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‘Gosh college has been so boring recently I need something to give me some excitement. Literally anything.’ Rouge thought lost in her own mind looking at the sunset over the roof of a building gently resting her chin on the palm of her hand, legs crossed in the shape of an x.
*Snap* *Snap*
“Wow, these are amazing.” A voice rang, breaking Rouge’s thought with anger and nervousness. Rouge yanked her head with such ferocity it caused the guy to almost drop his camera.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing! Sneaking up and taking pictures of girls without them knowing. I oughta kick the dreads off your perverted big head.” Rouge studied the guy closely.
He was a red echidna with a pin that said, Hi I’m Knuckles attached to a white scarf. Knuckles had extremely nice dreads and covered the top of his head with a light brown cowboy hat that looked like it had been a far few adventures. Knuckles wrapped a camera around his neck to complete his look.
“Look, I’m sorry for doing that but I have trouble communicating with people especially girls and you just looked so beautiful that I when I tried to ask the words didn’t come out and you looked deep in thought so, I thought if I snuck a pic of how amazing you looked right now you wouldn’t notice or at least mind, Please forgive me, I just couldn’t let someone so gorgeous with this backdrop go to waste as a photo opportunity for my upcoming business.” Knuckles rambled through sentences so much Rouge had problems understanding and had to make Knuckles repeat it twice to get the full picture.
“Still that doesn’t make it right even if it wasn’t for creepy reasons taking pictures of someone without their consent isn’t right no matter the reason. Plus pretty privilege is a thing and sadly you don’t have the looks or confidence to get away with stuff like that.” Rouge said, while helping Knuckles from the ground.
“Again I’m sorry.” Knuckles muttered.
“Stop with the sorry it doesn’t mean much to me. I prefer action over words. With introductions and clarifications out of the way, I’d be nice if I got to take a sneak peak of those sneak pics. Rouge joked before resting her head over Knuckle's shoulder to look at his camera, not realizing the Echidna was slowly turning from red to pink.
“You look amazing. It's some of my best photos. The light on your face shows how natural the pose and pondering is. You look like a professional model in this photo.” Knuckles speaked out.
“Well to be fair it’s a natural photo. Thanks anyways. You know being a model has always been my dream for a long time. Either that or a mob boss/ Jewel thief don’t know why it just seems fun.” Rouge gently elbowed Knuckles and snickered to help calm his nerves. “I wouldn’t want you to sneak a pic of the wrong girl and be found in the hospital because of it so, how about this I’ll be your model. You can sell the photos or whatever to help your business and in exchange you get me dinner, nothing fancy just not bread.” Knuckles went from pink to gold in a matter of seconds and replaced worry with delight.
“You’d really do that. Of course that would be great.” Knuckles jumped up and didn’t even realize he was hugging Rouge before it was too late. Instead of making a comment on this Rouge just hugged him back and slightly blushed.