Chapter One

Wolf and Mouse

Stiles

Stiles ran trying to be as quiet as he could so he wouldn't be heard, wouldn't be caught. He came to a stop at a river and looked around for a moment, thinking of going a different way, even though it would take that much longer to get to his jeep. That's when an idea struck him, he could just swim across it, he might lose his scent that way.

With a smirk Stiles quickly swam over to the other side, and pulled himself out of the water before starting to run again. He just had to get back to his jeep, that's all he had to do. Unfortunately he still had long ways to go before he'd be anywhere near it. After a while he stopped running to rest against a tree as he tried catching his breath a bit before starting again. He stood there he looked around and focused his hearing, trying to see if he could hear anyone near by. Unfortunately with his limited human hearing he couldn't hear squat, other than his own breathing. Fuck it he thought before he started moving again. This time he went slower and tried focusing on not making any noise as he moved, which he really wasn't good at.

Stiles yelped when he suddenly felt himself being grabbed and slammed into a tree. Before he could make another noise though he felt his lips smash against his in a furious kiss. He found himself smiling against his lips before kissing him back. He wrapped his arms around his captor and pulled him closer before deepening the kiss, only pulling away when he needed too. He smiled up at the werewolf and looked into his glowing blues eyes, "Hmmmm how'd I do?" he asked.

Derek smirked, "Not terrible, but not good either" he said with a small laugh. "I lost your scent when you went through the river, but you're still as loud as a bunch of drunk monkeys in a balloon factory." he said.

Stiles scoffed, "Gee thanks for sparing my feelings there" he said with a small shake of his head.

Derek stifled a laugh, "Stiles, that was the nice version" he said with a smile before taking a step back.

"Aw what come on" Stiles said with a shake of his head. "I didn't do that bad" he said with a scoff. "Been running around these woods for like an hour" he said and crossed his arms.

Derek nodded slightly, "That's true, but you were barely one step ahead of me the entire time." he said with a smile. "Which is good, but it could be a lot better….. and quieter" he said with a small laugh.

Stiles pursed his lips for a moment, "Well I call for a do over" he said with a smile. "I bet I can make it back to the jeep from here without you catching me"

Derek nodded slightly, "And what do I get if I win" he asked with a smile

"Well the grand prize of course…. me" Stiles said jokingly.

"Thought I already had that?" Derek said with a smile.

Stiles sighed "Fine, what do you want" he asked jokingly exasperated

Derek thought a moment "I don't know. I guess I'll just have to figure that out once I catch you again." he said.

Stiles shook his head, "Nope not going to happen, and when it doesn't happen ummm you have to do whatever I want tomorrow" he said.

Derek nodded slightly "Yeah okay. I'm not worried" he said.

Stiles scoffed "Well you should be." he said and chuckled softly and nodded. "And hey, no using wolf powers before you start looking, that was the rule" he said with a small nod before slowly walking around him. "Uhhhhhh see yeah at the jeep" he said and quickly ran away from Derek.

Stiles ran for a while before stopping and going a different direction and this time he moved quietly, would take him longer if he went this way but Derek wouldn't know which was he was going at least. Well if he was quiet enough this time he wouldn't anyway. He had to win or he'd never hear the end of it, and Derek could be so annoying with stuff like that sometimes.

Stiles suddenly stopped where he was and smiled before taking off his jacket and dropping it on the ground. Then he quickly followed the path he took back the way he came making sure to step in his own footprints as he did. Once he decided that he went back far enough he quickly ran off in a different direction, one that still lead to the jeep but different all the same. He just hoped that it might fool Derek for a moment or two, give himself a bigger lead.

*Derek

Derek waited a few minutes and like he promised he didn't use any wolf senses while he waited. He only waited about five minutes before starting to follow him, gave him enough time to get a substantial lead if he played his cards right. Before Derek started to move he closed his eyes and focused his hearing and smiled when he only heard a light rustling, he was getting better at this, but still not good enough.

