"And just what do you think you are doing out here by yourself?"

My ear flick at the voice that sounds off next to me. I open my eyes, turn my head, and find two emerald orbs gazing at me. Her three pink bangs hanging over her eyes lazily giving quite a cute appeal, contrasting with the frown on her face that's making my mouth twitch into a frown. I remain unresponsive while she stays silent, expecting an answer.

Her eyebrow twitches at the silence, "Silver, it is rude to remain silent when someone is speaking to you."

A small chuckle nearly creeps its way out of my mouth but luckily I held it in. Had I let out any sense of amusement and I would I been eating dirt right about now. For someone very kind, she is very violent with that giant hammer of hers. Maybe that's why Sonic is afraid of-

"Silver!"

I was snapped out of my thoughts and began looking at her again, "My apologies, I was just thinking."

Amy looks me over some more, her annoyed expression turning into one of concern.

I wave my hand before she spoke, "Don't worry Amy, I'm fine."

Amy furrows her eyes as she stares at me some more, before opening her mouth, "Well alright then. Anyway, I've been meaning to talk to you."

"Huh," I cock my head slightly. This isn't something that normally happens since Sonic was always her attention-getter. "You have business with me?"

This nods her head in response, a small smile playing on her lips, "That's right. I've noticed that you've been down lately, so I came to cheer you up!"

This time I furrow my brows in confusion, "I seem down?"

"Yeah," Amy states matter of factly. "You have been easily distracted as of late. You're not as talkative as you used to be. Pretty much what I'm saying is, you're not yourself at all. Like you're very out of character. Also, you're always alone like a certain black hedgehog I know."

Any chuckles lightly to herself at the thought of the ebony hedgehog. I found her last comment highly annoying. I'm not a fan of being compared to someone else by Amy of all people, especially compared to that grumpy jerk. I scoff quietly to avoid letting my sharp tongue slip which would result in my head being smashed open. Splattered everywhere while her burning gaze turns my remains into a giant flame swallowing me into the abyss of a fiery beast's flames whose name I can't remember.

...What was its name again? I felt like I should know its name but it continues to allude to me. Like a faceless ghost creeping its ghastly and pale clutches around my throat waiting to clench around me viciously only to lose its nonexistent grip on me. It's a strange feeling I have.

...Maybe I am becoming more like Hikigaya with all these inner monologues. I don't think that's a good thing though. Or at least the others don't think it is...I should stop reading that manga.

"Silver!"

Amy yelling my name caused me to jolt out of my fur. I find myself looking back into the shining emerald orbs glaring back at me. I felt a cold sweat falling down my back the more I stare into her eyes. Almost like I'm staring at the reaper himself.

"Did you just compare to Grim Reaper!?" Amy shrieks in anger.

Oh...seems like I'm talking out loud as well. Hikigaya Hachiman, you are a very bad influence on me. It is your fault that I've been put into this position. Apologize to me now! Apologize!

"Sorry Amy, I didn't mean it," I look to my left to see a giant hammer waiting to claim me as its victim. My left eye twitches in fear, "Seriously I didn't mean to insult you! You just tend to be very...uh..."

Amy narrows her eyes at me, "Silver, think very hard about your next words. They may be your last."

I widen my eyes. Before I knew it, I stood and bowed to her repeatedly in an embarrassing fashion, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

I kept my eyes close hoping that my weak attempt at apologizing worked. It was quiet for a few moments after that. Then I heard her sigh heavily.

I crack one eye open and I no longer see her weapon of mass destruction in her hand anymore. I let the breath I've been holding in out quietly and relax my bottom against the soft grass once more.

"This is exactly what I'm talking about," Amy seems exasperated having to point that out. She gives me a side glance, concern once more planted on her face, "Is something going on Silver? Did anything happen to you?"

I shook my head in response quickly, "As I said before Amy, I'm fine."

Amy raises an eyebrow, not seeming convinced, "Did you lose another fight to Shadow again?"

"...Huh?"

The nerve of this girl to even say another fight like I have no hope of defeating him. I'll have you know that if I wanted to I could use my telekinesis to do numerous things that could get him to admit defeat. I just choose not to ok? Sheesh, can I get some respect around here?

...Who am I kidding? Shadow always managed to beat me even with my powers. I need to figure out his secrets. Maybe then I can rub his defeat in his face for once. My lips curve upwards unconsciously.

"Silver?"

I shake my head out of my devious thought and return my attention towards Amy, "No I didn't lose another fight to Shadow. I don't have a reason to fight him anyway."

Amy smirks at me. Snarky comment incoming!

