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The AutoKnights VI.V: The Months In Between

Chapter 11: Fallout

After a full day thinking about what to say to Mina when it came time to confront her and tell her his feelings for her, GK was still completely dry. The whole Mina thing was just driving him crazy. He couldn't even sleep with any other girls because of it. He couldn't even play with himself. And that got everyone worried. Especially Takamon.

Now this situation had happened before with GK. And usually, Takamon and Blaze would just stay out of the way because the bird would just come right out and say that he wanted nothing to do with the girl and shatter her heart no problem. But this time, everyone cared because they all knew Mina and she was friends with all of them. And as for GK himself, he liked Mina as a friend too. If he screwed this up, he could lose her friendship. And in no way did he want that.

Right now, everyone was just chilling in the backyard while Chris was at school. Everyone, excluding Sonic, Takamon, Bunnie, and Blaze, was going for a swim. The four not in the pool were just sitting outside on a few lawn chairs catching some rays. But as for the bird in the pickle, he just sat on top of the diving board thinking about his predicament. And Cream was able to notice his face.

"What's wrong with Mr. GK? He seems upset." The bunny said with concern.

They figured they could let her in as long as she didn't know the full details. Same with Tails and Cosmo. Sally sat on one of the steps in the shallow end of the pool and Amy sat next to her.

"Well…GK just has some girl trouble going on, Cream." Sally told her.

"Girl trouble?" Tails asked. "With who?"

"Um…Mina." Amy responded.

The three youngsters all looked at each other.

"That kind mongoose?" Cosmo met her once or twice before. "What'd going on with her and GK?"

Sonic and the others relaxing walked over and sat down by the edge of the pool wanting to help out.

"Well, Cosmo…Mina's been having some trouble of her own." Sonic explained. "You see, her boyfriend cheated on her and…."

"Wait a minute." Tails interrupted. "Ash cheated on Mina? When?"

"A couple days ago. Mina saw him kissing another girl." Takamon said.

Tails, Cream, and Cosmo all gave a small gasp at that.

"That jerk!" Tails knew Ash better than Cream or Cosmo did. "Why would he do something like that?"

"There just some people who do that, Tails." Sally said. "But now Mina thinks GK her new boyfriend and GK needs to set her straight."

"But it's not gonna be easy." Bunnie added.

Just then, the phone rang and Tanaka went back inside to answer it. And that left everyone else out here to continue talking.

"Has GK ever been in a jam like this before?" Tails asked.

"You mean has a girl been head over heels in love with him? Oh yeah. COUNTLESS times." Blaze answered.

"Well what did he do then to the other girls?" Sonic asked wanting to know himself.

"He just said flat out he wasn't interested." Takamon replied. "But I know you're gonna ask me next. Why is it different with Mina? I'm honestly not sure myself. Maybe it's because he's better friends with Mina than he has been with other girls."

"But he's friends with Miss Blaze." Cream pointed out.

"That's different, Cream." Blaze said. "I'm married to Tak and pregnant with his child."

"I think GK likes her." Bunnie said.

Everyone adjusted their line of sight so they were looking at the half robotic rabbit.

"Why would you think something like zat, ma cherie?" Antoine asked his wife.

"Yeah. I have to agree. That's just crazy. GK doesn't LIKE girls." Takamon added.

"Just think about it." Bunnie said. "He's been involved with a lot of girls. But this little thing he's got goin' with the ol' songoose is making him think. Ah'm tellin' ya. GK likes her."

"Or maybe he just feels guilty of what he's done." Amy said.

"What do you mean?" Cosmo asked. "What did GK do?"

Everyone who knew perfectly well all shared concerned glances with one another.

"That….doesn't really matter right now, Cream." Sonic said.

"Yeah. And all that matters now is what GK is going o say when he tells Mina off." Takamon added.

Just then, Tanaka came back outside with the phone in his hand.

"There is a call for Master GK."

And that got EVERYONE confused as they looked at the butler. GK finally moved his head after thirty minutes and flew down from the high-dive to take the phone from Tanaka.

"How is that even possible?" the bird creature said as he held the phone up to his ear. "Hello? This is GK."

"Hey there, Gukie."

GK went completely stiff. Unfortunately, he knew that voice very well now.

"M-Mina?"

As soon as everyone heard the name spoken, everyone got out of the pool and dried off to hear this conversation. GK put the phone on speaker without the mongoose knowing.

"Mina, how are you calling me from Mobius?" GK asked.

"Oh I'm not. I'm right outside the gate from Mobius and I was wondering if you were home."

GK pressed the phone up against his feathery chest and began to panic in a loud whisper.

"Oh man oh man oh man! She's in the garage! What do I do?"

"Tell her you're home." Takamon said. "Just tell her you're here, and get this over with."

GK looked at the phone for five seconds and pressed it up to his chest again.

"I can't, Tak! She's just so innocent and fragile! What if she tries what Amy tried?"

Sonic sighed.

"Just tell her gently and….don't yell at her. That's where I screwed up." Sonic said.

With another sigh from the bird, he held the phone out in front of everyone again.

"Yeah I'm here. I'll be in the family room." He groaned.

"Great!" Mina cheerily hung up and then GK did the same.

GK looked at the group in front of him who just had pity in their eyes.

"Go do it…Gukie." Chuck just had to say that.

"Watch it, old man." GK warned before going inside.

As GK closed the door, everyone else went up to the windows except for Vanilla and Cream who wanted to respect their privacy. But this was just too important. If GK screwed up, they would have to bust in and take care of it themselves.

GK took a seat on the couch and waited for mina to come in. A few seconds later, there she was.

"Hey, Gukie." Mina greeted.

