Mobius: The Final Stand Ch. 47
Cream's house
9:20 pm
Everyone from the "Sonic" gang was gathered at Cream's house, relaxing and lounging on the sofas or chairs in the living room, talking avidly amongst each other. The general atmosphere was one of relief and happiness, everyone thankful that Sonic, Knuckles, and Raymond managed to carry out and execute their "rescue" mission with great success. Thankfully, none of them was severely injured; just a couple of cuts and bruises to treat…
Sonic was lying on one of the chairs, being enthusiastically attended to by Amy. A few bandages and stitches covered most of his wounds, maaybe a little more than was necessary…
"See?" Sonic exclaimed, sarcastically indignant. "I toldja there was really nothing to worry about Ames!" He casually assured Amy, who was in the process of caring for a large gash that ran down the side of his thigh.
"I know…" Amy sighed caringly. "I'm just worried for you, that's all…"
Sonic flashed a grin. "No problem! I appreciate your kindness and caring!" He thanked Amy gratefully, wincing a bit as she applied alcohol to his cut.
As Sonic and Amy continued to talk to each other, possibly developing and starting a new relationship with each other, Knuckles, Raymond, and Galaxina were relaxing on the couch, chatting with each other. Raymond had an icepack wrapped tightly to the side of his head while Knuckles didn't have any bandages, fervently insisting that he didn't need them…
"…So then, me and Raymond were climbing the wall of the base, trying to stay invisible, when suddenly, out of nowhere, a giant robot shows up and started to attack us!" Knuckles tried to explain the story of how they managed to sneak into Eggman's base to Galaxina. "You know of course, Raymond was too scared to fight it because it was so powerful, but I, KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA-"
"Hey! That's not what happened!" Raymond cut in, desperately trying to prevent Knuckles from continuing his story.
"Ahem." Knuckles coughed crossly, silencing Raymond. "So as I was saaaying before SOMEONE interrupted… I, KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA, singlehandedly defeated the gigantic monster while catching Raymond as he slipped and fell off of the rope and-"
"Oh yeah, and you did that while balancing a plate of eggs on your head while singing the ABC's…" Raymond sarcastically retorted as Knuckles rolled his eyes.
"Haters… always trying to tear you down…" Knuckles whispered to Galaxina who was trying her best not to giggle. She had one hand covering her mouth, attempting to cover the fact that she was smiling, finding Knuckles' story to quite amusing…
"Oh dear… that sounds pretty dangerous! Are you sure you're okay after doing all that?" Galaxina asked Knuckles in mock sincerity.
Knuckles furiously nodded. "Yep! But RAYMOND here on the other hand…." Knuckles good naturedly shoved Raymond who laughed and retaliated by shoving Knuckles back.
Galaxina rolled her eyes and smirked. "Let me guess, Raymond ran away in fear while you destroyed everyone 'single-handedly' and became the hero of the day, right?"
"Hey, how did you know that!" Knuckles asked in surprise as Raymond snorted.
"I apparently didn't do ANYTHING?" Raymond asked Knuckles in mock despair, who in response vigorously shook his head.
Raymond laughed and sighed, leaning back on the couch. Next to him, Galaxina giggled and hugged him from the side, squeezing him tightly.
"Well to me, you'll ALWAYS my hero!" Galaxina cheerfully told Raymond, smiling warmly.
"Thanks!" Raymond shrugged and laughed again…
As Raymond, Knuckles, and Galaxina continued their entertaining conversation, outside the house on the deck, Tails and Cosmo were standing next to each other, holding hands. They were silently looking up at the night sky, gazing at the stars and moon in awe. Their hair whipped past their faces as the gentle summer breeze blew by.
"Wow… its really beautiful looking at the stars at night…" Tails trailed off, still in wonder of the majestic sight he saw before him…
Cosmo smiled and nodded. "Mhm! Back when I was a little girl on the ship with my parents and family, I used to love gazing out the windows, staring at the many stars as they passed…"
"Yeah…" Tails trailed off into silence as he suddenly had a thought. "Remember the time back when we had that party aboard the Blue Typhoon?" Tails suddenly asked Cosmo curiously.
