It was a dark night and Rouge just got through another tough day at the Chaotix. She used her wings and flew over to Angel Island, "Today was pretty tiring. Knuckles will comfort me for sure."
When she got to Knuckles' house, the place was so silent she thought he wasn't even there. She walked slowly around the house, "Knuckles?" She called softly. She heard no answer. She called again, "Knuckles?" She decided to check in his room. She came to his closed door. Before she opened it she heard some soft moans coming from the inside. She was immediately suspicious. She opened the door quickly and saw her boyfriend on top of a pink echidna, kissing her. Rouge's eyes were filled with tears, "Knuckles and...Julie..."
Knuckles took his attention away from Julie-Su and faced Rouge with a sorry look, "Rouge, I..." Before he said anything else, Rouge had left the room.
Later at Shadow's house, Shadow was still asleep in his bed until he heard his doorbell ring. He woke up tired. He slowly walked downstairs and answered the door. He was so tired he didn't notice who was at the door. "Don't you have any idea what time it is! It's three in the morning! Damn, what's wrong with you! Can't a guy get some sleep around here!"He then noticed that Rouge was standing there at the doorway crying. "Oh, hey Rouge. What are you doing out so late and why are you crying?"
Rouge cried harder and hugged him, "Shadow!"
He had no idea what was going on, but he held her close to him.
Later they went upstairs into Shadow's bedroom. Rouge started to explain what had happened while Shadow was sitting on the bed listening. "He cheated on me..."
"Who did?"
"Knuckles."
Shadow's eyes widened, "What! That son of a bitch. How dare he do that to you."
Tears started to form in her eyes, "I saw him with Julie-Su and...they were..." She stopped and cried.
Shadow felt sorry for her and mad at Knuckles. "Rouge, come here."
Rouge sat on the bed with him and leaned on his chest, "How could he do this to me?"
"Because he's an asshole. He doesn't deserve a woman like you. In a matter of fact he doesn't deserve anyone."
Rouge looked up at him, "Do you think I'll find someone out there who will never cheat on me?"
"Sure you will, just not Knuckles. That bastard."
She hugged him, "I'm glad that I came to you. You're the only one that I'm really comfortable with."
He wiped away her tears, "I'm just glad that I can finally trash talk about Knuckles while you're around."
She rested her head on Shadow, "Should've known Knuckles wasn't my type."
"You just need someone you've known for a long time. Enough time that you can trust them."
"Like you?"
He blushed and was silent for a moment, "Yeah, if you wanna call it that."
She then kissed his cheek, "Then I will." She checked the clock on his table and noticed how late it was. "I'd better go."
She opened his bedroom door until Shadow closed it.
He held her hand, "You wanna stay a little longer?"
She sat back on the bed and smiled, "Come and get it." She said in a seductive tone.
