Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Twist of Fate ❯ One-Shot

Well I did it again. I wrote another story. And *gasp* this one actually has a sort of plot!!!!! ^_^ Anyways, this is basically an alternate ending to Sonic 50 in the Archie comic universe. Don't freak out yet! After the beginning, there's really no mention of the comics at all. So…. Here it is, a story about Sonic and Knuckles and how they come to realize their feelings for one another. ^_~ I hope you enjoy it! And please be nice and review! ^_^

WARNING!!!! This story contains M/M SEXUAL CONTENT!!! If this does not appeal to you, or if you're not at least 17 YEARS OLD, please do not read it!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Enjoy!

All characters herein are copyright either Sega or Archie Comics. I own no one!!! This story was done purely as fan fiction.

Our Twist Of Fate by The Lonely Echidna

"Stage one, satellite activation is complete… initiating stage two; otherwise known as the Knothole wipeout!" Those words echoed through my head as if they were from a bad dream that just couldn't possibly come true! But as he counted down from five, to four, to three, the reality of it all set in. It was if my body then automatically took control over my mind as I sprang into action. "Two… one… Eh?!? The hedgehog?!? Ooh, of all the times!!!"

"Yeah, too bad for you! If anything's getting wiped out around here, I know just who it will be!" I shout as I work my way across the room, destroying one swatbot and pouncing on another.

"We'll see who laughs last, you miserable rodent!!! Swatbots! Destroy the hedgehog, by any means necessary! I want his head to be the trophy to my final victory!" He shouts, in an insanely evil tone of voice. "Now then, where was I? Ah… ZERO! FAREWELL KNOTHOLE!"

"NOOOOOOOOO!" I cried out, unable to reach him in time. And with a press of that button, an energy beam of immense magnitude was unleashed, focused on a specific location; Knothole Village.

"After all this time!!! Knothole and its citizens are eliminated!!!" And if I had any doubt in my mind, it was quickly erased as I glared upon that monitor, watching as the smoke slowly cleared, leaving a giant crater in its wake.

"N-n-nooo! All my friends, everyone that ever matted to me… everything…. All gone!!!! And because of you, Robotnik!" I cried out furiously. "You had better run, robo-butt! Because there won't be much left when I'm through with you!" I immediately went into a spin dash, destroying everything within my sight, before screeching to a halt, mere yards from the fat man. The console behind him beeped frantically and cried out warnings and alerts as sparks rained down upon us, scattering across the floor. **Warning! Warning! Ultimate Annihilator system crash! Crossed circuits will result in internalized energy emission! Destruction of war room imminent!** We stared at each other, both of us breathing heavily, my hands clenched tightly into fists as I stood, awaiting him to make his move. **99.999% probability of resulting shockwave destroying everything in its path! Alert!** I knew there was no chance of my survival at this point, and I sensed he knew it too.

So we fought with our bare fists, fighting as if there would be no tomorrow and we had nothing left to lose. After all, that might just be the case. He broke my flesh multiple times; I could feel it as a fluid flowed down my cheek, as well as my arm, side and leg. But I wasn't about to give up. I continued my fight… for my friends… until I was just about to put an end to it all as I stood atop of him, I was blinded by an intense flash of light and I felt as if my skin and fur were being burned off of me. Then everything went black as I hit the floor.

But there was no tunnel leading to a bright light. I felt movement but I couldn't see but the visions of my friends I had in my mind that kept playing through, over and over again. This must mean… I wasn't really dead! I'm still alive! Yes, it was the movement of air I could feel against me… and… someone… someone was carrying me! Fast… almost as fast as I, myself could run! But no one survived. I had to know who it was… so I slowly opened my eyes. But I still couldn't see anything! Maybe I really was blind. I frowned inwardly at the thought. But wait! Whoever it is that's carrying me must've seen… or felt me awaken, as they slowed their pace to a stop and laid me down on the ground, then walked away. I tried to look around, but was still unable to see anything.

