IMPORTANT AUTHORS NOTE (YES, YOU SHOULD READ IT, IT'S IN BOLD!): Okay, seriously, I am COMPLETELY guilty for not updating this story, but life's a bitch, and I've had some problems, had school, had time to get everything together, and now I'm back, and when I read the story, I saw how much of an ultimate crap condition it was. So many spelling mistakes and rushes and all that other bull shit. At first I thought to just delete it, but then I thought how cruel it would be. First neglecting you all and then turning away from this story, one I remember I had been so enthusiastic about. So instead of deleting it, I'm rewriting it. Okay?

By the way, characters may be OOC, but that's how I want them.

AND YES, this story contains cussing. You can flame about it, but I'm not gonna stop. This is my story, and this is how I want it.

THIS CHAPTER MAY BE BORING, and in my opinion, it really is, BUT EVERY SCENARIO IS CREATED FOR A REASON, and also, I realized that in the previously craptastic version, I didn't really delve into the relationship scenarios involving Amy with the others. They all care about her, but its better if it's proven. Besides, in the series of the actual show and game, Amy isn't given that much importance to the rest and my strange obsession over her isn't dissolving.

Pluuuuus, this story might or will have different scenarios from the others, but it will still contain some of the old ideas.

WARNING: Will involve Sonic bashing of some sorts. Sonic lovers beware; this is a Shadow fan writing this story.

Not that I have anything really bad against Sonic, but I have to have some sort of bad stuff involving someone. I just chose him.

DO NOT OWN SEGA.

Lips like Sugar

Chapter 1

Prelude

"Amy…" He whispered, his hot breath meeting my fur, his lips were so close…

"Yes… my Sonikku?" My fingers swam through his blue quills. So soft…

"…Amy…" He could only whisper. I could only sigh, look up, and stare lovingly into his jade eyes. Oh how I loved them…

"Oh my Sonic…" His face travelled closer, his lips brushed against my neck.

"Ohh…" I breathed out as he kissed my ear. So only he would know…

His trail of arrivals finally positioned on my lips. How sweet it was. I couldn't notice how empty the kiss felt, I was too busy with the fact that my Sonikku was kissing me.

He slightly parted, his eyes frozen on my lips, and I knew I had that dreamy smile on my face.

"Sonic?" I breathed out. He met my eyes before he leaned forward again and we met. How heavenly it seemed…

"Love… you…" He mumbled between kisses, and I smiled, whispering replying words tenderly into his twitching ear.

"Oh my Sonikku…"

"My damned damned Sonikku!" She couldn't help but curse as she stood in the middle of the empty sidewalk, nothing but abandoned pebbles keeping the disappointed hedgehog company. Of course, in a sort of way, they were mocking her, seeing as the pebbles had other pebble buddies with them, those of which that couldn't run away, unlike a certain fan loved hero.

Why couldn't her dreams come true for once? Let him lavish her with kisses like that, find out her secret sensitive spot on her left ear, which once he found out, would continue to lavish her with kisses…

She sighed, brushing her bangs away from her face. Ah well, another day of escape, another day to try.

It… it was wearing her down…

Tails.

No one better could help her get out of her self-pity other than the guy who could say enough intellectual comments to get her angry at people with IQ's of 400 and apples. Besides, it was about time for a soap opera night with Tails, involving hordes of ice cream and peanut butter. Though no one (Minus a special two) knew, Tails, genius extraordinaire, was a sucker for a good chick-flick/soap opera. It was strange, but he enjoyed watching drama involving others. A sadist perhaps? Who cares? At least Amy got her ice cream and peanut putter.

With her shoulders hunched, she turned and began to make her way to her friendly fox's house. Maybe she would stop by the grocery store; Tails always did finish the peanut butter by the time she always got there…

"She… She is gonna keep the baby… right?" Tails whispered. Both hedgehog and fox were huddled up behind a large pale blue blanket against the couch, sitting on the floor. The room was dark, minus the flickering screen of the TV.

"She… She has to! She can't abandon it! Damn Conner, messing with everybody!" Amy cried out. Her hands wrapped around the bucket of strawberry ice cream, multiple unnatural shapes of tunnels scarring the surface.

Tails merely remained quiet, his hand repeatedly inching towards the bowel sitting in front of them before returning with a handful of popcorn smothered in peanut butter.

In midst of watching, the lights flashed on as both occupants cried out at the sudden exposure. Pausing the movie, the fox and the hedgehog looked up.

"Come on! We were just about to find out if Michael was going to leave Katie for his second girlfriend!" Amy exclaimed. A red echidna stood leaning against the doorway, a bemused expression on his face.

"Sorry to interrupt your girls' night in," He received a glare from Tails, "But I was just coming to see what you were up to. I haven't seen you guys in a while, and the Master Emerald is on lockdown."

"Yeah well, you didn't really miss anything, just life brooding over how pathetic everything is… or feels." Tails spoke as the echidna shuffled across the room before settling himself on the other side of Amy, his fingers greedily scooping up handfuls of chocolate.

"Sonic issues and aftermath of completing a machine with nothing to do otherwise problems, huh?" He opted.

"Yeah" Tails and Amy spoke in chorus before they resumed their actions and soon enough, all three were holding handfuls of tissues and involving themselves in massive junk food consumption.

"So… which one?"

