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Knothole is gorgeous today. There's honestly no other way to put it. Citizens are out and about, working in their gardens, playing with their children, or simply basking in the glow of the warm sun. So why is Amy Rose not enjoying herself to such a harmonious degree? Because when you're trying to win the heart of the handsomest hedgehog in town, you've got no time to waste!

She's walking without looking where she's going, as she's reading the same set of pages over and over again. Those passing by her might see that they're music sheets. Sonic played the guitar, so perhaps if she followed up with some instrumental talent of her own, they might wind up making beautiful music together! Unfortunately, her last few attempts - flute, violin, drums - had not worked out so well - finger got stuck, snapped the string, and royally angered the neighbors.

There was still the 'singing' option, yet it felt like she would just be copying Mina Mongoose. And no one's voice in Knothole could compare to Mina! She grumbled, sticking out her upper lip in frustration as she looked the notes over again. Why was true love so hard?

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Sonic arched an eyebrow. What was all the gratitude for? It wasn't like he was outright giving it to her or anything. "It's no big. I'll want it back after we're done here, so take it easy."

He clapped his hands together, raising himself on his tip-toes midsentence for emphasis. "All right! First things first! You wanna play that thing, you've gotta tune it." Sonic tapped the top of the guitar with his finger. "These l'il knobs there at the top are what you use to do that. Each knob is gonna tune a string. So try playin' the string first, messin' with the knob, and then seein' how it sounds after."

He'd adjusted the pegs at the top of the guitar to make sure it would certainly be out of tune.

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Amy bit on her lower lip as she dutifully paid attention. She'd find a way to insert the romantic part of the forbidden love between student and teacher somewhere along the lesson, just not now. He'd want her to pay attention. "Okay, so... string, knob, string... until it sounds just perfect." How hard could that be?

She slowly shifted around, making sure she wouldn't drop the 'delicate' instrument as she started experimenting. She gently plucked one string - almost wincing at how bad it came out - and just as gently began to turn a knob. Ever precision was carefully slow, as to not damage anything.

"Yeah! You got it." Even if the comment came with a nod of approval, Sonic made a face. How she was holding the guitar wasn't really the best way to go about playing it. Ugh, maybe he should've mentioned that first?

Planning ahead; This was why teaching wasn't his forte.

"Hold up for a sec." The hedgehog bolted off in his signature blur of blue and returned seconds later with a blue guitar strap. "Here we go! This'll help so you don't have to worry 'bout holding it or dropping it. Should make it easier to play too. " There were clips at the top and the bottom of the instrument to attach it to. Sonic took the liberty of attaching it with a couple swift snaps.

She made an "Oh!"-like squeak as Sonic suddenly adjusted and attached the guitar to her, only sad that his hands on her - well, near her - didn't stay longer. Ah well, at least she didn't worry so much! Amy smiled as the guitar hung off her, feeling a bit more secure about it.

"That's much better." She agreed, now plucking and twisting with confidence. "For a moment there, I thought I'd break it... That'd be the worst! But don't you worry... I'm going to treat this like I would my own child." Hint hint. "Pluck... and twist... pluck..."

Like her what now? "Rrriiight." He shifted his eyes elsewhere. Since she was occupied with lesson numero uno, guess he'd leave her to it. "Tuning is gonna take a while to get used to, so that should keep you busy for a couple days! Then? We can go to lesson two." There wasn't much else to instruct on while she was busy tuning by herself.

Sonic plopped down at the base of the tree he'd perched by earlier and laced his fingers behind his head. Maybe he'd try kicking back and taking a snooze in the meantime since he'd went and loaned off the only thing that was keeping him occupied. He yawned.

Man, Why wasn't there some kind of adventuring to do in the city?

"Days?!" Oh come on, this couldn't be that hard!Was he trying to get out of teaching her? Amy eyed him suspiciously, and then decided if she was going to dedicate herself to this plan, nothing would stop her. "Okay... Okay! If it takes days, then it'll take days, and I'll master this thing in no time!"

She then plopped herself right next to him, continuing to pluck and twist to her heart's content. "So Sonic." She quickly followed up, knowing those 'naptime eyes'. "Who taught you how to play?"

Sonic's ear bent backwards against his head. If she was going to sit there and continually play sour notes then napping was sure out of the question.

"Me? I taught myself just by playin' around on my own time." Sonic reached over, and cooly twisted on of the knobs on the guitar back into it's perfect placement. At least that way the note she kept playing would be in tune.

