Can two males be mates? Chapter 2: Midwinter's Point, a pokémon fanfic

It was morning, the air was biting through my fur. It was fall now and we have to find a new source of food. Cold days are ahead of us and we have to be prepared. No pokemon should be alone through winter; winter is cold and harsh and it is days away. I can only hope we stay warm.

"Sylveon, it's starting to get colder." I told him. "It's the end of fall. We need to build up our den if we want to stay warm." My heart sank. The time for fun has ended and now it was time to work. "We have plenty of grass to use for walls." I replied. "And bedding." Sylveon added. We would have to work even harder this year. Previous years were rather short winters, but winter was starting early this year. And hopefully ending early.

I gathered up sticks and leaves and gently pushed them into place along our den. The walling was almost complete and Sylveon was nearly done with the bedding. "How is the wall coming?" Sylveon asked me. "Just need grass to keep the wind out." He was smiling at me. We were making good progress, it would be done by days end. I just hope the snow falls light.

We finished it! Our den was complete. The walls were hardy and wind proof and the bedding thick and warm. Eevee did a really good job on the walls, we would only need to maintain it once a week. But now we had to find a new food source and plants were all but gone. I may not know where to find food now, but at least the den was done.

Eevee was a lot smarter than he lets on: he always plans ahead and is capable of getting himself out of any trouble. He may not look it but he definitely was planning something. "What's up?" I asked him. "How far is the river?" He asked. See, already planning. "A quick run from here. We are pretty close." I responded. "Good. As long as Magicarp and Feebas are plenty we have food." Looks like Eevee solved the food problem. Now all we had to do was outlast winter.

Winter finally arrived and our den was warm and our food plentiful. Winter would not be a problem this year. All we have to do now is wait. "Hey, Eevee?" "Hmm?" Still plotting? "What have you been thinking about?" Surely we were fine, right? "The trees here are pines. Yet most of the forest is leafy. Why?" it amazes me that Eevee has any questions with how smart he is. Guess he doesn't think as hard as I do. "I guess that it's because we're higher up. Pines survive better higher up than other trees." i replied. "Guess I didn't realize we were on a plateau… it's only 100x my height though, it isn't that high up." He replied. "But it's high enough for pines to grow alongside birch and grass." I added in. He laid there silently thinking. "It's home." He spoke.

I always thought I'd be the one to lead, being older than Eevee. But Eevee's ability to think ahead and plot things out makes him a perfect leader as it turns out. Not to mention how smart he is. Yet we still keep under the impression of being two playful kids to everyone. Here I go again thinking deeply about things. Why do I think about such meaningless things? I guess I'll never know. But it's fun nonetheless to think on what's around me.

"What's on your mind?" Eevee started. "How you're really smart and I'm good at thinking, but are still barely adults." I told him. He didn't know how to respond right away but finally he found the words; "Sometimes the most amazing things in life are the simplest." "I guess so. We should probably call it a night." I responded. "We're already in bed though." He retorted. "I meant we should sleep, we got to catch fish tomorrow." It would definitely be a harsh day tomorrow and we'll need the sleep.

We started walking, Sylveon was behind me, gently following in my footsteps. We were heading to the river to get more food. Our food was gone and it was a rather nice day for winter. The perfect opportunity to go fishing! "I know attract, so I know how I'll lure the Magicarp close enough to reach. But how will you do it?" I asked him. "My ribbons of course!" He responded cheerily. We still had some time before noon and it would be a while before we got to the river. So I decided, What the hell? Let's play!

"Hey Sylvie! Come check this out!" I yelled happily. I stopped and Sylvie walked over to the side of me. "What is it?" With those words I turned around and bit his ear softly. After that I jumped back and laid down on my back. "C'mon let's play!" He gave a mischievous smile. "Alright! Finally!" He shouted. Sylvie leapt onto me and began nibbling on one of my hind legs. I pushed him off of me, he landed on his back. Now's my chance! I leapt onto him and blowed into his stomach. "Pffffffffft!" He started laughing immediately: "Haha! Eevee stop it! Ha ha ha! That tickles!" He was laughing hard. My revenge was at hand! Oops… I forgot about his ribbons… "How do you like this?" With that he began tickling my cheek, my stomach and… somewhere lower. "Sylvie no! Ha ha ha! Not again! Ha ha ha ha ha! You always tickle me!" I couldn't stop laughing. I fell onto my back and he said over me now. The tickling was too much! All at once I relieved myself. The once white snow beneath me turned a bright yellow.

