May had woken up with a start. She had been dreaming about a thunderous storm when she had woken up with a thunderous roar of the clouds her mind had conjured up.
She looked around and her gaze landed on Drew.
His mouth was slightly open and his hair was ruffled as he slept on his back. May smiled when she saw Ditto curled up next to him. She again looked at his face.
He looked peaceful, May noted, but whatever state he may be in, he really do look like some kind of devil.
Heh, May mused, he was supposed to look like an angel while sleeping.
Letting her eyes trail farther down, she blushed when she saw his shirt off to his side.
She looked down at herself. She was sweaty and her shirt was clinging onto her. It was too hot last night; she can't blame him (Not like it would do anything even if she did). She would have taken off her own shirt if she could have.
May had surprisingly noted something.
Something was wrong. Utterly wrong. It was quite, too quite.
Shifting her gaze to the entrance of the cave, her eyes widened. She blindly let her hand move to where she thought Drew was as she shrieked.
"D-drew! Drew!"
o.o
Drew had been dreaming –er, creative visualizing- pleasantly. About what?
What else, the usual! May Maple!
But the dream went slightly off track when her hand began to hurt when it touched him.
With a soft groan, he opened his eyes to her voice. Looking down, he saw her hand fumbling blindly around his waist.
"Watch where you are touching, Maple!" He snapped, pushing a sleeping Ditto away from him and sitting up.
May whirled around to face him, her hand pulled back as if it burned.
"Drew!" She exclaimed.
"May!" He mocked. "What do I owe the pleasure for this pleasurable wake-up call?"
May blushed, "Sorry."
"What do you want?" He asked, irritated.
"Look!" May exclaimed, still staring at his face.
"Show!" He mocked her again.
"Oh!" May pointed to the cave entrance.
Drew turned his head with her and he was more than delighted to see the view.
The sun was finally shining brightly over the 'small' forest. The bird Pokémons happily glided over the wild growth, basking in the long awaited sunshine.
The water was clinging to the tree leaves as the grass Pokémons danced in the sun happily.
Drew wasted no time to reach for his bag and first released his Roselia.
"Rose!" The poison/grass Pokémon cried in delight as it ran outside. Followed by his starter Pokémon, his released his other Pokémons.
"Butterfree!" The Pokémon cried as it soared into air, followed by his Masquerain.
May also quickly released her Pokémons as well, following his lead.
She smiled as she watched all her Pokémons cry in glee, especially her Bulbasaur.
"Anyone up for a run?" Drew asked, eyeing the digits on his poketech. 5:28 am.
Drew's Pokémons immediately ran to his side, asking him to hurry up.
May's Pokémons hesitated a little, until they saw Drew smile at them and all jumped on him in return. That is, except Wartortle.
But, he also agreed.
Drew picked up his shirt, whipping Ditto as well to wake it up and quickly wore it.
"May, you wanna come?" He asked her. She shook her head no.
"Good, you can pack up. Yesterday you didn't do it, I see." Drew observed, staring at the things which belonged to his bag.
May muttered under her breath as she sat down to pack his bag back.
Last night, after they had finished, Drew had asked her to pack his bag back up. For two reasons.
Firstly, it was because of her it had to be opened up. Second, she was curious as to how it all fitted.
She began to pack all the things inside while all the Pokémons began to get ready for running.
"Move!" Drew shouted.
o.o
It was no different from what had happened yesterday. But today, all the Pokémon were exhausted and none of them were able to stand.
"What did you do to them?" May cried as even her skitty and Drew's Pokémon fell down before her. Her Pokémon were long ago unconscious.
"Just...ran a little more?" Drew offered as he began to wear his jacket and pulled out a comb from his bag.
"Drew!" May shouted as she returned all the Pokémon back in her bag.
Drew rolled his eyes as he tossed 6 pokeballs in the air, returning each of his Pokémons.
"Dit." Ditto panted heavily and May picked it up.
"Aw, poor thing." May cooed as she cuddled it closer.
"Poor thing." Drew mocked and May threw him a glare.
"Why don't you treat him nicely when it is so devoted to be yours?" May mumbled under her breath, looking at the purple Pokémon in awe.
o.o
"The weather is pleasant!" Drew said as he stretched above his head as they walked through the forest.
May nodded in agreement. She was quite surprised actually; this was the first time she had seen him so happy and pleasant.
"You look happy." She remarked.
Drew turned his head to her and gave her a dazzling 500-kilowatts smile, "Yeah."
Unknown to both the trainers, Ditto smiled to itself as it watched the green haired boy smile.
"Say, Drew, I have a question." May said after 5 minutes of walking in silence.
"When do you not have a question, Maple?" Drew rolled his eyes.
"Will you answer or not?" May glared at him.
"No." Drew replied with a smirk.
"Yes you will!" May smacked his shoulder.
"Didn't give a choice, did ya sunshine?" Drew remarked sarcastically.
"Anyway, why do you carry all that vegetables in your backpack if you can't cook?" May asked.
"I can't see how that is any of your business." Drew looked at her with that irritating look.
