Chapter 34. #SWAGSWAGSWAGSWA...

Blaze lazily opened her eyes several hours later to the sight of Silver sitting by the window, just as she had been earlier; the sky was darkening quickly behind him. Her mate noticed her awakening, and came to the bedside. He spoke softly: "Hey, Blaze... A-Are you feeling any better?"

"Ugh... A little, I suppose. What time is it?" She asked.

Silver now laid beside Blaze on the bed, "About fifteen 'till nine... You were out for a good while. Need anything?"

"No... I believe I'm alri-... Wait, how did I end up on the bed?"

"Oh, you looked kind of uncomfortable over there, so I moved you when we got back. And you're sure I can't get anything for you? Food? Drink?"

Blaze blushed, "Oh... Um... Thank you. And yes, I'm perfectly fine at the moment."

"I can't tell him... Not now... I don't care what Amy says." She thought.

With that, the two sat in silence for the next twenty minutes or so, watching the television, until the fire-cat finally spoke up again: "Silvy? Can I ask you something?"

"Anything."

There was a pause, "Do you really love me?"

Silver smiled warmly, "Of course. I always have."

"I mean, really really love me?"

The hedgehog chuckled at the somewhat playful, out-of-character inquisition. He then leaned in, and kissed his girlfriend's lips. "No. I really, really, really love you. Why ask?"

"Just a bit curious... That's all."

After a moment, Silver quickly pounced on her, as if he were shielding her from something. This, of course, made Blaze yelp:

"Ah! S-Silver! Haha! Wha- What are you doing?!"

"Saving you!" He replied, "You know what they say about curiosity and cats!"

The joke resulted in a hearty, almost uncontrollable laugh from both parties. After they cooled down, Silver returned to his original position on the bed, and kissed Blaze's cheek. He started rubbing two fingers underneath her chin, resulting in her purring and purposely swaying her tail back and forth. "So... What about you?" He asked. "Do you really love me?"

His mate now smiled, "With all my heart, I love you, Silver The Hedgehog."

After another long, passionate kiss, the two continued to watch television for the next two hours or so. However, while her mate drifted off to sleep after this span of time, Blaze did not, and stayed up almost all night long, contemplating her conflicting emotions. On one hand, she felt at ease; but on the other, she was still scared to death to tell Silver the truth. After all was said and done, Blaze accumulated a total of two hours of sleep that night, and felt quite unwell again the next morning. The whole morning, in fact, was a nauseated blur to her, and before she knew it, her and Silver were descending the elevator with their luggage.

When they reached the lobby, where the whole group was by this point, Silver wandered off to the front desk to return the room key. Blaze was quickly approached by Amy, who whispered: "Did you tell him?"

"Well... I... No..." was the reply.

The pink one rolled her eyes, "And what the hell are you waiting on?"

"Hush." The cat said, holding up her index finger. "I'm not in the mood. I'll tell him when we return home, but no sooner."

Amy sighed, "Fine... But don't make me have to tell him."

About that time, Silver rejoined Blaze, and they were now approached by a certain blue hedgehog. In a teasing tone of voice, Sonic said, "Hey, you two..." ((Make no mistake, however. Amy has told him nothing at this point.))

Blaze once again claimed that she "wasn't in the mood..." in a rather sharp hiss, but that didn't stop the blue one. He continued to nag her with similar comments all the way out into the parking lot. It wasn't until she had stuffed her bags into Silver's trunk that the fire-cat finally spoke up:

"Sonic... I'm only going to say this once more. I. Am. Not. In. The. Mood. Understand?"

Sonic smirked, "Aw... C'mon Blazey..." He said, mimicking the way Silver had said the same line a few days ago; scratchy high-pitched voice and all.

This, of course, was where Blaze drew the line. Without hesitation, she looked up, screamed "Silence!", and fired a flame at the Blue Blur, purposely missing his head by mere inches. His eyes went wide, and now the lavender cat took a few steps forward, so she could be face-to-face with him.

"Now, Sonic..." Blaze said, "I'm very grateful that you were so kind as to take us all on this vacation. You're a wonderful ally, and you're most certainly on my good-side. Don't screw it up." With that, she walked off to go find Silver so they could leave.

Sonic, still a tad stunned, now turned around to find Amy and Knuckles standing about twenty feet behind him, trying desperately to contain their laughter (in that "you-so-had-it-coming" way). He approached them, with his mouth still wide open.

"Damn!" He said, "What's up with her?"

The pink hedgehog and red echidna looked at each other, motioned for Sonic to follow them back to his car, and said in unison: "Do you really wanna' know?"

Blaze also remembered nothing of the ride home, as she slept the whole way in the passenger seat. When they finally did reach Silver's house, the two quickly unloaded their bags, threw them on the living room floor, and plopped onto the couch. They soon, however, realized that they couldn't stay like this, and the pyro-kinetic one spoke up:

"So... Um... What should we do now?"

Silver shrugged, "It's still daylight out... Wanna' go for a walk or something?"

"I'd like that."

Once the couple stepped outside, Blaze took hold of Silver's hand, resulting in a raised eyebrow. "You do know we're outside, right? What if they come back and see us?" He asked (for everyone else had not returned yet).

The cat smiled, stopped, and touched her mate's chest. "I'm not worried the slightest bit about them..."

Yes, yes. I know. Long wait for a short chapter. I'm officially giving every single one of you a free "Kick-Dark's-Ass" card, redeemable any time I'm a lazy bastard! Should I run? X'D

Also, I've found myself sick again... I feel like... Uh... What's worse than shit? Lolz... But for srs again sorry if my writing suffered because my body is... :'(

Anyways, I don't wanna' get you all too excited... But I'd just like to say I still have a few tricks up my sleeve that I'm about to get to use VERY soon! ;) AND I'LL NEVER TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE! *maniacal laugh* Yes... It's all coming together... *eye twitches*

Thanks for reading! Love you all!