~ Valentine's Day, 2552

After my parents coddled my brother all day they finally let me spend time with him. I was upstairs in my bedroom sitting on my bed holding my brother Hope, who was wrapped up in a baby blanket wearing a onesie. My parents let me skip school today.

The video my dad recorded was now trending all over Jynxbook. My brother was being nicknamed the 'Miracle Baby.'

I couldn't love him any less than I did right now.

"Hey there. I'm your big sister Eevee, little Hope. I love you so much. Wes I do. I promise to embarrass you a lot because I love you. I hope you'll love me too. Your big sister. Coochie coochie coo. I love you Hope. Wes I do."

I rubbed my nose against his, and in response his little paws touched my face and I giggled because they tickled a little. He was so small I could actually carry him and I'm an Eevee so that says a lot.

"Yes your big sister loves you. Yes she does."

He waved his little arms at me in happiness and I chuckled at how cute he was.

"You are so adorable. I love you so much."

I snapped to attention when I heard a knock at my door.

"Come in."

The door opened and Sylveon stepped inside.

"Hey Eevee! Happy Valentine's Day!"

He handed me a medium white box with a blue ribbon.

"Thank you."

"And Happy Birthday to you too little Hope."

Sylveon gently touched Hope and gave a him a little pat on his small head while his feelers pulled out a stool for him to sit on.

"Umm may I hold him Eevee?"

"Huh?! Oh sure go ahead! Ah!"

I tried handing the baby to him too fast that I nearly dropped him.

"Whoah careful there."

Sylveon helped me steady him, me holding his legs and Sylveon his head, but the baby didn't like all the movement and started crying.

"Oh no no no it's okay little baby don't cry. Don't cry."

"Aww don't cry Hope. Big sister's got you. So does Sylveon. There's no need to cry."

"Yeah come on smile for your sister."

Hope kept on crying and we were wondering what to do to calm him down. All we could think of was singing the lullaby.

'Let me hold you

Please try your tears away

Because we love you

No more crying just for we

Hahahahahaha!!'

I don't know why but the last part sounded funny so we both started laughing. After laughing like idiots we realized the crying had stopped.

We looked down to see Hope smiling up at us or at least trying to. We both giggled and gently held the baby together. I was enjoying the moment so much I couldn't help but look up to see Sylveon's reaction.

His smile was so sweet I couldn't help but admire it. But when he looked at me that's when I froze.

"Hehe. What? Do I have something on my face?"

"No I just umm...It's nothing forget it!!"

"You sure about that?"

He gave me a sly smile and raised an eyebrow at me.

"Okay fine! I just thought you had a cute smile."

"Oh! Well thank you...Uh yours is great too."

I don't know why but my face turned pink and was it just my imagination or so was Sylveon's?

"Oh I nearly forgot I got this for you. The white box is a cake that me and my mum baked for your brother's birthday. This is for you."

He handed me a small wrapped up present with blue paper and a gold ribbon. He gently picked up the baby so I could open it.

Inside was a very familiar disc.

"Wow this brings back memories."

It was the TM : Protect, the same one that helped me two years ago.

"Thank you Sylveon. Without your help I might not even be here today. And this little disc helped too. So really I'm grateful."

"I'm always happy to help you."

"Now do you want to open that cake?"

"You just read my mind."

*Ch 114 ~ *Eevee

*At the middle school grounds

I had heard recently that Eevee's brother survived and was born today. That was a relief but I was beginning to wonder if a certain someone else would recover the same.

I had a present for him. Normally I don't do this kind of thing because it's too sappy for me but today felt like a special ocassion and why not just this once?

Hmm. I wonder if my partner will ever be okay? I don't want to lose anyone else like I did with...mom...

As I exited the school grounds I stopped in my tracks when I saw someone familiar approaching. At first I wasn't sure if it was him but sure enough I recognized the idiot.

"RYU!"

Without even thinking about it I ran over to Ryu who was now limping towards me. He stopped when he saw I was running and without caring I gave him a huge hug and even cried a little.

"Ryu! Oh my- are you okay?! You do remember me right?! You better not forget me you idiot or you're gonna regret waking up because I will punch you!"

"Only one friend I know makes threats at a recovering Pokemon. And you fit the bill just nicely *Eevee."

I slapped his arm out of embarrassment, he just chuckled at me.

"Shut up! And- don't- don't you dare tell anyone I was crying about you! Or I will f*cking punch you...you dumbass!"

"No I wouldn't dare. You're really scary when you're angry and to make you feel better I missed you too."

"Ugh! You're so embarassing! You're starting to make me regret even thinking about getting you a present!"

I flung the gift into his face.

"Don't expect this again!"

"Oh what's this?"

He opened the bag to reveal the homemade snowcakes.

"It's a recipe from my hometown. You should eat them fast before they melt. And if you say anything bad about my cooking you'll regret it so much because I'll knock you into another coma!"

"Fine. Let's see how it tastes. Oomp."

He popped one into his mouth, and his face gave away nothing.

"Well spit it out! Your opinion not the food!"

"It's good just a little cold."

"The main ingredient is snow so what do you expect?"

"Yeah. But still pretty tasty. Thanks. I'll give you a snack too on White Day."

"What's White Day?"

And just like that we spoke like he was never gone. After a while we walked to Eevee's house together.

(Thanks for reading! I hope you guys liked it! The story will continue in Eevee's Story : Year III!")