Disclaimer: Sonic the Hedgehog doesn't belong to me.

Rating: T

Summary: A collection of one-shots featuring Sonic and Amy and their path to love and other adventures.

A/N: Hi, thanks for checking out my one-shots! I'm aware this has been done a few times for my favourite couple (and they're amazing too, go find them!) but this is the easiest way to keep any one-shot requests and ideas I have for them in one tidy place. So I hope you enjoy! This chapter was from a Kissing Fic Meme over on tumblr and requested by beeextraordinary123. Please go read her fics too, they're so, so incredible! Reviews are welcome. x


Love and Other Adventures

Messy Emotions

Sonic was pissed.

Not in the drunk sense, but in the even more rare angry kind of way. He's known for a lot of things on Mobius - an adventurous free spirit, funny, witty, a loyal friend, kicker of Eggman butt; just to name a few. But a hedgehog quick to anger towards the people he cares about rarely - if ever - could he be described as.

And yet, there he was as he stood before his friends, surrounded by the burnt out, smashed carcasses of robots. Fuming, steam coming out of his ridged ears, eyes blazing with intensity hot enough to rival the sun, body visibly shuddering from adrenaline and anger as he glared at the one person who had ignited that fury.

Amy Rose.

Everything else had dropped away from him, he didn't see the after-math of the battle with Eggman, he couldn't smell the charred earth beneath his feet or the slightly coppery aroma of blood that was trickling down his arm and into his glove. The summer sun beating down on his back went unfelt, Tails and Knuckles though next to Amy in his vision, went unseen by Sonic.

No, he only had blazing eyes of fury for Amy and she stared back as though she wasn't facing down one of the scariest things on Mobius - Sonic the Hedgehog beyond furious. A complete contrast to him, Amy's expression gave away nothing of what she was feeling. Her body showed no signs of the battle that had just taken place, save for a few dusty patches on her dress. Even her quills has slipped back into their usual position, barely ruffled by her own contribution to defeating Eggman.

She was more than aware Sonic was a little bit annoyed with her and that Tails and Knuckles were giving off waves of tension between the four of them too. But seriously, what did Sonic expect her to do? Stand by and watch him get squashed, yet again? She can jump in and save him just as easily as Tails or Knuckles can. Who is the one in the group with the hammer that sends chills of fear down any sane persons back? That's right, her. The right girl for the job when their hero has gotten himself into a little bit of a tight spot.

She felt rather than saw Tails and Knuckles take small hesitant steps towards Amy to protect her from Sonic's wrath, before taking small steps back when they realised she doesn't need their protection, especially from Sonic. No matter how mad he looked.

And boy, did he ever look pissed.

Amy rolled her eyes at the way Sonic clenched his fists to his sides, his tight reign of control over himself slipping a little bit more the longer the very uncomfortable silence stretched out between the four of them. Someone was going to snap soon, and Tails and Knuckles were reluctant to stick around to see which one would. Especially as neither of them could figure out why he was so mad. It's not as though Amy's not taken on a hoard of Eggman's bots to get Sonic out of a tight situation before.

But then, neither of them knew that Sonic's feelings for Amy he's managed to keep under such tight control all this time was starting to bust at the seams of his heart. It was becoming more and more difficult for him to not just randomly tell Amy how he felt, never seeming to find the right time, the right words or right amount of courage to do so.

Watching her take on Eggmans bots to save him wasn't the real problem. It was everything else, everything that is Amy that was causing this anger this time. Because she was getting him all tied up in knots and he didn't know what to do with it.

And seeing her roll her eyes at him as though his reaction was ridiculous was like someone taking the last chilli dog from his plate as he reached for it, his control just snapped!

"S'cuse us, guys." Sonic suddenly growled.

Before anyone could blink Sonic dashed towards Amy at a speed that could barely be met with the human eye as he scooped her up in her arms, holding her tight enough to cause a little bit of pain as he ran with a speed much quicker than he normally would with such precious cargo. But his emotions were all over the place now and he wasn't thinking straight, just like nearly every other time he's been around her recently. He was scared, excited, confused and angry. Whether that last emotion was aimed at himself or her though, was just making the confusion even worse.

