash gently opened the door. Inside, May sat there in her pajamas consisting of a pink tee shirt and blue pants. Her hair however was a mess. It was covered in white paint and the hairs were glued to each other. May covered her face in misery. Ash sat down beside her and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder as Misty stood behind the door to eavesdrop.
"Look at my hair… I look ugly now… I probably disgust you…"
"You don't disgust me", Ash said. Misty's and May's eyes widened.
"What?" she said.
"I still think you're beautiful May…"
May looked away.
"You're just saying that, you don't mean it…"
"Of course I mean it. Have I ever lied to you?"
May sighed.
"Ash, this is not the same, I know you mean well but if you want this relationship to work there has to be physical attraction as well…"
"She's right you know", came a voice and they looked up to find Misty leaning on the doorway with an evil grin on her face.
"Misty? You did this?" asked Ash.
"I did. Now that you don't like her anymore you can hook up with the girl who's liked you all along; me",
Ash was baffled.
"I… I don't understand. Why did you do this to her?"
"I just told you silly. I knew you liked her only for her looks so I poured paint into her shampoo bottle to make her ugly so you would ditch her and come to me",
"You what?!" shrieked May and got up and approached Misty with fury. Misty backed away nervously.
"Hey take it easy babe. I'm sure you would've found some on eventually",
"I have found someone. He's name is Ash Ketchum",
"Not if I can help it",
"Why you…" muttered May and grabbed Misty by the shirt as the two girls started beating each other up.
"Girls!" called out Ash.
"Girls, that's enough! We can talk about this",
Seeing as talking was useless Ash put himself between them and yelled.
"I SAID THAT'S ENOUGH! Misty get out of here; May, let's go see Nurse Joy. Maybe she can help", he said and grabbed May by the hand and pulled her to Joy's desk, leaving Misty in shock.
"He chose her… despite all my efforts her still chose her… maybe I was wrong about him. Maybe he does love her…" she thought as tears welled up in her eyes as she ran into her room and shut the door and fell onto her bed and cried. She cried so hard that her Pokémon freed themselves from their own poke balls and tried to console her. Even Psyduck did and she didn't protest. Meanwhile Nurse Joy gave May some alcohol to use to wash off the paint and some moisturizer to get it back to normal. So she took another shower and used the moisturizer on her hair which brought it back to normal. Only now she had to comb it which would take a long time", May exited the bathroom tiredly while Ash was waiting for her outside.
"You look good as new now May", he said gladly.
"Almost as good as new. I just need to comb my hair", she said and presented a brush and yawned tiredly. Ash approached her and took her comb.
"I'll comb it for you",
She blushed like mad.
"You… what?"
"I'll comb your hair for you",
"It can wait. We can do it in the morning, I'm going to sleep anyhow",
"No. we'll do it now. No friend of mine is going to sleep with messy hair after a day like this…"
May's eyes sparkled, then saddened. She looked down.
"What is it?"
"I don't deserve to be your friend…"
"Don't say that. Of course you do!"
"But you've been so nice to me Ash. I don't deserve you…"
Ash had a decisive look on his face. He placed his hands on her shoulders.
"May, I chose you because I feel that you are worth my friendship entirely. Even more. If I hadn't thought so we wouldn't be this close",
She looked up.
"Even more?"
"Even more", he assured her and nodded and brought her into a hug. She melted into his embrace for a while before they separated and went into her room and sat on her bed. There he was combing her hair with a little smile on his face. After a while he yawned. He brushed her hair one more time and stopped tiredly. Feeling he did enough, May took the brush and gave her hair one last swipe and with that she was done. She turned around to face him.
"Thanks Ash… my love…" she said sweetly and wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply. It was a kiss full of affection and emotion. Like two long lost lovers finally found each other and came home. Like they were finally together and happy again. Once parted, May dozed into sleep and fell asleep on Ash's lap while he would soon join her in la, la land…
To be continued…
Well there was a long one, like some of you wanted. I think I outdid myself with how I described the whole love and emotion thing. Anyway I hope you guys liked it. Looks like the love triangle is starting to get resolved. But what will happen with Misty? Only time will tell…
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