Happy first day of spring! As it says on the day I publish this, but it's actually the second day here in Australia! And it is absolutely freezing at night! I've been so bored lately that I decided to make another story. My ninth I think, and this one is based on my favourite manga and has the same summary, but I will try to make it my own :) At first I was going to make this a Contestishipping story, but decided that Leaf and Gary are more fitting.

Shippings: [Main] Oldrivalshipping, Contestshipping [Secondary] Pokéshipping, Questshipping, Ikarishipping.

Disclaimer: I don't own the manga Watashi ni XX shinasai! or Pokémon.

Chapter One: A Great Story Needs Great Characters

No One

[IlyYuki: OMG! I loved your last story! When are you going to publish another? Notify me as soon as you do!]

A girl giggled as she read the review from her smartphone. Her face graced a smile as she scrolled to the next one.

[WinterStoleMyHeart21: I can't stand it! Yuki, you have to post your next novel ASAP!]

She conjured another laugh as she pulled a stray, chocolate brown coloured stand of hair away from her face and hooked it around the shell of her ear.

[Live4U: I love this story! I feel like it's really given me something! Thank you :)]

Her grin was getting wider and wider with every word she read. She pushed up her small spring green coloured glasses by the side as they had dropped while she was looking down at her mobile for so long.

"You seem to like those reviews."

A voice stated in front of her.

The spec wearing girl looked up from her cell screen, ignoring the sun blinding her eyes through the lens of her glasses and made out the silhouette of the figure before her.

"I do," she simply replied, glancing back down to her mobile before shutting it off and placing it in the pocket of her school skirt. "After all, my online story is good enough to be published into a novel." The slightly proud girl looked over to the bookstore as she scooted closer towards it on the brick garden portion she was currently seated on. The boy beside her rolled his emerald green orbs as he took a generous bite out of his apple.

The brunette's ears twitched as she listened in on all the girls lining up to buy her book.

"Hey have you heard?" A blond girl asked her group of friends, which made the eavesdropping author, lean in even closer, not looking as inconspicuous as she thought she was.

A girl with deep red eyes nodded enthusiastically as she and the others held their phones tightly. "Yeah I know. Yuki is up against the number one ranking author on the site." She was referring to the place online where many anonymous writers post up their stories. There was a list of the most popular authors on a separate page, and the first one the list was…

"Haruka…"

The chocolate brunette muttered bitterly as she started up her touch cell once again. Her eyes glared behind her glasses as she read her own penname. Right under her rival as number two.

"Leaf, being second isn't that bad." The chartreuse green haired boy beside her encouraged, but that only turned her daggers towards him. "I-It's a good ranking!" he went on. "I mean look at all the people going to buy your novel."

The blue eyed girl then nervously pounced on him, covering up the boy's mouth. "Sssh! Drew keep your voice down!" Leaf half yelled half whispered, however on the inside she was grinning wider than a Cheshire cat.

The crowd around the bookstore was bigger than she had imagined, and she only wanted to see at least twenty people come to the release.

Feeling satisfied, the jade orbed girl stood up and slung her school satchel around her shoulder before turning away from the horde of giddy girls. "Let's go Drew." she ordered with a smile curving on her lips.

Leaf

My name is Leaf Green.

An average high school student who is also a secret author online, and now an actual published author since my last story became so popular.

How that happened? I'm not so sure myself, but I'm definitely happy.

Perhaps it was because of my writing style. No matter what time or setting I place my characters in I somehow manage to make them fit. I actually base them on people in my life, adults, classmates and my family.

I observe them, to the point where it makes them uncomfortable and scared. People say I have a horrible glare behind my glasses, but that's why I wear them. I'm not blind, my eyes are perfectly fine.

But no one looks at me long enough to see that. I'm the one who see's people for who they truly are, even if they are intimidated by my stare.

And that is also the reason for my nickname.

"Look it's the Snow Fairy!"

A random student in a hallway of my high school whispered not as quietly as she thought to the person beside her as I passed by.

I didn't bother about her comment, even though up till now I have no idea why they call me by that name.

No One

Leaf is referred to as the Snow Fairy, as she is sometimes sweet to those close to her, but can be as cold as ice to people who she is not familiar with. They just think of her as cold blooded.

"She gives me the chills every time she turns around," The girl from before said to her supposed friend as she held her arms and began to shiver. Who's to know if she was serious or not? But either way they nodded in agreement. "I know, but I hear she's only nice to people around her, who is like, one guy," She snickered at the end.

But the laughter soon stopped when the said brunette they were gossiping about stopped in her tracks and turned her head towards them, shooting a glare that could freeze hell if it wanted to.

Both meddling girls shrieked before running down the other side of the corridor, screaming all the way until they got to wherever they were.

Leaf

What's with them? I was only glancing at them. But I forgot how my glare can look to people.

Instead of getting held up in the moment, I only closed my eyes and pushed my glasses to the bride of my nose by the centre before making my way to homeroom.

When I got there I took a seat at my desk, which was dead centre in the middle. I ignored the looks people gave me and just waited for class to begin.

"Leaf, there you are," A voice by the door called for me. I glanced over and watched my green haired companion make his way over to me by manoeuvring through the other students and tables.

He brushed his fringe away from his face before speaking again. His hair was too long for my liking as it just barely covers his eyes, but he was adamant on keeping it the way it was. I should know. After all, he is my cousin.

