Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Babbysitter Affair ❯ A Little Love, A Little Pain ( Chapter 13 )

The Babysitter Affair: Chapter 13

 

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“No, Sonic! You're doing it wrong! Here, let me show you...!” Amy complained, reaching over Sonic's lap to grab his...Sega Genesis controller.

Playfully laughing, he yanked it away and out of her reach. “No way, Amy!! It took me a whole 3 minutes to get this far!”

Pouting, Amy' crossed her arms. Her glistening eyes glanced over at the large tv screen in front of them.

Since Knuckles left, the two of them decided to play a few old games they liked in Sonic's room.

For 2 hours, they played the games Amy enjoyed playing and for the last 5 minutes, Sonic decided to pop in Sonic 3. Why Sonic 3 of all games, Amy would never know. She knew Sonic liked watching himself, but damn.

 

Slowly, her lids began to lower half-way as she watched his colorful sprite dash across the screen and leap up onto a grassy ledge.

 

“You're too close to that enemy and you don't have a shield, Sonic!” she called, getting on her knees and trying to swipe at the controller, but Sonic barely had to move to keep it away from her.

“Hey! You're gonna make me lose my rings!! Cut it out, Amy!”

“Not until you let me take over!”

Snickering, Sonic continued to hold the controller out of her grasp with his long arm. “Nope!”

“Sonic!!” she exclaimed, inching closer and exchanging rapid glances between him and the screen.

“I mean it, Sonic! Give it to me, now!”

Sonic winced at her words, then gave her a very sly look.

A mischievous grin curved his lips as his soft green eyes lowered.

“Say that again?”

Frowning in cute frustration, Amy slammed her hands down on the carpet and pushed her nose against his.

“I SAID, give it to me, Sonic!!”

“Mm..” Sonic hummed and pressed the pause button on the controller while still holding it up.

“Huh?” Amy blinked in confusion as she watched the thick plastic slip purposely from his hand.

And within a split second later, his warm lips pressed against hers.

She hardly had anytime to blush, his actions were so sudden.

'Is this what he wanted all along?' she pondered as her eyes began to crumble to a close. 'Oh Sonic...You could have just said so...!'

“Mmm...” she cooed and hugged him closer. Unknown to her, her body reacted on its own and began rubbing against him.

He shuddered at first, but then he soon relaxed and deepened their kiss.

He had never been in any kind of relationship with any female until now.

He couldn't believe Amy still wanted to be with him for so long.

He had no experience, he had no concrete understanding of what to do to please a significant other, he had no idea where it all would take him.

To tell the truth, he never saw himself with anybody, under any circumstances.

If not for the heartfelt words Amy spoke to him yesterday, he never would have strongly reconsidered giving going out with her a shot.

 

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“Sonic!!!” Amy called, sprinting towards him with outstretched arms.

Without thinking, Sonic enthusiastically stood up from the swing and turned towards her.

Smiling genuinely, he spread his arms and allowed her to jump into them.

He nearly lost his balance, she ran into him so roughly, but he quickly pushed that aside and hugged her close.

“...Amy....” he spoke softly. His voice was warm and without any hint of surprise.

He knew she'd look for him and he couldn't be happier.

Giving her another squeeze, he slightly pulled away from their embrace and looked her in the eyes.

Tears had already begun to cascade from their depths as her full viridian emeralds sparkled in the sunlight.

She didn't say a word. Those beautiful glossy jewels were overflowing with pure declarations of deep affection; an encrypted language she dedicated only towards him to understand.

And at that very moment, he fully accepted it, and deciphered it in its entirety with his heart.

With a light chuckle, he put aside what he had seen that morning between her and Knuckles. Slowly, his hands reached up to cup her moistened cheeks.

“Amy...” he whispered. “I...I'm sorry I didn't give you an answer sooner..”

Surprised, Amy's mouth dropped open and her eyes widened.

Letting a sniffle pass, she brought a hand up to place over his and nuzzled against it. “...It's ok now... I...I forgive you Sonic...”

“You do?”

“Yes.” she attempted to smile, but her lips continued to tremble from her tears.

Granted they were tears of happiness, but she couldn't hep it. Sonic finally seemed to be opening upto her.

Finally.

