For prompt, how about Amy and Tails sibling bonding?
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“Alright, Tails,” Amy smiled, holding up two separate bottles, “you sure about these colors?”
The kit nodded shyly, toying with the fur on one of his tails, “You’re sure nobody’s gonna make fun of me?”
“Of course not!” The hedgehog shook her head, patting one of his knees a couple of times, “And if they do, I’ll handle it.”
Tails hummed, looking at the floor. Amy clicked her tongue and poked the younger’s nose, giggling when he blinked at her in confusion.
“You’ll have your gloves, anyway,” She gave a sweet smile, “but we don’t have to do this if you don’t want to.”
“N-No, I want to.” Tails shook his head and looked at his gloves for a few seconds before gently tugging them off, revealing his paws.
Amy giggled and gently held one of the younger’s paws, pulling it closer to her, “alright, where do you want the pink?”
The fox pulled his knees to his chest, resting his chin atop it, “just on the rings.”
“On the rings,” The hedgehog repeated with a nod, unscrewing the bottle of pink nail polish and setting it on the floor next to her.
Tails stayed silent as he watched Amy dip the brush into the polish before swiping it across his nail, leaving a trail of a lightly saturated pink color.
She repeated the process on his opposite hand, humming along to the gentle classical music playing from her radio.
“And,” Amy sat the brush back into the bottle, picking up the other bottle of polish, “I’m guessing you want the rest to be this?”
Tails nodded, his ear flicking as he continued to watch his sister paint his nails, this time with a minty green on the rest of his bare nails.
“Y’know,” The hedgehog said once she finished with his left side, “this is a really cute color combo! I should use it more often.”
“Really?” The kit’s head tilted to the side, his ears flopping as he did so. He hadn’t chosen the colors because they looked good, he hadn’t even thought of that.
“Yeah!” Amy smiled up at him before refocusing on his nails, “Can I ask why you picked them?”
“Oh– uhm,” Ears tipping back in embarrassment, the little fox turned away from the older, “i-it’s embarrassing.”
The girl shrugged as she finished applying the polish to the final nail, “It’s okay if you don’t want to tell me, Tails. Was just curious.” She gave him another sweet smile as she placed the brush back into the bottle.
“Well,” Tails took a deep breath, the tip of one of his namesakes flicking as he looked at his nails, “the green’s because of my favorite food.”
“I guessed that,” Amy said with a grin, giggling when the younger ducked his head down, “and the pink?”
Tails went quiet, causing the hedgehog to wonder if she’d said the wrong thing. Just as she went to apologize, the kit mumbled out his reasoning;
“It’s for you,” He went to pick at the fur on his tails, but stopped himself when he remembered the polish was still wet.
“Me?” Amy said, taken aback slightly.
"W-Well, yeah," Tails’s ears pressed against his head even more, "because you're doing this for me, an-and it's really nice of you so i thought it'd be a good pair with the mint. Y-You're also like a big sister to me, s-so-"
He stopped talking when he was suddenly pulled into Amy’s chest, the hedgehog herself squeezing him as if she was trying to crush him.
“Awwh, Tails!” She laughed, pressing her cheek against the younger’s head, “That’s so sweet of you! And adorable!”
“O-Oh, uh–” Tails moved his hands out of the way, not wanting to mess up the girl’s hard work.
Amy suddenly pulled away, cupping the fox’s cheeks, “You are just the cutest!”
The kit laughed awkwardly, not sure how to handle the sudden compliments.
“Alright, it’s decided,” The tween moved her hands to the fox’s shoulders, “I’m stealing you from Sonic.”
“Wha–” Tails wasn’t really sure how he should respond to that, but Amy was already talking again so he didn’t dwell on it.
“Once we finish with yours,” She said, touching one of the younger’s nails as lightly as possible to check if it was dry before picking up the bottle of pink nail polish, “you’re doing mine in yellow and mint. We’ll match!”
“I’m not sure,” The kid said as the other applied a second coat of polish, “I don’t think I’ll be as good as you are at this.”
“Nonsense!” Amy shook her head, pointing the brush at her little brother, “And it doesn’t matter! We’re matching, end of story.” She determined, going back to painting the kit’s nails.
Sensing she wouldn’t take no for an answer, Tails just nodded and continued to watch as she continued painting his nails.
“And, for the record, young man,” The girl spoke once she finished, twisting the bottles of polish closed, “I absolutely am your big sister. Don’t you let anyone tell you otherwise!” She finished with a wink.
Tails just smiled in response, his namesakes gently wagging behind him. Amy returned the smile and reached into her bag of nail polish, pulling out a light yellow and offering it to the younger.
“You can’t get mad at me if I ruin it.” The fox said as he took the bottle of polish, unscrewing the lid.
“It’s gonna be fine,” The hedgehog rolled her eyes as she tugged off her gloves, “and it’s like I said, it doesn’t matter. It’ll be perfect no matter what it looks like!”
Tails shrugged and grabbed the tween’s right hand, pulling it towards him so he could apply the nail polish.
Amy watched as the boy became laser-focused on painting her nails. She smiled, whispering a quiet, “Just like you.”
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