Suddenly there was a spark and a flash of light as a fire was started beside me. I closed my eyes, as they were not used to the light, slowly re-opening them as they adjusted. I looked around for my savior, but could not find anyone until he spoke.

"I didn't think you were going to make it." He said sternly. I turned quickly, my body objecting to the rapid movement as I felt a sharp pain in my neck. "Not so fast, you must take it slowly." He said. I look in the direction of the voice and see a shadowed figure.

"Who… who are you? Please, show yourself." He looked to the ground and almost reluctantly stepped out of the shadows. My jaw dropped as he was revealed. "Kn-Knuckles!!! You're alive! You… saved… me." I felt a tear form in the corner of my eye. "What's wrong, why do you not come closer?" He sighed.

"Because I… I…" He started, and then just kneeled beside me as he looked into my eyes. "Because I can hardly believe that I'm not alone anymore." He turned his head to the side, revealing a massive scar on the side of his head, which covered much of his cheek, and his neck."

"Oh my God, Knuckles! Your face, what happened to it?"

"I got that from a chunk of flying metal, just after the explosion." He raised one of his hands to cover it and sighed deeply. "But you… you are lucky to have survived that… you were so sliced up when I found you." He runs his gloved hand along several scars on my face and torso. The most obvious one was next to my left eye, he said, and whatever had done it took a chunk of my ear with it. I frowned. "Cheer up, at least you're alive." He said.

"Yeah… alive. Hey, if you're alive… that means…!" He shook his head and sighed, looking downwards again.

"No. No one else is alive. I was lucky. I saw the blast and dug deep into the ground, taking me out of harms way mostly, except for what you can see."

"How do you know?!? It's not like it's been weeks since it happened or anything!" He frowned even more and my eyes grew wide.

"Sonic… it has been nearly a month since Knothole was destroyed. I found you within a week, barely alive and in a coma. I took care of you where you lay for fear of harming you any more. That is until now, I decided you had healed enough for me to carry back to my island with me." He looked at me and I nodded slowly, telling him to continue. "To pass the time, I often ventured back to the site of Knothole to see if I could find anyone else alive. But as it turned out, I eventually settled on recovering the bodies of our friends." His eyed filled with tears and he turned away from me. "I… I found almost everyone… Sally, Bunnie, Rotor, Antoine… everyone but Tails." He paused a moment and wiped the tears from his eyes. "At first I thought he could have been completely… blown apart… but, nothing I found resembled him in the slightest way." He looked back at me and I tried to hide my tears, which was completely useless as they flowed down my cheeks. "I… I'm sorry Sonic." He said, trying to console me, seeing my eyes full of tears.

"No… don't be. After all, it wasn't you who couldn't stop him in time. It wasn't you that was but mere feet from preventing all of this. It wasn't you who… failed, and…" I broke down at this point, barely able to finish my sentence. "And you didn't let them die. I did. Their deaths are all my fault Knuckles!" I cried now, unable to stop, nor caring that I couldn't. He looked at me with wide eyes, as if he were stunned by what I had said.

"Sonic… how could you think such a thing? You know as well as I do that there was nothing you or anyone else could have done to stop it."

"But there was!" I shouted. "Don't you see? I was so close… but I froze, even though I had that extra split-second to make a move. I don't know why you saved me… you should have just let me die." I tried then to stand up, but stumbled and fell to the ground. He frowned, and then shook his head as he walked over to me, once again lifting me into his arms.

"Come on. You've been through a lot… we both have. Let's get you back to my island where you can rest." He said, sounding as if he were completely disregarding everything I had just said. But I just sighed and let him carry me off. I didn't have the strength to argue with him, let alone physically fight with him, so I let myself fall asleep once more in his arms as he carried me 'home'.

The next time I awoke, I found myself laying on a bed made of banana leaves and vines suspended from two walls in what I could only guess was Knuckles' hut. My surroundings were very much different than the last time I had woke up. The sun shone in through the windows as the birds sang their songs, and the warm tropical air swept over me, briefly allowing me to forget all that had happened. Then those horrid memories flooded my mind as a burst dam floods a valley.

