The usual here, I do not own any of the sonic gang! This is just intended as a short pace of fluff, though I might add to it if people want me too, my first attempt at a Shadow and Amy so be nice. Any way I am dyslexic so my spelling can be off.

Shadowed rose.

Amy Rose sighed, realising that she had waisted the past few years chasing Sonic around was like a sharp slap across the face, but that's the way it was.

He wasn't interested in her, well Sonic wasn't really interested in any girls, he was more interested in being a free agent, just coming and going when he wanted.

Amy stopped walking, she was all alone in the middle of no were, she slowly looked round, so now she had finally realised that she had no purpose to her life what was she going to do? Amy was so deep in though that she didn't even notice the figure approaching her from one side, she just stood staring off into the distance thinking.

A gloved hand landing on her shoulder, it shocked Amy out of her deep gloomy thoughts, she spun round and came face to face with the one person she had been least expecting to see here. "Shadow?" She said curiously looking up into his ruby eyes.

He startled her by asking softly and quietly. "Amy what are you doing all the way out here alone?"

Amy folded her arms across her chest and lifted her nose in the air, as if she was really going to believe he actually cared about anything to do with her. "Why should you care what I'm doing or were I am doing it?"

Shadow folded his own arms and glared down at her. "Because despite all my best attempts to ignored it, I don't like seeing you upset, especially if it's about that Faker!" He said forcefully anger clearly visible in his red eyes.

Amy started back at the anger Shadow directed at Sonic. "So what if it is about him?!"

Shadow let out a deep sigh. "So this about him then." His voice had a dangerously angry note to it.

Amy sighed and surrendered, it was no good, Shadow was to good at wearing down defences, especially hers it appeared. "All right, all ready! Yes this is about Sonic. I just realised something about him that's all."

Shadow uncrossed his arms and moved closer to Amy. "Oh yes and what is this startling revelation?"

Amy shrugged at him. "I really don't see why you should care?"

"Lets just say I am curious."

Amy let out an aggravated sigh and stalked away from Shadow, who just came after her, Amy turned round to face him, the pent up anger flaring in her eyes, yes she was angry she realised, angry for not realising sooner, for wasting her time on Sonic, when she could have been finding some one who would love her just the way she was. She glared at Shadow, why wouldn't he just leave her alone to her miserable thoughts? Amy couldn't help but wonder for a moment. "WHY WON'T YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" She yelled at Shadow.

Shadow simply stood there and raised one brow at Amy before speaking. "Because I don't want to leave you alone. So you might as well tell me exactly what it is you have realised about that Faker?" Shadow glared down at her again, his ruby eyes daring her to try and go against his implacable will.

Amy stood meeting his glare with one of her own, however she knew what Shadow could be like, if he decided he wanted to know something then he would get to know it, no matter how long it took him, the silence lengthened and finally Amy decided it was probably better to just give in. "All right! Fine have it your way! I've just realised that Sonic is never going to love me and I have waisted a lot of my time. There so now you know! Happy now?!"

Shadow's arms fell to his sides, his face had a surprised expression on it, quickly followed by one Amy had never seen before, concern and regret.

His blood red eyes eyes were holding her green ones and Shadow knew from her expressive eyes that Amy had meant every word that she had just said.

Once more he stepped closer to Amy and spoke to her softly. "So now what are you going to do?"

Amy shook her head. "I'm really not sure. I'm probably going to need some time to adjust to my sudden realisation."

"Sometime sudden realisation is best, it might have been worse if you had waited even longer to realise that Sonic was never going to slow down long enough for you to catch up." Shadow shrugged as he spoke.

"That's true I suppose."

Cautiously Shadow took another step closer to the small delicate pink hedgehog, nervously he put an arm round her and turned Amy to face his chest. Amy looked up at him confused and Shadow felt himself start to blush. "You look like you need to cry. . . go right ahead." Slowly, he placed his hand to the back of her head and gently put Amy's head against his chest.

Amy brought both hands up, she gripped the fur on the fount of shadows chest, she hid her face in his offered chest and sobbed against him. Shadow simply stood holding her, stroking her back and her hair with one hand and at the same time he was making soothing noises into her ear, his lips gently touching her ear every so often as he soothed her.

Eventually the tears subsided, Amy looked up at him, there were still some tears in her eyes, Shadow reached out with the hand that had been stroking her hair and wiped away the tears that were left on her cheeks with his gloved hand in a tender motion. "Is that better?"

Wordlessly Amy nodded, she placed her head back against his chest, one ear over his heart, it's steady rhythm was comforting to Amy and Shadow held her close once more.

"Shadow why are you doing this?" She asked him eventually.

Shadow shrugged and spoke softly. "I'm not to sure myself. All I know is that I wanted to be here for you."

"Shadow I'm glad that you were here." She said smiling softly.

"I am glad also." Shadow looked down on the pink head against him, how could he have known that such a delicate rose, would bloom under the care of the shadows?

Shadow blushed at his own thoughts and was great full that Amy couldn't see his face right now, or she would want know why he was blushing and that was a question that she didn't need to know the answer to.

Well at least not yet . . .

The End!

((for now . . . maybe?))