Arriving back at Pallet town just after dawn, Samuel left Anya and Faesol at the house before quickly rushing towards the market.

"So, this is your new nest huh?" Faesol asked while they entered the house

"Yes, come, I'll give you the tour" Anya confirmed as they went deeper inside

"This here is the living room, Samuel usually sleeps at the sofa over there" She said while pointing at the sofa, Faesol nodded.

Over here is the bathroom, it has a bath, shower, washing machine, litter and toilet. You are to do your 'deeds' in either the litter box, into the toilet or at the backyard."

"By 'deeds' you mean?"

"Pooping and such..."

"Oh... I see..."

"It must be quite odd for you? If you use the litter box, then someone needs to clean it up every now and then. It will otherwise start to stink."

Faesol walked inside the bathroom and curiously looked around, poking this and that. Anya tried to explain to her what everything inside is to best of her ability.

Showing her how the toilet worked along with the sink and shower. Faesol was quite impressed by all of the complex yet useful things she couldn't understand, she wondered how the water came flowing from the tap with such a simple action and how the temperature changed quickly depending if it was on the left or on the right.

She was explained what the washing machine does and how to use it, but it didn't stick that well to her mind.

They left the bathroom and Anya showed her the kitchen, the stove, the oven, the freezer and the fridge along with how they worked and what their purpose were.

Faesol had taken interest on the bulky typewriter on the kitchen table. "This is a typewriter, Samuel bought it for me so that, I can use it to communicate with him." "These things are called keys and each one represents a different letter, then I can use these keys to write something that allows Samuel to read it later"

"You came up with something like this? You must be very amazing! These do not look like the squiggles the humans use, these seem more blocky"

"Yes, these are from my world. When I was a human, it took us a while to have a custom built typewriter, but it is totally worth it" Anya smiled

"But- but how?" Faesol was confused, Anya took out a pile of paintings from a pile on the table and showed them to her.

"We used paintings before the typewriter" Showing Faesol her past paintings.

"These are the human squiglies! And these are your blocky letters!" Faesol said while tapping at the canvas.

Anya noticed that even Faesol had the same problem as Persimon. They couldn't see the similarities between the scripts.

"When we were at Viridian City, we met a Persian named Persimon, we tried to teach her how to read... she had trouble in recognizing the letters" Anya sighed "I could try to teach you, now that I have more time and the typewriter here." Faesol's ears perked, she lifted her muzzle from the canvas and looked at Anya expectantly, her tail swayed in impatience. "Yespleaseteachmehowtoreadpleasepleaseplease" she shot from her mouth.

Astonished, Anya had managed to understand the gist of her request and nodded. She wasn't sure if it was going to work but she would try her best, she promised herself.

"Not yet" she said and the Espeon visibly deflated "Tomorrow" Anya continued and Faesol lightened up. "We still have, the rest of the house to 'explore'" Anya smirked and led Faesol upstairs.

"This is another bathroom, mostly used by me" She said while opening the door. She had forgotten that she had 'redecorated' the whole room with her silk. "Whoops, well, I use these silks to prop myself to use the toilet more comfortably"

"Huh?" was the only reaction Faesol had, when she saw the room. Anya's explanation didn't really help at all.

"Moving on, the next room is 'my room' or at least it is the room I sleep in" She opened her room, it was filled with piles of cloth. Faesol quickly disregarded the cloth and her eyes found a brown something on top of the bed, she curiously hopped on and took a look. It was an Eevee plush, upon closer look at the plush, Faesol saw the cuts and torn fabric of the plushie. Faesol smiled smugly, jumped off the bed and trotted away.

"There is another bedroom, a storage room and a study room here. All unused at the moment" Showing each of the rooms. a sound came from downstairs. "That must be Samuel" Anya said "Let's go down, I think we are done here"

Samuel was refilling the refrigerator and noticed them coming from upstairs. He asked "Showing her the house?" to which Anya nodded. "Are you finished?" Anya shook her head and pointed at the backyard door. "You still have the backyard? Okay, I'll start making some food, it will take a while so you can just go to the yard and play around" he said while taking out some ingredients from the now filled fridge.