Sonic silently agreed with her forgiving him, but his eyes didn't leave hers. Slowly, his eyelids lowered. Silently, he rubbed his thumbs against her soft cheeks and leaned his forehead against hers.

“Please don't cry, Amy.”

“It's okay...”

“...Amy...”

“No, it's really okay.”

“...I hate seeing you cry...” he pleaded.

Amy knew he hated seeing girls cry, but her heart felt like it would burst out of her chest if she didn't tell him how she felt.

“Sonic, I'm crying because I love you!”

Shocked, Sonic sighed and closed his eyes. It wasn't so much her statement that surprised him, but the way she proclaimed it

He didn't know what to say back..

“...”

Amy took his silence in slight pain, but remained in his embrace.

“Don't...don't you love me?” she asked, her simple words carrying such magnitude and innocence.

Not knowing how to answer her, Sonic opened his eyes and returned his malachite orbs to hers.

A second had passed and with each passing second, her expectant features began to recede.

Sonic didn't want to disappoint her, and he didn't want to go too fast.

So, to satiate his concerns and what she wanted, he leaned in and softly brushed his lips against hers.

When he pulled away, her eyes were still closed and her mouth remained curved in a small oval.

Seconds later, her sparkling emeralds danced open with an entity Sonic had never seen in her.

Warm clear liquid wavered within her eyes as she threw her arms around her beloved and squeezed him tightly.

“I love you, Sonic!!” she cried.

Smiling warmly, Sonic thought over her words for a moment, then lightly kissed her forehead in silent response.

 

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Sonic had to be honest to himself. If Amy never declared her feelings for him the way she did, he never would have given in.

He did care for Amy but, why did her finally give her an “answer” now?

He didn't want to think he just went along with it out of pity. Although he accepted her affection, a voice in the back of his mind still screamed at him to not commit.

Continuously, he ignored it and remained doing so.

“Mm...S-Sonic...”

Amy's soft yearning voice brought him out of his thoughts and he lightly broke the kiss.

Confused at first, Amy appeared hurt, then figured he didn't want to go that far yet.

Nervous and embarrassed, her cheeks warmed up and she adverted her eyes from him.

“S-Sorry, Sonic. I guess I got too carried away huh?” she timidly forced a laugh.

Returning the expression so she wouldn't feel left out, Sonic shook his head.

“...Forget about it. You didn't do anything wrong, Amy...”

At this, her features changed from anxious to accused.

“Don't give me that, Sonic. You don't have to lie to me.” she spoke in a steady but serious tone.

Caught, Sonic heavily sighed. “It's like second nature, Amy. I just do it to protect--”

“Bull! Sonic, how many times do I have to tell you I can handle the things you tell me?? Just be honest with me!”

“Amy...! Calm down, the neighbors will hear!”

Enraged, Amy rose to her feet and threw the 2p controller at him. “I DON'T GIVE A DAMN! Sonic, this is IMPORTANT to me! Why can't you understand that?!”

“Hey, now hold on!” Sonic followed, raising his voice a little and standing to his feet. “YOU are important to me! If it seems like I'm overprotecting to you, hey, I apologize!” He shrugged. “Some habits just die hard.”

“Habits?!!” she repeated, her voice starting to get shrill in disbelief. “I think you may want to rephrase your words, Sonic!”

He grimaced. “What did I do wrong now?”

“.................. You're unbelievable!!”

Before Sonic could protest, a bright flash of light startled them both. Alarmed, they turned behind them, only to find themselves face to disgusted face with Shadow.

“Shadow?!!” Amy called, her voice raising in surprise.

“What are you doing in here man?” Sonic asked.

His frown deepening even more, Shadow glanced wearily between the two then curled his upper lip in disgust.

“Get the hell out of my room.” he demanded in a low tone. It was so low, it took a moment for the quarreling twosome to recognize it as his own.

“B-but, Shadow...!” Amy stammered. This was Sonic's room, not his! Did he warp into the wrong room on purpose?

Ignoring the soft concerned voice, Shadow raised a clawed hand, trembling with an unseen power.

Seconds later, a flickering entity of flame and energy gathered into the shape of a sphere above his palm.

“I will not repeat myself. You two have 3 seconds.”

“What!?”

