me: i came up with this idea last nite and wrote it out...and was able to finish it today! ^.^

Knuckles: why are you so obsessed with the Master Emerald, Rouge?

Rouge: all the jewels and gems in the world are mine, meaning the Master Emerald is mine as well!

Knuckles: the Master Emerald ain't yours!

me: oh and i'm sorry if i accidentally misspelled Rouge's name... sumtimes i spell her name as "Rogue" instead of "Rouge"

Rouge: hey! i'm not a rogue!

me: -_-'l| i meant ur name!

Rouge: i know but i was just saying.

me: uh, okay...? anywayz, THIS IS FOR ALL OF U KNUCKLESXROUGE FANZ, INCLUDING ME! KNUCKLESXROUGE 4EVUR!

Knuckles: we know you're a fan of us being a couple but u'r making people wait just by reading what you're saying, u know!

me: oh you're right... sorry ppl.

Knuckles: aren't you forgetting something...?

me: like what?

Knuckles & Rouge: *rolls their eyes* THE DISCLAIMER!!!

me: oh crud, you're right! here's the disclaimer!

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA, ROUGE THE BAT, OR THE MASTER EMERALD!!!

me: this is a ONESHOT for KNUCKLESXROUGE! hope ya like it so go ahead and read! ^.^

Knuckles sat down on the stairs that led towards the Master Emerald. He sighed, knowing that he was already bored. The sun was setting, leaving a horizon of shades of red, orange, and yellow surrounding the setting sun.

Knuckles admitted that he was bored, but guarding the Master Emerald is a priority that he has to put first. After all, some people are after it.

He smirked at the first person he thought of that wanted to steal the Master Emerald.

“Rouge,” he muttered. He sighed and noticed that it was already to beginning to get dark. But to him, it didn’t matter. He still had to guard the Master Emerald, especially during at night, since that’s the most obvious time when someone will strike.

He sighed and muttered Rouge’s name once again.

“You called me?”

Knuckles looked to his left to find Rouge, smiling seductively.

Knuckles shook his head and looked away. “I was only saying your name. I wasn’t calling you or anything.”

Knuckles then got up and stood in front of the Master Emerald. He glared at Rouge.

“Oh, clever, Knuckie,” Rouge said sarcastically, giggling.

Knuckles glared at her. “What the…? What kind of a nickname is that?!”

Rouge giggled and walked towards Knuckles. She smiled at him and tried to touch the Master Emerald, but Knuckles stopped her, by holding her hand and shaking his head.

“You’re not gonna steal the Master Emerald, Rouge,” Knuckles said. “Just give up.”

“Oh really…?” Rouge said, leaning her face towards Knuckles. Knuckles felt his face turn red and tried to move away but part of his body said not to, so he stood still.

Knuckles nodded. “Yes, so just give up!”

“On what…?”

“W-What do ya mean…?” Knuckles said. Rouge continued leaning her face towards Knuckles. Knuckles, feeling his face turn hot red, immediately pushed Rouge away. He didn’t want to meet her face so he looked away.

Rouge sighed and looked at the ground. She looked back up at Knuckles to see if he wasn’t looking away anymore but he still was.

Rouge smiled and held onto his arm. Knuckles felt her touching his arm and looked at her. Knuckles’ purple eyes met with Rouge’s light blue eyes.

Knuckles looked at her in a way that he never felt before and felt like wanting to hug her or…maybe even more than just hugging. But he resisted the urge not to, since he knew that Rouge was probably there to try to steal the Master Emerald again.

“You know what I mean…” Rouge whispered seductively, making a heart sign on his chest with one finger. Knuckles felt his face turn red at this so he pulled away from her.

“I guess you’ll never feel the same way about me, huh…?” Rouge whispered low enough so Knuckles wouldn’t hear as she looked away.

“What did you say?” Knuckles asked. He didn’t hear what Rogue said, but he knew she said something. But his mind was still focused on why Rouge was acting more…flirty with him than usual.

“Nothing…”

Knuckles frowned when he noticed that Rouge looked slightly sad. “Rouge, don’t lie to me. You obviously said something.”

“I said that I didn’t say anything, Knuckles.”

Knuckles walked a step towards her. “You said something, Rouge. I didn’t hear what you said, but I know for sure you said something.”

Rouge backed a step away. “I said that I didn’t say anything. It was…just you hearing things.”

Knuckles frowned and walked towards Rouge. As he walked up a step, Rouge backed a step.

Rouge was gonna back another step and Knuckles saw that Rouge was gonna trip over the stairs. “Rouge, wait, don’t-”

It was too late. Rouge tripped. Knuckles grabbed a hold of her hand and hugged her tightly as they tumbled down the stairs. When they landed on the ground, Knuckles was on top of Rouge.

Knuckles felt his face turn red and saw that Rouge was blushing as well.

But neither looked away; Knuckles’ purple eyes met with Rouge’s light blue eyes once again. And once again, he had the same feeling he had earlier; the feeling where he wanted to hug Rouge…or maybe something even more.

After a couple of minutes, Knuckles noticed that he was on top of Rouge and got off. Knuckles sat next to Rouge as she sat up. He looked away, feeling embarrassed about being in a position like that with Rouge.

Rouge glanced at Knuckles and sighed. “Are you gonna be embarrassed over something as little as that?”

