THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO SAID GOOD LUCK TO MY MIDTERMS! I think it went well for the most part. Now I just have to make sure the average is not too high and that I'm above the average hahaha.
"This is going to be great, Sonic!" said Amy and she jumped down to the red sofa, "Come and sit next to me." Amy tapped the empty seat next to her which caused Sonic to let out another sigh.
'This is going to be interesting…' Shadow tried to avoid showing off his grin in front of his boyfriend but it was extremely hard to do so. 'After all, you are the one who started to the little game anyways.'
"What's so funny, Shadow?" Sonic raised his eye ridge and made a huge effort to keep his emotion cool while he sat down next to the pink hedgehog.
"Hmph, can't I smile once in a while?" Shadow returned to his original stoic face expression.
Sonic shrugged his shoulders and closed his eyes, "Well, it's not every day that I see you acting so cheerful."
Shadow could immediate detect two negative signals that Sonic just displayed in front of him. To start off, Sonic's tone was slightly deeper than his usual jovial voice which indicated that Sonic was pretty much pissed off. Shadow managed to find Sonic's change in voice depending on his mood when he and Sonic were once rivals. When Sonic decided to stop playing around and get into his serious mode, his voice went slightly lower.
Second aspect Shadow found was how the blue hero's ears were in a very awkward position. Two blue ears were not straight up but they were not folded back either. It was really somewhere in between which also meant that Sonic was uncomfortable about something. That something probably had to do with the fact that Zonic was sitting next to Shadow and not Sonic himself.
"Don't get too surprise when you see me smile more often today," Shadow rolled his eyes playfully and moved slightly to the left in order to give Zonic some more room.
As soon as Zonic took his seat next to Shadow, Sonic started to tap his foot impatiently as if he was giving a bad warning sign to the zone cop. Even though Zonic and Shadow clearly noticed this aside from Amy, they pretended to ignore Sonic to further stress him more.
"How do you know this place Zonic? Do you come here often?" asked Amy as she placed one of her hand on her cheek to lean a little.
"I don't come here much anymore," Zonic explained, "I used to come here with a... friend but that's in the past now."
"Well that friend must have been pretty special if you guys came here to eat," said Amy. She then picked up one of the menu that was left on the dining table and gave one to Sonic.
"You have another special acquaintance that you can come here frequently if you like," said Shadow with his eyes closed. It was obvious that Shadow was refering to himself. At the same time, the black hedgehog could feel Sonic's emerald eyes glaring at him.
"I'll keep that in mind," Zonic was able to quickly catch Shadow's sentence and comment back on it as well. Sonic's ears twitched in slight frustration and he tried his best to ignore it by looking at different types of food in the menu but none of them caught his attention. It wasn't that the food looked bad, it was more like the blue hero couldn't focus other than the chat that went between Shadow and Zonic.
'I see what you're doing to me, Shadow,' Sonic thought to himself and grinned at the same time, 'You better watch out for it too, pal.'
"So Amy," Sonic turned his attention to the female hedgehog and swiftly wrapped his right arm around her shoulders, "If you like this kind of fancy looking place, I can bring you here more once in a while."
"R-Really Sonic? Awww that's the sweetest thing you said to me in a while! I guess it is true that the lovers miss each other more when they are apart." Amy slightly leaned into Sonic's touch and blushed a little bit more. Sonic didn't really agree about the part where Amy said about the love becoming stronger when couples are apart but one thing for sure, Sonic did miss Amy while he was helping out Shadow's business with Mephiles. The blue hedgehog also missed his other friends back at home which caused him to have a little bit of homesick.
"Well, let me tell ya, I did miss you a lot too," said Sonic and this was not a lie. He really was speaking from the bottom of his heart.
While Sonic and Amy were lost in their little moment, both hedgehogs heard a loud snap sound that was created by Shadow's fingers. The ultimate life form had his eyes narrowed but smiled very subtly when he finally caught Sonic and Amy's attentions.
"Can we order first?" said Shadow as he crossed his arms again. 'He really knows how to play with my temper,' the black hedgehog noted to himself.
