Roni's POV

Her words rang out still in my mind, repeating itself over and over again: I'll take you up on your challenge then. You better hope you have had gotten better since we played last time around. It's not fun if I keep winning, but I'm still not going to play anything down, just cause you're cute~. I swore that Espeon was going to be the absolute death of me. The long blades of swaying grass seemed to bend towards me, lightly, "whapping" my fur. Normally I wouldn't have minded it, but the feeling was really beginning to annoy me. All I could have hoped for was for the gentle wind that was swaying the grass, to blow the few clouds that were out to cover the moon. My panting breath, thundering heart and pattering feet were the only other sounds I could hear. Would the grass actually slow down my optimal speed's performance? If what I remembered about speed was correct, then just the small things like the blades of grass hitting me could change the speeds that I could reach. I mentally slapped myself. How my mind seemed to drift to the oddest thoughts at occasions confused even me; but how my mind seemed to go over and tell me what I already knew… I guessed that I thought way too much and way too hard.

"… This isn't the time to get caught up in my thoughts," I muttered silently to myself. There were only a few times that were completely acceptable to let my thoughts wander to whatever far reaches of my mind expanded to: When I was alone, during a full moon, when I was going to sleep and when I was attempting to relax. I slowed down a bit and turned to the side to look over my shoulder. I had expected to see her there, gunning for me, but she was gone. "Roni~," I heard her call out from in front of me. I didn't have to know who said it, or what was going to come next. I knew what was going to happen.

I faced the unfortunate feeling of coming head-to-invisible psychic wall. What made it worse was that I apparently had hit the wall so hard, that I saw definite stars as I stumbled back. She licked me lightly on the cheek, causing me to yield a slight, but visible blush. I held back a groan from her weight on my chest as well, thinking, It was the fur… it had to be the fur. There's no other explanation of how she found me so fast.

You would be right about that, she communicated telepathically to me. It certainly appeared that as of now, my mind was not my own. I'm still reading your mind, you know, she thought to me giggling and covering her mouth with a paw; and you so enjoyed that, Roni~!

Let me explain: my name is Roni, and the female Espeon was my friend, Adele. I am an Eevee, and an odd one at that. No, I am not hindered by any mental, nor physical disability. However, if you consider an Eevee with white fur and silvery eyes a physical disability, then I suppose that I would have some kind of hindrance to myself. On a side note, I am only one and eleven and one half (1 year, 11 ½ months) old. Adele was a pretty normal Espeon, ignoring the fact that even though I was a solid three months older than her, she absolutely loved to tease me and taking it too far on occasion. She is more of a person of play, rather than usual seriousness (that being my overall personality). She's a smaller than regular Espeon, and I'm just an inch taller than regular Eevees around my age, so we're about the same height.

Either way, the two of us had been outside, at night, playing a game, against all clan leaders' rules; those rules of which specifically stated that, and I quote: "Anyone out after curfew would receive severe punishment." The main idea that surrounded reason the clan leaders hated the idea of Eons roaming around after dark was because dark Pokémon around the area had fuller reign over the night and could attack any innocent Eons who had unfortunately come their way. Who said that serious people didn't know how to have fun? In actuality, whoever came up with that generalization was mostly right. I had not wanted any partake in this nighttime game of, "catch" but I was dragged along for the ride anyways, being one of her only male friends. It had been weeks since I was able to have a stable amount of sleep since Adele's spiked amounts energy, due to her recent evolution into said Espeon a month ago. It was also in that same amount of time that I had not been able to win against her.

I growled in slight irritation to Adele, my face taking on the action. Adele responded by growling in a softer, flirtier manner with the, "bonus" of a suggestive face on. I was pretty much trumped by this and blushed hard. I tried calming myself by slowing down my breathing and trying to look away from her. In my mind, the set up went as followed: I was pinned down by Adele. I was out of energy to run and, "up against" an obviously stronger Eon. Adele had that face on. And she was probably reading my mind just then. For some reason, I wasn't worried too much about any of the first parts to this set up, but the last two really had me a bit on edge.

"Adele~," I whined slightly to her, my blush growing, "Can you please get off me? This is uncomfortable~…" She was grinning almost evilly. Adele was starting to scare me a little at this point, her eyes sparkling with what I assumed was joy. I could feel my blush reach all the way from one side of my face to the other. Adele slowly moved her paws towards-

Oh. Dear. Mew. Please. Help.

Thankfully for me, Adele was currently interested in playing with my ears. I still had not understood the connection between Adele and ears. She apparently loved to play with my ears at any time, but usually chose the times where it was really most unacceptable, such as: during a leader's speech. Any time I was deep in thought, or lost in emotion. While I was taking a bath (which surely enough would most likely be one of the most disturbing and curious introducing times to play with my ears). Even while I was sleeping; and curse myself for being able to sleep so soundly.

"Now that that urge is out of the way," Adele told me, causing me to wonder about what other urges she had and how she could always make me think of innuendos, "What should we do now?"

