Confessions and Kisses
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"Have you ever kissed someone before?"
Blaze's mind was an empty meadow that sat in between two towering, frosted peaks at Sonic's question, and for a few moments she couldn't find the appropriate words to answer him; her mind was a meadow full of butterflies and sunlight, but not a sound. Blaze let her feet dangle off the side of the burnt orange tiled roof and she cast her star-washed eyes to the grassy ground below. "I have not. You should know more than anyone that I wasn't exactly the "social type" until I met you…" Blaze admitted as with curious glances at her friend beside her. She gently bit her bottom lip as her heartbeat grew to a crescendo at Sonic's equally timid gaze was sprung on her. The two held their dalliance of a gaze like an outstretched rubberband.
Beside her Sonic let out a soft chuckle, his eyes dancing amongst the bucolic horizon beyond the matching garden wall. "Oh right… I knew that..."
Terrible yearbook photos and unfunny wedding toasts wished that they boasted such face-twisting chagrin that was present in the near tangible air between the two blushing friends. Unbeknownst to the awkwardness below, the warm afternoon sun basked everything in a rusty burn as it made its chronic journey beneath the horizon. The quip chirps of the evening birds and the gentle buzzing of zipping dragonflies permeated the still air. The bucolic scenery of Blaze's garden was tranquil and gave much to admire.
Sonic cursed himself internally for asking such a personal, private question like that to a girl; Blaze of all people. He could be imagined banging his head into an invisible brick wall before him. He couldn't even run from this silence that ensnared the two like a hungry python. He slightly tilted his head to the left and peeked at her through his sneaking brow. Blaze's insecurities gnawed at her vanilla heart as she thought of ways to revitalize the conversation; despite her lips rebelling against her. Her eyes darted to the right to put Sonic into her peripheral vision, her eyes curious fireflies. She bit her bottom lip in anticipation as though she was attempting to nip through the silence. The air was still and quiet as if the garden was holding its breath, patiently awaiting a move to played in this anxious game of chess .
"Ha-Have you ever kissed someone before?" Blaze felt like the words fell out of her mouth with no cohesion. She gaped at herself and masochistically slightly turned towards him to discern what catastrophe she slammed her best friend with. With a look at him from the side, her mouth feeling a little dry, she readied an equally thoughtless apology to be coughed into existence. She noticed as he seemed to mull over the question and instantly her interest lied in his answer. She had always figured that since he was so cool that he would be the Casanova type anyways.
Sonic could have let out a huge, exasperated sigh with the power to punch through the clouds above, but he chuckled instead and smirked at her. "Nah, not at all." He said with a smile.
Blaze looked at him completely surprised. He must be lying, there is in no world where Sonic T. Hedgehog would had not kissed a girl before. Not with as much popularity with the women that he has or as much tantalizing charm that he possess. "None, are you telling the truth?" She then asked suspiciously.
"I wouldn't lie to you Blaze." She continued to look at him with skepticism twinkling in her golden eyes. "What? Don't you trust me Blaze?" Sonic then said with a playful tone of hurt in his voice. He then kicked his feet as they hung from the roof as he caught Blaze peering at him secretly from the side, roses planted on her cheeks, and a sprinkle of endearment residing in her eyes gold.
"It's not that Sonic, I just…" ,but she had to know, "N-Not even that Amy Rose girl that proclaims that she is your girlfriend?" Blaze inquired further, taking her microscope to his answers. She couldn't take her eyes off of him for a second as though she was transfixed. Sonic sudden became a glorious treasure that has not been soiled by the likes of a anyone, fangirls included. She felt as if… perhaps… she had a blossoming chance. Her heart became effervescent and subsequently she felt a kaleidoscope of butterflies bloom in her gut. All of these tantalizing feelings tickled a smile on her face.
"No! Definitely NOT her!" Sonic denied instantly. Chuckling lightly and then shaking his head he extrapolated, "No, never, ever, ever!" Sonic chuckled again while he motioned an 'x' with his arms. The two laughed for a moment, and as they settled down Sonic smirked and looked at her with a big grin barely hid behind his classic smirk. "Why?"
