Disclaimer:: None of the Sonic characters belong to me. They're © Sonic
Team.

Author's Notes:: It's 1:13 AM!! Okay, um... Sonadow... lots of OOC-ness,
especially Shadow... stuff that probably doesn't make sense [it's frikkin'
late, and now it's 1:18 AM!!] and... I think that's it.


Shadow sighed as he walked down the cold, snowy streets of Station Square,
heading towards Sonic's apartment, where he was holding a small Christmas
party. Shadow sighed again as he walked past a few couples, his mind then
changing its thoughts to Sonic.

Shadow had liked Sonic for months now. He wasn't really sure why, though.
Could it be for his looks? That smile, those beautiful, mischievous
emerald eyes, and his sapphire-colored fur? Or was it that personality,
an adventurer, out-going, and also short-tempered? Maybe it was just because
he felt a sort of connection between himself and the blue speedster.

Finally, he reached Sonic's apartment. He rang the doorbell, and waited
at the door.

"Hold up, I'm coming!" called Sonic's voice, muffled by music, talking,
and the door. When he got to the door, Shadow could feel the blood rise
to his face. He was blushing, and hoping Sonic wouldn't notice.

"Hey, Shad! Come in, it must be freezin' out there!" Sonic laughed, dragging
the ebony hedgehog in.

Shadow didn't really know what to do; it was the first party he'd ever
been to. He just took a seat in one of the corners of the room, watching
the others. Tails and Amy were playing some sort of board game, while
Knuckles and Rouge were talking about jewels, the Chaos Emeralds, and
the Master Emerald. Sonic was in the kitchen, getting some food.

Sonic looked up at Shadow, and said, "Hey, Shadow, why don'cha come here
and eat? It's really good!" He smiled, and Shadow could feel himself blushing
again. Shadow walked under the doorway and looked up, noticing some mistletoe
dangling above his head.

//Maybe I can catch Sonic under here...// Shadow then mentally slapped himself.
//Oh, who're you kidding, Shadow?// He sighed, taking a chair across from
Sonic.

"So, Shadow, what's up?" asked Sonic, a cute and curious look on his face.

Shadow shook his head slightly, looking down at the paper plate of food
in front of him. "Eh, nothing much really."

//Nothing, nothing. All I've been doing lately is thinking about you,
Sonic.//

"Y'know, if it gets boring at your house, why don't you come over and
we could race sometime?"

"Really? That'd be nice. We could get to know each other better."

//We could even become more than just friends!//

They spent a while in the kitchen, eating their food slowly and spending
more time talking about non-sense and telling each other stupid jokes.
The two hedgehogs got up at the same time, threw their plates away, and
tried to squeeze their way out of the doorway the same time. Rouge happened
to look up at them while they were trying to get through the tight doorway
and pointed above their heads.

"Look! Sonic and Shadow are underneath the mistletoe!"

Shadow had forgotten about that. He looked up, then looked at Sonic, straight
in the eyes. The ebony hedgehog felt his face get warmer, and saw that Sonic
was blushing as well.

"Well, you two, you know what you have to do." Rouge sort-of encouraged.
"You both probably don't want to, but you have to do it!"

Everyone was looking at them now. Tails paused the music. Amy was
staring at Shadow with a look of jealousy on her face. Knuckles looked
as though he was going to burst out laughing, and Rouge was grinning at them.

//This is what I wanted, isn't it?// thought Shadow. //But in front of everyone...?
I can't do this!!// He took a breath; inhale, exhale. He could do this...

"Shadow, if ya don't want to you don't have--"

Sonic's sentence was cut off by Shadow, who placed his lips on Sonic's.
At first, Sonic was tense, but it was... nice. Really nice. To Shadow's
surprise, when he broke off, Sonic wrapped his arms around the jet black
hedgehog's neck and kissed him back.

Rouge smiled and crossed her arms while Knuckles exploded with laughter.
Tails said, "EWWWWWWWW~!!!" while Amy's bottom lip started to quiver.

"Merry Christmas, Sonic." Shadow said, smiling gently at the azure hedgehog.

Sonic smiled back, and said, "Merry Christmas, Shad."

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Okay, it's... 1:52 AM!! I did this whole thing in one sitting, past midnight,
and... it doesn't even have a frikkin' title. Oh well. I better go to bed,
or I'll be dysfunctional the rest of the day... or whatever.

Merry Kurismasu!

~With love, from Pyro Angel