"Come on Shadow, can't I have some private moment with Amy here?" Sonic joked and pulled his arm away from her. "Just having some friendly talk here that's all." In the back of Sonic's mind, he saw an image of himself hopping around shouting back at Shadow saying 'Score one for Sonic! Hehhehheh.'
"If you guys are not too hungry, we could just order desserts," Zonic sensed Shadow's anger rising and decided to quickly interfere, "Sonic prime already ate back the cafeteria and I'm not really hungry as well. What about you Shadow?"
"I'm fine with whatever you guys want," Shadow murmured.
"Okay then, dessert is totally great with me too. Then uh... Zonic," Amy was scared that she might have pronounced the head zone cop's name incorrectly, "Why don't you order for all of us? I'm sure you know what is best around here."
Zonic blinked a couple of times and looked at the menu. 'It's been a while since I came here. Not to mention the last time I came here is with that inmate,' the zone cop bit his lips when an image of Zhadow brushed by his memory again.
"I don't want anything too sweet," Shadow quickly commented to Zonic and the blue zone cop nodded.
"Okay then. I better not hear any complaining from you guys later," Zonic said with a little humor but his face still maintained that serious look so it almost made it look like Zonic was well... being serious.
The blue zone cop rang a small bell that was next to him on the white dining table and instantly, one of the raccoon looking species with a maid looking outfit came running.
"And how many I serve- Oh my! I didn't know I would be serving you today, Mr. Zonic."
"Long time no see Sylvia," Zonic waved his hand a little in greeting, "I'm just here because these guys are not letting me work," Zonic rolled his eyes.
"Woah there! It's for your own good and you know it Zonic," Sonic pointed at his counterpart and Amy just laughed at this situation.
"And you must be Sonic prime," Sylvia turned to the blue hedgehog, "Mr. Zonic told me few things about you. I'm surprised that you guys look exactly the same! Not to mention you guys sound the same... except for Mr. Zonic seems to have slightly lower tone in voice if I have to point out."
"That's because this guy is serious about everything," Sonic laughed and surprisingly, Zonic also smiled a little at that last feedback.
"Haha, I see," Sylvia giggled, "So what would you like to order?"
"Just bring us dessert C and E. Oh and also could you bring two large caramel shakes? Make one of them less sweet if that's possible," said Zonic as he closed the menu.
"Okay, I'll bring the shakes right now since we just made them," the maid smiled and returned to the back of the restaurant.
"What's dessert C and E?" asked Sonic but it was Amy who spoke first.
"I hope it's something really sweet Sonic," Amy giggled and Sonic decided to take this chance to say something back to Amy.
"Heh, well it can't be sweet as you Amy," Sonic gave a quick wink at the pink hedgehog. Amy turned away from Sonic with both of her hands touching her cheeks to cover the blushing.
"Stop saying so many cute things to me Sonic! You're making me blush all over again!"
'I just hope Amy doesn't think I'm being weird by saying all these nice things to her,' Sonic scratched his head. He remembered the time when Sonic had to lie to Amy about her looking adorable when she uses her hammer. This caused Amy to swing her hammer more in the hotel they were in. In the end, Sonic and Amy were asked to leave by the staff and the blue hedgehog was very happy to hear that message. 'I remember getting almost killed when Amy found out that it was just a lie.. hehheh. Guess I'll never learn my lesson."
On the other hand, Zonic saw Shadow's hand clutching in to a shaking fist under the table. The zone cop thought this side of Shadow was slightly unexpected but a little cute at the same time.
"And here are the two drinks," said the maid. She placed two straws in one caramel shake and passed it to Amy and Sonic. When she was about to do the same for Zonic and Shadow, she glanced at Shadow for a few seconds and placed only one straw and passed it to two male hedgehogs. "Enjoy!"
"Why did she only give one straw?" Amy asked while she took a sip at the caramel shake.