Blaze turned her head and stared at the shallow pond that shimmered off center on the left of the garden, itself surrounded by cattails and tall green growing things and a thing pebble walkway. "I was merely curious, Sonic…" She let out a barely audible sigh and slowly-soon the air fell still again.
Finally after a couple of seconds of silence and internal tacit conflict, Sonic peeked at her. Despite him cursing himself for asking such an audacious question just minutes before, he decided to ask another one. One born out of a growing kneading feeling within his gut.Will I ever learn? Sonic shook his head as though to answer his own question.
"Would you kiss me?" Sonic asked softly, his words through Blaze's emotional acumen onto the frying pan to shimmer.
Blaze's eyes widened and she froze, petrified by his question. Would you kiss me? That question echoed in her head so much that she thought her brain must've stopped working. She didn't say a word for at least thirty seconds until Sonic noticed her discomfort and scratched behind his head nervously… again regretting being so bold with his questions regarding Blaze.
"I- I'm sorry that just came out of nowhere. I'm sorry- ignore that one." His eyes graced her for a second before he turned his shamed frown towards the garden wall to eye the snaking brambles.
Blaze flashed a look at him accompanied by a shy smile before returning her gaze on her feet. "No it's alright Sonic. It's not a bad question… it's definitely not an unpleasant thought either..." She said, her words trailing off. She moved her toes in whatever which way and saw Sonic doing the same, mimicking her. She looked at him and giggled and he giggled back. Blaze and Sonic shared a smile, thankful for the wall of embarrassment dissolving.
They looked into each other's eyes for a long second, a link between them strengthening. Blaze smiled as she swam in the green depths of Sonic's tinsel, green eyes. And he smiled in bliss as he gazed up on Blaze's piercing gold pools… a twinkle of happiness shown in her eyes. Suddenly they both broke their tethered gaze and looked away shyly, Blaze biting her lip and Sonic rubbing his nose idly; silently a question of mutual love being asked.
Sonic leaned back on his arms and looked back at his feet as he held them up for him to see. He wiggled his toes momentarily before talking again. For some reason he felt even braver now, he felt as though he could ask the deep, adventurous questions that sometimes threatened to leap from his mind to his tongue before. "I would kiss you, I mean… if you wanted me to…er… " Sonic's cheeks were glowing fever red, and it wasn't from the lovely sunset either.
Blaze blushed with a hue that'll make candy apples jealous as she watched Sonic with eyes as if she daring to burn a hole through him. He would kiss me? Me, out of all people? It seemed absurd."Why would you kiss me?" Blaze finally let out slowly, the more she thought about it the deeper her thoughts fell into the crevasse of absurdity. She found herself in a claustrophobic den full of foxes bearing questions of randomness like: do people kiss for reasons? Is there some ulterior motive for kissing besides simply affection? Do people kiss to show emotion? To… To share emotion? She blinked deliberately. As if how they felt were a message and to exchange that affectionate message of love you must kiss? She blinked deliberately once more, this time leaving her ponderous gaze on Sonic.
What will Sonic and my first feel like? What will I do once we do? She gained another ounce of anxiety as she mulled over more thoughts. What will I do if I want nothing but more?"
Sonic rubbed his nose idly and groaned, his own gaze slowly scrolling towards Blaze before resting on her leg. "Oh wow, you really got me there Blaze." He noticed the way that she tensed up and he felt sympathetic.
Blaze frantically shook her head and hands, "No, no, no, you don't have to answer it I- I was just thinking aloud-" Sonic turned to her and gave her a quite peculiar smile that seemed to be different than what she was used to. In his eyes he was genuinely shy and straddling a fine line of his usual acumen and spilling over with giddy smiles and cheesy questions to further their emotional endeavors. She stopped talking, her voice stolen by what she deciphered within his mystical smile.