"Awake? Ah, good, I've got some food for you." Knuckles said warmly walking into the room with a tray of various tropical delicacies.

"I'm not hungry." I said flatly.

"You have to eat something on your own! You don't want me to have to resort to the methods I've been using, trust me." He said, sitting in a chair beside the bed. "Here… eat this." He said, holding out a chunk of pineapple in front of my nose. Reluctantly I gave in after smelling it's sweet scent and took it from him greedily, eating as fast as I could. He smirked and laid the tray beside me. "Good boy. I'll be right back… you finish eating the rest." And he left the room. I didn't even hear everything he said as I continued to shove the food into my mouth. They certainly weren't as good as chilidogs, but what can you expect from an echidna?

A short while later he came back to check up on me, but when he stepped into the room he froze in his tracks with a surprised look on his face.

"What's with the look?" I ask.

"I just didn't expect you to eat ALL of the food. You must be feeling better than I thought." He replied as he walked the rest of the way over to the bed and picked up the tray. "That is good, considering I'm going to need your help continuing the fight."

"What fight?!?" I ask sharply, giving him a scrutinizing look.

"You know, the same one the Freedom Fighters began all those years ago." He turned to leave but I grabbed his arm, sitting up in my bed.

"What… what are you saying, Knuckles?" I didn't fully comprehend what he was trying to tell me, but it sounded as if…

"Robotnik is still alive as well, Sonic." He said bluntly, turning back to me. "He was gone when I found you, and at first I assumed he was gone for good. That is, until I saw some strange activity in the ruins of Robotropolis a week ago. I investigated it, and sure enough, there he was, already beginning to rebuild the city." He looked down at the ground and I stared wide-eyed at him.

"Then why are YOU going to fight him? You're not a freedom fighter." I spat at him out of anger and disbelief. He looked at me again, and gave me a harsh look.

"Because. Whatever affects Mobius itself will surely affect the Floating Island in time. And I can not let that happen."

"That's all you care about isn't it? Your precious island. Well I have news for you mister, you're going to have to fight him alone." I shouted at him, pushing him away, glaring into his eyes with a piercing stare.

"But Sonic… I need your help! I can't do it alone!" He says. And I could tell he was taken be total surprise at what I had said. He had that shocked look on his face.

"No you don't. You've got the Chaotix, I know they're still around here, they never leave this island." I spat my words out at him, and then I sat up on the edge of the hammock-like bed. "And I don't need your help either." I then stood up, still a little shaky but I managed to walk to the doorway before he said,

"Sonic, don't be a fool! Sonic!!?" I turned to look at him. "Where do you think you're going, anyways? You know you can't get off this island without my help." He stood with his arms crossed.

"I'm going to visit my old friends. And no, I DON'T need your help getting off the island!!!!" I screamed at him before leaving his hut and disappearing into the thick jungle. I could hear him shouting my name and cursing after I left for what seemed like hours before he stopped. I could only imagine what he was thinking during that time that I walked my way to the edge of the Island.

"Damn that hedgehog! Why does he have to be so stupid sometimes?!?!" I shouted, slamming my spiked fist into the wall, shattering it into millions of splinters. I thought about running after him right away, but I figured I had better cool off first. I decided to sit down and think over what he had just said… try to make sense of it all. What could he have possibly meant by it all? Visiting his friends… sure he wants to back to Knothole and visit their gravesites, right? Yeah, that has to be it. But there is no way he could get off this island safely without me gliding him down! I know there's no aircraft for him to use, and none of the Chaotix would help him… even he knows that! So then what? What? I thought for a while, trying to think of every scenario, until something popped into my mind that I hadn't thought of before, and yet it made so much sense! "Shit! How could I not see it?!?" I shouted aloud.

And in a flash I was out the door, running as fast as my feet could carry me in the direction the Sonic had headed nearly an hour ago. Thankfully he was still too run, so that gave me time to catch up to him, I hope. I ran and ran, trees whipping past me on both sides until I could see the light through the trees ahead of me. I stopped as I reached the clearing and saw the edge of the island. I ran to it and looked around. There was no sign of Sonic.

