-"Do you Shadow, take Rouge to be your lawfully wedded wife?" "I do." "And do you Rouge, do you take Shadow as your lawfully wedded husband?" "I do."…."You may kiss the bride"-
"The wedding was…Okay at best. Lots of people came and congratulated us on our marriage. They brought gifts and there was no fighting to get into the chapel. There was a lot of food and different kinds of things at the reception. The Blue Hedgehog proposed a toast for Rouge and I to have many wonderful years together. Amy was the flower girl, Sonic was the Best Man without my approval, and he just appointed himself. He almost dropped the rings. He even poured ice down the back of my tuxedo at the reception as a "joke". I Chaos Speared him into the ice sculpture and it fell and shattered, flinging shards of ice everywhere. No one got terribly injured but… that kind of…Ended the reception. I'm still trying to apologize for that. Everybody just won't let it go will they? That was 8 months ago! Can't they move on with their pathetic lives?"
"Shadow are you talking to yourself in the mirror again?"
Rouge stood in the doorway of the bathroom with her sleepwear on and looked at Shadow.
"Shadow I have to brush my teeth, go do that somewhere else.
Shadow looked at her and walked out into the bedroom. He looked out into the clear night sky. "Night..I love it..So quiet." Shadow watched the trees blow in the wind. He had almost fallen asleep when Rouge finished brushing and sat down next to him. Shadow leaned on her shoulder and yawned.
"Usually you're not this tired at night." Rouge said as she put her hand on Shadow's check.
Shadow pushed her hand off. "I had a long day at work. You should know." Rouge frowned and scooted away. Shadow lay down on the cold sheets and turned over.
"Shadow its 9:00 but if you're really tired..Get some sleep." Rouge pulled the other sheet and blankets over Shadow and turned off the light.
The next morning Shadow woke up to find rouge hugging his arm in her sleep. Shadow laid there and moved his arm enough to get her to let go. When she finally let go he sat up and got up. Shadow walked into the bathroom and splashed his face with water and brushed his teeth.
"Morning."
Shadow looked in the mirror and saw Rouge behind him.
"Rouge I tried not to wake you but you were hugging my arm."
Rouge picked up her hairbrush and began brushing her hair.
"I was awake, you just didn't notice."
"Then why did you not open your eyes?"
Shadow wiped his mouth and turned to Rouge. Rouge hugged him and played with his ear.
"Because I wanted to see how hard you would try to shake me off."
Shadow sighed and hugged Rouge back. Still the same old Rouge from years ago. He liked it. They stood there for a moment until Shadow brought his arms down.
"Rouge I need to take a shower."
Rouge stopped hugging him and let Shadow turn on the water and step into the shower. Shadow had just begun washing his hair/quills when Rouge stepped into the shower.
"Rouge this is not the time-" He got cut off
"Shadow it's not that…"