"Where is he?" a familiar looking blue hedgehog muttered as he walked the streets of Station Square. He knew that Shadow's apartment was somewhere nearby. If he could just find it again, he could apologize for what had happened the night before.
Sonic laughed raucously as yet another empty bottle of beer slipped from his hand. Shadow sat a few feet away swaying dangerously. The floor of Shadows room was littered with empty bottles. Sonic stumbled over to Shadow and sat next to him. Shadow, who was just a bit less drunk, asked
"What are you―" but he never got to finish his sentence since at that moment Sonic leaned over to him and kissed him.
Sonic shook his head. He shouldn't have done that. Sure he liked Shadow, but he hadn't thought he liked him like that! The blue hedgehog sighed; he had already gotten Shadow in trouble for drinking in his apartment, but this? He looked up at the building that he was passing and saw, to his surprise, that he was at the door to the apartment building that Shadow lived in. He turned and rang Shadow's buzzer. The dark hedgehog's voice came out of the speaker,
"Go away whoever you are; I'm not in the mood and in the middle of a crisis."
Sonic sighed again and pressed the button to respond,
"Shadow, its me, I'm so sorry about last―"
"Go away! Leave me alone, Sonic!" the hedgehog pressed a button in his apartment and the speaker went off. Sonic growled in exasperation. He walked over to the door and started hammering on it, hoping that the doorman would let him in. The doorman stood up and walked over to the door. As he was about to open the door he was drawn back to his desk for some mysterious reason. He pressed a button and Sonic cursed under his breath; apparently, Shadow had guessed that he would try to get in. The doorman listened to what Shadow had to say and nodded. He looked back at Sonic and waved him away.
Okay, now he was mad!
If Shadow wasn't gonna let him in, then he was gonna have to get in himself! Of course, first he had to figure out how to get in. He walked around the building and discovered a window, about a story high with a drain pipe he could crawl up next to it. Now if he could just remember if this was Shadow's room or Amy's. He suspected that it was Shadows. Sonic grinned thinking how surprised Shadow was going to be to find him in his apartment. Then again, Sonic thought, it might be a bad idea to barge in on Shadow when he's so mad at me… oh well! Sonic climbed into the room and grinned, eyes closed,
"Beat that, Shad―" he froze as he opened his eyes and saw, to his horror, that the room was painted bright pink and the walls were plastered with pictures of his face. His eye twitched.
"Oh god…" he muttered as he realized whose room it was. Suddenly a shrill voice rang out:
"SONIC!" Amy Rose shouted as she threw open her door,
"OH DEAR GOD!" Sonic yelped as he ran for the window. As Amy approached, Sonic did the only thing he could do; he jumped out of the window. He slammed into the concrete and moaned as he felt something warm starting to pour from the arm he landed on. He saw window open and moaned louder. As his eyes shut he heard a gasp and a shout of 'Chaos Control' before he was dead to the world.
When Sonic awoke, he was in a familiar dismal black room with the curtains pulled so no light would shine in. The blue hedgehog tried to sit up but the second he moved a sharp pain shot up his arm. He fell back onto pillows covered his eyes with his good arm. He heard movement nearby and moaned again.
"You know, if you hadn't tried to get into my room through the window, you wouldn't be in this pain." A voice remarked mockingly. Sonic moved his arm and opened one eye. He knew the room had looked familiar! He had been here just last night. Shadow had helped him! Wait, Shadow had helped him?
"Why did you―" Sonic began but Shadow put a finger to his mouth.
"You were hurt. I could have left to there until Amy came downstairs, but I decided that you were in enough pain." Shadow replied.
"So you forgive me for last night?" Sonic asked tentatively. The blue hedgehog knew immediately that he had said the wrong thing. Shadow glared at him and growled
"Get out."
"But―"
"Get out!" Sonic looked hurt as he attempted to stand. In Shadows opinion, it was pathetic, but at the same time, hilarious. Finally, out of pity and nothing else, Shadow helped the hero to his feet.
"Can I stay please? I can barely move!" Sonic pleaded. Shadow sighed.
"No."
"Please?"
"No!"
"Shadow!"
"N0!"
"Could you at least take me to the hospital?"
"Fine! I'll take you to the hospital and then you have to go home, got it?" Sonic nodded and hugged Shadow tightly. Shadow stiffened and pushed away. Blushing slightly he said
"And we will never speak of that or the incidents last night again."
Sonic nodded sheepishly. What was coming over him! He shook his head and walked out of the apartment following Shadow. Sonic looked at his companion, he had never noticed how pretty Shadow's hair looked in this light. Sonic smacked himself with his good arm; he must still be a little drunk. He looked back at Shadow. The blue hedgehog had also never noticed how perfectly shaped Shadow's body… no! Stop thinking like that! Shadow looked back at him. Wow… Sonic thought, I never noticed how pretty Shadow's eyes… No! Stop thinking thing like that! Shadow noticed Sonics eye twitching with the effort to stop thinking strange thoughts about Shadow.
"What's with you, Sonic?" Shadow asked. Sonic shook his head in reply. Shadow snickered, "Whatever you say…"
They continued to the hospital side by side now. Shadow started to notice how different it was to be walking beside Sonic instead of Maria. With Maria, he had felt as though she was a younger sister, unable to protect herself. He had been her protector. Now, next to Sonic, he felt as though he was the one who needed protection. Protection from Sonic. Okay, now he was starting to scare himself. He shouldn't be thinking things like that. This isn't normal, Shadow thought, Sonic and I… we're just friends… But as he though about it, he began to realize, with a sinking feeling, that he wanted to be more than 'just friends'.
As they continued, Sonics hand brushed Shadows and grabbed onto his. Shadow started and looked at Sonic as if he was a different species. Sonic looked down slightly and moved closer to Shadow, leaning against his chest. Shadow blanched and tried to pull away, but Sonic kept a tight grip on his hand.
