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Ash moaned, placing his soft hands onto Misty's back, unzipping the dress the rest of the way. Misty stood up, allowing the dress to fall freely to her ankles. Slowly she removed her tights and threw both items onto the floor, lowering herself back into a kneeling position on the bed in front of the 'mistified' Ash Ketchum.
"You're beautiful."
"Bout time you figured that out."
"I already told you I'm an idiot, Mist," Ash sighed as Misty captured his lips.
Softly, against his soft lips she quieted her lover, "Shh...I know, I know."
Ash smiled as he placed Misty onto her back. She looked like a goddess underneath him, her orange hair sprawled out on the pillow, cerulean eyes glistening with happiness. Misty stared at Ash above her; chocolate eyes playfully laughing, his lips set on his ever-present smirk; he looked confident, like he always had, as though what they were about to do was some sort of challenge. Misty was positive she'd be his first...after all between sex and being pokemon master, Ash would surely always choose his dream. That was why that now, and only now, he was loving her like this. A part of Misty had to swallow back regret and anger; frustration that her love had been so pure, so fiery, so passionate...to par with her own dreams; while she had always been 'second' (if that) in his life. Ash noticed the change in pace when Misty's head turned to the side as she gulped.
"Mist," whispered Ash, caressing her jawline, "what's wrong?"
"Uh, its just a dumb thought," Misty whimpered.
"You don't want to do this?" Ash inquired.
"No-I mean yes, of course I do, I just-I just, I've wanted you for so long, obsessively long, I just, I wish you would have felt the same way. Y'know?" Misty admitted, tears filling her eyes, "Sorry to ruin the moment, I told you it was dumb."
Ash sighed, "Misty, remember when we split up...I mean, after the Johoto conference? When you took over the Cerulean gym?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I remember I told you that meeting you wasn't a coincidence, and I still believe that. I always believed that. I knew that one day we'd be together."
"You knew that?"
"Yup."
Misty quirked an eyebrow, "So why didn't you say something?"
"Like you didn't know."
"I didn't know you felt that way, I always thought I was second, Ash. Plus I didn't think you had the maturity."
"You were never second, Misty. I loved having you near me as much as I loved training. You think I let Butterfree go because he was 'second' to my dream? No way Mist! I loved that little guy, but I knew he needed to go, and I knew I'd see him again. At least I had that hope. As for maturity, well I didn't think I'd ever make love with you...heck, I didn't even know sex existed back then! But I knew we'd know and care for each other forever."
Misty laughed, tears freely spilling down her cheeks, "When did you learn to sweet-talk Ketchum?"
"Meh, it comes with the Master-contract."
"Kiss me, Ash, after all those years, after everything we've been through, kiss me."
"As you wish, Mist."
~TBC~