Each step of the way

With school finally beginning to wrap up, Ex and Erica head in for their final year of education. Friends since childhood, Ex and Erica always had each other's backs and was always by the other's side when they needed them most. They were practically inseparable and often mistook for a couple, they always blushed and laughed, telling them that was unlikely to happen with the shake of their head.

However, with life knocking on their doors they have little time to think about love and relationships with one another - especially as one of them already has a special someone - and have more important things to focus on, studying, careers and moving out. Ex still lives with his Mother and Father in the small house he grew up in, while Erica, on the other hand, currently lives in a small three-room apartment near their school.

Ex is a soft, kind-hearted Umbreon with unnatural rings. The timid 16 year-old is usually quiet and has a small circle of friends.

Erica, however, is a bubbly Glaceon who loves to socialise and meet new people and make new friends, she usually hangs out with Ex and blushes harshly whenever her friends make the common joke of the pair looking cute together.

Little does Ex know, Erica has had a crush on him ever since her boyfriend left her, yet she never had the guts to admit it to him, alongside the painful fact he's taken already. She secretly hopes for his relationship to fall apart so she could have her chance, but hopes it doesn't either, for the sake of the gentle 'Bre.

Ex is stressing out from the ghastly call of life and is trying his hardest to get into the town's rescue unit. He continues to push through the panic attacks and fear and keeps marching, but eventually the cold gets to every strong man. He always remembers a saying his mother used to tell him to inspire him and motivate him for life:

"The best way to predict the future, is to create it."