Eternal Tails: Reaching Higher

by Pantalion

For the crime of ruining Amy's big night, Miles "Tails" Prower has been given an impossible mission: Help her plan and set up a perfect date with Sonic the Hedgehog. But when the fastest thing alive's immediate response is to run away the moment he sees her will Miles be able to use his genius to figure out a date Sonic can't refuse? And if not... who's going on all these dates?

16. Epilogue

Sleep was nice, sometimes.

And for Miles "Tails" Prower, eternal sidekick, internet sensation, and amateur dating guru, sleep was well earned indeed.

Sure, there was a video of him, now with a view count thirteen digits long, dressed as a cartoon dragon and engaging in what, he was forced to admit, really was some exceptional choreography. And sure, the show creators had contacted him requesting to use his likeness in an episode - fittingly, as the sidekick to a certain two other cameo characters, including the happiest rabbit girl in the world. And sure, he needed to head to Lightning Death Zone with Sonic in the morning to investigate Eggman's latest villainous scheme. But right now, curled up on his bed in the still, empty quiet of his lab, he was calm, content, and perhaps even happy.

Amy had enjoyed, if not necessarily the perfect date she wanted, then at least a few hours where her hero, usually racing too fast for anyone but himself to follow, slowed down a moment to actually notice the wonderful girl who reached for him so tirelessly.

Miles sighed, remembering her radiant smile with a faint one of his own.

Best of all, at least in his opinion, things between the two seemed no different at all, with Sonic's romantic aspirations as non-existent as Amy's were omnipresent, and with that his treasured friends still remained firmly in his life. He had emerged not only with his safe, stable world intact for the moment, but with another friend built into its foundation. An unmitigated success.

After all, what else could a mere shadow, however bold, possibly hope for if not the happiness of his friends?

Rubbing a gloved hand across his eyes, Miles turned out the light. And curled up on his bed in the still, empty quiet of his lab, he closed his eyes and dreamed of starlight.

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Thanks for reading this alternative look at Amy Rose and Tails the Fox.

I hope you enjoyed this love story where there are no kisses, nobody's quite sure who's romancing whom, every plan goes wrong, and nothing is solved in the end.

Ah, to be young again.

~ Pan