The next day, Sonic went to class while sighing nervously. He almost had his secret relationship with Shadow exposed! He had to remember to tell this to Shadow and that they need to be more careful inside or outside of school to hide their relationship from being exposed.

He sighed heavily while resting his head on his desk before the voice of his friend made him perk up a bit.

"Morning, Sonic! Hey... what's wrong?" Silver asked in concern as he approached Sonic after sensing his mood.

"It's nothing. Don't worry about me, I'm fine." Sonic smiled reassuringly.

Silver wasn't sure why Sonic is acting like that but shrugged it off but can't shake off the dread that something just happened.

The class soon began and they just waited until school was over to visit Scourge again. Sonic was having a hard time focusing since his mind is preventing him from focusing. His thoughts were that Bryan would one day expose his and Shadow's relationship and it might just ruin his and Shadow's school life.

Lunch time finally came which was a relief and both Sonic and Silver picked up their trays and were about to join their friends when their hands were pulled by someone and they saw that it was Shadow and Mephiles much to their surprise and confusion.

"Wha- Shadow?" Sonic questioned in confusion.

"Come sit with us for a while." Shadow told them.

"This is very sudden and we'd love to but why?" Silver asked in confusion.

"There's something that we need to tell you both." Mephiles said but Silver could sense that he was tense and was concerned.

The two accepted with confusion and were curious about what the two semes want to tell them. They sat on the table and Rouge was also there as she sent them a sweet smile.

"So, what did you want to tell us?" Silver asked as he sat down beside Sonic.

But both ukes noticed the sad expression written on Shadow's, Mephiles' and Rouge's faces which concerned them as Sonic finally noticed that one other member of Shadow's group was missing.

"Hey, uh, where's Fleetway?" Sonic asked in concern and nervously.

"Sonic, we want to talk to you about that." Shadow said grimly.

"What do you mean?" Sonic asked in confusion.

"Did you two visit Scourge yesterday?" Rouge asked them and the two shook their heads.

"No. I was out with Tails and Knuckles yesterday." Sonic said in confusion.

"Me too. I was practicing my powers with my brother yesterday." Silver said.

"Well, the four of us, including Fleetway, visited Scourge yesterday." Rouge started as both Sonic and Silver nodded with concern.

They weren't really happy about that and the two could sense it. Did something happen when they visited that they were unaware about?

"When we visited Scourge, his whole face was..." Rouge hesitated with a nervous look. She was unsure how the two would handle this.

"What? What's wrong?" Sonic asked in concern as he could sense that something happened.

"His face... It was wrapped up with a towel and when we removed it, he wasn't breathing." Mephiles finished for Rouge as both Silver and Sonic were in shock.

"We immediately brought him to the hospital and thank Chaos that he survived." Shadow said with relief but his eyes held anger.

Both ukes were in shock and horrified by what they heard. They can't imagine what would happen if they found their friend was on the bed and was helpless and dying.

"B-But who could've done that?" Silver asked in shock as tears started to well up in his eyes.

Shadow started to growl softly while clenching his hands into fists in anger. Sonic sensed his anger and was worried as Rouge tried to calm him down but he kept growling.

"We checked the evidence on the towel and fingerprints were found. It matched the DNA of a male cat who's 15 years old like you two." Rouge said and Sonic instantly let out a gasp.

'I-It can't be...' He thought in shock and horror.

"Our only suspect is Bryan." Mephiles said as if reading Sonic's thoughts.

They suddenly all became tense. They couldn't think of anyone else and knowing that the only cat who could've done this was Bryan. The very same freshman who wanted to compete against Shadow due to his popularity.

"You should've seen Fleetway. He was really pissed off." Rouge said as she shuddered when she remembered how Fleetway reacted.

"Do you... think we could all visit him? Because we completely understand if they don't want to be bothered." Silver said as he wanted to check on his two friends and give his comfort and support.

"We can all go and visit them after school." Shadow sighed sadly.

Sonic noticed the sadness, sorrow and pain in Shadow's eyes and he lowered his ears from concern and sadness. It must've hurt him really bad when his friend was really depressed and Sonic knows that he's worried about Fleetway. He reached towards Shadow's hand under the table and held it secretly and gave it a small squeeze to reassure him which made him smile even a little.

