Tails stood there in disbelief. Here is a lovable kitzune who just let everything in heart out to a girl who once said she could "Never stay mad at him." And yet, she has rejected his offer of forgiveness.
"A-Amy……." He said quietly. He was really holding back any signs of crying. "Was saying his name really that bad of a thing?"
No response.
"Well….no matter how bad it was….I just need to say I'm sorry again…."
Nothing came from Amy's room. Tails continued.
"I…..I just don't know what to do……I was such an idiot…..not knowing this hurt you that much. And I still don't know why…."
Tails thought to himself for awhile. It was probably silent for several minutes. Tails just couldn't think of anything that would hurt her this much just saying Sonic's name. After all, her and Sonic didn't have a really close relationship……or did they? Tails snapped out of his deep thought and asked one more question.
"Amy." This time he said her name with more confidence. "You still love him don't you? I know that's true, but I just want to know……do you…..love him more than me?" He paused. "Be honest….."
The door slowly opened. Tails was just happy that she was listening. He gulped out of nervousness.
"If you do….I don't care." He said. "He was my best friend too…..and having to grieve this alone is just stupid right? I just need to have someone around to deal with this whole thing. I'm sure you think the same thing. We don't have to get back together if you don't want to."
Amy grabbed Tails tight. He was shocked by this, expecting either a mushy get-together or another rejection, but she just hugged him. She didn't even speak.
"A-Amy…." Tails said slowly. "I just want to know..."
She let go of him. "I'm just sick crying all the time." Her voice sounded terrible still. All that crying had definitely ruined her voice temporarily. "But….I just can't answer your question. If I'm too scared to even say his name, what does that say? Do I love him so much that just the sound of his name brings me to tears, or do I want to forget about him?"
Tails didn't know what to say either. Amy had answered his question with another question. All of a sudden, Tails heard a noise downstairs.
"Get off of me!" Yelled a voice, which sounded like Cream's. "Tails! Help!"
"Was that Cream!?" Amy asked surprisingly.
"Yes! We gotta help her!" Tails responded.
"Shut your trap you little brat!" Came another voice from where Cream was. Tails froze up.
"No no no no no!" Tails just shook his head in disbelief. He'd recognize that voice anywhere. "Why is Fiona here!"
Fiona came rushing towards the them, with extreme anger in her eyes.
"I knew I would find you here!" She yelled.
"What have you done to Cream?" Tails demanded to know. His answer was a hit to the face. Amy just stood scared after seeing him get hit like that. He stood up and wiped his face.
"Was one hit not enough for you before?" Tails questioned. Again Fiona tried to hit him, but Tails blocked it this time. Fiona knew Tails was too kind-hearted to hit a girl, even if it was her, so she continued to attack him. Punch after punch came flying at him, and all he did was block them with his arms. Fiona even began to add kicks to the mix. It wasn't long before he fell over on the floor in pain. Amy attempted to rush in.
"Leave him alone!" She shouted as she grabbed Fiona's arm. Fiona just pulled her arm off of her.
"No. I'm being paid to keep you two apart, and I'm not stopping at anything." She kicked Tails again and he yelled in pain this time. Amy had enough of this. She rolled up her sleeve and nailed Fiona right in the face with a punch. She turned around and backhanded Amy as hard as she could, calling Amy names while doing it. She looked really angry and grabbed Amy.
"I guess the only way to keep you guys apart is to kill one of you." She said staring at Amy.
Tails was so infuriated by watching this. His mind was jumbling with so many horrific pictures and ideas that he couldn't stand it. The kind-hearted Tails now had disappeared and the berserk fox rushed towards Fiona. He made a tremendous blow to her face, knocking her out. He grabbed her, started flying, and headed for the window. Amy ran after him.
"Tails! What are you doing!" Amy yelled. He turned his head toward her. She could see the anger in his eyes. This was not the Tails she knew.
"This monster is a menace. She's the reason we broke up. She's the reason we've been yelling at each other. She's the reason why we're dealing with so much pain right now!" His breath had increased a lot. "I bet she's even the one who planted that bomb in the wall that kept me from saving Sonic! She deserves to be killed!"
"Miles Prower!" Amy yelled with tears in her eyes. "I don't care what she did! It's what you're doing right now that I can't stand!"
Tails was already out the window. Amy's apartment was only on the second floor, so Tails started to fly up to the roof. Amy ran up the stairs as fast as she could to reach the roof first. She was completely out of the breath when she arrived and saw Tails ready to drop her from a great height.
"T….Tails……." She was breathing very heavily. "Don't do it…….this isn't going to prove anythi-"
"Yes it will!" Tails yelled. "We'll pretend this was an accident, and then we'll never have to see her again. Everything was fine until she came along."
"Everything was fine!?" Amy screamed. Tails stared at her. "Sonic…" She was able to say his name now. "……my boyfriend…..your best friend…..was killed. And you're going to say everything was fine about that!?"
Tails started to feel like his old self again, and laid Fiona on the roof. Amy was still crying.
"Why do you treat this who thing with Sonic like it never mattered much?" She asked. "It's like you don't even care about him."
"What are you talking about?" Tails interrupted. "I've always cared about him. It's just……it's just….."
"What!" Amy yelled. She really wanted to know what was going on in Tails' mind.
"I….just….." He took a deep breath and let it all out. "I just care about you more!"
Amy stood there without saying a word.
"Sonic was right when I was talking to him before what happened! I was jealous! I know now why he kept your dating a secret from me! I thought he was just being selfish, when it was actually me being selfish! All I'm really trying to say is I'm……I'm sorry!" He had a brief pause. "I'm sorry for yelling at you before. I'm sorry for all of this. It's not Fiona's fault….it's actually my own……"
Tails put his head down and tears started to fall from his eyes. Amy gave him a hug.
"It's O.K……I forgive you Tails." She said sweetly. Tails brought his head up.
"I still should have been able to save him-"
"No…don't think about that." Amy said softly. She grabbed his hand and they walked downstairs, leaving Fiona on the roof.
"Hold on a second." He said.
Tails ran back up and made sure the door wouldn't open and laughed to himself. Amy noticed his snickering on the way back down to her room.
"You look surprisingly happy already. What's up?" She questioned.
"Oh…just thinking about what Fiona's gunna do when she wakes up." He replied. Amy opened the door to her room, but just remembered.
"Oh my gosh! Cream!" Amy and Tails ran down to the entrance to the apartment and found Cream just standing there.
"I'm fine. She didn't even do anything to me." She said. "What about you guys? Is everything all made up?"
Tails and Amy looked into each others eyes. Cream jumped with joy.
"Yes! Congratulations you tw-"
"Wait….." Tails said softly. "Are we?"
"What!? You mean you're not together again?" Her smile turned into a frown. Amy smacked the side of him.
"Don't listen to him!" Amy said while looking at Tails. "You know how he jokes around." Tails smiled and held the back of his head.
"So….now what?" Cream asked.
"Oh yes…..I know what we've got to do now." Tails answered. "We've got a funeral to plan."
