cutegirlmayra
Prompt:
It should have been a normal day, by all accounts.
Amy was waiting for Sonic in the Chao Garden, happily humming a tune and playing with the Chao by taking one of their pudgy, teardrop arms and spinning it up and around as though as they were both dancing.
The Chao loved it, seeming to roleplay a ball of sorts and the dashing prince trying to dance with Cinderella, as many other Chao seemed to vie over playing the parts next, tumbling over her shoulders and pawing at her hands to get her to lift them up and twirl them in pairs as well.
She giggled at their enthusiasm, "The duke, and the duchess!" She took another pair of arms and twirled them as well, these two being flying types, they gently fluttered their wings and closed their eyes, playing the roles well and then bowing to each other after she let them go and they did a figure-8 together.
"The prime minister and-" she stopped when she felt a brisk wind, and excitedly got up and turned around, "And my Sonic!"
He stood a little uneasy, but smiled as though feigning something. He was reluctant to have her hug him but didn't protest her abrupt embrace, looking as though he really didn't want to spoil her mood.
"Playing with the Chao again, huh?" He commented, smiling sheepishly down to one and bending his eyes as it came right up and tugged on his socks, wanting some affection too. He wiggled a finger to lightly tickle it's head and then swirled the slight tip of his head around his finger from above before pulling up and seeing Amy's excited expression again.
"They sure do they love pretend." very motherly, she put her hands behind her back and looked to them, seeing them all cheering for Sonic and Amy to play as well. "I guess before our date, we could humor them, yeah?" She blinked her eyelashes towards him flirtatiously, but he again acted as though something was wrong but trying to hide it.
The two flying Chao took back to the skies and also grabbed Sonic and Amy's fingers, lifting them up to lightly host Sonic and Amy to the top of their toes.
Amy giggled into her hand and then softly twirled, showing Sonic the game.
He sighed, but kinda awkwardly seemed to enjoy the silliness as he turned too, making the Chao cheer.
"The king and queen!" Amy sounded off, and the Chao gave an applause.
After letting go of their fingers, the two flying Chao took to each other and twirled as one, inspiring other Chao to partner up and try a silly "waltz" impersonation as well.
"So cute!" Amy cheered, her hands pressing together at their endearing whimsy. "I remember when I was that young… always dreaming of my true love~" she seemed to be referencing Sonic and he ducked his head and scratched his nose, looking away.
"I really don't want to say this…" He admitted, but tried to toughen himself up, patting his cheeks to get himself to 'man up' and tell her. "But Amy, there's something you gotta-"
"Look!" Amy pointed to a blue speed Chao, dancing with hops and jumps to a rhythm it made up, dancing with another Chao. "It acts just like you!"
"What?" Sonic was momentarily distracted, "I dance nothing like that!"
"Oh, you're just jealous that he has better footing then you do." Amy joked, moving up to his chest and placing her shoulders to it, "Well, if you're so inclined, why not prove me wrong? We can go dancing for our date today!" she thought herself so sly and raced ahead towards the fountain, looking in it's reflection to 'spruce' herself up before believing she was going to be swept off on another fantastic outing with her hero.
Sonic gulped, pulled at his quills, and turned away from the sight. "Aw man, get it together! You have to tell her! It's the only way she'll understand!" he softly gave himself his reasons through the prep-talk, but looking back at her, he felt his heart sink at how happy she was right now… and how upset she'll be if he told her.
"Stay strong…" he repeated to himself, and walked back up to Amy. "Amy, it's kind of important I tell you what I heard and saw the other day." he began, lifting a foot to the fountain as it caught Amy's attention, her head tilting and turning to look at it. She was fixing her quills, but slowly looked up to Sonic, pausing as she noticed how he hid his mouth with his hand as though in strange thought, and spoke as though trying to upfront but indirect.
She raised an eyebrow, "Right now?" She smiled then, turning playful, "Why not tell me on our date!" she lightly hopped to his side and took his arm, pulling him back towards her as he swayed with the action.
