Night took over the Mystic Ruins, peace and serenity inviting for a sound, beautiful sleep.

Unfortunately, inside a small workshop, a certain two-tailed fox was having trouble falling asleep. The young fox was having a really bad case of insomnia, twisting and shuffling in his bed attempting to be able to sleep, but failing completely. Frustrated, he sat up on his bed and slowly started walking down the hallway, passing his workbench and looking at it for a few seconds.

He finished all of his experiments and inventions earlier that day, his biplane didn't need any repairs or modifications, and he didn't have enough mental energy to think of a new project altogether. He was stuck with nothing to do at all.

He went to the bathroom and splashed his face with cold water, deciding that if he wasn't going to sleep he might as well go out and figure out something to do outside. Leaving his workshop and closing the door behind him, he spun up his tails like a helicopter and took off into the dark skies, heading over to Station Square.

He looked down to the city, the colorful lights down below stood out in the night and he found himself looking at them for at least a few minutes before he accidentally bumped heads with someone.

He rubbed his forehead for a few seconds as he wondered who in the world would be flying around the city at this hour. Oh wait… he thought, I was doing that…

"Well, well, well… What do we have here?" He heard a very familiar female voice say. He looked up, slightly surprised. "Rouge? What are you doing here?" He asked as he saw the bat-girl rubbing her forehead as well, but with an amused smile on her face at the same time. "I should be asking you the same question. Isn't it past your bedtime, cutie?" She asked teasingly. Tails frowned. "I'm not a little kid, Rouge! Stop treating me like a child!" He said angrily. He was now 14 years old, but she still treated him just like she always did.

"Oh, of course! What am I thinking?" She said as she smirked and flew closer to him. "Of course you're not a little kid anymore, Tails… You're a big boy now!" She said playfully as she pinched his cheek and kissed it.

"S-stop it!" He said frustrated, rubbing his cheek and blushing slightly. There were very few things that could genuinely anger Tails, and being treated like a child was one of them. Unfortunately for him, Rouge found an immense amount of delight in doing just that.

"If you really want to know, I couldn't sleep and decided to go out for a little while to see if that would help. Now, what are you doing at this hour, huh?" He asked suspiciously, deducing that she was probably up to something shifty.

Rouge grinned at the question, a small idea popping into her head. "Well, the museum on the other side of the city received a beautiful collection of jewels the other day, and such lovely gems deserve an equally lovely owner, don't you agree?" She asked with a smirk, Tails completely understanding the rest of her plan.

"You'll never stop doing those kinds of things, will you?" He asked with his arms crossed. She simply kept smiling. "Oh, it's actually very fun, why don't you come with me and see it for yourself?" She asked, grinning more and more. "What? No way!" He immediately said. He would never agree to do something that broke the laws; that simply wasn't him.

Or so he thought. "You're right; I don't know what I'm saying…" She said as she turned around and slowly started flying away from him. "…After all, that would probably be too much for a little kid like you…" Tails' ears immediately perked up after that and he quickly flew in front of her.

"No! That's not it! I could easily steal those gems if I wanted to!" He yelled without thinking. Rouge smirked again as she flew closer to him. "Oh, really? Why don't you prove it then?" She asked, challenging his words.

"Fine! I'll do it!" He quickly answered. He didn't even think twice about it. He simply wanted to prove to her that he wasn't a kid, it didn't matter what he had to do to prove it.

Rouge's smirk widened even more. She had him exactly where she wanted him. "Good, follow me." She took his hand and led him towards their destination, their silhouettes being covered by the dark night sky.

A few minutes later they landed on the roof of a very large building, the museum of Station Square. Rouge looked over the edge and saw two guards in the front door. At this hour, there was no one around the streets, so this time she could try a… less stealthy attack.

She jumped down the roof and in a blinding movement she swung her leg in a downwards kick, knocking out one of the guards, and before the other one could react she spun around in the air and delivered a powerful kick in the other guard's face. They were both unconscious in mere seconds.

Tails stared at the unconscious guards as he slowly hovered down to the ground. "Are… Are they going to be alright?" He asked, worried because the attacks she delivered looked very strong.

