(A/N Well, been a while, I hope I'm still okay at writing this stuff. Unlike my previous work, this won't be updated quite as fast I'm afraid, however this story shall hopefully be much better than my previous sonic fan-fiction work also. Well, with all that said, I'll say what I always have to..all characters are Copyrighted to Sega, as this is based primarily on the scene of Sonic Adventure 2. Enjoy.)
Chapter 1: We meet again.
The rain drizzled down around the currently dark Station Square, only a few people walking around with their umbrellas open, walking at a brisk pace to try and escape the rain as quickly as possible. However one young female sat apon a bench and allowed the rain to pour down apon her, attempting to let it drown away her sorrow and boredom. Rouge sighed lowly as her eyes fell shut momentarily, before glancing around the area once more. She had been going out with Knuckles until recently, but they'd both come to the conclusion that it just didn't feel quite right, and their relationship didn't have the same spark that it used to. A slight smile played upon her lips as another thought came to mind, or rather another person.
She had been trying not to think of the young orange furred fox boy, but there was something about him that refused to escape her mind. Why, why couldn't she stop thinking about him? That was the question that was on her mind, though really she knew the reason, but she didn't think that reason was right. For starters, she hadn't long broken up with Knuckles, and she was worried it may hurt his feelings a little if she found someone else so quickly. Also, he was quite a lot younger than him...well, three years at least. That wasn't that much difference in age, she thought, but despite that she still wasn't sure about it all.The winds roared around and rustled the tree that she sat beneath, shaking a few more rain droplets off as they clumped together, falling and hitting her directly between the eyes. She winced slightly at the sudden unexpected event, but nothing more as her eyes fluttered open again to the dismal skies above. It was getting much worse, and the rain was slowly but surely beginning to pour down heavier and faster as it began to get colder.
She sniffled a little, not sure whether it was from her confusion induced sadness or that she was falling ill as she slowly got to her feet. "I should probably get back to my place." She thought to herself, about to take a step forward but suddenly halting as her lips curled to a smirk. "Or, then again...I may have an idea..." She muttered, changing her direction as she headed toward the station. She didn't have exactly what she was going to do planned out yet, but she hoped the ending she wanted deep down would surmount in the end.
She walked into the station building and shook herself a little, trying her best to dry off at least slightly before slowly moving up the stairs. Hopefully fox-boy would be home, and would be gullible enough to fall for her trick. She didn't intend to hurt him with her trick of course, and besides it wouldn't entirely be a trick, for she was already partially falling ill.
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Not long later, Rouge reached the Mystic Ruins as she stepped off the train onto the wooden flooring, the rain now beating ever heavier down against the wooden roof of the station. She glanced outward from the wooden confines, smiling a little as she saw Tails' workshop in the distance. She slowly walked down the wooden steps, purposely trying to stay in the cold for as long as possible. This was merely because she was hoping to fall ill to gain something...a little quality time with Tails.She reached the bottom and continued at her steady pace toward Tails' house, the rain pouring down heavily on her. She rose her white gloved right hand in front of her as her eyes closed, sneezing lightly twice in quick succession. She didn't particularly like falling ill, but she was doing it for a reason. Rouge eventually came to the numerous steps, slowly beginning to walk up them also though with a slightly quickened pace to what she had previously been walking at.
As she walked up the many steps, a thought suddenly came to mind, one which didn't usually. Why did Tails live so high up, and so isolated from everyone else? Sure he enjoyed to work on his planes, but surely he didn't need to be this far away from everyone. Maybe there was something else he liked to do, something that he liked to be alone for. She shook the thought off hastily as she reached just in front of his door, sneezing once again before she knocked firmly on it three times.
She heard a sudden flurry of paper and draws being opened and closed. "I must of interrupted him, I hope he won't be angry." Rouge thought to herself worriedly, still awaiting him to answer the door, which he did. The door was slowly opened inward to show the young fox-boy standing there, looking slightly flustered as he looked at her with a tint of surprise.
"R-Rouge?" He asked curiously, yet the way he looked at her seemed to show a little more than just curiousity. Then again, maybe he wasn't looking at her in that way, perhaps she was just imagining it out of hope.
"Uhm, hi Tails. May I.." Rouge halted there as she sneezed once again, she truly was falling ill now.
"You don't seem too well, though I can't say I'm surprised in this weather, please come in." He said with a slight tone of hope notable in his voice as he stood aside from the door, gesturing for Rouge to enter. She nodded slightly as a soft thank you escaped her lips, raising a hand before her nose as she sneezed once more.
