~Flashback memory, One year ago~

-February 14th-

I took in a deep breath and sighed before looking at the gift that I got for Sonic.

The hedgehog I've had a small crush on for a little bit.

And, as for the gift I got him for this special day, I got him a box of chocolates with a thornless red rose.

My plan was to sneak into his room and leave it sitting on the bed for him as a surprise, then hide in the closet to see how he'd feel about my gift.

As soon as I saw Sonic leave his room, that was my cue to quickly sneak in and leave his gift in there.

At first, everything was going smoothly and well as I planned...Right?

Wrong.

As soon as I came in, Shadow was in there reading a book, not paying attention to me until Sonic came in and saw me.

"Ryobo? What are you doing here?" Sonic asked me.

I internally gasped in fear after seeing him.

I could only stand still, frozen and confused about what I should do, until Sonic noticed the box of chocolates and the thornless red rose that I got for him.

"Is that for me?" He asked.

I quickly nodded as I started to blush a little in embarrassment, before giving it to him.

After I gave him my gift, I just continued standing there, patiently waiting for his response, as Sonic noticed the post-it note and read it.

Then Sonic smiled sadly all of a sudden after he read the note.

And judging by that sad smile, I knew it wasn't a good thing.

"I'm sorry, Ryobo..." He says before returning the note to me. "But, I already got my gift from Shadow. I really appreciate that and your kindness, however."

Feeling my heart suddenly shatter, after Sonic literally said that to me, I had tears threatening to appear in my eyes and fall to the sides of my face.

Fighting and holding my tears back, I nodded to Sonic in understanding as I said "That's okay...I kinda figured you and Shadow would be a good couple anyways." before congratulating and giving him a fake smile.

"I'll see you later...I guess." I said before heading out of the bedroom with the two gifts still in my hands.

Once Sonic closed the door behind for me, I started to walk 8 feet away from the bedroom until I took off running, with tears flying away from my eyes and made it to my bedroom.

Entering in and slamming the door behind me, I tossed the box of chocolates and the thornless rose on my bed, before I slid down to the floor in sitting position.

With my back resting against the door, I pulled my knees close to my chest and hugged them tightly, until I buried my face into them and started crying for hours.

For the rest of my Valentine's Day, I had stayed isolated in my bedroom, still really upset about what happened with me and Sonic.

And within just a few minutes later, on top of that, the Valentine's Day party started downstairs.

During the party, I heard Silver and Blaze come over to the door, asking me if everything was alright, mentioning that I'm missing out the fun as well.

"Go away..." I replied tearfully. "...I don't wanna go downstairs, party, and look at Sonic again."

For a few seconds, there was silence until I heard a sigh from Silver.

"Alright, I'll leave ya some cake and a few other snacks here, in case you want something to eat." I heard him say before setting something down outside.

Then they left.

For a while, I didn't move from my spot until I heard my stomach growl a little bit in hunger.

Sighing, I got up to my feet and opened the bedroom door, picking up the food, drinks, and small gifts that Silver and Blaze left behind for me.

Seeing that there's a few envelopes left behind and addressed to me, I picked them up and took them inside my bedroom as well before closing the door and setting them down on my bed.

The two gifts that I had gotten for Sonic, were already long gone, hours ago.

I had already ate the entire box of chocolates and helplessly plucked every single petal off of the rose when I was still in tears.

The only thing left of the rose was the stem and leaves, which I threw away along with the empty box of chocolates, in the garbage can.

Sitting on the bed with my back resting on the pillow, I picked up the first envelope and opened it, seeing it was a letter, before I started reading it.
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"Dear Ryobo,

Silver and I heard about what happened between you and Sonic, earlier, before the party started.

When we did, we were completely shocked and had no words to say about that once we also learned that Sonic had also turned down your gifts that you were willing to give him.

Understanding how upset and sad you were about this, Silver and I left you alone and I wrote this letter instead.

I'm really sorry about what happened and I hope things will get better for you.

Who knows? Maybe you'll actually find someone very special and who will actually become your TRUE soulmate, during the year later on...

Anyways, I hope you'll cheer up and feel better soon.

Stay strong, Ryobo.

Me and Silver know you can do this and pull through.

Signed, Blaze

P.S. Me, Silver, Tails, Cream, Knuckles, Vector, and Itachi are worried sick about you.

It's best to leave your room eventually or everyone's gonna think that you committed suicide on yourself."
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After reading the letter from Blaze, I sighed before setting it on the table and picking up the next letter.

While I was reading the letters from my friends, and eating my food at the same time, I looked over at the gifts they left behind for me, before I smiled a tiny bit.

Once I was done reading all the letters, I picked up one of the gifts and chuckled a little, seeing that it's a cute plush doll of me.

Whoever made that plush doll of myself really well is talented at it, because they didn't miss anything or got any single feature of me wrong.

Even the lensless glasses, they made for my plush doll self, was well detailed too.

The size of it, however, is the same size as the Tails doll that Cream has in her bedroom.

Chuckling again, I pulled it into a hug, finding it adorable as I heard a small squeak from it.

After giving it a hug, I setted the plush doll down on the bed as I looked over at the other gifts before seeing what else I was given.

Few minutes later, I started to feel better before I decided to leave the bedroom.

Sighing, I wiped any tears that still remained in my eyes before going to the bathroom to clean my face off.

After I was done, I sighed again before heading over to the bedroom door and opening it, before leaving to see the others.

~End of Flashback Memory~