"Eevee! Ha ha! Sorry! I didn't mean to make you go! Ha ha ha!" I couldn't stop laughing! It was priceless! I tickled him so hard he went! "I knew one of these days you'd make me go! Ha ha! I'm just glad I don't have to anymore!" He was smiling happily at me. I was standing over him, he was still on his back. He blushed. "Um, Sylvie? You're in a kind of… intimidating position there." I smiled back. This position was perfect. "How about a kiss before you get back up?" With that he closed his eyes and I kissed him on the lips. He was so warm. His fluffy fur pressed against my stomach. He tasted like berries. He anyways tasted like berries. The warmth from his breath against my cheeks made me feel like I was melting. And then as quick as it started, it ended. We were both blushing now. "We better catch those Magicarp before it gets too late." I told him. Even though I had wanted to do something a bit more it would have to wait. "Yeah, it's getting kinda late."

We finally got back to our den from catching Magicarp. We caught four mid-sized ones and one big one. It was quite the bounty, we wouldn't be eating all of it soon. But they wouldn't spoil either; it was still pretty cold. We even found some nuts buried beneath the snow. We truly had reason to celebrate tonight. And I had just the thing to celebrate it with.

"Hey Eevee? Want to celebrate Midwinter's point?" Midwinter's point was the halfway mark for winter. "Why not? We have plenty of food and today is still nice even though it's dark." He said back. I gave him a smile. "I'll be right back." I walked off into the forest to the spot where I buried them. I dug for a minute through snow and dirt, but finally I reached then. They were still good, perfect! I knew I picked the right spot to put them. I picked them up and walked back to our den.

"Suprise!" I yelled. Eevee was surprised and leapt up immediately. "No way! You got berries? I thought they were all gone! Where did you find them?" He was really excited. His fur was starting to puff up. "I buried them throughout fall. I just dug them up!" I replied. I couldn't wait for tonight's feast! Magicarp, nuts and even berries! It certainly wasn't the best, but it still was really good. Especially for winter. "By the way, while you were gone I got a surprise too." He walked out of the den only for a second and when he came back in he had a bunch of flowers.

"For me?" I asked him. "Of course. My mate deserves nothing less than the finest flowers." I was amazed. I could care less how he got them, he was the most amazing in the world right now. I was blushing brightly. "Sylvie, I love you." He was now blushing too. I couldn't take it. My breath was erratic. My heart was beating harder than ever before, and it was beating for Eevee. Without a word I wrapped my arms around him and I kissed him. I fell onto my back and he was on top of me. I didn't care where I was as long as I was with him.

He was warmer than ever now, and his lips felt amazing. His tongue was as sweet as sugar and his arms as soft as clouds. This moment was perfect. Finally we broke our embrace. We were panting really hard. There was only one thing that could happen next, and it would make the night one we will never forget.

I woke up to the feeling of warmth on my stomach. It was Eevee; he was trying to suckle on one of my nipples. He was suckling ever so gently and kneading me. It was adorable! He wasn't even awake! I started to lick the top of his head. Uh oh! "Mommy?" He asked me, still half asleep. "Yes it's me. Shh, go back to sleep." I said soothingly. I continued to lick his head and he continued to suckle. He was asleep again. I couldn't ruin this moment, for me or him. It was precious to see Eevee suckle on me, especially while he was asleep. How often does that happen?

I couldn't stop him, he was waking up. Oh well, it had been cute while it lasted. "Mmm, Sylvie?" He looked up at me. "You don't have any milk." He started to frown. He looked at it he was going to cry. "Sorry Eevee, I can't produce milk. But I can still keep you warm. " I said. He started to smile again. He rubbed against my side and laid down against me. I wrapped an arm around him. And he fell back asleep. Oh Eevee, how much cuter can you get?

I'm lucky, I have the best mate ever. Not only does he bring me flowers, he also cuddles with me. I don't think he even knows how cute he is. Or romantic. Last night was the most amazing night. Dinner was amazing and before that… Amazing.