Anya gave him a nod and motioned Faesol to follow her, she opened the back door and said "This is the backyard, it is quite huge, here is the grill and on the other end there is a training area."

They both walked to the other end and back to the entrance.

"This is all so odd" Faesol said "I didn't know that humans lived like this" "I always thought that humans lived like us, in some natural caves or such."

"Wait? Was Samuel the first human you had seen?" Anya asked

"No, I have seen few different humans, but I had not seen how they lived, I only had made some guesses on how they lived based on their looks"

We went back inside, Samuel was still cooking something and Anya went next to him. "We are soon done. I forgot to ask but is your friend there capable of eating meat?"

"Yes, I am" said Faesol and Anya nodded "Yes, phew, I thought I had made a mistake" he smiled.

"Are you as odd Pokémon as Anya over here?" he asked the Espeon amused, Her expression showed puzzlement and Samuel laughed out loud. "Don't want to say, ehh?"

Faesol looked at Anya and asked "What does he mean by that?".

"Most likely, its about me acting like a human. I think"

"You acting like a human? but you are a Pokémon right?"

"Well, I have been human for most of my life, I have some habits left from being a human... I don't-" She was stopped by Faesol tapping her paw at Anya's leg. "I don't care" she said simply "You are my friend now, and and I am glad that you became a Pokémon".

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Anya stuttered "B-But-But" and Faesol calmly continued "Without you, I would be all alone in the forest, most likely as a Flareon instead of Espeon. To me. You becoming a Pokémon was the best that has happened to me and I want you to-" They were interrupted by Samuel who told them "The food is ready now, go set the table" and Anya sprang to action.

Samuel gently smiled at Faesol and asked "Do you want to eat on the table or on the floor?" Faesol gave her depiction of a shrug and went to the table. She jumped on top of it and lied down, watching as Anya carefully set the table.

Anya pushed the typewriter to the side and placed three plates on top and placing a wooden trivet at the middle for the hot pan, she set a knife and a fork near one plate. Getting two glasses and a small bowl next placing the bowl near Faesol's plate and set the glasses too. She went to the refrigerator and took out a bottle of milk, took it to the table and went to fill a jar with water. After everything was done she sat down at the nearby chair sideways and leaned her side to the backrest.

"That, was quite interesting to watch" said Faesol as she had spectated Anya's actions. Soon Samuel came to the table with a hot pan full of food and went to get a pot. He said to Faesol "See what I mean?" he smiled "A normal Pokémon, should not have any idea how to set up a table, hell they shouldn't know what cutlery to even use" he chuckled.

"You want water or milk?" Samuel asked the Espeon, "Milk" she answered, knowing well that he couldn't understand and pointed towards the milk bottle. Samuel poured some milk into the small bowl that was set up near her.

Anya carefully poured water from the jug, tried not to spill any. She still failed, not as badly as before but she still had some minor problems on regulating her strength. Samuel took the jug from her afterwards and poured some to his own glass.

Samuel served the hot food to each plate, the food was minced meat steak and mashed potatoes, 'that explains the milk in the fridge' Anya though as Samuel did not drink milk, he said it was for kids. Anya shrugged and Faesol ignored his remark.

The dinner didn't last too long as they all had hungrily devoured the food, Anya and Samuel had only eaten field rations for the past week and were glad to eat something else. Faesol also eating with vigor as she had never eaten 'cooked' food before and found the taste delicious.

During the dinner, Anya used her cutters to chop her own and Faesol's steak to a more bite sized portions. At first Faesol was mad at Anya for touching her food, but having been explained to that the small portions were to prevent her from staining her beautiful fur, she relented and was happy for receiving a flattering compliment.

And afterwards Anya used a piece of cloth to wipe Faesol's muzzle and remove the stuck mashed potatoes and milk.

