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Love In Unova	By : CaptainParisStarr Category: Pokemon > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 7976 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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“Ash! What happened?” Iris ran over to him as he trudged back into the Pokemon Center, not looking up even as Pikachu climbed onto his shoulder.
“I might have lost Gary...” He finally lifted his head as fresh tears coursed down his cheeks.
“What do you mean? Did you have a big fight with him or something?” Cilan placed a hand on Ash's shoulder.
Ash felt something snap within him at the contact, and suddenly threw himself into Cilan's arms, sobbing hard. Surprised, Cilan froze for a long moment before tentatively hugging Ash back.
When he felt Iris hug him from behind, he finally began to calm down. “I fucked up badly. The night before last I...” Ash shook his head, unable to continue.
“Where is Gary right now? Can't you just go talk to him about whatever it is that you think you've done?” Cilan asked, reasonably.
“No I can't, because I don't know where he is. He could be anywhere and...” Ash took a shuddering breath and pulled himself out of Cilan's arms. Though his cheeks were still damp he had stopped crying. “Can we go somewhere else? This isn't something I wish to talk about in public.”
“Okay, then lets go upstairs.” Iris grabbed Ash's hand and he gratefully squeezed hers back as they headed up the stairs towards the room Iris and Cilan were sharing.
Once they were inside though, Ash collapsed onto the floor, his back to the door as a fresh wave of tears hit him. Even thinking about telling his friends made what had happened, what he had done, all too real to him.
“Ash?” Then his friends were there, sitting on either side of him, and he felt hands gently touch his back, his shoulders, and even tangle in his hair. He didn't know whose hand was whose, and he didn't care. All he knew was that at that moment he felt both safe and loved.
“I cheated on Gary, and he found out...” The words escaped Ash before he was fully conscious of what he had just confessed to.
“What? You did what?” Cilan's voice contained so much disbelief that at any other time Ash would have laughed. But not this time, not with the weight of his guilt still weighing down his heart.
“You heard me right; I cheated on Gary. Not by... I'd never do that.” Ash took a deep breath, calming himself.
“It was the night before last, after we had spent all day cleaning up after Team Rocket.” Ash continued a moment later, not giving himself a chance to chicken out. “During the attack, James had caught sight of the fact that I was holding Gary's hand, and the way he had reacted to that... Arceus I'd thought that he hated me for it. Hated me for being gay, and having a boyfriend. So that night when I couldn't sleep because I kept replaying that scene inside my head, I'd gone out to confront James about it.
“Turns out I couldn't have been more wrong. James didn't hate me, no the emotion I'd seen in his eyes had not been hate, or disgust, but rather...” Ash broke off.
“Rather what?” Iris piped up from Ash's other side, where she was now resting her cheek on his shoulder.
“Jealousy, or maybe it was envy? I can't recall what the difference is right now. But anyway, it was one of the two. He wants me all for himself, James I mean, and... and we'd ended up kissing. I never told anyone this, but James is my first crush, the man who made me realize that I am gay, and when he kissed me to get me to shut up so he could explain himself... It felt so good I forgot all about Gary for a few minutes.
“Though he obviously wanted to do more than just share a few kisses with me, I said no. And he did respect that, or at least I thought he had. And that is it, I cheated on Gary by kissing someone else. End of story. But Gary doesn't know that, not yet, and...” Ash trailed off as a fresh wave of sobs shook his small frame.
“How did he find out?” Cilan asked, brushing Ash's hair out of his eyes.
“James followed us up to the spring yesterday when we went camping. Gary had said several times last night that he felt like someone was watching us, a human I mean, not the local Pokemon. But I didn't feel anything, so at the time I'd thought that it was only Gary's imagination. But now I know better, now I know that James had been watching us... and everything we did, thinking that we were alone.” Ash's tear-paled cheeks turned bright red for a few seconds saying more about what he'd done with Gary than words would have.
“And then...?” Cilan shifted uncomfortably, not wanting Ash to go into detail about what two guys do together in bed.
“And then nothing, until we were ready to leave camp and head back. That's when we saw it; a shiny Braviary flying by overhead. Gary raced off to try and capture the Braviary; while I had left all my Pokemon here for the night, Gary had kept his Blastoise with him in case of emergencies so he was able to fight and capture the Braviary.
“That was when James made his move. He came into the camp disguised as Gary, but he didn't quite fool me. I mean, I couldn't tell who he was at first, only that he was not Gary. But it wasn't until I asked him something that Gary would know, but isn't common knowledge that I knew for sure that he wasn't Gary Oak. And James could not answer, but Gary did, reentering the clearing unseen by James or myself until he had spoken.
“So I tackled James, exposing his true identity. And he told Gary that I had gone all the way with him that night. That I had not entered Gary's bed as the virgin Gary thought I was.”
“And Gary believed him?” Cilan asked, incredulously.
Ash slowly shook his head. “About me putting out for James? No... but he knew that there was more to the story than he knew. When I asked Gary to hear me out he said 'yes, but not yet.' Then he took off on the back of the Braviary, and I haven't seen him since...”
The silence that fell was heavy as neither Cilan nor Iris knew what to say as they both slid closer to Ash, wanting to comfort him but uncertain as to how.

High above the air, Gary circled around on his Braviary, frantically searching the ground below.
Though it had been less than half an hour since he had taken off, leaving Ash behind, he was feeling regretful of what he had said and done.