"W-wah-o!" He caught himself and looked back into her eyes again. Sighing, he placed a saddened hand to her own on his arm. "We can't… Go on dates anymore… not like this." His voice definitely seemed to be conflicted, and Amy's eyes blinked to a low-riding dispute as though she couldn't understand.
"Is it Eggman?" Amy asked, about to give her reasons why that didn't matter but he shook his head and held up his hand from on top of her own.
"N-no, it's not that. I…" He rubbed the back of his neck, looking away from her and down towards the ground. Instinctively though, he held the arm she was grasping like a gentlemen, crooking it for her to have a better grip of. "I saw some photos… someone took of us on our last date. It's kinda… all over the city now."
"Ah!" Amy's enthusiasm skyrocketed again, her mouth opening wide into a grin. "That's wonderful!"
"W-what!?" Sonic was amazed at her response, turning back to her a little dumbfounded.
"Hehe, what are they calling us? The cutest new couple to emerge this year!? Ohh! Did they call us the Fashion Couple of the week? Oh-oh! Maybe we're on Celebrity's hottest new pairs!"
Her hands flopped around like a teenage girl and Sonic just shook his head, moving since her hands weren't spazzing while on his arm anymore and put his hands to his hips. On his face, a clear expressive groan, but no sound to follow it.
He looked a little annoyed she didn't understand, and looked away, grumbling, "Scandal… actually."
"…What!?" Amy had to process that a moment before flinging her hands back behind her and having her mouth drop open this time, bewildered but also shocked at the news. "How could they say that!? You won't even let me hold your hands across the table without worrying I'll see you blush."
Sonic's whole body spiked up, "I do not!" he defended, but as Amy 'aww'd his cute reaction, he coughed into his hand and played it off. "W-we-well, regardless, seeing as I'm kinda a hotshot and you're my friend, it's something I'm not comfortable with and-"
"Friend?" Amy gave him a funny look and he started sweating, shaking as he saw Amy's fiery aura rising.
He made small whimpers as though wanting to say something, unable to change from his position of 'coughing into hand' when Amy's hand flexed out as though threatening to summon a hammer.
"Friend..?" she continued.
After a few more attempts to speak, Sonic finally broke out of his intimidated fear and held his ground, putting his closed-hands up to his sides to show his determination at saying what he had too. "E-either way, Amy! We can't be seen by the public eye anymore! That means… I can't take you on a date today." He straightened out, more of the usual, typical hedgehog boy she was used too.
He closed his eyes and relaxed his body, his head down as though ashamed he had to break the news to her.
"Once they caught wind of it, they started saying some things that I don't agree with it. Especially about us. I won't bother relating all the things I heard people talking about, it's all fake news anyway, but I worry it could hurt who we are and what we stand for… I don't want to see you misrepresented by people who don't understand your feelings, Amy."
It was kind. It was considerate…
But Amy wasn't having it.
"OOOoooOOOh!" she let out her infamous whine and summoned her hammer, turning away from Sonic and bashing it around furiously in the air. "Who do they think they are!" she shook her fist up and bent her head down, "Spreading lies about my Sonic and I, will they!? Making my man feel the need to hide his appreciation for the well-deserving woman that I am!? Aughh!" She took a few, powerful steps and smashed a small but decently sized rock on the ground, causing the other Chao to freak out and fly away. "I won't forgive them! I'll make them pay! They'll rue the day they came between me and my Sonic!"
At her declarations, Sonic just pulled back away from the scene a bit and looked the other way. "Stop it, Amy… you're embarrassing me and frightening the Chao…" He didn't know how else to respond to her, but was used to her flip-floppy emotions by now. "Anyway, I'm really sorry about all this. I know you were looking forward to today, too."
From behind Amy, her rage seemed to rise and then fall all at once, and she turned back to Sonic, her eyes showing her ranged emotions.
"Why should we let them win? You promised me a date today and who are they to say you can't keep it!?" She puffed up her cheeks, flushing red as her anger was quickly turning her to glossy eyes… but she wouldn't dare cry in front of Sonic.
