Bullet In The Heart Chapter 4: Karma, a sonic the hedgehog fanfic

Chapter 4: Karma

"Uh, no, I don't sing," Nack growled, looking at Amy as though she were crazy, which was honestly very possible. He hurriedly took another sip of his drink to change the subject, but Amy was determined to get her wish to see someone singing karaoke. She didn't care what they sang, but she just wanted to see it happen in front of her, and she wasn't planning on letting Nack off the hook that easily.

"Aw, c'mon, Nack!" Amy begged, fluttering her eyes like crazy and looking at the weasel in the classic "puppy-dog eyes" expression, "Pretty please? For me?" Nack glared angrily at the hedgehog, a slight tint of red appearing across his muzzle at her begging. Once again, his eyes caught hers; his still showed dominance, but this time, his eyes couldn't seem to keep their intense focus like usual.

"I said NO, you irritating psycho!" Nack roared, pulling his hat down over his eyes and crossing his arms. Normally, such an insult would've gotten Amy out of her seat and smashing everything in the area with her hammer in a pure rage. However, despite growling and not appreciating such a comment, Amy still didn't give up.

"Oh, I understand; you must be scared of being laughed at," she said calmly, crossing her arms and playing around in her drink with her straw, "Well, that's fine; we all chicken out sometimes. Maybe I should call up your sister, Nic, and see if she'd want to sing instead, or perhaps even ask Mina, since you know she really loves to…"

"THAT DOES IT!" Nack bellowed, slamming down his drink and spilling most of the rest of it all over the tablecloth, "YOU WANT ME TO SING? I'LL SING SO WELL THAT YOU'LL BE BEGGING ME TO STOP!" Nack leaped off his chair and stormed past Amy, his tail brushing her leg on accident while he strolled up to the karaoke stage. Feeling Nack's strong tail brush her like that, albeit accidentally, caused Amy to blush and rub the back of her head; it now made her heart leap into her throat every time Nack touched her, whether it be forceful or accidental.

"Go for it, Nack!" Amy cheered, turning her chair around and facing the stage, a bright smile on her face. Nack frowned down at the pink hedgehog as he got to the karaoke machine. He had no idea what her game was, but he was getting highly annoyed. He could've killed her right off the bat, but he hadn't. Now he was finding himself doing all this stuff with her, for really no reason at all. He talked big, but in all honestly, he didn't have a plan or a real reason why he was doing all this; he was just stalling while he tried to think up something.

Flipping through the songs on the machine and trying to pick one that he liked or knew, everyone in the restaurant noticed that a brave soul had stepped onto the karaoke stage and were setting down their utensils and glasses and were paying attention. Bean was at the door, and was grinning upon noticing that Nack had taken the stage. It wasn't too long before every eye in the place was upon the purple weasel, who failed to notice the attention he was getting at the moment, since he was still looking for a good song that he could sing to show off his skills.

Glancing up, he met Amy's eyes, and he paused for a moment. Something about those dazzling green eyes made him so…so…he couldn't put his finger on it. Did they make him angry? Did they make him scared? Did they make him happy? Did they make him confused? He honestly could not say. He hated everyone in the world, and they hated him, so why did this one girl and her eyes seem to bedazzle and confuse him more than any other? The weasel couldn't understand it, but he just kept staring at Amy's eyes while the pink hedgehog stared back into his own icy-blue eyes. It was then that he picked out a song without even looking down to see what it was; it was like he somehow picked it without realizing it or knowing what he was doing.

Slowly, Nack backed up and picked up the microphone from nearby. He seemed to be in a bit of a daze, and it wasn't until he received a polite clap from his audience that he snapped out of it. The song he picked was about to go on in ten seconds, and he glanced sideways at the screen where the words would start appearing. Amy was sitting and watching intently, wondering what song he picked and very eager to hear him perform.

"Ladies and gentlemen…this song that I picked…I have no idea why I picked it!" Nack spoke in to the microphone, "My brain hasn't been working up to perfection tonight, you see. Regardless, prepare to have your minds explode from my dazzling vocal skills!" He grinned and pumped his fist, tilted back his hat away from his eyes, and the music began. It was a song with a hip-hop, dance rhythm to it, but it also seemed to be a bit sweet. Regardless, as the words started to appear on the screen, Amy paid close attention to Nack and nothing else.

"Now listen to me baby

Before I love and leave you

They call me heartbreaker

I don't wanna deceive you

If you fall for me

I'm not easy to please

I might tear you apart

Told you from the start, baby, from the start

I'm only gonna break, break your break, break your heart

I'm only gonna break, break your break, break your heart"

With each word that Nack sang out, he moved his body around the stage, doing perfect movements, poses, facial expressions and really blasting out each word like he meant it. Amy was completely transfixed at the dancing weasel, or at least it seemed like he was dancing to her. It almost seemed like Nack was singing this song to her, at least that's what she thought in her mind. As Nack's shockingly-beautiful voice rang through the restaurant, the music played a small chord between verses, at which point Nack seemed to stare right at Amy. Then, as the new verse kicked in, Nack sang on.