"Ah... she must have thought that Shadow was Zhadow," Zonic face palmed himself and shook his head. "Let me call her back and-"
"Don't waste her time, it's no big deal," said Shadow and he reached out to take the shake with only one straw on it. The black hedgehog had a long sip before opening his mouth and licked his lips before passing the drink on to Zonic. "I don't mind sharing. Do you?"
Sonic automatically had his mouth slightly opened in shock as his emerald pupils followed Zonic's hand movement.
"I... guess not," replied the head zone cop as he used the same straw that Shadow just used,understanding where the ultimate life form was going with his plan.
Sonic's eyes went wide open as he tried to think of an excuse. There was no way he was going to let Shadow and Zonic share the same straw! In Sonic's logic, that was almost the same level as kissing but just indirectly of course.
"I could just run across the restaurant and get the extra straw for you," Sonic tried to keep his happy face but inside, he was dying with annoyance.
"It's really fine," said Zonic who sensed Sonic's envy increasing every time when the zone cop took a sip at the straw.
"Shadow you know I'm fast enough to go and bring another one." The blue hero raised his eye ridge as if he was trying to send out hidden message.
"Faker, I don't see why you're making such a big deal," Shadow sighed and made a hand motion to Sonic to sit back down. 'You're easy to please and easy to make jealous,' thought the ultimate life form.
"Aren't you going to drink some Sonic?" Amy gave the large shake to the blue hedgehog, "It's really really really good!"
"I-its okay Amy. I don't really like caramel," Sonic lied and frowned a little.
"Desserts are here!" the maid came back in the right timing, "Here is the Golden Opulence Sundae and Frozen Haute Chocolate in weak chocolate of course."
(You guys should google these desserts. Their price really are crazy!hehheh)
"WHAT?! Zonic are you serious?!" Amy screamed as soon as two lovely desserts hit the table. "We have these desserts in our world too! These... These are very expensive! I know that Golden Opulence Sundae is around $1,000 dollars and Frozen Haute Chocolate is at least $3,000 dollars!"
"It's the similar price here," said Zonic in a monotone.
"Dude how are we going to pay for this?" Sonic also perked up a little when he realized the zone cop just ordered the most expensive desserts on the menu. Zonic on the other hand didn't even have a sweat drop unlike the rest of the hedgehogs.
"It's on me you guys, don't worry about it. It really pays off if you are the in high rank of the zone cop duty you know," Zonic picked up two forks and passed it to Sonic and Amy. "A lot of hard work and all nighters here but good rewards in the end."
"Wow, you're amazing Zonic." Amy nodded, "But I'm sorry to say not as amazing as my Sonic though!" Amy softly let out a little fan girl scream.
"You should have the first bite though. It's obvious that this is no ordinary dessert," said Shadow to cut off Amy's rant about how great his Sonic is. Shadow grabbed the silver spoon and dipped it at the golden colored sundae. The black hedgehog then placed his left hand on Zonic's shoulder to keep him still and raised the spoon in front of the zone cop in an attempt to feed him.
Zonic had no idea Shadow had this planned as well. The blue zone cop stuttered a little and debated if it was really okay to continue this process. He then had a flash back when Zhadow did the exact same thing to him. Zonic refused to eat because he was so stressed out with work so Zhadow ended up feeding him until they were done. Zonic felt his face slowly heating up and Sonic on the other hand bit his own tongue to stop himself from screaming.
"Z-Zonic!"
Both Shadow and Zonic turned around at the blue hero who pointed at the floor of the restaurant.
"I, uh, dropped my fork... hehheh. Think you can call Sylvia to get me another one?" Sonic picked up the fork from the ground and placed it on to the table.
"Now how did that happen?" Shadow smirked and pulled the spoon away from Zonic and released him from his grasp. Zonic sighed deeply to himself as his heart continued to beat faster.
"Well by accident of course," Sonic fought back with his narrowed eyes. 'You're good Shadow. Too good, I might just lose my temper for real,' Sonic smirked and tried to calm himself.
"Sylvia," Zonic called the maid, "Bring me ten more forks."
"T-ten?" Sonic tilted his head in confusion.