"Oh, they're fine; they'll just have a headache, nothing to worry about. Now…" She said as she examined the door. It was locked and had a card scanner to the right. "We need a security card to get in. One of these guards must have one…" She muttered as she started examining their uniforms, looking for a security card in any of the pockets.

Tails looked at the corner, noticing something that must have fallen off one of the guards when Rouge struck them. He walked over to it and picked it up. It was a card marked with the words 'Security Pass'. He walked over to Rouge, who was still searching for the card near the guards.

"Um… I think this is what you're looking for." He said rather shyly. He felt that it was wrong to help her, but he was determined to go through with this to prove her he's not a little child.

"Hm?" Rouge said as she looked up and examined the card. "Well, look at that! Nice work, cutie." She said as she took the card and passed it through the scanner, the door opening and revealing the huge hallway of the museum in front of them.

"Wow. I've never been to this place before, it's huge!" Tails said as he looked around him, examining his surroundings. There were various objects on display that he could not identify, some of which he made a mental note of studying later, because they looked pretty interesting to him. He followed Rouge through the corridors, hiding behind the walls when a guard robot passed near them.

They walked through a large room filled with what he guessed to be very valuable paintings, but they didn't seem to interest Rouge at all. He stared at them as he walked forward; not noticing an infrared sensor on the floor until he touched it and an irritatingly loud alarm went off.

"Dammit! I knew this was way too easy!" Rouge said. Before they could react or run away, they were already targeted by a wave of guard robots that were charging towards them at full speed.

"INTRUDERS DETECTED. ENGAGING ATTACK MODE." The robots blared in their monotone, scratchy tone as they brought out their weapons, consisting of lasers and electrical cannons, and aimed them at Tails and Rouge. They quickly turned around and started running, lifting up and flying as the robots began shooting at them.

Tails flew through a few rooms, dodging the lasers as he followed Rouge to where he supposed was their destination. However, a laser shot barely missed him and hit Rouge on her wing instead. Rouge screamed in pain as she started falling down to the floor. She was shocked; she didn't remember the guard robots having such powerful weapons.

Rouge was about to hit the floor as she desperately tried to rise up again, but her wing hurt too much for her to fly properly. She closed her eyes and tried to land as best as she could, but instead found herself suddenly caught by something as she fell. She looked up to see Tails carrying her as he kept dodging the oncoming attacks.

"Hold on, I'll try to lose them!" He said quickly as he took a sharp turn around a hallway, entering an old exhibit of what he guessed to be a historical palace.

Rouge was impressed to say the least, Tails had the strength to carry her and not lose any speed or altitude at all. She normally hated feeling even the slightest vulnerable, but for some reason she felt oddly comfortable being in the arms of the handsome fox. Wait… Did she just call him 'handsome'? Now that she thought about it, she'd never really paid much attention to how much Tails had changed over time, and now that she had a closer look on him, he was indeed quite handsome. She didn't realize how she was staring at him until she heard his voice.

"Um… Rouge?" She quickly snapped out of her gaze and shook her head, jumping back to her feet and looking around. While she was distracted, Tails had snuck into a small corridor and somehow lost the robots, though by the sounds of the alarm they didn't have much time before they came back around to where they were.

"Are you alright?" Tails asked, slightly worried about her wing. She looked at it, noticing a small burn mark on the center. "It's nothing, it just hurts a little. Let's keep going." She said simply as she examined the corridor. The room that held the jewels they were looking for was next to the room to their left, but there were now two guard robots that were on full alert patrolling it.

"I'll take out the one on the left and you get the one on the right, okay?" She said to him as she prepared to strike them. Tails nodded and they both jumped at the same time into their respective targets.

Rouge delivered a tornado kick in the robot's chest, smashing it and throwing it backwards, but the force wasn't enough to completely disable it as it fired back at her. She dodged the shot and sidestepped around it, grabbing its arm and using it as a lever to spin around and make another powerful kick that smashed it in half.

Tails flew around the robot and kicked it from behind, making it lose balance and forcing it to turn around. He used the opportunity to quickly fly up and make a drop kick square on the head, smacking it against the floor. He spun around and used his tails to cut off the back of the robot, quickly removing the wiring and disabling it.