"Ohh… I don't know… they all look so good…" The young rabbit quietly spoke. Her soft brown eyes darting from one piece of sugar sweetness to another.

Beside her, Amy stood, also trying to decide which motherly nature sweetness she should pick.

"Strawberries?" Amy suggested, but Cream shook her head, instead, biting on her index finger in thought.

"No…"

"Chocolate then?"

"Not that either…" Amy sighed in frustration. Although the heavenly smell of freshly baked cakes helped ease her. And everything was so warm…

"Then help me out here. How am I supposed to know what cake you want when you can't decide?"

"Ohh…" The young rabbit whispered softly, her wide eyes shining with innocence and life.

"I don't know" They were silenced as they continued to stare at the array of mouth watering cakes aligned next to each other, each more exotic and different then the other.

"Vanilla?"

"No." Amy's face fell, falling into one of disbelief as she threw her arms in the air.

"Come on! You've singled out all natural cakes"

"I don't want a natural cake"

"And that just makes my job easier" Amy sighed as her fingers twirled a single strand of bubblegum pink hair, wondering if Sonic would like it if she decided to curl it.

"…I want a peach cake" The bunny spoke triumphantly, happy that she had finally made a decision. Amy smiled gratefully before asking,

"What kind?"

"A frosted one. With lots of cream"

"You got it! You heard her, get her a slice of that, and a slice of the cherry drizzle one. Oh! And a strawberry shortcake" Amy spoke enthusiastically.

"Whole or slice?" The waitress asked.

"Get a whole, and I'll take it to go"

"Whole? Why a whole?" Amy just smirked and said,

"Something for my Sonikku. No one can turn away from cake!" The bunny companion just smiled.

"Alright then!"

"Sonic? Ooooooh Soooonic! SOOOOONNIIIIIIC!"Amy called out, not caring who got irritated in the process. In her hands was a bland white box with a strand of pink ribbon securely wrapped around the box and laced with her fingers.

"How hard is it to find a blue hedgehog?" Amy muttered mockingly to herself as she began to repeatedly bang her head on a nearby wall, also not caring about the strange looks she received. The stress was finally getting to her, but who could blame her? When was the last time she didn't spend her day chasing Sonic? (Unless she was held captive of course) She couldn't remember.

As a slight upturn and time killer, her stomach grumbled in need of food.

"I guess I could take a lunch break…" She mumbled as she peeled herself off the wall and went in search for decent food.

And what's more decent… than a hot dog house?

Entering, she scurried over to an empty table and seated herself as she called for service. A young looking squirrel approached her, gray fur and pale green eyes.

"Can I have the Double Chilli Deluxe?" Amy asked politely. The animal continued to stand there.

"What ?"

"The Double Chilli Deluxe, please." Amy asked politely once again.

"What?" He looked at her dumbly.

"Can I PLEASE have a Double Chilli Deluxe?" Okay, this was getting annoying…

"..."

"Hello?" Amy asked flicking her finger in front of his face.

"...what?"

"CAN I PLEASE HAVE A DOUBLE CHILLI DELUXE?" She yelled into his ear, glaring at him heatedly. If looks could kill, the poor animal would have been 6 feet under, but the man continued to just stand there stupidly.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...what?"

"ARGH! FORGET THIS!" Amy stormed out of the restaurant and walked off furiously. She kept walking until she bumped into something hard and fell back. She also heard another thud beside her.

"Oww..." a male voice rung like an angelic siren in her ears. That voice, she would recognize anywhere, and latched onto the owner with a triumphant cry.

"Oh Sonikku!" Amy said cuddling into him. He looked down nervously at her and tried to pry her off.

"Amy? Uhh... Amy... Can you please get off?" He asked her awkwardly, eyes darting from place to place.

"But Sonikku... I wanna make sure we stay together forever!" She spoke, slightly muffled as she cuddled even closer to him and burying her head into his chest. He smells like pine… and the forest… with this mountain freshness, she smiled to herself.

"Um... Ames... Could you PLEASE get off?" Sonic said, emphasizing please.

"But if I do, you might run away..." Sonic sighed.

"I'm gonna sit right here until you reveal your undying love for me!" She declared and held him tight.

"Amy… get off!" He forcefully pushed her off. She stumbled a bit, but paid no mind to it, instead reaching for the white container.

"Here ya go!" She shoved it into his hands. His eyebrows rose before giving her a questioning look.

"Me and Cream were at the cake shop and I decided to get you something!" Amy smiled. She was right: no one can run from cake!

"Oh… uh… thanks!" He regained his composure and gave her his winning smile. She was a sucker for that, and he knew it. Could get her to do anything he wanted.

"Well I-" But before she could continue, her male companion was gone. She blinked, at first confused, before it turned to one of hurt and disappointment.

With her ears drooped, she turned around and walked the other direction.

"You're pathetic"

"Shut up and let me sulk" Amy snapped, glaring at the purple figure casually leaning against the wall. She lay sprawled against the ratty brown couch located in the team's office. Unfortunately, the only one available was the blasted chameleon before her.

"What are you even doing here?" His deep voice filtered the air again. Amy opened her mouth, but before she could answer, the door slammed open as a blur of black and yellow zoomed pass the room and landed on the pink hedgehog.

"Amy!" Amy shot up and engulfed the bee in a big hug.

"Charmy! You're here!" She smiled, "That mean ole purple thing kept insulting me all the way. You'll protect me, won't ya Charm'?"

