» xxdomino says «

x alrighty, to quench some curious minds; this story initially had no major goal, but now it does. It's nothing major like an epic new quest, because I never had anything in mind for this drabble series in the first place. If this gets enough reviewers then I'd be willing to start an all new story with a major plot and fighting and stuff but that's after I finish my other huge work. Pfft, I'm only fifteen. So yeah, the main plot is pretty much Tails and Wave getting their relationship accepted by the public, yaddigg?

x might not update this for a little while. Important Kingdom Hearts dates to attend to, ya know?

x there's another fanart lurking somewhere on my profile. Have a look! It will make me happy.

Mega thanks to Pirony, Hakimu, FicFan421, Exploder and The Guy in the Background for reviewing the last chapter.

FicFan421- Don't worry, it has a kind of plot thing now, but it wasn't originally supposed to have a main goal in the first place. Thanks for commenting anyway :)

x kinda Jet/Wave focused chapter.


It's a Technician Thing

Curious Observation

"Wave?" the green hawk asked her as his mechanic flitted by his room deep into the sleeping hours aboard their ark.

"Yeah?" she replied, a slight smile pulling at her beak, her eyes were joyful and sparkling in all their baby blue wonder. He hadn't seen her this happy in a while.

"Where were you?" she was skeptical to his tone of voice, it was soft and calm, if not a little raspy. Puberty had been a bitch to him, it was finally starting to smooth out now that he was getting older.

"Nowhere," she replied instantly, making him suspicious.

"Oh… alright then," he turned away from her momentarily, thinking of something to say and a little hurt that she didn't want to confide in him this time, "be up early, we've got another race with Sonic tomorrow."

"Oh?" her smile widened, "Okay then. Goodnight Jet."

"Goodnight… Wave."

x

Jet leant against a wall watching Wave make her way towards Sonic's mechanic, maybe it was to belittle him and make him feel inferior again. Storm joined him a moment later as Wave actually started to talk to the little fox.

"Whatcha' up to boss?" the albatross asked, confused as to why his leader was acting so quiet.

"Have you noticed that Wave's been acting differently?" Jet asked, casting curious eyes in Storm's direction. The large bird shrugged.

"Seems to be actin' the way she always has."

"Really?" he asked, suddenly disinterested in Storm's opinion.

He turned his attention back to Wave, their conversation was out of range but they were taking friendly jibes at each other, the insults-judging from their expressions-were kept to a minimum, and she was genuinely laughing. It wasn't her kind of mocking trill that he had memorised as Wave's defense mechanism; Tails had actually made her laugh.

Jet had had enough. Pushing off the wall he strode over to the swallow and pushed her aside, raising his voice in pitch, "What are you doing Wave? Fraternising with the enemy?"

He scoffed in a mocking manner when she rolled her eyes and turned back to Tails, turning more gentle and kind. Jet rubbed a hand over his beak, this was worrying.

x

She returned late the next day too, steps so light and bouncy that she was practically skipping.

"Have fun… wherever you were at?" he asked when she passed the lounge that night.

"Mhmm, how was your heist?"

"It went okay," he replied immediately, using her exact same tactic against her.

Wave scratched lightly at her neck, "What do you really want to ask me Jet?"

"I don't want you getting friendly with that fox," he stated abruptly, eyes and voice going rough and cold.

The mechanic paused for a second in shock, "What are you talking about?"

"Tails. Hatred is the best fuel to utterly annihilate them in battle." His words are curt and to the point, he has never been anything else.

Wave scoffed, "It's not all about racing, Jet."

Jet mimicked her in an overly insulting way, "It's not all about flirting, Wave."

The female avian flipped him off and growled, "I am not flirting with Tails, and even if I was, it isn't your place to be telling me off."

"He's jailbait," Jet shrugged nonchalantly.

He was met with a vase to the face, the pain throbbing throughout his skull, "I don't even think of him like that!" she snarled, "Leave me alone," she stormed off, her footsteps echoing throughout their halls.

Every time Jet tried to pull her closer, she drifted farther and farther away.