A/N: I guess this is more or less a filler chapter. I'll probably get a ton more over the next three days. I can't exactly draw on a road trip so... I'll probably be writing chapters of drabbles.
She dropped her purse down on the chair, holding the binder to her chest. She had some new designs to show her boss. She had been working on them the entire month.
"Hey, Knuckles?" She spotted her friend- and boss- sitting casually in a chair across the shop, thumbing through a newspaper. The red echidna was exactly the type you'd expect to own a tattoo shop. Gruff looking. But he had a kind heart.
His purple eyes focused on her, and he gave her a friendly smile. "What's up, Amy?"
"I have some designs I wanted you to look over."
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He tied his apron around him. It was one of those this Vanilla insisted he wear as part of his work "uniform." Cream was already watering the flowers. The shop was going to be open in about half an hour.
He picked up a broom and started sweeping up some spilled soil, but for some reason... The pink hedgehog next door just wouldn't leave his mind. Never mind the fact that she was his- never mind... That was embarrassing, he'd only imagine how she'd feel if she knew that. Although he had the feeling he would be telling her... And probably soon.
The bell rung, and he looked over to the mother rabbit entering the shop. With kind chocolate brown eyes. He put the broom down, "Vanilla, what do I owe the pleasure to this morning?" The rabbit just lifted a bag containing a bunch of cookies. And called her daughter over.
"Now share these with Sonic, and you can bring some to Amy of you'd like."
His ears perked up at the girl's name. Something that didn't go unnoticed by Vanilla, though she thought she'd hold her tongue... For now.