*At Rouge's place*
„Here I come!", Rouge yelled while carrying a green bowl full of popcorn from the kitchen. „Hope you didn't wait for too long, the label said the popcorn would be done after five minutes, but that wasn't enough at all.", she entered the living room without even looking around. She was concetrated on not spilling the popcorn all over the floor. „I should've remembered to make the popcorn while Amy was here, why didn't you remind me?", she stopped and stared into the living room. Shadow wasn't there. „He left! He sent me to make popcorn just so he can escape!", she put the bowl on the coffee table and put her hands on her hips. „Oh, when I get him for this, he'll hear me out!", she sat on the couch.
It was pouring outside and thee were some thunders and lightnings. „The weather forecast didn't mention a storm.", Rouge thought. „I bet someone is going to get fired tonight.", she crossed her hands and looked at the fireplace. „Thank Chaos it's warm in here, I bet it's terrible outside.", she looked trough the window from the couch. „Shadow must be crazy to go anywhere at this weather. Especially when I made sure he feels comfortable here. I even made popcorn, which is his favourite food.", she stared at the bowl for a few seconds.
„Well, more for me!", she said out loud and grabbed some popcorn. „Just where on Mobius would he go?!", she thought out loud. „I know!", she shouted and snapped her fingers. „I bet he's going to Amy's place. Maybe he finally came to his senses!", she sounded happy while saying that.
Then she heard someone enter the living room.
„OR he just went to the bathroom.", Shadow said while he walked towards her.
„OR he's still an idiot...", Rouge did a facepalm.
„OR he doesn't feel like going anywhere at this weather.", he sat next to her. „Ooh, popcorn!", he said and grabbed a hand full of popcorn.
„Yep. Still an idiot.", Rouge said while she looked at her carpet which was quickly getting full of popcorn crumbs.
„Why are we talking about me in 3rd point of view?", Shadow looked at her.
„I don't know.", Rouge said and took some popcorn from the bowl.
„But I think that your idea of escaping was great!", Shadow said and took some more popcorn from the bowl. „Hey, Rouge! Can you go to the kitchen and get some soda?", he looked at her, smiling.
„No way! You had your chance.", she crossed her hands and looked a him. „It's enough for me to turn my back and you would Chaos Control out of here.", she looked at him, as his smile started to fade. „Besides, you wouldn't go to Amy's place, you would go searching for Emeralds.", she said.
„Of course I would look for the Emeralds, why wouldn't I?", he blinked at her. Rouge made an annoyed sigh. „Besides, you were kinda glad when you though't I left, so why won't you let me leave now?", he was confused.
„Because I'm angry, that's why.", she looked at him, annoyed. „I thought you went to Amy's place. AND you know I told you that we have to talk.", she watched as Shadow grumbled. „That's why I accepted to make popcor in first place.", she reached for popcorn with her hand while looking at Shadow. „Now we can relax, talk and have some...", she stopped. She noticed that she couldn't feel any popcor under her hand. She looked at the bowl. It was empty. „Already?!", she said in a surprised tone.
She looked at Shadow. Then back at the bowl. Then back at Shadow. He was looking at her with a mouth full of popcorn and his body, couch and carpet full of popcorn crumbs.
„What?!", he said with his mouth full.
„And then they say that Tails is childish.", she sighed. „I'm not cleaning this up. You're sleeping here, so you'll clean this up.", she looked at him while pointing at the carpet.
„Hmph. Fine.", he crossed his hands and swallowed the popcorn. Rouge couldn't help but laugh. He looked at her like she was crazy. „What is it now?!", he asked with an annoyed voice.
„You're covered with popcorn, and everything around you is covered with popcorn, too.", she took a breath when she stopped laughing. „You look like a baby that had just discovered popcorn.", she laughed again.
„I love popcorn.", he smiled.
Rouge calmed down. „Yeah, I noticed so.", she stood up from the couch and smiled at him. „Are you in for another round?", she took the bowl and looked at him.
„What kind of question is that?", he smiled at her.
„Promise me you won't leave yet.", she looked at him, worried.
„I promise.", he said.
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Rouge looked at him for a few seconds. „I believe you.", she said and went into the kitchen.
*In the kitchen*
Rouge set the microwave on five minutes. She crossed her hands and leaned her back against a kitchen counter, waiting for popcorn to be done. The kitchen was quite modern and big, everything was coloured in black and silver. The kitchen had two entrances, one was leading to the dining room, and the other one was leading to the living room. There was a black island kitchen counter (A/N: Sorry if I called it wrong, I learn english language at school as a optional subject, and I'm not English.) with metal, silver coloured edges in the center of the kitchen. Near the dining room door stood a black fridge with silver handles. Left from the fridge were two black kitchen counters with silver outlines. Next was a black stove with silver handles, then another kitchen counter which Rouge usually used for food preparation. There were two more kitchen counters, one had the microwave on it, and the other one that Rouge was leaning against. Above all the counters were black kitchen cabinets with silver handles containig everything you need in a kitchen, like plates, bowls, blenders, food processors, etc. The floor was covered with white tiles. Preparing food in such a kitchen was surely a pleasure for someone who enjoys cooking.
Rouge was still waiting for the popcorn to be done. While waiting, she got lost in her thoughts. „At least he likes SOMETHING.", she thought. „If popcorn makes him happy, I'll make him popcorn every day. You can rarely see him smiling in public, he only smiles when he's hanging out with just me, maybe because he trusts me. But now...", she sighed. „...he seems really happy. Is it because of Amy?", she glanced at the microwave to check how much time she has to wait. One minute left. „Well, whatever the reason is, I hope he stays that way.", she thought. „He is, in the end, my best friend...", she sighed.