Knuckles looked at her. “No! B-Besides, you were the one that made us get into a position like that…”

“Oh…? But you’re the one that held my hand… Not to mention hug me as well.”

Knuckles felt his face turn bright red. “I…I thought…” He sighed. “Never mind about that… Are you hurt anywhere?”

Rouge looked at Knuckles in amazement.

“What…?” Knuckles asked.

“I never thought you’d care about me getting hurt,” Rouge said as she looked away. “That’s all.”

“Of course I care about you getting hurt, Rouge!”

Rouge looked at Knuckles. She felt like hugging Knuckles but she resisted the urge not to.

“Rouge…I don’t know…” Knuckle said, feeling his face turn red. “I…I just feel a bit weird around you sometimes…”

“You know, you sound like you’re confessing your love towards me,” Rouge said, smiling.

Knuckles blushed at this. He didn’t really have great experiences when it comes to girls while Rouge had great experiences when it comes to guys.

“S-Shut up,” Knuckles managed to say. “B-Besides, I didn’t want you to get hurt. That’s all…”

Rouge sat closer to Knuckles and laid her head against his shoulder, looking at the ground. Knuckles felt his face turn red and wanted to pull away from her, but part of him said not to so he stood still. After a couple of seconds, Knuckles relaxed and hoped that he wasn’t blushing anymore.

“R-Rouge…” Knuckles muttered.

“Yeah…?” Rouge asked. She felt like wanting to hug him so bad and bury her face into her chest but once again, she resisted the urge not to. She looked up and their eyes met again.

Knuckles couldn’t take it anymore. The urge to hug her or something even more overtook him, causing him to lean in and kiss her on the lips. Rouge didn’t pull away, though. She wrapped her arms around Knuckles’ neck as Knuckles wrapped his arms around her waist.

They both deepened the kiss and after a while, they pulled away to catch their breaths but it didn’t take long for them to resume.

When they finally pulled away again, their eyes met. Knuckles then pulled away from the hug first and surprisingly, he didn’t feel embarrassed.

Rouge then hugged him and buried her face into his chest, which was what she wanted to do earlier. Knuckles didn’t pull away; he hugged her back and looked at the sky.

Rouge laid her head on Knuckles’ chest and sighed.

“Rouge, can I ask you something?” Knuckles asked as he looked at Rouge with his arms still wrapped around her.

“Sure, go ahead,” Rouge said, looking at Knuckles.

“Will you…be my girlfriend…?” Knuckles muttered, already feeling embarrassed of just asking her.

“Um, what was that, Knuckles?” Rouge asked. She obviously heard him, but she wanted him to say it louder.

Knuckles realized instantly that Rouge actually wanted him to say it louder so he sighed. “Will you be my girlfriend?”

“Of course,” Rouge said. “You know I would.”

Knuckles nodded and hugged Rouge a bit tighter, his arms still wrapped around her waist.

Rouge buried her head in Knuckles’ chest, feeling happy.

After a couple seconds of silence between the two, Rouge looked at Knuckles. “Knuckles, can I ask you a question?”

“Sure,” Knuckles said, smiling.

“Can I have the Master Emerald as a birthday present?”

Knuckles chuckled and looked at her with a straight face. “No.”

“Aw, why not…?”

“Cause you can’t get everything you want.”

“Can I have it as an anniversary gift, then?”

“No.”

“What about for Christmas?”

“No.”

“What about-”

“You know, you’re starting to make me think that you’re just using me to get the Master Emerald.”

Rouge smiled. “Do you really think I am, Knuckles?”

Knuckles smiled and shook his head. “No, I don’t.”

Rouge smiled and kissed Knuckles on the cheek.

“Rouge…” Knuckles muttered after Rouge pulled away. Rouge looked at him and he kissed her on the lips. They didn’t deepen the kiss like the one they did earlier. It was just a regular kiss.

After a couple of minutes, Rouge pulled away and laid her head on Knuckles’ chest, looking at the sky.

Knuckles still had his arms wrapped around Rouge and he looked at the sky as well. Rouge then kissed Knuckles on the cheek again, causing him to blush a bit and Rouge to giggle.

“Knuckles, I love you, you know,” Rouge said, smiling as she looked at him.

Knuckles nodded and smiled as he looked at her. “I love you too, Rouge.”

They kissed again as the moonlight shined upon them.

me: aw, such a cute ending...! KAWAII~!

Rouge: i don't act like myself in this fanfic at all...

Knuckles: you're right; you don't

Rouge: *hits him on the head*

Knuckles: OW! THAT HURT YOU KNOW!

Rouge: GOOD! CUZ YOU DESERVED THAT!

me: this is actually my first oneshot so i hoped i did a good job on it! X3

Rouge: altho, even tho i THINK i don't act like myself, it's a cute fanfic u wrote there, dejiko

me: thanks Rouge. and i didn't mean to make you not act like yourself becuz i wanted it to be...cute, you know?

Rouge: *nodding* yeah i do so no need to apologize.

Knuckles: plz review on this fanfic

me: it's a oneshot, by the way

Knuckles: didn't u say that earlier?

me: *nodding* yes i did. if u guys like KnucklesXRouge, i made this video on YT and the link is on my profile! go see it when u get the chance too! ^.^

Knuckles, Rouge, & me: ONCE AGAIN, PLZ REVIEW!!!