cutegirlmayra
Prompt:
It was a deep, black night with a velvet sky covering the sky except for the single bright moon that illuminated the shining water with a glowing, flat beam upon it's reflective, light blue surface.
The darkness was calming,… After all, Sonic had been in space with the boys for months. When he landed, Amy was overjoyed to hear they had succeeded, but even more so when Tails handed her a letter from Sonic, which he was told not to read yet.
Sonic had lost his earth legs, and needed to run around for a bit, but the letter was a message to meet him. Amazed that he was initiating a meeting, Amy secretly hoped it would be more than just a simple, 'Long time no see!' as was usually Sonic's persona.
Amy crept through the night, trying to not disrupt the magic of the night as soft sounds from crickets and other musical bugs lit up the atmosphere in an orchestrated procession.
Her boots would squish and slightly crush little weeds under her feet, elongated from the added moisture in the area and growing very healthy, strengthening and straightening out again after she moved over them.
Her hands cheerily brushed against the shadowed tree trunks, like her mind wandering through one delightful thought after another, as Amy serpentine'd through the line of trees in whimsical imaginings she chased in her head.
Sonic… Sonic… Sonic!
Her thoughts led her to spin out into the open with a gleeful squeal before bundling her hands up by her cheeks and looking out towards a lake.
Her awe for nature made her eyes sparkle with the water's moonlit fancy.
"Oh wow! It's perfectly beautiful!" her expression beamed the same as the moon, and she closed her eyes to smile and absorb in the atmospheric vibes that sent such a majestic peace to her soul.
Then a shiny red, gold buckled shoe stepped into view in front of her. It sped at lightning speeds, but only rustled the plants around them.
Her eyes squished in as her eyebrows narrowed, feeling the shift. "Is that..?"
She slowly opened her eyes as Sonic gave her a neutral smile, his hands on his hips with some heroic confidence, as though that image wasn't printed forever on her heart.
Her face extended into one of pure joy, "Sonic!" she cried out his name, leaning forward with her arms out to her sides, a very feminine but happy surprise to her actions.
He bent his head slightly, "I'm glad you could make it… Amy."
"Hehe, how could I miss it?" She jumped a little in her stride, coming up to him as he held up a hand to greet her, but stepped back with an awkward smile and nervous sweatdrop on the side of his face.
He chuckled as she slowed to a halt, still radiantly jittery from seeing him.
"I heard from Tails you all had quite a ride up in space!"
His expression seemed to change to a more serious contemplating, and he turned slightly away from her, closing his eyes as though concealing the doorways to his emotions once more.
"Something like that." He looked away with a slight frown, opening the slits of his eyes as though showing a quiet sorrow to some unknown fact.
Amy wasn't really paying attention, so lost in her enthusiasm at seeing him again that she completely tuned out the environment around her. "I was so worried! I'm glad that everyone came back safe! Ah..! Ohh… Sonic? Is everything alright?" she finally did notice his sudden aloof nature, and worriedly made a face to show her concern.
She placed a bent finger up by her open mouth, as though not sure if she should speak up and ask him what was wrong and ruin the moment…
Or at least, the moment she hoped would be created tonight…
"It… It was something." he tapped his foot to the ground, as though avoiding the details. "But when everyone seemed to be disheartened, giving up hope…" he turned and walked to the lake, letting his arms fall down by his sides… but remaining poised with a natural power that Amy always admired in him.
After a long pause, he spoke again, facing away from her and looking out to the moon. "I wished you were there then… You always cheered everyone up when hope seemed lost. You would find it and regain our spirits somehow." He watched the dark sky where no stars shone that night… as though lost in his memories.
It was unlike Sonic to be so preoccupied in thought or even in past events that have already happened. He always said the outcome and the moment were more important, but the adventure was always his favorite part.
Was this adventure… different this time for him?
"You… missed me?" Her face flushed a moment and she giddily smiled with nervous sweat spraying off the sides of her face, slightly pivoting her face away from his precious reveal of his thoughts out in space. "Ah, ah… T-that's so sweet… b-b-but now I wonder." she put her hands to the sides of her cheeks, "Hehee~ Maybe I should send you off with a spaceship full of men often!" she teased, thinking he might just have missed a 'woman's touch' while up in space.
But when she turned back, grinning from ear to ear at her tease, she noticed he didn't seem to react at all the way she had hoped.
Instead, his head dropped a bit down, almost melancholy like… and then something completely unexpected happened.
"Amy,… Are we… dating?"
Amy's body just dropped to sitting down on the cool ground of weeds. She suddenly batted her hands to blow the heat off her face and excitedly kept her ecstasy down from being noticed by the handsomely solemn hedgehog.
She decided to play coy, quickly shifting herself to have her hands down between her bent on the ground legs and her face turning slightly away from him, down with a blush before up as if all-knowing but innocent about it.
"I always knew we were." she teased, but slowly turned her eyes back to him, breaking her sudden playful nature in patient curiosity as to where this was going… what he would say next… and if all her dreams had been building her up for this moment.