"No, no it's okay that was a good question." He then returned his enthusiastic gaze to his feet and wiggled his toes some more as he thought of her. "Well… I guess I would kiss you because, well… I think you're pretty…uh, pretty cool!" Sonic started to trail off, he knew what he wanted to say, but he was unsure how she would react to it. Come On Hedgehog! I haven't bailed like that since I wiped out on my extreme gear. He just hoped that she doesn't find him lame for not being able to put his feelings into adequate words. He stole a glance at her and found that she was looking at him more intently now, her mouth slightly agape and her radar like ears aimed directly at him.
Her beautiful, chatoyant eyes begged him to continue. Her ears was poised to catch the tiniest vibration in his voice box. Her heart raced as he began to confess his feelings. Her breaths were silent yet she breathed deeply as she readied to take in his words. Her heart felt as though it was trying to fly, the butterflies within her gut transforming into whole young hummingbirds, its wings needing only Sonic's lackluster, confessionary words to encourage its flight. She leaned in slightly. She felt slightly awkward at the fact of how much his words swayed her fluttering mind. She felt kind of silly as she began to recognize just how smitten she was for the cool-faced hero. His blooming face and slightly quivering smile as he tried to reign in his excitement made her smile. The authenticity in his voice on top of which his confession rode made her feel high with an emotion she was alien to. She kept her intense gaze on him as he continued.
"I would kiss you because well, you are pretty cool, you make me comfortable and I think spending time with you is always- it makes me happy." He peeked at her briefly before her gaze slightly intimidated him, but he wasn't backing down now, no matter how much embarrassment nibbled at his face and turned him beet-red. "I think you're a wonderful friend, an awesome teammate that I can always count on no matter the danger, and I, uh, well you can say… that I like you… a lot!"
"A lot?" Blaze parroted.
"I- I- I mean-" Sonic nervously rubbed his nose. Oh that was real smooth, hedgehog. Real smooth… "Y-You're just the most amazing girl I ever had the chance to meet… I just feel like we've been through a lot of trials and tribblations and that we bested even the worst baddies together. I mean, I like when you're by my side, fighting bad guys, sipping sodas, and…" Sonic's voice subdued as he scrolled his eyes back on her. He looked at her and noticed just how invested she was in what he bunglingly just said.
Blaze subconsciously scooted closer to him. Her ears ate up every word that left his lips, and her mind greedily absorbed the meanings and emotions behind his words. She knew that he wasn't inherently prolific with his vocabulary, especially the way he butchered the word tribulations, but the heart-tendering feeling was still there regardless of what elementary word he used. This genuine affection towards her lit a bonfire within her soul and she savored the glorious feeling of its warm and ferocity. Never before had she listened or had someone regard her so highly and so lovingly. So she kept closing the gap between them. And she kept closing the gap…
Silence followed behind his words like a dog, but it was different than before. She couldn't help but gander at him with a new perspective on him as she realized exactly what he meant to say. Sonic turned his head back to the front so she desisted her scooting and then tore her gaze of admiration away. She looked around awkwardly before resting her eyes back to her feet. Albeit, no matter what, she couldn't control the blissful smile and blooming blush that was now present on her face.
"Do you really mean all that you say, Sonic?" Her words came out merely a whisper. She opened her mouth as though she meant to say more, but she closed it again and bit her bottom lip softly.
Sonic looked to her and blushed at her tone, but smirked while he wriggled his toes. "I told yah that I wouldn't lie to you Blaze. I am Sonic the Hedgehog, I mean what I say." Blaze's smile only grew bigger as she recalled back when he first said that.
The sounds of the birds permeated the silence between them as Blaze thought about what he said. Her eyes, now filled with that same delicate flame that alit her soul, slowly found its way back on Sonic's body. She watched him while he watched the koi fish below that swam in the pond. Her golden eyes studied him: his face, his quills… she stared at him as though she was trying to read his mind, or as though she was admiring an artful masterpiece. She was growing giddy within.
