Sorry for taking so long to update…I don't have an excuse, I'm afraid, other than I'm an extremely forgetful and lazy person and you'll just have to bare with me and my cliff-hanger habits!

P.S. HAPPY TIMES! My imagination is on Mode: Yaoi Level: MEGA PERV!

Alice: CHAPTER TIME!

Silver bounded down the street, contradicting his tiredness, until he reached the park of his childhood where, as promised, Shadow stood there, waiting. Silver smiled and ran over to him.

"Shadow-kun~!" Silver chirped as he jumped in front of Shadow. Shadow jumped slightly before grabbing Silver's arm roughly and pulling him close.

"Don't. Do that. Got it?" He hissed, Silver forced back his frown. Shadow was never like this before. He'd usually start chasing the albino or even tickle him, the worst he had ever done was call Silver a girl…which ended in his own injury.

"S-sorry…I was expecting you to react…differently…but I guess we aren't children anymore, ne?" Silver laughed with a slight shake to his voice. Shadow frowned and let him go.

"Whatever…here." Shadow said, holding out a small box. Silver took it gratefully and was about to open it before he was interrupted. "Don't open it until you need to. Just make sure you get things right." Shadow hissed. Silver nodded slowly, shoving the box in his pocket. Silver asked if there was anything else he needed to do or know. Shadow simply warned him about Knuckles' protectiveness. "If you don't get this much right, I won't be able to hold your place for my little 'plan'." Silver swallowed hard, Shadow had really changed a lot. As Silver turned and began to walk away, Shadow said words he really shouldn't have. "Get your hair cut as well, would you? To look like a girl is really disgusting, no one will like you like that either. It's a waste of your time." He hissed, heading off in the opposite direction. Silver stood there, frozen. Had shadow just said that…? Maybe Shadow really didn't…

He sat there, crying in the sandpit…his heart felt like it had ripped in two. Silver just sat there…he couldn't restrain himself. The tears kept coming, the sobs kept wrenching his lips apart…Those words rang through his head over and over, endlessly speaking to him… 'I hate you! You're nothing but a Sicko! Get lost and play with your dolls you girly freak!' Those words had absolutely crushed him…from anyone else, he wouldn't have flinched, heck he might have even punched them, but…those words came from his only friend's lips.

"Shadow-kun…You moron! I hate you! I hate you too!" He screamed out at the top of his lungs before collapsing in the sand.

A day later…

"I'm really sorry about his behaviour. He was probably just agitated, he was almost unable to breath with the amount of crying he did when we told him. Please tell Silver his sorry…he really did like Silver, he never had any friends before either. I'm sorry." Shadow's mother apologized to Silver's.

"It's fine, boys will be boys, right?" Silver's mother laughed before bidding goodbye. Silver's mother had never told him to his face…but he had heard it all from the cupboard she threw him in beforehand. Perhaps she assumed he already knew? Then again…sympathy was one of the many traits she never carried…just like how she never had a sense of mercy or guilt. Silver felt so ashamed…he had punched Shadow for what he said…hard. And now he couldn't take it back…But how could anyone understand? Black and White…they complimented each other almost lovingly…they shared a special bond because they were outcasts…but they were on opposite ends of the world…they couldn't be together for very long…but They had left their mark already…White was no longer white…but faint grey. And Black…had faded the slightest bit as well.

Silver tried in vain to hold back a sob but it was too heavy to swallow. He just couldn't forget anything he and Shadow did together…A smile twisted the corner of his lips.

"I'll make you remember…I know you loved me…you still do, right?" He murmured, smiling through the tears. "And I'll love you no matter what…because you were my first friend…I'll make you happy…" Silver finished, more to comfort himself than anything else. He ran off, towards the school despite it being so early.

When Shadow arrived back at his house, he saw a removalist van in front of the house. They were stacking boxes into the van. As Shadow approached he realised the boxes were full of Sonic's things. A vein snapped in his jaw as the gears in his head clicked. Something fell from one of the boxes, it was a figurine of a video game character. As one of the removalists bent down to pick it up, he found his hand being crushed by a heavy black boot.

