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Mesmerising shades of gold leaked between the cracks of the leaves keeping the gorgeously glistening sun from the depths of the forest below. Breezes knocking the trees to the side remained forceful from what had taken place just behind, a disappointed sigh echoing the rustling underneath the blanket of rich, green foliole.
(Y/n) looked back, the debris of the chaos that ensued just a few minutes ago becoming crisply flamed particles fading through the humid air. She sighed once more, the crashes taking place behind her feeling like they repeated in her chest.
Her exhausted arms that felt like they could wither away in weakness remained in a secure place, however, the sensation causing her chest to pound faster than she thought was possible.
(Y/n) kept a tight grip to the shoulders of Sonic the hedgehog, the speedster known for showing up just in time having saved her from the previous event before anything worse could happen. She felt the need to repay her life long crush with anything he could want or need, but felt worst about not being able to save herself.
"Sorry..." She mumbled again, leaning her heated face to Sonic's shoulder until her embarrassed frown became buried in his cheek.
Sonic's gloved fingers tapped the height of (Y/n)'s back and the bend her in knees to secure his hold of her, a frown crossing his face.
"You don't have to keep saying that. It's not your fault." Sonic pressed on, (Y/n) feeling guilt gnawing away at her inside even deeper than before that she kept apologising.
Unnecessarily, however, in his shimmering emerald eyes that always made (Y/n)'s heartbeat that usually upped in tempo in his presence come to a freeze.
(Y/n) dwindled into silence, exhaustion crawling over her as she absentmindedly balanced her head deep into Sonic's shoulder. The heroic hedgehog smirked at the sensation, but kept his stunningly green orbs focused on the flourished land that lied ahead, feeling like it wouldn't come to an end for years to come.
"I think I should take you home now, in case anything else happens..." Sonic frowned, (Y/n)'s heart sinking further than she thought it could drop.
"Fine..." She mumbled, keeping her face buried into his shoulder while just catching a glimpse of her weary fingers inattentively caressing the strong shaping of his deep blue quills that always seemed to spellbind her in a second.
Sonic noticed the disappointment thriving in her saddened tone, a smirk creeping across his muzzle with an idea striking like the flame of a match.
(Y/n) stirred from her comfortable position, feeling Sonic taking a sudden diversion from the prefectly straight path that already felt it was drummed into the grassy ground by hundreds of feet before.
She observed in confusion, rising her head from within his neck to see the flourishing blanket of crisp leaves breaking open further down. She could see the stunning strips of sunlight pouring into an open field just up ahead, the trees of the luscious forest becoming a thing of the past as (Y/n)'s (e/c) orbs widened.
Sparkles of sunlight twinkled against the ripples of the glistening lake situated within the blanket of succulent grass. Clouds decorating the sky painted with the purest of blue reflected into the water like a mirror, shimmers of the most angelic white bouncing away with every wavelet. The forest continued in a prefect circle around the untouchable body of water, what seemed like hundreds of spring flowers bursting across the ground in an endless rainbow of colour.
Sonic slid (Y/n) to the ground, the smile that now controlled her face growing with every further second she could admire the gorgeous landscape before her. Admiration twinkled in her (e/c) orbs at the stunning sight, everything seeming perfect and that it was meant to be there, not a single plant or glint of light out of place.
(Y/n) placed herself into the ground, grass tickled with generous amounts of crystal clear dew surrounding her as she carefully crossed her legs. She closed her eyes, the breeze that broke free through the open air sweeping all the regret aside.
Sonic smiled, taking a seat in the crisp grassland that's shade of dazzling green matched that of his eyes. He sat as close to (Y/n) as possible so as not to disturb her enjoyment of the fresh atmosphere, one leg spread forward with the other raised and both hands balanced behind as he also took in the beautiful view.
"I knew you'd like it here..."
(Y/n) broke away from her personal absorption of the natural freshness, turning to Sonic with a smile that illuminated gratitude but a little shock. It soon became an expression of pure joy, her heartbeat remaining at a pace faster than usual.
But the guilt from what happened before still haunted her, still felt like it was watching her from behind with beady, piercing, judgemental eyes. She twiddled with the grass as her saddened eyes dropped down from admiring the peaceful lake, waiting to say something to break the silence between herself and Sonic.
