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YOU'RE not reading it as intended, because you're throwing their entire established characters in the garbage just to draw a made-up conclusion to force a ship.

Rouge is Rouge, flirting is what she does. She weaponizes charm to get what she wants and toy with people. Sonic is Sonic, he's full of confidence and attitude, and playfully toys with his rivals and enemies in battle. Sonic is also too "Sonic" to ever fall victim to Rouge's tactics, so he just throws it right back at her.

The nuances behind this throwaway interaction in this racing game is flying over everyone's heads because they're projecting their shipping agenda onto it. Sonic's line about curves being about race tracks, but sounding like he's talking about Rouge's body, is not meant to imply he has any desire to sleep with Rouge. It's a joke with a double meaning, throwing Rouge's attempt at seduction back in her face because Sonic is immune to her.

Sonic Channel has an entire wallpaper story post thing describing all of this.

ANY TIME SONIC AND ROUGE "FLIRT" IS NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE THEY AREN'T SERIOUS IN THE FIRST PLACE. It's nothing but banter between two people trying to mess with each other's heads.