Mansion 2: chapter 2
Sonic's POV
I was sitting on the couch in my livingroom and watched the scene in front of me with amusement. Shadow, who had been previously sitting in his wheelchair, got convinced by his parents to try and walk. The keyword being 'try'. Standing up didn't seemed to a problem for him, although he did have a bit of difficulty of not giving in to his habit of hunching over like he used to.
Shadow tried to walk, but after a few steps he just fell down on his butt. He would mutter something about it being the floor's fault. I chuckled and got up from the couch. "it's only been a month. i'm sure that it's still a bit to early to start walking around again." I said and helped shadow back in the wheelchair. Shadow sighed and pouted. I chuckled again. "don't worry, you'll be able to walk normally again soon." I said to reassure him. "i hope so." He said. "don't worry, you were be able to walk around with broken knees for 13 years, i'm sure that you will be able to walk again." I said smilling at him. Shadow smiled back quickly.
We were now talking for a while. And before we knew it had gotten evening already. Shadow's parents had already left to go home, leaving the two of us alone in our house. It was silent between us for a long while. But we didn't mind. We liked our moments just sitting close to eachother quietly.
"sonic?" Shadow called. "yeah?" I answered. "do you often think about what happened a month ago?" Shadow asked. "well, i got you out of that hellhole. i got you to the hospital. you're on your way to recovery. you can pick up on your normal life once you do. so, no, i don't think about it." I answered. "i see." Shadow answered softly. "why? is something wrong?" I asked in concern. "i don't know. we got out of there so quickly while i had been trying to escape for years. it seems to easy." He said and looked down. "what do you mean?" I asked. "it's almost as if he let us escape on purpose." Shadow replied.
"shadow." I started while at the same time going to my knees in front of him and holding both of his hands into my own. "you don't have to worry so much. all that matters is that we escaped. you've been living there all your life. it doesn't always have to be hard." I told him. Shadow smiled lightly. I returned it quickly. "i hope you're right." He said. "i'm sure i am." I said chuckling. "come on, i'll take you upstairs." I said, but shadow stopped me. "no, i want to go on my own." He said and gripped the leaning of his wheelchair. He pushed himself upward with his arms shaking badly because of the effort. He held onto me and stood up straight. "i could've carried you, you know." I said. "i don't want you to. i want to walk on my own again." He said. I walked to the stairs slowly, allowing shadow to follow me by clinging onto me and walking on his own.
I sat down on our bed. Shadow, who had been clinging onto me while we were climbing the stairs, sat down and sighed. He was tired from using the effort. "i guess there's still alot of work to be done before i can walk normally again." Shadow said in dissapointment. "you haven't walked straight in 13 years. if i were you i would be happy that i could walk at all." I said. "i guess." He said and laid down on his side of the bed. I smiled and did the same. "goodnight." Shadow said before falling asleep. I continued to smile and quickly followed his example and fell asleep.