Author's Note:
So this is basically Kiki's Delivery Service AU as a base, but it will not be the whole storyline from Kiki's world. This is mostly 90% Sonic world with Kiki's as 10%. This series will be shorts, with plot underlining the whole thing. Some chapters will be short (500ish words while some others would be reaching 3K perhaps). This is for kicks, giggles, and fluff with some angst here and there.
I do not have a beta-reader, sorry if there are mistakes!
Also, I am not too sure what to make Shadow's gender, so if you'll like to make suggestions, feel free to comment!
And so, here are the stories:
Shadow tidied his fur and adjusted the red ribbon on his head as he got off his broomstick, his shoes clicking against the cobblestone streets of the park. As much as he enjoyed the cool wind rustling his fur and gently bathing his face while in the air, his quills tended to scatter and jut out from their smoothed form. People from the city tended to be quite intrigued by his outfit already to his discomfort, and the windswept bush that could also be called his fur would not help him blend into the crowd.
"Shadow? Shadow is that you? Yeah, it's got to be you! I can recognize that red ribbon and fur from a mile away!" A familiar voice, bubbling up with joy and cheer -too bright for his tastes- came from behind him. With a scowl while bringing his broom towards him, he side eyed the nuisance calling his name.
"Aw, what's with the mean look Shadow? Can't you see I'm happy to see you?" Sonic snickered as he put his hands out as if looking for a hug.
"If you can see, then you'll be able to notice that I'm busy." Shadow replied with as much attitude as he could, gesturing to the large satchel bag hanging across his body. Picking up his little chao while subconsciously turning his nose up, he asked, "What's with you following me around and everything? Those boys are going to pick on you if you keep hanging around with me."
Sonic's bright eyes seemed to dull from the comment, and when Shadow thought Sonic would back off, they went back to normal again as Sonic pushed his glasses up and smiled.
"They just don't understand that hedgehogs have pretty bad eyesight. Doesn't mean I'm a nerd or anything. That stuffs for Tails!" He shrugged, picking off the lint of his red and white striped shirt.
Shadow sighed, and brought out his list for the day. "It doesn't help that you keep picking runts off the street. How do you even feed yourself anyway, with your stupidity?"
"Whoa whoa, Shadow, this man right here," Sonic sticks a thumb towards himself before he continued, "Is not only capable of being hella hot and handsome, but he's got the smarts too! I mean, who else out there taught themselves how to fly a plane?"
"You meant crash a plane."
"Yeah yeah… Whatever, you're just exaggerating the whole thing."
"No, I am not."
"Yes, you are!"
"No!"
He had to walk away before this went any further.
"Yes!"
Sonic was now following him, getting closer and closer while grinning, as if he knew this was the one thing that got on Shadow's nerves the most (not that Shadow would ever tell him that).
"No!"
"Yes!"
"Fine, then No to the infinity!" Shadow growled in frustration, while Sonic gave him a cheesy grin, before the other hedgehog swung his arm around Shadow's shoulders, completely trapping him and making him more irritated.
"Yes to the infinity plus one!"
Shadow pulled Sonic's quills at that one, before snarling in the blue hedgehog's face, "You idiot! You can't just add a number to infinite to make it bigger, infinity is the biggest already! Infinity isn't countable!"
"Nooo! That's not what Tails said!"
"Then what did Tails say?"
"He said… uhh… you can have a… something something countable set where there's countable infinities?"
"And that makes a whole lot of sense, doesn't it?" Shadow bitingly replied back, while trying to tug off Sonic's grip with his ultimate strength without hurting the blue buffoon. The other boy's response was a quilly hug.
"Yup, all the cents that come from me all make sense!" Sonic happily, facing Shadow himself and pulling a penny out from one of his tan and black ears, before snuggling into Shadow's white chest fur.
"You're such a twit…" Shadow muttered into Sonic's quills, enjoying the smell of freshly cut grass and a hint of sweet chili powder while also hiding his warm cheeks. The perks of quills, besides shredding faces of assholes off.
"You're just too cute when being teased. Didja know your cheeks poof up a little when you feel threatened? And your quills just rustle and fluff up when you get embarrassed?"
"Oh please, that's exaggerated. I am not cute."
"But you admit you got little poofy cheeks and fur?"
"The only thing that's going to poof if you keep this up is your bruises when I'm done with you!"