Instead, still frustrated and fuming, she kicked the now pebbles of the remaining rock she crushed. "It's not fair! And I won't stand for it!" she defiantly placed a foot down as her eyebrows shook. "Whoever disrespects my man's honest intentions disrespects me!" she was really getting riled up, and Sonic poked his head into her frame to try and wave his hands out in front of him, looking a little already defeated as he knew he couldn't calm her down now anyway.
"Amy, Amy… it's not that big of a deal."
"We'll go somewhere else then! Somewhere no cameras or rude people will follow!" she stood proudly with a fist to her hip and her pointer finger wagging in the air their new plan, but Sonic felt he was getting roped into her antics again.
He shrugged, shaking his head. "What are ya gonna do?" he seemed to realize he wasn't going to change her mind.
"Here's the plan!" Amy swung back to him, shaking him up and pulling him down to her level as she gave him a held wink and whispered her idea. "We're gonna go on the run! Just you and me! We'll make sure no one sees your adorable girlfriend getting you all flustered." she poked and wiggled her finger into his cheek and snickered at her go-hard-go-lucky scheme, but Sonic just felt his face being pushed and squished and tried to lean out of it, unable to as he struggled by rocking back but she would pull him with her arm over his shoulders back to her side again, continuing to brew her plan further.
"B-but where do you think we can go that they won't follow, Amy?" Sonic was still uncomfortable with the idea, but knowing nothing could stop Amy once she put her mind to it, decided the sooner he got through this date the better.
"You leave that to me!" Amy encouraged, then let him go and lightly pushed him forward, having him try and catch his balance again as he stumbled forward and looked back at her. "You've been all over this world and back, only now you're telling me you can't even think of one spot that the paparazzi can't get us?" She looked at him skeptically, "With all their lies and tabloids trying to fancy-up our innocent romance… I can't believe you're not trying harder to save our marriage!" she seemed to be idolizing something and half-daydreaming, but then turning to scold Sonic as he looked at her confused.
"W-what?"
"I mean our relationship! That's what I said." she folded her arms, blushing and pouting to the side as Sonic scratched his head.
"Hmm…" Sighing with a bit of a grunt at her obvious fib, he just let her carry on and took her up in his arms. "Sorry to make this awkward, Amy…" He seemed sincere enough, and Amy just happily held her arms around his shoulders, like how they normally would go running together.
"Don't you worry, Sonic The Hedgehog! Little articles like that won't stop me from marrying you!"
Sonic cranked his head slooooowwwllly her way.
"I-I mean, um, dating you! Haha!" She nervously corrected, but he lowered his eyes to her, showing he wasn't amused by her imaginations. "… Okay, okay! Hang out dates…" she grumbled the 'politically correct' terminology and Sonic smiled at her acceptance of it.
"Hang on!" satisficed that she at least understood him enough to agree to keep prying eyes out of their conduct together, he took off towards where Amy had previously designed to take them.
But while racing around, popular news-drones chased them everywhere. They tried for a picnic retreat but the drones flew up with camera flashes. Sonic dived to save Amy as she gasped and then sped off with a serious look of annoyance to find another location.
They tried the deserts, basking in the sun on beach chairs, but the drones flew speedily by and took a shot, photoshoping it and printing out a picture of them sharing a chair and acting like a spoiled hero with his woman laying beside him and an arm wrapped around him.
The two were shocked out of their chairs.
"I-I-I didn't know they could do that!" Amy gasped, realizing they could completely fabricate their relationship. "This… this is not good…" her fingers flinched against the sides of her cheeks as her eyes shrunk at the covers of magazines spreading falsehoods about her being some… some…!
"I'm not a trophy wife!" she bashed the drones and 10 more flew over to take pictures of her violent act. "Ah!" she cowered from the bright lights and kept swinging.
"Amy!" Darting from his own paparazzi drones, he dove in and grabbed her, protecting her by jumping out of the encircling camera drones and taking off.
Amy clung to him, looking back and seeing, just like printers, the drones having photoshopped Amy's violence on Sonic, the header reading something along the lines of how she was forcing the greatest hero into submission, and how you can dominate your famous man into being your one and only.
"Ah! That's awful!" Amy felt her chest tighten, "I would never do something like that…"
Looking back at her face, seeing how scared she was to lose face and be framed for something she wasn't, Sonic's righteous indignation also flared up. He scowled, wanting to say something but keeping it silently to himself.