"Not bad." Said Rouge as she gestured for Tails to follow her. They finally reached the room they were looking for, filled with many gems and jewels that seemed to be extremely rare, at least that's what Tails thought. Rouge quickly started taking the gems as Tails helped her, however they were interrupted as a swarm of guard robots came bursting into the room.

"Uh oh, I think we should get out of here right now!" Said Tails alarmingly as the robots pointed their weapons at them.

"You're right, let's get out of here!" Yelled Rouge as she finished taking the last of the gems and the lasers began coming towards them. Tails reacted instantly by spinning up his tails and charging towards the robots that were blocking the path out. He zig-zagged around the lasers and curled up into a spinning ball, just like Sonic had taught him to, but also adding his own special touch as he extended his tails at the last second, slamming them onto the robots and cutting them in half.

Rouge stared at the mess of robots Tails had left behind for a second before running past them. She felt a little irritated for not being able to fly, but at least everything was going smoothly. That is, until she saw waves of guard robots lined up in front of the exit.

"INTRUDERS DETECTED. BLOCKING EXIT." The robots once again blared as they held a defensive stance in front of the door, planting their feet on the ground and firing their lasers wildly at Tails and Rouge.

"Dammit! We'll have to find another way past them!" Rouge yelled at Tails, who stopped for a second and turned around. "Not really!"

Before Rouge had time to respond, Tails flew towards her and picked her up like he had done previously, flying upwards and diving into the robots. "What are you doing!" She screamed as she saw Tails quickly approaching the robots at full speed. "Just trust me!" He said while moving to one side.

Tails was now at ground level to the left of the robots as he dodged the lasers and moved directly towards them. Rouge closed her eyes at the moment she thought they were going to crash into the robots, but instead, Tails spun around and rocketed right below the robots, his back barely touching the ground.

The both of them were sent flying out of the museum as Tails struggled for a bit to recover balance. He then flew high up and tried to get out of the robots' sights.

They eventually lost track of the robots, Tails landing on the roof of a small building and letting Rouge down as he fell on his back on the floor, panting slightly.

"Well…? How was that?" He asked with a proud smile on his face. Rouge simply smiled and helped him up. "Not bad, that was a pretty smart move you did back there, you really proved your point…" She said as she took out a large gem and put it on Tails' hands.

Tails looked at the huge diamond in his hands, completely shocked. "Why are you giving me this?" He asked, honestly surprised as Rouge was the last person he would ever expect to give him a jewel so valuable. She simply smirked and said "That's your payment for helping me, and also a little 'thank you' for making this a lot more fun than I thought it would be. We should really do this again sometime." She said playfully.

Tails thought about it for a few seconds, but then shook his head. "Although I admit that was pretty…fun, it still doesn't feel right. I just don't like doing illegal things like that…" He finished firmly. However, he didn't expect what Rouge said next.

"Oh, it's okay, we don't really have to do something illegal…we could do something you like next time." She told him.

"R…Really?" He said, taken by surprise by that statement.

"Of course! After all, it's only fair that you get to choose now, since you were so helpful tonight…" She insisted, walking closer to him.

"Well…um… I usually go for a ride in my plane on the morning, I guess you could come along with me if you want to…" He said shyly, rubbing the back of his head.

"Alright, it's a date then." She said, and before Tails could get even a word out, she put her hand on his cheek and pulled him into a kiss. Tails felt his fur stand up completely and his eyes widened in shock as he felt Rouge's lips press strongly against his.

When Rouge released him from the kiss, Tails was blushing bright red and the two of them were panting slightly. Rouge grinned and walked past him, stroking one of his tails as she whispered into his ear. "I'll see you tomorrow… handsome." She walked to the edge of the roof and spread her wings, taking off into the sky and quickly getting out of sight.

Tails simply stood there, paralyzed. He couldn't believe it. He had just made a date with Rouge.

A/N: I'm not sure if I should leave this as a oneshot or make another chapter, if you want to see another chapter please tell me in the reviews.