I panicked. I chose a direction and ran, following the contours of the island's edge until off in the distance I saw him standing on the edge, with his head hanging low, and his hands at his sides clenched tightly closed. I stopped several yards from him and walked slowly.

"Sonic! What the hell do you think you're doing???" I cried out to him, partly out of anger but mostly out of concern. He turned slowly to look at me.

"What did I tell you before, Red? Isn't it obvious?" Then he turned back and let out a deep breath.

"Sonic, please don't do this! The world wouldn't be the same without you here fighting to save it. Come on now, think for a change! Get your spiky blue ass away from there!" I tried not to curse at him, but my feelings were staring to boil over inside of me and I couldn't stand it.

"Knuckles, I don't know why you're so concerned. It's not like you're any less capable than I am. You'll be better off without me. Just go. I don't want you to bear witness to this!"

"Why am I concerned??? Because… you're the best friend I've ever had! I don't know what I'll do with myself if you're not around."

"You'll be fine! Now GO!" He screamed at me. I couldn't take it anymore, and my feeling took control of what I was saying now.

"Sonic…."

"NOW!"

"But I…"

"Fine! You want to see it, then you'll get your wish!" He said. I saw him step toward the edge and I knew I had to act. I rushed at him, as stealthily as I could as to catch him off guard. It worked. Before he saw me coming I ripped him away from the crevasse and tackled him to the ground, rolling further and further back into away from the island's edge. When we stopped, I insured that I was on top, pinning him to the ground with all my strength. We weren't going anywhere.

"What the HELL are you DOING, Red?!?!" He shouts, struggling to break free. "You're only delaying the inevitable! Let go of me!!!!" And he continues to kick and try to push me away, but to no avail. My muscles were straining to hold him in place, but I didn't budge an inch.

"I'm stopping you from making a HUGE mistake, hedgehog! One that you'll quickly regret, halfway along down your plunge. A mistake that I will regret for you, EVEN SOONER! Not hold STILL, I don't wanna get rough with you!!!" I yelled at him, my eyes raging with anger and frustration and…. Something else I couldn't pinpoint. He glared up at me, finally giving up, and we just stared at one another for a few minutes time.

"Knuckles… I just don't get why you care so much about what happens to me! We fight more often than not, and we are complete opposites in every way!!! Just let me be, you'll be better off that way." He says, more calmly this time.

"No." I say flatly. He looks at me, almost intrigued, wanting me to explain myself more. "We need you. To help us fight off Robotnik if and when he returns! The chaotix could definitely use a member such as you! Mobius itself needs you!!!!" I pause for a moment. "And…. I need you too. Maybe in more ways than I know." I continue softly. He looks confused, but much less irate.

"What do you mean…. In more ways than you know?" He asks calmly, very screutenizingly. I feel my heartbeat quicken and my skin redden slightly.

"I… I don't know. I just get this weird feeling when you're around, Sonic." I shrug my shoulders and ease up my grip on him. He stares at me blankly, but responds,

"I think I understand what you mean, Red. I… I'm sorry I even thought about doing that! I'm sorry…" He frowned and looked away from me. I sat up and helped him up to his feet.

"It's alright, Sonic, I'm just glad you're FINALLY getting it through that hard head of yours that it was the STUPIDEST idea you ever had!" I smirk and he chuckles softly. "Come on, let's get back home." I say, and together we walk my hut, talking about various things the whole way.

As I walked next to him, I couldn't help but wonder just what he meant by him needing me in more ways than he knew… and it started to bother me because suddenly I had this feeling as well. I tried to shake it off, but it just wouldn't go away. Finally we reached his hut and went inside. I sat down at a table while he said he'd get us something to drink… mumbling something about maybe choosing hard liquor over his usual fruit juice because this was a very stressful day. I just shook my head and laughed. When he walked back into the room, I spoke,

"Knuckles… you know how you said you get a 'weird' feeling when I'm around?"