Soon the microwave dinged, a sign that popcorn were done. She checked the package, just to make sure they were really done, remembering that it took them longer the last time. Of course, half of the popcorn didn't pop.
Rouge sighed. „I should really buy better quality popcorn.", she thought. „In you go again.", she put the popcorn back into the microwave. She looked at the kitchen clock. It was 2:30 AM. Already?! Time sure flies when you're having fun. Soon the microwave dinged again. Rouge checked the package to make sure that the popcorn were really done this time. They were. She put the popcorn in the bowl and exited the kitchen.
When she entered the living room, she saw that the couch and the floor were clean. Shadow sure did a good job at cleaning. Yet again, Shadow wasn't there. Rouge became furious.
„Argh! He promised he wouldn't leave!", she screamed in anger. „When I get my hand on him, I'm gonna...", she stopped when she noticed a note on the kitchen table. She put the bowl on the coffee table and read the note.
The note said: „I'M NOT SLEEPING ON THE COUCH!", in Shadow's handwriting. Rouge puffed angrily and put the note back on the kitchen table. Then she headed upstairs to her bedroom, knowing that ''Shadow the Ultimate Child'' (a nickname that Rouge gave him a few moments ago) was there. As she expected, he was.
Shadow stood in the center of the bedroom with his hands crossed and stared at Rouge, who was clearly annoyed by now. The room was, of course, based on the colours purple and black. There was a queen-size bed with purple and black sheets, a black wooden wardrobe with purple hearts (which Amy drawn one day) containing all Rouge's outfits, a black nightstand with purple hearts (again Amy's masterpiece), and a purple window covered with purple curtains. The walls were coloured purple. When you looked at the room, it was obvious that Rouge designed it.
Rouge approached Shadow. „You are sleeping on the couch.", she said while crossing her arms.
„No, I'm not.", Shadow said firmly.
„Oh, yes you are.", she said, slightly angry.
„I don't want to!", he raised his tone.
„But you will!", she clenched her fists by her sides. „This is MY bed in MY bedroom in MY house, so I decide who sleeps here, in MY bedroom!", she yelled back while breathing heavily after she said that.
„Oh yeah?!", he angrily stared at her.
„Yeah!", she returned the stare.
The stood like that, in silence for a few more seconds. They both calmed down.
„There are popcorn in the living room.", Rouge said calmly.
„Okay", Shadow said and Chaos Controled out of the room.
„Hey!", Rouge yelled after him. „That's no fair! You don't get to start without me!", she shouted and ran downstairs to the living room.
When she entered the living room, the popcorn were already half gone. She looked at Shadow. He was chewing and looking at her.
„Want some?", he asked.
„Why you little...", she sat next to him. „Whatever. Take them all. I'm not hungry anymore.", she sighed. „Now, let's talk already. And save your popcorn cause I won't make them anymore, okay?", she looked at him.
„Okay...", he grumbled a bit, and then he shut up.
„It's about Amy.", Rouge started and looked at him.
„I knew it!", he said and looked up and sighed, annoyed.
„We both know that you love her.", she said, ignoring his annoyed sigh.
„BUT, she doesn't like me.", he said and looked at her.
„You don't know that.", she implied.
„She likes that blue faker.", he mumbled and looked at the floor.
„Not anymore! And you know that!", she tried to convince him.
„You know she'll come back to him, she always does...", he said in a slightly sad tone.
„Not if you do something about it!", she said, still trying to convince him. „Come on, you're perfect for each other!", she smiled at him.
„What's this, „Rouge the matchmaker show"?", he slightly raised him tone and looked at her, slightly annoyed.
Rouge was surprised by Shadow's sudden outburst. „Hey, I just want to help you!", she yelled at him.
„I don't need help! What makes you think that I do?", he yelled back.
„I'm your friend, and I want you to feel happy for once in your life!", she said angrily.
„I don't need friends!", he said trough his teeth. „I don't need help.", he looked at her, full of rage. „I don't need you, who constantly tries to get involved in my life!", he stared at her.
Rouge gasped at the last part. „You don't really mean that...", she said sadly.
„I do.", he whispered, still angry.
Rouge couldn't believe what she just heard. She tried to believe that it was just anger that spoke trough him. He would never do something like that to her...
Shadow was still looking at her. „Now, will you just leave me alone?", he said.
Tears started forming in Rouge's eyes. She didn't want Shadow to see that, so she stood up from the couch and looked at the other side. „Fine, you win.", she said, trying hard for her voice not to crack. „You do what you want with your life, I don't care.", she moved away from him. „I just wanted to help you out as a friend, but fine, I won't.", she started walking towards the staircase. „I'm too tired to argue with you, so I'll just go to sleep.", she stopped in front of the staircase. „Good night.", she went up the staircase, but stopped halfway. „Oh, and finish those popcorn while they're fresh. You know you don't like them when they stey out for too long.", she said and went upstairs.
Shadow was still sitting there on the couch, feeling sorry for what he said. „Sorry!", he shouted after her, but he didn't get an answer. A second later he heard the door slammed. „Damn it.", he growled trough his teeth. „Nicely done, Shadow. You screwed everything up.", he whispered to himself. „Now I lost my best friend. All because of my stubborness.", he covered himself with a blanket that Rouge had prepared for him and tried to get some sleep.
And that's it for this chapter.
Shadow: You're late with updating this story.
Sorry, I know I was supposed to update it yesterday, I just couldn't get to my computer.
Shadow: It's fine for me, but you know that readers hate it when writers don't stick to the deadlines.
I know. Sorry guys! Anyway, the next chapter will be a final chapter! I'm looking forward to it, too! ;)
Shadow: We all are.
Please review! bye!