AN: What if when Mario and Sonic first met the hostility from Sonic's side was because he couldn't handle his feelings because he had a crush? This is the result of that thought.


~Stupid, Perfect Blue Eyes~

"-and he's got these eyes that are... eyes! They're so perfect and blue and ugh I hate him so much."

Tails was having some serious doubts about that. He silently nodded while tinkering with the Tornado 2, all while wishing that his big brother would shut up about Mario for more than ten seconds considering the fact that the plumber had been nothing but polite during the opening ceremony of the Olympics. For Sonic's supposed rival, he sure had seemed ready to bury the hatchet and start fresh.

And then Sonic, out of nowhere and to the horror of his team, made fun of Mario's accent and proceeded to ignore him while Tails awkwardly tried to clear the tension in the air.

Tails knew Sonic. And he knew that there was an underlying reason for his out of character outburst. There was a reason Sonic hadn't stopped ranting about someone he supposedly hated. Getting him to admit to that reason though was going to be tricky however, as he knew Sonic would deny deny deny until his muzzle turned as blue as his fur.

Still though, it was worth a shot and he was going to take it. He waited for a pause in Sonic's rant ("And who wears overalls now anyway?") before he asked a simple question he already knew the answer to.

"Do you have a crush on Mario?"

Silence. Tails observed as Sonic's pupils shrunk for a second and colour rose to his cheeks. It only lasted a moment though before he huffed and folded his arms.

"N-no! Why would I like Mario of all people, gross! He's my rival, and he's human I think, and he's five years older than me-"

"-and you're rambling." Tails interrupted. He gave Sonic a small smile. "You know, it's okay that you like him. Nineteen and twenty-four isn't that big of a gap if that's what you're worried about."

"Except I don't like him. I hate him with his face and cheerfulness and-"

"-for somebody you hate you talk about him a lot."

Sonic sputtered, desperately trying to come up with some form of rebuttle. Tails watched as Sonic's muzzle went from peach to pink to red in a span of five seconds before he mumbled out a, "he just... bugs me is all."

"I bet he does," Tails dryly commented, turning his main focus back to his plane. "Whenever you feel like telling the truth, you know where to find me."

"Except I am telling the truth!" Sonic shot back before stalking out of the garage, mumbling to himself about disgusting blue eyes...

/~/

"Um, sorry for the intrusion so late at night, but did I do something to make Sonic mad? I really didn't mean to..."

Tails blinked, considering his reply to the very worried Mario at his door. He pondered his options for a moment before he chuckled and gave a smile.

"My brother just has a huge crush on you, that's all."

"Tails!"