"Thing?" His deep voice drawled.

"Hey! Don't be mean to Amy, Espio!" Charmy glared at the hunched figure, "She's taking me to get ice cream." He finished childishly.

"Hmph, typical, you're both immature… and whiney." He received daggers from both bee and hedgehog.

"What's this I hear about ice cream, 'cause I want some!" The loud voice echoed into the room as a rather large crocodile walked into the room, his gold accessories clicking together.

"Amy said she'd take me to get some ice cream! I want a honey sundae!"

"Chocolate fudge meltdown!" Vector yelled.

"Caramel delight!" Amy laughed as they ran out of the room.

The chameleon sighed as looked down and stared at an empty spot on the ground.

"Hey…" He looked up, his yellow hues meeting emerald ones, surprised to see Amy's face pop through the door.

"Aren't you coming?"

And so he followed her, unable to suppress that little curve that rested on his mouth.

The dejected form of a hedgehog entered the lonely apartment; footsteps were followed by multiple drips of water. With slumped shoulders, the exhausted, upset, and rain drenched female dragged herself to the room before deciding to merely plop herself in the middle of the ground.

After the return of another failed attempt to catch the hedgehog she held dear to her heart… and he who held hers. Why couldn't he love her back?

"What am I doing wrong?" She whispered to herself, ignoring the wet print she left on the carpeted floor.

After laying there for long heavy minutes, she finally lifted herself up and simply sat on the ground, the only thing supporting her hunched head being the palm of her hands, her elbows propped up on her knees.

Her glossy green eyes swept across the room. Why did it seem too pink all of the sudden?...

Before a tear could fall, Amy quickly rubbed her eyes till she was sure none would fall.

"Not today…" She mumbled, removing her hand from her sore eye. Looking up at her ceiling, she placed a small smile on her face,

"…Another day… because there is hope for tomorrow." She removed herself from the ground, brushing herself off as she continued her day, prepared to try again tomorrow.

"You think he'll ever buy me these?" Amy questioned softly. Knuckles didn't answer, just staring at the strange batch of pink tipped roses. He didn't need to answer, and she didn't try any further to gain one.

"I wish he would…" They just stared at the flowers, the scent of various different plants hung heavily in the air.

"But you hate roses" Knuckles finally spoke.

"… I know." Knuckles gave his pink companion a funny look before shaking his head. There was no use in asking.

"But still," A soft smile touched her lips, "I want him to get me some"

They stood in contempt silence with each other, ignoring the chimes of the bell announcing customers.

But they both froze when they heard the voice of a very familiar companion of theirs.

"Can I get some red roses?" Amy's eyes widened as she peeked through the split between the shelves. A gasp escaped her lips as she caught sight of her beloved blue hero of a hedgehog.

"Sonic…" She whispered. Her companion's violet purple eyes narrowed as he contemplated the thought of what Sonic would be doing in a flower shop.

They both ducked, hiding away from sight, both wondering and speculating why Sonic was in a flower shop getting flowers. Though Amy had hope, Knuckles was filled with suspicion.

He knew, no matter how painful the fact to his dear friend, and contrary to her hope and belief, that Sonic would never dream of giving flowers to Amy. So he immediately scratched off getting flowers for Amy. But then, who?

"Roses? Getting something for your girl?" The female at the counter spoke, a toothy smile on her face.

"You could say that" Amy could barely contain her excitement. Could it be true? Had god answered her prayers and willed Sonic to buy her flowers?

The cashier smiled as she began to lead Sonic to where Amy and Knuckles were. Quickly, they scrambled out of their spot as they took refuge in a secluded area nearby.

"I got a nice batch of pink tipped roses over here. Absolutely gorgeous." Amy's eyes sparkled at the irony. Her wish had come true!

"Yeah…" Sonic's voice echoed as a silence hung before her spoke,

"I'll get a dozen of these."

"Excellent!" The female quickly gathered the flowers in a nice bouquet before she handed over to Sonic, who paid and just as quickly left.

"Can you believe it?" No, she couldn't hold her excitement. "HE got me flowers! He got me flowers!"

"Now Amy, don't get your hopes up. He might not have…" But Amy wasn't listening, too busy in thinking that the fact that Sonic had finally bought her flowers.

Oh how happy she was…

"You promise?" Amy tenderly asked, warily eyeing the blue hedgehog held within her grasp.

"Yeah yeah, I'll be there." Amy's eyes shined with happiness.

"Promise?" She whispered.

"Promise. Anythin' for you Ames!" He gave her his trademark grin and she smiled happily at him.

"Oh thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She gave him a squeeze before letting him go. Decidedly running away, she abruptly stopped as she half turned before giving him a dazzling smile, one that made Sonic's heart unnoticeably skip a beat.

"I LOVE YOU SONIKKU!" She yelled before running off. She had things to do; Sonic was coming over for dinner!

Amy glared at the robot that held her captive. Blasted thing, she was only getting some groceries!

She looked down at the abandon pile of plastic bags holding the now ruined food. What a waste…

Never mind that. The fact was that this random robot just scooped her up and was waving her madly into the air. Oh how she'd pummel him with her hammer, if only her arms weren't being crushed.

Bystanders, rather than helping her, ran away in fright. Wimps, she couldn't help but think.

