Strong Bond Souls // Knuckles x Oc [COMPLETED]

Chapter 18: Forever Yours

Some time later, Sonic, Tris, Tails, Knuckles, Tom, Maddie and Ozzie are at Green Hills' baseball field, trying to have some fun with a baseball game.

Knuckles has trouble understanding the purpose of the game as he gazed at the bat he was carrying, "Um, I don't understand. Why am I angry at this ball again?"

Tris giggled with reaction. Sonic groaned, rolling his eyes. "I can't with this guy!" He complained when Knuckles was encouraged by Tom and Maddie to just have fun, Knuckles tried it out.

When the time comes to hit the baseball however, Knuckles hits it with a power-bump instead of his bat, sending it flying through the score board.

"Ha! Victory is mine!" He shouted as he jubilantly ran around the baseball field.

"Hey, no fair! That shouldn't count!" Tails wailed in complaints.

With their only ball gone now, Maddie suggests they go for ice cream, which everyone is in on.

"I am having the fun! What is ice cream?" Knuckles asked curiously.

Meanwhile, Tom and Maddie are happy on behalf of Sonic, who has found his own squad to grow up with. As Tom congratulated Sonic and Tris for their newfound friends, Sonic admitted they have found way more than that, acknowledging Tom as their dad along the way.

"Ah, my victory carriage!" Knuckle said excitedly as he leaped towards the truck. As the group proceeded to drive away in the truck, they almost leave the Master Emerald behind in the cooler until Sonic came back for it.

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After they have their ice cream, they headed back home until the night comes. Tris sighed at the thought and got up from her bed and went outside. She looked up at the crescent moon that was up in the sky. The moonlight brightens the entire yard in front of her. She stepped off the porch and put on her sandals. She walked over to the nearby pond and crossed her arms in front of her chest. She began to wonder if Knuckles still remembered her from their childhood.

When she got back to the house, she suddenly saw a bracelet laying next to her bed. Her eyes widened as she checked and stared at it. She recognized it as a friendship bracelet, the one Tris has gave it to him a long time ago.

"Shouldn't you be in bed?" A familiar voice asked. Tris turned around at the voice and saw Knuckles standing not too far from her.

"Sorry, I couldn't sleep," Tris admitted shyly, scratching the back of her head.

"Something on your mind?" Knuckles asked, coming to her side. Tris rubbed her arms and sighed.

"Knuckles... Do you still remember back then? Even a friendship bracelet I have given to you a long time ago?" Tris asked.

Knuckles chuckled as he began to smirk. "How could I forget about you? After everything, we have been through? I would never forget about you."

"But you sound like you forgotten about me since the day we meet again." Tris said pointing it out.

"And I have finally remembered you since you told me way back to the mountain and the friendship bracelet that you have given to me when I have saved you. Tris, since the two of us have amnesia, I have forgotten about out friendship since my tribe was gone and me traveling around the world to find you." Knuckles replied.

Tris chuckled, blushing softly. "I'm guessing you haven't forgotten about me. You still cared about me as well." She said, "So I was going to ask you something."

"Hm?"

"Why did you give the friendship bracelet back?" Tris asked.

He sighed. "To make sure if you remember."

"Knuckles..."

"Tris, since I asked you if you ever remember me, I was afraid you'll forget about me. I didn't want you to--" When Knuckles tried to finish his sentence, his eyes widened when he felt lips are being touched. He was being kissed by Tris!

After a kiss, the two gazed each other without hesitation. Tris began speaking to him, "Knux... ever since we were childhood friends, I will never forget about you. Even though when we were lovers, I would never forget about you."

Knuckles began to blush. "T-Tris... I think... I think I'm in love with you...!"

With Tris giggling, Knuckles couldn't help but reach out and placed his hand on her left cheek with his thumb caressing her cheek. Tris felt her cheeks turn red at his touch. It was consoling as he brushed his thumb back and forth on her cheek. Then he placed his other hand on her right cheek. Then he leaned forward and kissed her lips. Tris closed her eyes as his lips consumed hers under the night of the crescent moon. After another kiss, they gazed at each other again.

"I'm glad I found you." Knuckles whispered.

Tris smiled, blushing. "I'm guessing we both ruined our friendship..."

"Yeah..." He said awkwardly. Then they began to laid on the bed and cuddle each other up as they continued to stare each others' gazes. He pulled her closer and placed his lips against hers. Tris felt like she was on fireworks as Knuckles held her close while kissing her.

"I love you, Knucklehead." Tris confessed.

Knuckles smiled at her. "I love you, Tris."

The End