Chapter 2 fear and comfort
Ash hadn't slept long before he was woken up by the soft sound of weeping. He opened his eyes to find May crying softly. With some effort he sat up and looked at her compassionately.
"May?" he asked and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"We're gonna die here", she said simply.
"What?"
"We're gonna die out here. We're never gonna be rescued, we're gonna die out here, alone, afraid, away from our family and friends, without fulfilling our dreams or our lives…" she sobbed into her hands.
Ash sat more closely to her.
"No, no, no May. We're not gonna die. We're gonna be fine. I promise you we'll get out of here. Then we can travel throughout Kanto, and you can win some more ribbons…" he said trying to cheer her up. She chuckled slightly and placed her head on his shoulder which made him blush but he tried not to show it. She sighed.
"Thanks", she said warmly.
"For what?"
"For cheering me up… for saving my life… for taking that injury for me even if it was by accident…" she trailed off. He smiled and wrapped his arm around her and brought her into a hug.
"You're welcome", he said softly.
They sat there in silence enjoying the peacefulness of the situation. It was then that both their stomachs rumbled. They looked at each other and blushed. Then they both laughed.
"Guess we better find some food", said Ash and tried to get up but fell to the ground with a grunt.
"Rest, Ash, you're still hurt. I'll go find us some food",
"Yeah but I want to help",
She smiled and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry about it. You've done more than enough. I'll be back soon kay?" she said and took off. Ash sighed deeply and rested his back against the tree they rested under. He turned to his small friend.
"Girls are strange you know that Pikachu?"
"Pi?" inquired the little mouse as question marks appeared around his head.
Ash chuckled.
"Yeah exactly" he said and then got an idea. He grabbed one of the question marks around Pikachu's head and started munching on them.
"Mmm… it's pretty good. Tastes like chicken" Pikachu sweatdropped at his trainer's weird behavior. Ash continued to pick question marks out of thin air till he heard a voice which sounded hesitant.
"Ash?" he turned around.
"Hey May what's up?" she seemed a little worried.
"Are you okay? You seemed to be picking pieces of thin air from around Pikachu's head and started munching on them", Ash turned to look at the Pikachu again. The marks were gone. He sighed.
"I hallucinated didn't I?"
"Pi", Pikachu nodded.
"Great", Ash sighed and faced forward again. Then he looked at May.
"So did you find anything?"
"I did. I found a bunch of berries for us to eat", she presented them.
"Great I'm starving. Let's eat", he said and the three of them shared the batch she brought. Despite them being mere fruit they filled up for the moment. Once they were done they sighed with content
"That was good", said May.
"Yeah", said Ash and yawned.
"I think I'm gonna take a nap", he said
"You do that", she replied and he laid down on his back on the hot sand and closed his eyes. Before long he was in snooze land and May smiled at him as she slept. She sat there for a while, looking into the distance. After a while, she felt tired too and laid down to rest without realizing she made Ash's chest her pillow…
To be continued…
Well looks like things are beginning to warm up. Sorry about the long update. I've been very busy lately but I'm trying to write whenever I can. Also I hope that question mark joke wasn't out of context. It was kind of ad libbed and I don't usually add humor to my stories I thought it would be funny. (Even though I have a great sense of humor in real life). Anyway I hope you guys liked it and don't forget to review.
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