"Uhh… yeah?" This caught him off guard, I could tell.

"Do you have that feeling now?" I ask, prying further yet into the echidna's feelings.

"Yeah, I told you… I have it whenever you're around, Sonic." He replied more casually, setting our ice-cold glasses of kiwi-strawberry juice on the table.

"Well… what exactly does it feel like, Red?" I ask. He looks at me, trying to gather his thoughts, and then sits down at the chair next to me.

"It's kinda hard to describe, Sonic… I mean, it's almost a happy feeling, very warm and comforting, and all the while you're around it just keeps getting stronger and stronger." He drinks his juice, watching me all the while, and I see that he's blushing ever so slightly once more. "Why do you ask?" He questions me, directly to the point.

"Uhh… well… I was just curious, that's all… yeah." I smile and drunk my juice, feeling myself also blushing as he nods. I could tell he knew I was lying. He always seemed to know when you were….

"Well Sonic, it's getting pretty late, and we've BOTH had a rough day…" He says, shooting me a nasty look. "So I suggest we get ready for bed." I nod and reply,

"Yeah… I suppose you're right!" I yawn, closing my eyes and stretching my arms high over my head. I open my eyes just to catch him turning away, smiling, and I can help but smile back.

"You can have the bed if you like, Sonic, and I'll sleep on the floor." He says, gesturing over at the banana leaf bed in the next room. I shake my head.

"No Knux, I've seen that bed, it's huge! There's plenty of room for both of us. And I suppose I could manage sleeping next to your spiny echidna butt." I grin at him and he smirks.

"Fine, that's what we'll do then. Just watch your quills, alright?" He says, and we walk into his bedroom. He kicks off his shoes and lays his gloves aside then jumps right into bed. I have to laugh at his eagerness to get to sleep. But I follow suit, removing my shoes and gloves as well and crawl into bed. He clicks off the light and in a matter of minutes I'm fast asleep.

Suddenly the gentle swaying of our bed and the soft clicking of the bathroom door closing jar me awake. It takes me a moment to remember where I was, and when I do, I smile, look at the clock beside me, noting I had only been asleep for about fifteen minutes and close my eyes. My ear twitches. It focuses in on a strange sound, coming from… the bathroom?? I open my eyes to see if Knuckles was still inside. Yes, and the noise was getting slightly louder with each passing moment. I couldn't help but stare at the door and wonder what he was doing in there.

And then it stopped. There was a new noise now, almost like a hissing, which slowly died down to nothing. Almost sounded like a…. sigh. I lay there, motionless and as the door opens and he steps out, I close my eyes quickly, feigning being asleep. He gets back in bed, causing it to sway once more, but this time I feel greater warmth against my back. He had moved closer to me, just far enough apart so that we were not yet touching. I was shocked! I wanted to turn and ask what he was doing but instead I just lay there. It… actually felt kinda nice. What was I thinking!?! I had to get back to sleep… take my mind off it….

When I awoke the next morning, Knuckles was already up making some sort of breakfast. I walked out of the bedroom and he turned and smiled at me.

"God, you're a real fright in the morning, Sonic!" He says bluntly.

"Yeah, well… better to be a frightening hedgehog than an echidna!" was all I could come up with as a rebuttal. He laughed and I blushed, seating myself at the table with a plate of… of… I don't know what in front of me. I sniff it and hesitate trying it…

"Go ahead, it's good for you." He says, smirking, and I reluctantly taste it, and pretend to like it, since he's not just staring at me, waiting for a response. I simply smile and nod a few times in approval. He grins and walks away as I choke it down as fast as I can before he comes back to join me. And when he does, I ask him this,

"Knuckles… did you hear those strange noises last night?"

"Hmm? What noises?" He replies, cocking an eyebrow.

"The noises from the bathroom… I had never heard anything like that before!" As I said this, he nearly choked on his food.

"The… bathroom? Uhhh… I got up to use the bathroom once… maybe that was it?" He says, his face turning redder by the minute. I could tell something was up, but he wasn't going to tell me, so I played along.