"Please, I am curious. I mean they will just rot since you said you can't cook! And then you will buy some more and again not use them and that way, you will be wasting money as well as some perfectly fine veggies which could have been used to feed starving children" May ranted, "Unless you carry a mini refrigerator around with you!"
"And how am I supposed to carry a mini refrigerator around with me? Where do you think I will keep it?" Drew asked with an amused expression.
"I dunno. I guess the same place you keep your roses in! You really do produce them outta nowhere! I mean, you always have a fresh rose whenever you meet me and-"
Her rants were cut short as a red rose was pushed in her face. Drew smirked as she saw the rose.
"See!" She pointed at him with the rose, "Tell me where you bring them from!"
Drew smirked and leaned closer to her face. When their face was a centimeter apart, he whispered, "Magic!"
May stood there, dumbstruck for a moment before she saw that now there was a good distance between her and her rival.
"Drew!"
o.o
To say the least, Drew was irritated. May was ranting for the last half an hour, all about the roses and the refrigerator and the vegetables and hair products.
"You know, I finally understand why you keep all those hair products! I mean, since you carry all those vegetables and don't use them, they ought to rot and stink. And since they stink, so will your bag and since you keep the bag near your body, you will also stink so you will need all those products to keep yourself from stinking!"
God, how much more senseless talk is this women capable of doing? And what connection do stinking rotting vegetables have with his hair?
"I know what you must be thinking, where is the connection? But worry not when I am here to explain. Listen closely, well, since those vegetables stink, you will also stink and you must be throwing them so your hands will also get dirty and since you do your trademark hair flip,"
At this, Drew was almost ready to blow his top when May flicked his hair, "Your hair will also get dirty and stink and then you will need all those hair products to keep your cabbage garden from stinking!"
"May!" He finally said loudly, causing May to come to an abrupt halt and look at him. "Will you shut up?"
"Answer me! Why did you have all those vegetables?" May asked him.
"May, you know I just left LaRousse?" Drew finally asked May, whom in return nodded, "And I have a family there? With a typical over-caring mother?"
"Duh, Drew!" May rolled her eyes.
"There, you have your answer!" Drew exclaimed and then fastened his pace.
"Huh?" May muttered and Ditto sighed.
"Wait, Drew, you have a mother?" May asked him suddenly.
Drew looked at her incredulously, "No May, I popped out of a cabbage garden."
"That will explain your hair, but really Drew? I never knew you had a mother."
Sparing one final glance at the girl, Drew took off running.
o.o
"Now for the end, petal dance!" May watched in amazement as the red rose petals enveloped the Pokémon and his trainer, ending their performance elegantly.
"That was just…" May tried to come up with words to describe it but found none.
"Better than yours." Drew finished with a flick of his hair as Roselia sat down on the grass.
"Shut up." May said, shooting a small pebble near her at him.
"Tch, you need to learn to aim." He said, watching the pebble land 5 feet away from him. "And learn to train your Pokémon better."
"My Pokémons are very well trained, thank you very much!" May said snippily.
"I can see that." Drew replied, walking over to where his Roselia and Ditto sat.
Currently, the duo along with their Pokémon found a place near a lake to train. After May had shown her performance for the contest to Drew, she had insisted that he do the same. To say the least, she was trying to come up with a better combination for her performance after watching his.
"Where is the next contest anyways?" May mused out aloud.
Drew glanced at the girl to see if she was joking. He along with the two Pokémon sweat dropped when they saw the brunette was 100% serious.
"May, where were you going?" Drew asked.
"To the next city." May replied innocently.
"May, the next contest is in Rubello Town." Drew replied.
"Ooh! Rubello town! You remember the last time we had the R1 contest there?" May grinned at him excitedly.
"Yeah, I won." Drew laughed at May's annoyed expression.
"I wonder if it's again the R1 contest." May told him.
"Yep, it is." Drew confirmed.
May closed her eyes, flopping back on the soft grass and closed her eyes. Drew watched her and leaned back against the tree.
"Remind me again why are we resting here, again?" Drew muttered.
"Because we had been walking for 3 hours straight." Drew jumped when he heard her respond but after brushing it away, settled back against the tree.
"It's no reason to rest again. At this rate, you can count on reaching Rubello Town in 2-3 years." Drew said, scratching Roselia's head who had settled against his leg.
"Don't you think you are exaggerating it a little?" May asked him, eyes still closed.
"No, I don't."
"I think you are. Anyway, I am hungry." May moaned.
Drew yawned as he slid down to a lying position on the grass and turned his back on her.
"I don't have anything other than noodles now. Open the bag, and see if you can find some." Drew replied, closing his eyes, preparing to sleep. He knew full well that once May was put; there was no moving her for a few hours at least. And, to be true, for some strange reason, he was feeling quite sleepy.
He heard some shuffling and May finally spoke, "Wow…you have more noodles than a shop!"
"Help yourself."
Apologies for the lame chapter and this chapter was for DawnMay. Hope you liked it, T.
Thank you for the reviews. I actually toned down this chapter. Sorry if any of you were rooting for the dirty Drew.
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