Fun fact, I'm basing baby, Ally on my baby niece! She does a lot of rolling and playing with fingers lol
Sonic slowly woke up to a sunlight filled bedroom coming through the window. He turned over and noticed that Allison and Shadow were gone.
"How long was I sleeping..?" The hedgehog muttered to himself. He yawned and looked over at the alarm clock on the bed side table. Sonic's eyes widened when he saw it was passed noon! His alarm usually goes off at nine a.m. though.. Did Shadow let him sleep in?
A smell filled the room, kind of like bacon and pancakes. Sonic got out of bed, slipped his shoes and gloves on and followed the scent downstairs. He walked passed the living room into the kitchen. Sitting in a high chair was Ally with a bottle of baby formula, next to her was Shadow who was eating a small stack of pancakes with a side of bacon. Next to him was a place set for Sonic with a slightly taller stack of pancakes with even more bacon. Steam still curled up off the breakfast items. Sonic's stomach growled looking at it.
"Shadow? What's all this?"
"I believe it's breakfast, Sonic. I would have let you up sooner but when your alarm went off you looked too exhausted." Shadow explained. "I felt like it would've been beneficial to your health if you slept more."
Sonic's cheeks felt warm suddenly. Shadow made him breakfast, he let him sleep because he was concerned for his well being. Maybe this raising a baby thing will work out after all.
The hero got a glass of orange juice and sat down at the table. He practically drowned his pancakes in syrup before digging in. "Thanks, Shadow! These are really good! "He said with a mouth full of pancake.
Shadow made a face. "Please refrain from speaking with your mouth full, hedgehog... I'm glad you like them though."
Sonic swallowed the pancake in his mouth. "Where'd the chair and bottle come from by the way?"
"Cream and Vanilla stopped by with some of Cream's old baby supplies" The ebony hedgehog responded taking a sip of his coffee.
Allison finished her bottle and giggled. She wore a light blue onesie. Behind her on the counter was a bag of some other baby supplies, diapers, wipes, jingling toys, pacifiers and formula. Vanilla sure was a sweet woman, especially to help kickstart their parenting career.
Soon both hedgehogs ate their full while Ally played with one of her new colorful toys.
"So when do you want to head out to your apartment?" Sonic asked while washing the dishes.
"The sooner the better, if you don't mind."
"I hear ya. Just let me finish these last few plates then we'll head out." When Sonic finished the last dish he called up Amy to take her up on her babysitting offer. "Hey, Amy? Shadow and I got something to do today, mind watching Allison while we're gone?"
"No problem! I'll bring some storybooks to read to her for her nap time!" She giggled.
"Haha, thanks, Ames, see you in a bit."
A half hour went by until a knock on the door was heard. Sonic was on the floor playing with Ally and Shadow sat on the couch reading a book. The blue blur was about to get up when Shadow beat him to it.
"Keep playing with her, I'll get it." He said walking passed the two.
"Oh, ok." Sonic went back to playing peek a boo with the infant.
The ebony hedgehog opened the door and standing there was none other then Amy Rose.
"Hi, Shadow!" The pink hedgehog greeted with a wave. In her arms were two children's books, it looked like Rapunzel and The three little Pigs.
Shadow nodded and stepped aside to let the female in. Amy knelt down next to Allison and picked her up. The child looked a bit surprised at first but recognized the one holding her soon and smiled.
"Go have fun you two! I got her! Oh, and Sonic, you have my blessing." She winked.
Sonic and Shadow glanced at each other. "...ok?" They said in unison.
Later after running to Shadow's apartment building, Rouge was surprisingly there with empty boxes ready.
"Hello, Rouge." Shadow greeted. "Thanks for helping."
Sonic looked confused, not that he minded seeing Rouge or anything.
"While you called Amy, I called Rouge. I figured we'd get done faster with her help."
Sonic nodded." Ahhh. Nice to see you again, Rouge."
"Likewise little boy blue." The bat picked up an empty box and handed it to Sonic. "Shadow I talked to your landlord and we have until 5 o'clock to get you cleared out. Let's move, boys."
Shadow unlocked door and three moved inside the apartment. In the main living area Shadow had a lot of books on the shelf and a coffee table that would look nice in the living room in Sonic's-their house. Sonic had a bookshelf already so they could leave that for the next tenant.
"I'll handle the kitchen." Rouge picked up a box labeled utensils and headed for the kitchen on the other side of the small home.
Sonic headed for the bookshelf with his box. He took a marker and wrote 'Novels' on the cardboard. "Hey, Shadow? Do you like these in any particular order? Alphabetical, most read?"
"Just place them in the box, I'll handle ordering them out when we get home."
The blue hedgehog shrugged. "If you say so." Even though Shadow claimed to not care, Sonic took the liberty of alphabetizing the books when he packed them up.
After Rouge was done with the kitchen she moved on to some decorations like a couple of snow globes and vases she wrapped in bubble wrap. She placed delicate ornaments in a box labeled 'Fragile'. "Sonic, hon, mind seeing if Shadow needs a hand?"
"Sure thing." Sonic replied.
Shadow was in his old bedroom collecting blankets, sheets, and spare gloves and shoes. Sonic came in with another box.
"Need any help in here?" He asked.
"Sure, you can start over there." Shadow made a gesture to his dresser top.
The first thing Sonic noticed was a framed photo of Shadow with a blonde human girl in a blue dress. Sonic picked it up and brought the photograph to the other who was folding a blanket.
"This is her, right? Maria?"
Shadow hesitantly nodded.
Sonic gave a sorrowful smile. "Then we better put this in a special place." The hero carefully wrapped the frame in bubble wrap and placed it in the box. Shadow gave a small smile and Sonic did the unexpected when he wrapped Shadow in a hug. The striped hedgehog hesitantly returned the hug.
"I'm sorry, I know you loved her." Sonic said.
"Yeah, I did.. Ally is my second chance. I will not mess up again." The striped hedgehog said determined.
"I'll be by your side the whole time."
"Oh? Am I interrupting something?" Rouge stood in the doorway with a full box.
The two males split apart the moment they noticed the bat.
Rouge chuckled. "Don't stop by my account."
Shadow sighed. "Shut it, Rouge.."
Sonic could just barely notice a red tint on Shadow's cheeks..
The three continued to work on packing up. Before they knew it 5 o'clock rolled around, luckily everything was packed and ready to go.
Rouge hired Team Chaotix to help move everything into the house. The bat knocked on the back of the truck to give the ok to drive. Vector gave a thumbs up from behind the steering wheel and took off.
"Welp, boys this is usually the part I demand payment but! Since we're pals I'll give you a freebie. I just wish I had a camera! None of the others will believe me when I tell them that you two were hugging, but then again you are parents now. I wouldn't put it passed you if you were experimenting. Well, toodles!" Rouge took off with her wings before either hedgehog could respond.
"Ok, I thought Amy was just being Amy but Rouge? Do-do they think we're..?" Sonic said gesturing between the two. "You know..?"
Shadow took a deep breath. "I'm afraid so.."
They think your gay... I said it... lol probably one more chapter with baby Ally then we're do for a time skip to introduce her little sister!