Most importantly… what did he want from calling her out this night!?
There was a moment she was worried he wouldn't say anything at all,… but his arms moved right back up to his hips, and his chest stuck up towards the sky that he returned his gaze too.
"Okay." he simply stated, and that was enough to pause Amy's movements in awe at what that could mean.
As though on cue, the crickets chimed back up, the night air blew into another still, and fireflies glided to a low light under the weeds… as though being transferred over to this moment in the lake's fields to heightened the magical moment for Amy.
She just stared at the man she had longed to be able to love for the rest of her days, silently praying their would come a day where he would need and want her too, and that she could love and be loved without holding back; free in the moment and liberated from her lonely, dreary, and boring life forever.
There arose then a need to not lose whatever she had gained, whatever that was, whatever he had meant by that.
She quickly shook herself out of the shock and panicked that she wasn't looking romantic enough, and searched the ground desperately for an idea.
She dashed to sprawl herself out and look 'appealing' by hollywood standards but it was a silly attempt, and with sweatdrops profusely popping up along the sides of her head, she just smiled nervously as though submitting to whatever amazing thing was going to come out of his mouth next. "H-ha-haha, so like,… umm… you missed me that much, huh?" she wondered if he would cuddle with her? Would he try and hold her!? Would he kiss..?!
Her face kept showing her growing imagination as animated puffs of smoke burst from her head in the heat of her face's open-mouth smile and sweaty sides of her face…
Then… his head turned to slightly look back at her, that once again mysterious neutral smile that must have been holding back so much more… at least, she hoped there was something she was missing in it, and that it wasn't just as simple as he was making it out to be.
Although, at least he was smiling to her… and at least he wasn't making this a 'okay, see ya later!' gag…
She mentally gasped.
WHAT IF THIS WAS A 'SEE YA AROUND' GAG?!
He tilted his head and closed his eyes, "Something like that." his soft but genuine voice shook her out of her attempts to look appealing.
Now she was simply intrigued. What was going on in his complicated mind? What was he hoping to accomplish by saying all this to her?
"S-so… what happened?" she nervously watched as he made his way calmly over to her, his face still showing a carefree smile and his eyes closed as if deep in his thoughts.
He sat next to her, and she quickly jolted up and sat properly this time, having her knees under her and her hands on top of them.
She blinked and watched him, waiting as he sighed as though relaxing, lifting a knee up and scratching the back of his bent head.
Individual quills stuck out from the gaps of his fingers, and Amy's eyes shimmered as though wondering what was wrong.
How could anything be wrong!?
She shook her head, deciding to not dwell on it so much and create unnecessary anxiety.
"D-did… Did that moment where everyone seemed lost for courage… D-di-did that make you think of me differently?" she looked up at the sky, trying to not sound so nervous and shy about asking, but unable to successfully pull it off.
He looked to her comically, raising an eyebrow up. "All these years… and I tell you that only to have you act like this?" He held in a coughed laugh, which made her jolt and her quills stick up on end at her embarrassment. "You're a funny one, Amy! Who knew you could be so fakely demure." he called her out, eyeing her back with a smirk as she covered her face entirely and turned away.
"O-oh-owh-owwhhh, you couldn't understand the complexity of a young girl in love's heart!" she excused herself, but he just turned back to face forward and lifted his scratching hand down to the tip of his raised knee.
"Fair enough." He conceded. "But yeah, I did miss you. I guess I realized this must be how you feel… when I'm not around, you would have to keep everyone believing. Somehow, you made everyone agree that things would turn out alright… And so long as I was around, you would just cheer me on, and naturally inspire others to do the same." He turned away… but Amy dared to look back.
Her eyes widened.
Seeing the faint pink on his cheek in the dark night…
She stared once again in amazement, leaning slowly over to reach out and touch it as he continued, unaware of her entrancement at the color upon his muzzle.
She could only see a little bit of his nose, the side of his cheek, and the edge of his eyebrow as he continued talking, but her entire attention was upon that light streak of red… that she had never seen before.
"I always was appreciative of your efforts, Amy. But up there… where you weren't around to help create that feeling of faith… I guess I realized how much we all really need you… in the end." He looked at his hand, unaware of how close her reaching fingers were getting to his cheek. "I couldn't bare to think of it then… how you must feel… when I'm not around for you, either."
She paused, her fingers trembling as she felt the emotion being to build up in tears around her eyes.
Sonic hated tears, she had to do something about this and fast!
She shook her head and sat back down from getting up to lean towards him, pulled back her hand and wiped the forming tears away, not wanting to spoil the moment.
The firefly glows were hushed but close, letting the intimate moment of shared feelings be while they quietly danced around the two lovers.
"Huh? Amy?" He turned back to her, as though worried. "You're awfully more silent then usual." He tilted his head, deeply curious of it. "What's wrong? Am I saying something you don't like?"
"N-no! That's not it at all… hah…" she sniffed, trying to hide her uncontrollable emotions of joy from him.
He blinked, hearing the sniffle and wondering if she was alright, "Amy..?" He moved to try and see her expression but she hid it again.