Amy had no choice but to hold on for the ride. She couldn't do anymore than keep her eyes closed as she ducked her head into Sonic's neck and put her complete trust into him that he wouldn't make them crash as the g-force plastered her body to his, free movement completely gone from her. He's never run so fast holding her before and she finally started to realise that maybe this anger Sonic was riddled with, wasn't quite as ridiculous as she first thought.

Just when she thought she couldn't possibly take much more he stopped. Thankfully not in a way that caused her to hurtle across the meadow he'd stopped in. But in a way so gentle it belied how fast he was going and showed his skill of running at such high speeds.

Placing her back on her feet was a whole different story though as she wobbled on her shaky legs and pressed a hand to her mouth while her stomach settled. He paced back and forth without looking at her and once Amy had regained her composure she reached out for him.

"Sonic," she started, her hand slowly reaching out to touch his shaking arm. "What is this all about?"

Feeling her hand make contact with his arm, fur beating out a heat that could only be described as feverish, Sonic felt his body come to a sudden stop, rocking him on his feet. The feel of her small strong hand gently touch him yet again made something snap inside him. Ruled completely by his erratic emotions now, Sonic turned towards Amy, settled his shaking hands on her upper arms and pulled her to him.

Unlike back at the scene of the battle where his senses had been dulled due to his intense fury, everything was working now. It was all heightened, sharpened; he could smell Amy's natural, captivating scent over-power any of the remanants of battle on his fur and wildflowers surrounding them. His eyes saw the flicker of surprise in her worried gaze, his hands felt how small and delicate she was beneath his touch.

But not delicate enough to break, he knew with some pride.

And then he was feeling the warmth of her breath against his face before his hot tingling lips pressed against the soft caress of Amy's in a firm, powerful kiss. It wasn't romantic, there was no knee-jerking on either side or sigh of pleasure at finally, finally being kissed by the person they wanted to be kissed by the most.

No this kiss was all about showing Amy just how much she was affecting him because the words have just never been Sonic's strong point. His hands clutched her to him, his eyes squeezed shut as he poured everything he could into the one deep press of his lips to hers. Imploring her with his lips to just get it. To an outsider it could have been descibed as dominant, over-powering. But to the two experiencing it, they knew it was so much more than that.

Feeling the need for breath, Sonic pulled himself away from Amy and stepped back, his chest heaving as he stared at her, his eyes continining to tell her what his lips just had.

But that wasn't enough for Amy Rose.

"What," she rasped, her eyes blinking rapidly as she stared at Sonic before her. "What was that? You - you were - I mean it looked like - you just kissed me? I thought you were angry at me!"

"I am! I mean I was!" Sonic yelled back instinctively, his bark making Amy jump a little, but not out of fear, just surprise. Sonic on the other hand felt like tearing his quills out he was so confused by everything. "You, you confuse me! I've got all these, these feelings for you and I don't know what I'm supposed to do with them and then you just go and stand there looking all beautiful and windswept and I - I just dunno! I don't know, Ames!"

Of all the things Amy thought he'd say, that wasn't what she was expecting to hear.

But she wasn't complaining either.

"You really think I'm beautiful?" She smiled, her whole body brimming with happiness. That one word being one of the only things that registered during his half shouted, half rambled explanation to her. That and the 'feelings' comment, of course.

Sonic made a noise that was somewhere between a strangled cry and a growl of impatience. Realising this probably wasn't the time to wind him up as he looked plenty het up enough, Amy took a small unnoticed step towards him.

"Yes, OK? Yes I think you're beautiful and smart and strong and everything else. And it's driving me crazy! I mean, is it supposed to feel like this though? All - all messy and confusing and - "

Having had enough of watching Sonic look ready to crawl out of his own fur in confusion and agitation, Amy grabbed his face between her two small hands and firmly pressed her lips to his to shut him up. It worked and so much more as she felt his arms settle gently on her waist, giving in to the pressure of her kiss that mimicked his just moments before.

Pulling away to look into his eyes, Amy was pleased to see them filled with less panic and more pleasure, burning into hers with the same fiery intensity that his anger had.

"And I think kissing you helps." Sonic finally finished saying, before he gently captured her lips again.