Tails looked at her with some concern, closing the door as he led her to a seat, before sitting down also beside her. "How come you're out in this weather?" He asked in concern, considering putting an arm around her to warm her up, but deciding it was probably best not to. "Surely you could of gone to Knuckles if you didn't have a place to go, right?" He asked her, not knowing of the events that had already transpired between herself and Knuckles.
"Well, I...don't think we'll be talking for a while, Tails, we've broken up." She stated firmly, feigning a tone of greater sadness than she was truly feeling.
"Oh, I'm, sorry to hear that." Tails replied also in a fake tone of sadness. Sure he felt bad for her and how miserable she appeared to be feeling, but he also couldn't help a little hopefulness springing up inside him, wondering if this might mean that he had a chance with her. "By the way, sorry if I disturbed you Tails, I heard a lot of noise from inside after I knocked." Rouge said, sniffling once more due to the illness she had sustained. "It's fine..." He said slightly nervous due to what he had been doing before she'd came around. He wondered what Rouge would think were he to show her what he had been writing. It wasn't much, just a song, but it was how he felt about her. Ideas of how to show it to her dotted his mind, trying to figure out which he would actually have the guts to do.
He decided to postpone the thoughts for now and merely enjoy his time with her. "So, do you have anywhere to go? Of course, you're welcome to stay here, if you like." Tails said, once more with a tone of hopefulness in his voice. Rouge was slightly taken aback by his kind gesture, for although she knew of how kind a child he was, had they not been enemies a while ago?
"I'd love to stay here, if it's not too much trouble." She said, a small smile of affection playing apon her features. Tails returned the smile contently, nodding slightly.
"It's no trouble at all, and although I have only the one bed, you're quite welcome to take it for the night." He said politely. "I have something I want to work on anyway, so I probably won't sleep much."
"Oh, is that so?" Rouge said with a smirk, trying to show herself to not be quite as serious as he may of seen her. "Is little fox-boy perhaps writing love letters to someone, hence the paper I heard being shoved into draws upon entry?" Rouge asked, giggling a little as she smiled at him, showing she meant no harm by her comments. Tails reddened slightly in the cheeks in response, chuckling a little in response.
"N-no, not that." He said, sighing slightly not long after. "Seeing as, I'm single. I kind of would like that kind of affection from someone though, you know?" He asked rhetorically, before realising what he was saying and reddening slightly further in the cheeks. "Uhm, sorry, I didn't mean to carry on like that." He said with embarrassment, of all people he could of gone and blurted all of that out to, it was the one he'd fallen for. He quickly got to his feet and walked into the next room, tapping a wall firmly as a bed folded out from it. Rouge walked in after him, smiling affectionately toward him as he blushed, she couldn't help but think he had a certain cuteness about him as he did so. The bed fell into place with a blanket and pillow already laying upon it as Tails turned once more to face Rouge. "Uhm, here's the bed, I hope you sleep well and get better soon." He said with still a tone of nervousness, a little worried that Rouge may somehow know what he had been writing before she'd came around.
"Thank you very much Tails." She said politely, moving to sit on the bed to test it's durability. "Well, I'll just be in the other room if you want anything." Tails said with a smile as he left Rouge to settle into place, shutting the door as he left to give her some privacy. She frowned slightly as she thought about what she'd said and then how he'd reacted, thinking that he was probably blushing because it was true, so he had his sights set on someone else. She wouldn't give up though, she wanted to be with him, and would do all she could to make that dream come true.
Tails sat down at a desk in the other room, looking over his shoulder at the door to where Rouge was nervously before carefully removing a piece of paper from one of the draws. He scrolled down it with a slight smile at the song he'd written for Rouge, wondering still if he should show it to her or not, and even more importantly whether or not he should let her know it was written for her. "The one I long for is merely in the next room, I just wish I could tell her how I feel." Tails murmured to himself as he removed another blank piece of paper with a pencil. He carefully began to sketch down a picture of Rouge, he'd fallen for her deeply, but just couldn't find the right time to say the right words. However, perhaps tonight could be the night that he told her, he'd have to wait and find out.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------(A/N Well, I hope you enjoyed that, and I apologise for any faults within my work. Please review my work with any comments you wish, and also feel free to e-mail me or talk to me through MSN. Please do not fill the review section however with pointless harangue(flames). I'm not sure when I will have the next chapter out, but it most likely depends on how many reviews I get, the more I get, the faster I'll work. So, until next time, adieu to all readers.)