"Urg…" She grunted, relentlessly attempting to pry herself from the cold grasp of the metallic robot. Seriously, not that she wished harm to other people or anything, but there was another perfectly available and captive-able girl standing right beside her moments ago. So why, dear god why, did it scoop her up instead of that brown squirral?

"This… sucks…" She muttered before grunting as the robot began to walk, its heavy steps shaking the ground as well as send Amy's bones crashing against each other. Was it okay to feel nauseous at the moment? Seeing as his flat round trunk thick fingers was digging into her stomach.

Where was her hedgehog when she needed him?

And fate didn't fail her this time, for a big blue blur zoomed into the scene with his foot outstretched as it smacked the large robot, but the damned thing refused to let her go, instead sending her and him crashing into the ground.

"Amy!" His panicky tone wrung her ears as her breath was knocked out of her, her ribs clenching painfully.

The next few minutes were a blur; everything was bright and hazy around her. But she instantly smiled when she felt the cold harsh metal be replaced by warm fuzzy fur.

"Sonic…" She mumbled happily, not caring what happened any more. As long as she was in his arms…

But the warm feeling was replaced with emptiness as she was separated from her Sonikku. Her arms instantly outreached to her source of warmth, but said source of warmth pushed them away.

"Are you okay?" He blandly asked, as if a question only necessary as his role, caring but not caring?

She smiled, merely happy to be in his presence, if only he didn't always push her away…

"Yeah, I'm fine! Thank you Sonic! You saved me again! My her-"

"Amy!" Sonic and Amy turned to the source of the yell, finding both Knuckles and Tails rushing towards them.

Tails reached her first, wasting no time as he checked her over, making sure she was really fine. Knuckles reached soon after, standing to the side as he waited for Tails to finish up.

"Thank god… you're… okay?" Tails mumbled. Amy giggled at the grateful looks passing over Tails and Knuckles' face, but frowned at the apathetic one she received from Sonic.

"Thanks for saving me Sonic!" She pounced on him for a hug, glad to feel his fuzzy warmth again.

"Amy…" He sighed, but Amy stuck to his chest like glue. She didn't see the desperate looks he sent his companions, or the smug one that replaced soon after.

"Hey Amy…" She looked up, but her eyes immediately widened when she felt his warm lips press against her cheek. Her arms went slack as her mouth hung open.

Was Sonic… kissing her? On the cheek?

This had to be a dream. This had to be a dream!

She almost burst out crying when she realized that this was not a dream, given the dull throbbing pain pulsing on her stomach.

She knew it! She just knew it! Sonic did have secret feelings for her! He did! She was right! He always saved her, always appeared when she needed him, because he harbored the same feelings!

She felt her heart burst and swell, happiness obviously written all over her face.

She didn't realize that the whole thing was just to get her to let go of him, which, successfully worked.

And just like that, he was gone, angry glares sent to where he was standing moments ago, by none other than said fox and echidna.

The rose colored hedgehog happily danced through the kitchen, an equally happy tune hummed from her throat, her fingers working their way with kitchen utensils, and her eyes occasionally darting towards the large book opened on one corner of her kitchen.

Twirling twice, she stopped as her fingers hooked the handle of the fridge before reaching inside and pulling out a large can of unidentified red sauce.

And just like that, she was dancing around the kitchen again, one moment working with natural baked potatoes and then flopping cream on the cake before sliding to add chili to a sizzling pan.

"He's gonna love this…" She whispered happily before resuming, her short pink locks and pink fringed apron bouncing with her. She was happy, and she didn't doubt that by the end of tonight, her happiness would be long gone from the point of off-the-meter. Happiness in the purest form of bliss. Love.

When the doorbell rang, she could hardly contain her excitement, and didn't bother to wipe that huge grin plastered on her face, but it quickly fell as the person on the opposite door was not Sonic, rather her neighbor who had accidentally taken her mail.

Hours had passed and Amy sat quietly on her couch. All the food she had cooked was preserved, waiting any moment to be taken up and heated again.

Meanwhile, the rejected form of Amy curled up in a ball on her couch was presented. So many emotions swirled around her. She was angry. She was hurt. She was sad. She was empty.

She was confused.

She didn't understand. What exactly did Sonic see her as? He never would give her an answer, so she'd repeat daily trying to get one out of him. She could never know if he thought of her as a friend, as a lover, or as a pesky fan. He always rejected her. But there were… moments. Moments where he didn't reject her. Moments where he didn't push her away. Moments where he didn't neglect her. Moments where they would share something, and as brief and rare as those moments were, she held onto them, allowing them as her source to feed on for hope. Hope for a future with Sonic.

And… just when she would come to finally decide that maybe Sonic and she would just be friends, he would go and…

Amy thought of the earlier afternoon, just where he had affectionately kissed her cheek, he would go and do something like that…

He promised he would come. He promised…

Her eyes gathered tears before she forcefully disposed of them, making sure none ran down her cheeks.

Sonic probably had a perfectly good reason why he couldn't make it. He might've… or…

Worry crept into her heart as she shook her head of negative thoughts, deciding that she needed to get out of the house.

Closing everything up, seeing as obviously, Sonic would not come to have dinner at such a late hour, she made her way out of the building, smiling at the nice warm weather caressing her fur. It really was a beautiful night, the stars and moon shining.

And so, with the nice weather seemingly and effectively brightening her mood, she lazily strolled, not really knowing exactly where she was going, just walking.

