A werehog's mate: chapter 21

Sonic's POV

I felt numbed pain all over my body, like every morning after changing back. But it was slowly ceasing, much to my relief. I groaned and pressed a palm of my hand against my forehead. i had guessed that this was going to be another drag of a day in my life living in the forest, trying to survive the predatory animals in the forest with my weaker form. Or so i thought untill i felt a small hand pressed onto my cheek. My eyes snapped open and i was met with a set of diffirently collored eyes from a small infant. One green eye and one red eye. It looked like it was a she.

"hey there, little girl. where's your mommy?" I asked and sat up slowly with difficulty. She looked up to me in confusion and clung onto me. She seemed to be a very young infant. Only a day old to me. She looked in a direction and i followed her gaze. I gasped once i saw who had been sleeping not to far away from this whole time. "shadow? what is he doing here?" I asked myself quietly and i sneaked over to him as to not wake him up. I heard the little girl yell and i looked at her. She pouted when she tried to crawl onto, what i guessed, was shadow's coat and couldn't get onto it.

Then i noticed how simiral she looked to me and finally made the connection. "you are..." I said, but i didn't finish my sentence. I smiled and picked her up. "you are my daughter are you not?" i asked and chuckled. She looked up at me in confusing. She didn't understand me yet, but she would when she grew older. If i got to see her grow older. She looked at her mother and i crawled closer to shadow. She probably just wanted to be back with her mother after she fell of off his coat. I gasped again in surprise upon seeing who else laid on the coat. There were two other small infants. I looked in surprise at shadow. Did he have a triple? I felt guilty as i thought about something. What if they were all three werehogs. I sighed. I was glad that shadow had made it through.

I laid the small girl with her brothers, i guessed, and laid down behind shadow. I hoped that shadow wouldn't wake up just yet. I might not have another opportunity like this. I barely got the chance to do this before i left the village. So i wanted to cherish this moment. I wrapped my arms around his waist and snuggled my muzzle into his neck. It has been a very long time since i've last been able to hold him like this. I had to make the most of it while shadow was still asleep. Or so i thought.

I sighed in content and held him tightly against me. I felt my heart skip a beat in fear of being busted when i suddenly felt shadow move. I looked at him and saw him staring right at me. "you are alright after all." He said and smiled. "you were worried?" I asked. "of course i was. you looked like you were in alot of pain. i wanted to comfort you, but i choosed our two boys first." He said and turned back towards the triple. "two of them are werehogs, huh?" I asked. Shadow nodded and stroked the white hedgehog's head when he started to wake up. "our white cub is the oldest. and our girl is the youngest." He said and looked back at me smilling. I looked at the white cub and saw him looking back in curiosity. He giggled and hid his face into his mother's chestfur. "hey, you do not have to hide from me." I said and chuckled. "oh he is not hiding, he is hungry." Shadow said and blushed lightly.