Gift

Sonic gives Shadow a random gift. Shadow immediately becomes suspicious of it. Sonadow-ish

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog or any related characters.

Shadow eyes the unopened box in his hands with suspicion, unsure what to think of this mysterious gift. It's not his birthday and Christmas is still many months away, so there is no reason to give him a gift...

Shadow looks up to lock gazes with the giver, silently demanding an explanation. Sonic just smiles his usual mega-watt smile, looking casual and confident as always—but Shadow can see the way the hero's muscles twitch ever so slightly, giving away the hidden nervosity of their owner.

Shadow raises his eye-ridge at this strange phenomena as Sonic being nervous isn't something you would see often.

"What is this, hedgehog?"

Sonic starts to fidget.

"Well, it's a gift for you..."

Shadow rolls his eyes at the answer. "That's obvious. But why are you giving this to me? Today isn't special anyhow as far as I know."

"Do I really need a reason to give you a gift?" Sonic asks, clearly trying to avoid answering the question.

"No. But I refuse to open this box without one given your pranking history," Shadow responds, frowning slightly.

Sonic immediately raises his hands in a gesture of surrender, a hint of panic visible in his green eyes. "B-but I can't give you one! It would ruin the surprise!"

Shadow furrows his brows in suspicion once again.

"I swear it's not a prank! Okay? You'll have to take my word for it!" Sonic, his confident attitude being replaced with a panicked one for a moment—almost as if he's actually worried that he won't open his gift to see whatever its mysterious contents are.

Shadow sighs, wondering how much he'll regret what he is about to do. "I swear to Chaos, hedgehog, if this actually is some stupid prank, I'll make sure you'll spend the next month in a hospital."

Sonic lets out a big exhale but looks relieved. "Fair enough."

Shadow looks back at the white box that is still in his hands. He tugs softly at the blue ribbon that's wrapped around it, the ribbon coming untied easily. He grips the upper part of the box tightly and slowly raises it, expecting something to suddenly jump out at him from the box.

Which, surprisingly, doesn't happen.

Shadow frowns as the only thing he sees is a folded piece of paper. He takes the paper out of the box, sending a quick questioning glance to Sonic before unfolding it to take a look at what is written on it.

Roses are red,

violets are blue.

I will give —

this kiss to you.

Shadow really shouldn't be surprised when the next thing that happens to him is Sonic doing exactly what he's promised in the poem—but he still is because, hell, he hasn't expected it to feel good.

But the kiss ends as abruptly as it started by Sonic disappearing in a blink of an eye, leaving only a cloud of dust where he's once stood. And for a moment Shadow just stands there, astonished by his rival's bold action.

This definitely isn't the gift he's expected.

AN: Review maybe?

[Last Edited: 2018-09-11]