Rouge flew all the way back to Club Rouge without stopping. Shadow followed her for a while but then gave up for the white bat showed no sign of stopping or slowing. She wiped the tears from her eyes once again. It helped none because new ones took their spots almost instantly. She slapped herself.
"Get a hold of yourself Rouge!" She whispered to herself. "You are Rouge the bat, one of the governments greatest agents and worlds best treasure hunters! You shouldn't let something as stupid as a hedgehog trying to make up for his lost lover bring you to your knees in pain!" She shook her head and stopped crying. She stepped inside and went into the kitchen to pour herself some coffee. She took a sip then looked at it surprised. She made it that morning. Shouldn't it be cold? It was hot.
She turned and looked at the kitchen examining everything very closely. There were potato chip crumbs on the counter. Rouge didn't eat potato chips, but she knew someone who did. She rolled her eyes and walked upstairs with her coffee. She went into her bedroom and there, Sonic laid on her bed, smiling at her.
"Boo." He laughed and got up.
"What are you doing here?" She rolled her eyes, annoyed. She really needed to change the locks.
"I was bored and hungry. You had food." He shrugged then finally really opened his eyes for the first time. He looked at her like she was some sort of monster. "What the hell happened to you?"
"It's none of your business Sonic, now go!" She pushed the blue hedgehog out of her bedroom and slammed (and locked) the door behind her. She groaned and went over to her bed and plopped down. She jumped away immediately, her face crumpled. The bed was covered in Sonic's stench. She growled in impatience and tore the sheets from the bed.
She marched them downstairs and went for new ones but couldn't find any. She sighed. Would anything go right for me today? she thought. She went back up and closed the door behind her, not bothering with turning the light on. She finally let tears spill form her eyes once again and she fell onto the bed. It was surprisingly cool and fresh smelling. She flipped on the light and new sheets replaced the old ones. And sitting on top of her pillow was a small blue teddy bear...