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The small hedgehog village was filled with joy and laughter.. because its new years eve! the city hall was shining with glittery paper decorations and festive lights, the villagers were dancing and having fun, some were at the outdoors bar.. its great that its not cold in the village.
while everyone was having fun, amy rose was standing by the bar, looking over her new years resolution from this year. read ten books? check. try 5 new recipes? check. get those very cool and rare fuzzy puppies figurines? proud check.. then her pen paused at the last resolution on the list. ‘get my first REAL kiss’.. amy sighed. it now looked even more pathetic by the fact it was circled and underlined. amy frowned slightly, somewhat disappointed in herself. or this year. she wasnt very sure herself.
suddenly, sonic zipped right beside her, leaning against the counter “hey amy! what are you doing here sitting borishly by the bar? arent you gonna have fun?” sonic teased, slightly tilting his head. amy shrugged. “i will have some fun.. but not right now. im kind of looking over my new years resolutions.” amy said, glancing at sonic for a second. sonic leaned in to shamelessly look at her list of resolutions. he wasnt very good at NOT being nosey. “hmm.. huh, you have a lot of them checked off..” sonic murmured “all of them, actually..” amy said, flipping a page back, to reveal some more checked off resolutions. she flipped back to the last page, slightly pausing and frowning. “.. well, except for one..” she murmured, looking at that last resolution in all it glory, circled in red pen and all... sonic paused. “.. how is a REAL kiss different from a normal one?” sonic asked, slightly exaggerating the ‘real’ part. amy blushed slightly, holding the list slightly closer to herself “well.. you know… a real kiss is like.. uh.. its.. it like.. involves.. tch, nevermind, its stupid..” amy said, shaking her head. “it doesnt matter anyway, maybe next year that resolution will finally be granted.” amy murmured, showing the list into a hidden pocket in her skirt, and leaning against the bar.
sonic hummed. he slightly shifted, his arm more on the bar, slightly closer to amy, almost touching her back, his finger quietly tapping on the counter, like a nervous gesture “.. actually, amy.. i was.. i was wondering-” sonic started, but his voice trailed off when he noticed amy looking at something with her brow furrowed. sonic followed her gaze, just to see that Knuckleheaded Knuckles dressed as a hot dog, dancing in a conga line. they were both silent for a bit, before sonic started talking “why are you dressed like that?” he asked knuckles, his voice confused. knuckles stopped dancing and turned around to look at amy and sonic “isnt new years the holiday where you put on a costume and threaten to prank strangers if tehy dont give you candy?” knuckles asks quite confidently “thats not a holiday, its extortion.” amy said, crossing her arms. knuckles nodded “im hearing a lot of words, but im not seeing any candy, lady!” knuckles said, pulling out a halloween bag.
they hear the anchor bird from a bit further talking “ — people have come from far and wide. men, women, children, celebrities, politicians, some nut in a hot dog suit..” the bird listed off. knuckles leaned a bit closer, whispering “i think hes talking about me!” he says. both amy and sonic rolled their eye, oddly in sync.
sonic smirked slightly. “ey, knucks, i heard they were handing out candy somewhere over there. you should really check it out.” sonic said, nodding his head to deeper into the city hall. knuckles snapped to the city hall “candy?! finally! ill have what to hide in eggs around the town!” he said excitedly, hurrying off to find whos handing out candy. as soon as knuckles left, amy let out a breath she didnt even know she was holding “he sure can be a bit of a ..” amy paused, her eyes narrowing, like shes thinking of how to describe knuckles. sonic quickly finished her sentence “a dunce? idiot? imbicile? knucklehead?” sonic tilted his head slightly, smirking.
amy paused. “.. i was gonna say simple minded, but sure, i guess dunce could also work..” amy shrugged non chalantly, trying to hide the small smile on her face. sonic chuckled, glancing at her smile, or rather her lips, and then glancing away “yeah.. so, uh, as i was saying.. i was wondering what y-” sonic started talking, but got quickly interrupted. “hey, youre the one with the hammer, right? could you help us set this stall up? ” a villager approached amy. nearby they see a small team of villagers failing set up food or maybe even game stall. amy shrugged and smiled “sure, i can help.” she said, pushing herself off the bar. she looked back at sonic. “well talk later, sonic.” she said a bit quietly, taking out her hammer and walking to help those villagers set up the stall. sonic watched as she walked way, his smirk slightly fading. he nodded “..right.” he whispered, looking away from her, feeling oddly disappointed…
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the laughter and chatter of the party had gotten quieter, and the music was slower. the lighting gotten more dim. it had already struck midnight, most people were still partying, celebrating the new year, slow dancing. but amy wasnt in the mood for that. she was already grabbing her bag, when she heard a voice. “heading home already?” sonic asked, . he had snuck up behind her, which startled her. she flinched away and span around to look at him. she let of a sigh of relief when she saw it was just sonic. “oh, its just you.. yeah, im heading home.. i dont like staying up too late..” amy said, pulling her bag over her shoulder. sonic nodded. they both stood in a awkward silence for a bit, till sonic broke it “... so.. you have any new.. new years resolutions?” sonic asked, his expression slightly hopeful. amy hummed “well.. no, not yet.. just the ‘getting my first kiss” thing” she murmured, letting out a small nervous laugh. sonic nodded again, and another awkward silence fell upon them. “.. you know, im gonna head home now-” amy said, starting to walk away, but sonic gently took her wrist “amy, wait..” he said, his voice more quieter and much softer than usual. amy paused, looking at his hand around her wrist, and then looking up at his face. he looked.. nervous. very nervous. it was odd to see, especially for sonic the hedgehog. and he also looked very red, like blushing. which was even more rare!
he cleared his throat, letting go of her wrist, brushing his hand against hers for a moment “.. i was thinking.. we could maybe go out- or like- hang out sometime? like.. like on a picnic or whatever.. its been a while since weve been on one..” he asked, trying to seem non chalant, not looking at her, his hand behind his neck. amy looked at him, now blushing too slightly. she brushed a hair behind her ear (or where a ear would be on a human head) “..yeah. it has been a while..” she murmured, taking a step closer to sonic. sonic nodded. then they heard a voice in the distance “yo sonic!! you were right! they do have candy here! come ‘ere before we eat all of them!” knuckles shouted from across the yard. him and tails were both standing next a snack stand, shovelling candy into their mouth while people around looked judgingly. sonic smiled slightly at them. “..ill be right there” he yelled back. he then looked back at amy, clearing his throat “..soo.. does tomorrow work for you?” he asked, his hand behind his neck. amy nodded “yeah, it does.” she smiled, stepping slightly closer. sonic smiled back, and paused for a bit. and seemingly in a burst of confidence, he got even closer to amy, very gently taking her chin with her hand, lifting it up, his face getting slightly closer to hers. amy gasped, blushing like crazy. “..sonic?..!” she squeaked out.
and before you know it, his lips gently pressed against hers. the moment seemed go on for ages. her lips were soft, way softer, than sonic had imagined, which he had imagined much more times than youd think, and much nicer than any other girl he had kissed (which wasnt a lot of them, but you knoww..).
sonic pulled away, softly letting go of her chin, blushing like crazy though his face tried to remain non chalant. “..another thing for you to check of on your list..” he said softly, smiling slightly, and quickly bolted away, to where tails and knuckles was. amy stood frozen. her hand carefully touched her lips, the same ones sonic kissed - she felt crazy to even think that happened.. but, to her suprise, it did. she slowly turned around and started walking, but she also took out her notepad
she carefully crossed off that final resolution, grinning to herself.
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