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A bright and enticing blue painted the entirety of the view from the tip of the cruise ship. It splashed into the ocean, dying the water with the same vibrant blue that bounced from the gentle ripples to the sky. The minimal amount of clouds drifting above passed a lighter hue, the water below sparkling in a more evocative shade like millions of tiny crystals had floated to the surface. Sunbeams traced their fingers delicately across the sea, absentmindedly observing the events that took place to the glistening floor of the cruise ship sailing between the fragile waves.
"(Y/n), please!"
"Oh, so now you need my help?"
Sonic cowered at (Y/n)'s feet. She stood with arms folded to block the pounding sensation her heart passed through her chest to be visible to the usually heroic blue hedgehog before her, his presence always having this effect. But today wasn't going the way Sonic had planned, gripping his hands together with knees to the shining base of the ship in a pleading manner that forced (Y/n) to conceal a few giggles.
Today, Sonic had planned to escape this luxurious cruise trip, courtesy of his human Earth friend Chris' father, that burned like the depths of Hell through his eyes dazzling with a stunning shade of green matching what could be seen glistening in an emerald. Everyone else peacefully enjoyed the unexpected vacation, but Sonic's fear of the gracious water surrounding the boat gnawed away at him the entire time and made the shimmering sea feel more like an ocean of blazing lava.
(Y/n) had noticed his attempts to escape the ship's captivity by tricking his other friends from their home planet to prove to his human companions that he wasn't the only one being driven insane. She had to admit it wasn't half of a bad idea, but she was strangely entertained how Sonic wished for her to now climb aboard the scheme of breakout.
Sonic sighed, accepting what (Y/n) had already cracked like a code. His hands remained interlocked as they slid to his knees collapsing to the pressure the regret brought to his shoulders sinking in guilt. His eyes quivered a little, unintentionally pumping more pleading fuel into the situation, (Y/n) staring down with a smirk.
"Yes." Sonic admitted with a small frown.
(Y/n) chuckled as her crush pouted, folding his arms in the same way she had done as her arms slipped to her slanted hips. She brought one hand to her forehead for a desperate yet quick massage to soothe the aching with her back slipping down the ship's frame, glancing to the spectacle of blue rippling to the rim of the boat before returning to Sonic.
"What do you want me to do?"
Sonic smirked, eyes interlocking with hers with a cheeky glaze shining over them. His grin was slim and sly, and (Y/n) had to smash the connection between their stares to eliminate her fluster before he could notice it. She shook her head for the crimson dust to her cheeks heated like the ocean from the sun to fade into the past second, Sonic noticing whilst rising up like her reaction was further fuel to his crafty snigger.
In swift succession that sent (Y/n)'s stomach into tangled knots and her heart into a bomb ready to explode, Sonic slid a hand to her back already pinned to the iron frame of the ship's tip. She inched backwards, but the tickling sensation of his fingers brushing her back pulled her forward with an expression illuminated by her daze.
Soon, both of Sonic's hands grasped her back. Gently, but tight enough to keep her in his strengthened hold while tugging her from the frame of the ship in a swing to the walling constructing where the boat blended into its interior. (Y/n) felt her spine become electrified with flustered energy from Sonic's viridescent stare being locked with hers, eyelids slipped midway to radiate the aura of intimacy that (Y/n) prayed to pinch herself to be unlocked from within the dream she knew to be having.
Oh God, what is he doing!?
His snigger became wider once (Y/n) was a victim of his intended imprisonment, back slammed to the shaping of the boat but softly as his hands slipped from her stinging spine and pressed to the ship's pearly construction in a matter of milliseconds. Sonic's gaze remained locked with (Y/n)'s spiralling the fluster to her cheeks out of control with the unexpected sight of him leaning over her.
She felt trapped, but somewhere that she had prayed to be since her heart decided to increase pace and shower embarrassment to her whenever a glance even sparked a single shock of connection between herself and Sonic. Now, their gazes were perfectly locked, but she felt nothing of the sort.
It was as if the ability for her to control any part of her body had ceased, like the strangely intimidating posture from Sonic forced her to freeze. She had been used to radiating an overpowering aura so far during his cheeky little plan to get off the ship, but with the flick of a switch he'd turned everything around.
She could still feel the pressure to her back, but her legs felt so weak she practically slid lower down without intention. It was as if Sonic's stunning stare paralysed her, but although everywhere in her body felt like hundreds of needles were being stabbed into them from the sudden numbness, she could stay interconnected with his emeralds for the rest of her life.
