Ash's Song

I started reading "Misty's Song," since they have a whole page about it there, and I started saying to myself, "I wonder wot Ash was thinking when freaker Misty was singing this?" Well, the answer is obvious: He was thinking about Gary, of course.
And it begged and begged me to write it ...
Sorry for the serious tone. It was originally supposed to be a funny parody, but it ended up being all wistful and sad with a peppering of wry commentary on how society views sexuality thrown in ... Oh, well.
Enjoy!
In here in the quiet of the night
Lying awake in my bed,
I think back to the day I first laid sight
On that beautiful redhead

I yearn for you, but you just smirk

"Gary was here, Ash is a loser" -- I just pretend not to care
You mock me and you tease me and I try so hard not to stare
Oh, why should anything so perfect always seem to be so wrong?
And I wonder what people would say
If they ever heard MY song

I train to be a pokémon master,
Wishing you were impressed
Your spite makes my nervous heart beat faster
I choke back sobs within my chest

I yearn for you, but you just smirk

Do you remember when I held you in the Viridian gym?
My soul is just like a candle and the flame was getting dim
Oh, the very idea of losing you there would have left me lost,
And if it came down to you or me,
I would gladly pay the cost

Why must you be my rival?
Can't you see I need you with me?
I hide, but all of the pain inside
Just eats at me till blind to see
From the tears