I Want To Be Alone On Valentine's Day
Part 3: A Fun Spying Game
On the next day, Knuckles was following Amy throughout Neo Green Hill. She was searching around for Sonic and had told Knuckles that she had asked Tails where Sonic might be at for today. Tails told her that he would be at Neo Green Hill to spend some time at the beach. She also asked him if Sonic is going to go there at either Friday or Saturday. Tails just shrugged and said that he doesn't know. So that's why Amy had asked Knuckles to meet her at Neo Green Hill to go look for Sonic. Knuckles still questions the point in this, but he gave up and said nothing about it. They kept looking around for about an hour until he had spoken up.
"Don't you think that it's about time that we stop? We've been looking for Sonic for about an hour, and we haven't even seen him yet! He probably doesn't want to come to the beach today or anytime during the week!" Knuckles complained irritably in exhaustion with an annoyed frown on his tired face while walking behind Amy as he stared at her.
Amy turned around while feeling annoyed as she yelled back and glared at Knuckles in annoyance with a deep frown on her irked face, "Oh, quiet you! I know that Sonic is here! I sense him with my heart! He is just somewhere around here in this beach, and I know that he is interested into coming here later! What else would he come here for on the weekend?!".
"I don't know! Maybe he had to come here since Dr. Eggman is building a base or something! Also, how the heck do you sense Sonic with your heart?! Don't tell me that you have a radar similar to my emerald radar, do you?!" Knuckles yelled back in annoyance with a deep frown and with furrowed eyebrows while feeling irritated as he slightly glared back at Amy and as he had his hands out.
"Nooooooo," Amy replied calmly yet coyly in awkwardness with a sheepish look on her face while her eyes shifted to the side.
BING! BING! BING! BING! BING!
Amy gasped and exclaimed in surprise with an amused yet shocked look on her face, "...! My Sonic tracker is beeping at something! He must be closer than I thought!".
She quickly got her tracker out of her pocket and stared deeply into it. Knuckles really doesn't want to know how Amy planted a tracking device onto Sonic. He face-palmed himself and shook his head as he brooded calmly in exasperation while grimacing in annoyance. I knew it. She really is a stalker.
Amy then put away her tracker and hastily grabbed Knuckles' hand forward while tugging him along as she exclaimed brightly in amusement with a cheerful smile, "Come on! Sonic's this way!".
Why is she treating this as if we're going to an amusement park? Knuckles pondered calmly in awkwardness with a sheepish expression on his face while having a sweat drop on his forehead as he ran with Amy.
They ran through the long beach until they found Sonic lying on top of a rock watching the ocean. He had his arms behind his head and one leg over the other in this lying position. Amy soon stopped dragging Knuckles and ran into the small forest on the right. Knuckles felt confused by this action and followed her into the forest as well. Amy ran until she found a comfortable place to hide behind. She was behind a palm tree with some thick bushes around the palm tree. She could still see Sonic over the bushes. She soon took out her binoculars and went behind the palm tree to watch Sonic. Knuckles soon caught up to her while huffing and puffing. He almost fell over once he saw what Amy was doing. He tried to speak to her.
"Are you crazy!? Sonic will totally see us if we-!" Knuckles yelled in shock with a flabbergasted look on his face before he was interrupted by Amy.
"Shush!" Amy shushed Knuckles sharply by turning around and putting a finger over her closed lips.
Knuckles raised an eyebrow at her. He opened his mouth, but Amy spoke again.
"Shush! Be quiet! Sonic is sleeping! We can't disturb him!" Amy whispered harshly in annoyance with an irked expression on her face as she slightly glared at Knuckles.
"Okay, fine. Geez!" Knuckles whispered back in annoyance with an irked expression on his face while crossing his arms and while looking away from Amy. Is this what it's like for humans when they go to a zoo? Watching animals sleep? Knuckles pondered calmly yet sarcastically in exhaustion with an annoyed look on his face. He soon sighed tiredly and walked closer to Amy; he stood behind her and watched Sonic as well; and eventually, he closed his eyes and sighed tiredly again in exhaustion.
This is stupid. Knuckles brooded calmly in annoyance with a deep frown and with closed eyes while waiting patiently for something to happen. However, he kind of wished that nothing would happen once he heard that insufferable, sultry voice.
"Aww, am I seeing Knuckie going on a date with Pinky?" Rouge teased calmly in amusement as she made herself known by jumping off a tree behind them.
"...!" Amy and Knuckles gasped simultaneously in shock and turned around quickly to see Rouge standing behind them with a smug look on her face.
