Fierce

Chapter 8: In the Rain

"Amy?!"

"I'm sorry Sonic! I had no idea she would-"

"That's not the point Tails!" Sonic's voice desperately seemed to be searching for an answer to his problem, but he seemed far too distressed to think clearly. Rather than take out his anger on Tails, however, Sonic was able to quickly forgive the fox in his mind, knowing that his friend hadn't meant to start anything.

"Sonic, where are you going? It's raining!"

His mind had moved his legs on his own, and before Sonic knew it, he was racing out into the storm to find Amy.

"Well, maybe his feelings could change now."

"Who's there?!" Tails jumped, confused at where the source of the words were. To answer his question, a red echidna emerged from Tails's toilet; the poor fox only grew further disorientated.

"Knuckles? What are you..."

"Master Emerald. Rouge. In pieces: you know, the usual stuff." Always abrupt and spontaneous, Knuckles now crawled out of the white bowl. "The sewers down there...man they're gross...I guess that's why Rouge decided to screw me over and dump the pieces down there," Knuckles began to laugh a little bit to himself, but quickly stopped and furrowed his brow.

"Damn that bat girl!" He punched the wall, leaving a small mark.

"Hey! Don't wreck my house," Tails sighed. "Now did you hear everything that just happened?"

"Sure did," Knuckles was now smirking. "That blue bonehead never will figure out how to treat a lady, will he?"

"Like you can talk," Tails retorted, not liking that Knuckles was badmouthing Sonic. "Look at you and how you talk about Rouge!"

"Why you..."

A beet red Knuckles and a smirking Tails continued to make jabs at each other, lifting the heavy atmosphere that seemed to be surrounding the entire home.

Outside of the home was a different story...

"Amy!"

His legs propelled him at a speed that was faster than he would usually go, and they seemed to almost move ahead of his brain, ahead of his muscles, and ahead of his own senses. Sonic's body seemed almost desperate to solve the situation.

Meanwhile, the rain continued to pour harder than ever, soaking into Sonic until his quills were so heavy with moisture that they sagged to the ground, and his ears clung to his head, making it harder to hear.

"Where did she go?" He panted, confused after searching for the past hour. "She couldn't have gone too far, right?"

And then it hit him, shattering the overly dramatic scene that had been formed from Sonic's desperate calls, the pouring of the rain, and the gray sky:

"Well...I never tried her house..."

Speeding over to her home, Sonic swiftly knocked on the door, praying that she was there. The cold made him tremble at her doorstep, and he could feel rain soaking him to the bone.

"Come in!"

Forgetting the situation from earlier, Sonic immediately accepted her offer to get himself out of the rain and into her dry, cozy home. And the instant he did, the scent of fresh baking filled his nose and slightly warmed him up.

"Sonic?" Amy questioned, noticing the identity of her guest. "Out in the rain? Oh my goodness, you're soaked!" She quickly released the whisk she was using and rushed over to Sonic, now fetching him a towel.

"Are you crazy?" Amy sighed, now grabbing another towel and handing it to him. Sonic found himself confused and unable to reply, assuming she would have been crying or mad at him the second he entered her house. Instead, he was being spoiled by the pink hedgehog as she led him over to her couch, and placed a plate of brownies in front of him.

"I was going to give you these tomorrow anyway, but since you're here now...feel free!" Amy smiled brightly as she watched Sonic begin to gnaw hungrily at one of the chocolate treats.

"Amy," Sonic now began as he regained his bearings, "thanks...and uh, sorry for before." He spat out the last part after swallowing one of her brownies.

But instead of reacting as he expected her to, Amy cocked her head at him in confusion. "What are you sorry for, Sonic? I mean if you mean about the getting my carpet wet thing, I really don't mind..."

Now he was dumfounded; Sonic stared at Amy a moment, trying to register what she had just said. 'Is she hiding that she heard that earlier? Maybe she thinks I didn't know she was there?'

"Man though," Amy began to speak to break the silence, "it sure is nasty out. I didn't expect to see you here!" She laughed, and continued: "I'm sure glad I haven't left the house today! I've been baking all day, just for you! Well not just for you I mean I..."

Amy continued to ramble, excited at Sonic's presence in her home. He didn't often come to visit her for no reason, just every once in a while he'd say hi and make himself disappear, or he'd come to her backdoor for them to train.

Clearly noticing how elated the girl seemed, it suddenly dawned on Sonic that he had run into the rain for nothing, worried for nothing, called for nothing and yet...it hadn't seemed like it was for nothing.

He sighed, justifying himself in the moment that upsetting any of his friends was something he would never want to do. 'Going out in the rain though, Sonic? That's just dumb.'

A timer dinged behind the pair, taking Sonic from his thoughts and Amy from her babbling. "The cupcakes!" She mused, and hurried over to the oven to fetch her creations, which had risen perfectly. However, there was something off about them: they didn't smell like cupcakes, nor did they look like cupcakes.

Seeing Sonic's curious as well as hungry eyes, the pink hedgehog shot him a sly smirk and set the "cupcakes" down to cool.

"Guess what those are?" She smiled and sat down next to Sonic on the couch, despite all of the water which had seeped into it. Sniffing the air, the blue hedgehog felt a fiery warmth enter his nose as he licked his lips in anticipation.