Derek quickly ran following Stiles's scent more than sounds he was hearing, seeing as that could be anything unlike Stiles' scent, it was very….. him very Stiles. He easily followed it through the trees, there wasn't a river that he could go through to mask it this time. It was all going good until he came to a spot where the scent branched off down two different paths. Clever. He thought really not sure which way to go so he decided to go down the path that had the stronger scent, since at the moment he couldn't hear anything coming from either paths.

Derek stopped when he saw Stiles' jacket laying on the ground and chuckled softly as he bent down to pick it up. He shook his head slightly before throwing it over his shoulder and quickly running towards the jeep, angling towards where the other path might lead. For a while he wasn't able to smell anything, but then it just hit him like a brick, and along with it came the sound of the something rustling, probably someone running or something.

Derek couldn't help but laugh, it was impossible for that guy to stay quiet. He shook his head slightly before running off in that direction. After a while he pulled himself to a stop again, staring in amazement at what Stiles came up with. The kid had hung his flannel over shirt in a tree, but put sticks in it, so that when it hit against the tree in the wind it would make noise. "Well played" he said and pulled the flannel over shirt out of the tree and untied the bottom before shaking the sticks out. He thought the human might want his clothes back when this was all over. I'm gonna have to stop going easy on him at this rate. He thought to himself as he looked down at the shirt in his hands.

*Stiles

Stiles figured that Derek had probably found his jacket by now and was probably right on his trail if not already about to grab him. So he stopped for a moment to find another way to send him in the wrong direction. After a few moments a cheeky smile spread across his face and he quietly hurried over to a tree off in the distance. He pulled off his flannel over shirt and quickly buttoned it up and tied the bottom ends together before finding some sticks. He piled the sticks into the shirt before hanging it on the tree, threading the branch through the sleeve holes. He moved it kind of clothes to the trunk, so it would make noise in the wind. Stiles then carefully made his way back to where he stopped and ran off in a different direction. He wasn't sure if it would work, really wasn't that great of a plan, but at least it'd leave his scent in the wrong direction.

Stiles sighed softly as he looked around frantically, not sure which way to go now. He'd been zig zagging so much that he wasn't even sure if he was still going the right way. If he was going the right way though, he knew it had to be close. It's been a long time since they started over so he knew it had to be close. So with a sigh he just started moving again, going as quickly as he could while trying to be quiet.

About five minutes later Stiles ran out of the woods and out onto the road, but there was no Jeep. "Fuck" he cursed and looked around a bit. Oh he thought when he saw it way down the road to the right. Still close He thought to himself before running towards it, staying on the grass so his pounding footsteps wouldn't be as loud. Though now he really didn't care about being heard, he just wanted to get to the jeep, so he could win and prove Derek wrong.

Stiles reached the jeep a minute later and slumped against it breathing heavily. Ah I win He froze when he heard a rustling in the woods just in front of him, wait what were the rules again? he thought before quickly turning around and pulling out his keys. He unlocked the door and flung it open just as Derek ran out of the trees. Stiles yelped before jumping into the car and closing the door. Oh my god. He clutched his chest for a moment before looking out the window and smirking , "Haha wolfy I win" he taunted.

Derek shook his head before running over to the jeep and ripping the door open. He quickly pulled Stiles out and pushed him up against the side.

"Wholly fuck" he muttered inaudibly when Derek was suddenly pulling him out of the jeep. "Cheater"

"Bad guys never play by the rules" Derek said and smiled as he lightly press his body against Stiles' "Besides, I just wanted to give you a congratulatory kiss" he said jokingly before leaning in and kissing him.

"Hmmmmm I guess I can except that" he muttered after Derek pulled away. Though he quickly pulled him back in for another one, because he could never just kiss Derek once. "Come on let's go home" he muttered before kissing him again. "I'm exhausted" he said and kissed Derek again, because why not.