School finally let out after a couple of hours and they went straight to the hospital to check and visit Fleetway and Scourge. They went inside room number 418 on the 5th floor and entered quietly. Both Silver and Sonic saw Scourge has a breathing mask on his muzzle to help him breathe and Fleetway was sitting beside the bed on a chair and looking at his uke with a depressed and pained expression.

Rouge quietly and gently closed the door as they approached him.

"Fleetway?" Shadow called gently.

Fleetway looked at them with a depressed look and his eyes were just emotionless and void of life as his spiral eyes were dimmed which was a huge contrast to his energetic self. He just nodded before going back to watching his green boyfriend.

"Oh my chaos... Scourge..." Silver gasped in shock and horror but was with concern.

Mephiles held his hand in comfort. Sonic felt his heart break at the sight of his two friends, especially Scourge's condition before feeling a hand holding his.

"Sonic, let's go outside for a while..." Shadow told him and gently tugged Sonic's hand.

Sonic could only nod and look at his friends sadly and followed Shadow out of the room and the hospital to the parking lot.

"Shadow, a-are you alright?" Sonic asked in concern but didn't get an answer since Shadow kept pulling his hand.

Shadow brought Sonic and himself to a quiet part of the parking lot where there's no cars and hidden from view. The area has so many trees and bushes that it made it look like a garden.

Shadow suddenly pushed him through a large bush and Sonic fell on the other side with a small yelp as Shadow jumped through.

"Ow. Shadow, what are we doing here?" Sonic asked him as he sat up.

Shadow just sat beside him and let out a depressed sigh.

"Sonic, do you... think that it's wrong of me to help others? Was it... my fault that Fleetway is like that?" Shadow suddenly asked as his ears were against his head.

Sonic felt his heart ache at that as he just smiled softly and put his hand on his shoulder.

"No. It was never your fault. It was Bryan that did this." Sonic told him.

"Yeah but... he was angry at me and it ended up causing Fleetway so much pain when Bryan tried to kill Scourge! I almost killed Scourge!" Shadow yelled and held his head.

"Shadow, calm down! Please!" Sonic pleaded and hugged him.

That startled Shadow from his thoughts but he instantly calmed down from Sonic's hug and hugs back.

"Sorry, Sonic..." Shadow apologized with a deep sigh.

"It's okay, Shadow." Sonic smiled softly and patted his head, getting a small purr.

(Warning: small smut has been detected. Skip this part if you're a minor)

Without any warning, Shadow suddenly pushed Sonic back on the ground and placed both of his hands on either side of Sonic's head. Sonic looked up and was a little scared from the serious look in Shadow's eyes.

"Shadow, a-are you alright?" Sonic stuttered nervously.

Shadow nodded but didn't say anything and instead leaned down to kiss Sonic and placing his lips against his uke's and making Sonic moan softly and closed his eyes.

Sonic was a bit startled by the kiss and wanted to get away but he had a feeling that Shadow really needed this for comfort so he'll let him enjoy this. They both pulled away while panting a little as Shadow kept looking at him while Sonic had his eyes closed from embarrassment.

"Sonic?" Shadow called him.

Sonic opened his eyes slowly and stared up at him.

"Yes, Shadow?" Sonic asked timidly.

"Can you... I mean, can I have you here?" Shadow asked and Sonic's eyes widened.

He can tolerate it if it's in the kitchen or bathroom or bedroom but outside?!

"S-Shadow, w-we're in public." Sonic stuttered nervously.

"No one will see us here. We're hidden in the bushes." Shadow reassured him.

Sonic hesitated for a second but when he saw the look in Shadow's eyes he could clearly tell that he really wanted to do it. So he gave in but on one condition. He has to be more gentle than last time.

"Um, I-I don't know. My rear is s-still a little sore from l-last time too. Can you be more gentle this time?" Sonic pleaded.

Shadow nodded with a smile before kissing him deeply which made Sonic moan instantly and wrapped his arms around Shadow as the seme trailed one hand towards Sonic's crotch. They ended the make out session as Sonic was panting heavily with a large blush and Shadow couldn't help but smirk at that.

"You can get turned on so easily, you know. It's actually cute." Shadow told him as Sonic whimpered since his body felt like it's on fire.

"Shadow, p-promise me t-that you w-will be gentle." Sonic told him as he smiled softly.

"Of course I will. I promise." Shadow reassured him.

He kissed his forehead to reassure him and the two began to have an intimate moment between them as their friends were unaware about what they're doing.