The birds, the buzzing of dragonfly wings, and the crisp, bubbly music of the lake gave Blaze a tickle of euphoria. Combined with the fizzing euphoria, Sonic's beautiful, awkward words gave Blaze the greatest feeling she could ever hope to achieve. With the warm sunset setting ablaze her fur, she then demurely asks, "W-What if I told you that I really liked you- too…?" Her breath faltering as if a balloon was filling in her chest.
Sonic blushed madly and darted his eyes towards her before then dashing off to a tree in the distance as her luminous gaze intimidated him. "You're just saying that because I said it, and you don't wanna come off as rude…" Sonic assumed, but within his heart he hoped that what she said is true as well. He could feel his heart flutter as it does whenever he see Blaze. His heart, like a million trapped butterflies, yearned for the heavens. He desisted and listened intently on her next words.
"No Sonic, I will never deceive you like that… I mean what I say…" Her words stumbled out her mouth "Um, Sonic, may I confess myself to you?" She started nervously. Her tail twitched anxiously and her ears was so hot that it could light a fire. 'Calm down down there!' The heart would've said to its body-mates below. But the fluttering butterflies would of took no heed and shouted 'No way!' And kept fluttering. The stomach, not wanting a confrontation, kept quiet throughout the whole ordeal in isolated passiveness.
"Sure thing, go right ahead." Sonic said back. His heart skipped a beat as if it were scared of the hoard of butterflies that flew about in his belly.
Blaze gathered the words that flowed like tangled knots in fur in her head and she tried to make sense of it. Hopefully he will then, too, understand how she feels. "You fixed me Sonic…" She started softly. He looked at her with his brows to the sky, so she continued. "You fixed me when I didn't believe in myself. You helped me recognize my true self, in a way- I mean…" Blaze shook her head in frustration as she tried her best to make sense of the thoughts that jumped on her tongue. Bafflingly, she started to sound like Sonic. She closed her eyes tight against the setting sun and resumed.
"I mean… When we first met I was infuriated by your interruption regarding me retrieving my emeralds from the wrong hands. Of course now I know that you only wished to aid me in my retrieval of my emeralds, but I fought you despite your intentions." She referred back to the events that happened of Rush, and Sonic chuckled as he too remembered. "Yet you still only wanted to help me… I was anti-social, I still am in some regard…" She chuckled nervously and looked down into her lap at her hands as she started to think back to all the times she lost opportunities to make new friends or improve situations, but her contempt for others kept her from interacting chummily with anyone. "You taught me how to put trust in friends and to rely on others if needed." Blaze held out her hands and looked upon them. "You taught me how my flames are indeed gifts- tools to help people with- not a weapon for destruction, and not a curse for hurting…" Even though they can be those things.
Blaze opened up her left hand and held it up higher than her right. She then ushered a soft, small flame, in her palm it pulsed like a heart would; full of energy and life. "You helped me to help myself… to become the strong, young woman I am today." She looked to him, her flame lighting her face; its blaze lighting her golden eyes like the showers of colorful aftermath like the finale of a fireworks show. "And I thank you. You probably do not realize just how important you are to me, Sonic…" She blinks deliberately, "But I think you're the most important person in my life, and I never want to lose you, and Sonic… please excuse my lack of confidence, but I think- I think I'm falling for you."
Sonic stared at her with his eyes inundated with crystal. His mouth hung open slightly as he tried to inhale more air into his lungs. "I-I never knew, I-" I thought it was just me…
"Well now you know." Blaze giggled lightheartedly, the nervousness seemingly bursting from her and flying away, leaving Blaze the ability to finally breath for once since the conversation started. Sonic just stared at her with a grin of happiness. He then looked away from her and scratched lightly behind his head, within he felt all types of feelings, but none of them was strong enough to make him do what he truly wanted to do at those words.
"Heh, made my confession sound like crap compared to yours." Sonic chuckled.
"Perhaps…,but I knew what you meant to say- what your heart meant to pour out… and that's all that matters to me..." Blaze murmured out. The sunlight behind them slowly faded away into violets and indigos, streaks of violet painted the sky of indigo; the stars readied their dance in the sky.
"I'm glad you feel that way about me Blaze, I am honored." Sonic said smiling to her.
