Lets jump right into it! I recommend reading the latest Sonic IDW Comics before reading this.

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It's been a while.

   Amy thought for a second how lucky she was. Finally, she had time for herself. The sunlight on her skin felt refreshing, the wind was softly brushing her hair and the tweets of the birds made a beautiful melody. How long has it been ever since she felt this alive?
   Sonic and the rookie had finally defeated Infinite and Eggman. However, the world was vastly destroyed and repairments were needed. Sonic left for that same reason, there were still villagers trying to fight Eggman's robot and there was nothing she could do to stop him.

And that was ok.

   Although Sonic leaving her again wasn't her favorite idea, she still had to accept his free spirit. She loved that about him and didn't want to change a thing. However, when everyone thought Sonic had died, something about her awakened. At first, she thought that she would be devastated but that wasn't the case. She was going to make sure to protect the world Sonic died for.

And she was glad she did.

   Looking up to the clear sky, the smell of fresh grass and the beautiful landscape, everything was worth it. At the moment she didn't care what was happening outside the world. Only her and the nature surrounding her, trying to take in as much as she could thinking that after this, she may not have another opportunity. And then...

BUMP

"What the-"

   Amy looked up again, trying to see who did she bumped to this time. Her eyes tried to adjust but the light was too bright to recognized the figure in front of her.

"Surprising to see you around here, pink one," Shadow said as he offered Amy a hand.

"Shadow?" Amy took his hand still wondering why was Shadow off all hedgehogs doing here.

"Affirmative," Shadow said as he helped Amy up, he noticed how softly she tried to clean her dress from the dust of the road. Shadow was aware that Amy was trying to look at the back side of her dress to make sure it was clean. He had to admit that she looked cute, kinda like a puppy trying to bite its own tail.  Amy stopped for a moment and realized she was making herself look stupid in front of Shadow, and right now it wasn't the moment to be doing so.

"Anyways, why are you here? Last time I saw you, you disappeared with Rouge a few days ago after Sonic left the Resistance HQ ... Where is she actually?" Amy said trying to change the topic and fast.

"Yes, we ran into Sonic in a nearby village, we talked for a bit after that. Sonic told us how he met with Knuckles and Rouge decided to go after him." Shadow gave Amy a small explanation. He didn't want to say that he actually got into a fight with Sonic on whether Eggman was lying about losing his memories or not. Knowing her, Amy would probably be mad at him for even trying to punch her 'blue boyfriend'.

"Yeah, he told me that you guys fought over whether Eggman or not is lying about his situation."

   Shadow seemed to have underestimated her.

"I completely agree with you Shadow ... We aren't certain if Eggman might recover his memory or if he has them and he is just pretending to be a good guy now," Amy added.

"I thought you will take your 'boyfriend's' side," Shadow said in a monotone voice. Without noticing they both started walking alongside the road, each other side by side with no destination to reach what-so ever.

"Sonic's side? No of course not, I don't agree with a lot of the things he does but I can't control him and besides, I have a lot of trust in him," Amy looked at the grass and flowers next to her once again appreciating the beauty of it.

"Trust?" Shadow questioned her.

"I trust that he will take the best decision for all of us ... and you Shadow? What's your plan as up to right now?" Amy smiled at him and at this time he honestly had no answer for that.

"I don't really know," Shadow admitted and Amy stood up on her tracks. This is the first time she heard Shadow say that 'he didn't know.' Whether he was wrong or right, he always had a path he was determined to take.

"You are feeling lost?"

"Somewhat ... during the war with Eggman, I was traveling around helping and protecting cities, but now that the war is over and Eggman has no intentions of being evil ... I really don't know."

"What if you come with me?"

"What?" Shadow questioned and felt how Amy happily held his hand.

"Yes, right now we are trying to investigate the reason why the latest attacks seemed to be more organized than before and Sonic believes he got a hint behind this mystery ... Knuckles, Tails and I are on our ways to meet up with Sonic ... you could be a great help!" Amy was more than open to letting Shadow in on their mission and she was sure that the rest wouldn't mind either.

"I don't know about that ..." For some reason, Shadow felt shy about having Amy holding his hand so excitedly. He looked the other way around and Amy turned her head in order to make Shadow look at her in the eyes.

"Come on, it will be fun! I rarely see you, and meeting you here out of all places, it must be destiny ... which reminds me ... How come did we bump into each other? I know was distracted, but you?" Amy fixed her position noticing that Shadow was acting strange. Maybe her actions were making him uncomfortable, she slowly let go of Shadow's hand.

"I was distracted as well," Shadow finally said.

"Really? What were you thinking?"

"I was thinking: What is that ugly pink ball that I see from afar?" Shadow said as he suddenly hit Amy's forehead with his middle finger. He didn't want Amy to know that he was actually so invested in the beauty of spring that he actually bumped into her by accident. He didn't want to show her his soft side.