Knuckles' face immediately turned red not only from embarrassment but also from anger. He growled irritably and put up his fists while scowling at her. Amy blushed a lot and covered her face with her hands.
Rouge just smiled playfully while having her hands on her hips as she teased them further by saying in amusement, "Ah, love-birds do all sorts of crazy things together, wouldn't you say?".
"Oh, shut up, Rouge! I don't have the time to be talking to you anyway! Why don't you go bother Shadow for a while?!" Knuckles yelled back in anger with a grimace and with furrowed eyebrows while having his fists up as he completely forgot about being quiet. Who cares if Sonic woke up because of this? At least, Knuckles could blame someone for acting this way.
"Don't have time to be talking with me, you say? So, does that mean that you do have time to talk to me then?" Rouge continued to tease in amusement with a haughty smirk on her mischievous face while reveling at Knuckles' embarrassment.
"GRRRRR!" Knuckles growled fiercely in frustration with an irritated look on his face while feeling furious as he felt a vein popping at the moment. Rouge, I hate you! I hate you so much right now! Knuckles brooded irritably in frustration with a deep grimace and with furrowed eyebrows while glaring coldly at Rouge as he felt his anger rising. Amy, seeing that Knuckles needed some help even if he doesn't admit it, decided to talk for him.
"Listen, Rouge, we're just hanging out. There is nothing between us. You do realize that I'm still in love with Sonic, right? I would never really give up on Sonic and go out with his oldest rival," Amy clarified gently in consolation with a little frown on her solemn face as she tried to calm the situation down.
However, Rouge just laughed at this.
Knuckles, feeling more irritated now, had yelled in frustration with an irked expression on his face, "What's so funny?!".
"Oh, nothing, Knuckles! It's just that now I feel bad for knowing that you have to recover from that wicked burn! Don't feel so bad, Knuckie! I could kiss you to make you feel better about yourself! Hahahahaha!" Rouge exclaimed teasingly in amusement with a playful smile while chuckling a bit.
Knuckles took a few seconds to get what Rouge was saying. When he had understood the implications of Rouge's words, he blushed even more in embarrassment. He growled even louder as his face turned livid.
OH, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! Knuckles brooded angrily in frustration while he glared hard at Rouge as he grinded his barred teeth. He felt like he could kill Rouge right then and there, and he wouldn't feel any remorse from it.
Rouge continued talking coolly at Knuckles' expense while looking amused and mischievous, "Okay, guys. I guess that I should leave you two alone together. I suppose that you're right, Amy. You can't move on from Blue Boy anytime soon to go after Knucklehead there. Besides, I don't think that you're his type. After all, he's only into girls who are mysterious and could challenge him to a fight like yours truly. You're too bubbly and peppy for his tastes. He likes someone who is mature and understanding like me again. I don't think that he'll be into someone who is needy like you. He would rather have someone who is independent and could take care of herself such as myself for instance. So, anyways, have fun, you two! Oh, and Knuckles?".
"What?!" Knuckles replied harshly in annoyance through gritted teeth while glaring coldly at Rouge.
"Hi!" Rouge exclaimed cheerfully in amusement with a wave while wearing an innocent look on her face.
"HIIIIIIII?!" Knuckles shouted in anger and in confusion while looking beyond furious. His head just exploded in fury.
"Huh? What was that?" Sonic muttered calmly yet curiously in the distance.
Amy and Knuckles felt sweat drops over their heads as they realized that they might have woken Sonic up. Although it was Knuckles' fault that Sonic woke up actually.
Rouge just smirked playfully as she replied calmly yet brightly in amusement, "Well then, it looks like that's my cue to leave. See you later, Knucklehead! It was nice talking to you again. I guess that you did have time to talk with me after all!".
Knuckles just moaned as he covered his face in his hands in frustration. The lengths that Rouge goes to toy with him is just astounding at this point. Amy felt kind of bad for Knuckles. She knows that he didn't do anything to deserve this torment. She cautiously placed a hand over his shoulder to comfort him. Rouge then turned around and gave a mock salute to Amy before she flew back up into the sky. Amy watched her go while comforting Knuckles a little. She rubbed his shoulder and a bit of his arm to show that she cared for him. Knuckles took some deep breaths to calm down as he rubbed his face. He could feel a migraine coming on. Amy tried to console him.
"Hang in there, Knuckles. It was quite annoying, but you came through. Besides, I don't think that Sonic had noticed us yet," Amy consoled calmly in sympathy with a small, sad smile on her gentle face while rubbing Knuckles' left shoulder and arm as she stared at him.
