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Summary: Amy asks Tails about something that's been worrying her, and soon realizes she had no reason to worry at all.
[one-sided Sonic/Amy from Amy's side discussed]
Conventional wisdom said to never ask a question if you weren’t sure you wanted to hear the answer. Modern wisdom said to only ask a question if you were in a headspace where the answer couldn’t hurt you. Amy considered herself to be mindful of both of these pieces of wisdom (and of all wisdom, really), but as she gnawed a cut into her lip and worried the hem of her skirt between her fingers, she could feel herself teetering on the brink of throwing both pieces to the wind.
Not that it was entirely her fault, of course. She was wise, but enough time spent around her friends had done a lot to make her reckless, too. And wisdom often flew in the face of reckless behavior.
Of course, if she asked her friends, Amy was sure that they would say this wasn’t reckless. Not that they were the best judges of that; for all that he did a good job of making it look as though there was never a moment when his success wasn’t certain, Amy knew for a fact that Sonic thought of all his actions in the moment, and not a second before. But she wasn’t in an Eggman base fighting badniks, or in the middle of a burning forest with terrified civilians. She was seated on a stool in Tails’ workshop, spending the afternoon relaxing with him as he worked on his latest invention. He’d lowered the volume of his music when she’d dropped by, and had switched it from his punk rock to her preferred pop in the process. It was a relaxing, enjoyable afternoon; just two friends hanging out, nothing to be afraid of.
But she was—well, not afraid. She wasn’t afraid of what his answer would be, but she was nervous. She wished she had thought to do a fortune card reading before coming over.
But she hadn’t, because she hadn’t even known that this question would occur to her. She hadn’t thought that was her reason for dropping by; she just wanted to spend the afternoon with one of her best friends. But now that she was here the question was gnawing on her brain like a ricky with a vendetta against an acorn, and she knew she wasn’t going to be able to let it go.
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