"I hope you don't plan on dropping them all at once, Faker," Shadow smirked and took a bit of the ice cream that was meant for Zonic.
"Heh, we'll see about that," Sonic challenged back and took a sip at the caramel shake.
"Eh? Sonic I thought you hate caramel?" asked Amy who continued to eat the dessert in front of her.
"It's not as bad as I thought," said Sonic as he kept his eyes onto Shadow specifically. When Sylvia actually brought ten forks, Sonic forcefully let out a chuckle and said thank you to the maid who also laughed a little at the strange scenario.
Amy just shrugged at Sonic's answer and directed her attention to one of the Pocky stick that was used as a decoration on the chocolate dessert. A smile started to creep up onto the pink hedgehog's face when she thought about how great it would be to do a little romantic couple game. She pulled out one of the chocolate covered Pocky and presented it in front of Sonic. When the blue hedgehog didn't do anything special, Amy groaned in irritation and tapped Sonic one more time.
"Don't you want to play this game with me, Sonic?" Amy asked while she took the edge of the Pocky into her mouth.
"What are you talking about?" Sonic clearly had no idea with that confused look on his face.
"The Pocky game!" Amy pulled out the chocolate stick from her mouth. "Oh come on Sonic! Every couples know what kind of game it is!"
"The… what.. Pocky game?" Sonic still had no clue what Amy wanted from him.
'This is just a perfect timing that I needed,' Zonic chuckled and flashed a quick look to Shadow. The black hedgehog knew right away what Zonic wanted to do and decided to follow his plan.
"Sonic prime, even I know what your friend-"
"Girlfriend, Zonic remember?" Amy carefully reminded the zone cop and Shadow gritted his more.
"Anyways," Zonic pretended he didn't hear the last part of Amy's words, "Even I know the game she's referring to. Do you want me to demonstrate?" Zonic narrowed his eyes and took out a new Pocky from the ice cream dessert. The blue hero swallowed hard. He didn't like where this was going at all.
Zonic stared at the Pocky for a few seconds and then place it inside his mouth. The zone cop then made a gentle finger motion for Shadow to come closer. The ultimate lifeform sneered at Sonic before he leaned in to take the bite of the other Pocky's end.
"..!' Sonic felt his cheeks blushing madly as he wanted to jumped between Shadow and Zonic to split them apart.
"Yeah Sonic! That's how you are supposed to do it!" Amy pointed at two male hedgehogs in front of her.
"S-So what's the point of this anyways? It's just sharing a Pocky," Sonic tried to brush the topic.
"That's not the main point," Shadow murmured since he still had the Pocky in his mouth. "This is."
The black hedgehog then started to munch on the edge of the chocolate covered stick. This caught Zonic off guard as Shadow's lips came closer and closer and the size of the Pocky stick decreased.
'I-I didn't know he would go this far,' Zonic's emerald pupils were away from Shadow's ruby colored eyes. 'He's not really planning to…'
At the same time, Amy covered her mouth with both of her hands but it was obvious that there was still some red blush roaming around her face. She thought that Shadow and Zonic's demonstration was filled with too much detail.
'Heh, there is no way Shadow is going to-' Sonic bit his tongue when Shadow's lips were few centimeters away from Zonic's lips. 'That's going to be not cool, Shadow. Your lips are mine!' Sonic shook his head.
Without really thinking, Zonic could feel his eyelids closing as if he was preparing for what Shadow might do to him. The blue hero felt his vein pop on his forehead as he coughed really loudly to gather other people's attention in the restaurant. This caused the black hedgehog to pull away from Zonic. The zone cop on the other hand looked away shyly, a little disappointed that Shadow discontinued.
"Thanks for the demonstration you too," Sonic rolled his eyes, "The game's rule is so drilled into my head and I'll never forget it."
"Now that you know, how about you try it out with me Sonic," Amy snickered and pretended to erase the strange moment that Zonic and Shadow just had. She placed the Pocky into Sonic's mouth and the blue hedgehog then had an idea to get back to Shadow for what he just did with Zonic.