"Yeah, I guess so." I simply say. "Hey, Knux, do you mind if I take a shower?"

"Sure, go right ahead, Sonic." He says with a friendly smile. And With that I take off into the bathroom, closing the door behind me, turning on the water and I step into the shower.

As Sonic closed the door to the bathroom, I slumped into a chair and sighed heavily, slapping my hand to my forehead.

"Aaargh!" I cry out. "What is happening to me?! Why do I feel so strangely around him?!" I slam a fist against the table loudly and listen to the running water in the shower… the warm water that Sonic was using for his shower…. The hot, steamy water that was flowing freely over every imaginable part of Sonic's agile form…. AAAAAHHHH! What the fuck was I THINKING?!?!?" I stood up, my forehead beginning to sweat lightly, I paced across the floor, trying to figure out what this all meant… I mean, I have a good idea what it could mean, but I'm not like that…. Am I? I try to shake it out of my head, noticing I'm very warm and uncomfortable, not to mention I am now pretty much dripping with sweat. I need to clean myself up, and to make matters more urgent, another part of my body was beginning to make its presence known as well. I walk over to the bathroom and without thinking, I open the door and walk in, stopping dead in my tracks as I hear,

"KNUCKLES! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" It was Sonic…. I had just walked in on him, completely nude, but to my surprise he wasn't exactly in the shower as I had thought….

"Well, I, er….. Shit, Sonic! What the hell are YOU doing?!" I turn the question around as I realize just what he was doing. His face turns beet red.

"I was… uh…" He stammered. He did so because he was leaning against the mirror with one arm, over the commode, with his other hand vigorously gripping a hold of something I never thought I'd see… and strangely enough, the sight of it there in front of me caused my own to stir even more and I caught myself staring at his throbbing maleness as he stood wide-eyed, looking back at my own. The more I stared at it, the more I felt myself becoming more and more aroused. I just couldn't figure out why! "I'm sorry Knux, I was…. Was…" Sonic tried to explain but to no avail.

"No. Don't be sorry. You didn't do anything wrong, Sonic." I say trying to remain composed. He looks at me, almost confused… as if he were expecting me to flip out on him. But I didn't. I approach him slowly and look him in the eye, speaking softly. "I suppose that 'feeling' became a little too powerful, huh?" He nods slowly, still staring deeply into my eyes. "Yeah. And I think we both know now just what that means too." He hesitates a little, then nods again even slower. I smile softly and reach my large, gloved hand to his face, gently stroking his cheek. I can feel the tension in his muscles as I reach my hand to the back of his neck, pulling him closer to me. But then I notice a hand against my chest and my heart jumps. And then it happens. The gap between us closes and I feel the warmth of his sweet lips against my own. At first neither of us knew what to do, but we relaxed and the kiss deepened.

I knew that I didn't want to force him into doing anything that he didn't want to do, but as I was about to pull away, I felt his tongue snaking it's way past my lips. I murr slightly and give way to him as I slip my own tongue into his warm, moist mouth. I couldn't believe we were doing this. I just wondered how strong his feelings truly were.

"Sonic… we shouldn't be doing this… you shouldn't be doing this!!!!" I say to him, breaking our heated kiss barely long enough to spit the words out. Then he grabbed my head and kissed me again, just as passionately. It was he who pulled away this time to say,

"Knuckles… you've made me realize what all those feeling have meant! I love you!" He kissed me yet again. I couldn't stand it anymore. I knew I felt the same way about him, and just couldn't hold back anymore.

Suddenly it was I who was kissing him, my large, gloved hands roaming along his back, pulling him closer to me. I purred deeply, highly excited by this sudden turn of events.

"God Sonic… you have no idea how glad I am to hear you say those words!" He gazes deeply at me with his eyes, a deep tone of emerald and I kiss his nose. "I love your touch…" I then kiss his cheek. "I love your soft fur…" Moving to his ear, I kiss him there, then whisper, "But most of all, I love the feeling of your closeness." He shivers slightly, but I notice that he is much more relaxed than before.

