Knuckles' sighed. He was alone again, another day stuck on his beautiful Angel Island. But a beautiful Island is nothing if you have no-one to share it with. Of course, he was only interested in sharing it with one person, a certain black, solitary hedgehog.
Knuckles shakes his head. 'Stop it, you've got a job to do' he thinks, giving off a sigh as he lays down in front of the glowing Master Emerald, to spend another lonely, dreamless night.
Almost as soon as the Echidna has his eyes closed they snap open again, for a moment he thought he'd gone blind, the stars, moon, and everything around him all black. But as his eyes adjust, he sees two gleaming red irises, which belonged to a face that was mere inches from his own.

O.O

"Boo."

"OMYGODWHATHEHELLWHOTHEFU-" Knuckles shouts out, almost jumping out of his fur with fright. The black hedgehog chuckles, getting off of Knuckles and standing back up, his arms folding over his furry chest.

"Hehe, did I scare you Knuckles?"

"No! I was....Surprised....Yeah....."

"Sure you were. Anyway, I thought I would stop by and see if anything interesting was happening round your way."

Knuckles sits up, rubbing his eyes softly with his palms (His knuckles being spiked) and glancing up at the dark hedgehog.

"I thought you were staying with Sonic?"

Shadow shifts his feet uneasily, rubbing his arm lightly.

"We, uh...Fell out."

Knuckles' seems to light up a hell of a lot at that, physically sitting up straighter as he thinks to himself 'Sonic and Shadow falling out? Maybe they'll split! This might be my chance'
Taking a breath to calm his leaping heart, Knuckles stands up as well, rubbing the back of his neck lightly.

"Oh, really? That...Sucks...."

Shadow just nods, his foot scuffing the ground. Knuckles looks at him, frowning slightly as he thinks on how much Shadow had mellowed out since he had started going out with Sonic, and how much softer and gentler he'd become. And how much damn cuter.
Knuckles shakes his head, clearing the thoughts away again. 'Can't think like that, not with him right there...' Knuckles folds his arms also, his voice blurting out, sounding slightly harsher than what he intended.

"Well nothing going on here, as you can pretty much see."

Shadow glances up at the Red Echidna, a rather hurt look appearing on his muzzle.

"Well...I guess I'll see you around then....Chaos Control!"

In a green flash the dark hedgehog had disappeared, back not to Sonic's house, but instead to the ARK, wanting to be alone that night after all that had happened. Knuckles growls angrily at himself, swinging his spiked fist downwards into the marble floor of the shrine, shattering the beautiful marble and leaving a massive shockwave of broken marble. He flops onto his back, curling up in a ball.

"IDIOT....."

Knuckles sighs, curling up tighter as his mind starts to wander. And, as always, it lands on one thing: Shadow.

"....Shadow....."

As his thoughts turn from innocent walks in the park to much....Ickier things, his hand slowly slides up his leg, it's destination somewhere VERY tender.

"No! Come on Knuckles, have some willpower....."

Knuckles' hand pauses, before it slowly moves back to his side, him curling up more as he closes his eyes.

"But he's just so........Damn that hedgehog."

Knuckles sighs sadly, another long, lonely night ahead of him.