Anonymous asked:
You know something occurred to me. I think in the Sonic game canon Sonic is nicer and more open to Amy post Lost World (not saying he was mean to her before or anything but he did push her away a lot when he probably didn't have to). This is probably because that was the first real instance in which he wasn't in time to save her. Amy died. Temporarily but she died and even did the "last words confessing my love." He definitely seems more comfortable with her and maybe near death calmed Amy down
cutegirlmayra answered:
Prompt:
They smiled at one another. It was a little weird.
As they both looked away, ducking their heads down slightly, they knew why they were personally acting this way… but it was a complete mystery why the other was doing the same.
Sonic took the initiative to change the subject, jumping down from the low-riding branch and walking over towards the open field while scratching his nose in the awkwardness.
"Fine day for a run, huh?" he was horrible at small-talk, and this effort just made Amy smile even more, but hid it with her gloved hand.
"It is a nice view." she stared in a sweet wonder at him, and as though sensing her true meaning, he turned around to look back at her as well.
Again, the strange staring…
He kicked the ground a second, as though letting out some nerves as he scanned the ground again, opening his mouth as though to change the subject yet again, but squinted his eyes shut and fully faced away from her. He folded his arms, seeming to just look at the scenery and not comment back.
"You don't have to do that, you know…" Amy placed her hands together, then dangled her feet from the branch, feeling her spines prickle a bit at the cold weather.
Her back was fully exposed, and so she hopped down, hoping to stand in the descending sunlight with Sonic.
She was still bubbly, but she also felt a bit like her giddiness had been restrained. She had a long… long day.
But it was exciting!… in all the wrong ways.
When Sonic only looked down, she noticed the small fall of his shoulders as well, and immediately wanted to lighten the mood.
If changing the subject helped him, she tried to look around for one. She reached out to him, but pulled back and put her arms behind her back, growing restless again, "Ohh! Look at all the butterflies!" she pointed to maybe two that were below them a ways, "Do you see them? Over here, over here!" she wiggled her arm towards them and then dashed back to grab Sonic's arm. "I said..!" she started dragging him over, as he lost balance of himself and was forced to let her take him along.
"W-wah, Amy!"
"Here!" she pointed once again as enthusiastically as she had before.
The butterflies had left by then…
"Ohh…" Her face held her disappointment, but she quickly made sure her smile never shifted too much, "Let's try and find them! With your speed, I'm sure we can find them again!" She held her fist up, encouragingly.
He smiled gently, nodding to her. "A butterfly chase it is then."
She wasn't expecting that.
Her eyes blinked a moment in amazement… "You… You're eyes…" she stepped back a moment, as he looked her over in curiosity, wondering if he did something off or wrong.
She let his arm go, "They're so caring… so sincere." her eyebrows arched in worry, "I'm not used to you being so… Ah! Nevermind, nevermind! It's probably just me! Don't sweat it!" she shook her hands out, not wanting to make the situation worse.
Or at least… more awkward.
"Right! With the Blue Blur by my side, we'll find those flowers in no time!" she struck a pose, as Sonic shook his head and silently chuckled to himself, swaying his body in a relaxing way up next to her.
He put his hands to his hips and tilted his head charmingly towards her, "I thought we were looking for butterflies?" he gave her an irresistible grin.
She blushed in her embarrassment, tapping her head lightly and losing her peppy pose. "R-right… guess I'm just feeling a bit ditzy today."
"It's not a bad thing." Sonic walked on down the hill, "I wouldn't mind a run after that nap." He stretched a little bit more. "But while Tails and Knuckles took off a while ago, you stuck around… I can't say I blame ya." He first worked on his arms, then his legs, before bending all the way to touch his toes.
"Whoo!" he sprang up and spread his legs fully out, showing some flexibility in the air before running in spot on the ground. "Ready?" he looked jazzed, which calmed Amy's fears down a bit.
Maybe they both had nerves… and maybe they were fighting things left unsaid…
She placed her hand warmly to her heart, feeling it race as fast as his feet.
"Sonic… I'd love to."
Those words slowed Sonic's fast, in-spot running and he looked down at the ground again, before slowly turning to look back at her, weakly showing a vulnerability she had only dreamed of seeing before.
"Sonic?" her body pushed her towards him, a few steps at a time, as though instinctual wanting to comfort him but not knowing why he had suddenly shifted to that low point again.
"…I would, too." he finally stated, and smiled up at her again. "I'd like that very much."