"Kn… Knux? Perhaps we should… move back to the bedroom…" He says, a small smile creeping across his face. I nod in agreement, feeling a burning heat between my legs like never before, and still held in each other's embrace, we stumble out of the bathroom, into the bedroom, and collapse on the bed in a heap of scarlet and sapphire quills sprawled out in every direction. Our lips were locked together once more as I pulled my gloves off and threw them behind me, not caring where they landed. I sat myself up to look down upon him, seeing his eyes shimmering and a rather large smile on his gorgeous face. I take my bare hands and run them over his chest, feeling his smooth fur between my fingers, tracing the outlines of his muscled which are barely visible through the thick fur, feeling the beating of his heart under my palm. It was slowly getting faster… and faster… and faster…

I lean down and kiss his chest and he lets out a barely audible moan, causing me to smile. I feel his hands, now glove-free touch my head, stroking it then running playfully through my dreadlocks, twisting and twirling them around his nimble fingers, I murr deeply, licking and kissing lower and lower down his chest and across his abdomen. He sighs happily, relaxing even more as I make my way to the center of his arousal.

"Ohhhhhhh… Knuxssssssssss…" He manages to say as I engulf his throbbing member into my mouth and begin licking the underside of its length. I look up at him to see his expression while I do this to find that he has closed his eyes to nothing more than slits, staring off into the distance. I suck harder, sliding his cock in and out of my mouth faster. He moans and pants, heavier and harder. I can feel his pulse quicken as the veins along his maleness throb with each beat of his heart. I suddenly feel a liquid spray out onto my tongue… it's his pre-cum… I savor it's taste, growing ever more eager to know his true flavor. He squirms somewhat, moaning louder and louder, I decide it is time to take him all the way.

"Gaahhhh!!!" He cries as I deep throat his impressive size. I take it in to the hilt, with his swollen head at the entrance to my throat, I murr along with his moaning, sending vibrations of pleasure through his body as I suck harder and more intensely. I can feel it swelling greater still in my mouth, larger and larger, and I know it won't be long now. He squirms greatly, and suddenly I feel every muscle in his body go rigid as he digs his fingers into my bed, arching his back.

"Knucklessssssssssssssssssss!!!" He cries out as I feel a torrent of his hot, creamy hedgehog seed wash down my throat. I almost gag at the amount, but somehow manage to hold it all in, not letting any escape from my lips, sealed tightly around his rigid rod of flesh. Then the pulses slow and I release him from my mouth, and he gives out a satisfied sigh, opening his eyes to look down at me. And no sooner has he done so that one final spurt of his precious seed splashes across my face, causing both he and I to smile.

After a minute of silence, broken only by the sound of our heavy breathing, he says,

"That was… amazing, Knux! Never… have I felt so… good with anyone!" And he smiled even greater, his tan furred chest heaving slower now, his eyes glimmering more than ever with that brilliant shade of green.

"I'm glad you… enjoyed it, Sonic. I was afraid we might be moving too fast…" I say, still weary that he isn't entirely sure about this, and also wanting to take it further incredibly badly. I paused and watched him as his eyes slipped lower along my body until he smirked faintly. I stand up in front of him, pulling him to his feet with me; I simply wrap my arms around his waist and touch our noses together gently, staring deep into his eyes while he did the same. I could see the happiness in him and also caught a sense of longing as well. Then he grinned his trademark smile and I immediately felt my heart jump as it beat faster.

"So, red… what's up with 'that'?" He says, nodding downward slightly, smirking.

"What, Sonic?" I ask, slightly confused by his rather generic question. He chuckles then says lustfully,

"'That…'" And he gently grabs my rock hard cock between us. I gasp slightly at the sudden surge of pleasure rushing through me.

"Oh, yeah, that." I say, feeling my cheeks heat up intensely as I blush. "Well, that all depends on whether you want to do any more." I say with a sly smile. He grins and replies,

"Oh is that so? Well then good… I was hoping you'd want to take it all the way… make it official." He licks at my neck, twirling his fingers through my dreads. It was all I could do to restrain myself from throwing him back on the bed and fucking him like there was no tomorrow. But I did hold back… somehow. Instead I let out a soft purr, which only greatened his smile.