"Please don't call me thaaaaaaa…. .. …. … … …" GK's jaw dropped as he looked up and saw the mongoose.

Mina had completely changed her outfit. On her feet, she was wearing plain green boots and he gauntlet style gloves were swapped out with long black ones with golden bracelets on her right wrist. She was wearing a long red piqao dress with a long green dragon scaling up the front. Her ears had been adorned with long green tassel earrings and her hair had two black hair sticks making her look like she was going Japanese style.

Needless to say, her new look had completely entranced GK. And the look on his face made Mina giggle and slowly approach him.

"Oh boy." Takamon said from outside. "She's gone extra hot. Come on, GK. Resist!"

"I wouldn't be surprised if he succumbs to her hotness. Right now she's so gorgeous even I would hit that." Blaze remarked.

Everyone looked strangely at Blaze as she said that. And then all the guys remembered a few weeks ago when she made out with Rouge. And that was hot for them.

"I love you. Just…so much right now." Needless to say, Takamon was overjoyed to have a wife with just a hint of lesbian in her.

But then they got back to watching the show. Now Mina was face to face with GK.

"So, you like the look?" Mina asked in a devious tone.

"I…guess." GK said.

Mina giggled again. That was a yes.

"I wore this just for you." The mongoose put her hand on the bird's leg. "You wanna come upstairs and rip it off my body?"

And it was just like that, GK lost his train of thought.

"He he. Oh yeah." He said.

"Yeah and maybe I could show you a few more things I learned for our second time." Mina said in that sexy tone she was using.

"Well then allow me to show you what I can…no no no no no no NO NO NO!" And just like that, GK got the train back.

After hearing him say no nine times in one sentence, Mina stood up straight again but her smile was gone.

"Is something wrong?" she asked.

GK sighed. He wasn't going to like the outcome of this.

"Mina, sit down. You and I gotta talk."

Confused as to why GK didn't want to have sex, Mina sat down right next to him and looked him in the eye.

"What's the matter, GK?" she asked.

With another sigh, GK began.

"Look, Mina. Um….what happened between you and me a couple nights ago….well uhh…"

"You…didn't like it?" Mina asked sadly.

GK waved his hands.

"Oh no no no! Not that! It was good. I can honestly say for your first time you were fantastic."

Mina smiled at him. "Why thank you."

"You're welcome." And then GK truly began. "But…as good as it was…it was a mistake."

Mina frowned upon hearing that word.

"M-mistake?"

"Mina, what you and I did shouldn't have happened. If I hadn't been dry that night, I probably wouldn't have completely ignored my instincts and gotten the hell out of there."

"But it DID happen! And now I know. You're the one for me."

"Mina, you don't understand. You're not seeing this clearly."

"But I DO see clearly, GK! I want to be with you!"

"No. You don't." GK corrected.

The bird stood up in front of Mina.

"Mina, you don't want to be with me. Look at me!" GK pointed at himself. "I'm a 248 year old bird made of computer data, I constantly hit on at least one hundred women every day, and I sleep with at least two or three of those girls every day. And I still consider that to be LOW for me."

GK took a seat back down and started to rub her back.

"Look, Mina. I've been in this situation before with a girl. There are two reasons you want me right now. Number one: You're angry because Ash cheated on you and you want to get back at him by getting with me."

Mina looked like she was on the brink of sobbing.

"And number two: you're just afraid of being single that you'll take anyone. Even me."

The mongoose was now looking down at her feet and a few drips leaked out of her eyes now. GK got in front of her and put his hand on her shoulder.

"But I thought you and I made a real connection that night." Mina said softly.

Another sigh escaped GK's mouth.

"No, Mina." He corrected. "You were weak, fragile, and vulnerable that night. And I took advantage of that because I just wanted some action. And for that, I deeply apologize."

Mina thought he was done, but he said one more thing.

"Mina…I don't want a relationship."

Mina looked up at him again.

"You mean…you don't like me?"

"What? No!" GK corrected. "I didn't say that. Mina, you're cool. I don't want to be in a relationship with ANYONE."

"But…why?" Mina whispered.

"Well….because I have no idea HOW to be in one." GK said. "Look, I'm sorry. But you and I aren't gonna work and there's a good chance we never will work."

Now the waterworks in Mina's eyes were on all the way.

"Aw no. Come on, girl. Please don't do that." GK pleaded.

Covering her face with her hands, Mina got back up and ran out of the room and back to the portal.

"Mina….!" GK just called out to her, but that was all he could do.

As she left the room weeping, GK just sat back down on the couch and slumped over disappointed on how it played out. Sure his words meant well, but apparently that's not how Mina took them. GK had never felt like this before. He just told a girl he didn't want to me with her, and for the first time ever, he felt bad. And he did not like it one bit.

He didn't even notice, but everyone else had entered the house again and now Takamon, Sonic, and Sally were sitting on the couch with GK. Takamon put his hand on his best friend's shoulder.

"You did the right thing, GK." Takamon said.

GK just looked at the golden future father with sadness in his eyes.

"Really?" he muttered. "Then why do I feel so bad?"

GK got back up and then he headed back out the backyard.

"Where you going?" Tails asked.

GK looked back at them.

"I'm just gonna go fly. Maybe some time in the air will clear my head."

They forgot. GK was a bird. And that meant he could fly by himself. And he wasn't wearing his suit. His spread his arms out and then he began to flap them. After the first flap, he was airborne and then he took off for the sky in a green streak of light. As he took for the clouds, everyone else came back out and watched him go off.

"Is he going to be okay?" Cream asked.

Sonic sighed and rubbed Cream's head. "I don't know, Cream."

The streak GK created was starting to disappear as he got farther away.

"I just don't know."