Holy cow, I've been busy! I'm so sorry I took so long to update, everyone who reads this. Heh, I've had two other stories to finish (one I'm still working on) and SO much homework because it's the end of the year. Well, here you are!

Pairing: You and your partner from Mystery Dungeon

Oh, dear, sweet Arceus stop embarrassing yourself you fricken moron. Stop talking! Good job and…there you go again. Nice. She's going to fall head over heels in love with you, you fast talking little nerd you. Stop being such a talkative spaz! You've already told her this! She doesn't need to know everything that's running throw your head.

What's going on? Are you in some weird video game and some half brained kid keeps accidentally hit A for repeat instead of B?

Oh, good, you stopped. Attaboy, Chris. You shut yourself up! She's just sort of staring at you now. Arceus, she is pretty. Look at the eyes on her! Wow, so brown they should be dull but for some strange reason they seem to sparkle…with mild interest and terror that she's either crazy or trapped in a different body. Mew, you better hope she's crazy because only a crazy thing would go out with a twitchy Pikachu like you.

Oh, look Idiot! 'Idiot' is capitalized because it's your name now, a proper noun. She said something to you. Did you hear it? No, of course not? Noron. Ask her to say it again and attempt to be charming? Please. You're killing us here.

"Hyuh-wha?"

You respond to pressure so well, Christ. Fantastic job. I'm so proud of you. Now, for the million dollar question: Can you say "I'm sorry, can you repeat that?" If you can say that, good buddy, you're set. You are completely ready to go and charm your way out of this mess. Maybe you'll get a girl! Probably not, you're not cute enough for that…

"I said thanks. This is really weird for me, Chris, and you've been great. You're really nice. I mean, how many people, er, pokémon, would show me around town," She laughed, and a chorus of angels began to sing. "Although twice was a bit much. But you are the only one who took the time out to help. Thank you."

"Yeah, heh, sorry for showing you around twice, uh, I get eager. You were the first eevee around here in…in well, forever. You probably won't be able to evolve though. We don't have any stones around, no humans to boost your friendship level with them either. Too bad, right? If only we were in a different region!"

You don't really want her to evolve and change and hate you, do you? Some pokémon change radically. Some pokemon practically become someone else and you're terrified she'll evolve and be too good for you. That's stupid. She happens to be too good for you know. Coward! Man up! Talk like you've got a pair!

"We've got flowers though! I could make you a crown all knotted together if you want. It's pretty difficult to do stuff like that because, well, I've got paws, not hands. It's going to be hard for you too, having paws instead of hands, but you'll get used to it. Hey! I could even knit a scarf for you or something!"

Manly. Real manly, Chris. Why don't you invite her to a tea party next? I've heard that women love a man who can throw a tea party. That drives 'em wild. Chris, flowers and scarves? Buddy, what were you thinking? Better brace yourself for the 'you're creepy, no good mate, our babies would be weak don't speak to me' speech.

She giggled. "You're so cute! I'd love to go play with flowers. That'd be amazing to see how you could braid them all together like that! Just the kind of fun thing to get me used to this place. After that we can get down to some kind of work." She shook her brown head and tapped her nose gently to yours. "Is that like a hug here?"

Now's your chance to tell her! Sure, she'll freak out, but you'll finally have some leverage! What are you waiting for? Speak! Speak, dang it! Oh, great time to forget to use words. So what? It's a lot like a human kiss. Granted, no girl has ever done that to you before but, you know, whatever. You're cool. You can do this. Just suavely tell her what she did. Oh, Mew, listen to that breath. Your voice is going to squeak.

And it did squeak. Horribly. A voice had never cracked so bad in all the time through all the world. "Actually, I wouldn't do that with other pokémon. It's…it's kinda more like a kiss than a hug. A romantic kiss."

She blinked. "Oh, well…that's awkward! I'm sorry. You're probably disturbed now and…listen, I'm sorry. You know what? I'm just not going to embarrass myself anymore! Yup! I'm through with embarrassment! I'll see you tomorrow! We can go pick up a mission or, uh, something." She flashed another smile, then ran back inside her house, looking over her shoulder once or twice.

Nice going, nerdboy. You just lost the girl of your dreams. You scare her off, acted like a total spaz, and all around proved what an idiot you truly are. She probably won't talk to you again. The girls never do. This one might have been just crazy enough to stick around with you, but what happened? You chased her off with your crazy spazziness! What are you going to do now? You've got to win her back!

"Stupid…I can't do anything with girls! All I can ever do is ramble about being a pokémon and ramble about being on a team and ramble, ramble, ramble!" You cry, stomping around on all fours. "Not just that, but you've been walking on two paws all day, just to make her feel more human! You wimp! Why don't you toughen up!"

There was a sigh. "Because I'm not tough. I'm a big, stupid loser. I screwed up. Today was such a total disaster!"

Oh, buck up, buddy. Don't be so hard on yourself.

At least there's always tomorrow.