>>19665267>>19656847I honestly don't see how Drew "stole" May away.
May had to follow Drew in order to continue with her Coordinator Dream. It's basically Ash following Gary to Johto after he got trounced by his Eevee.
Not to mention, in Subs, May didn't want to do much with Ash after her defeat with Solidad. Since she realized all of her strats were offense oriented... similar to Ash.
Brock and Scott note this with their aside banter.
Heck when Ash asks May to practice with him to improve her contest game, she outright refuses, until Drew shows up, and he makes the offer for practice, due to the fact that he's a coordinator, and knows better than Ash.