"Smells like chili..." He started, getting lost in his own hunger, feeling like the most starving beggar in the universe in that one moment. "Are...are those...chili muffins?"

"Close!" Amy smiled, now getting up to take the now cooled morsels out of their tray. "I called them cupcakes because they are! Savory chili cupcakes with a cheese frosting...aka melted cheese..."

If smelling them was enough for Sonic to lose his mind, now hearing Amy's description had him practically begging her for a taste, which she refused, giving him the excuse that they weren't cooled down enough yet. In actuality, she enjoyed seeing Sonic so desperate.

"Just a little longer!" Laughing at the squirming blue fuzzball, his quills all over now that they had air dried, Amy play swatted at him with the butter knife she used to "ice" the chili cakes.

"You know I hate waiting," Sonic groaned, continuing to attempt to steal one of the cakes when Amy averted her eyes. Instead, she once more swatted at his hand, but now with her mallet.

"Oh just wait in the living room for fifteen minutes, you impatient little brat!" A tongue was pointed in his direction as Amy laughed, seeing him sulk off and sit on the couch, crossing his arms and pouting.

Finally, after what seemed like forever to the blue speedster, Amy came into the room with a dish filled with the savory morsels of chili and cheese, a new food based on Sonic's favorite.

"Oh Amy," Sonic playfully swooned, "you know me too well!~" Pretending to fan himself and giggle like a little girl, Sonic bit into the cupcake faster than Amy could even put down the tray. She burst out into a fit of laughter watching the blue hero. Anyone who didn't know Sonic as well as his friends did would be surprised to find the hedgehog looking so childish and elated as he ate the muffins, because they normally knew him as the hero that saved them each and every time.

But with a title like that, many wouldn't even suspect his boyish personality and quirky traits that he so openly displayed to his excited fangirl. It was as if that heroic aptitude was just one of his persona, something that he pulled out when it was necessary.

Lost in his thoughts, the blue ball of spines found himself growing tired, and without realizing it, fell asleep on Amy's couch with a full stomach. Smiling, Amy covered Sonic with a soft blanket, and had to repress a squeal when she thought of the fact that Sonic had eaten all of the food she made, and fell asleep on her couch.

Something still seemed off to Amy though; why would Sonic come through the rain, the rain he vowed to never venture through unless it was an emergency, just to show up at her house? And what was even stranger was just how soaking wet Sonic was. Had he simply wanted to come to her house, he would have most likely only had a little bit of water in his quills.

"He was outside for a while," she mumbled to herself while still pondering the situation. As if answering her thoughts, the phone began to ring.

"Hello?"

"Amy? Listen, it's Tails...and I have to explain something to you."

"Explain?" Looking over at Sonic, she began to piece together the situation, and realize that whatever Tails was about to say was pertaining to Sonic.

"About earlier," he began, feeling guilty just thinking about the situation from earlier. "I provoked Sonic, and he didn't mean to say that! I mean he was just trying to shut me up!"

"Tails?" Amy asked sweetly, interrupting Tails's attempted excuses for Sonic. Excuses she didn't even understand the context of. "Whatever you're apologizing for, or justifying Sonic for, I really don't know what you're talking about..." She sighed and continued: "But I do know it was strange for Sonic to venture to my house in the rain, especially with how soaked he was."

Meanwhile, on the other side of the line, Tails was freaking out. 'She wasn't actually at my door! Now I gave Sonic a reason to kill me and Amy to be mad at him!'

"You know what Amy? I think I got the wrong number! It wasn't you I meant to call!"

'Real smooth Tails, that was the worst lie yet.'

"Oh? So why'd you greet me with my name?"

"Um..."

"Listen, I'm not gonna get mad or anything," Amy sighed, "but I would like to know what's up. If it involves Sonic, I'll just ask him once he wakes up."

"Wakes up?"

"He's sleeping on my couch. He's been here for about an hour or so."

"Oh my God I am such a screw-up!"

"...Tails?"

"Bye Amy!"

"Bye?"

Several hours had passed since the phone call, and Sonic's impatience had seemingly spread to the pink hedgehog. She sat nearby, waiting for Sonic to wake up from his seemingly endless slumber.

Upon his awakening, he stretched his limbs and looked around for a moment to remember where had fallen asleep, and the events of the past filled his head as he saw Amy gazing upon his sleepy form.

"Good morning," he joked as he jumped up to his feet, and frowned noticing the rain outside intensifying.

"Sleeping Beauty slept for quite a while," Amy joked back, "I was considering kissing you to wake you up." She now winked at him, which caused him to turn away awkwardly as his cheeks blushed a faint pink.

'Always embarrassing me,' he sighed as a strike of lightning hit nearby, startling both of the hedgehogs as the room turned pitch black.

"The power," Amy said aloud to comfort herself, but Sonic could tell she was slightly frightened.

"Don't sweat it, Amy," Sonic said as an attempt to comfort her, "I'm here, so it'll be alright!" He shot her a grin, which seemed to rouse her memories.

"That's right...you are here...and I was really wondering why," she started, and luckily for Sonic, could not see his panicked expression through the dark.

"I got a phone call from Tails earlier. What did you say about me that you thought I'd be so upset about?"

A/N: Oh no Sonic :O

So I hope you like the story so far, thanks for reading and remember to review! The plot will pick up soon, I promise! But their relationship definitely needs more development :3