Finally we both woke all the way up, again. "I got syrup!" Eevee shouted. He found it alright, but it was in his fur. "Oh my goodness Eevee! How did you even get that messy?" "Well let's just say I didn't find it with my eyes." I can see that. "You're gonna be licking yourself for years! And are those leaves? How exactly did you find it?" "I ran into a tree." He admitted, embarrassed. Well we have dessert now, but how're we gonna fix this mess? "You're gonna need some help is you want to get clean within this season." With that I helped him groom his fur.

"Finally your fur is clean!" It was nice and shiny. "Yep! My fur looks amazing!" He said excitedly. "We got it groomed in record time too." I joked. He was not amused. "Not funny, I thought I'd have syrup in my fur for years!" "Well it did take a whole half hour." "It was worth this shiny coat!" Was it? My tongue didn't think so…

"Time to head back!" Eevee shouted. We had finished collecting some syrup in a small hollow log. Now we had something to put on our normally bland food. We made it back to our den. It was tiring licking Eevee for a whole half hour and then dragging a log full of syrup home. We'd be sleeping like kits tonight.

I woke up to the feeling of warmth on my stomach. It was Eevee; he was trying to suckle on me. He was suckling ever so gently and kneading me. It was adorable! He wasn't even awake! I started to lick the top of his head. Uh oh! "Mommy?" He asked me, still half asleep. "Yes it's me. Shh, go back to sleep." I said soothingly. I continued to lick his head and he continued to suckle. He was asleep again. I couldn't ruin this moment, for me or him. It was precious to see Eevee suckle on me, especially while he was asleep. How often does that happen?

I couldn't stop him, he was waking up. Oh well, it had been cute while it lasted. "Mmm, Sylvie?" He looked up at me. "You don't have any milk." He started to frown. He looked as if he was going to cry. "Sorry Eevee, I can't produce milk. But I can still keep you warm. " I said. He started to smile again. He rubbed against my side and laid down against me. I wrapped an arm around him. And he fell back asleep. Oh Eevee, how much cuter can you get?

Finally we both woke all the way up, again. "I got syrup!" Eevee shouted. He found it alright, but it was in his fur. "Oh my goodness Eevee! How did you even get that messy?" "Well let's just say I didn't find it with my eyes." I can see that. "You're gonna be licking yourself for years! And are those leaves? How exactly did you find it?" "I ran into a tree." He admitted, embarrassed. Well we have syrup now, but how're we gonna fix this mess? "You're gonna need some help if you want to get clean within this season." With that I helped him groom his fur.

A month later…

"Wake up Sylveon!" Why me? It was the middle of the night and he was waking me up. "Just go Eevee! You don't need company to use the bush!" "Damn you Sylvie! Did you seriously forget what tonight was?" I guess I did. "Yeah why?" I asked agitated. "It's the first day of spring!" He shouted. I shot up. "Yes! Finally! No more fish pokemon!" I shouted. Eevee fluffed up. "Calm down! You scared the hell out of me!" Hi again fluffy fur. "But if I didn't scare you how would you get your fur so fluffy?" I teased. Eevee stared at me agitated. Without warning he then jumped on me and bit my ear. *nom nom nom* "Eevee stop it! Ha ha ha! That tickles!" He stopped for a second. "I'll stop when you fight back!" He was invoking the words of war. I rolled onto my side. "Oof! Hey get off of me!" He barked. I rolled off and bit his ear. *nom nom nom* "H-hey! Heh heh heh! S-stop! Ha ha ha! I'm gonna go again!" I stopped biting his ear and started tickling him with my ribbons. "Vee!" Maybe I should have avoided his lower stomach. He was blushing now. I stopped. After a silent moment of Eevee starting at me he spoke up"...Sylvie? You gonna sit and stare or are we gonna celebrate?" That wasn't the plan but it was sounding like a good idea. "We're gonna be up all night."

The sun was breaking now. It was officially spring. "I can't believe we stayed up all night!" Eevee exclaimed. "Every part of my body is sore! Never again will I stay up so long!" I shouted. "Was it too much to stay up all night?" Eevee asked. "Staying up and celebrating was too much..." never again will I stay up that many hours in a row. I was exhausted. "Well, good morning Eevee. I'm going to sleep now." "I feel about the same." My stomach feels like it got hyper beamed... "Good morning Sylvie. It's time for sleep." We fainted shortly after.

