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When Amy had warped into the Sol Dimension in Blaze’s arms, she immediately found herself enamored with the landscape before her. Sunset Kingdom lived well up to its name. The entire landscape was cast in a burning orange glow, clouds of violet and magenta dotting the skies. The foliage was richly verdant and alive with blossoms and fruit bearing trees. Blaze brought Amy beneath a blossoming peach tree to restore the energy she had expended in her travels. Amy picked out two ripe peaches from the tree before settling cozily beside the princess. Blaze gratefully took Amy’s offering and bit into the blissful flesh of the ripe fruit.
"Blaze," Amy mused, "I can't thank you enough for bringing me here! I'm so happy to get to visit you in your world!" Amy giggled and wrapped her arms around Blaze tightly as she gazed upon the beautiful sights before her.
Blaze's eyes were fixed on the hedgehog thinking of how a thousand sunsets paled in comparison to her dazzling smile and endless enthusiasm for life. Amy took a bite from her peach and appeared to melt, sighing in delight.
“These have to be the best peaches I’ve ever tasted, Blaze I can’t believe--”
"Amy, I do not mean to spring this on you so suddenly, but would you like to attend the Royal Academy Prom with me tonight?” In her nervousness, Blaze had unintentionally interrupted Amy’s musings.
“I--I’m so sorry, that was so rude of me!” She spoke softly in her shame as a look of shock colored the pink hedgehog’s face. Her expression stirred more anxiety within Blaze as she awaited a response. The response felt as if it were taking an eternity and Blaze could not help herself as she blurted out:
“I--I know it’s an odd request, and, if you’re not comfortable with it, I’ll be understanding... But when the dance was announced, you were the first person I thought about. I’ve... always thought that you were extraordinarily beautiful. Inside and out. And I just wanted to see if you by chance feel similarly...”
Amy’s shocked expression transformed into a soft smile and she leaned in close to Blaze, placing a tender kiss on her cheek. It was not Blaze’s turn to appear shocked, and in spite of it, she couldn’t help the giddy smile forming on her face.
“I’ve had a crush on you for forever now,” Amy giggled, hugging the purple cat closer to her, “I was hoping to confess to you today. I wasn’t expecting to be invited to a Royal Prom, but I’d be more than happy to go with you... Blaze?”
“Yes, Amy?”
“I don’t know how all this Royal courting stuff works and even though I’m familiar with long-distance relationships, an inter-dimensional relationship might be on a whole new level of hard... But I’m willing to try it out, if you are open to it. Would you like to be my girlfriend?”
Blaze pressed her lips together and nodded her head as she tried fighting back ecstatic tears. She returned Amy’s embrace, and buried her head in the crook of Amy’s neck. To name all of the feelings swirling inside of Blaze would be an insurmountable task for the princess, but she knew that in this moment, all that mattered was that Amy Rose reciprocated each of those emotions felt. She pulled back for a moment and her eyes lingered on Amy’s lips.
When Blaze dared to press her own against Amy’s, she tasted of peaches and cherries, and the most delightful warmth set her heart aflame. The warmth traveled to her cheek when Amy placed a delicate hand on it, and expanded outward and outward as she felt her back fall against the grass and Amy straddling her waist.
The night carried on and after Blaze had endured the pomp and circumstance surrounding events such as these, she could barely contain herself as she tapped down the staircase of the grand hall and took Amy’s hands in hers. Amy smiled brightly at the cat as she pulled her in for a quick, chaste kiss. Blaze blushed and bit down on her lower lip. She just wished for a moment that everyone else in the room would disappear and leave the two of them all on their own to dance and giggle, and kiss. Adjusting her posture, she thought about the proclamation she gave just moments before the festivities began.
“Did I sound okay up there? I could barely breathe, giving that speech.”
“I might be a little biased for you to be asking me that question,” Amy quipped, squeezing Blaze’s hands with a chuckle, “Your voice was clear and smooth, you seemed calm. You sounded beautiful. I wouldn’t have guessed you were feeling any anxiety... For someone so fiery, you have such a calming demeanor. The Kingdom is lucky to have you as their leader.”
and perhaps, one day... Blaze mused, one day they will be just as lucky to have you, too.
Blaze squeezed Amy in another embrace before Amy dragged her lover to the middle of the floor where they shared their first dance.