"Did you check out the site?" he asked as if he had been holding it in for a long time. I shook my head as a no before I took out my phone and reloaded the page of the website as it was already open.

My eyes widened as I saw the list of the most popular authors. My name was on top, with Haruka below it. I smirked on the inside and out, and Drew noticed this. "See, you shouldn't have gotten so riled up yesterday." The emerald orbed boy said as he flicked his hair once again.

"Hey, hey, did you read Yuki's final chapter in her last book?" A girl in my class, Brianna, asked her friend a few rows back from mine, who nodded ecstatically. "Yep, it was amazing! I wonder what's her next novel gonna be about?" she wondered dreamily, staring off into space. Brianna agreed with her comment. "Yeah I know. I hope it has some of that, in it." The redhead whispered the last part with a giggle as her friend did the same.

'That'? What is this 'that' that they are referring too?

I leaned back in my chair to get closer in on what they were talking about. I could use this as research for my next story, one which I had not made up yet.

"It'd be awesome if it had that." she repeated more vigorously. Again, Brianna concurred. "That is the best thing to write about after all."

The next word they said together made my mind as confused as ever.

"Love!"

The two squealed. After that, I kind of blocked them out to concentrate on my own thoughts.

Suddenly, that single word seemed to take up my entire mind. There was this little voice that echoed in my head. Love?

But before I could contemplate about the subject, the teacher, Professor Elm, arrived and started doing the roll call.

After I notified him that I was here, I went back to thinking about my future book. I looked around the room to see all of my classmates personally. They all have great potential in becoming a character in my story. Several of my past characters were based on most of them after all. I wonder who I should place as my newest main protagonist…

"Is Gary not here?" Professor Elm asked aloud as he looked up from his folder that had all of our names on a sheet of paper. "Gary Oak?" he repeated once again. When he got no reply, the camel brown haired teacher was about to write absent on his list when the door suddenly burst open.

"I'm here!" A boy with auburn brunette hair, too spiked up to be healthy, alerted as he entered the classroom.

Usually with anyone else, the teacher would somewhat scold the student before making them return to their seat, but not with him. Not with the…

"Ah Gary, were you just finishing up a student council meeting?" Professor Elm asked using a proud tone. Yep, this porcupine head of guy was the president of our school.

"Yes, just finalising the date for the sports festival." he said sheepishly showing him a smile.

I examined the curve of his lips as he talked to the teacher, and scoffed in my head before turning away into the direction of the window, just missing the questioning look the president gave me.

He always smiles like that…

What a boring guy.

Even though the other girls in my class chat about how cool he is, I only see him as an empty glass vase. Beautiful on the outside, but empty on the inside.

He is the one person that could never be a character in my story.

"You don't have to write about love just because people ask for it," Drew pointed out at lunch as we went over to a grassy private area that we'd usually hang out at. "Just do what you want." he encouraged, taking a bite out of his sandwich.

I sighed as I stared at my cell phone screen, adjusting the way I was sitting under the large maple tree that was shading the two of us. "I can write about friendships, chasing your dreams, any genre, except the concept of love." I said aloud to my cousin, still staring dreamily at the blank cover.

I laid my back on the soft prickly floor and gazed at the shimmering rays of light creeping through the leaves of the tree. And I just had to think of why.

How can love be so exciting to people?

No One

"You see!" The girl that got freaked out by Leaf's stare earlier on in the day shrieked as she pulled the arm of the same friend. "How can she just sit there and be all nice to him?" The other girl shrugged. "Who knows, she's just weird…" She then trailed off her words when she saw a particular person walking down the hall.

Her entire personality seemed to flip from snarky to sweet when he approached them. "Gary! How's the festival coming along?" she asked in a flirty manner, obviously not that psyched about the topic she chose to converse on.

The spiky brunette returned a smile equal to hers. "Great, we got a lot of sponsors from the shopping arcade so we have tons of prizes to be won this year." The girl continued gushing about how amazing this year's sport festival will be while Gary just continued to smile, even though he wasn't that interested.

He slightly turned his gaze outside the window, only to find her there.

As he stared at her his smile soon turned into a line, but just as fast he put it back on when Leaf just caught his glance, only to go back looking up at the branches of the tree as if she didn't notice him.

Gary internally growled, but still had the time to wave a quick friendly goodbye to the two girls before heading down the corridor.

Every girl but her… He thought as he pulled out a small student handbook from his pocket. He flipped it open just to check over the list of names crossed out on the many pages. All but one…

The brunette snapped the book shut with a whip of his wrist before stuffing it back into his pants, not realising that he had dropped it on the floor.

As the student council president turned a corner, leaving the hall abandoned, a pair of clicking school slippers echoed down it, ceasing only when they spotted something lying on the floor.

They picked it up and quickly skimmed through its contents.

Soon a wide smirk tugged on their lips.

Looks like I have a main character after all.

They then tucked the booklet safely in the pocket of their black blazer that was lined with green plaid, right over their heart, before strolling casually back in the direction they came from.

Looks like it's time to bring some love into the game.

How was it? If you've read the manga it's going to seem simular, but I'm trying to tweak it a little. There will be more exciting things later on. I know I am horrible at starting off stories as I usually take my time with them, but, oh well XP Hope it was good though. Tell me if it is or isn't in a review :)

XOXO AsianBunny