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Requested by FireWitch25.

The Missed Date

The evening seemed normal and quiet. The sun was beginning to set, its orange glow just peeking above the horizon for one final goodbye to the day, turning the cloudless sky a brilliant red. There was barely a breeze, barely a sound, until…

"SONIC!"

The calm and silent evening was even further disturbed as a blue blur zoomed through the fields, quickly followed by a small pink one carrying something high above her head.

"YOU GET BACK HERE AND FACE ME!" Amy screamed at the blue hedgehog in front of her who always remained out of reach. It seemed like the story of her life. She could never reach the love of her life no matter what. Just when he finally agreed to a date, he never showed. He then had the nerve to make up a lame tale about how he was summoned to the land of King Arthur. What a pathetic excuse.

Her legs were getting tired and her chest hurt in more ways than one. She didn't know which pain was worse right now; the broken heart or the fatigue. Her mind cast back to waiting for him to show up and once again it felt like someone had reached inside her chest and yanked her heart out. Oh yeah, it was definitely the heartbreak that hurt the most. She didn't even care that she was physically tired anymore. It was the emotional exhaustion that was getting to her now more than anything. It was if someone was slowly dragging her lifeless body into a pool of cold water and drowning her. Her body was numb as she sank lower and lower. If only there was a solid surface at the bottom so she could push herself back up. Nothing came though.

All there seemed to be was more water and darkness. She didn't even know which way the surface was anymore. The truth was, she didn't even know if she cared or not. Floating in the water like this, at least she didn't have to make an effort. The current could take her wherever it wanted; nothing mattered. She was too sad to care. Too sad to the point where it felt like the deep ocean of it washed away all her anger. Now there was only sadness. It felt like that was the only emotion she experienced around Sonic lately.

Then a horrendous thought occurred to her. Was he…had he…could he…have led her on? Sonic wasn't vindictive and would never do something like that intentionally, but…maybe he did that so she'd get some kind of message. Had she upset him? Was it her fault? It had to be. He was so wonderful and amazing, that's why she loved him, but was it her that was the problem?

Amy had barely realised that her running had begun to slow until she came to a complete stop. Her hammer lowered until she made it vanish from sight. Instead, she now wrapped her arms around her middle as if it would somehow hold her shattered heart and soul together. It didn't work. If anything she just felt like she was falling apart at a more rapid rate. Before she knew it, she was fighting back the usual urge to sob uncontrollably.

Sonic too also skidded to a stop, no longer sensing the angry presence behind him. Had she given up? Was she finally willing to listen properly? The blue hedgehog turned around, his eyes widening at the sight a few metres away. Amy was just stood there with her hammer now gone. Her arms were wrapped around her torso, her head bowed and her ears lowered. Her knees were slightly bent as if she would collapse any second and her shoulders were beginning to shake. Sonic's ear twitched as he heard her lightly gasping for air and then saw the unmistakable sight of a tear, glistening in the setting sun, drip down from her face and onto the thick grass beneath her. Oh no.

The sight in front of him did something to him. His heart began pounding for a different reason. She looked so vulnerable. So sad. It made Sonic's own chest ache with hers. It dawned on him as the sun finally set and the land grew darker, just how much he had underestimated Amy. Underestimated how she felt for him. He had no idea how much she had been looking forward this outing. Regardless of whenever it was his fault or not, she was still upset and if there was one thing Sonic hated, it was to see people crying, especially if it was one of his closest friends.

Timidly, he took a step towards her and then another and another until he was shyly stood next to her. He raised his arms slightly, unsure of what to do before he dropped them and cleared his throat.

"Listen…Amy –" He began before Amy sniffed and interrupted him.

"No." She croaked out as she wiped her eyes. "It doesn't matter."

Without thinking, Sonic grabbed hold of her chin, forcing her to look up at him with her tear filled eyes.

"Clearly it does matter if you're so upset." He insisted.

Amy sighed. "It's ok, I get it. You didn't want to hang out with me. But you could've just told me straight instead of making up silly stories."

"They're not silly stor –" Sonic took a deep breath. What would be the point? "Would I have said yes in the first place if I didn't want to go?"

"Probably," Amy's voice cracked with sadness, "Because you're just too nice."

She reached up and grabbed hold of Sonic's hand, holding it in place before he could realise what he had done and remove it. She wanted to savour his touch. His hand began to move and sadness welled up inside her again as she knew he was going to pull away. But he didn't. Instead, his hand just shifted up slightly, onto her cheek where he wiped away a tear with his thumb and Amy clung onto his hand even tighter. He'd never done anything like this with her before. She didn't know where this sudden boldness of his came from, but she just wished he could be like this always. That he could be at ease with her. Normally, he tried to keep any physical contact between them minimal. However she knew that she shouldn't get used to this. He probably just felt sorry for her.

"Amy, I wouldn't sit through all your plans if I didn't want to do anything with you." Sonic replied with a sigh. "If anything the nice thing for me to do if I didn't want to would be to say no and save you from false hope."

Amy stared at him in disbelief and Sonic chuckled slightly at her expression.

"I am sorry that I missed it." He added. "The last thing I want to do is hurt your feelings, but you know how it is for me."

Amy was silent before she nodded sadly. It was the sad truth. Things would always pop up and come between her and Sonic be it Eggman or another bad guy. It was just the way things were. They would never be able to have a quiet life together. Being with Sonic would come with a lot of baggage. He was a world hero who loved his freedom. She would have to live with that. But you know what? She didn't care. These facts didn't deter her. She loved him, it was as simple as that and she loved him no matter what. She would always support him.

"But I'll always be here, waiting for you, no matter what." Amy finally spoke and smiled at him.

Sonic's eyes widened slightly at her response and tone of great devotion and adoration.

"Thanks Amy." He said, not knowing what else to say.

"Sorry I tried to attack you." Amy apologised.

Sonic just laughed and let go of her face causing Amy to feel slightly disappointed. "Don't worry about it. But all of that has sure made me hungry, wanna go grab a bite?"

Amy immediately felt better and smiled wider at him. "Sure, I'd love to."

Sonic winked and easily scooped the smaller pink hedgehog into his arms and smirked as he stared at the horizon.

"Hold on tight." He said before they both sped off into the distance.

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