Then he had remembered; he had his Braviary with him (Blastoise had been sent back to the lab as his newest capture had counted as his seventh Pokemon), but Ash had none of his with him at all. So now he was searching for Ash, praying that his friend was safe, that nothing bad had happened to him...
His heart tightened painfully as the seconds ticked by with still no sight of the boy and then.... there!
“Braviary! Fly lower and to the left.” Yes, he was right, that was Ash! The boy was trudging dejectedly back to where his friends were waiting for him.
Part of Gary wanted to go to Ash then and there. But the bigger part of him was still too lost and hurt to contemplate such action for long. Torn, he found himself following Ash from the air; had Ash looked up he would have seen the rare blue bird Pokemon and have known that Gary was still watching over him.
Only he never did; not once during the long trek back did Ash lift his eyes from the ground ahead of him, and Gary had the terrible feeling that Ash was crying the entire time.
What had happened between Ash and James? Had anything even happened at all? Gary didn't know and he knew that not knowing was going to tear him apart.
Ash was right though; he was still scared of opening up, of being hurt again. Though, in many ways, this was worse than what had happened with Maya.
Because he had never loved her. Because he did love Ash.
Only when Ash was finally within sprinting distance of the main entrance of the Pokemon Center did Gary veer off, letting his Braviary circle higher and higher into the sky, reaching for the sun.
They did not land again until hunger forced them too.

Finally Ash calmed down enough to be somewhat himself again. “Iris, Cilan, thank you. I don't know what I would have done if I didn't have you. And you too Pikachu, and you Axew. All of you, I love you all so much I...”
“Oh Ash no need to thank us!” Cilan quickly exclaimed, blushing though he was flattered by Ash's words.
“I- Wait, why is only one bed messed up?” Ash asked, glancing around the room. Both of his friends bags were together on one of the beds, and that bed was still made as though it had never been slept in.
“Ash!” Iris yelled the name as her cheeks flared red.
That was all the answer Ash needed as his mind jumped to the correct conclusion. “You two make a cute couple.” Laughing, he stood up. “Now lets go get something to eat, I'm starving.”
Relieved that Ash wasn't going to ask anything else, Iris and Cilan followed him down to the cafeteria. “So how long have you two been together like that?”
“Um... about a month now?” Iris replied thoughtfully. “But we never... I mean not until last night. We'd kissed and stuff before then but we were too scared that you'd walk in on us to do more than that.”
“Yeah, I guess I can really kill the mood sometimes, can't I?” Ash laughed softly, embarrassed. “Just say you want to be alone with Cilan and I'll get the message.”
“Thank you Ash, for being so understanding.”
“I knew that something was happening between you two, just not exactly what, so this doesn't surprise me. And I'm happy for you.” Ash smiled gently, but Iris noticed that the smile wasn't as bright as it usually was.
“Ash I'm sure...”
“I'm sorry.” All three of them turned as Iris stopped talking to see who had interrupted her.
“Ash, I'm sorry I took off like that. If you still want to talk, we can.” Gary repeated, though he made no move to close the gap between them.
“Of course I still want to talk.” Ash paid for his food, putting it all in a carryout bag. “Lets go upstairs, I can eat while we talk.”
“Hang on.” Ash frowned until he realized that Gary just wanted to buy something for himself. “Okay, lets go.”
“So... Ash what exactly is it that you did with James that night?”
Sighing, Ash took a bite of his sandwich as he thought about where to start. “First off, I didn't go out intending to cheat or anything. I'm not that type of person. No, I'd gone out because I'd thought that James had had a problem with us holding hands, that he was homophobic or something.
“So when I ran into him, I just started ranting at him and... and I didn't let him get a word in edgewise. He had to kiss me just to prove that I was wrong, and so that he could say his bit.”
“You kissed him?” Gary sounded hurt, but not mad, and Ash took that as a good sign.
“Yes, I kissed him. That's all we did... we'll not quite as I'd also let him hug me. We talked about having sex after the conference, but only because I'd told him that I was going to say no to being your boyfriend. At that time I was underestimating our feelings for one another. I've changed my mind about doing anything like that with him! I only want to be with you. I love you, Gary Oak and... and I'll do anything to make up for this! I'll wait forever for another chance with you if that's what it take-” For the second time in less than a week, Ash's tirade was cut off by a warm pair of lips claiming his own.
“Ash... Oh Arceus when you said that you'd explain everything I thought that you'd done something really bad. But I should have known that you were making a big deal out of nothing like usual.” Gary couldn't help but sigh in relief as he hugged Ash tightly to him. “Am I pissed that you kissed him? Yes I am. But my fear of losing you forever is greater. Ash, you did nothing that we can't work past, that cannot be forgiven. I love you too, Ash Ketchum, and you've already done more than enough to make this up to me.”
“Gary...” Their lips met though the kiss tastes salty from their mingling tears.
“I followed you, Ash. From the air, I followed you all the way back here and... you were crying weren't you?”
“You... Yes I was. I was so scared that that was going to be the end of us as lovers... as friends even, that I'd fucked up and ruined everything.”
“I thought so. The thought that you were crying, heartbroken... That's what brought me here to you. I knew that not knowing the truth would be worse than whatever you could have told me.” Leaning back against the side of the bed, Gary pulled Ash into his lap. They stayed like that, sitting together on the floor just holding one another, until Ash's stomach reminded him that he had never finished eating lunch and they broke apart to eat.
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