Don't Forget, But You Did

By Amaimon25

Comashipping

Rated M for later chapters

'thoughts'

Chapter 2: You Forgot Me...

PREVIOUSLY...

A spoon fell to the floor. Paul looked like he was staring into space, and sweating bullets. Delia looked at him with concern. "Hey, Paul. Are you okay? Paul? Paul!" she screamed at him. Paul looked at Delia horrified, and quietly said, "Ash…Ash…something is wrong…I..I can feel it." Delia looked even more worried and for Ash too. "Wh-What do you mean something's wrong with Ash?" she questioned. Paul started shaking and nodded his head no, "No…I don't know. It's like I felt his pain…something is wrong…" Paul held his head where it seemed to hurt. A couple of seconds later, Paul fainted from pain...

Paul woke up, and he found out he that was in the living room couch. He was struggling to see what was happening. Paul saw a blurry vision of someone looking at him from above and it was Ash's, worried mother. He groaned as he sat up on the couch, grabbing his head as he felt some pain. "What happened?" he asked.

"You passed out from I don't know what. You kept saying something about Ash being in trouble." Delia said. The mauve-haired boy looked confused, but then his memories of what happened came back. "Ash!" he shouted as he stood up and ran toward the door. He opened the door and just sat on the steps. Delia popped her head out and looked at Paul, "Paul. I'm sure Ash is perfectly fine. Now come on in, before you catch a cold." Paul turned to her and gave a worried look. "I can't. I know something is wrong. I'll stay out here until Ash comes back." Delia just sighed and went back inside.

Charizard's slowly and painfully regained consciousness again. He slowly opened his eyes and picked his head up. Charizard looked around and saw his trainer on the ground. His eyes widened when he saw the state that he was in. Ash was slumped on a tree and his pants were down and his entrance was dripping with blood. But the thing that caught his attention the most, was the two bullet holes to his head. One of the bullets was shot right above his left temple and the other was in the back of his head. The fire-type guessed that he was trying to dodge the bullets which made it hit the back of Ash's head.

Charizard dragged himself to Ash and nudged him to see if he was okay. Fortunately, he responded with a groan. He coughed up some blood. Ash tried to get up but couldn't even move a finger. Charizard got up to his feet and helped out his master. The fire-type picked him up and gently threw him on his back. He slowly moved his wings and flew up into the sky, the first thing that came into his mind was to head for Pallet Town. He flew as fast as he could which wasn't very fast because of his injuries and tried not to hurt Ash even more than he already was. But, thought they could make it since his house wasn't very far away from the woods.

With Paul, it was almost midnight and he was even more worried than before. Delia came outside to check up on him. "Paul, maybe Ash decided to stay at Professor Oak's tonight." Paul looked up at her once again, "Ma'am, I'm pretty sure that Ash would've called us or something if he was going to spend the night over there. Plus, it's less than an hour away if he's flying on his Charizard. He should've been here over an hour ago, and-" He was interrupted from his frantic, fast spoken, panicking by a weak roar. They both looked up at the starry sky and looked at Ash's Charizard flying towards them. Paul's face lit up a little but then went to a look of horror when he saw Ash on his back. Paul didn't seem to notice the bullets on his head since he was concentrated of thinking that his boyfriend was just raped.

Delia moved closer to see what was going on and she screamed in horror. Paul quickly but gently took him off of Charizard's back. He put Ash sitting on his lap and tried to wake him with gentle touches to the face. "Ash…Ash! Wake up!" Paul paused for a while, and noticed the bullets in his head. By then Delia has already called the ambulance. Paul didn't know what to do but to just put pressure on his head so no more blood wouldn't come out, though he didn't even know if he had any blood left in his body. He heard the ambulance coming to Ash's house. He heard a groan coming from the boy which made Paul have hope that he will live. Ash opened his eyes and looked up at the mauve-haired boy. Ash showed no emotions on his face. Paul didn't really notice, he just noticed that he was conscious. The mauve-haired boy spoke, "Ash…I'm so glad that you are okay. I thought that you were going to die on me. Please don't leave me…" His eyes were filling up with tears and they started to flow out.

