High school obsession

Chapter eleven

When Shadow woke up it was in a completely different environment and he shot up from the bed, but the sudden pain and dizziness made him fall straight back down.

Sonic walked towards the bed and stuck a thermometer in his mouth, a few minutes later of silence, he pulled it out and sighed, "high fever…" he mumbled and sat down on the bed.

"God…why the fuck does my head hurt so much…?" he questioned in a mutter.

"You have a minor infection and a hangover."

The voice didn't seem to process in Shadow's mind, but when it did he sat up, "Sonic…" he spoke, "…you're…you're okay…"

Sonic smiled and rubbed Shadow's back, "it was nothing serious," he reassured, "listen, Dark, told me what was wrong. It wasn't your fault so stop blaming yourself."

Shadow wrapped Sonic's shirt tightly around his body, trying to stay warm. Everything was fuzzy in his mind from yesterday.

"I found you in the private garden nearly unconscious," he explained trying to refresh the hedgehog's memory.

"I feel like I'm going to throw up…" he spoke it was obvious he didn't remember any of the occurring events from yesterday, he was to wasted to.

Sonic laughed softly and he planted a kiss to Shadow's cheek, "no more smoking or drinking," he ordered gently, "while you were unconscious the nurse treated your leg, you should be fine but no vigorous activities," he pulled away from Shadow.

"Did you ever figure out who shot the gun?" he questioned and he shook his head, "my guess is, it's the same person that tried to ruin your school life a few weeks back."

The blue hedgehog never thought about it that way. In truth, he had totally forgotten about that due to dire circumstances. It just came and went. Shadow was about to say something else to him, but because Sonic saw the gun he stopped, "Shadow, I'm not sure if this is the time but before the shooting you were about to say something important to me. What was it?" his tone was innocent yet demanding just as well.

Shadow appeared confused, "I…I don't know," he couldn't remember.

"It's okay. I'm sure you'll remember when you start to feel better," he reassured and kissed his lips softly.

As Sonic stood from the bed, Shadow took his hand causing Sonic to pause midway, "can you promise me something?" he questioned and Sonic moved closer to the bed so he was near Shadow, "promise me that we'll always be together? No matter how hard the road is ahead of us, promise me that you wont leave me."

"Shadow, where's this coming from?" he couldn't help but ask.

"Please, Sonic, I need this promise."

He smiled lightly, "hey there's no need to say 'I promise,'" he explained, "because I will never leave you. I'm staying with you forever. When you die, I will follow. Heaven or Hell, I'll be there too."

Shadow pulled his body closer to Sonic's and connected lips with his.

Wrapping his arms around Shadow's slender waist, he returned the kiss with a great deal of passion. He missed this, he was so overruled with the worries of Shadow, afraid that Shadow was going to do something stupid because Sonic had been injured. After a couple seconds of being in a lip-lock, they pulled away to catch their breath.

"Thanks, sonic," he whispered.

The other hedgehog touched Shadow's cheek, which was pale when he had found him in the garden, but coloring was returning to it which was a good sign. He stroke his partner's cheek lovingly, 'you're passion, just everything about you, Shadow, I love.' "Shadow, I…"

There was a knock at the door and Sonic sighed, this was the second time they had been interrupted, "come in," he spoke and the door opened slowly. In time, Rouge walked in, "hey, Rouge."

"Shadow, Sonic," she seemed disappointed seeing those two together in the same room, in the same bed, Sonic's hand on Shadow, it angered her.

"Yeah? What's up?" the blue hedgehog questioned.

"I, um, have a confession," she managed to say while nervously picking at her nails, "about the article."

The younger hedgehog stood from the bed, "what do you mean? Do you know who took the files?"

She nodded with hesitation and walked into the dorm just before closing the door behind her, "I do," she answered while maintaining her posture and her voice's strength, which was turning into more of a challenge the she expected by far, "it was me," she blurted and quickly before she gave up and left the dorm without admitting what she had done. They had to know the truth.

The hedgehog's were shocked and she sighed, waiting for the 'why' of her actions.

"Rouge," Shadow began but she interrupted him.

"I did it, because I was jealous…of you…of him," her eyes made contact with Sonic's, "I never wanted you two to get together. So I wanted to ruin your relationship. I never enjoyed the role of the fake girlfriend. I wanted to be your girlfriend, for real."

Sonic walked up to her and took one of her hands into his, smiling slightly, he wasn't upset for what she had done. It was the complete opposite, "Thank you for admitting what you did. But if you've never done that…shadow and I wouldn't be as close as we are now."

"You don't understand," she mumbled.

"Understand what?"

"I'm the one that arranged the shooting."

To be continued…