Sonic x Alexia (OC): Lazy days
Requested by uerwriter17062002
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Sonic doesn't have any siblings, not really.
Tails does. Have a sister, that is. Which was shocking to find out.
-she wasn't even a mechanic or anything!
Nah, instead Alexia is… hard to read. She's much older than her little brother, with fur like snow and a pair of glasses. And a backwards baseball cap. She insults Sonic's cooking skills and says she's a vegan, and he huffs and starts preparing a salad instead. Tails just sits nervously at the kitchen table, like he's waiting for them to start arguing. Honestly, Sonic isn't that easily provoked!
He sets the table, Tails makes dessert, and then they all three sit own to eat.
"So… how's it going?" Sonic tries.
"Adequately. I haven't seen Tails in-"
"-months," Tails cuts in. He pokes at his food with a fork, chasing a pea around the plate. "Sorry about that, Alex, but it's just been so much… er, stuff."
Sonic suddenly feels very worried about what Alexia will think of their rather dangerous lifestyle, and the fact that Sonic keeps dragging Tails into crazy adventures every other weekend. He honestly doesn't mean to, but someone had to bail him out of Prison Island, and then that one time Sonic for real just wanted to bring him to an amusement park-
"It's okay," Alexia says, smiling softly at her brother. Oh no, Sonic realises. She's beautiful.
He clears his throat. "So, what do you… do?"
Alexia gets a glint in her eye. "You know what football is, right?" Sonic nods, because well yeah- "I'm goalie in a team. I do painting and fencing too, but football's my speciality."
"Oh? I've… done fencing too!" With a magical, talking sword. In the storybook world of Camelot. Wielding said sassy talking sword to slaughter the king… "You know, it feels really strange that you're not into engineering or anything…"
"Well," says Alexia smoothly, "You're shorter than I thought."
"Oh?" Sonic quips back. "Still taller than you, I bet." He smirks. "And faster."
"Sonic," Tails groans. "Do you have to bring that up every time-"
Later...
After finishing with the dessert, which was very sugary and contained a lot of mint, in typical Tails fashion, Alexia suggests that they head down to the beach. It's a humid day, no wind and no clouds, and the sea lays vast and blue right in front of their house, and endless expanse of uninviting wetness which Sonic can drown in.
Thankfully Alexia only wants to lounge around in a deckchair, and Sonic's totally down for that.
Tails says that they're both boring and starts to mess around by himself in the water, while Sonic leans back, puts on a pair of sunglasses, and closes his eyes. The ocean is quiet today, but he can hear birdsong in the distance. Alexia shuffles around for a bit, and Sonic concentrates on not concentrating on what she's doing.
"So," she says, breaking the comfortable silence. "You took care of my little brother all these years."
"Sort of?" Sonic opens his eyes, and gazes down at the water. "I mean – he's usually the one rescuing me, but-"
"But you've been there for him?" Alexia asks, sharply.
"I…" five-year-old Tails, crying because of a thunderstorm and clinging to Sonic. Six-year-old Tails, Sonic bandaging his sprained ankle. "Yes. I suppose I have." But not more than Tails has managed to help Sonic. They're – they're best friends, and all that.
Alexia makes a humming noise, and Sonic glances at her. "I suppose you're an honorary Prower, then."
"Wait, what?" Sonic blinks rapidly. "I- thanks?"
Alexia smiles at him, just a bit of daring in it, and Sonic is horrified to realise that's he blushing. He puts on his best grin, the one that could melt a whole iceberg, and says, "Suppose I don't need to marry into the family, then."
Score! Alexia is blushing too. "Well," she begins, and clears her throat, "You could still. You know, marry into the family."
"Is that an offer?" Sonic smirks, leaning closer to Alexia by hanging out across the gap between their deckchairs. "Because I'd gladly-"
"ALEX!" comes a shout which shatters their moment, and Sonic falls out of his chair. Alexia bursts out laughing while Sonic groans, glaring up at Tails who's running toward them, still holding a beach ball under one arm. "If you two are flirting-" he makes a face "-then I swear-"
"Tails, Tails, buddy," Sonic cuts him off, still trying to clamber to his feet. "We were just…"
"Discussing the seagull population in the Mystic Jungle area," Alexia lies swiftly, beaming at Tails.
"Sure you were," Tails says. He looks so exasperated. "Sonic-"
"It's fine! Totally!" Sonic holds up his hands, finally back on his feet. "But, you know, maybe you should still tell Amy that I'm not interested in her. Just because. You know."
Tails groans again. "I know. Ugh." He shakes his head and turns to go, heading back down to the edge of the water. Sonic breathes out a sigh of relief, and flops down to sit in his deckchair again. Ow. He hit his leg on something when he fell…
"Though really, Sonic," Alexia begins anew, teasing. "Shouldn't a gentleman ask the girl out first?"
"I don't have any flowers," is the first thing which comes to Sonic's mind, and thus he says it.
"How about you bring some on Thursday?"
Now Sonic smiles again. "Sure. Thursday's good." As long as Egghead stays low…
Alexia holds out her hand, suddenly. Sonic takes it. And then they both just lie there, basking in the sun and the quiet peace, hands linking them together loosely. Comfortably. This, Sonic decides with passion, has been an exceedingly good day.