"There's no point trying to hide it

No point trying to evade it

I know I got a problem

Problem with misbehaving

If you fall for me

I'm not easy to please

I might tear you apart

Told you from the start, baby, from the start

I'm only gonna break, break your break, break your heart

I'm only gonna break, break your break, break your heart"

Each phrase, each lyric, each note, and even each movement by Nack seemed to throw the place into complete awe. Bean seemed very impressed so far in the back, but Amy was beyond impressed. To her, it seemed like the first part was about her, and the second part was about Nack. But, wait, what was she thinking? How could this song be about them? Besides, what would that mean and why would it matter? She just wanted to hear him sing and see him perform, that's all. Despite that thought, she found her breathing to be getting very quick, while Nack kept casting stares out at her while going into the last part of the fast-paced song.

"And I know karma's gonna get me back for being so cold

Like a big, bad wolf, I'm born to be bad and bad to the bone

If you fall for me, I'm only gonna tear you apart

Told you from the start

I'm only gonna break, break your break, break your heart

I'm only gonna break, break your break, break your heart"

As the song ended and Nack let the final note hang on for a few seconds longer than the music, the whole place was in awe. Looking at the weasel and hearing his usual loud, angry and rude voice didn't make you believe he could be a great singer. But, that was far from the truth; Nack was a beautiful singer, and he had lit the place up with his song. At the moment, he was frozen on stage, holding the microphone out away from his body and staring directly at Amy.

Amy was also frozen, her hands over her heart, which was going a mile a minute. She stared right back at Nack, never looking away. Each and every word of the song went right into her and never left again. Sure, it wasn't his own song, but the way that he had "picked" it, the way that he had performed it, the way that he had looked directly at her during practically the entire thing…it was almost like fate had made Nack sing that song; possibly to send a message to the both of them.

Eventually, the silence was broken by loud clapping, coming from the back of the restaurant. It was Bean, who had also been awestruck by the rare performance as well. The green duck was clapping full heartedly, grinning at Nack and giving him his due respect. Soon, another person joined in the clapping, then another person, and soon the entire place was clapping and cheering for the weasel. Amy was the last one to start clapping, but when she did start, her claps were the loudest of all.

Nack slowly started to move, setting his microphone down and blinking a bit at the entire clapping audience. It felt odd, since his presence usually only warranted shrieks of fear, begging and pleading, or yells of anger. To be adored and clapped at by everyone was a new feeling for him. As he glanced down at Amy, seeing her smiling happily up at him and clapping hardest of all, he felt his muzzle warm up with a blush again. For once, he didn't try to hide it, but he did frown a little bit. Very slowly, he bowed to the crowd, then walked off the stage.

As he made it back to his seat, Bean came up a moment later with their food. He grinned at Nack and couldn't help but slap him on the back. "Dude, you were amazing!" he said, setting Nack's food down in front of him and setting Amy's down in front of her a second later, "I've never heard anyone rock the stage like you just did! The owner has told me to tell you that it's all on the house tonight, alright? So just eat up and relax! You're lucky to be here with him, Amy." The duck smirked at Amy, who just blushed and looked away without saying anything. Laughing, Bean walked off, leaving the twosome alone at their table.

They sat in yet another awkward silence, alternating glances at their steaming food, to each other, to a random spot on the floor that had no significant meaning whatsoever, and then back again to their food. Still without speaking a word, both hedgehog and weasel dug into their food and ate silently, while Bean returned awhile later with two refills of their drinks. Halfway through their meals, the place had gone back to normal, but was still slightly abuzz about Nack's performance.

Neither Amy nor Nack had said anything since Nack returned to their table, but both of them kept glancing up from their plate to look at the other one. Their eyes didn't seem scared or angry, but rather curious. Curious about what the other pair of eyes was thinking, or curious about what was going through the other person's mind. It wasn't until both Nack and Amy were just about done with their meals with one of them finally had the courage to open their mouth to speak.

"So…care to retract what you said about me from before?" Nack asked, narrowing his eyes at Amy.

"Retract what exactly?" Amy responded, narrowing her own eyes.

"The part where you thought I was too chicken to sing in front of everyone and you having the audacity to want to try and call my sister or that mongoose."

"Oh, that...well, I'll think about it." Amy snickered into her food, while Nack glared at her. The weasel muttered something, then just tipped his hat and went back to his own food, a slight hint of red on his muzzle from Amy's defiance and teasing.