"And what do you think you're doing?" Shadow demanded menacingly as he glared down at the man.

"Shadow! Cut it out! Your brother can do what he wishes…he's a failure anyway." His father spoke up from the porch.

"What?" Shadow hissed, letting the removalist go and storming up to the fence surrounding his front yard.

"You heard me. Sonic's a failure of a son. He may have athletic ability but his grades are horrible, he'd just bring embarrassment to this family." His father repeated. Shadow wanted so much to punch him right now.

"How can you say that? He's your son, goddamnit! And what do you mean 'as he wishes'?" Shadow shouted at the man on the porch.

"He's decided to live with his friend because of 'conditions at home'. He's just an ungrateful brat. And besides, if my child has horrible grades like that thing, why don't I just disown them anyway? I've been too kind too long; he's just been a nuisance." Shadow managed to storm up the stairs to the door and slam it behind him, locking it on top of that. He stormed up the stairs and pushed his mother out of his way in rage.

"Shadow, you bitch! Watch it would you!" She hissed at him. She was fairly young to be the mother of two teenage boys, the oldest being eighteen, thirty four in fact.

"Whatever! If Sonic's leaving you might as well say good bye to me too, whore!" He yelled as he pulled the draws of his dresser out violently and stuffed some clothes into a sports bag, along with a shoebox he found under the bed. After doing so he picked up his school books and shoved them in the bag as well before storming back down stairs in time to see his mother opening the door for his father.

"Shadow! What do you think you're doing?" She demanded, blocking his path.

"What's it look like? I'm leaving. Just like Sonic." Shadow said simplistically, pushing his mother out of the way and shoving his father into the wall before walking out of the house with his bags on his shoulder.

"Shadow!" She yelled after him. Shadow just flicked her off and kept walking. He didn't know where to go, but school was fine for the day, he could worry later.

Sonic groaned as he rolled over and wrapped his arms around Knuckles, who was actually there for once. Sonic nuzzled his arm, unaware of his actions. Knuckles' eyes opened and he looked down at his blue haired friend.

"Um…Sonic…" Knuckles was uncomfortable, he enjoyed having Sonic hug him like this, but it was just…weird.

"So-kun~! Knuckles! Good Morning~!" Ellen shouted, bursting through the door, startling Sonic fully awake and also causing him to fall off the bed, dragging Knuckles with him. Knuckles sat up and rubbed his head and wondered why his mother wasn't still shouting at the top of her lungs. He looked to the door to see his mother grinning and giggling rather scarily as she edged towards the door.

"Sorry~ I didn't know you two were busy~ Heehee… You can take the day off school if you want though~!" She murmured as she slid the door closed. Knuckles was worried by the way she was behaving but the gears wouldn't fit until Sonic groaned in pain. Knuckles looked down and realised he had been straddling him, accidently of course. He jumped off of his friend, his face almost as red as his hair.

"S-Sorry!" He apologized. Sonic sat up, his head thumping.

"N-No…I pulled you down. It's my fault." Sonic said, still a little dazed. Sonic tried to stand on his feet but his knees gave way and he fell, his head hitting the side of the bed causing him to cry out in pain.

"Sonic!" Knuckles shouted, his voice cracking, as he got up hastily to help his friend.

Down stairs…

Ellen hummed the theme from an anime she had been watching recently and making herself breakfast. But she had been interrupted by a loud bang, a groan, and Knuckles shouting unknown words. Ellen's grin broadened and she giggled again.

"Knuckles! Don't be so rough on poor So-kun! You don't want to break him do you?" She called up the stairs.

"What the fuck are you implying? Don't get caught up in fantasy you old hag of a Fujoshi*!" Knuckles yelled back over his shoulder. As soon as these words left his mouth, he wished he had never spoken. In a second, Ellen was behind him, ready to strike.

"I-I didn't mean it! I-!"