"Amy if you want to receive a little friendly kiss from me," Sonic just ate the whole Pocky while he leaned a little closer to the female hedgehog, "I could just do it without making this a big deal you know."
Sonic didn't want to put too much false hope into Amy because he still liked her as a friend. The blue hedgehog then gave a small peck on Amy's cheek and leaned back quickly before Amy's screaming in joy would damage his ears. Sonic then turned his attention to Shadow and stuck out his tongue for few seconds. The ultimate life form literally felt a massive increase of chaos energy flowing inside him, probably created from anger and envy and wondered if it would be a bad idea to use either chaos spear or chaos blast to wipe that proud look on Sonic's face.
"Why don't we finish this before they all melt," Zonic said coolly as he patted Shadow's back.
As four hedgehogs continued to eat, Amy mainly talked about how she was able to travel into another dimension from Tail's teleporting device (It was explained how she did it in previous chapter). While others were silently listening, Zonic noticed that the surgery pill he took few hours ago finally started to kick in as he felt his muscles relaxing. Few seconds later, Zonic felt a little sleepy and swayed back and forth little from his chair. Sonic and Amy failed to notice this since they were sitting a little further away but this caught the ultimate life form's attention immediately.
Zonic wasn't even paying attention to what he was eating to the point where he had a slight ice cream smudged on the corner of his lips.
'Is he tired?' Shadow thought to himself. 'This doesn't look like acting.'
"Zonic," Shadow whispered but Sonic managed to hear this as well, "Are you feeling alright?"
"W-what?" Zonic's ears shot up as he opened his eyes fully.
"Well for starters, you have a dessert left over... right here," Shadow leaned in closer and wiped the ice cream out from Zonic's lips with his finger.
Zonic knew that he would be lying to himself if he said he didn't enjoy Shadow's attention and not to mention his physical contact.
"Second, you look rather... lethargic," said the black hedgehog as he used his top side of the gloved hand to gently give a nudge at Zonic's cheek. The head zone cop chuckled a little to keep himself distracted. He slowly started to wonder if Shadow was saying this out of concern or if he was just using this to get Sonic's attention even more. 'Maybe helping Shadow to prank Sonic prime wasn't the best offer I made...'
Just then, Zonic, Shadow and Amy jumped as Sonic landed his hand loudly at the table.
"Sonic? What's the matter?" Amy said with a worried look and this caused Shadow and Zonic to pull away from each other. The ultimate life form had that proud look on his face while Zonic was still perplexed from the previous moment.
"I have to use the rest room! The caramel got all sticky in my glove," said Sonic. "W-where is the restroom Zonic?"
"It's in the back of the corner on the left side," Zonic pointed.
Sonic stood up from the table and turned his attention to Shadow, "Don't you need to wash up as well, Shadow?"
"I don't need to do anything," said Shadow.
There was no way Sonic would leave Shadow and Zonic alone. Who knows that could happen between them as long as the blue hero was away from the table.
"Yes, you do!" Sonic yanked Shadow's arm which caused the ultimate life form to stand up from his seat forcefully.
"No I don't-" Shadow looked at his own hand that was now covered with caramel from Sonic's. "Nice going," Shadow hissed under his breath and turned back to Zonic. "I guess I have to follow this guy, Zonic."
'This guy?' Sonic's right ear twitched when he heard how Shadow labeled him.
"Take your time. I have to pay the bill anyways," said Zonic as he stood up from the table. Amy also decided to use the female restroom before they left the restaurant.
As soon as both Shadow and Sonic entered the restroom, the blue hedgehog had his arms crossed as he leaned against the bath room wall. Shadow on the other hand calmly went over the sink and started to wash off the caramel stain.
"Okay dude, what's the deal?" Sonic spoke out first in his serious tone.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Faker," Shadow had his eyes closed to avoid Sonic's glare.
"Stop calling me that! And what do you mean you have to follow 'this guy' huh?" Sonic made a hand quotation mark when he mocked Shadow's words.