So, after about an hour of random walking, she concluded that yes,

She was lost.

But that was okay, because even though she happened to be lost in a rather creepy forest, the moon and stars were still shining, and that meant that everything was okay.

"Yeah right" Amy muttered as she steered herself away from the dark part of the woods. Rule number one that every nimrod knows: ya don't go where the light don't shine.

And if you're in the woods where there happened to be a dark path, you don't take it.

But of course, in every damsel in a forest story, she either A) gets kidnapped B) murdered on the spot, or C) trips, and then later is either murdered, kidnapped, or something really non-good happens. Amy being C, her toe caught onto a protruding root from the ground before soundlessly falling to the ground.

"Unnnnngh…" She groaned after several moments before lifting her face off the ground, sitting up, she began to pick the leaves and sticks tangled in her hair. During so, she froze when she heard a giggle.

Twitching her ears, she quickly surveyed her surroundings; almost sure that nothing was there. Shaking her head, thinking it was nothing but her imagination, she resumed picking the twigs out of her hair before she heard the giggle again, followed by a very male chuckle.

Amy's eyes narrowed as she realized that the sounds were coming from the other side of the rather large bush settled in front of her.

Silently, she randomly speculated on the possibilities on what could be behind that bush. A wild bear perhaps? Maybe a wild giggling bear?

Smiling at her outrageously silly thoughts, she quietly crept closer to the bush before peering over it.

Squinting, she made out the figure of a female chipmunk. She looked really familiar… but her heart froze at the sight of her one and only blue hero.

"Sonic?" She voicelessly whispered, her thoughts running like wild as her eyes surveyed the scene in front of her.

The female brown chipmunk giggled again, crawling closer towards the male blue hedgehog.

"Wooing me with flowers and cake? Very nice." She giggled, and crept closer to Sonic, all until she was mere centimeters away from him.

'GET AWAY FROM HIM! HE IS MINE! KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF HIM!' Amy's thoughts burned and raged, her heart clenched with hurt and confusion. What was Sonic doing with another girl?

The very familiar squirrel traced her finger along Sonic's chest, "A strawberry shortcake? Where are your classical manners? I thought girls received chocolates." Amy felt like a cold bucket of water poured on her. She might've as well been frozen, too. The box, that little box, the gift Sonic had given to… to whoever she was… had pink lace.

She had bought that cake for him and he… he gave it to…

Her eyes fell before they rose again, widening as she eyed another item abandoned to the side. A gasp fell from her lips, quiet as it was. He… he didn't… He couldn't…

"Why pink tipped roses? You know every girl wants red ones"

Pink tipped roses? She was sure an invisible wrestler just came and punched her in the gut. She was sure that the bitter taste in her throat was yesterday's food trying to surface. The flowers Sonic got from the shop, her eyes fell on said flowers, and tears gathered in her eyes. He didn't get them for her…

Why was it so hard to breathe?

Amy felt her hands fly to her throat, desperately trying to claw away the invisible hands constricting her air.

Where had all the stars gone? And the moon…

All my thoughts were broken,

He didn't come to dinner for me… he went to her… instead… and…

...he promised…

He didn't love me… her…

She… It hurts…

Sonic… What have you done?

And just as her thoughts were broken, her heart was shattered, for that moment: Sonic had enveloped his lips into hers. And the lips he had enveloped did not belong to Amy.

So many thoughts, so many feelings, so much pain. She could barely comprehend what was going on around her.

And she finally let her tears fall.

I could feel my heart shattering. I felt my world stop. This had to be a dream. How could Sonic do this to me? I..I thought he... I loved him! I loved him!... so why would he do this to me?

My heart… cracking by the second...

No...Please...no…

Why? Why? What did I do wrong? I love him so much... The pain...in my heart... it's… it's so great. It hurt somuch. Why did he have to hurt me? I thought he would protect me... he always has...

I could feel memories flash between my eyes and soon everything became darker. All those memories with him...

We could have had a great relationship together...

A great love...

A great family...

Does he want to throw it all away? No words can express the amount of pain building up in my heart. I love him so much, too much...

Her hand was throbbing. Her feet were numb. Everything felt cold. And everything ached. But none more than her heart. Her hand clawed against her shirt, trying to reach the fragile thing beating in slow, painful beats. It hurt… it hurt…

Eyes were blind, seeing but not seeing. They were poisoned by the scene that was before them.

And so eyes were shield behind falling eyelids,

Not seeing but seeing.

And afraid… so afraid…

Afraid for that little hope in me to vanish.

For my world to stop.

For my heart to shatter

How could he do this to me...?

…He… he was playing me all along! He knew that I loved him! He knew! And then he picked some other girl and he… he knew! He had always known!

How could I've been so stupid?

I believed him! I believed in him! All his lies! All his gestures! All his… his everything! I believed it all…

And him… him! He… of all KNEW! He PLAYED with me! Played with my heart! He knew that I loved him, and he always pushed me away. Knew that I loved him, and filled me with hope. Knew that I loved him, to crush it again. HE KNEW!

… He knew that I loved him, knew that I had hopes. He didn't stop them from growing. He… he encouraged them to grow! He filled me with hope, knowing all of it was a lie!

That afternoon… he kissed me, when he KNEW that I loved him, and knew that he had someone else. He… he fooled me…

He let me love him, let me dream of him, let me want him…

Until it was all too late.

