PoV: Vanilla

"Sonic!" Tails hugged Sonic as they returned.

  Sonic was unharmed, and he seemed a bit more cheerful than he recently had been. I saw him crack a smile for the first time in weeks. I made him a cucumber sandwich, which I cut into bite size pieces, to feed him.

"You weren't hurt, right?" Amy asked as I place his first bite of sandwich in his hand.

"No, I'm fine. Don't worry about me," his aim was off and the sandwich hit his cheek rather than his lips.

"You got cream cheese on your face," Amy wiped it off for him, "Sonic, I want to take you shopping with me tomorrow."

"Amy you know he won't be able to tell you which outfit looks better right?" Knuckles comment, though it was a bit rude even I knew that girl only wanted attention from boys.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Amy growled, it was clear she hadn't fully accepted that fact that Sonic couldn't give her the same attention she wanted. He couldn't gaze lovingly into her eyes or tell her she looked nice. He couldn't compliment on her looks because he simply didn't know how she looked any more.

"Amy, you need to be thoughtful. Knuckles isn't insulting you," I corrected her interpretation of his previous comment and she calmed down.

  She didn't reply, instead, she rose from her seat, thanked me for the tea, and left.

"Amy!" Tails went running after her, "I'll be right back Sonic."

"Don't worry about them Sonic," Sticks placed a hand on Sonic's knee, "They'll be back."

  I watched as Sonic held his hand out for Harley. There was something that worried me about this. Tails and the others had been visiting less recently, Sonic was spending most of his time alone with me. I knew they had to continue being heros... I just didn't want them to abandon Sonic in the process.
                                                                        
                                                                        
PoV: Sonic

"Harley... do you think the others are bored with me?" I asked as we sat outside, I recognized the feeling of grass against my legs and the warmth of the sun against my fur.

  Harley only moved into my arms and licked my face.

"I just hope they stay safe..." I sighed, "especially if Eggman moves his base."

"Sonic," I heard Sticks's voice, "The other guys are crazy. Amy was probably hypnotized by the inventors of shopping," she placed her hand in mine so I could be sure she was there.

  I lightly chuckled at her comment, "What's the other option?"

"She controls the stock market by mind controlling stores into selling things girls like to hide alien communication devices in everyone's homes," she replied.

"Hey Sticks, are the others bored of me?" I asked.

"They don't talk to me about all that mushy stuff. I don't know why they don't, they just don't," she replied.

"Yeah, I don't really talk about my feelings to anyone," I squeezed her hand a bit, "Its just... it's been different lately. Really different. I'm not even sure if I'm the same person."

"You're an alien imposter!" She shouted, "Where's Sonic!"

"No, that's not what I ment," I heard her scream fade, she had left, "Harley, remind me never to talk about my feelings with anyone but you," I laid back in the slightly itchy grass and I felt pressure on my side, the fur indicating the Harley had laid besides me.

"We'll get use to this," I ran my fingers through Harley's fur, "I know we will. It'll be just the two of us in the end."

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