knuckles prime

A chaotix crush

Requested by Ayame_tana

the sun shone brightly over the horizon of angel island

to anyone, this would be nothing but a spectacular gift of the day, a sign of summer continuing strong

one individual who had to endure the strong blinding beams however had to differ

knuckles disliked if not hated the bright lights of the sun, much preferring to be in the shade if not burrowing into the ground, what could he say, he preferred comfy darkness to the strenuous blinding rays

that and with how hot it made the island feel

he was already a hot head and the sunlight did not help to cool that down, in fact, it seemed to make it worse,

things got on his nerves much easier even the little things

regardless he had a duty to the master emerald so like normal, he had to grin and bare it

occasionally when it did get too hot and irritated his skin, he would go for a quick dip into the ponds water, luckily there was one close by

so when the shrines stone surface started to burn his backside he decided to go for a quick swim

that was before he was stopped by a sense of a stranger

or, an unwelcome stranger within the tree

"what do you want rouge?" Knuckles grumbled as he placed his face into his hand, not in the mood to get himself into an argument

"oh nothing, just thought I'd come and visit my favourite echidna" the seductive voice answered back as the trees began to rustle before revealing an alluring white bat with a mischievous look in her eyes, the leaves dancing as they fell with her

"I'm the only-" knuckles began to argue before he saw the white bat come closer into his personal bubble, her smile growing seemingly

"What are you-" knuckles began to yell defensively before he felt something being placed on his muzzle

suddenly everything around him seemed much darker with a dark brown tone to them

the light no longer seems so bright and strenuous to the eye

"w, what happened!?" Knuckles asked with surprise looking around his settings the brown tinge following, panicking slightly, what had she done to him?!

rouge couldn't help but chuckle at the knuckle's actions with the newest introduction to modern sun protection eyewear

"they're called sunglasses, they'll help to protect your vision against the suns rays, so you can stop straining your beautiful eyes" Rouge explained as she tapped the sunglasses the echidna now wore

knuckles blushed but did not call out the fact rouge called his eyes beautiful, instead, he reached up to the glasses, taking them off and seeing the world light return back to the normal eye-blinding sunlight

in an instant, he decided to keep the bat's gift on, his eyes being able to relax with them on, to which he couldn't help but feel grateful for

"thank you but...why did you get me them...what do you want?" Knuckles began to thank bashfully not before remembering who exactly was gifting him, and instantly growing suspicious of the reasons, knowing rouge for long enough suspected that she wanted an exchange, and no matter how relaxed he instantly he felt with the new "sunglasses" would give the master emerald for them

"now how's that gratitude ?" rouge scoffed but couldn't help but smile weakly, she guessed she did have this coming with how their previous encounters went