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Memories

"Ash, we're low on essentials, can you and Lillie head to the store and pick up some milk and bread?" Delia asked.
"Uh, sure thing mom," Ash grabbed his coat from the rack while Lillie picked up some spare change off of the kitchen table. "Is there enough money there Lillie?" Ash asked, while she counted it, then nodded. The duo headed out to the shop, on the way Lillie noticed that Ash was looking down, "I know this is a sad time for you right now but I'm always here for you, Ash," Lillie comforted.
"I'll be fine, probably not for a while, but sometime... in the future, I'll be okay," Ash sighed. They arrived at the supermarket and picked up a basket, to put in Delia's requests and some personal favourite snacks. Walking down an aisle, Ash saw a glance of purple turn around the corner, "Oh.. no.." he worried, could it be Gary's signature shirt? At self-checkout, Ash and Lillie unloaded the basket and payed for their goods, they began to put their items in bags when suddenly, Ash froze.
"Ash..?!" Lillie worried, then she noticed Gary walking towards checkout. Ash quickly focused again trying not to look at the chestnut-haired boy. He waited until Gary finished bagging his groceries and left before Ash left the store, upon exit he came across a wallet on the ground and he knew exactly who it belonged to. Ash began to panic, does he do the right thing and catch up to Gary to return it, or does he just leave it in favour of his own mental health. Though he was in no state to see Gary again, deep down he really wanted to gaze into his mesmerising eyes once more.
"Gary!" Ash shouted, though Gary just continued to walk in the distance, "Gary!" He alerted once more. Ash wasn't prepared to face him, he was proud of himself just for being able to say his name twice without crying for once. Gary peered around and suddenly an overwhelming feeling of dread shocked him, he saw Ash shaking, holding out his wallet. They creeped closer to each other, "Uh, you dropped this..." Ash croaked, putting his hand forward. Gary stood silent and grasped his wallet, He turned around and took four steps away before he turned back around,
"Ash..." Gary sniffed "I'm sorry if I upset you last week, I don't want there to be any tension between us, do you maybe wanna come over tomorrow to play video games or something...?" he gulped. Ash didn't even think about it, "Sure... that sounds cool," Ash chuffed. Gary smiled softly and headed home.
"Did he just ask you on a date?" Lillie asked as they continued to walk back to the Ketchum house.
"No?! Uh, I mean, surely not? We're only going to play video games, there's nothing romantic about that. Anyway, I'm sure it's just to clear things up," Ash guessed.
"Are you sure you're mentally stable to spend a day with him?" Lillie consoled.
"Not at all, maybe this will help me though," Ash could only hope.
Gary trekked home as he worried for tomorrow, "I hope Ash doesn't think I'm trying to make a move on him or anything, this is just gonna be a fun, cool guys day. I'll order pizza and we can have a good time, since every moment we've spent together since he came back hasn't been so great... apart from the kiss... Gah! Gary get a hold of yourself!" He whispered to himself into the summer air. "Nothing can happen between us, my family will disown me..." Once Gary got back to the lab, he placed the groceries on the kitchen table and then made his way into his bedroom. He set up the gaming console in preparation for the next day. Looking through his old video games he began to reminisce all of the great memories he and Ash had shared playing the games together. He picked up on of their favourites, Pokémon Crossing, smiled and recalled all of the fun times. He picked up Super Catch Bros. and remembered all the times he would tease Ash for not being able to beat him, Gary chuffed and put the disc in the GameCube, ready for the morning.