This is the chapter were the secret is unrevealed. So, keep reading.

Thanks a lot to my reviewers Felouse, Chaos Shadow and Avalon Hunter for being so kind and supportive. To Anvanimaserke: I hope you can read this and also to hear from you soon.

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Chapter three. Ghost Love Score.

Midnight reached out Angle Island, as the full moon lightened up the traced lines of the beautiful land. That night, there were no souls singing in the forest, the sea was deeply quiet; silence was so persistent, so frustrating, yet so calming.

The vulpine stood alone in darkness. "NO, PLEASE!! DON'T LEAVE ME!!" Painful shouts that went mute into nothingness. A blue shaded figure turned around, and with a green emerald indifferent stare slowly walked away, becoming more distant every second, fading into the dark. "WHY!? WHY ARE YOU LEAVING ME!!?"

The fox laid panting and crying desperately in the hut. Being held by the infinitely worried scarlet guardian. "Tails! Please wake up!"

He was awakened to the same world as his holder. "Tails, you startled me so horribly! What was all that!?" the echidna said with fear in his eyes.

The vulpine had not recovered his breath, still scared by the remaining images from the awful nightmare. "Calm down, it's over, I am here now" the crimson one spoke gently to the kit's ear.

Tail's rhythm began to gradually stabilize. He cuddled his head against the echidna's lap, resting, calming down, and allowing the warmness of his protector embrace him in comfort. He glanced up, looking at the mortified one over him. In that sight, he could presence something he had never did before; a small tear was forming in the corner of the amethyst eyes above him.

The kit was surprised by this. "Knuckles?" he spoke with uncertainty. "I'm sorry for worrying you that much"

"Sshhh, now your fine. It is now over" the crimson guardian spoke with some relief, appreciating the kind melon orange furred vulpine's gesture. He desired to know the cause of the sorrow of the two tailed fox, but he was afraid of hurting him.

"I just wished I knew the reason of your pain, to be able to help you, to comfort you. But I don't want to trouble you anymore than you already are." He was heard now lamenting. "I feel so useless not being able to do anything but watch as you suffer before me".

The vulpine was commoved to hear such words from the always indifferent guardian. The one that had always confronted with coldness every situation that came crawling to him. But now, he was being gentle, he was worrying, he even... cried. Returning the affection of the echidna, he held him tightly. "Knuckles, thank you so much for caring about me. I feel better now" He lied, as the pain inside him was still overwhelmingly strong.

Both of them moved back slightly, the echidna encountered the afflicted vulpine soul being revealed in those sapphire eyes. The pain was almost visible. He felt miserable to watch that scenery and not being able to give aid at all. But simultaneously, he realized something; he had never noticed the beauty that was held in those eyes, even as sore as they were from tearing, they were wonderful, not to clear, not to dark, just perfect.

He stepped out of his thoughts, returning to this plain. "I... I don't know precisely how... but... I know that is not true. I can see your pain. No. I can sense your pain" the echidna enounced insistently, wishing he could manage an answer out of the other being. "Tails, please, tell me what is this that torments you" A tear began to show in the amethyst eyes, again.

The kit was utterly astonished to presence the guardian reveal his soul. He wanted to tell him, to comfort him in the same way he had done with him. But he wasn't able to. The pain was so intense, burning him from the inside out.

"It is not a matter you should worry about" he finally spoke as he stood up and gave a few steps away. "I mean, I don't think it's something you would care about" the fox said, even despites of what the echidna had just done before him.

"What!?" the scarlet one asked confused, still sitting on the hut's floor.

"You simply wouldn't want to know" the answer was heard.

"Tails! Why are you saying these things!? Of course I want to know!" he shouted in desperation, not believing the always cheerful soul was speaking such words.

"Why would you want to know anyway?" the kit felt sorrow engulfing him once more. All light was fading for him. He regretted being so harsh to the echidna, but he couldn't take an apology out of his mouth.

"Why do I want to know?" the guardian said in a mixture of anger and depression. And as he rushed to stand up, he claimed "Because I care about you!!!"

He was shocked by his own words. He could not believe such phrase had managed out of his lips. Never in his life had he spoke anything similar to that.

From the other side, the fox's soul had been touched. Touched so deeply. He could feel it urging to come to surface and run towards the guardian, his guardian. He never had felt something so intense; not even with HIM.

He finally reached out, calling for the echidna, placing himself between his powerful, gentle arms, cuddling his head upon the guardian's chest. This one held him tightly, gently caressing an orange ear. As in unison, a tear drew out from both of them. Tears from the soul, dancing in a sapphire and amethyst tune.

"Tails, I want you to know I will always be here for you" the scarlet figure whispered in a gently tone.

"I know that" he replied with the same pace. "And I also know I can entirely trust you"

"Of course you can. Seeing you hurt is the last thing I would ever want" the other one replied, gentler than before. "I don't know why, but I care for you. I really do. And it hurts that you can't tell me what is happening to you" he said pleadingly this time. "And even worse, to not be able to help at all!" he finished.

The moment grew more intimate with every passing second. More than one eternity was held like this. It was a magical moment. With their bodies intertwined, they felt their souls nude at one another, chanting under the moonlight.

Until, the vulpine finally said "You see, what happened was..."

Cool ending, huh? I'm sorry for having to delay the coming out of the secret, but as I was writing, Knuckle's real emotions accidentally came to surface, and I started focusing on that; and I was afraid that, if I revealed it in the same chapter it would shadow the emotions from the two of them. Actually... I also had the urge to leave you unexpectedly in suspense, and that's why I left the comment at the beginning of the chapter. Sorry if you hate me know, but isn't it more interesting this way? (and fun for me).