"Au contraire, Amy. I had already noticed. I just heard Knuckles shouting earlier! Boy, what had set you off, buddy?" Sonic responded calmly yet brightly in amusement with a playful smile and with a wink while teasing Knuckles a little as he quickly arrived by running and stopping in front of them in a blink of an eye. Knuckles simply groaned and placed a hand over his head this time. His migraine had just settled.
"So, what have you two been doing today?" Sonic asked cheerfully in amusement and in curiosity while flashing a bright smile at the two of them as he stared at them with his hands on his hips.
Amy felt her heart melt at the sight of that gorgeous smile; Knuckles felt like throwing up at the sight of that incorrigible smile. He decided to answer him in a monotone voice.
"Look, we're just on a walk. We just so happen to take a break here," Knuckles lied calmly in a monotone voice while having a stoic expression on his face. He did what Amy had told him to say whenever Sonic asks. Amy seemed eager to talk as well.
She added brightly in amusement with a cheerful grin, "Yeah! We're just hanging out as girlfriend and boyfriend! We were just taking a stroll out here to think if we should make a date here or not! Turns out, we had decided that we'll come here on Friday at 6 PM! We want to catch the sunset here!".
Knuckles turned to look at Amy with wide eyes on his surprised face. He did say that he allows her to make all the planning for the fake dates, but since she just said it right away, it made him feel nervous all of a sudden. He was about to object before Amy turned to glare at him as a signal to go along with it. He gulped nervously and turned to Sonic which to his surprise looked shell-shocked. Knuckles blinked a few times to see if he is seeing this correctly. After a few more seconds of silence, he smirked mischievously as he decided to toy with Sonic for a little while.
"Yep, you heard that right, Sonic. I am taking this lovely lady to the beach this Friday night. We really are a couple now, and I think that it's right to treat Amy as the loving partner that she deserves to be. What's the matter, Sonic? Feeling jealous?" Knuckles added calmly yet coyly in amusement with a smug smile and with playful, twinkling eyes while crossing his arms as he stared at Sonic.
Sonic blanched at Knuckles' statement and walked back a few feet. Amy raised her eyebrows at Knuckles' statement as well but for a completely different reason.
Wow, I never thought that I would ever get to be called a "lovely lady" or a "loving partner" before. Man, Knuckles really can be chivalrous at times. Who knew? Amy pondered calmly in surprise with a little frown on her intrigued face while having sparkling eyes as she stared at Knuckles.
"Y-Y-You can't be serious! You can't be dating Amy! Th-This is a prank, isn't it?! Yeah! That's it! Why would you be dating Amy anyway?!" Sonic exclaimed back in shock with a gaped mouth and with wide eyes while shaking his head in denial as he stared back at Amy and Knuckles.
Knuckles decided to mess with Sonic further by holding Amy closer to him with his left arm. He held her to his left side and hugged her a little. Sonic's jaw just dropped in shock. Amy felt surprised by this action and blushed deeply in embarrassment. She subconsciously wrapped her arms around Knuckles' waist as she was being held tightly. For a moment, she liked the feeling of being in Knuckles' arms. Knuckles decided to make the final move in his "taunting spree" by resting his head on top of Amy's head. Sonic felt like his stomach just got punched as he watched this. Knuckles then answered Sonic's question smugly.
"I'm dating her because she needs attention. So, like the good friend that I am with lots of time to spare, I decided to take up Amy's offer. She sounded very lonely because her long-time crush wouldn't spend any time with her. He would rather spend more of his free time to himself rather than with those he cared about. I'm just filling the hole that Amy is feeling at the moment. I know what it's like being ignored, and I want to remedy the hurt that you had caused to her two days ago. So, it's only natural that I would want to date her. I like her company...unlike a certain blue hedgehog that I know," Knuckles teased playfully in amusement with a smug smile and with half-lidded eyes while gently rubbing Amy's arm as he stared back at Sonic.
Sonic felt stunned by Knuckles' words. This is the second time this week that Knuckles had managed to make him speechless. Knuckles is having the time of his life taunting Sonic. It's been a long time ever since he was able to do that to this degree. Amy was just silent while watching Sonic trying to form words for his mouth but failing to do so.
"I...I...Just...Why do you...I should..." Sonic muttered quietly yet awkwardly in shock while having a confused look on his face. I'm...I'm not jealous, am I? I don't miss Amy...do I? Sonic pondered calmly in confusion with a befuddled yet sheepish expression on his face while looking at Amy and staring at her in sadness.
