Hello everyone. Once again an idea has struck and as always I had to write it. I thank you all for checking this out and I hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog or any of the characters, they are owned by Sega and Sonic Team.
He had waited so long.
Shadow The Hedgehog was not the type to let people in so easily, let alone fall in love.
But to him, she was different.
Amy Rose saw something in him that no one else had.
For the longest time, everyone thought of him as a weapon, to the point where even he started to believe it was so.
But when she looked at him, she saw a normal hedgehog, like anyone else.
She made him feel different, in a good way.
Unfortunately for him, the very person he opened his heart to also was in love with another.
Shadow and Amy would hang out constantly, he would always enjoy her company.
But like clockwork, she would always mention Sonic or space out thinking of him.
"How could she not know?" Shadow thought.
At this point, Sonic had rejected her hundreds of times, yet she still persisted on making him hers.
Shadow just couldn't understand. Was it a crush? Was it obsession? What was it?
After so long, it was getting old and finally, one day, he decided to make his feelings known.
As Shadow walked to her house, he started to reminisce about the moments they had.
Their first meeting when Amy hugged him, albeit thinking he was Sonic, her heart touching speech on the space colony and of course, the time she helped him in pursuit of his past.
He had never really thanked her for what she had done but what he was about to tell her would speak for itself.
Shadow knocked on the door, an excited Amy opening it and tackling him into a hug.
"Shadow, I'm so glad you're here!" Amy said, with a smile.
"As am I, Rose." Shadow said.
Amy picked herself up off of him and helped him up.
"Come on in, I've got something to tell you." Amy told him.
"I have something to tell you too Rose." Shadow said.
Entering her home, Shadow took a seat on her couch, awaiting the pink hedgehog to tell him what she was so excited about.
"I'm so glad you decided to come today." Amy said.
"Anyways, Shadow, you know how close we are, right?" Amy asked.
Shadow's interest had already been high but now it reached its peak.
"Yes, Rose, that's actually what I wanted to talk to you about." He started, but never got to finish as Amy interrupted him.
"Great, I was wondering if you could help me with Sonic." Amy told him.
Shadow's thoughts stopped in their tracks, a feeling of disappointment overshadowing everything else inside.
"How would I be of any help?" Shadow questioned.
"Well, you've had more interaction with him than I have and you know me so well, I was wondering if you could convince him to go out with me." Amy explained to him.
At that moment, he was crushed.
He knew he didn't really have much of a chance, but it stung all the same.
He stood up from the couch, walking towards the door.
"Shadow?" Amy said.
"No." Shadow simply said.
Amy was a little confused with his response.
"No?" She questioned.
"Rose, why do you do this to yourself?" Shadow asked her.
"What do you mean?" Amy asked.
"He's turned you away so many times, he's hurt you emotionally, which you don't deserve, why do you continue to chase him?!" Shadow questioned, his voice going higher.
Amy looked at him as if he were crazy.
"Because I love him." Amy said.
"Is it really love?" Shadow asked.
Amy pondered it for a second, trying to reason in her mind what Sonic was to her.
"Why are you asking me this?" Amy retorted.
"He's mistreated you for so long, I couldn't just stand by any longer while you throw yourself at him, you mean too much to me to cause yourself so much pain." Shadow started to confess.
"You really care that much?" Amy asked.
"No." Shadow said.
He walked towards her, wrapping his arms around her.
"I care even more." He says.
With that said, using all the confidence he had, he kissed her.
Amy's eyes remained wide open for the first few seconds, but she quickly melted into the kiss, shutting her eyes from the feeling of bliss.
After a few more seconds, Amy broke the kiss, slightly pushing him away.
"No, I can't betray Sonic like this." She thought.
But on the other hand, Shadow had always been there for her.
He was loyal, she could depend on him for anything at anytime and she knew his feelings were true.
"Shadow, I'm… I'm sorry, I just can't." Amy told him, not even looking at him.
That was it, the fragile state of his heart, hit with a final disturbance.
Shadow tried to say something, but the words just wouldn't come out.
Instead, he did the only thing he could do.
Leave.