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I hear Shadow sigh once again as we sit in our little hiding spot. Even though Shads and Rouge are now sort of together, she wants things a bit hidden, so I'm hanging out with the poor sap for the mean time.

"What's wrong, yo?" I asked. He sighs a lot but not this much.

"I really don't think this whole secret crush relationship is going to work." He mumbled.

"You don't say?" I mumbled back, trying to calm down my sass.

We looked down the building we were on. We were all the way at the lonely 500s building, due to the random rain storm; since we usually go to the tippy top of the 300s it meant no roof and no roof meant getting all wet. We stared at the rain, quietly and pondered I guess.

"Why am I agreeing to her?" He asked himself out loud, I think. I stared at him not knowing the answer.

"Who knows." I simply stated and stared at the rain. We stared in silence again. This poor guy is my best friend and I can't really do anything in his time of need. I looked at him at the corner of my eye; quills on his face as he stared at the rain. Does he think he makes a good emo kid? I sighed. There is one thing I can do, but I haven't done it to this fucker for a while. To be exact, I haven't done this "thing" since the first month I met him.

I sighed and looked at him. He kept staring at the rain. I shook my head, 'dumbass.' I pushed on his shoulder with my palm, spinning him towards me. As his body was facing me, I charged in and hugged him. I hugged him tight. I felt like crying but kept the tears in.

Being scared of hugging my best friend? Man, Im weak. But whatever, best friends are stupid.

"Stop putting yourself down, man. You're being a drag." I said as I hugged him, pouting at this whole sappy moment. Shadow didn't move, he didn't do anything as I hugged him. When I finally let go, I just stare at him as he stares at me with astonishment.

"What?" I raised my eyebrow at him. He stood the same for a while and then grinned. He ran his hand through his quills and smiled. What's with the whole shy business here?

"You actually hugged me." He said with a grin.

"Whatever." I pouted and looked towards the rain that was once there.

"You actually hugged me."

"Pfft. It was just because I felt pity for you."

There was a chuckle from Shadow and I tried to suppress a giggle. The bell then rang and we looked at each other. The cold breeze left and the rain seem to have never been here. It felt as if the sun was shining through and only warming up the space where we were standing in. I shook off this weird sensation.

"Come on. You know how hates late arrivals." I started to walk towards the stairs out of the 500s and Shadow followed behind.

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I gritted my teeth and growled lowly.

"Is he really following her?" Julie-Su whispered to me.

"Unfortunately," I simply stated. I sighed and shook my head. Right before my eyes, the poor ebony hedgehog followed Rouge. It was after school and Rouge had the class next to us. Clearly, I thought he would let her be but this begs to differ. She wasn't even talking to him or anything, she didn't even tell him to come with her; Shadow just simply walked beside her.

"What is going on with those guys exactly?" Julie-Su asked me as we walked towards the football field. I grumbled. I should be walking with Shadow and Julie-Su without having to go through this.

"Basically, they are in 'Let's try to save our relationship by thinking everything is okay' plan. But I doubt it will work. They been having problems for a while now and she doesn't look like she even wants to try to fix this relationship. She is more interested in herself than Shads." I explained, trying not to lash out in a rant.

"Sounds complicated. And yet Shadow is still following her." Julie-Su shook her head as she ate some candy. She offered me some but I declined, not wanting my blood pressure to go up or something. I bet this whole situation is going to give me diabetes or something.

After we have reached our point of separation, we said our goodbyes and hugged each other. I started to walk towards the corner that Shadow usually walks me when I get a message.

1 New Message(s)

'Why did I follow her?' – Shadow (3:01 p.m.)

Jesus christ. What happened now?

'Where you at?' – Reply (3:02 p.m.)

I waited for his response as I walked back into the campus. Good grief. Did she tell him off? Did she make fun of him? Did she finally dump him?

I decided to call him, texting him is too slow.

I waited for him to pick up, every ring making my heart pump faster. She better not have done anything to him.

"Hello?" His voice sounded so dead.

"Yo! Where are you? What happened?"

"Why did I follow her?"

"Don't ask me, dude. Where are you?"

"Near the bleachers."

"I'll be right there."

"No, don't come."

"Why not?"

"I want to be alone for a while. Im okay anyways."

"I'll be right there."

"No. I want to be alone. Plus, I don't want your mom to get mad at you. I need some time to think for myself anyways."

I stood quiet for a while… "Alright. But you better text me and call me later." I simply said. I sounded annoyed rather than worried.

"Call ya later. Alright?"

"Yeah. See ya, Ames." And he hanged up. I sighed and stood near the class Sonic always hangs out in. I stood there, hoping I would see Shadow but nothing. I eventually gave up and walked home.

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"Wait, so she said no or yes? Im so confused."

"Okay, let me start from the beginning again." I heard Shadow clear his throat through the phone.

"I followed her after class. She said to make it seem like we are together, so I did. But it was more like I did it out of habit. I just felt like I needed to follow her. She didn't look at me or even talk to me the whole way we walked. When we reached the bleachers, I decided to just leave her walking with Blaze, so I stayed at the bleachers. Then you texted and that whole phone call situation. When we hanged up, I stayed at the bleachers, wondering what is going to happen with this whole relationship. I then noticed someone coming and I saw Rouge walking towards me. We sat down in silence a bit and I got some courage to ask her about the relationship. I asked if she wants this relationship to work and she answered with a maybe. Instead of being quiet and moody, I asked her again with a stern look. She answered maybe once more. I said this is a yes or no question, no in betweens. She struggled for a bit but eventually said that she wanted to work this relationship out no matter what."

"Wait, so what now? Are you guys together still or something?" I asked, still a bit confused by this.

"We decided to be separated a bit, as if we are barely crushing on each other again and then growing from there."

"Kinda weird. Like starting over again."

"If its to save the relationship." Shadow explained. 'What's there to save if you are starting from scratch again?' I thought but decided not to ask him.

"Well, Im glad you didn't let her walk all over you again." I congratulated him. I actually was proud of that, but only that.

After that, we talked for a bit and decided it was time to hit the hay. I couldn't helped but think about their decision. It just sounds like it's going to fail in less than a week. Just like their last plan.

{{ My kitties! Your momma is back. Im on break and I have nothing to do other than think of cosplays and this so I decided to write again.

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