Samuel quickly cleaned the table and went to take a shower, saying he was tired from all the walking and was happy to get clean and go to bed. He hinted for them to do the same.

Anya and Faesol went back upstairs. Anya took off her clothes and fold them neatly, they were dirty from all of that traveling and was set aside. She took out another set from the drawer near the bed and put them on the bed.

"More human things?" Faesol asked. Anya jolted, having totally forgotten about Faesol following her. She took out a pair of towels, covered herself with one unconsciously and went to the bathroom, Faesol still in tow.

"Why do you cover yourself?" Faesol asked curiously "I have already seen your whole body bare before" she continued.

"...A human habit...maybe?" Anya said meekly "instincts from my past?"

Inside the bathroom, Anya put the towels on the toilet seat and went inside the bathtub, Faesol watching her all the while. She started the shower and wiped as much as she could reach for, before awkwardly sitting down. Still annoyed by her abdomen which propped against her back.

"So, come join me?" Anya asked

"N-no, I don't like to be wet"

"I'll scrub you clean" she tried again

"I can groom myself just fine, no worries"

"Just try it, if it really is that bad, then I won't ask again"

Faesol hesitated, looking at Anya's expectant gaze, she sighed "Okay, but you owe me" she walked towards the tub.

"Sure" she said happily "You want me to lift you in or?"

"No... need" she said while nimbly jumping over the tub's edge and landing gracefully in the tub. Anya wondered how she didn't slip, but same could be said about her too. Her feet should slip easily as it had low friction but an Espeon had pads on their paws to increase grip.

Now that Faesol was in the tub she cautiously pulled her under the shower, at first it took her a while, but Faesol just said "stop" and forcibly walked underneath, getting her fur totally soaking wet and from her expression she didn't like it at all.

"You still look so pretty, even with wet fur" Anya was amazed. It wasn't a lie, she did look nice. Faesol taking the praise and her mood lifted a bit.

Anya used a sponge and shampoo to carefully scrub the soot and dirt from Faesol's body, surprisingly she let her do whatever she pleased.

Both now totally cleaned of all dirt and such. Anya inserted the plug and changed the settings of the shower, the room was filling with steam as the hot water poured from the tap instead of the shower head, slowly filling the pool. When it reached Faesol's neck while standing did Anya put a stop to the accumulation of water.

Faesol sat in the warm water while Anya floated on her back, not being hindered too much by her abdomen.

"I don't see any reason for this" Said Faesol

"You don't need a reason to relax" Anya countered dreamily, the water washing her fatigue away.

"The water does feel nice, warming up my body quite well" she let her body relax while only having her head above the water. "I really haven't had any warm water before to wash in, the waters from the stream was usually ice cold, even during the summer"

"Un" Anya made a noise to acknowledge her words.

They bathed for a while and left after Faesol said she was getting dizzy from the heat. Anya drained the tub and used the towels to dry each other.

"Huh, your fur doesn't even puff up much after dried, that is kind of cool"

"It doesn't? Oh, it doesn't!" said Faesol in surprise not knowing it was a thing. Her fur still silky smooth and looking perfect, only a few small tuffs here and there.

"I wish I had a brush" Anya chuckled

"?"

"Nothing" she smiled

They both left the bathroom and arrived at Anya's room, Anya sat on the edge of her bed and Faesol jumped after.

"I like how light I feel now" Faesol said while bouncing up and down twice, to make a point.

"That's great! You had quite a lot of dirt on you, now that we have cleaned ourselves, where do you plan to sleep?" Anya asked puzzled.

"Here? It's spacious enough?" she said while tilting her head.

"Hmm, I'm not sure, Evie here takes quite a lot of space, she might even get jealous if I sleep with another Pokémon" Anya smirked

Faesol quickly catching on and slapped the Eevee plushie out of the bed. "Noo! Evie!" Anya shouted tiredly in a fake urgent tone.

Soon they both laid on the bed. Anya asking Faesol a question but the latter had already fallen asleep, it can wait until morning she thought and snuggled under her blanket.