"You didn't need to come."
Sonic froze, a little shaken by the sudden words as he turned to her.
"Why?"
"I needed to take care of myself. That was the whole point of me going out there, to do it all by myself..."
Sonic frowned. "But (Y/n), you couldn't take on something like that straight away. You need to practice, and learn."
(Y/n) processed his kind words, now feeling more guilty of herself that she couldn't see that in the first place. She couldn't take on a mission like that by herself without learning first...
She sighed like the breeze of what was becoming a tranquil evening exhaled from her tightened chest, throwing herself back into the depths of the strangely comfortable grass. She tickled the strands of vibrant green, slowly intertwining them between her fingers while keeping (e/c) orbs locked to the innocent clouds drifting past.
Sonic smiled, slowly turning to (Y/n) as she flung a hand to her head that swirled with thoughts that she just wanted to leave her alone. The regret haunted her, the flames of disaster and debris floating in the crisp wind not disappearing.
"But I've been trying so hard for so long. I thought I was finally ready." (Y/n) continued to whine, only just seeing Sonic's sympathetic smile from the corner of her eye glistening with remorse.
"I know. And I'm proud of you."
(Y/n)'s heart stopped in a second, feeling like the blood that now boiled with shock would never be able to run around her frozen body rhythmically again. The words frazzled her already exhausted brain, fingers massaging her head once the feeling of them tingled back in.
She sighed with a smile. "Thank you..."
"My pleasure." Sonic smirked back, (Y/n) feeling like she wouldn't be able to cope any longer from how her body naturally reacted to when their orbs connected.
(Y/n) buried her head deeper into the carefully dewed grass, arms resting underneath as the buttermilk dusk sprinkled down the thick blue sky.
"You couldn't have shown up at a more convenient time, y'know." She chuckled, Sonic collapsing to the ground in the same relaxed manner as herself.
"I'm a hero. And that's what I do. And I know you can do the same." Sonic smiled, deep blue quills pressed up from the dampened ground.
(Y/n) smiled, a mixture of emotions spinning around inside. But it felt good. It felt warm. It felt like it was meant to happen.
Sonic let his gloved hands tickle the grass, flowers painted with all colours imaginable breaking between his fingers. He tugged one from within the ground, its petals almost meeting the shade of blue of his own quills as he gestured it towards (Y/n).
She giggled innocently, taking the gesture and twiddling the blossom between her fingertips. Her heart seemed to return to an ordinary rhythm, feeling like she had become used to the connection between herself and Sonic being unknown.
She wanted to say something. She felt like now was the right time.
Sonic smiled whilst raising himself for his crimson shoes to meet the ground, hands holding his hips as the humid breeze rippled between his quills and his emerald orbs admired the sky. Vermilion bled into the blue, sun fading away behind the army of trees before the horizon.
"Time to go?" Sonic questioned, turning to (Y/n) who didn't want to leave but knew she needed to.
"Yeah..." she giggled, rising to Sonic's side and absentmindedly looping an arm within his.
She sighed, resting her smiling face into the irresistible warmth of his shoulder. Sonic smiled further, head balancing atop of hers and noticing (Y/n) playing with the flower between her fingers.
In a sudden shock to (Y/n), Sonic scooped her back up. She nestled into the comfort of his arms immediately, keeping her face buried into his neck and the freshly moist bloom against her chest.
She could feel her heartbeat continuing to pound at speed, falling deeper in love with the feeling of being in the safety of Sonic's arms by the second. (Y/n) raised her head to see the lake sparkling with crimson light of the sunset as Sonic sped the both of them away.
Without a second thought, she turned back to Sonic with her lips quickly meeting his cheek. (Y/n) nestled her head into his neck again, watching the depths of the forest flourish in the overcoming darkness ahead as she could feel Sonic's cheek forming a smirk.
And within moments, she kept her (e/c) orbs closed with the back of her head slowly sliding down Sonic's shoulder, her heroic hedgehog crush noticing that the peace of sleep had washed over her.
He smirked further, emerald orbs keeping focused on the journey whilst leaning forward and pressing a kiss to her forehead, the beauty of the night crawling over the sky and illuminating the twinkling stars soon afterwards.
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