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That Thing You Do

Why Girls Like Guys

1. The way they always know how to make you smile when you are down.

"May." Drew rested an elbow on the table and let his forehead lean against his palm. "Will you look at me?"

For the first time in half an hour, his girlfriend peeked over her arms which were on the table, with her head buried in them. "What?" she asked tiredly.

Drew rubbed on his temples. "You've been like a depressed statue for the longest time, that's what. You lost the contest. Get over it."

May blinked a couple of times. "Of course you wouldn't understand," she muttered grimly before burying her head in her arms again.

Drew sighed before taking May's head and making her look directly at him. "I actually do understand, Airhead. You lost this time, so next time, try harder. You know you're better than so many other Coordinators."

May stared at him before nodding once. "Okay," she said in a more determined tone. Drew smiled.

"That's my girl," Drew said proudly as he tucked a rose behind May's ear. She smiled brightly.

2. How they try to secretly smell your hair, but you always notice.

The two Coordinators sat next to each other on a park bench. Sighing, Drew slung an arm over the girl's shoulders. Instinctively, May cuddled closer to Drew. She laid her head at the place between Drew's chest and shoulder.

Constant deep breaths were heard from the male Coordinator. "Drew?" May asked suddenly, breaking the silence that fell on them.

"Hm?" the boy responded.

"I know you're smelling my hair. You aren't as subtle as you think."

3. How they stick up for you, but still respect our independence.

"May's so much better than you," Drew sneered as he defended the brunette who was close to tears. "You've been Coordinating longer than us and you haven't managed to get up to the quarter-finals of any Grand Festival. Who are you to belittle her?"

The blonde offender only smirked. "If she's that good, why don't you let her battle me right here, right now. I bet you're going to regret saying what you just said."

Drew returned the smirk with one of his own. He turned to May, whose face was fierce. "Go for it."

4. How they are so wrapped up in everything else, but still have time for you.

"Good job Roserade," Drew called out. It was sundown and Drew had been training since after breakfast, only stopping for lunch. He breathed in. "Let's call it a day," he told his Pokemon, who cheered.

"You're done?" May asked tiredly as the grasshead approached the bench she sat in while she watched him train. Drew nodded before sitting next to May.

"Yeah," Drew said as he slung an arm around the girl's waist. "I'm tired. Besides," he stopped then grinned. May rose an eyebrow at him. "I've got to get ready for something."

May sighed. "For what?" she asked disappointedly.

Drew chuckled. "I bought a dress," he said, ignoring May's question. It infuriated the girl. "You can wear it tonight if you want to. I've also made reservations for two in this fancy restaurant, so you can meet me there." May smiled. "Or did you want me to pick you up?"

5. The way their arms fit firmly around you.

May gasped as she felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist. She tried to turn around, but failed. Instead, she glared at the ground in front of her. "Will you stop doing that?" she said in an annoyed manner to the person whose chest was against her back.

"No," Drew said smugly. "You love it."

May rolled her eyes. "You like to think I do," she retorted. "I'm pretty sure it's you who loves it."

Drew chuckled. "I do," he said, making May blush. "You're the perfect size for my arms to wrap around." Cue the redder blush.

6. The way they hint that they want to kiss you.

"You always ask for favours from me," Drew said as he and May laid down on their backs in the rose garden nearby the PokeCenter.

"I'm sorry," May mumbled with closed eyes. Drew chuckled.

"I wasn't complaining about anything," he said in a matter-or-fact way. May had to roll her eyed behind her closed eyelids. "I just want something in return." The grasshead grinned.

May rolled over to her stomach and opened her eyes. "What do you want?"

Drew's grin widened. "I want you to let your lips meet mine."

May stared blankly at the guy. "…They've already meet before." May blushed at what she said.

"They need a re-acquaintance."

"You can just ask me to kiss you, you know."

Drew pulled her face to his. "Finally caught on, haven't you?"

7. The way their hands always find yours.

May was stuck in the middle of a horde of paparazzi. Minutes ago, she was standing next to Drew. Somehow, he managed to escape, leaving her in a state of panic.

She felt someone's hand on her and terror ran throughout her body. She was never good with the press. Half the time, they were pulling on her for her ultimate attention.

She whipped her head around and breathed a sigh of relief. "Drew," she whispered before the said boy nodded and pulled her out of the mob.

8. How cute they are when they really want something.

"Do you want to go in this store?" Drew asked May. They were shopping to pass time before their contest. May shook her head.