Ash looked at him and smiled. He took his right hand to wipe the tears from his cheeks. Paul looked surprised at the action. Ash then spoke, "It's gonna be okay, Paul. I'll never leave you…I love you..." Ash brought his hand down and his eyes closed. Paul froze for a while, but then noticed that he was breathing and gave out a sigh of relief. The ambulance came in front of the house and saw the bad condition the raven-haired boy was in. Paramedic 1 said, "This boy is in a serious condition. I don't even know if he is still alive." The lady paramedic bringing the stretcher said, "Wait, look. He's breathing, we better get him in the ambulance before he loses it." Paramedic 1 grabs Ash from the arms of Paul. Paul quickly stood up and followed them to the back of the ambulance. Both paramedics looked at Paul, one of them said, "Hold it. Only family can come in the ambulance. Who are you?" Paul looked at Paramedic 1 who asked the question and said, "I am his boyfriend. So, please let me go with him." This surprised the paramedics but let him enter anyway, then after Paul came in Delia who didn't speak at all because of the shock did so too.

Paul turned to Delia trying to comfort her by rubbing her back. "It's going to be okay, Delia. Ash is way too strong to let himself die." The paramedics looked at one another and back at Paul, "Ash? As in, Ash Ketchum?" Paul nodded and the paramedics turned to each other. "I see…didn't he just finish winning another challenge?" Paul nodded a yes once again. "So, while he was coming back home he was attacked and really savagely raped. He was also shot twice. One above his left temple, and another on the back of head. It's a miracle that he was able to survive this long. He is a strong young man." The paramedics said to each other while looking for anymore injuries on the raven-haired boys body.

They finally arrived at the hospital, they, mostly Paul, was glad that Ash was still alive after so long. Once they got through the door, everything became frantic. Paul just heard the necessary things, the important. He heard about some surgery, they were going to try to take the bullets from his head. He also heard that it was very risky. He didn't want anything bad to happen to Ash during the surgery. The doctor that was attending Ash turned to Paul and Delia and said, "This surgery might take over 7 hours to complete. Even if we finish the surgery there might be a slim chance that he won't make it. He made it this long, I think he could take it for just a while longer." Paul nodded again and turned to take a seat with Ash's mother.

During all this time Delia said nothing which sort of worried the mauve-haired boy. "Delia, if you would like you could go home you can go. I'll stay here with Ash while they finish with him." Delia finally turned to look at Paul with her red, puffy eyes. "No…I want to stay with you. I'll get some rest when I know Ash is okay." Paul gently smiled at her, she was fine, she was just a little shocked with what was going on.

It's been over 5 five hours since Ash entered the emergency room. Delia told Paul that she was going to call some of Ash's friends for support. Paul nodded and let her leave. By the hour, most of his boyfriend's friends were there. Misty came with her boyfriend, Tracy. Paul was happy when Tracy confessed to Misty, she was always on Ash since Paul met her. Brock came in from Pewter City a little over 30 minutes ago, the hospital wasn't very far from Pewter and Viridian. Dawn, May, Drew, and Max were in the Kanto region for the Pokémon contests this year. Ritchie came in ten minutes after Brock. Paul didn't like many of Ash's friends because most of them fell in love with the cute raven-haired boy, and Ritchie was one of them. He usually ignored all of Ash's friends though, since Ash was already his. Paul had a small smirk on his face thinking about what he said. But, it quickly fell when Gary Oak came in.

Paul didn't like Gary at all, he hated him more than Ritchie. One time he heard Ash's mom say that he preferred Gary more than Paul. That made him feel really uncomfortable for a while but then got Delia's trust. In the past, while Paul was getting Ash to like him, Gary always kept getting in the way. Gary confessed his feelings for Ash while Ash and himself were on a date. Ash became flustered and left from the date. Paul became extremely angry and punched Gary in the face in front of a giant crowd. Ash took forever to make his decision, but Paul was extremely happy that he chose him. Paul always had a bad feeling about Gary since that day.