"That's exactly what I meant," Shadow opened his eyes again to reach for the soap.
"B-But I thought we are... you know," Sonic had a sheepish expression before he said the last part, "Uh.. going out now?"
"Your point is?"
"Okay even though I never dated anyone, I clearly know for a fact that you don't call your boyfriend 'this guy'. Plus, I can see what you're doing with Zonic, Shadow," Sonic let out a dry laughter and kept his eyes on to Shadow when the black hedgehog was done washing his gloved hands.
"If I have to remind you, Sonic," Shadow finally used the proper title again, "You didn't listen to me when I told you not to bring Amy along with us."
"She's my friend too Shadow! Just because I'm dating you doesn't mean I have to start acting like a jerk to her," Sonic smiled but he felt a small sweat drop forming. The blue hedgehog didn't really enjoy where this was going.
"Fine you have a reason for that. But I clearly saw you trying to make me annoyed on purpose with her," Shadow narrowed his eyes and frowned while he thought about how Sonic made obvious cues to anger Shadow on purpose. Sonic did stuck out his tongue once in a while when Shadow looked at him with Amy and this was done on purpose. "Why did you do it?" Shadow asked again.
"O-oh that. Well.. hehheh there is a funny story about that," Sonic trailed off with his eyes not meeting with his boyfriend's anymore.
"Do humor me with that story of yours," Shadow rolled his eyes. The black hedgehog was interested in why Sonic decided to start up this whole jealousy game in the first place.
"I mean.. you know," Sonic made a hand gesture, "I'm betting my rings that I liked you way before then you started to like me. Like... maybe I started to think that you're not as bad as how I thought you were ever since the invasion of Black Doom incident."
Shadow just kept his mouth quiet as he continued to listen to Sonic's explanation. It was true that Shadow didn't develop any romantic feeling towards Sonic until they started to interact more with each other recently. At first Shadow respected Sonic and started to welcome his effort in becoming friends. The black hedgehog had no idea that this friendship with his old rival would quickly turn into a romantic one at all.
"You had interest in me... even before this Mephiles' business?" Shadow was slightly surprised by this. "Is that why you wanted to tag along with me so badly?"
Sonic placed his hand behind his head to stoke on of the larger quills as a habit when he felt uncomfortable and nodded a little.
"So yeah. I was a little pissed off when you were always with Zonic before we started dating. So now that we're going out and all, I thought it might have been fun to let you know how the jealousy felt like, you know? But honest I didn't know it would get out of control this much, hehheh."
"I still can't believe you had interest in me for that many years," Shadow spoke softly as he walked to Sonic.
"I mean it's not like I could have went up to you and say, hey Shadow! I like you, You wanna go out sometimes?" Sonic laughed again and didn't realize that Shadow was right in front of him.
"And to think that your attractions towards me didn't die out after all those years," Shadow recalled some insults that he made to Sonic which probably would have been a stab to his heart. Shadow understood where Sonic was coming from and decided to forgive him. Well, the black hedgehog was still a little ticked at Sonic for starting jealousy game in the first place but the black hedgehog knew that he couldn't stay mad at him forever.
"Sorry for my actions back there," Shadow murmured quickly and gently kissed Sonic's lips. Sonic felt his back pressing against the wall more as Shadow tried to deepen the kiss. The blue hedgehog was a little confused at the whole situation. They were arguing for a moment and now they were making out? Sonic smiled to himself at their cryptic relationship as he wrapped his arm around Shadow's neck and pulled him closer to feel his warmth. The black hedgehog allowed both of his hands to slide down again Sonic's arms before pulling apart from the short kiss.
"Okay, we have to stop with our make out session in bathrooms," Sonic tried to joke around Shadow as he made an attempt to cover up his blush.
"I'll keep that in mind. A great hero like yourself deserve his kiss in a more high class environment," Shadow rolled his eyes but continued to smile a little.