"I want to go in the next one," May said, pointing at the said store. Drew sighed but followed the girl's request anyway.

The grasshead kept throwing subtle glances at the previous store. "Are you sure you don't want to go to the other one?" Drew asked almost pleadingly.

May giggled at the boy. "You want to, don't you?"

9. How they never run out of new games to play.

May waltzed into her shared PokeCenter room with Drew. "Play a game with me," she said as she sat down at the foot of Drew's bed.

Surprisingly, he immediately agreed. Then again, he was, like her, very bored. "What game do you have in mind?" he asked.

"I don't know. I didn't think you'd want to," May admitted sheepishly.

Drew rolled his eyes in a way that made May want to strangle him. "Trust you to do something silly like that," he said. May glared at him. "I do, unlike you, have a game in mind."

May shrugged. Any game is better than nothing, even though it was Drew's game choice. "Which is?"

"Strip chess." May lunged and wiped that wolfish smirk off Drew's face.

10. How they never run out of good jokes.

"I'm breaking up with you," Drew said solemnly. May's usually happy face immediately turned into one of sorrow, whole Drew's smirk widened.

"Why?" May managed to choke out.

"I was kidding, May," Drew deadpanned. May suddenly turned angry.

"What?"

"I was a joke."

May closed and opened her mouth like a Magikarp. "JOKES ARE MEANT TO BE FUNNY, JERK! THAT WAS FAR FROM FUNNY."

Drew couldn't hold his laughter in anymore. "It was funny," he said. "You should have seen your face."

"JERK!"

11. How they never run out of love.

"Each rose I give you is a symbol of my love for you," Drew said as he rubbed circles on May's back. She sat on his lap and played with his hair.

"Do you realise how corny you sounded just then?"

Drew flicked his hair. "I do. You like corny things, though."

May rolled her eyes. "Are you going to stop giving me roses soon?" she questioned seriously.

It was Drew's turn to roll his eyes. "I have a never-ending supply of roses solely for you."

12. How they are funny, but know when to be serious.

"Oh, you think you're so funny," May snarled at Drew.

"I don't actually," Drew said in a stern way. "I can be funny when I want to be. I'm not now. I'm dead serious about this too."

13. How they react when they realize they are being funny when they need to be serious.

"Ugh!" May exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air. "Stop laughing, Drew. This is serious stuff I'm talking about. It's not and it never was a joke."

Immediately, the boy shut up and reached behind him. He held his hand towards the aggravated brunette. "I'm sorry," he said before the girl took the rose from his grip.

14. The way they are patient when you take time to get ready.

"I'm sorry!" May cried as she raced around the house for her shoes and earrings. "I'm nearly done. I'm so sorry!"

Drew sighed and leaned on the back of the sofa. "I've only been waiting half an hour, May. There's no rush," he said sarcastically.

Frantically, she put her black shoes on before taking off around the house again. "I know. I'm sorry."

Drew sighed again but let a small smile grace his face as he watched the girl. "Take your time," he said, this time without sarcasm. "You're worth waiting for."

15. How they react when you hit them and it actually hurts.

May's arm was already tired from the many punches she landed on Drew just to get a reaction off the boy. She punched at the same spot – his left shoulder. Yet, there was not even a bruise present, or a yelp from the boy. The shoulder was just red.

"Are you going to give up soon?" Drew asked teasingly.

"Five more punches." Drew chuckled at May.

May mustered up all the strength present in her little body for her last punch. One, two, three.

"Ouch!" Drew finally yelped. It was a cute yelp, May decided. She also decided to do more punch-training to get that yelp out of Drew more often.

16. The way they smile.

May always melted when she saw Drew smirk. That confident, taunting smirk that made her want to wipe it off his face but at the same time, keep it on him for all eternity. The 'Drew Smirk.'

But when he smiled, it was a whole different story. Whenever she saw Drew's smile, it sent pleasant tingles down her spine and a fuzzy feeling in her stomach. Not to mention the beating of her heart sped up and it felt as if it would jump out of her chest. She loved that feeling.

17. The way they kiss you.

"Good night, May," Drew said as he took hold of the brunette's hand. Slowly, he brought the held hand closer to his mouth and kissed it tenderly. He dropped the hand and walked in his room in the PokeCenter.

Even a kiss on her hand from Drew was enough to make May's heart flutter in happiness and sent chills down her spine.

