𝚅𝙸𝚃𝙰𝙻

…

Wait, did I actually set up a date with some chick I don’t know? That doesn’t sound like me …

… But if I did set one up and forgot, that might piss her off. Not that I’d care, but … milkshakes tho’ …

He stares at her for a couple moments longer.

“ Sure. But only if you’re buying. ” 

                 words can’t describe the burning feelings of regret  &&.  resentment she feels upon seeing sonic variant ,  of opposing history but of similar aptitude .   he’s made something of himself ,  clearly showing significant growth ,  whereas she took to neutrality  &&.  putting up wall after wall since she had dated her own big blue .   cheeks flare with hatred  &&.  heat at the sight of arrow ,  though no words decide to defile the moment when emotions peak .

                 years of pain at stake for a simple first introduction for someone who probably doesn’t even KNOW who she is .   fists ball  &&.  tremble at her sides ,  the vulpine counting the seconds it takes to steady her breathing .   one two ,  one .   .   .   two .   finally coming to her senses ,  she lets arms fold over chest ,  blocking off further emotional turmoil from conceding so early .                  let him explain himself first .

𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎    𝚠𝚊𝚜    𝚗𝚘   𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐    𝚋𝚢    𝚒𝚗   𝚠𝚊𝚛,    𝚒𝚗    𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎.   rules    of    honor   long    since    abandoned   remained    seared    into   his    mind,    something   from    a    past   life    it    seemed,   that    earns    him   the    scorn    that   spikes    within    the   phantom    ruby.    to   do    his    will,   to    read    it   and    carry    it   out    seamlessly,    it   was    as    though   they    were    connected   entities.    yet    a    stinging    sort   of    loneliness    is   brisk    and    cold,   bites    at    the   edges    of    him   as    he    looms   ever    closer    to   the    inevitable.    something   howling    in    him   that    bays    for   things    he    can’t   comprehend,    nor    articulate.    a    craving    which   is    only    sated   by    carrying    out   the    will    of   the    one    rule   his    clan    that   he    could    agree   with    :     𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢   𝚝𝚑𝚎    𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐    𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕   𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎.    and    when   you    have    lost   everything,    there    was   nothing    more    that   could    be    burned   away.    nothing    more   than    to    find,    than    the    pieces    of   yourself    left    in   the    ashes.     ‘  𝚊    𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕    𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐   𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 ‘        —    but   it    tugs    upon   him,    lowering    himself   e’er    so    slightly   as    he    floats,   weightless.    she    reminds   him    of    an   old    life,    a    squad    disgraced   by    his    ill   guidance.    perhaps    that   is    what    warrants   his    rather    stark   contrast    and    near   “ 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚕 ”    behavior.

❛     𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜.   you    do    not   struggle    against    your   fate,    nor    cower   before    me    like   the    others    .  .  .    tell    me,   𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝    𝚒𝚜    𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛   𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 ?   ❜

                 it all starts with a name ,  doesn’t it .   an identifiable source ,  a place of power to draw identity from .   tired eyes never waver from the warlord’s masked visage ,  hand moving to calmly ploy a coyness under chin with a snicker .   oh this is rich ,  he’s having qualms with how she carries her esteem ?   fiona lets her stance widen in a charming shift of weight ,  not preparing for battle but to presumably offer a vexing connotation that she dares stand to his level in a premature oddity of respect .                                 ❛      FIONA FOX  ;      i’m from this dimension ,  though i’m known to travel between the zones from time to time .   heard a commotion started up in prime not too long ago ,  came back home to find a war on the loose .   guess i found the culprit  &&.  the answers i sought ,  huh .   funny how the world works .      ❜

                                ❛      you wouldn’t happen to know if that blue boy’s still alive ,  would you ?   been a long time since i kicked his tail back into admitting he’s done wrong .      ❜                  from their time as a couple ,  oh she remembered him fondly .   a smiling hero hellbent on changing the future ,  something that sickened her to facilitate with to this day .   how could someone be so reckless  &&.  headstrong to think just one person could lead a whole resistance against the foreseeable gloom of reality ?   grin  &&.  bear it had never been her strong suit either ,  it’s no wonder they didn’t work out .

  ❝ go back to bed. ❞

                 darkness was all either ever knew ,  neither one looking for an out or a way to heal .   both jackal  &&.  vixen chose to embrace their scarred path ,  of darkness  &&.  pain that allowed them to persist through their strongest battles .   gloves brush off spattered blood from fallen soldiers of resistance having crumbled around her ,  the neutral party ghosting up onto boots that barely lift her off her rump before the world churns  &&.  lurches with a pounding headache .

                 she must’ve collided with a spare voxel ,  spiraling her to the ruby’s whim ,  its wielder no doubt closing in on the remaining stand regardless of her position on this war .   fighting wasn’t an option ,  fiona knew when her odds were outweighed .   sweat beads upon furred brow ,  tail swishing off to her side as she tries to allow eyes to adjust to the rubble  &&.  fading light in altered mind state .

     it wasn’t like the hedgehog was complaining about the kiss – he always welcomed a SMOOCH or two. but, you know – when it comes outta nowhere, it was easy to be caught off-guard. still, he was one to QUICKLY recover. 

     hands are placed on the fox’s waist as the kiss breaks. a small laugh, ❝ miss me that much, huh, babe ? don’t worry, i ain’t goin’ anywhere. ❞ he looks so punchable, i would punch him.

                 the loving touch to hips riles the fox into an adoring swoon that leans her into his front ,  arms swinging around to wrap the back of his neck .   kisses pepper his muzzle as thank you for his attention ,  something his lover absolutely worshipped to receive from him .   oh ,  the devilish deeds she’d do to him .

       ❝ as far as i’m concerned, i’ve never been a hero. just a regular guy. ❞

        ❝ look, i know i’m JUST AS HANDSOME as the guy – but i’m not sonic, okay ? so whatever grudge you got – it’s with him, not me. ❞

❝ YIKES. sounds like a real keeper. no one’s every mentioned anything like that before. ❞

                 a finger tap ,  dashing ash from her cigarette’s end .   a little heart ring blown from lips towards the hedgehog stood not too far from her .

                                ❛      yeah .      ❜

   ❝ been hearin’ a lot of COOL things about this guy ! would love to meet him one day. ❞

“Heh, imagine being a movie star. I could never.”