The two tried to lose them in the bushes, but as the drones looked around, dived in and starting taking pictures of them trying to get away, showing instead that the two were 'rendezvousing' in the brush of nature's finest temptations… each other.
"That is so blown out of proportion!" Amy smashed another drone and pulled out the original photo from inside it's round body, "We look terrified!" the originally showed them pushing back to avoid the drones in the bush.
Sonic just grumbled, seeing another robot about to take a picture and jumped up to spin dash it, "Come on..!" he extended his hand, and suddenly… Amy's imagination got away with her.
As she took his hand, him pulling her towards him, she imagined him and her running away to elope, and her jealous suitors pursuing them in raging envy.
"Oh, Sonic~" she blushed and swooned, closing her eyes as she fanaticized and had her hands up to her cheeks, the two photos flying off in the wind behind his incredible speeds. "I've always wanted to run away with you~"
They hid in the snow, as the drones flew by and fought the winds, one scanned a pile of two snow heaps. Deciding nothing there was interesting, took off.
Their heads popped out of the snow, Sonic having some snot dripping frozen from his nose and went to sneeze as Amy's bundled two hands shook in fury.
"Ahhh, come on..!" Amy tiredly drained out an exhausted cry, "At first this was refreshingly new, d-d-due to them not shooting at us like Eggman's robots of course!" she looked to make sure Sonic wasn't accusing her of over idolizing a situation again. "Ehem, but now it's just tiresome! Why can't we just explode them all..?"
Sonic folded his arms, showing a disapproval. "They'll photograph that we're destroying the right to say as they please… or something like that." he had a sweat drop of uncertainty fall from the side of his face. "You know how these people get, that's why I wanted nothing to do with them."
She realized his plea and sighed, "I give up then." she kicked the ground and sat down beside him, getting out of the snow and leaning up against his shoulder. "Sonic… we can't just give up… right?"
He remained silent.
"What about our relati- I mean… our friendship." she made the fish-lips as though upset she had to call it that. "They're insanely persistent! But… I wasn't wrong for wanting to spend more time with you… personally having you here with him is already a dream come true! Ah… But… I can understand if you're growing sick of me."
She was all dreamy and suddenly, realizing he didn't like that, went to trying to be a bit more modest.
"I get it now. I'm something that could be an embarrassment upon your image and virtues… without me, you wouldn't have to worry about this with Tails or Knuckles… I don't like hiding the truth, but if that's how you feel you can still hang out with me then… then…" She lowered her head, her eyes covered in dark shadows as her shoulders bounced slightly, clearly not liking what she was saying or accepting, and having her fingers dig slightly in shakes into the snow, showing her resentment at these things.
Then… all at once… Sonic's hand gently and without delay, reached out to place itself upon Amy's trembling and gripping for anything solid in her life hands… quieting some fears and reassuring her, being comforting.
She looked at his hand, startled, then up with sparkling admiration into his own.
He was so calm, smiling to her.
"Forget about being tagged for property damages." Sonic joked, getting up and stretching out, "Hmm uh, hmm uh,… If we're gonna get these guys… hu ho, hu ho, then we better start with luring them to us first." As he did his exercises, he then took a deep breath out and offered her his hand, winking to her. "Let's make it a clean hit, so they can't crop and cut anything this time."
Her heart grew so large with love for him, she just jumped up and embraced him, littering his face with her tears. "Oh, Sonic! Sonnnnic!"
He just chuckled sheepishly at her.
Later, the drones were still looking as Amy cried out, "Oh, Sonic, I'm soooo cold!" The drones quickly turned in the direction of their voices.
Sonic and Amy were hiding behind some trees, as Amy cupped her hands around her mouth to let the sound carry, "Hold me in your arms and never let me go~"
The drones paused a second, as though not believing it.
"They're not buying it." Sonic whispered, before raising his voice up. "I got something better in mind!" and then swooped a leg under Amy.
"H-hey!" she cried out, as he made her trip and fall down. "Offph! Sonic! What's the big idea!?"