"Yep! It was one of the best moments of my life; I loved the times where I could spend time with you back then…. Why?" Cosmo innocently replied, asking Tails a question in return.
"Well… remember when we were looking at the stars that night, and I said how I thought the stars were really beautiful?" Tails asked Cosmo now blushing a little bit.
"Yeah…?"
"Well…" Tails hesitated, blushing heavily. "You know... I… I..."
"You what, Tails?" Cosmo asked, now interested in what Tails was getting at.
"I.. uh.. never.. really.. said… that…" Tails managed to spit out.
"What do you mean?"
"I…" Tails sighed and uneasily scratched the back of his head. "Well… I didn't say the stars were beautiful… I actually said YOU were beautiful, but I guess you misheard me…" Tails nervously chuckled a little bit.
"You… you did?" Cosmo asked Tails who nodded, still blushing very heavily. "Aww! That's so sweet of you to say Tails!"She wrapped him in a big embrace, closing her eyes and nuzzling her face in Tails' muzzle, smiling contentedly.
"Heh… well at the time, I really wanted to express how special you really were to me, but I guess I was a bit too nervous and embarrassed to truly admit it… embarrassed that you maybe wouldn't feel the same way…" Tails looked a little downcast now, kicking the ground with one of his sneakers.
"Tails… I felt the same way too you know! But I was too scared to think that you wouldn't like me either… That you would think that I was annoying…" Cosmo softly replied, also seeming a bit depressed.
"You? Annoying? Never!" Tails looked shocked after hearing Cosmo say that. "You're the best thing that's EVER happened to me! I would NEVER think that you were or are annoying Cosmo!" Tails cheerfully responded, prompting a big smile from Cosmo.
"And why would you ever possible think that I wouldn't love you Tails? All the way from your cute smile to your soft twin tails, I love every single thing about you so much as well!" Cosmo sweetly replied, smiling prettily at Tails.
"Hehe.. you really think I'm cute?" Tails blushed, drawing another smile from Cosmo.
"Nah, 'cute' doesn't describe you well enough… they haven't invented a word to truly depict your cuteness yet!" Cosmo smirked slightly as she playfully reached out and cuddled one of Tails' tails, delicately rubbing it against her face.
Tails nearly fainted when he felt Cosmo's soft face gently rub against his tail. Amusedly seeing Tails' uneasiness, Cosmo slyly crept up to Tails, and leaned her face towards his. When she was close enough, she brushed her eyelashes against his eyelids and fluttered them a few times.
"C-Cosmo! T-That t-tickles!" Tails started to laugh uncontrollably, much to the amusement of Cosmo. "Hey! C-Cut it o-out!"
Cosmo smirked at Tails' reaction to her butterfly kiss. "Can you say 'please'?"
"P-P-Please?" Tails still continued to laugh hysterically.
"Huh? I didn't hear you Tails!" Cosmo continued her attack on Tails.
"Haha! Please!" Tails managed to sputter.
Cosmo giggled and finally released Tails from his 'torture'. "Whew… even I have to admit I enjoyed that!" Tails comically told Cosmo.
Cosmo giggled again, then resumed looking back up at the night sky, holding Tails' hands.
"I love spending time with you so much Tails..." Cosmo breathed, trailing off.
"Just like how I love YOU!" Tails wittily replied, smirking.
"Nuhuh, I love YOU more!" Cosmo responded, smirking as well.
"Oh really, prove it then!" Tails jokingly replied, but was surprised when Cosmo suddenly leaned over and kissed him deeply. They remained kissing, their lips touching each other's lips, moving their arms to embrace each other as well.
Finally when they broke away, Cosmo smiled at Tails and said:
"Does that prove to you how much I love you?"
Tails smiled back in return. "Yeah… Well… I guess it's my turn then!"
The two of them leaned over and kissed again, this time not letting go, staying interlocked, forever and ever…