Light shone in from the large windows of the big library. Illuminating the thousands of bookcases inside the building. A young man with dark red hair about two inches in length, green eyes, and light skin was crouching down as he took a look at some books on display. He was only 5 foot 8 inches in height, pretty average build, but looked quite young. He now wore a white T-shirt with light blue loose fitting jeans and black sneakers. He had just finished another day at college and now just wanted to unwind. He figured he might be able to find something at the library, but quickly realized that all the good books had been taken, either that or they had no interesting books to begin with. He now stood up whilst still looking over to the bookshelf he was at, and began walking off. He quickly bumped into someone who must have been walking his way. He quickly looked forward just in time to see a zangoose fall backwards, onto the floor. "Oh shh... Sorry!" the human quickly said as he knelt besides the short furry Pokemon and put out his hand, offering to help him up.

The zangoose took the human's hand with one paw as he rubbed his furry head with the other. "My fault." the zangoose groaned.

The human stood up as he pulled the zangoose up with him. "Are you alright? I wasn't looking back there, sorry." he apologized yet again.

The zangoose smiled before saying, "I'm fine, I wasn't looking where I was going either."

"I guess we should both keep our eyes open then." the human replied as he smiled back.

"Yeah." the zangoose simply responded as he chuckled slightly.

"I didn't know your kind could speak." the human told him.

"My father is a human and I grew up with him, so I can speak to other humans." the zangoose happily stated as his tail swished back and forth.

"My name is Daniel by the way." the human said with a friendly smile.

"I'm Rowan, I know, I don't like my name either." the zangoose replied with a small chuckle

"I think it's a nice name, better than mine anyway." Daniel responded.

"Your name is better." Rowan replied as his smile grew a little wider.

Daniel chuckled softly, partly out of nervousness. "Err, so Rowan, why are you here? Oh, probably looking for a book, right?" he asked after stating the obvious, making him slightly more nervous. Rowan simply nodded in response before Daniel said, "I could help you find whatever you're looking for."

Rowan could feel himself starting to blush at the thought of telling the human what he was looking for. "I can find it, it's just a soft romance book anyway." he told the human as he looked off to the side, towards the bookcase to avoid eye contact.

"I like a little romance." Daniel said, quickly realizing that his words may have seemed a little flirty. "Err, I could still help you look around for it if you like. I'm not doing anything important now." he added.

"Well... I won't refuse help." Rowan replied as he smiled at the human. 'Especially from a cute human.' he thought to himself before walking off with the human to find the book he was looking for.

Daniel searched for the book for a about ten minutes, before finding it. He took a look at the back of the book, reading it. After a few seconds, he realized it was a book based around gay romance. He looked back over to the zangoose who was now searching a bookcase next to him. 'I... wonder what he thinks of me... Rowan is a pretty cute guy, even for a zangoose.' he thought to himself before saying, "I found it."

Rowan quickly looked over to Daniel who then handed the book over to him. "Thanks." Rowan replied with a big smile on his face, as he began wondering if the human now knew what the book is about.

"You're welcome." Daniel responded before he saw Rowan's smile grow wider.

"I-I guess I should go now before the others wonder where I am." Rowan said, referring to his friends before beginning to walk off.

Daniel couldn't help but feel like he should say something, so he took a chance and asked, "Wanna meet up some other time?"

Rowan stopped in his tracks before turning around and looking back at Daniel. "... I'll be here tomorrow at the same time." he replied with a soft smile in his face.

"I'll be here tomorrow then." Daniel told him, containing his excitement.

"Bye." Rowan said to Daniel, turning his back on him and walking off as his smile grew into a grin.

Daniel decided to leave soon after, and made his way back home. Whilst walking down the sidewalk next to the busy road, he began thinking about the zangoose he has just met. He seemed cute, nice, just like the kind of person he'd like to be with. But, there was a problem. Daniel didn't exactly have a good record of girlfriends or boyfriends, but he was only 18. He had girlfriends before but they just grew apart. he once had a boyfriend too around about the same time he found out he was actually bisexual. But again, things didn't work out. He guessed maybe things could be better if he chosen smarter and not rushed into things. He also guessed maybe dating a Pokémon will change things up a little, some how make things easier. He also guessed that most likely wouldn't be the case. But anyway, he had a chance at a good relationship now, if the zangoose liked him that is. He thought about things for a while, and within ten minutes, he was at his front door and unlocking it. He was currently still living at his mum's house, still saving up enough money for a place of his own.

Daniel closed the front door behind himself, walked into the kitchen, opened a cupboard and grabbed a chocolate bar. He closed the cupboard, walked out of the kitchen and headed up the red carpeted stairs. He reached the top, and walked passed two rooms before reaching his own. He opened the door and closed it behind himself before walking over to his king sized bed and laying down on it. There he lay for a while, thinking about things, mostly about the zangoose. He had seen a few people he thought looked cute in the past, but that zangoose, Rowan, seemed different. He seemed nice and sweet. He hoped he'd get to see him tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Rowan was now walking back home. It was a long walk but he didn't mind, he was in a good mood. He found what he was looking for, and met someone interesting over there. The cute human seemed eager to help him and didn't change his attitude towards him when he found that book. He began to wonder if Daniel was attracted to him. He hoped so, he was only really attracted to other males. He wished he knew what it was like to have a boyfriend. Rowan was now 20 years old and openly gay, his family knew it and didn't mind at all. He lived with his zangoose mother and human father in an old cottage that had been added onto over the years. His father had other parts built onto the cottage soon after Rowan's sister was born. Rowan's room was in one of the newer parts, it was only a small room but that's all he really wanted anyway. He kept walking on, still thinking about that human. He couldn't help but feel like some of the human's words were a little flirty, but maybe that was just his mind playing tricks on him or just wishful thinking. Either way, it seemed like he was friendly. Rowan always liked making friends. He walked on for nearly an hour before finally reaching his home, knocking on to be let in by his mother before relaxing on the couch. Eventually, he got bored and decided to head off to bed. After a few minutes of reading the book he brought with him, he fell asleep, with the book still in his paw.

Author's notes: Hope you like the story so far, this one is only going to be quite short, and I'll be updating it pretty frequently. I wanna thank BigBossSonic for editing this for me, and I wanna thank you readers for reading! This is the first time I've uploaded a M/M story before, but not the first time writing one. ^^