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And that was the beginning of the 'coffee shop'.
Soft sipping could be heard from Shadow as he made his way through one of the cups of the white chocolate hot drinks. He was guzzling it down and savouring it with a new approach. This was a new experience for him, normally only drinking a simple white coffee which was his favourite.
But this? This he couldn't possibly get enough of it!
"This. Is," Shadow began through gulps, "Amazing."
Amy raised her eyes from the laptop, the sound of her typing died out making the room appear quieter by far. But a delicate giggle filled the room, transforming into a louder, cheerful roar of laughter.
"Shadow! Look at your face! Haha…You have cream hanging off your nose!"
Arms crossed over his chest, a small pout and then a bigger frown followed, appearing on his muzzle. He didn't like this laughter at his expense; he wasn't used to it. Today really was offering him new experiences…
"Aww don't sulk! Here…"
The laptop was placed onto the coffee table, the screen flashing where her sentence was impatiently waiting to be continued. A small creak from the floor board erupted as she placed her weight onto it, positioning herself in front of her cream coated friend.
She used her left hand to place her index finger underneath his firm jaw and bring his sulking face up… and, also, to keep it from going back down! Red focused on to green; their eyes level with each other. Shadow found himself staring into her heavily lashed eyes as he watched them stare back into his own crimson orbs.
She blinked. It broke the atmosphere surrounding the two, creating a small blush on Amy's fur. She noticed the cream again though and a smile was etched deeply onto her face.
Gorgeous.
Using her right index finger she scooped up the sweet treat from on Shadow's face, giggling again as he went cross eyed to see what she was doing. Chocolate sprinkles were mixed within the dairy hanging on her hand, but it soon disappeared as she licked off.
"Yummy! Do you have another one of them? That was so nice! The strawberry milkshake was lovely too!"
"Sure. How is your work?"
Amy sighed loudly, a small frown forming and her shoulders hunching…
"I don't know… There's this girl… person, this person! And they are having relationship problems, but I can't tell her to leave him or nothing because…"
"Love. I cannot… help."
Shadow bowed his head apologetically. He had never really understood love. But he hoped one day he would. His old friend Maria had opened the acceptance to this as the little he did know about love was making the other person happy.
It was Maria who had wanted him to have happiness and to offer the same to the people of Earth. And that involved love, right?
Unknown to Shadow, some loving actions had started to appear more from him. After all, he was now a hero… On the same team as his blue counterpart! On the same team as his work companion Rouge…
On the same team as Amy Rose.
"It's okay Shadow; I appreciate you just being here. Especially considering you brought treats even after I refused…But we can do the coffee shop one day? Only if you want to…" Amy shyly faded out towards the end, nervous of the response."
The two hedgehogs smiled at each other, with matching wild eyes and grins. No answer was needed; the coffee shop should keep a table reserved for the two of them. Preferably a nice one in the corner, secluded from the rest of the world, which would become 'their' table!
"Help yourself to a biscuit and write."
The plate of sugary desserts was pushed Amy's way as she selected a home-made cookie. Then she began to type again…
Thank you for sharing your problems with me, a problem shared is sometimes a problem halved. Meaning that you have already taken a step to try and make it better. You sound as if you have gone through some tough times and to still be fighting displays how strong you are and how strong your love is. Keep this in mind!
Now there are several options I could suggest to you… But let's face it, only you can decide. If I said leave him, would you be able to? If I said forgive and forget, would that help? I doubt it. Relationships are complex and whoever says that they are not, well, in my opinion they are clearly living the fairy-tale. It takes dedication and you sound dedicated to this guy.
He has made some mistakes. I won't fight his battles or defend that, but you love him!
My advice is to try some form of release. I personally like to write. You may prefer to do some exercise or maybe a form of art be that singing, drawing or even acting.
Try these out. Hope you all the best.
Rose x
"I brought you that drink I had. Warmed it for you."
"Good timing Shadow! I just finished it. I hope I gave them something good to consider. It was a hard case for me..."
"Relax. You'll have done a good job. Drink up." He told her in a blunt way, yet Amy knew there was more to his words than there was to the monotone of his voice.
"Shall we begin our feast?"
"Nothing better."
