Due to popular demand, i have taken great happiness in writing a new chapter for all of you reviwers (3 i believe ). I hope you enjoy reading this as much as i enjoyed writing it. And remember! There still is something in a way of a spoiler! Please remember if you're kind enough to review; No flames please! Thank you (Bows) and enjoy the fic.
Dawn broke as a certain blue hedgehog started to stir. His eyelids fluttered a bit, for they still felt heavy and tired to him whilst he wondered exactly where he was and how he got there. He squirmed a little under his blankets in a feverish haze and confirmed to himself woozily that he was in a bed and a pleasantly cool one at that as the light sheets brushed his hot skin comfortably but he continued to wonder to himself, eyes still closed how he came to be in bed in the afternoon of all times. Usually, he'd be off exploring somewhere or lazing about Tails' workshop whilst nodding half interestedly at Tails' chitter chatter about his latest invention he was working on. Little did he know that it wasn't afternoon at all, it was the crack of dawn. Sonic wiggled his feet a little weakly under the blanket but his still shoed foot softly made contact with something that was making the mattress sink slightly due to it's weight.
He lifted his blue head slightly (Though his head felt heavy and hot) and caught a glimpse of whatever was occupying a bit of his sleeping space. Sonic was sure his heart missed a beat when he realised he'd been jabbing Amy's head with his foot. She was partly seated on a chair next to the bed but her arms, upper body and head were slumped across the bed in front of her. Even though she seemed to be in a deep sleep, what appeared to be a small smile played on her muzzle.
"She looks so darn angelic" thought Sonic to himself, surveying the pink hedgehog with a mixture of curiosity (As to how he and herself had got up to this bed) and awed observation at her grace even though she was slumped over in a generally graceless posture. He lay up in bed, observing her for a few more minutes, commiserating at just how lovely and serene she really was with her light magneta bangs which always seemed to portray her delightful energy.
"I should know" he thought. "Not a day goes by when I don't look over my shoulder and constantly think about imminent glomp attacks and marriage proposals" but he put these less desirable thoughts to the back of his mind and continued to observe until her breathing took up pace a little. Which indicated she was about to awaken. Taking it as a warning to do something else instead of face her due to the possibly awkward aspects of the things surrounding him playing footsie with her head and the mystery (and possibly undignified way) surrounding how he got to where he was, he lay back down quickly, pulled the blanket over himself and pretended to be asleep, turned on his side away from Amy so she wouldn't be able to make out if he was putting on a poorly acted fake sleeping stunt by the forceably acted expression on his face.
About 20 seconds later, Amy fully awoke and yawned deeply. She pushed herself up in the chair, stretched he arms as far as possible at the side of her head as well as her legs whilst seated and turned her attention to the fellow hedgehog in the bed. He was lying on his side facing away from her, his elongated blue spines poking out of the covers, the only parts visible of him. The pink hedgehog then walked (Tiptoed more like in an effort not to wake him) and reached over the bed to softly lay her hand on his muzzle side. Sonic knew she couldn't fully see his face and opened his eyes to see her hand coming towards him at the sides of his vision so he took this as an invitation to prevent her touching him at all (He didn't really like having any kind of physical contact with anyone, let alone Amy. Or have anyone fawning over him due to his vague upkeeping of his "Pride") so he pretended to awaken at that very moment, forcing Amy to panic and withdraw her hand very quickly so she wouldn't be able to make physical contact with him at all whilst he was conscious.
When he eventually sat up, Sonic feigned yawning and stretching and tried to act in curious surprise at the sight of Amy at his bedside even though he was aware of her presence ever since he really awoke, completely confused.
Amy sat in her chair and was hurriedly thinking to herself as she stared into her lap. "Don't make eye contact with him, don't blush about coming close to impeding his space and making him aware of it, don't overreact…."
But her emotions built up over a mixture of worry from the day before for his health and how he was so "spiteful" for worrying her like that and hurting her deeply. As she stared fixedly into her lap, the beginnings of tears began to well in her eyes and her cheeks became flustered from her efforts to not look upset.