Pink tipped roses… Strawberry shortcakes…

The irony.

And this… this bitter taste…

Sonic left me this.

I asked him for love and I got…

…it hurts…

Why? Dammit, WHY would he do this? How could he do this? How… how dare he do this?

The rage building inside burned and surged, eating away the pain to a numb level. She stood, her fists curled. Her rage eyes replaced the hurt ones. The hate replaced the love. The anger replaced the sorrow.

She walked up to them and they didn't even acknowledge her. She was angered. She was furious. But inside, she was hurt by the one she loved.

She roughly pulled the maiden off her 'lover' and glared at both of them.

"Hi Sonic" Amy hissed. Both eyes upturned to look at her while Sonic's eyes widened in shock…

And in guilt.

The squirrel, it seemed, recovered first,

"Who are you?" The squirrel hissed at the girl who was holding her by her collar. She shoved her off and the pink hedgehog glared at her.

"No. The question is: Who are you? And what are you doing with him?" Amy burned holes into the squirrel.

A bitter smile touched her lips as she finally recognized the female. From the grocery store. When the robot could have either snatched her, or the squirrel up. And then Sonic kissed her.

'I wonder, if it had been her that got snatched by the robot, would he do the same?' And Amy felt her heart shatter at the answer she already knew.

"What? Is this some sort of sick joke?" She caught on Sonic's look of guilt, and the look of pain in the pink hedgehog's eyes.

She didn't need an explanation to figure out what was going on, "Never took you for a cheater Sonic. Later!"

She turned on her heel and left. Sonic got up to go after her but the hand wrapped around his elbow pulled him back.

"We're not finished, Sonic." Amy hissed, her anger practically pouring off of her. Sonic, now angry, turned towards her.

"Why the hell did you do that Amy?" He yelled; his grip on Amy's wrist strong to the point of pain, but neither noticed.

"What do you mean 'why the hell did you do that'? I should be asking YOU! What do you think you're doing, running around with other girls?"

"I can do whatever I want!" Sonic shoved her off and she fell onto the ground, but he didn't care.

"And it's none of your business if I see other girls!" Sonic growled.

"It made it my business when you kissed me" Amy spoke angrily.

"I just did that to get you to let go of me!" Sonic yelled. Amy's eyes darkened, 'He really was playing me...'

"Say it." She spoke, trying to do all she could to not lash out on him, to cry, to scream, all at once.

"Say what?" Sonic spat with venom, but it was laced with confusion.

"Tell me! Tell me the truth! Tell me you never loved me! Tell me you were playing me along! Tell me I was nothing but your annoying fan! Tell me!" Sonic shook his head not answering her as he took a step back.

Amy growled and leaped towards him as her fingers collared him. "Tell me! Tell me so I can stop all this! So I can stop chasing after you in hope! So I can stop getting hurt every single time you run away! Tell me!"

"Amy…" She looked up at his eyes, eyes she once loved so much, eyes that she still did love. It only angered her more. But what angered her most was that… that little lace of hope. The little lace that screamed, 'He really does love me! That girl was nothing! He will take me home and still be together! I am not just an annoying fan, he really does love me, he never was playing me along!'

She hated herself for even thinking like that.

And so their eyes met, Sonic looking down to see into Amy's tear filled eyes. And he saw. He saw the anger, the hurt, the confusion, the sadness, the pain, and he realized the hurt, it was caused by his actions, actions he never cared for. It never mattered how it affected Amy. He had never cared what happened all those times after he had run away, after he had pushed her away. She was like gum that would stick to his shoe. He'd always wipe it off, but then another day, it would stick to his shoe again. And as he dragged his shoe across the pavement, shredding the gum away from his shoe, had he ever stopped to think what would happen to the gum?

No, nobody would.

Well, that was Amy to him, a gum on his shoe, a toy maybe. Fun to play with sometimes, but he rather never really…

"Tell me Sonikku…" She whispered, her voice no longer filled with rage, but broken.

"Amy… I can't…" Amy's eyes immediately rushed up in anger as she raised her hand and swiped it against Sonic's cheek.

"You… You bastard!" Sonic's eyes were wide, his cheek humming a vibrant red.

"SAY IT!" She screamed.

Sonic continued shaking his head, backing away from her as she continued to scream at him.

"SAY IT! SAY IT! SAY IT!" Frustration was building inside of him. No… no… no…

"SAY IT SONIC!" She screamed with a force she never knew she had, and the final step snapped.

"I NEVER LOVED YOU! I NEVER SAW YOU MORE THAN AN ANNOYING FAN! I NEVER FELT ANYTHING MORE TO YOU THAN ANNOYANCE! YOU WERE ALWAYS A NUISANCE IN MY EYES! I NEVER LOVED YOU! I DON'T LOVE YOU! I HATE YOU!" His breath was heavy by the end, and his eyes were confused at the strange smile Amy was giving him.

"Alright then, go back to your slut"

Amy's eyes were wide, tears following already marked trails on her damp cheeks. She looked up at Sonic, who was looking at her with equal shock.

Shakily, she lifted her hand to her left cheek, the one that had taken an angry red hue with a slight purple swirl.

"You…" She whispered, her voice raspy and hoarse, still trying to recover from the shock. Sonic's eyes were filled with disbelief as he stared at his hand.

The same one that struck her face.

