Hi guys. Sorry for the long wait.

Rouge's face paled as she saw me standing there.

"Uh…" She paused for a moment, staring off into space.

"Hi Amy! What are you doing here?" She asked, trying not to sound nervous.

"What are YOU doing here, Rouge?!" I yelled at her, trying to contemplate what the hell just happened.

"I…um…" She trailed off, not knowing what to say.

"-She works for a secret government agency so that us hunters don't expose super naturals. And she's annoying as hell too." Shadow butt in, and Rouge glared at him.

"F*ck off."

"Gladly."

I yanked Shadow's shirt collar when I saw him casually make towards the school doors.

"Oh no you aren't!" I yelled at him sternly, and he rolled his eyes.

"You have no right to grab me, monster." He glared at me, and grabbed my wrist and tugged it off his shirt.

Rouge looked confused, "Wait, what?!" She asked, looking towards me, and flinched when she saw my eyes.

"Oh my God, Amy! You're-,"

"A vampire." Shadow finished, and his eyes widened when he saw Rouge flipping him off.

"Not now, you little shit." She mumbled at the black hedgehog, and turned her head towards me.

"Is THIS why you're ignoring me?" She asked me, looking genuinely hurt.

Dammit. Here comes the guilt.

"It's not that. I've just been having difficulty figuring out how-,"

Me and Shadow turned our heads towards the door, where an angry teacher waited by the door.

I looked behind me, to see that Rouge had vanished.

"What are you two doing out here?" The teacher asked us, but the look on her face meant that she already had a vivid idea.

"Why don't you two have your little date somewhere NOT on the school roof?" Her tone grew louder, and I gagged while Shadow rolled his eyes.

"That's not-," I started to say, but Shadow covered my mouth, and pushed me towards the exit.

"We'll keep that in mind, sensei." He mumbled, and the teacher nodded, having a smug grin on her face, while gesturing us down the stairs.

As we left the school grounds, Shadow turned to me.

"So, about the vampire ordeal." He got down to business.

I paled, but I held my ground.

"Don't you dare try anything." I glared at him.

"Who says I have to try?" He said, intimidating me.

I eyed the spot where I hit him with a table, "That bruise." I said.

He laughed, "Good luck trying to stop me from murdering you right now."

I eyed a woman who was across from us, watering her plants at a shop.

"With all these bystanders?" I raised my eyebrow.

Then I heard the clang! Of the school gates closing as the last teacher closed the gates, then looked at us.

"Jesus, flirt somewhere else."

I sighed as I walked home, half expecting Shadow to follow.

Surprised that Shadow walked in the other direction, I ran back to my apartment, gripping my sun hat that I fished out of my case minutes before.

I sighed in exhaustion as I approached my apartment door, wishing that this day would end.

However, before I even used my keys, my door opened and two hands grabbed my shirt collar and tugged me inside, and I landed face first into the ground.

"Hey!" I shouted in outrage as I lifted my head up, to see an agitated Rouge with her hands crossed.

"Alright, pinkie." She grabbed a wine bottle from the coffee table,

"You got some explain' to do."

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"So lemme get this straight…" Rouge settled as she slammed the empty wine bottle onto the table, as I shifted nervously in my chair.

"Some albino douchebag bit you while you were walking to school and now you're a vampire who wants to bite that track and field member with the blue fur?" Rouge asked, and I nodded, embarrassed at how silly it sounded.

"So what does-," But the doorbell rang before Rouge could continue.

Yawning, I got up and walked towards the door, opening it up to find an impatient Shadow in a green trench coat.

As soon as we made eye contact, I yelped and slammed the door, with Rouge looking at me curiously.

"I'm coming in one way or another." I heard Shadow's threatening voice.

Reluctantly, I slowly opened my door, and I felt his piercing glare.

"That's pretty rude to slam the door in someone's face." He said as he walked in, and I glared at him.

"So is threatening to kill someone." I deadpanned, and I felt tension come from Rouge and Shadow.

"Who invited this douchebag?" She asked, as I looked at Shadow.

"I followed her here."

"Wow. That sounds totally normal." Rouge acknowledged as she popped open another sake.

Shadow rolled his eyes as he opened my fridge, and I stood up in outrage.

"Hey! I earned those groceries." I shoved him off his feet.

"So what? You don't need to eat. You don't even need to sleep."

I stiffened up, and Shadow smirked.

"Oh, now I see it."

I tried to act confused, but it was no use, as he continued.

"You want to be normal, huh?" He asked mockingly, and I looked down at the floor, anger building up.

"You want to eat, and sleep." I turned towards Rouge for help, and she stood up.

"Hey, bud-," But he shot her a look.

"Well let me tell you something, monster." He was three inches away from me, and I had a strange feeling wave over me.

"You will never be normal."

I punched his face, before running out of the apartment in a rush, leaving Rouge and Shadow in my apartment.

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This feeling…Why is it with him too? I asked myself, panting in an alley, trying to shake off the unbearable hunger.

I felt eyes on me, and I looked up, to see a silhouette eyeing down on me from a roof.

"I can see you." I told the familiar silhouette, and he jumped to the ground, revealing himself to be Shadow.

"Why did y-,"

"Just go away." I finalized, and motioned for him to step away.

He didn't move. It was a painful silence until I realized he wanted an explanation.

"Just promise me to stay 100 feet away from me." I warned him, and he blinked.

"Don't tell me…" He started to ponder until he looked horrified.

"You want to…feed from me?" He looked absolutely disgusted.

Embarrassed, I stood up, "No! I want to drink-," But I stopped, as I knew telling Shadow about Sonic was the absolute worst thing to do.

"You just…look like him, OK? Maybe that's why." I buried myself into my knees, and the awkward silence returned.

"Tell me, Shadow…" I started, and his head turned to me.

"Do I look like a monster?" I asked him, my voice cracking as I hid my face in my knees, feeling my cheeks getting wetter.

It was an awkward silence, until I heard him sit down near me.

"…No." He said, and I looked at him, only to have a monster headache, and I scooted away from him.

"I just- I don't know what to do. I never bit anyone before, and I don't want to starve to death…" I mumbled, and I heard him cough.

"Look. I'm not supposed to technically kill beings other than the walking dead. Maybe I could help you." I shot him a look.

"Oh really. And I suppose there's a catch?" I asked, skeptical. He nodded.

"Yeah, but you'll find out about that later." He said, and he stood up, and I followed too.

Then he pulled on his collar.

"Bite me." He said, and my eyes widened.

"W-what?" I stuttered, trying to process what he said.

Shadow sighed.

"Don't let me have to waste my dignity. Just bite me already." He scowled, and I sighed as I walked closer.

As soon as I came three inches from his neck, the same temptation I had from Sonic several days ago returned.

Knowing my life depended on me consuming blood, I sighed as I protracted my fangs, and plunged my teeth into Shadow's neck.