“3...2...”

“Sh!t, hurry up Sonic!” Amy groused and grabbed the bewildered blue hedgehog and dragged him out of the room at top speed.

Not needing to bother watching them leave, Shadow humphed and allowed the energy to subside and dissipate.

His inflamed carmine eyes scanned the room and settled on the paused game before him.

With a thought he could destroy the system, but quickly decided against it.

But he didn't get anytime to relax either.

As he went over to pick up the 1p controller, his left ear flickered at the sound of the front door opening.

It wasn't so much that which caused his previous aggravation to return, but when he heard the familiar deep voice booming from downstairs, he clenched a taut fist, breaking the controller into threes.

 

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“Hey! Anybody home??” Knuckles called, closing the door behind him with his foot.

Akai and Amethyst were still sleeping when he got to the house, so he carried them in each arm while they lay cuddled against his broad chest.

At the sound of his voice, both Amy and Sonic nearly stumbled down the steps, they were still running from Shadow's threat.

 

Knuckles raised an eye-brow as his eyes discreetly followed the two as they reached the bottom of the steps and caught their breath.

“Damn...If I interrupted something, you guys didn't have to to stop on my account. I can come back in a few more hours.” Then he playfully chuckled looking over at Sonic. “Or should I make that 5 minutes?”

“Oh, shut up already!!” Amy exclaimed in a sharp whisper so she wouldn't wake the boys. “We didn't even do 'anything', if that's what you're implying!” Annoyed, she glanced at her significant other. “And if we were, I wouldn't let it be interrupted!”

Amused, Knuckles whistled while Sonic speechlessly stared at Amy. He could feel his face warming up and quickly tried to change the subject.

“So uh, what are you doing here so soon?”

“Hmm? Long story. I gave Rouge a call and--” he trailed off at sudden sounds above them that sounded like heavy movement.

He sucked his teeth. “Don't tell me you guys had a third person to 'join you'. That's no way to get comfortable with each other at all!” he joked, looking up at the ceiling while Sonic and Amy followed suit.

 

Ignoring his blunt comment, they exchanged looks and stated the obvious: “...It's Shadow...”

“What? Shadow?? Shadow's here??”

They nodded.

“Is he following me or something??” Knuckles questioned, suspiciously looking around.

“What do you mean, Knuckles?” Amy inquired, glancing nervously to Sonic.

“He lives here now.”

Sonic added, nervously scratching the back of his head. “You never knew that?”

Knuckles shrugged. “Nope. Never saw him. In fact I haven't seen him since 4 years ago, not counting today.”

“Oh...” Amy aimlessly responded and shot another uncomfortable look to Sonic.

 

Did Knuckles run into Shadow while Rouge was around? Probably not since he didn't mention seeing her, but she didn't want to risk taking any chances.

Shadow may have been a brick wall most of the time, but he was still somewhat of a friend towards her. And by the sound of things, it seemed as if Shadow heard Knuckles and left when he heard Rouge's name mentioned.

Well, Knuckles running to Shadow in his own house was one less thing to worry about for now.

 

“Yeah, but anyway, he was at our house earlier. Rouge said he was watching the boys while she was out.”

Both Sonic and Amy let out short relieved breaths so Knuckles wouldn't catch on.

“Oh, so she wasn't home?” Amy asked and Knuckles shook his head.

At all the voices, Akai and Amethyst began to stir.

Knuckles glanced to them, then looked upto Amy with almost pleading eyes. “Could we talk about this later? I don't want to wake them up.”

Already a step ahead of him, Amy had started heading up the steps. “They can sleep in my room. Come on.”

Agreeing, Knuckles began to follow her and gestured to Sonic to come along as well.

Caught a little off guard, Sonic jumped. His mind was flooded with questions of what Shadow was still doing around Rouge for 2 days and Knuckles had snapped him out of it. “Sure, hang on a sec. I'll be up there!”

Knuckles eyed him wordlessly for a while, then slowly grinned. “Don't worry. After this, I'll make sure you and Amy have some alone time.” he mused, and went up the stairs before Sonic could protest.

After he was gone, Sonic zipped into the kitchen and grabbed his cell phone off its charger.

He flipped it open and frantically began pressing the numerical buttons.

 

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