Before the silence other than the gentle crash of the waves and regular call of seagulls oozing in awkwardness could get any worse, (Y/n) squeaked the question that had been on her mind for what felt like centuries.
"What are we doing, then?"
Sonic chuckled through the smirk, (Y/n) blushing into a flaming hot mess with an attempt to keep their eyes perfectly locked like before, although hers were widened with concern while Sonic's eyelids casually sunk down to express his confidence in the idea.
"Amy'll be here any minute, so I'm gonna pretend to flirt with you to make her jealous."
(Y/n) felt her heart stop for multiple reasons.
"How will that help the plan?"
"She'll go berserk and try and chase me, so I can blame it on the boat." Sonic explained, grin still sly.
"You in?"
(Y/n) rethought things; on one hand, she would give anything to have a romantic moment such as this with Sonic, even if it was just fake, but on the other that was the reason she felt against the whole idea. She bit her lip anxiously, until Sonic leant in closer with arms bending while rested to the walls.
"Please?" He squeaked again, (Y/n) rolling her eyes from the pleading mannerism that snuck its way back into his tone.
"Fine..." She whispered, Sonic's grin becoming more appreciative than sneaky.
"What are we meant to say? Or do?" (Y/n) questioned, relying completely on her honesty to support her concern.
She'd become so lost in the vivid green paradise of Sonic's eyes she could also admit her distraction hadn't helped her understanding of the plan.
"Don't worry, I'll do most of the talking." Sonic explained, snapping the connection of their gaze just to scan the boat for Amy before clearing his throat to begin.
He could hear her just around the corner, and he knew she would be here in a flash as soon as she computed another girl to be with Sonic, whether they were particularly good friends or not.
"Well, sure I mean it, (Y/n). I think you're just about the cutest thing I've ever seen." Sonic began the plan, eyelids only able to reach a lower level if his emeralds completely closed and a smirk that could only stretch further if his face split in two.
(Y/n) remained frozen, just observing. All she needed to do was be here for the scheme to appear genuine, and listen to all these comments to come that leaked with falsity. She didn't like to think that. For the past year or so this is all she'd wanted to hear, and her ears were blessed with it now, but her mind had to remember their purpose.
"And the way your eyes sparkle, my heart beats a million times a minute." Sonic continued, (Y/n) firmly glued to the boat just to let him do what he needed to but with the urge to lean forward not even a centimetre and kiss him that was stabbing her in the chest.
Soon enough, footsteps fuelled by anger stormed closer and closer, Sonic smirking deeper that everything was coming together.
"I know, you could never care for somebody like me. I guess that's just the way it has to be..." He continued, shining a quick wink to (Y/n) before glancing to where the tip of the ship slipped past the cube leading to the interior where the steps echoed from.
(Y/n) took it as her cue to contribute, snapping out of her daze with a giggle.
"Oh, but Sonic I do care for you!" She smiled while concealing a laugh, the vocal donation to help fund the scheme sounding like acting but fooling someone they really needed it to.
Sonic chuckled back, but the moment was sliced by Amy's arrival. Deep breaths of vexation screamed from behind them, stifling laughs as they turned to see the pink hedgehog practically on fire with rage. Her hammer was clutched in her grip quaking in anger and ready to attack with a sly grin much like Sonic's, but not as alluring in (Y/n)'s personal opinion.
But what she thought didn't matter right now. Amy huffed a few more breaths of exasperation before raising her monstrous hammer into action, Sonic quickly becoming a blue streak to escape her as she took to her heels screaming his name.
"Thanks, (Y/n)!"
(Y/n) shook her head to recover from it all once Sonic faded into the distance with Amy blazing on his trail, hand returning to comfort her aching head as she peeled herself from the exterior of the ship. It clicked instantly it was sweat, dabbing her forehead to notice it crawling from within her fur.
Wow, he's good. I never sweat...
She leant her arms still trembling in shock to the metal frame guarding the boat from the sea laced in shields of ice, allowing the steel heated in the sun to indent her arms frozen from the fake romance. One hand held her cheek as she watched many ripples in the big blue sea soon roll underneath the ship to allow more to come into view, reminiscing the last minute or so.
You're just about the cutest thing I've ever seen...
And the way your eyes sparkle...
(Y/n) didn't understand how such comments could be fake, but perhaps she was being taken away by her hopes and dreams like she was floating to the clouds in the sky that smashed like the ice to the edge of the boat in realisation.
He was just joking. He'd never wanna be with someone like me.
