Love is Patient: SonicxAmy

A/N: Just a brief note. I know many of you will probably be rolling your eyes about the religious implications of this story, but it will be a collection of love one-shots for my favorite couples based in their strengths of what love should be. Love has been tainted and contorted by popular media, and, at the evidence of the highest divorce rates in history (yes, some is from being unable to divorce back then, but part of it is that our system is not that great right now), I believe that love needs to be taken back to its simplicity and self-sacrifice that it once had. Feel free to R&R, and I hope you guys enjoy. I do not own the Sonic characters; Sega does. The passages are from the Bible, and written by Paul the Apostle

Thanks to TailsLovesCosmo for all the help and confidence that was given to me with this story.

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Simply put: "Love is patient", from 1 Corinthians 13:4

She sighed heavily as dejection reflected in her eyes, dulled by sadness and depression. As she lay down on her side on the couch of her living room with her head propped up on pillows, aimlessly gazing at the wall on the other side of the room. Amy Rose sat up as the familiar whoosh carried through the country side. She walked slowly over to the window and watched helplessly as the blue blur that was Sonic the Hedgehog came and went in the blink of an eye, along the road just steps away from her house. She slowly turned around and walked back to the couch with depression hanging over her head.

"Every time. Every time he rejects me. But still, I never learn…" She thought as she slowly lowered herself to her chair and smoothed her skirt. "Why does he always run? Even when we're close, and I try so hard to be sensitive for him…it's like his pleasure lasts for one second and then it fades…"

The memories poured down into her mind like unwanted rain during harvest season. She remembered seeing him at his favorite hotdog stand, buying – or haggling, rather – for one of his favorite foods, the chili dog. She had walked slowly up to him, wanting to try a different approach to get him to finally spend some time with her.

She took a deep breath to calm herself. "Sonic," she had said smoothly.

He stopped what he was doing and cringed for a second, expecting to mauled by one of her hugs, but quickly caught onto the difference in her voice. "Wh-what's up, Ames?" He tried in vain to mask his fear.

"I was wondering if you would like to come to my house this afternoon with me to have lunch." She said calmly once more.

He was taken back by this…calmness that he had never seen before. But he decided to play along, after all, he could always leave if things got bad, right? So they spent the afternoon together, having fun playing games like catch and hide-and-go-seek, other than Amy had to constantly remind him that it wasn't fair for him to run to a new spot when she was about to find him, even if he could be almost invisible as he ran. Eventually he agreed to stay for dinner. And so they had sat in her living room, talking about the good times they had together with their friends. Even the times they had on Earth together had given them pleasant memories; after all, they now had Shadow because of them. As time crept onward, she had come to realize, even though had sat on opposite sides of the room, he was sitting right next to her. She looked up into his eyes in shock, finding his own filled with the kind of love she had found herself looking at him with so often, and for a moment their conversation stopped as they gazed at each other in true, un-judging, unselfish love. For a moment. Then his eyes shifted, as if remembering something, and his face became masked by his nervous smile once more, veiling his eyes from her.

"Hey, um, Ames. I'm really sorry, but I have to go." He quickly stood, leaving the girl alone on the couch.

She had been completely stunned by his sudden change. "W-wait, what? But you…"

And then he was gone, the door gently closing in the breeze from his passing. "said you'd stay for…for dinner…"

That had been last night. Now she was left alone once more, trying to figure out why he always shut her out. Why he wouldn't get close to her. Why she still followed him even though he ran from her. Then she realized the answer; she loved him. And love was enough to forgive and wait for him.

"All we have is love. This life, the world, it will chew us up and spit us back out without a second glance…" She instinctively reached for her necklace and felt the smooth t pattern. "After all, they did it to him, after all the love he showed to the outcasts and downtrodden of society, the low of the low. If he can love them even after that, then I can love someone who has tried to make the world better than before. Someone who fights for us all the time…my Sonnikku."

She stood proudly and strode to the door with refreshed confidence, nearly flinging the door open as she rushed after the long-gone hedgehog of her dreams.

"No matter what, Sonic, I will always be here waiting for you.

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Or chasing, as it may turn out to be. Anyway, I know, my profile lied. But this idea popped into my head and I wanted to start it before it left again. Anyway, the entire chapter of 1 Corinthians 13 is wonderful about what love is. If you're interested, I have the first three verses posted on my profile. Anyway, I hope you guys are having a good week, and TGIF; it's almost the weekend! Have a nice day, and take care!