"Hehhe, don't tell me you like kissing in bathrooms," Sonic frowned and came a little forward to kiss Shadow again but his blue ears picked up a small door opening sound that came few feet away from him. Sonic felt his heart pounding in worry but soon realized that it couldn't be Amy because they were on a male restroom. 'Don't tell me it's Zonic,' Sonic prayed to whatever that was above.
"Is kissing in the bathroom your habit now, Shadow?" Zonic carefully opened the bathroom door and saw Sonic's face blushing in dark shades of red, "I feel sorry for you Sonic prime. First kiss in my shower room and second kiss in public restroom?" Zonic let out a simple laughter but something stung in his heart.
"Z-Zonic! Wait I can explain!" Sonic tried to push Shadow as far away from him as possible but Shadow didn't even move a single muscle. "Shadow! Get away from me!"
"Don't worry Sonic prime. I already knew you and Shadow were in a relationship. Right, Shadow?" said Zonic with tired looking eyes.
"Zonic is also the one who agreed with me to play along in order to make you jealous," replied Shadow. Sonic looked back and Zonic, then at Shadow... back at Zonic and again back at Shadow.
"WHAT?!" Sonic screamed and this time, the black hedgehog stepped away to give his boyfriend some room. "But Shadow, what happened to keeping this a scret to Zonic, huh?" Sonic felt a little betrayed. After all, it was Shadow's suggestion to keep their relationship a secret in order to help Zonic not think about his own past relationship with Zhadow.
"Sonic prime, Shadow didn't spill the bean. I just happen to hear you guys... you know, doing stuff in my shower room," Zonic stuttered a little and turned his head to the side. He had to admit, he was upset to see Shadow acting protective when it comes to Sonic. Zonic took a deep sigh and the ultimate lifeform thought something was off with the zone cop.
"So... Shadow didn't tell you right? You just figured it out by youself?" Sonic asked again and the head zone cop just nodded. "Are you okay with... seeing us together? I mean, I know that you used to be together with-"
"It's fine. Your relationship has nothing to do with my own," Zonic said and tried to avoid Shadow's eyes. "Come on, let's head out. Amy is waiting or you guys."
The blue hero felt a little weird and even he was able to sense that Zonic was acting strangely. He decided to put that aside since he didn't want to make Amy wait so long by herself.
"Ah-ha! So I did win this round after all!" yelled Sonic in order to lift the bizzare mood that was running between the three of them.
"What do you mean?" asked Shadow with a hint of interest.
"I made you say sorry to me first! Haha I knew you couldn't resist my- Ow! Shadow what did you do that for?" Sonic rubbed his forehead that was hit by Shadow's fist.
"That's for acting immature. You're lucky that we're in a relationship or that hit could have been worse," Shadow sighed and pushed Sonic gently to the side so he could exit.
"Eh, you should be lucky that I can tolerate your temper," Sonic just grinned and grabbed Zonic's arm. "Come on, Zonic. Let's go."
"Sonic prime?" Zonic quietly called out to his original counter part.
"Hm? What is it, buddy?" Sonic turned aroud,
"You must be lucky to have Shadow by your side," Zonic whispered and Sonic didn't know why but he felt a little sorry for Zonic. The blue hero knew that even though the zone cop said watching him and Shadow being togehter doens't bother him, it was probably a lie that Zonic made.
"Listen Zonic," Sonic stopped walking and grabbed Zonic's shoulder with his two hands. "I'm sorry I acted like a child when you and Shadow were together talking about who knows what. Just like what Shadow said, I could be immature, hehheh. But" Sonic raised his index finger, "I'm going to make it up to you. I'm going to help you capture Zhadow. Then maybe you can ask him why he suddenly decided to leave you."
"Sonic prime, I don't recall me telling you about me and Zhadow in particular," Zonic frowned a little.
"Shadow told me," Sonic simply answered and pulled Zonic to where Shadow and Amy were.
'Shadow huh...' Zonic thought to himself. The thought about not being able to have Shadow like him did made him upset. On the other hand, Zonic was still confused if he truely had a feeling for Shadow or if it was because Shadow reminded Zonic a lot about Zhadow.
Chao~ And happy valentine's day!