"You know what, I take back what I said you can stay here for all I care!" Amy childishly showed her tongue to Shadow and although she was clearly mocking him, he found this cute and may be useful later on.

"You can't go back on your word, now put that tongue back," Shadow tried to sound dangerous but he had to admit that this pink hedgehog made him smile by her stupid actions.

"Maaaakeeee meeeee!"

   And Shadow did.

Amy didn't know what was going on at the moment and her expression was priceless. She could only focus on how Shadow's tongue was on hers and how he kept looking at her directly in the eyes.

"YOU CREEP!" Amy said screaming. She was having such a nice day only to be ruined by the hedgehog in front of her.

"You told me to put it back," Shadow defended himself. He knew the kind of territory he was going into and honestly he was enjoying it so far.

"NOT LITERALLY!"

"What's the matter? It's not like its prohibited or anything," Shadow began to walk on the path once again as he heard Amy following him from behind.

"YEAH, BUT I DIDN'T WANT MY FIRST KISS TO BE LIKE THIS!" Amy tried to stop him but Shadow turned around to face her once again.

"Your first kiss was in a beautiful place. A place where you can see the clear sky, where the leave's from the trees fall softly and where you can hear the birds sing...I thought a girl like you would like those kinds of things"

   Amy took a moment to realized that it was true. This place was perfect for a first kiss and it might even be destiny ... but even so ...

"But my first kiss was supposed to be with Sonic!"

"Yeah, and I gave you something better ... you kissed the Ultimate Life Form!" Shadow then stuck out his tongue, mocking her and Amy was sure that she was going to end up murdering him. She tried to play it cool and just go along with it.

"Just admit that you were fascinated by my beauty and got distracted, that's why you bumped into me"

"Yeah you are right," Shadow said plain and simple. Amy's plan on taking revenge on Shadow wasn't working as up to right now and she didn't know whether to feel honored or mad.

"Feeling funny today right, Shadow?"

"No, just being honest,"

   Amy had never felt this kind of heat going around her cheeks before. She was usually the one who was open about love. The one who confesses her love to Sonic all the time and the one who wasn't afraid to show her affection to everyone. But now, Shadow, was being so straightforward, just like her ... so why was she feeling this way?

"Hahahaha so funny Shadow, next thing you are going to say is that you like me, won't you? hahaha-"

"I do,"

   Amy felt a strong beat on her heart and she thought she was going to faint.

"Wha-ttt? You are joking, right?," Amy questioned one more time. He just sighed.

"No, I am not joking. Before I thought you were a childish little pink hedgehog. However, after the war with Eggman and Infinite, I came to realize that you are actually strong, independent and a good leader for everyone. You overcame Sonic's 'apparent' death and kept going forward although you were hurting in the inside... I really like that about you," Shadow walked towards Amy and this time it was him the one holding her hand.

"I ... I ... You are joking right?" Amy wanted to pretend that this wasn't happening.  Was Shadow admitting that he likes her? Like romantically? Or was he just admitting that he likes her as a friend? Shadow mentally facepalmed himself.

"No, Amy, I like you. I think everyone knows that but you. I wouldn't be surprised that you didn't noticed because you are always behind that blue hedgehog."

   Now that she thinks about it, even Silver had mentioned it before. Something about Shadow staring at her too much and Rouge saying something like "Shadow is off lately, probably because he is thinking about someone" while winking at her.

"And well, what's your answer?" Shadow got closer to Amy's face and she felt his breath getting closer and closer to her. She had to admit that his eyes were captivating and don't get her wrong, Shadow was a very attractive male. She remembers there was even a small fan club in the Resistance. Even males dare to enter and enjoyed writing letters and talk about him. After all, Shadow was known as a hero and even consider a legend among rookies.

"I-I ... GOTTA GO FAST!" Amy then took a run.
   She ran as fast as she could, she didn't know how to handle it. Was this how Sonic felt every time she confesses her love to him? Was that the reason he always run away from her? Because ... he was shy? She turned around just to find Shadow running behind her.
   Shadow knew that he could catch her whenever he wanted, but he was honestly having fun chasing her around. Looking at her blushing face while saying "EEEKKKK" and trying to run faster away from him was honestly amusing. He decided to keep it this way, teasing her, making her blush and having all of these different reactions made his heart race. After the long and exhausting war, chasing Amy under the spring light, going into a new journey with her, was really pleasing for him ...

and it's been a while ever since.

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A/N: I hope you enjoyed this! I haven't been working on any one-shot ff since I am currently working on completing my other stories, so writing this was really refreshing! I didn't notice I had this request from you and I apologized for not getting back to you sooner. But even so, I hope you like this! Thank you again for reading and supporting my work so far~