"Yeah yeah, fine, I'll leave you alone," Sonic's muffled voice arises from his chest fur because he knows that Shadow always keeps his violent promises, "By the way, I have a question." Shadow gave a noncommittal grunt, not really paying attention as he peacefully rested in the embrace, trying to soak up the warmth from Sonic's body as much as he could in serene silence before Sonic opened his annoying mouth again. Had it not been Shadow's pride and dignity, he would melt into Sonic's hugs and willingly let Sonic play him like how a child molds putty (but he'll never admit that ever in his lifetime or the lifetimes after).
"You know how you're always wearing the black dress cuz it's your witch tradition right? I mean you're also wearing that red ribbon but it's like a good luck charm from your friend Maria, and that's not part of the whole squad getup, right? You also like wearing your power shoes too, I-"
"Can you hurry up with your question?" Shadow softly hissed, ears flattening from all the nonsense Sonic was sprouting.
"Yeah, um, ok sure! If you're excited then that great because I'm really curious too so anyway-"
"Sonic."
"Yeah, OK! I'm getting there so uh.."
"SONIC!"
"So do you like, wear panties down there?"
do you like, wear panties down there?
Wear panties down there
W e a r
PANTIES?!
Sonic slowly slipped out of their warm embrace with a meek looking expression, the bright kilo-watt smile watering down to something that resembled a dog caught chewing the edge of the sofa again.
Lightning crept up Shadow's fingers and up his arms, which were trembling out of anger, frustration, and embarrassment. Chaos energy was rushing throughout his body at an abnormally fast rate, making his flustered expression bloom with red, and his throat dry.
"What. The. Hell."
Sonic was squirming a little, looking a little like a mixture of being ashamed and also very curious, which, looking back on it now, was a very bad look on his face because that meant he was going to say something very stupid.
"So… you do?"
The imaginary dam of Shadow's microscopic amount of patience had been broken.
"SHUT UP!"
Passerby minding their own businesses turned around sharply to see a blue hedgehog being chased by a black one, snarling curses and plans for murder, unaware of the embarrassment the witch -who is deciding to do a career change- has gone through.
Behind the two hedgehogs who were huffing and puffing, a the trail of burned grass, sweat, and pulled out quills that looped around the park finally ended, to Sonic's happiness. Shadow lay on the grass, a good five feet from Sonic, while also closing his legs tightly and pressing his dress down. Shyly, he glanced over to Sonic, who, although battered and bruised, was relaxing with his eyes closed. Azure fur just as blue as the sky that he loves, and with a personality so bright, it could light up the world even if the sun was gone, making his soul feel that nothing else could compare to what he was feeling now.
'He really does look his best like this,' Shadow thought as he scratched the back of the ears of his chao, smiling softly as it hummed, enjoying the little critter's company.
'If only we could stay like this...'
"God, I wish that were me." Sonic's obnoxious and loud voice broke the peace and quiet, also reminding Shadow the question of why he put up with this idiot.
"Pray all you want; it'll never be you."
"Ouch, so mean! What have I done to deserve this?!" He grasped at his chest, clutching at the dirt clogged shirt with a pained expression.
"Being an idiot and not respecting people's boundaries." Shadow sternly replied with little hope that Sonic could ever have redeemable qualities.
"Any way I can redeem myself?" He asked, with his big, glimmering green eyes, almost as if they were begging for forgiveness.
"No. Just be thankful you're still talking to me."
Sonic sighed in defeat, and threw his hands up in the air before flopping back down.
"Well, if I ain't gonna be able to rank up more friendship points for you, then I guess I'll ask my second question."
In the corner of his wary eyes, he saw Sonic lay on his side, resting his cheek on on hand, while the other was resting on his hip. The smile on the blue boy's face slowly creeping into one of pure evil, and before Shadow could protest or stuff his fist into that annoying big mouth, the cursed words flew out faster than he could break the sound barrier.
"So, they're black right?"
A fist shaped indent decorated Sonic's skull within a second, and the other hedgehog flown off the hill they were laying on. Shadow was oozing with satisfaction and smugness as he watched Sonic roll down the hill, with each revolution the boy was becoming browner and greener from the mud and grass he was picking up.
When Sonic finally stopped rolling, he pushed himself up on trembling arms, and gave out a loud wheeze. Shadow patted the dust off his hands and dress, and looked down at the dirty form below him.
"Ah, something that finally shut you up."
"I didn't even finish my question, Shadow! Rude!" He coughed in-between words, while still smiling, which irked Shadow and erased his initial satisfaction.
"I meant to ask, they're black with red laces, right?"
Tails' eyes popped out of their sockets that night when Sonic came home, or well, what was left of Sonic that came home; Shadow proceeded to buy boyshort undergarments from Amazon Prime that night (and without laces, to Sonic's despair).
