Man, has it been an interesting week or what? My best fic's been deleted, I think I've got it bad for a freshman, and I'm not even sure if the site's gonna let me upload this thing. sigh But it's all good, I guess. If you haven't read my bio, I've registered on mediaminer.org under the penname SalsaLover203, where I'll be reposting Mark of Love. Anywayz, enough about me! I'ma get on with the fic! I know y'all have been waiting for what happens. Let's hope your guesses were right! Italics stand for Rouge's voice in our poor hero's head. And I don't own the song at the end. If you don't know that song, you are seriously screwed...Mild romance scene...just giving an advance warning. Happy reading!

Chapter 5: Fly Away

Knux slowly made his way into his house, never realizing the unfixable mess his new suit was in. His expression of ultimate sadness changed slightly as he felt the door slam behind him. He then sighed and walked upstairs, not phased by the darkness of his bedroom. He took his time taking off his jacket and dress shirt and tossing them on the floor. He had a harder time unbuttoning his pants in the dark, so he gave in and flipped the light switch, finding a pair of grey sweatpants near his feet. As he switched the pairs of pants, he looked over to the empty bed a few feet away. Soon enough, his eyes wandered through the whole of the room, never seeing anything that didn't remind him of Rouge. He could feel the sweat beads forming on his bare chest. Eventually, he could hear her voice in his head.

"Knuckles, I love you...."

He clutched his head filled with the painful memories and his legs began to give out again. "No...." he moaned.

"I've always loved you...."

He shuddered at her crystal clear voice in his head. "Please, don't do this to me..." he whispered.

"You don't know how much this means to me...."

His anger inside wasn't going to let him whimper. He stood up quickly and fumbled around for the ring box in his suit pocket. Once he found it, he gripped it in his right hand as tight as possible. As he swung his hand back, he recalled all the times she left him, and imagined her kissing someone else. He released the pressure from his hand, swinging it back forward as he saw his emerald eyes mesmerizing his once true love. The box went flying toward the window and shattered the glass resting in it. His chest heaved from the sudden surge of madness, causing him to close his eyes and try to relax. Becoming impatient from standing still, Knux went back downstairs. As he made his way towards the kitchen, he knew the solution to all of his problems...

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"You can't be serious." Sonic said, not believing what he just heard as they entered his house.

Shadow nodded sadly in reply behind him. "I know what I saw, Sonic. She told him that she was in love with someone else and she left him out there."

"But why would she do that to him? He's been nothing but faithful to her." Sonic reasoned while sitting down on the couch.

"I know. I don't get it either." Shadow agreed as he sat beside him.

"This can't be happening." Sonic whispered sadly.

Shadow wrapped his arms around Sonic and let him lay on his chest. "Wait, what happened to Sky? We haven't seen him since he left to talk to Knuckles."

Sonic sighed with a hint of frustration. "This is too weird." He reached under Shadow's arm and grabbed his cell phone.

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Sky sighed at the annoying sound of his cell phone nearby as he was uncomfortably slumped on his couch. He felt so confused at what had happened recently. He wasn't used to gaining control of situations like that. If it were anyone else, he would have kept on, but at the same time, he knew that he never cared for someone so much before.

As the ringing faded and his voice mail kicked in, he heard a soft shuffling at the door. Something told him that it wasn't new autumn leaves rustling against the porch, so he reluctantly got up and looked out the window. When he finally focused his eyes on the figure coming towards his door, he pulled himself away from the window and put a hand to his head. "I must have it bad..." he thought as he tried to get the image of Knuckles outside out of his head. His attempt was interrupted by a knock on the door.

He gave a sigh and slowly made his way to the door. When he opened the door, he couldn't believe he saw Knux come in a relaxed swagger. Sky was panicking inside, but at the same time he was relieved that he was here and they could talk in the comfort of his own home. Also, he felt that something wasn't right about Knux. Before he could get his thoughts straight, Knux forcefully hugged him from behind. The sudden action caused Sky to lose his balance and fall, taking his fateful crush with him.

Knux remained on top of him for a few seconds before he reacted. "Oooh, sorry." he breathed with an apologetic smile.