"You have no reason to fight him before and yet you still challenged him anyway," Amy rests her cheek onto her hand to get more comfortable. "At least that's what it seemed like to me at the time.

I sigh heavily, at least her comment wasn't as snarky as I thought, "I had a reason at the time ok."

"Let me guess, he was talking with Blaze and it seemed like she was enjoying their conversation a lot too," My brow twitch a lot at her words. Amy makes an even more mischievous expression, "You looked very annoyed with it. I'd even say you were jealous of Shadow for being friendly with Blaze."

I turn my gaze away from her, a big frown plastered across my lips, "I wasn't jealous."

"Of course you were Silver. Everyone could see that you were jealous that he held all of her attention. Well except Blaze." Amy's voice rang throughout my ears.

I turn back to her getting ready to say my retort until I saw her face. Sympathetic was the only word I could read from her. I was kind of speechless at seeing her like that.

"Then again," Amy spoke with less vigor. "It's a reasonable reaction. I would be jealous too if someone I liked was enjoying themselves with someone else..."

I couldn't tell whether she was still speaking to me or herself at that point. I guess Sonic running away must've been taking a huge toll on her after all.

...Wait a second.

Blood was rushing to my cheeks as I became flustered, "Wait! Are you saying that I like Blaze!?"

Amy turns to me and stares at me blankly, as if I'm some kind of idiot, "Well yeah. You do, don't you?"

"I never said that I liked Blaze!" I was failing at calming myself down. Curse my emotions! "Those words never left my mouth so how did you even come to that conclusion!"

Amy shrugs her shoulders, "You never denied it either."

Gah!

That was a critical hit! That was completely uncalled for! I thought you were supposed to be the nice girl of the group!

"Says who?" Amy raises an eyebrow at me. "I am a nice girl but there's more to me than just that Silver."

I sigh as I realized I was thinking aloud again. I need to keep that in check.

"Fair point," I admit in defeat. I close my eyes as I process her words again, "I suppose I was jealous at the time."

Amy gives me that aggravating smirk that makes me want to kick something, "And that you like Blaze?"

I glare at Amy for a few moments. She's really trying to push my buttons here. Scratch that, she is pushing my buttons unapologetically rather easily. Ami really that much of an open book? Maybe I should practice Shadow's ultimate technique to date, the almighty Deadpan. I have yet to see anybody who could read what he's thinking when he does that. Yeah, that would be a great thing to learn.

I've become oblivious to Any once again staring at me with an annoyed expression. She sighs a bit before looking off into the field quietly. I take notice that she hasn't spoken again after my mini monologue there. Right now she seems unreadable.

I withheld a sigh and turn forward away from her direction. I should at least humor her and talk with her since she bothered trying to cheer me up even though there's nothing particularly wrong with me. She's always been looking out for me so I should return the favor.

"I won't deny it any further," I see Amy looking at me through my peripheral. I continue, "I will admit that I am...attracted to Blaze but I think that that is all there is to it."

Amy was giving me her full attention, "Really? Is that really all?"

I withheld another sigh building up, "Ok fine, I do like her but I know that I don't love her like that. I don't even know what love remotely feels like so I can't say that I am in love with her."

"So you're just saying that it's all just a fatal attraction?" Amy shifts her body closer to get a closer look at me.

I nod my head in response, "You hit the nail on the head. Though, I would say that my attraction to her is strong enough to make me want to fight Shadow so..."

"You want to try it with her but you don't know how to get there is what I'm understanding from this," Amy says quickly.

I turn my head towards her frantically, bewildered by how well she's analyzing me so easily. Has her life as a hopeless romantic given her these powers to spot other hopeless romantics? Wait, did I just call myself a hopeless romantic?

...I'm most own worst critic.

Amy nods her head as if she understood something, "Ok now I understand why you've been acting this way."

"...Huh?" I stare at her in confusion.

She stands up then points her finger at me, "I'm going to help you."

"...Huh?" I have been saying that more than I like to today.

"We're gonna find a way to get you to ask Blaze out," Amy says gallantly.

"Ok wait a second," I proceed to rub my temple in annoyance. This is something I didn't expect to be processing.

"What?" Why does she sound so innocent as if there isn't a problem!?

I turn my attention to her and do my best to imitate Shadow's Ultimate Deadpan, "Look, I am not interested in doing that. I'd rather not go through that trouble."

Amy stares at me once again. This time, however, I feel something completely different from her gaze. Is that...disappointment I feel?

"What?"

"Heh, you're trying to imitate Shadow, aren't you?" A smug look washes over Amy's face.

Oh for the love of Chaos, who gave Amy the power to be able to read me like an open book!