"As am I Sonic..." Blaze looked at him with an amorous smile on her face.
All grew quiet once more, but was soon broken by the songs of the crickets singing to each other and the occasional croak of the frog. The buzzing of insects in the trees softly sang out in chorus, and the wind accompanied its tune with whispering hymns as it flowed around the tree branches. The two that sat peacefully and blissfully upon the tiled roof before the beautiful sunset, and enjoyed the serenity of the scenery and atmosphere around them. Sighs of bliss escaped their lips; their minds at unrest,… It wasn't in stress- no, it was the emotion that coursed through their minds like rapids. Together, unknowing of the other, their souls coursed down the rapids with somewhat difficulty because Sonic, nor Blaze, had ever told something so precious and personal to anyone before in their lives. And to make it even more difficult they were introduced to something called love. Although they were both inexperienced in it, they grasped it and took hold to it like a vise; their souls not wanting to let go.
Sonic smirked once more, his careless audacity revving back up again as he asked Blaze another bold question.
"So that is a yes that you will kiss me?" Sonic asked, looking at her quickly then back out at the side.
"Are you asking?" Blaze asked back, her eyes darted to Sonic, her heartbeat quickening, and a blush deeper than the hue of a rose gathered warmly on her face. "Or are you joking with me…" Her eyebrows fell as she studied his composure further.
"I've never kissed anyone before…" Sonic reiterated.
"I have yet kissed too." Blaze responded.
Sonic looked to her, chuckled, and scooted closer to her, and she scooted closer to him. Their heartbeats quickening with each inch closer they become; their minds igniting with anticipation.
"Will you kiss me now- then?" Blaze let out in a breath.
"Do you want me to?" He asked back, his voice merely a whisper.
Blaze let out a soft hum in response, her hands inching towards her blue beau like how plants turn towards the sun's beaming rays.
With their gazes fixed like a chain tethered, the grabbed each other with hesitation chaining their wrists. Blaze began to blink rapidly as she absorbed just how handsome Sonic is from just inches away. Sonic slowly moved his hands from her shoulders down to her hand. She responded by slowly intertwining her fingers with his and her other hand tip-toed up his leg to his waist, simultaneously he pulled her closer by her lower back. The two gasped by the electric sensation that pierced where the other was holding as though a live wire was gripping their bodies. Sonic shivered a short shiver of excitement which was felt by Blaze and she bit her lip in anticipation by leaning inwards a breath. Blaze's heart sped up as their extremely close proximity sent her mind ablaze.
With her free hand she gently touched Sonic's face as she looked into his eyes. She then lightly stroked Sonic's cheek by the thumb and as did Sonic to her face. Blush was heavy on their faces as they inched closer to each other, their lips centimeters apart. Their eyes slowly closed… Their heads slightly tilt…
Less than a second their lips touched, and thusly the word ethereal needs a new definition for the feeling they felt.
Emotion and ecstasy exploded as their lips sealed. Their brains felt as though firecrackers went off in the middle of a circus tent. Bliss would be one way to explain how they were feeling, euphoria would be another, even heavenly as their hearts soared like fighter jets and minds transcended the available time and space. Sonic felt a fire in his gut that consumed any trace of nervousness or hesitation from his bowels, he felt freed and lithe like a cat; oh the innuendo of lust became a tad bit more accessible. Blaze felt split down the middle from her groins up to her head with a spear heated blue-hot; her tail went ramrod stiff and a purr grew loud begat via her bosom.
Oh, how if the world were to stand still right now they both would agree that now would be the most opportune time. As their kiss progressed, the Sonic and Blaze's hearts fluttered like a million butterflies, and they began to smile gingerly through the kiss. The kiss slowly ended by the two subsequently and once their lips parted and their eyes locked on each other, their grips on each other became a tid bit firmer. The two breathed deeply as they thought about what they have just started and how their relationship will blossom into something so great.
They looked into each other's eyes once more with a new light blazing in both pools of gold and green. And in unison they breathed out, barely a whisper.
"So that's how a kiss feels like…"