"Hmm? Got nothing to say, Sonic? Well, if you excuse us, we'll be going back on our walk now. We are definitely coming back here for our date on Friday. I'm also thinking that we're going to go on a second date on Saturday at noon because we're going to go to the Entertainment Center at Night Carnival. I'm pretty sure that we'll have a lot of fun there. Right, Amy?" Knuckles replied coolly in amusement with a smug smile and with playful, twinkling eyes while he stared at Sonic before looking at Amy and staring curiously at her.
"Oh! Uh, um, yeah! That's right! I c-can't wait! I'm so excited!" Amy exclaimed brightly yet a bit awkwardly in surprise with a cheerful smile and with a nod as she realized that Knuckles had addressed her.
Sonic just gaped at this. His mind had gone blank. His two friends are going to go on two dates this week. Two dates! In a strange way, he felt curious on how those dates will go.
What?! Why am I thinking about this?! I'm not thinking about spying on them on their dates, right?! Ugh! Knuckles is driving me crazy with his romantic attitude! I really should go! Sonic brooded irritably in surprise and in frustration with a shocked look on his face as felt like panicking.
"Uh, okay then. I should probably go now. Um, have fun on your...dates, guys," Sonic replied calmly yet quietly awkwardness with a sheepish frown while rubbing his left arm uncomfortably. Before Amy could speak up, Sonic immediately dashed out of the situation. She can't help but feel bad for Sonic.
He must be feeling lonely now that I'm spending more time with Knuckles lately. But hey, maybe the plan is working? Amy pondered calmly in sympathy with a little frown on her slightly worried face while feeling concerned as she watched Sonic ran to her left.
Knuckles then released Amy and walked a bit ahead. He soon crossed his arms and snickered a little. Okay, that was so worth it after what he said to me on my birthday! I can't believe that he actually bought it! I guess that I'm not the only one who's so easily tricked! Heheheh! Knuckles pondered brightly in amusement with a mischievous smirk and with closed eyes while having his arms crossed as he snickered. Amy then spoke up and broke his thoughts.
"Man, Knuckles, that was kind of mean. I get that we're supposed to make Sonic believe that we're a couple, but do you have to say such cruel things?" Amy scolded calmly in sympathy while looking a little sad as she stared at Knuckles.
Knuckles looked back at her with a glint of mischief in his eyes while smirking playfully as he answered calmly in amusement, "Yes, because he deserved it after what he said to the both of us two days ago. He needs to learn to respect his friends' wishes more often. I'm just saying the truth, and sometimes, the truth hurts, even if it's cruel. Besides, I think that Sonic got the picture now like you had wanted. He thinks that we're a couple now. We might as well go on those dates this weekend if we're going to keep the charade up. You in?".
Amy frowned a bit at first but then smiled a little as she agreed to those planned dates.
"Alright! I'm in! This might be fun! I might get Cream to go with me to the mall tomorrow to buy some dresses for our 'date' on Friday!" Amy answered brightly in amusement with a nod while beaming cheerfully at Knuckles as she stared at him with twinkling eyes.
"Is buying new clothes to a fake date really that necessary?" Knuckles asked calmly in confusion while frowning a little and while raising an eyebrow at Amy as he stared back at her.
"Yes! You have to dress nicely for any special occasion! Including fake dates!" Amy exclaimed happily in amusement with another nod and with an excited grin while having her fists up as he stared back at Knuckles.
Knuckles sighed tiredly and shook his head as he brooded calmly in exhaustion. I will never understand girls.
He then gave a half smile at Amy as he replied calmly yet gently in understanding and in curiosity, "Fine. Whatever suits you. Now, do you want to go home, or do you want to continue our walk for a while?".
Amy looked bewildered as she replied calmly in confusion, "But Knuckles, we only came here to spy on Sonic. Why do we need to-?".
Knuckled cleared his throat and leant his left arm to her in a gentlemanly way before he asked calmly yet more slowly this time in consideration with a kind smile on his warm face, "I said. Do you want to go home, or do you want to continue our walk for a while?".
Amy's eyes had widened in surprise at this. She never saw this side of Knuckles before. She never knew that he could be such a gentleman at times. She can't help but smile a lot on how cute that is. She then nodded her head and grabbed Knuckles' left arm. They soon walked throughout the small forest of Neo Green Hill and across the boardwalk. It was a pleasant walk. They were quiet the entire way, but the silence was comfortable. As they were walking, Knuckles had one thought on his mind.
You know what? This is going to be the most fun that I ever had! Knuckles thought calmly yet brightly in amusement with a gentle, hopeful smile on his face as he can't wait for what comes next.
Good job, Knuckles! You had royally screwed Sonic over by that amazing performance! Now, he will definitely spy on you and Amy! Well, here's another chapter done! Hope you can R&R if you guys had enjoyed this!