She whispered a few chuckles from the chaos she could hear from behind, Amy's hammer shaking the ship and her screams rattling the walls inside.
(Y/n) tried to wash her mind clean of what had happened as the sky radiated in a crisp gold rather than blue, but she couldn't. She would never forget Sonic's words, even if they were lies. She would never forget the feeling of his overpowering touch that somehow left her spellbound...
She watched the sun yawn in sleepiness and slide down the sky, its rays of vivid yellow and orange widening to sweep the sky of early morning blue. She sighed, until the presence of someone behind her snapped her from her thoughts.
"Nice sunset out here."
Immediately, (Y/n) recognised the voice as Sonic, spinning on her heels to see him behind her. He stepped to her side, arms sliding from within his quills to balance atop the frame like her own, still a little nervous about the water drifting below them. He heard (Y/n) hum in agreement, but she kept her gaze to the sunset.
Sonic did the same but looked down at his anxiously twiddling fingers barely a moment later. (Y/n) craved to know if all that earlier was really fake, and was desperate to know if that's how he really felt, but was unaware his sudden twitching nature was because of the same thoughts.
(Y/n) squeaked in surprise as her crush snatched her shoulders, forcing her to turn and lock eyes he claimed to sparkle with his that shimmered with absolute certainty. Sonic sighed, leaving (Y/n) in a further state of panic that threaded her stomach around itself three or even four times over.
"How would you feel if I told you those weren't lies?"
(Y/n) wasn't sure if this was another trick, but the genuine touch of honesty glazing over Sonic's eyes rather than the playful dazzle earlier shed a light upon reality.
"Very happy..."
Sonic grinned, and (Y/n) did the same as if the expression was infectious. They laughed in uncontrollable sync, Sonic keeping a firm yet gentle hold to (Y/n)'s shoulders before pulling her forward.
Her eyes widened for a minute, but soon closed in pleasure. Their lips connected under the light of the sunset, sprinkling more of a romantic touch to the situation from the crisp gold. (Y/n) smiled into the kiss, but she could feel Sonic becoming more focused to make it the best experience imaginable.
She felt his hands crawling from her shoulders to her back, and eventually up to tenderly grip her neck and somehow bring her even closer. Sonic could feel (Y/n) smiling into it, so his sly grin returned with a deepened chuckle between each break to take a breath. It felt like years, but the kiss broke sooner than they both wanted.
"I love you, (Y/n). And that's not a lie."
(Y/n) slipped her arms under Sonic's, gripping his shoulders from the back to pull her face into the warmth of his neck. She felt his hands rubbing up and down her back, the sleeping sunshine observing with illuminating glee.
"I love you, too, Sonic."
So he really does feel that way, huh?
And damn, he's a good kisser-
"Soooniiic!!!"
Oh no-
The hedgehog whose name rattled the ship groaned from instant recognition to the voice. With hands remaining around (Y/n) as she perked from within his shoulder, Sonic's emeralds glazed with annoyance of Amy's return. The pink hedgehog growled with her hammer back in her hands, (Y/n) wincing from the flame in her eyes a darker shade than the green of Sonic's.
"SONIC!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" Amy screamed, her hammer ready to slam the flooring of the boat with her enragement powered by the suspicion to (Y/n) that she'd witnessed the entirety of the romantic contact.
Sonic chuckled through a determined smirk, swiftly scooping (Y/n) to guard her from the earthquake about to hit the ship. (Y/n) giggled from the humid breeze flowing through her (hair/quills/fur), Sonic leaving a blue streak to escape the trembling ship from Amy's hammer and legs trembling with anger storming to the base of the boat.
(Y/n) held her arms around Sonic's neck with a shriek as he held her gently but firmly in bridal style to prevent her from sliding from his hold while he snatched a faster pace from the treasury of his ability. Amy slammed her hammer to the ground of the boat shining from the moonbeams preparing to shower into the sea to transform the wavelets into sparkling sea jewels awakened from the depths of the ocean, shuddering the ship.
The upcoming moon grinned with its silver glow from witnessing the action as Sonic and (Y/n) slid inside the luxurious yacht they would hopefully be able to enjoy in peace as a newly bonded couple the following day for safety, Sonic chuckling in enjoyment late into the night.
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Author's Note - hehehe I'm proud of myself that I thought of a story to go along with my favourite Sonic X episode!! Hope you enjoyed and TYSMMM FOR 28K READSSS!! 🥳🥳 Requests are still open, sorry I haven't written one up in a while but I'm planning to after part 2 of Movie Tails x Reader!! 😉😉
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