Love has a mysterious way of finding people. Two strangers could take one look into each other's eyes and become instantly hooked on the feeling of gazing into that person's face. A simple gaze turns into a simple greeting. A greeting turns into a light chat. And before they ever know what is growing within their hearts, they are already making promises to meet each other again, to receive their dosage of that person's presence until they become addicted and unable to live without that significant other. This is the tale of love's more peculiar travels.

Golden eyes pierce through the night as the hunter stared down his prey. A large Japanese styled mansion stood before him as he grinned eagerly. This mansion, home to a prestigious and snobby family of Ninetales were rumored to be the wealthiest in the area. Possibly the wealthiest for miles. If he could make a big enough score here, he'd be set for months. Or at least until he found his next target.

The rough looking, tiger printed pup Pokémon leapt from the shrubs that lined the family estate before dashing towards the building. His eyes and mind focused on the second story window where a climbing vine flower and ladder were conveniently placed. He couldn't help but chuckle at how convenient it was as he climbed up the vegetation infested ladder.

Sneaking into the room was no problem either as the window was left unlock. How defenseless, he thought as he stepped into the Japanese styled room. He looked around the room observantly, it was dark, and there seemed to be no one inside. The perfect first stop in this large house.

However, just as he thought this, he could hear the sound of the slide door shaking, attempting to be opened by the Pokémon on the other side. He was quick to find a hiding spot, shrouding himself in the darkest shadows of the room while remaining completely still and silent.

"Thank you." a sweet, feminine sounding voice could be heard after the "swoosh" of the opening door sounded.

Another swoosh and a click from the door as it slid closed again before light paw sounds walked through the room.

"Oh" the young, fire red maiden looked to the opened window, feeling the breeze from the opened window brush against her fur, "I thought I closed this."

She made her way to the window, closing it swiftly before remaining there, as if she were gazing out toward the star littered sky. However, in actuality, her nose had caught the scent of the flowers that grew beside her bedroom window.

Her head turned as her nose inspected the smells of her room, following the new and foreign scent, making her uninvited guest try to hide himself even tighter into his little corner. His heart beat quickened as she made her way closer until she was right in front of him, sniffing at his body.

"You… came from outside..?" she asked softly as she looked down at him with her pale, colorless eyes, revealing her disability to him as he peaked an eye open.

How lucky for me, he thought as he got from his hiding place, "Sure, kid." he stated as he passed by her. She already knew he was here, what was the point in hiding anymore.

And so, he went about his search for any gems he could find in the young mistress's room.

"You're not one of the guards either, are you...? How exciting!" she exclaimed as she tailed behind him, her tails wagging behind her with each step.

As he rummaged through her belongings, he found what looked to be a finely carved, black wooden box. And when he opened said box, he smirked, finding exactly what he was looking for. Pearls, big nuggets, gems and coins all filled the small jewelry box. Jackpot, he thought before feeling the vulpix nudging at his body.

"What do ya want, kid?" he asked, looking down at her with a bothered look.

"Tell me! About outside, describe it to me, please." she asked, looking up at him with a pleading look in her grey eyes.

"If it'll make you leave me alone," he muttered as he took off his scarf to put away the loot, "Um… outside, ya got a lot of trees, it's like, the forest is right next door."

"Trees… what are those like?" she stopped him, tilting her head as she asked.

He looked at her for a moment, thinking she was merely joking before being reminded by her grey eyes.

"Their very tall. And since its summer, they have a lot of green leaves on them. And they're so close together, you can barely see the sky so it's really shady. During the day, emolgas run up and down the branches and at night, hoothoots and noctowls perch on them instead." he explained all this while placing the valuables one after another in the scarf.

When he went silent, he decided to look down at her. As a thief, this was a huge mistake.

Her eyes lit up with the brightest sparkles in them. She felt as if she could see the forest, that she was surrounded by the tall trees, watching the life that filled their branches. She had the warmest look on her face as she glowed with excitement, all from the description of the things he would see every day.

"That sounds so amazing." she said, smiling up at him.

"It…it's nothing, really…" he muttered as he looked away to hide his blushing face. Though, there really was no point to that, she was blind after all.

His eyes looked down at his loot, an unease look in her eyes as he began to put them back one by one.

"I… need to get going…" he muttered softly.

This caused a saddened look to come over her face, "You're leaving already? But you just got here, didn't you?" she asked.

He stopped at one pearl, keeping it in the scarf before wrapping it around his neck again before turning.

"Don't worry, I'll be back… I… haven't gotten everything I need yet." he stated as he turned back to look at her, "So just wait here for me."

"Could I get your name then before you go?" she asks as she hears him opening the window.

"…Ace." he answered after a moment of silence. Why trust her with his name? What was with him tonight in general? Was he slipping?

"Ace… I'm Scarlett." she said softly as she made her way over to the window, "Please return," she asked softly before placing a gentle kiss on his cheek.

His eyes widened and his cheeks flushed. His body stiffened to the point where he forgot to hold onto the ledge, causing him to fall back first into the flowering shrubbery beneath. There he laid, his paws held close to his body and his face still red as he stared towards the stars, the sound of his racing heart filling his ears. And, as he laid there, this single thought raced through his mind: I think I'm in love.