18. The way they try to hide that one stuffed animal when you come over.

"Aw," May cooed as she took a seat next to Drew on his bed. In her arms was a Torchic stuffed toy. "It's so cute."

"It's my sister's," Drew said, eyeing the Torchic doll tensely.

"What's it doing in your room then?" May was now cuddling the doll as if it were a real Pokemon.

"I don't know." Drew sighed. "Claudia!" he called.

A girl that looked almost identical to Drew poked her head in the boy's room. "Take your Torchic doll back to your room."

Claudia raised an eyebrow. "That's not mine. It's yours," she said before taking her leave.

May giggled, causing Drew to look at her. "Aw, Drew owns a stuffed Torchic doll," she chuckled.

"It's not mine," Drew insisted.

"Yeah, right."

"Just hand it over."

19. The way they act like Mr. Big.

May bit her lip as she watched Drew from the waiting room of the Slateport Contest Hall. She wasn't nervous. Her lip biting wasn't a sign of nervousness or anxiety.

She was biting her lip to keep herself from getting excited at the sight of the cocky, confident Drew Hayden.

Yes, his cocky arrogance did sometimes turn her on.

20. The way they apologize for acting like Mr. Big.

"You know what, Drew?" May asked furiously. She didn't even wait for an answer to her apparent inquiry. "I hate how you're so full of yourself. You make it seem like everyone else is below you. It's annoying. It's irritating. It's frustrating." Tears were gathering in her eyes. "It's like I'm so much lower than you."

Drew sighed and pulled a flower out of nowhere. "You know that I'm naturally that way," he said gently. "I'm naturally full of myself, but I don't mean to belittle people. I'm sorry. I'll try to tone it down." He brushed some hair off May's face and gave her the flower.

May nodded absentmindedly as she fingered the rose's petals. "But," she started softly. "I don't want you to be too not-cocky. Then you wouldn't be Drew."

Drew smiled as he pulled May in a hug. "I won't," Drew promised. "But I'm still sorry for upsetting you because of that."

21. The way they ask you for a pen in class and you know they have one.

"Can I borrow a pen?" Drew asked as he lazily leaned on the back of his chair.

"Don't you have three in your pencil case?" May asked, tilting her head to the side. She knew he had a few pens. She was snooping through his stuff not too long ago.

"They ran out of ink," the boy deadpanned.

"They were brand new."

Drew looked at her with an amusedly annoyed expression on his face. "Just let me borrow a pen."

22. How they are blasting the music when they pick up the phone.

"Hey May," Drew said as he answered his phone.

"Hello?" May asked. "Are you there, Drew?" She couldn't hear him. All she could hear form the other side of the phone was Maroon 5 pumping in the background.

Drew chuckled to himself. "Yes, airhead, I'm here."

"Hello? Drew"

"Hi May. What is it?"

"Drew? Hello?"

"May, do you want to say something else other than 'hello?'"

"Hello?"

23. How they turn it off when they notice that you are on the phone.

"Hey May," Drew greeted through the phone.

"Hi Drew!" May yelled at the earpiece. Drew had to put his phone an arm's distance away from his ear to keep himself from getting deaf.

"Why are you yelling?" Drew hissed.

"Sorry," May said guiltily. "You had the music turned up loud last time, so I thought you'd be playing some again."

Drew smirked. "I do have music playing," he said in a matter-of-fact way. "But I turned it down because you were calling."

May smiled. "That's thoughtful."

24. How they look at you during class and make you get butterflies in your stomach.

A glance. A smirk. That two fingered salute.

That was enough to make Beautiflies and Butterfrees flutter in May's stomach. For some reason, Drew always seemed to have this effect on her. Not, of course, that she wanted it any other way.

25. The way they hug you on a bad day and the clouds seem to lift.

Drew wrapped his arms around the shaking girl. "Tell me what's wrong, May," he whispered before planting a tender kiss on her forehead.

May shook her head against the boy's chest and sighed. "Nothing now," she said, smiling up at Drew. 'Because when I'm in your arms, everything's alright. Because when I'm in your arms, I'm in heaven.'

A/N: Thank you to everyone who read and reviewed the first chapter. You made me all so happy.

After a review from EeveeTransformed who in said that I should make one in May's perspective, I decided to make this story a two-shot. This is dedicated to her and everyone else who reviewed and favourite-d.

How was the second chapter? I think I did an adequate job.

Review please!

- Raine