Sonic could see the start of an Amy crying match a mile off and he didn't like seeing tears, being in a bed and not knowing how he got there or not running so he got up from the bed and walked slowly to the door to leave her alone with her emotions. For some reason, walking was an alien feeling to him and he staggered slightly. This was obvious because he was never used to such a long period of inactivity. To add to this terrible feeling of unsteadiness, his sudden start to getting up from bed and walking made blood rush to his head, making him feel woozy and also made the floor pitch and roll like the deck of a ship in the middle of a storm. Sonic sat down quickly in the middle of the floor to prevent himself falling again and making himself look like a hedgehog without his dignity intact (Being disadvantaged in any way, shape or form was majorly embarrassing to him).
Even sitting down did not prevent the floor seeming like it was made of jelly and Sonic suddenly felt as if a wave of burning heat was crashing slowly through him again, a familiar feeling he was sure he'd felt recently but could not put his finger on when he felt it. He gave off a small but distinct cry of great discomfort which distracted Amy from her episode of depression and which made her get up and run to his side in a split second. She put her arms around his ribcage and lifted him up slowly and very carefully as to not cause him any more pain.
"What's so wrong?" uttered the blue hedgehog in little more than an agonised whisper as Amy walked him slowly back to bed.
"Errrrr….you just got up too fast, that's all" she reassured him, trying to make her voice kind, but it still quivered over her chest heaving with emotion still. When the two hedgehogs got to the bed, Amy lay him down on the be but left the blanket off as she placed her hand on his legs, stomach and arms, only to find with horror that he seemed to still be getting hot again. He was completely awake and even though he seemed to be getting sickly again, showed her his famed toothy grin in what could be seen to Amy as a lovely reassuring expression although his half lidded eyes portrayed his tiredness. Amy found this weird as he'd had an entire day and night to sleep. And surely, being who he was, Sonic the hedgehog, should automatically have dismissed any credence of lack of energy surrounding him.
Amy smiled back and felt his cheek. This time he allowed her to without protest and she noted that he had a slight fever which wasn't as bad as the day before but still a little cause for concern.
"Don't worry, I'll cool you down" and she got the iced water from the bedside table, plunged her gloved hand into it then smeared her hand across the top part of his belly oval marking on his stomach.
"Who said anything about worrying?" replied Sonic casually, as if commenting simply on the weather.
"Oh you!" she simpered in a tone of adoring annoyance and continued her attempts to get his higher than normal body temperature down. A ringing silence hovered in the very air between them as fresh morning sunlight cascaded into the room, bathing the floor and walls in beautiful strips of brightness. Neither hedgehog noted the time passing as she sat there and he lay there ,merely taking some form of comfort in each others presence as well as the light that penertrated the partially tense atmosphere and cut a swathe through the air thick with emotion.
Amy soon decided to break the ice slightly and got up from the bedside to open the window, allowing a gorgeously cooling summer breeze to fill the air in the room with fresh breathing air. She then pulled up her chair to the window and sat on it whilst observing a few trees outside wistfully. Their appearance making memories of their close friend's tragic death surface in her mind.
Her contemplation was broken in a back down to earth thud as a hand was placed on her shoulder gently. Sonic had got up and joined her at the window, also surveying the trees.
"Sonic? Do you think she felt anything when…."
"The Sonic driver fired on her?"
Amy didn't respond, merely continued to gaze at the tress.
"I don't know Amy. I don't know." Sonic said gently.
Amy and Sonic stood there for about a minute in silence before Amy decided to speak up again.
"What do you really think she felt when she fused herself to that planet?"
The blue hedgehog standing next to her with his gloved hand still on her shoulder. "I bet she felt honoured to give up her life for the survival of the universe and the partner she loved so much"
The pink hedgehog sitting near his side bowed her head slightly.
"But you never know. When me and super Shadow used chaos regeneration on her, I think it was part of her supreme will to let us have a part of her for Tails to cherish."
"She was here last night" Amy uttered quickly. "I think she wanted to check up on you"
"Really?" replied the blue hedgehog curiously and the conversation seemingly ended there as neither her nor him seemed to be able to find anything more to discuss. He turned to leave the room but Amy chased after him, giggling, in an effort to get first food rights at the breakfast table, knowing all would be ok as her partner looked so much better than he was before she visited and more so than before her herself had made valiant efforts to make him feel better, as Cosmo had so assured her the day before. The bedroom door shut with a gentle thud.
END
Yeah, it's a short ending but i wracked my brain for a good possible continuation for chapter 1 as it was never really intended for this story to continue past chapter 1 really, so this was the best i could think of at 4am in the morning. Hope you liked it and remember, no flaming please. Thanks very much for reading