"There's no way to practice with a teacher when you're out savin' the world and bustin' up robots." He shrugged, "Besides. I'm not exactly the 'sit in the classroom and take lessons' type."

Oh well, now it sounded much better! Now she only plucked, and tried each string, trying to see what kind of notes they made. It was actually fun, and she smiled to hear the differences. Amy lifted her eyes up at him once he had finished adjusting the knobs.

"I think that's pretty cool." Amy replied once he was finished, continuing to smile and admire him. "I mean, not everyone can just know how to play. And... that must have took some patience." She couldn't help herself, chuckling again. "You have to admit, you and patience aren't exactly best friends.'

That was certainly a fact; patience was not Sonic's forte at all and he never expected it to be. He playfully made an over-dramatic face as if he'd eaten something truly awful. "Ugh, Patience. Why'd you have to bring that up." A mere second later he gave her a smirk. "It's just somethin' I did on my down time. No big deal."

Chuckles turned into giggles. Her plucking continued, but it was nice to have a casual conversation like this. It was relaxing, in its own way. She liked learning about him, and just talking to him one on one was always bound to be interesting. Romance aside, he was a fun and charismatic guy. "I think you have a lot more patience than you think you do. besides, isn't it nice to even have down time? When you can just sit, and talk, and relax? And someday, we'll have even more time to relax!"

Sonic groaned in frustration. "Relax? No way! The last thing I wanna do is relax. I wanna get out and have some adventure, explore and have some fun. Not be stuck hanging around the city like this." He motioned arbitrarily out to the city. When one was able to move as fast as he could, large spaces could get small really quickly. Especially cities the size of Knothole. "This is just.. boring."

"It can't be that boring." He had her, after all! "And there's always plenty to do here. You've got friends to hang out with. Besides, if you were really that bored, you wouldn't be here, you'd be out looking for trouble."

... Suddenly she realized she'd just invited temptation. Amy quickly began plucking all the faster, as if to drown out her previous statement. "Not that you should... I mean... Knothole is so much more fun when you're around!"

Sonic cocked an eyebrow.

If he wanted to be out of the city, he'd be gone fast than she could blink an eye. Sonic was notorious for making his own brand of entertainment, but he was supposed to be watching out for the city while the other Freedom Fighters were off doing other tasks. Without him to watch the city then who knew what Eggman would pull.

But he couldn't help but smile as Amy provided him with a possible out. If he could get her to keep an eye out then he could find something else to do outside the city! The hedgehog perked right up at her words, "Now that you mention it, how 'bout you give me a hand with a top secret Freedom Fighter mission?"

She stopped plucking. A top secret mission? There was a hint of suspicion in the back of her head, but it was ultimately drowned by HE TRUSTS ME! Amy's knees snapped together as she knelt, her eyes sparkling and hands tripping together. Oh, he really did trust her!

"I'd love to!" She squealed, wondering what kind of plan this was. "I get it now... you were just waiting around until you found the right partner, huh?" Oh, her clever boy. Maybe they'd fight some robots, and go undercover, and in the end he'd save her and remark what an amazing fighter she was, cue sunset and romance.

The hedgehog glanced off towards the outskirts of the city. Sweet! Now he could run around out there, do some exploring of the forest and take a run through the trees, maybe visit the water or something. "Yeah, sure." Sonic agreed dismissively without actually comprehend what it was that he was agreeing to. He was more concerned with being able to get out of the city and being able to run around than listening.

"All you gotta do is keep an eye out and let me know if you see robots or anything weird." Sonic stood up and nodded to the nearby forest, "I'm gonna check outside the city."

"Sure, I can do that!" She nodded. It was simple enough, anyone could do it. Maybe she could even keep practicing while he ran away...

Wait a minute.

She narrowed her eyes, sensing she was about to get tossed aside like old trash. "Sonic, is this a solo mission...?"

"Of course it's a solo mission." Sonic turned to head off to the forest. "I'll see ya later, Ames! Gotta go do that patrol thing!"

Oh, he was a dead man.

"SOOOONIIIC!"

She stood up to give him a good whallop - but totally forgot she was wearing the guitar. She yelped as the weight yanked her backwards, sending her to the ground. If he wanted to get away - with his skull intact - now would be a good time.

In no time at all there was nothing but a trail of dust where Sonic had been previously standing. He certainly wasn't about to wait around for her to change her mind or say no; he knew better than that.

Besides, there was too much exploring to do!

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