"Make it official?? Make what official??" I ask him, feigning my ignorance. He glares back at me.

"Us." He replies simply. "So that we may call each other, mates." He smiles and I look back at him, happiness filling my heart. I grab him and kiss him passionately, hearing him murring in delight, we lean back on the suspended bed together as one, still locked deeply at our lips, tongues exploring the other's cavernous mouth freely. "Fill me, Knuckles." He says lustfully. Without any hesitation I smile and nod then quickly adjust my positioning so that the tip of my dripping, rock hard cock is pressed against his tight hole.

"You sure about this, Sonic?" I ask, just to make sure he's all for it. H says nothing, only smiles and raises his legs to wrap them tightly around my lower back, then nods. I smirk and say, "Then prepare yourself Sonic, I'm pushing in." And with those words spoken, I do just that and slowly push the head of my endowment into him, pausing momentarily after hearing him groan loudly, clenching his eyes tightly shut. He opens them and smiles with a weak nod, signaling the all clear. I lean down to kiss him and push my way further into him as he emits a low moaning the whole while. Finally I feel my hips meet up flush with his thighs and I know that I cannot go any further, and as the overwhelming sensation of being inside him rushes over me, I shudder with pleasure.

"Knuckles… You… I can feel you pulsing inside me… it's so… goooood…" Sonic says with his eyes closed. I giggle and pull back out slowly, just enough so that only the head is left inside him, then push back in, slightly faster, as he and I both moan softly. As I continue with this rhythmic thrusting, gaining some speed each time, I move to lick and kiss at his neck, making him purr now, along with his occasional moans, caressing his soft furred chest with one hand as my other makes it's presence known by rubbing his sheath vigorously. "Mmmm… that's good, Knuxsssss… Sooooo GOOD!" Sonic cried out as he began panting harder.

By now my thrusting had picked up to a good speed, sliding my thick, veined shaft in and out of the blue hedgehog's hole roughly, rocking his entire body with each thrust. I too was now panting hard, and both our bodies were glistening with sweat. Harder and harder, faster and faster I pounded myself into him, making his moaning escalate louder and louder. I could feel my climax approaching rapidly and I could tell that he felt it too as my member swelled even large inside him, making him grip the bed in preparation. I bucked my hips hard against him once, grunting and moaning, then pulled out and thrust again, harder yet, and as I pulled out this time I felt it begin.

With a final hard thrust I buried the entire length of my maleness as deep into my newfound lover as I could as I exploded within him, setting loose gush after gush of my hot, creamy seed which filled him completely before spilling back out around my cock and onto the bed. With my head thrown back, I was moaning louder than ever and he was doing the same as I continued to shoot into him again and again until it was finally over. The flow had stopped and I fell atop of him exhausted and breathing heavily. He was doing the same when I felt an arm lay over my back, hugging me close. I looked up to see his face and found him looking back at me with a look of pure love. His eyes shimmered brightly as he smiled at me. I smiled back before kissing him once more.

"I love you, Sonic." I said after the kiss was through and I was lying on his chest again.

"I love you too, Knuckles." Was the reply I got. I sighed happily and before I knew it, both of us were sound asleep in one another's arms, still joined together as the mates we now were.

The next morning as the sun's rays shone through the window, landing on a pair of bodies, one ruby red and one brilliant blue, the Guardian on the Floating Island awoke with a yawn, stretching his arms above his head. As his eyes opened to reveal the rich amethyst within, he smiled softly at the sight of the sleeping hedgehog beside him. Sonic. His best friend. His mate. He moved to cuddle against the spiky blue speedster, wrapping his arms around to rest his hands on the velvety chest, feeling his heartbeat. The echidna closed his eyes once again and sighed happily, letting himself drift off to sleep again, feeling the heat of the morning sun on his back. And the smile never leaving his face.