"Don't try taking back your words now! I'm only thirty-five! I'm not old!" Ellen yelled, bring her fist down on Knuckles' head. With that she left the room. Sonic sat up wincing.

"My head still hurts a bit…" He whined. Knuckles sighed; his mother was insanely weird, to him at least. Sonic managed to get down the stairs, but his head still hurt like hell. He sat down at the table, feeling a little guilty. Sonic and Ellen were doing a lot for him, he wanted to give something back, but he didn't have that option, not right now at least. A knock at the door alerted Ellen and she skipped over to the door. Sonic was expecting her workmate, a friend or something, but instead, it was removalists. Sonic frowned as they began carrying boxes of his things up the stairs.

"It's not safe for you to live with him. You know that, right?" Ellen answered his puzzled face. Sonic nodded sadly, nothing was even right now. Nothing at all.

"Sorry…" Sonic mumbled. Ellen smiled at him.

"Don't apologize; you're like a second son, so I chose to do this myself, it's no burden." She said before disappearing up the stairs. Sonic felt something bump his head and looked up at Knuckles, who put a plate in front of him.

"Don't space out, we're already late for school, damn it." Knuckles ordered. Sonic nodded.

"Thank you…"

Sonic ran as fast as he could to class, and made it in time for second session. Sonic sat down, panting heavily.

"You ok?" Silver asked, looking his friend up and down.

"Yeah! Why wouldn't I be?" Sonic forced a grin. But to tell the truth he was worried…about Shadow. How the hell was he going to react to this?

"Hey…do you think you could help me…at lunch?" Silver asked, going a little pink. This was vividly noticeable on Silver's flesh, him being so pale.

"Oh really~? Hehehe…need to help asking someone out or something?" Sonic joked, poking Silver's arm slightly. Silver hit sonic over the head with his textbook and faced the front stubbornly. "Ow. I was only joking, geezus. And I hit my head twice this morning god…" Sonic whined, rubbing his head.

"Sorry. Perhaps I did overreact a bit…I don't know. And if you're hitting your head so many times in one day, I advise you be a bit more careful!" Silver laughed.

"Not my fault Knuckles' mother startled me. I fell off the bed and hit my head on the ground, and after that…I don't really remember what happened. Well, other than Knuckles-" Sonic caught himself there, he almost said something he shouldn't have.

"Wait. Knuckles' mother? What exactly was she doing there?" Silver demanded. He hadn't heard the part about Knuckles because Sonic and his speedy blabbermouth slurred his words together.

"Oh. I'm staying at his house cause of…well, things at home…" Sonic dismissed hastily, laughing nervously.

"You mean Shadow, don't you?" Silver asked, looking down at his text book sadly.

"Sonic! Silver! Stand outside!" The teacher ordered, pointing to the door. Sonic and Silver did as they were told, blatantly embarrassed.

After a long silence, Sonic finally opened his mouth. "How'd you know? About Shadow, I mean." Silver looked up at him from across the hall and shrugged.

"L-lucky guess?" Sonic glared at Silver for a second, the albino was absolutely horrible at lying. "Fine. If you really want to know…" He stopped as a thought crossed his mind and his lips cracked into a grin. "You have to help me with something first!" He smiled. Sonic rolled his eyes before nodding in agreement.

"What do you want me to do?" He asked. Silver just shook his head in response and pressed a finger to his lips.

"I'll tell you later." He whispered smiling to himself. Sonic's frown depend but he shook it off.

Annd END!

Sorry for not posting in FOREVER! But As Alice said last time "If you live that long." This one's a bit short but I hope you like it! And I'll try and post sooner this time! I know how annoying it is to wait FOREVER! But its school holidays now so I'll probably post more.

Alice: I TOLD you to not have your hopes up!

Sonic: WHATS SILVER PLANNING?

Silver: I don't know.

Shadow: How can't you know?

Silver: I don't know…

*Facepalms* Cya next CHAPPIE! (within the week hopefully)