It was an early summer morning, and a very specific black and red hedgehog named Shadow was sitting at a picnic table at the beach. The wind drifted through his fur and spines softly. He jumped as there was a blue blur, followed by a mad rush of wind. It stopped right in front of him. There stood a blue hedgehog grinning at him.
"Hey, Shads! What's up?"
He glared at the heroic figure.
"Sonic, what are you doing here?"
"What am I not doing here?"
"Have you come to only antagonize me again?"
Sonic only laughed.
"Only of you want me to."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"It means," he began. "That the answer to your question is no."
"Look, I don't give a fucking shit right now, okay?"
Sonic stepped closer. As he did, another gentle breeze fluttered by, weaving through his spines, making them sway slightly. along with that, the sun was in just the right position and was making his aqua-blue fur shine. Shadow noticed that he was wet. All this gave an attractive appearance to the blue hedgehog, which caused Shadow to blush slightly.
"Were you... in the water...?" Shadow asked in uncertainty.
"Yeah," he replied, smiling proudly. "I got swimming lessons three months ago!"
"Oh, really?" he said with a raised brow. "Why didn't you tell me sooner? It's about time, faker!"
"I wanted to surprise you!" The distant sounds of kids yelling and laughing could be heard, and seagulls squawked in delight and they ate the crumbs that were tossed to them by the surrounding people.
"Hey, do you want to go get some chili dogs or something? I'm starving!"
"Is that all you ever think about? It's always either food or Eggman!"
"Now, that is a downright lie!" he snapped.
"Alright, then," he said. "give me an example of something you think of other than food or Eggman..."
Sonic thought about it for a minute. He thought about a lot of different things over just a period of thirty minutes, so trying to figure out how much he thought about over twenty-four hours would prove to be difficult. Suddenly, he realized something that he thought to be a bit odd...
"I think about you a lot..." he blurted without thinking. He hoped he wasn't blushing. What he did notice, though, was that in fact, Shadow himself was, however, blushing. Though, it was only a light shade of pink. Sonic thought it was adorable.
"W-w-wait, WHAT?!" Shadow stammered. He tried to calm down. Was it true? Nah. It couldn't be possible. Sonic couldn't possibly love him, too... could he? No. He couldn't allow himself to keep his hopes up. He had been doing so for too long. He had to conceal his secret, no matter what. It was the truth of the secret... He loved Sonic with all his heart and soul.