"I suggest that we go to sleep," I insisted standing up and placing heavy emphasis on, "sleep." I didn't want to get caught up in what I liked to call, Adele's cycle. It was my basic theory of how she teased me. First, she would trick me into playing some sort of game or lead me into some sort of trap. Second, she would take control of that situation and turn it into some awkward moment or use an innuendo. Third, she would exploit my reaction, and further it until she got what she wanted (which was actually not too extreme). My only fear on the theory was that Adele would be able to apply it in some more sick and sinister way besides teasing me. More like… like…

"Hello? Ro-ni~," she called out to me, pushing slightly. It seemed as if I had zoned out again, which was regular for me, sadly enough.

"Hmm? What? What is it," I asked her, completely forgetting that I had been saying that we should have headed off to bed. She pouted at me, puffing her cheeks slightly before repeating what she had apparently said earlier, this time mentally: I was saying~… Maybe we should do one more thing before we go off to the clan grounds again.

"You're not going to play with my ears again," I replied while covering my drooping ears slightly. As much as I hated to admit it, I somewhat liked it, but had yet to reveal this fact to anyone before. I would just tell them that it annoyed me. The Espeon merely giggled at me and shook her head slightly, "Of course not~! I'll just play with your ears while you sleep~! We should go out onto the look-out point and stargaze."

"The… look-out point," I repeated slowly. The look-out point was the highest area around the clan grounds, besides the nearby mountains. From the point, an experienced look-out could tell what Pokémon were coming, from what direction, what size and practically almost any other thing you could ask them; even what the clan leaders were currently doing, but that fact was more discreet. What most Eons in the clan, did know was that the look-out point was one of the most calming (or romantic) places around. "Come on, let's go," she said cheerfully dragging me by one paw psychically. She knew I loved studying what I found mysterious or different. The stars and moon were just a few of what I found to be mysterious.

Against my aching body's will, Adele had me run at her quick pace all the way to the look-out point. My fatigue was beginning to fade as I looked around the top of the look-out point. Every time I came up there, my breath would be taken, all words gone, my mind wandering and my heart leaping slightly. Everything seemed to come into harmony up here. The two of us sat quietly under the large tree (that was apparently the only other thing on the look-out point) and stared up at the stars. I hated to admit it, but the feeling was… good. The wind blowing gently, the grass swaying slowly, the moon and its' twinkling stars, Adele leaning slightly on my shoulder… wait… what?

I turned my attention to Adele, her eyes closed and breathing slowed. My heart was hammering my chest as she rubbed her head slightly against mine. Was she trying to get me into another reaction with the pleasant mood? Just enjoy it for a moment Roni, she communicated to me, I am~… I looked carefully at her. Why was she doing this if it wasn't to tease me?

I like to tease you Roni, but it isn't like, my entire life, she continued; I know how you go about every day. You assist the other Eons in the clan. You go and run difficult errands for the leaders. You even teach a few of the kits and handle jobs and tasks that others could, but you insist to help. Plus, you never ask for much in return, if not at all.

You're always so kind and generous. Also, whenever you have the time to do what you want, you spend most of that time entertaining me. I know I can annoy you, and tease you harshly at times, but I really do care. Thanks for all the times you've sacrificed things for me, and not just for me, but for everyone. I really like that about you Roni~ so just relax this time around… It's getting a bit colder though.

I smiled brighter than I usually would just then. I snuggled closer to the Espeon, sharing some of my warmth. She returned the gesture, the two of us warming one another. I guess this meant that she was comfortable doing this, but did this mean that she was more or less comfortable teasing me? I stopped thinking about the idea as I felt her breathing slow down further. Three situations: One, she was sleeping. Two, she was taking in my scent (the very thought sent me into blushes). And three, she had done the latter, then resulting in the first situation. Either one or three would have been a good decision.

I had woken her from her sleep (so that she would still go back to sleep in the clan grounds). The two of us walked slowly next to one another, the clan's grounds just a few minutes away. Neither of us said much on the way back, mostly because we were afraid of bringing any patrollers' ears in our direction. We only locked eyes with one another or gave the other a happy, reassuring smile. We had always supported one another ever since fate had sent us into each other's company. I wouldn't really have it any other way than having it like that. Even if she annoyed me slightly at times, it was a friendly annoyance (in a sense).

"Can I sleep next to you tonight," Adele asked, leaning slightly onto me for support, "I'll do my best not to play with your ears…" She looked quite tired. I gave it a moment's thought before answering, "Sure." I licked her cheek lightly once, just as she had to me. I could see the heat rising in her face. I supposed that that was my payback towards earlier.

Author's Note:

This chapter was more-over supposed to help me get more into the swing of things, so to speak. This is my first fanfic, mind you, so reviews are accepted, but please be kind about them; don't be so harsh, man~…

I'll see you around next update. Godspeed. - NM