Teary Eyes - A Sonic x Reader

۵ Chapter 6 ۵

I exit the workshop and start walking away from it. My next guess would be to go to the village. They could've gone to Meh Burger to eat after their race or possibly bumped into Amy, Knuckles or Sticks and went over to one of their houses. That would be a pretty understandable reason for why they haven't returned.

My surroundings soon change from trees and plants to wooden structures as I reach the village. Like on all days, a few animals are walking here and there going about their day. It doesn't take me long until I arrive over at the 'far from good but equally far from bad' burger joint. There, working his usual shift is Dave and ordering a burger is a familiar red echidna. He might have a clue where the others are. As Knuckles turns away from the checkout I give him a smile, "Hi Knuckles."

He smiles as he sees me and walks over to an empty table. I walk over to him as he says, "Hello Y/N."

"Why does that sound like you were expecting me?" I ask as I take a seat opposite from him.

"I wasn't," he tells me and then looks away scratching his head. "Or was I?"

"Well, that probably doesn't matter," I reply, and he turns to me again. "See, I was wondering if you have seen Sonic or Tails today."

"Yes," he responds, and I wait for him to go on. He never however does.

"Okay, uhh, where did you see them?" I ask.

"Where we always see each other. Battling Eggman!" he tells me.

I squint my eyes. Was there a battle and I didn't see it? "Um, where'd this battle happen?"

"I believe we were in the town hall," he tells me and takes a bite out of his burger.

I look at him confused, "That happened like two days ago."

He stops eating and looks up. He swallows his food and says, "It did?"

"Yeah," I nod. "Or maybe it was yesterday it's hard to keep track of days here," I mutter as I run my hand through my hair. "So you haven't seen Sonic or Tails, today?"

"I guess not," he answers.

I let out a sigh and lean back in the chair. "Okay," I nod. "Well, thanks anyway," I say as I get up. The echidna gives me a smile and I leave the burger place behind.

Slowly, I walk through the village. There really aren't that many places here where they would go. My best guess now would be to head over to Amy's house. There's at least a chance that they'd end up there. I head off toward the forest and make my way toward the lake.

After traveling along the winding pathways for a while, I find myself knocking the door of the purple building. It only takes a moment for the door to swing open to reveal Amy. The hedgehog looks at me with wide-eyes as she says," Y/N? Hi."

"Hi," I respond and give her a smile. "I was just wondering if Sonic and Tails were here?"

"No, why? Did something happen?" she asks.

"No, nothing happened. They just left and told me they were gonna come back soon but it's been like nine hours since then," I tell her. "I thought they might've come here or something."

"Oh that sound pretty normal for them," she tells me. "You know how free-spirited people are. Can't exactly be tamed by anyone."

"Yeah, I... guess so," I reply somewhat confused. "Well, in that case I'm just gonna go back to the beach."

"Sure. Glad I could help," she gives me a smile and we bid goodbyes.

The sun keeps getting lower as I walk on the beach. With each step I take, the powdery sand under my bare feet keeps scrunching. There hasn't been a word from neither Sonic nor Tails. I have no idea where the two could've gone to. It's weird but I feel kinda worried for them. They said they were gonna return in a few hours, but a few hours have passed quite a few times. Maybe they got injured at some point and are now lost in the forest. Or maybe they were attacked by wild animals and got injured that way. That actually reminds me, why are some of the animals so advanced and others are... wild. And why are there no humans? Apart from Eggman that is.