"Ah-! Haha, wh-what did you want to see me out here for?! I'm sure you could have said this in your letter or even at my house! W-We… *Sniff* I mean, I could have prepared a picnic or something for your arrival, but I'm… I'm really glad you told me all this Sonic… Heh…" she continued to cry as she constantly rubbed her eyes, trying to fight back the flowing tears.
He paused a moment as she continued, listening intently…
"I've… *sniff* always believed in you, Sonic… of course it was hard when you were away. I know I shouldn't, but I worried constantly about you! I couldn't help myself. When you love someone so much, you deeply care about where they are or who's possibly hurting them. Are they okay? Will they even think of you, remember you, after all the horrible things they had to fight and endure? Suppressing evil is one thing, but triumphing over your own doubts… the fears of your friends… that's a battle in and of itself when you're caught up in your feelings of anguish as well." she kept bobbing her head, fighting the urge to sob but her mouth trembled with the faintest of whines as though on the verge from bawling into his arms.
"I'm just… I'm so thankful… I never wanted or would wish for you to experience those things of having to pep up your friends even when you're feeling so horrible about everything… but if it meant you could see a glimpse of what I try to do for you… for everyone to keep supporting you and for you to focus solely on the fight and not worry about all of us, I-… I'm just so grateful…" she felt a hand softly, but firmly grip her arm.
As it made her turn, she continued to keep her eyes closed, though tears were obviously apparent now.
She felt it pulling her close and then sturdy arms embrace her, just as she wished they always would.
"Sonic…" her eyes squinted open.
He held her there, eyes closed, leaning his chin on her head.
She closed her eyes and nuzzled her head deeper into his chest, allowing herself to be emotional.
After a minute, she laughed, "How embarrassing. You're the one telling me that hard experience for you and here I am, crying at it…"
Her smile and quaking voice seemed to inspire empathy from him though.
"It was the first time I've ever felt that helpless without you, Amy." He quietly admitted, lifting his head up slightly so his chin didn't hit her while he spoke, but they hit home in another way regardless. "But you've had to go through your own battles countless times… I truly do admire you, Amy. You never give up. Because of your example, neither did I."
Amy rose her shaking hand to grip his arm, his words meant so much to her, she was more than elated… she was comforted.
She pulled out of his arms momentarily, surprising him as he still had his arms around her.
"Amy?" He seemed to question why she moved.
Her eyes shook with a loving expression down at the ground, "Sonic… is that what you wanted to say to me?" She happily met his eyes again, and they sparkled far more than any stars, but the light in them filled Sonic's with a sky that was littered in speckled lights alongside the moon.
He nodded into an absolute smile, with no sigh of doubt or uncertainty.
"Yeah." he stated.
She gently closed her eyes then, still consumed in the feelings of love all around her. "Okay…" she repeated his words back to him, then excitedly reopened her eyes and clutched his arms further. "Then you have to promise me something, okay?"
He tilted his head, confused as to what that might be.
She demurely bent her head again and closed her eyes, dipping her chin down. "You have to never give up trying to cheer up others. No matter how much doubt or gloom may be present in them…" she flicked her eyes open with a resolving amount of powerful conviction. "And you have to remember that I won't forgive you if you just give in to the doom, you have to save others just as much as they help save you, and you saving the world isn't as important as inspiring those around you to believe that they can do the same!" She nodded with an inner strength he couldn't deny in her eyes, and nodded the same.
"I promise!" he grinned, willingly.
"Good." she let him go, wiping the last of her ears on the back of her wrist. "Now… why did you ask if we were dating or not?"
"Oh, that?" He looked off to the side of himself, turning boyish, and put his legs in an Indian-style way as he held his shoes. His mouth formed an innocent 'o' as he spoke, "I guess I was just clueless is all."
Her entire frame erupted.
"CLUELESS?!"
"Uh oh! Amy! C-calm down!" he flinched back, but Amy's whole being seemed to become a savage beast.
"YOU IDIOT!" she summoned her hammer at incredible speeds, slamming it down where he once was sitting as he leaped back like a frog and freaked out with the white's of his eyes showing his wincing smile's fear.
"Ah-haa!" he tried to run but she gripped a back quill's tip, and he looked visibly shaken by not being able to run away. "Amy, I'm sorry! What did I do wrong!?"
"You jerk!" she threw him down and plopped his head on her lap, keeping him down as he reached his arms out in an attempt to show he wanted to get back up.
"A-Amy! Let me go!" He seemed to comically whine but Amy just 'hmph'd and kept him there.
"You're going to stay here and think about what you've done!" she pouted, not letting up one bit!
"H-huh?" he paused a second in his pathetic confusion. Looks like Sonic still didn't understand his natural charm…
"And then you're going to marry me!" she huffed in defiance.
"Whhhhattt…!? Ammmmyyyy!" Sonic may never understand the workings of a young girl's heart…
The sounds of a helpless hedgehog echoed through the once peaceful lakeside field… and all the world stood once again, quietly still…
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