"Amy… I… I didn't…" His eyes were filled with guilt and shame as he looked at her to remove it from him. To tell him it was alright, she was fine, he didn't need to feel bad.

"How…" Her eyes were also filled with disbelief. Shock. Hurt. Despair.

…Anger.

"HOW COULD YOU?" Amy got up and ran, leaving Sonic alone to his emotions.

"…Amy?" A young orange fox cautiously opened the apartment door, alarmed to find it opened in the first place. His eyes quickly scanned the place, his worry increasing at the disheveled place, everything topple and ripped.

"Amy?" He called again, stepping into the house and careful not to step on any broken glass lying on the floor.

It had been days since the day Sonic kissed Amy's cheek. Tails felt his eyebrows draw together in anger. He knew that Sonic didn't want Amy to hold him, but to do a low as move as to kiss her cheek, knowing exactly what she would think if he did.

It was only fifteen minutes ago did he spot Sonic with this female squirrel, confronting him, before realization fell upon him as he stared at Sonic's guilty face.

'No wonder nobody's seen Amy. She… She must've found out that Sonic was with another…' He thought as he raced to Amy's apartment and here was, mentally beating himself up for not coming sooner.

He entered the room and gasped, immediately rushing to the hedgehog sprawled on the floor, avoiding the small puddles of blood surrounding her.

"Amy!" Alarm raced through him when she didn't respond. He shook her several times before she finally, but slowly lifted her eyes, revealing her dull green eyes.

Tails gasped, looking into her eyes, "Amy?"

"…T…T-tails?" She mumbled, her eyelids fluttering closed. Tails lifted her up and struggled to drop her on the bed, or whatever was left of it anyway.

Rushing out of the room, he came back with a bowl of steaming water and a large box.

Scrambling to his companion, he quickly began treating to her body, surprised at the fading bruises he found there, along with her sprained wrist and broken shard pieces pierced through her hand. For some reason though, seeing as it was not the most serious injury, he was drawn the bruise on her cheek. It had an irregular shape, one he couldn't quite make out…

"Amy… what happened to you?" Tails spoke after finishing up with everything, placing the damp wet cloth on her forehead. Amy merely stared at him, a blank and empty to look in her eyes.

"Amy… please talk to me. It's me. Tails. You know me Amy!" He whispered furiously, not knowing why his eyes suddenly stung. She didn't respond, merely staring at him with that blank look he hated. Amy wasn't blank; she was always full of life. She would pick flowers while screaming childishly and play uncontrollably whilst annoying the people around her on purpose.

She was Amy. He didn't really know when he had started caring about her that much. He remembered, she was a friend, once upon a time, a friend that he really didn't pay attention to, but would help if she needed it.

She was Sonic's number one fan girl. And that was once what he had labeled her as. But that changed. He supposed it was that night. That night he was scared and alone, everything in his house squeezing in on him.

He couldn't even remember that night clearly. He remembered shaking with this unknown fright, remembered cowering from his nightmares, and then he remembered Amy being there, helping him, protecting him, like his own guardian angel, and of all times, taking him out to go play in the rain.

He had found a new admiration in Amy. A light he had never seen about her. A light that Sonic had missed.

And from then on, he supposed, they're relationship grew. He cared for Amy like he cared for no one before.

"Please… Amy, you have to say something…" He spoke desperately, trying to get anything, ANYTHING, out of her.

"Please…" He closed his eyes and lowered his head, his voice no higher than a whisper, "Amy… Amy… Please…I… I'm scared…"

"…T-tails?" Her voice was small and raspy, and so barely, barely audible, but it was there. Tails whipped his head up and a grateful smile bloomed on his face.

"Thank god…" He muttered as Amy sat up, wincing as she applied pressure to her sprained wrist,

"Easy there…" Tails spoke as he helped her lean against the bed post.

Amy didn't smile, but some life had returned to her eyes. At least she wasn't blank anymore.

"Tai…Tails… Are… are you o-okay?" She spoke, looking over at him in worry. Tails gave her an incredulous look,

"Are you serious? I'm fine! It's YOU I should be worried about! Look at you! You're hurt! You're beaten! Yo-"

"Tails," She interrupted his restless babbling, a reassuring smile in her eyes, "Don't be scared."

Tails blinked, staring at her, before a smile he could not hold back grew on his face. Amy smiled slightly before looking up at her ceiling.

Minutes passed and nothing happened, until tears started falling down Amy's cheek. Tails' eyes rose in panic as he scurried to her bed. Instantly, Amy launched on him as she began sobbing into him.

"Amy!"

"…Tails…" Her voice was hoarse, but she continued to sob out sentences that left Tails confused, "I was so stupid! So stupid! I let myself be fooled. And he! He played! And she… the pink-tipped roses… and the strawberry shortcake! I got it for him! Not for her! Never for her!"

After a while, Amy's sobs quieted down to small sniffles, "Breathe, Amy, breathe…"

"Amy… what happened?"

Amy was silent before she lifted her hand and touched her cheek, a wince of pain evident on her face.

"...what happened?" Tails spoke softly, his hand gently tracing the bruise on her cheek. It was then, with his eyes wide, he realized that the irregular shape was actually a handprint.

"Amy… Who did this to you?" Tails growled as he began checking her other wounds, noticing that her sprained hand was because of someone spraining it, given the obvious blue mark lined around her wrist. The glass was obviously done by her, smashing the window, and the bruises on her back could have been from a fall. A pretty hard fall from the looks of it… maybe someone had pushed her?

