Chapter I - Normal Life

 "...And so if you worked out a squared and b squared correctly, all you need to do to find the length of c is add these two together and square root the result." Mr Kata explained, writing on the whiteboard as he spoke to the class.

"So..." Began a young, somewhat shy Ralts named Maya, "If a squared is 36, and b squared is 64, then c squared is 100. That means that the length of c is..."

"It's 10!!!" Bellowed a boisterous and loud shiny Riolu who's name is Tesla, before Maya could finish. Such was the conviction of his yell, he toppled off of his chair and knocked his table over, scattering his belongings everywhere. Only Mr Kata and Maya weren't rolling around laughing, but they were both giggling.

"Yes... Well done you two." Mr Kata smiled. Suddenly, a loud bell rang, signalling the end of the school day. "Okay students. That's enough for today. Class dismissed!"

"HOORAY!!!" Came the reply from everyone. Everyone except Tesla that is, he was far too busy scurrying after his papers.

"Come on Tesla! Let's go back to my place!" Maya giggled, watching him crawl under a table in pursuit of a pencil.

"Okay Maya~ Lemme just grab the rest of my stuff... Ouch!" He exclaimed as he slammed his head into the underside of the table, prompting a burst of laughter from Maya.

 "It's not funny! That really hurt!" Tesla snapped, rubbing his head.

"Aww... Come here~" Maya giggled, planting a kiss on Tesla's head. "Better~?"

"Hmmm.... Not completely~" He replied, making a kissy face. They'd been going out for three months now, and he still knew how to push Maya's buttons. 

Letting out a sigh and rolling her eyes, Maya smiled and kissed Tesla on the lips, making him blush and giggle. "You're lucky I love you Tesla~ Now come on! My dad's expecting us!" She yelled, throwing her backpack over her shoulder and running off down the path. 

"Hey! Wait up!" He called, sprinting after her, before stopping. "Shit!" He yelled, before running back, stuffing his papers into his bag, doing it up and running after Maya, clutching said bag.  

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Maya arrived at her front door about three seconds before Tesla, who was puffing and panting heavily.

"Hahhhhh.... Hahhhh..... How... Are you... So fast?" He exhaled, sweat pouring from his face.

"I'm not that fast. You're just really slow~" She giggled, opening the door. Stood there was Erik, a stalwart and strong Gallade, otherwise known as Maya's father.

"Ahhh~ Maya~" He beamed, picking her up and hugging her. His eyes then focused on Tesla, still doubled over and breathing heavily. "Heh... Still unable to keep up with my little Maya, Eh Tesla?" He grinned.

"N-not at all sir~ I let her win~ Hahhh.... Hahhh...." He panted.

"Sure ya did~" Came the reply.

"So Dad... Did you think anymore about what I asked you earlier?" Maya said sweetly.

Erik narrowed his eyes at her, before grinning. "I sure did sweetie~ And I'm fine with it~"

"Really?! Thank you!" Maya threw her arms around her father, while Tesla looked on confused.

"What's going on? What did I miss?" He asked, having regained his breath.

 "Dad says it's okay if you 'sleep' over tonight~" Maya replied.

"Huh? I've slept over loads of times. What makes this so different?" Tesla said, still not sure as to the connotations.

"It means, young Tesla, that you two can... ahem... 'Enjoy' each others company." Erik added.

Tesla's face went bright red, prompting a giggle from Maya.

"Oh... Well... That's... Excellent~" Tesla replied, looking at Maya, whose cheeks had gone the same shade of scarlet. 

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"Dinner's ready you two!" Erik called from the kitchen. Erik had raised Maya alone since his wife died in childbirth with Maya. He had coped amazingly well, but he was still obviously in mourning, even though it had been 18 years since she died.

"It smells delicious~" Tesla grinned, his stomach rumbling as the aroma of Erik's Beef Pie filled his senses.

He and Maya got up from the sofa and headed to the dining room, where three plates of food sat gently steaming on the table. Tesla pulled Maya's chair out and waited for her to sit down, before pushing it in.

"Such a gentleman~" Maya giggled, kissing him on the cheek.

 Tesla giggled and then took his seat and shimmied his chair forwards.

"All right then, everyone dig in!" Erik grinned as he put three glasses of Moo-Moo Milk on the table.

"Yay!" Tesla and Maya cheered, before shovelling food into their faces.

Erik chuckled. "They even have the same eating style~" He said to himself. 

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"Well that was amazing~" Tesla grinned, rubbing his belly.

"You should write a cookbook, dad~" Maya said, licking her plate clean.

It was then that Tesla let out a burp so powerful that he fell backwards off his chair. 

Erik and Maya rushed to help him up, but they couldn't for laughing. Tesla was laughing as well.

"That was impressive~ Definitely a ten out of ten~" Erik smirked as he dragged Tesla back up into his chair.

"Thank you sir~ Hehe~" He smiled, clearly proud of the burp.

"Now then you two... I'm going out for the evening, I trust you two to behave yourselves." Erik said, clearing up the table.

"We will~" Maya giggled, winking at Tesla.

"Tesla, can I see you in the kitchen for a minute?" Erik said sternly.

Tesla kissed Maya on the cheek and followed Erik into the kitchen.

"Now then Tesla..." Erik said as he started washing up. "There is something I want to tell you before I leave." 

"What's that, sir?" Tesla replied, a little worried.

 "You have no idea how proud I am that Maya wants to be with you. You are, in my eyes, a perfect future son-in-law~" He grinned.

Tesla's jaw fell open. "Th-thank you sir..." He gulped, before lunging forwards and wrapping his arms around Erik.

"Hehe~ Just be yourself, Tesla. You are special~" He replied, hugging him back.

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"Right then, You two, I'm off." Erik smiled. "Tesla, remember what I said. Maya..." He paused as he went out the door. "Go easy on him~" He grinned before leaving.

"Shut up Dad~" Maya giggled, her face bright red.

Tesla gulped and looked at Maya. He was a little scared. And Maya could tell. She slid over to him and kissed him on the lips.

"You know... We don't have to do this, Tesla." She said smiling.

"No! Nononono... I really want to! I'm just.... a little nervous." He replied.

"Don't worry... We can do it slowly~" She giggled, kissing him again, before taking his hand and leading him up to her bedroom.