Chapter 1 - Undesired attention
Ok, so I've never kissed anyone before. Why is that so bad? It was hard to resist the urge to punch the Blue Blur in the face during the whole 15 seconds he stood there, just laughing. How can something like that be funny of all things? With half-opened eyes, Silver watched Sonic as he finally stopped his mocking and eventually regained his breath.
- "Dude, that's incredible. Specially being from the future, I mean... people kiss at a younger age with each decade so the tendency would... well, man, you sure you're 15??"
- "I actually turned 16 last month, remember?– that just made Silver feel even worse. –"And it's not like we had spare time to go about... kissing each other back in the future either..."
- "Yeah, you're right. But, you've been here for two years now... Well, I'll be sure to stay on the look out, in case I see a good match for you. Maybe Cream will be up to the challenge... *snicker*"
- "Ok, stop that already! And don't involve little Cream in this. Kissing is not such a great deal, is it! I think there are more important things in life... like being helpful and... protecting the others..." Great, now I'm just blushing stupidly, I really don't even know what I'm saying anymore. I am a bit of a moron sometimes. Like about ten minutes ago, when I decided that it was safe to engage conversation with Sonic after he insisted so much. And he HAD to choose this topic of all... Why didn't I just refuse?
- "Alright, alright... it's ok man. Don't worry, your secret's safe with me. And you're partially right there: You shouldn't take it too seriously. And, well... it's ok to be afraid when you have to face it the first time, and I can understand you turned that girl down because you got nervous, after all... maybe you didn't know her well enough! It's not like you should feel turned on with the first thing with a pair of boobs that crosses your way, that's more like Jet lately... But if a girl ever goes to you like that again, be sure to introduce them to Knux. Man, he could use some company!"
- "I heard that!" – The red echidna known as Knuckles was approaching Silver's house at the time –"I don't need anyone else, Rouge will be back in about a week. And look at yourself, blue boy, I don't see YOU hanging out with cute girls at all. Hiya there Silver. Could you lend me some tuna? I'm all out."
After giving Knuckles two tins of tuna, ...and three tomatoes, and a pineapple, and some ham, Silver was left alone to think. Having said goodbye to his friends, he walked inside. He had a beautiful house now that he decided to stay in this time. It was small but cozy, with a small garden and a wooden terrace that made the perfect viewpoint. The terrace even had a small wooden round table and some wooden chairs where you could have something to eat or drink. You could see all of Green Valley from up there, and now that it was summer the green grasslands were all covered with several kinds of wild flowers. Inside, most of his furniture was also wooden made and his living room had the most comfortable couches Tails had ever slept on, according to his own words. Sometimes, one of Silver's friends would stay in his house for a night or two, and make him company. He was ok around guys, but lately girls would make him feel a bit uneasy; ever since they realized Silver was gentle and polite appart from being all gorgeous, brave, powerful and absolutely hot, they were all over him trying to call his attention. But the ivory colored hedgehog wasn't used to this kind of treatment at all like Sonic was, who was always surrounded by his fangirls. Silver was completely inexperienced in love matters, and these had come to him way before he could naturally feel any curiosity in them in the first place. And he just had to remember that past event...
He let himself fall on one of the sofas breathing heavily. He remained there for a few seconds and sighed. I never said I didn't know the girl. It was Blaze who had tried to kiss me two years ago, and that had scared me. Back then, Blaze had seen Silver's face and decided to stop, for she had known he wouldn't have stopped her, but it was clear from his expression that he hadn't been at all comfortable with the situation. So she had simply told him it was ok, that maybe he wasn't prepared for a relationship, and simply hugged him and told him for the n-th time she cared for him and would be there for him whenever he needed her. She was an awesome person, Silver knew that. But that didn't change the fact that the situation had scared the shit out of him at the moment and was thankful that she had stopped. I guess it was right not telling Sonic that fact. He's a good pal and all, but I don't think he would've been able to give me a good advice about that. Even now I still have a hard time talking about Blaze... And after all, he never feels nervous or shy when Amy is all over him, so how would he know...?
He remained there for an hour or two just thinking how love was a matter almost unknown in his future homeland, how fear and survival were much more important at the time. Reproduction was taught of course, but it sounded so systematic and logical that he never really gave it a deep thought. He went on thinking and pondering, always returning to that single moment when he hadn't been able to control the situation at all, until the sun set. He closed the curtains to a pink and purple twilight sky and went to the kitchen to fix himself a salad. Oh right, the tomatoes. I really should learn how to say 'no' for a change...