"Anyway, I'd rather not ask her on a date. As I said, it's just a fatal attraction. A crush and nothing more. I'm not desperate for love or anything like that." I say nonchalantly.

Amy gave me an annoyed expression, "Oh come on. I'm sure you wish Blaze could be sitting here with you right now instead of me."

I raise an eyebrow at her strange claim, "I don't mind sitting here with you."

Amy was about to say something but completely stopped. She looks like her soul just left her body. Did I say something wrong?

"Did I say something wrong?" I look at the pink hedgehog who just shook her head a bit.

"N-No you didn't," Amy looks away a bit. "You just...caught me by surprise a bit."

I raise an eyebrow at her as I stare intently at her. I could've sworn I seen a blush creep on her muzzle but I guess my mind likes playing tricks on me.

"Anyway, I am fine with the way things are right now," I look forward and stare aimlessly at the world around me. "I'm in no rush to do anything."

I meant it when I said that. We all have our responsibilities and lives to deal with. Plus we're all young, well excluding Shadow but he doesn't count. Anyway, I enjoy the relationship that I currently have with Blaze. I don't want to risk making it awkward or lose her altogether because of my selfish desires. I would hate myself for allowing that to happen so I refuse to act on my emotions.

...Man, now I feel like Hayama. Wait, Hikigaya did the same thing. Guess I can relate to those two as more as I thought.

"Do you not want to go further with Blaze?" Amy's voice broke me out of my monologue.

I nod my head in response, not sparing her a glance, "Yeah, at least not now. I value our friendship so I want to keep it. It's more comforting this way."

I didn't hear a response right away. I did have a feeling that she didn't agree though considering her breathing patterns as I stated my point. I understand that stagnation is the worst alternative and believe I know. I have seen it with other people. It ruined a lot of people's relationships with others. In my case, unlike others, I don't know if Blaze feels the same way for me so I think it's fair to hold it off for now. I'm sure Amy would understand if I told her.

Saying that annoys me though. I know that she wants to help me a lot. Help me figure out my feelings and help convey them, and I truly appreciate her for it.

"But..." I could feel her eyes staring at me as I spoke. "If somewhere down the line I still have these emotions for Blaze...then you'll be the first one I'll come to for help."

I slowly turn my head towards Amy and I found myself at a loss for words. Amy was smiling at me. The type of smile that was more radiant than the sun itself. It was so...heartwarming. I found myself captivated by her smile.

"I'll be more than happy to help you, Silver!" She couldn't say that more cheerfully than she could.

I look away quickly. I can feel the blood rushing towards my muzzle again. Ugh, what's up with that!?

"Thanks," I say sheepishly.

Silence envelopes us as we sat next to each other. It was a comforting silence. I don't know what it was that this whole conversation has done, but I can't help but feel elated. As if a giant boulder was pushed off of my shoulders.

"It's nice seeing you smile like that once again." I look towards her to see Amy seeming content with herself.

I scratch the back of my head, "Oh uh...thanks."

"No problem Silver. I'm just glad I could help." Amy is practically beaming at this point.

It's comforting to be around her. Knowing that I can rely on her is an amazing feeling. I wouldn't want to lose that for the world. Plus that smile makes me happy as well. I want to protect that smile more and more. Her smile is also...very cute...oddly enough.

...Huh?

Author's Note: Man I did it. I fucking did folks. I FINALLY WROTE SOMETHING! Jokes aside it's been a long long time since I found a passion to actually write something. Man it's been so long. I've been reading so much lately and I've been getting away from writing after awhile. Also been reading a whole lotta My Teen Romantic Comedy fanfics very often recently if you haven't noticed. Love that franchise to death and their writing community is awesome!

Anyway thank you guys for reading and sorry for my long absence. I'll be honest, I can't say that I will finish the Ebony and Lavender...nah scratch that, I can't say that I'll finish it anytime soon so I may as well just keep it on hiatus for now. As for SotP, that might be discontinued. I like the premise that I was coming up with but as I continued writing, I just couldn't enjoy writing it anymore. Maybe I'll give myself time to try and see if I can find a passion to continue writing it later on. If I don't then I'll either leave it at discontinued or I'll leave it up for someone else to adopt in said person wants to continue it. DM me if you're interested.

Also for Ebony and Lavender, I'll possibly be on and off with it. I want to finish it like I really do. Creativity is very fleeting though and so is time. I'm not leaving it alone so for all the people wondering if I'll finish it, don't worry. I'm not abandoning it or at least I don't plan to just yet. It'll just take awhile so please bare with me.

Thank you everyone for reading, tell me what you think in the comments, also Happy New Year (sorry for being 16 days late), and as always I hope you enjoy.