"It's alright." Sky assured before catching a whiff of Knux's breath. He became more concerned when he saw his bloodshot eyes. "Hey, are you drunk?" he asked with wide eyes.

Knux gave a snicker, which sounded like a cough and a laugh at the same time. "Drunk?" he inquired innocently. "What makes you think that?" He laughed a little more as he stood up, but stopped when he saw Sky's concern grow.

"Something went wrong, didn't it?" Sky evaluated. Silence was his reply, so he asked again. "What's wrong, Knuckles? What made you do this?"

"I don't wanna talk about it." Knux whined, partially because he only remembered little of what happened at the moment.

"Well, whatever it is, you shouldn't be out this late while you're drunk. The least you can do is stay here until you sober up. Relax on the couch if you want." Sky offered as he pointed to the couch.

"Okay, if you insist." Knux said while settling on one side of couch, and Sky did the same on the other side.

They sat in silence for several minutes until Knux placed his hands behind the couch and stretched himself out. "She left me for someone else." he sighed without looking at his sober friend.

Sky looked over to him with a sympathetic look. He tried to find comforting words for his friend, but nothing came to mind.

"It hurts so bad, Sky." Knux confessed while staring at the ceiling.

"It'll get better." Sky assured him.

"I can't love anymore. It's too complicated." Knux continued.

"Don't say that. You'll find the right person soon." Sky reassured him as he put an arm around him.

Knux gave him a warm smile and sighed. "You always know the right things to say. Thanks."

"Anything for a friend." Sky replied as he smiled back. "You gonna be alright?"

"I guess so." Knux said while rubbing his head. He took in Sky's friendly gaze as he thought of what happened between them earlier. "It must've been killing you, wasn't it?"

"What?" Sky asked confused.

"What you've been feeling ever since you met me. You just couldn't hold it in, could you?" he asked slyly.

The smoothness in Knux's voice was making him blush madly. "Um, I'd rather not talk about that right now. It doesn't matter."

Knux started closing in the space between them. "Yes it does. Just admit it, you're crazy about me."

Sky began to giggle at his persuasiveness. "Stop it, you're making me---" he stopped before he could say any more.

"I'm making you what?" Knux asked slyly while capturing the lust in Sky's night eyes. "I'm listening, or am I not close enough to hear you?" He quickly kicked his shoes off and straddled himself over Sky. "C'mon, tell me." he said while adjusting himself on top of Sky.

Sky moaned softly through his teeth at the warmth of Knux's body against his. His hands held on to the couch as if he were to fall over any second. "You...." he whispered.

Knux put his arms around Sky's shoulders and seductively placed his face close to his. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't be driving you crazy." he cooed.

It was pure bliss when Knux kissed him softly. He could feel the passion boiling in him as he put his arms around the guy he seemed to be crushing on for a lifetime. He almost lost his breath when he felt Knux's slow grind against him, which broke the kiss.

"Mmmm...." Knux exhaled as he looked into Sky's eyes again. "You like that, don't you?"

"Yes, but what about you were saying earlier about love?" Sky asked in between long breaths.

"You make me forget everything. That's what I love about you." Sky's eyes widened at him mentioning love. "Just forget about Rouge and focus on us. That's all that matters."

This was exactly what Sky wanted to hear, but he suddenly remembered why Knux was here. "Are you sure, Knuckles? I mean, you're drunk."

"That doesn't matter." Knux argued.

"You know how some people get drunk and they--" Sky started, but he was cut off when Knux started singing.

"Let's fade into the sun/Let your spirit fly/Where we are one/Just for a little fun...." Sky shook off the coincidence of that being his favorite song. "I want to get away/I wanna fly away/with you..."

Sky found himself singing along while closing his eyes. "Yeah, yeah, yeah..." When he opened his eyes, he felt Knux's head on his shoulder and smiled when he saw him sleeping. He ended up singing himself to sleep. "Let's go and see the stars/The milky way, or even Mars/Where it could just be ours...."

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Sorry I took so long to post. It's 1:30 in the morning, so y'all better be thankful. The next chap should be up soon after school is over, which is next weekend. For those who were hoping for Knux and Rouge to get back together, it's not likely now, so don't flame me! Review! Peace out!