"Ugh. Sleep didn't help…" I said. We'd only napped for an hour or two. I still felt like crap. "You know what will make you feel better?" Eevee asked me. "No clue." I said back. "A nice cold swim!" I flinched at the idea at first but then it started to sound good. "I'll race you Eevee!" I took off. Eevee followed close suit. We would make it there shortly.

"Eevee!" He splashed into the water ahead. I was right behind. "Sylvie!" I splashed hard into the middle. "It's nice today!" Eevee said cheerfully. It felt really good. Especially after last night. "It's perfect!" I chirped. "You're awfully happy Sylvie, what changed your mood?" "The fact berries are on their way!" I couldn't help it. Berries are better than fish. "I'm excited too! Soon we'll have plenty of berries!"

I got out and shook off. Eevee was walking up to me… "Splash!" Eevee shook himself dry onto me. He was dry but I was wet. "Lemme help you with that!" Eevee began grooming me. I've been dying for a warm grooming. He must of splashed me so he could groom me dry. "Thanks Eevee. You know how much I like my fur!" I said happily. "It's the softest fur ever! I'd be proud too!" It wasn't so much pride as it was perfectionism.

Sylvie was sparkling now. It was the cleanest his fur has ever been. "Wow Eevee! How did you get it so clean?" He asked. "Returning the favor for all the times you groomed me is all." I got messy quite often and Sylvie was always there to lend a paw. It was nice to pay him back. "I don't think if I spent all day I could get it this clean! Thanks!"

"Time to berry hunt!" I said excitedly. No more fish now, finally something sweet! "Alright Eevee let's split up. We'll cover more ground." "How about we stay together and split up the work?" He gave me an odd look. Not quite one of surprise but more one of confusion. "Guess it'd probably be easier. Knowing you though you probably just don't want to be alone." Both were right, but it was more of the latter.

I put my nose to the air. The warm, familiar scent of berries and flowers filled the air. My nose was better than Sylvies so it was up to me to smell them out. "A couple feet ahead of you and slightly left." I dictated their position. Sylvie outstretched his ribbons and picked a lot of berries. The tree was pretty tall. "Got em'! They look like Oran berries." Sylvie stated. Those are the best. They have every flavor in perfect balance. "We should plant these around the den, the soil is good." I told him. He gave a nod of approval.

"Alright, we planted quite a few but how are we gonna water them?" Sylvie asked. "Remember that log? I found a bigger one we can hold water in!" "How you gonna carry it?" He just kept on asking easy questions. "We will have to haul it here and refill it once a week." With that we walked off to it. Thankfully it wasn't that far away. Otherwise it wouldn't be possible to use it. Sylveon opened his mouth wide. "Eek! That's not a log, that's a fallen tree! This is gonna be an enormous pain…" "At least it's hollow."

"Now that it's outside the den how you gonna fill it" I asked Eevee. "Very slowly." He responded. It was definitely gonna be slow, no matter how we approached it. "Is the other log empty?" Eevee asked. I didn't think it was full, but I don't know if it was empty. "Probably. Lemme check." We were still outside the den. All I had to do was look in. I poked my head in. Empty. I wrapped my ribbons around it and tugged it out. Even with this it's gonna be slow.

"Alright now to the river. Let's not fall in this time." I teased him. He kept his cool. "I hope I don't but I always seem to end up in it." "That's probably because it is impossible for you to stop." He has fallen into the river more than he has visited it. "Well at this rate we're gonna be done next year. Time to start working Sylvie! "

It took ten trips to fill the hollow tree. Ten long exhausting trips. I'm amazed he still has energy. "Time to put this water to good use." Eevee said. I had no idea how he was gonna hold the water. It wasn't what I thought. He filled his mouth to the fullest with water before slowly spitting it out all on one sprout. Good thing we only planted four berry trees.

"You having fun?" I asked Eevee. "Of course! Who knew taking care of plants could be so fun!" He chirped. "It's dark now we should head to bed." "Gimme a minute I'm almost done." He got another mouthful and spat it out on the last sprout. I say sprout but they were saplings now. The berries would be done growing by morning. "Alright time for bed. I'm tired." Eevee said.

We were in the den now, laying on the thick warm bedding. It seems like the best of times played out here. From dinner to celebrating. We did the funnest things here. Good thing we picked a good spot. I'm glad I met Eevee. Without I'd probably be at a loss. Goodnight for now, my sweet mate.