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"Amy, this sucks."
Sonic the Hedgehog was sitting at his usual Meh Burger table across from Amy Rose. The village was quiet and nothing of note was happening.
Amy looked up from her food. "What, our date isn't good enough? Or is it the food?"
Sonic shook his head. "Well the food does suck, but that's not what I meant. Wait, this is a date?"
The pink hedgehog nodded with her mouth full. "Mhm."
"Uh, we're at Meh Burger," Sonic observed, looking around. "Not very date-like."
"Sonic, anything can be a date if you want it to be," Amy told him matter-of-factly. "They don't always have to be fancy or romantic. In fact, any time we spend together at all could be considered a date."
The blue hedgehog groaned. "I guess."
"And you still haven't told me what sucks," Amy continued.
Sonic leaned in a little. "Have you noticed that nothing has really happened around here in like, two years? I mean, we still battle Eggman and mess around with the gang, but we haven't been on a real adventure in forever! It's the same old stuff over and over again."
Amy nodded. "Yeah, I have noticed. It's probably because the show stopped airing two years ago. We don't have writers to write crazy adventures into our lives anymore."
On one hand, the villagers were safer and kept out of harm's way, especially when Eggman attacked. That was a positive, however, Sonic couldn't help but feel like they missed the everyday excitement that they used to have. Even Eggman's attacks were less creative. No ancient artifacts, or new giant robots, or even huge blunders by Cubot that almost ended the world. Sonic was sick of it. There was only so long he could sit still for.
"I could go for another big adventure," Sonic muttered, gazing at Amy.
"Yeah, me too," she replied, a nostalgic expression crossing her face.
Excited that Amy agreed with him, Sonic suddenly hopped to his feet, causing Amy to jump a little bit.
Just like old times, he reached his hand out to her. She took it with a cheek to cheek grin and held onto it like a lifeline.
"C'mon Ames," he told her. "Let's go make our own adventure."