Another Lover
Chapter Five: Deceptive Thoughts
It was another day in Knothole. Birds were chirping, flowers were blooming, and the Freedom Fighters were happy. Especially Tails. He couldn't help but feel happy knowing that not only did he crash Dr. Robotnik's computer, he had also destroyed a whole set of factories that were making Shadow bots. A year had passed by since Tails had brought in Monica. They were the best of friends. He had someone to talk to now, on his own level. Amy always thought she knew everything and she always tried to give wrong advice. Monica on the other hand listened to what Tails had to say, and gave him her opinion on things. They would usually study together and play little games.
"Hey Tails?" Monica asked. Tails looked up from his book. It was called "The Infection". Something about a virus spreading around and turning people into zombies. Tails liked sci-fi stories once in awhile. "What?" Tails asked, trying to sound soothing. They always did that, trying to see which one would crack under the pressure first. "I was wondering, if you left before, what will stop you from leaving again?" Monica asked. "Good question." Tails said. He pondered for a minute. "Well, I guess the only answer to that is… you." Tails said. For the first time, he saw Monica blush. She was about to say something else, when Sally walked in.
"I hope you two are staying out of trouble." Sally informed. "Yes ma'am." they both said in unison. "Good." Sally said. "I wanted to tell you that dinner is ready in the kitchen hut, so come on and eat." Sally said and left. "I guess I should get going." Monica said shyly and left his hut. 'Hmm, she usually doesn't act like that.' Tails thought as he put a bookmark in his book and left for the kitchen. When he got there, he saw Monica in line. "Hey Monica, what are you getting today?" Tails asked. "I might get a steak with fries." Monica answered. "Wow, you sure do have an appetite today." Tails commented. "Well, a growing girl does need some nutrients, I don't believe in all of that diet stuff. I work out, so that should be enough." Monica said. They both sat down at a table after getting their food and talked some more. Sally poked Sonic and pointed at the two foxes.
Sonic knew Tails would leave in the very beginning, judging by how he had acted. He decided to check up on him every now and then, after all, he was the fastest thing alive. "So Tails, what do you think of my new bracelet? Bunnie and I made it." Monica asked, pointing to a blue and orange bracelet on her wrist. "It's pretty." Tails said. "Thanks, I wish I had something on my other wrist though, it makes it seem so… plain." Monica said. Tails was about to suggest something, when Amy walked to the group, with boxes in her hand. "Oh, hey you two, I just came back from shopping." Amy said. "Shopping? Shopping from where?" Tails asked. "From a new market that just opened up. They hit business since the week before. After all, it's almost mating season." Amy said and walked off. Tails and Monica just looked at each other. "Well I guess I better get back to my hut, it's getting late." Tails said.
"Wait, I'll walk with you." Monica said. Tails raised an eyebrow. Now she really did act different. For a year, he believed that she wasn't the type of fur to act sensitive. But, once again, he brushed the feeling off. He waited for her and they both walked out of the kitchen hut together. For a few minutes, they walked in silence. But Monica decided to break the silence. "Tails, we can talk about anything together, right?" Monica asked. Tails looked at the expression on her face, trying to figure her out. "Yeah, why?" Tails asked. Monica rubbed her shoulder, "Well, have you ever…" Monica started to say, but something interrupted her. Someone zoomed by both of them and almost knocked Monica down. "Hey, watch where you're going!" Tails said.
A blue cheetah turned back around and looked at Monica almost stunned. "Oh, sorry about that." the blue cheetah said and ran off. "So, what was the question you were going to ask me?" Tails asked. "Umm, nothing. It wasn't important. I'll ask you some other time." Monica said. "Well, I should be heading back to my hut as well, before Sally thinks we're up to something." Monica said and left. Tails looked at her run and he seemed confused. 'Oh well.' he thought and went into his hut.
"I had almost asked him. Now he'll probably think I'm weird or something." Monica said to her ceiling. She was on her bed trying to go to sleep. 'I wonder if he'll ever feel the same way about me the way I feel about him.' Monica thought and drifted off to sleep.
The next day…
Tails was training out in a field. He had several mechanisms set up to where they would try to defend and attack him. He had about thirty of the mechanisms in place. "Set the difficulty to eight." Tails said in his wristwatch. "Yes sir." it chimed back in a robotic female voice. "Three, two, one, go!" the wristwatch yelled. Tails ran into the field. Grass started popping up and the mechanisms shot little shock blasts. They intensified even more by the difficulty setting. Tails went into the air and countless shock blasts went after him. He dodged them and started firing at each mechanism. Even though he used to hate blowing up his own machines, he loved building them to be even better ones. As he fired down each one, he thought he would have cleared the record of not ever getting touched. Suddenly he saw Monica staring at him winning the battle.
He smiled and decided to unarm himself. He dropped the phaser and went next to one of the mechanisms. Then he started punching it, smashing it to pieces. 'I have seen him do this a million times, but now he seems so handsome and cool. What am I saying? Am I… falling for him?' Monica thought. It probably would explain why she had the feeling of avoiding him lately. But he never had a clue. At least not in her eyes. Tails fought the mechanisms and shattered them. He only had one more to go. Monica went onto the field to tell him hi, but the mechanism thought that Monica was Tails. So it quickly turned around and fired at Monica. She just stood there shocked while the shock blast was moving closer to her. Tails tackled her and got hit with the blast. "Training complete. Better luck next time." the wristwatch said and bleeped off. "Wow, you took that hit for me?" Monica asked. Tails smiled at her, "Yeah, but I didn't think it would hurt so much." Tails said.
He pulled her off of the ground. "Oh no, my bracelet." Monica said as she looked at the shattered pieces on the ground. "Sorry about that." Tails said. Monica smirked, "I bet you were." Monica said and walked off. 'I have to give her something, since I broke her bracelet.' Tails thought. Then the conversation from yesterday popped into his head. He could go to the new market place. He decided that he could find it on his own, it couldn't be that far. He took some money from his wallet and put it in his glove. Then he walked out of Knothole and looked for the market.
Indeed, it wasn't far. It was only a block away from Knothole. As he went into the atmosphere of shopping, he noticed that people were going back and forth trying to choose stuff to impress their mates. 'Now is better than ever to find a mate, I guess.' Tails thought. He looked at some jewelry and saw that they were too pricey. He was about to give up an hour later when he saw two golden bracelets. They were for a hundred mobians. He only had eighty. He was about to walk back and find something else when someone called out to him. "Desert Fox, long time no see." someone called. He looked back to see the same old clerk he knew two years ago. "I saw you eyeing these bracelets. These were my daughter's, but she said she didn't want them anymore." the clerk said. "I only have eighty mobians." Tails said.
"Tell you what, give me the eighty mobians and that will make us even." the clerk said. Tails agreed and gave him the eighty mobians. "Thanks. I'm sure these will be great for Monica." Tails said and ran off. 'Hmm.' was all the clerk could think. Tails ran back to Knothole and presented the bracelets to Monica. "Oh, thank you! These are so gorgeous!" Monica said and put them on. Tails smiled at the thought of seeing her so happy. But before Tails could say anything, Monica kissed him on the cheek. Tails blushed and decided it was best if he left. "I'll see you later, I'm glad you like the bracelets so much." Tails said and left. He rubbed his cheek and thought to himself, 'Have I really been feeling like this the whole time? I thought it was just something I ate, but am I actually… falling for her?' Tails thought.
To Be Continued
I really wouldn't have done this chapter if I didn't get so many reviews on the story all at once. The questions inspired me, so I wrote some more. I guess it goes to show that you can get encouragement from anything.