Brock and Misty walked up to Paul. Brock spoke, "What happened to Ash?" When he asked that everyone came in closer to hear what had happened. Paul spoke with a stern look, "When Ash was coming back home, he was raped." Everyone gasped at that. Paul continued, "But, there's more…he was shot twice after he was raped. He's been in surgery for over 5 hours now." After what Paul said, he felt tears falling down to his cheeks, he was crying. Paul started to wipe the tears away when he felt someone's arms around him. It was Brock trying to comfort him. Paul was tense, but didn't push him away, he needed to be comforted. He stayed for a while. He opened his eyes and saw the doctor who was attending Ash coming towards them.

"Doctor, how is Ash?" Brock said immediately when he noticed him. The doctor came to a stop and let out a sigh of relief. "The surgery was successful. He seemed to have woken up already, which is quite rare. It looks like he really wants to see you guys." He said with a smile. Every one gave a sigh of relief and started to cheer, even Paul who didn't notice he was holding one in let it out. Paul turned to Delia who fell asleep just a couple hours ago. The mauve-haired boy gently shook her awake. "Hey, Delia. Ash is okay, and you can go see him now if you want." Delia brightly smiled, and quickly stood up and followed the doctor to Ash's room.

Paul turned to the others and said, "Well, who wants to go after her?" They looked at each other in confusion which made Paul get confused too. "What's wrong? No one wants to go see Ash?"

It was Misty's turn to speak, "Paul, why don't you go in after Ash's mom? I mean, you are his boyfriend right? No, need to be nice." She said and smiled. Paul looked at her in surprise and nodded with a smile. "Thanks, Misty." Paul asked at the registration desk where Ash's room was and she said 929. It was the room number of Ash and that it was on the 4th floor.

After around half an hour, Delia finally came out from Ash's room. 'It took her long enough,' he thought to himself. Then she saw that Delia had tears in her eyes, Paul suspected that it was of joy. Delia looked up at Paul while he started to walk in her son's room, "Wait, Paul…" He couldn't wait any longer, he needed to see Ash. He came into the room and saw his wonderful, amazing boyfriend on the hospital bed. It was a simple room. A window at the back of the room, a door on the right that lead to a bathroom, a television to the left side of the window and facing the TV, was the hospital bed.

Ash turned to look at Paul and he smiled at him, "Hello." Paul thought of it as an invitation and came in. He sat in the chair on the right side of Ash. Paul smiled at Ash and held his hand. "I'm so glad you're okay, Ash. I thought you were going to die and leave me all alone. I'd probably would've committed suicide if you did, that way we could be together." Paul chuckled to himself and looked at Ash, it looked like he didn't know what Paul was talking about. "Ash, are you okay? Come on say something…" There was a silence between them, Paul noticed that Ash had a crease between his eyebrows like he was thinking about something. Ash finally spoke, "Who are you?"

With that Paul's whole world came crashing down around him….

So, please review! I'm sorry that Paul was so OOC in this chapter, promise he'd become more manlier in later chapters. You guys should give me ideas of what to write about next. Kay, I know that Gary and Ritchie will be Pau's rival in love, but help me think of other Pokémon characters to compete against.

Paul: Come on, no more! I already hate Gary enough for the whole world.

Gary: Hey, watch your mouth kid!

Ash: Oh, come on guys...quit fighting over me! I know I'm awesome but no need to fight!

Me: Oh, hush up Ash. your so full of yourself.

Ash: You made me like this, no need to complain.

Paul: So, moving on...Weren't you going to thank the people who reviewd?

Me: Oh yeah, I almost forgot! Thank you to Won-Chan108 for your review. Hey, I'm still young and in High School, I can't think of something so graphic!

And thank you to Blue Sysin also for your review. I know you know who it is, but just keep it to yourself, thought I think that everyone else knows too. ;)

Kay ya'll, see you guys next time. Say bye everyone!

Ash: Goodbye, everyone!

Paul: Later...

Gary: Hey, what about me?!

Paul: No one wants to hear or read your annoying voice!