A flash of light burst from Amy's heart at such a sweet response. It was full of endearment and honesty… there was not a trace of deception or of the typical boy 'not revealing his feelings' go-around.
It was straight and to the point.
His heart was talking, and Amy didn't want it to shut up.
In a trance almost, she came back to reality and looked off of his face to see he had extended his hand to her.
"Shall we?" he tilted his head, invitingly.
Her mouth moved as if to speak, but only air escaped at a soft push… She took his hand, not sure what new emotions were coming over her.
But they were wonderful.
They felt amazing to experience as she took his hand and felt him pull her closer, hold her a split-second longer than he had ever before.
It wasn't like he hadn't held her before, but as his arm wrapped around her waist… she felt it.
That extra second of a tug, a small force.
Usually, he would just scoop her up and be off, but he was tenderly being cautious of each move… and her heart sang in it, but she tried to not spook him with it.
When she felt weightless, she honestly thought it was from the fluttering feelings, not from him caressing her up into his arms as though a princess he was attempting to comfort.
She hadn't felt that presence from him in so long, mostly because they had known each other for years now… He didn't seem to feel the need to keep up appearances so much, but he always did anyway for her.
A hero… was so much more than the mask he wore.
She could feel him swallow, and looked up from being awestruck at the way he was handling her and looked to see his eyes were on his hands, figuring out the best way to portion her in his arms as though wanting the trip to be just as light as she felt so now.
"…I really like this." Amy turned worried, a sudden panic as she took his face in her hands, making sure he was looking at her now.
"H-huh?" He seemed pulled out of whatever anxious thoughts he must have been experiencing.
"It's amazing, Sonic." She giggled, cutely nodding her head and closing her eyes with the action. "I really, really appreciate this. It's lovely."
"…All I did was pick you up-" he paused in his delivery and then lowered his eyes at the trick he thought she was obviously making. He shook his head with a sign and was about to race on.
"N-no! I mean it! Honest!" she realized he had mistaken her and let hand drift away from his face.
His eyes met with hers again and she looked away, "I… I don't know why you're doing this… this way… but I don't mind it. Not one bit." she looked back and hope he saw the truth in her words.
His expression turned gentle again, and he pulled up from being about ready to race off. "Amy… I got your message." he finally stated.
Amy's heart sank beneath a shallow puddle. Burning hot with the flashes of her death… that heated sensation of power draining from her very core… and the puddle not soothing her despair one bit.
She didn't know where to look now, but couldn't—no… wouldn't see his eyes again.
"O-oh..? That silly thing? D-Don't worry about it. It was wrong of me to leave that. I should have trusted you more, b-be-believed everything would be alright in the end. Crazy to think so much happened in such a small time frame, huh? H-he-hey! Those are the butterflies I saw!" as though fate would have it, the butterflies did return to the valley, but by this time, Sonic was already fixated on her… watching her try desperately to remain cheery and optimistic, trying to look passed the fact that she had sent, what appeared to be, her last words to him through that video message.
Her breath flinched in her throat, and in her anxiety, she continued to point at the butterflies, but forcing her words out only made her nerves more obvious. "D-… Do you see them now?" it was shaky, and her eyes were beginning to fill with water, but she refused to cry in front of Sonic.
He hated crying…
"Amy…" his voice would have undone her efforts if she didn't shake her head and smile boldly to him.
"Em-mm, I'm fine! See! Full of life and vigor!" she swung her arms, but her voice hesitated on the one word she didn't want to reflect on.
"…It's in the past." She quickly tried to cover up her blunder. "And like you say…" she gripped her dress, looking down and away from his empathetic eyes…
"Don't worry so much about what happened… just keep moving forward… right?"
He didn't speak for a long while… and the butterflies flew and danced by the two as though they weren't even there…
"Right." he finally said, looking off of her as she dared to finally look up at him, her eyes pleading for him to be alright.
"Like a bad dream…" he looked up into the sky.
She waited a moment, wondering if the Sonic she knew would return to her…
He finally did, looking back at her with a typical smile of peace. "Well, since we found those butterflies, why not look for those flowers of yours too, while were at it?" he gave her a joking smirk and she batted his face away, not able to resist smiling too.
They took off as the butterflies tried to flap against the whiplash from the wind, and Amy held on tightly… glad that at the end of it all…
Sonic and her knew… that these moments were precious, and shouldn't be so few in number.