With that, the drones looked flustered, sparking and fritzing out in the air as they had anime blush marks over their camera lenses. They flew over to the trees, their apertures tensing and unclosing as though to show interest when a human's eye dilates, looking to Amy in the snow as Sonic came out of hiding and rammed one of them with his fist, crushing their face and sending them flying.
"I'll give you a show." Sonic smirked, turning to the others. "Now, who's up next?"
"Batter up!" Amy got up from laying belly-first in the snow, and wacked one that was distracted by Sonic, shaking in fear as it went to attempt a picture, and was bashed away by Amy's hammer.
"You want hot and spicy?" She turned to the next drone, "Take a quick peek at this!" She whipped up her hammer as though a boxer spinning around his arm and laid a huge grand-slam with her hammer's hilt into the drone like a saber.
It toppled in the air a few times before finally falling down. "Ah!" Amy noticed the insignia was Eggman's, and realized who the freelancer was that was taking pics of them. 'Oh no!' she looked back to Sonic, still spin-dashing some of them in multi-hits. 'If he finds out this was Eggman trying to ruin his happiness… he'll think he can't ever be with me again!' she looked uneasily towards the trashed robot. 'It does make sense though… I can't let Sonic know about this… Not yet, at least.' she took her hammer out of it and bashed the logo further into the snow.
'No wonder those creeps were saying bad things about Sonic and I's relationship! O-or friendly hang out sessions!' she grew furious, racing around and beating up some more. 'Eggman is the only one who could keep up with me and Sonic's whereabouts! He's been sitting back and making millions on exploiting our love! I-I mean- ohhhh..!' she stood side by side with Sonic. "Let's let them have it!"
He could tell she was riled up, but actually liked it.
"On your count, Amy!" he joined the fun. In unison, Amy swung her hammer and Sonic jumped back to reel his fist back.
"Counter strike!" Amy saw the drone rise up to dodge Amy, but she lifted her hammer up to match the direction of where it dodged, and Sonic held nothing back to slam his fist into her hammer's other side to launch her swing with even more force–blasting back the force of air with it–to completely obliterate the drone where only a few minor pieces were actually sprayed like darts out into the trees trunks.
Another drones turbines kick up and blast the snow away as it retreats.
Sonic charges after it, following it by scaling up a tree as Amy looks around at the bear ground.
The robots' had Eggman faces being exposed everywhere.
Amy's eyes shook, "Oh no… oh no, oh no, oh no!" she quickly fell to her knees and tried to pile more snow over them, spreading them out but the heat of their explosions caused the light bundles of snow she was trying to put over them to melt in a few seconds. "Stop, stop, stop!" she felt her emotions getting the better of her and hammered the drones down into the ground, but the one she was working on wouldn't budge. Yes, it dented it's metal in, but the ground was too solid for it to pierce below and hide itself by Amy burying it.
When Sonic flung down, Amy knew it was already too late… he was too fast to expect herself to hide anything… and wondered what horrible fate lay in store… now that he knew.
She wouldn't look up at him.
She knew he must have seen them. There was no way to hide them.
He stood there for a long time… 'Oh! I knew this was hopeless! Now Sonic will never go on another date with me!'
She felt the tears, but held them back. 'No… I can't let him see this affect me… I've worked too hard to let Eggman, the press,… anyone stop me from being with him!'
As she lamented, silently trying to hide her crying, Sonic walked through the bare, frozen, and solid ground.
He bent down and showed her a thumbs up, just under her vision.
"H-huh?" She looked up with tears that frosted to look like she was crying crystals, as they glittered like stars, and watched as he closed his eyes and gave her the brightest smile she had seen on him to date.
"Nice teamwork,.. Amy!" It was a light acknowledgement, but when he said her name, it was so wonderfully pleasing to her ears, so soft and full of charming reciprocation.
He needn't say those famous words… as long as he always said her name with such flare and devotion.
It filled her with such profound hope, that it inspired her to reach out to him.
A little startled by her reaction, he couldn't resist hugging her back, and she held him as he picked her up and carried her to warmer climates.
END.
(Based this one off of Sonic X!Sonamy a bit, can you tell? ;)b )