"Sonic…" Amy spoke so quietly that Tails barely heard her. Her hand moved to her chest, lying on where her heart would be.

"...Sonic?" Amy nodded, more tears leaking out of her tears.

A look of disbelief fell on his face. Sonic was the reason for her bruises, for her wrist, for the big slap mark on her cheek? It couldn't be possible; Sonic would never do anything like that!

Sonic was his hero. A jerk, albeit sometimes, but a true hero! They were buddies for years. And Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog, the arrogant, caring, heroic, blue hedgehog. They fought side-by-side, they went through battles, how many machines had he created to aid the blue hero? To be there for him?

No. It's impossible. He couldn't have done anything like this. He… he wouldn't hurt Amy like that. Not Sonic.

But then he looked at Amy, who was staring blankly at the wall with tears leaking out of her eyes. The empty eyes, small sobs, the purple twirl and the red sky resting on her cheek, and that broken look. He'd never seen such a destroyed look on anybody, such a… Amy wouldn't lie about something like this.

But…

But then he remembered. The guilty looks, the second female, the shame. All with Sonic.

All doubt, all hesitation, all remorse, all reluctance, dissolved away as a new heat took over.

"That… That bastard! He did this to you? When I s-"

"It hurts." Amy's meek voice froze him as he looked down at her, realizing how fragile, how weak, how heartbroken she looked at the moment.

"What hurts?" He spoke softly, sitting down next to her as he locked away his anger, he'd save it for later.

Amy placed her hand on her heart again and she looked up at Tails with big green tear filled eyes that made his own heart ache,

"It hurts." It seemed, this time, that movies and junk food would not serve its purpose to make them feel better. This was much worse. This was down-right suffering.

"Amy…" He could say nothing as he gathered her in his arms, Amy breaking down and crying out the event that occurred nights ago, meanwhile Tails' anger only served to grow, as well as sadness, and despair.

She, who had always helped him away from his pain. He, who could do nothing for her.

And that just angered and upset Tails more, because at this point, nothing could take Amy away from the torment she was in.

And so they stayed like that, possible hours had passed, but both of them had not cared. Each lost to their own thoughts.

After what seemed an eternity of silence, Amy stated, "…I can't stay here."

Tails eyes flew up in confusion as he questioned, "What?"

"It hurts Tails. It hurts so much…"

"Amy?"

"I have to leave."

"Leave?" Tails spoke in alarm, panic, his eyes wide and confused.

"Leave. Leave town. Leave. Just leave." Amy repeated, her eyes set with determination.

"You-Amy! You can't just leave!" Tails yelled, shooting out of his sitting position.

"How are you going to leave? You don't know anybody outside of town! You…" Tails trailed on, a desperate look set across his face.

"Tails…" He fell to his knees, an utter look of despair set on his face. "You… You can't…"

Amy jumped out of bed and joined Tails on the ground, wrapping her arms around her neck and pressing him closer.

"Tails…" She whispered, hugging him tight when he began to tremble.

"You… you can't leave me!" Tails exclaimed, hugging her tighter. He didn't care if nobody understood. He needed Amy.

Fresh tears appeared in Amy's eyes as she held the boy in her arms.

Tails trembled as he fought off the tears, "Why?"

"Because it hurts Tails. It hurts so much. I didn't know that… that this kind of pain existed. The thought of…" Amy trailed off, her thoughts obvious.

"…I'm sorry." Amy whispered, but Tails just shook his head.

"Don't… Don't be sorry. I can't… I can't understand… what you're going through. But… leaving?" Tails said, his eyes held downcast.

"I… I don't know. But… I don't know if I can stand seeing him again… This isn't a big town. It's easy to run into one another as strangers, much less friends. And… seeing him…" Amy clutched his shirt, mindful of her other hurt hand.

Tails didn't want her to go. He didn't want her to leave. To leave him. But… how could he keep her here, knowing she was in pain? What she said was true, the town was small, and running into that guy who stole the last Cheetos bag at the supermarket is a very likely possibility. He didn't understand her hurt, but he understood that she had to leave. He knew staying here wasn't the best, that taking some time away from Sonic would help her heal. And he wanted her to heal, so his only choice was to let her go… But that didn't mean he had to like it.

"…Tails?" He snapped out of his thoughts as he stared at her. A sad smile touched his lips; he would miss her…

"Tails?" She asked again, cocking her head.

"…If that's what you want." An actual smile blossomed on Amy's face as she pounced on him with a bear hug, and Tails wasn't able to resist the smile that succeeded to escape his grasp.

"…You… You will come back… right?" He mumbled.

"Of course! I just… need some time."

"Ok…"

"Thank you Tails! Thank you!" She smiled and gave him a big wet kiss on the cheek. Tails gave her a lopsided grin,

"I think… 'Katy on the Run' is on right now." Tails grinned at Amy's suggestion.

Oh how he'd miss her…

First of all, THERE IS NO ROMANCE BETWEEN TAILS AND AMY! NU-UH! NO WAY! THIS IS AN AMY AND SHADOW! NOT TAILS!

Since I've made that clear, I'd like to thank those of you who have read. And I'm really sorry to those of you who had waited so long. I'll make it up to ya!

Comment if ya can,

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