In the morning, Rouge woke up. She glanced to her right, and saw Knuckles, asleep peacefully. Glancing to her left, she saw Shadow standing in his corner, looking at her.

"Oh, hi Shadow." Rouge said.

"Hello, what is he doing in your bed?" Shadow asked.

"He looked uncomfortable, that's all." Rouge said.

"Whatever you say bat, breakfast is ready." Shadow said leaving.

"Thank you." She said getting up. Knuckles really was a light sleeper. The second her foot touched the floor, Knuckles opened his eyes and turned his head toward her.

"Morning Rouge." He said, slightly startling her.

"Oh, morning." She replied. "Shadow said breakfast was ready, lets eat."

"Sounds good." Knuckles said getting up and walking to the door, with Rouge less than a foot behind. They walked to the table and sat down next to each other.

"Good morning Rouge, Knuckles, sleep well?" Sonic asked.

"Never a better night sleep." Knuckles said stretching.

"Uh Huh... You Rouge?" Sonic asked.

"Good." She said, eating some eggs.

"Were you comfortable in Rouge's bed, Knuckles?" Sonic asked with a smirk.

"What? Knuckles was in Rouge's bed?" Tails asked.

"Yeah, I saw him last night before I went to bed." Sonic said chuckling.

"That's weird Knuckles..." Amy said.

"So, were you?" Sonic asked.

"Was I what?" Knuckles asked looking up from his eggs.

"Comfortable, last night." Sonic finished.

"Oh, yes I was." Knuckles said taking a bite of toast. Sonic laughed. "It's a very nice bed." Knuckles finished. Sonic stopped laughing. Everyone ate breakfast and watched TV, played games, and fixed some damage Eggman left when he was there.

6:00pm that night

Knock Knock, came a sound from the door. Knuckles and Rouge were in their room watching TV, the others were watching a different channel in the living room. Sonic answered the door.

"Hello, can I help you?" He asked. A human female stood at the door, with dirty blond hair, along with 5 agents in suits.

"Hello, Sonic. My name is Topaz." She said. (Topaz from Sonic X)

"What can I do you for Topaz." Sonic said.

"We're looking for Rouge the Bat, have you seen her." Topaz asked.

"Yeah come in." Sonic said letting her and the agents inside. "Please. Sit down." Sonic said pointing to a couch. They sat down.

6:00pm, while that was happening...

"Rouge, we have to tell them sooner or later." Knuckles said.

"You're right, we should tell them now..." She replied with her head on his chest. He ran his hand over her ears.

"Okay, lets go then." He said sitting up. Rouge was very tiered, the healing was taking away all her energy.

"Knuckles, think you could help me?" she asked.

"My pleasure." He replied lifting her the same way he did when she was injured the first time. She blushed and snuggled close to his chest. They opened the door and left the room.

"Oh, hi Rouge, I was just about to- what the heck is going on?" Sonic said scratching his head.

"Hey Topaz." Rouge said smiling weakly.

"So you know her then?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah, she's my partner in crime." Rouge joked.

"So, what is going on here?" Sonic asked looking strangely at Knuckles.

"Nothing, im just tiered is all." Rouge said resting her head on Knuckles' forearm.

"Oh, yes, I remember you, Knuckles was it?" Topaz asked.

"That's me." He replied with a smile.

"I remember you from the time we blew up Eggman's base that time a while ago." Topaz said.

"Oh yeah, when we were trapped inside it when the bomb was about to go off." Knuckles said, sitting on the empty love seat, then changing positions so he was laying down and Rouge was resting on top of him. Topaz cocked her head.

"Uh, so we just wondered where you were Rouge, we looked everywhere we thought you would be. When we didn't find you, we searched the city. The government can find anyone." Topaz announced. "We assumed something bad happened. I guess not." She finished.

"No, nothing bad at all." Rouge said gently rubbing her cheek on Knuckles' chest. No one noticed.

"So, what have you been up to?" Topaz asked. Everyone explained what happened over the last few days and watched the expression on Topaz's face.

"... And we blew up Eggman's base, and now we're here." Sonic finished.

"Well, you forgot something." Rouge said.

"What?" Sonic asked.

"After we blew up the base." She said simply.

"What did happen?" Sonic asked. Rouge smiled, as did Knuckles.

"Well... you guys went ahead when me and Knuckles were yelling at each other. We kept fighting for a few seconds, but that changed." Rouge started.

"What happened!" Sonic yelled.

"Let me finish. We were in the rain, yelling and screaming, and somehow, I told him I loved him." She finished.

"I told her I loved her back." Knuckles said with a smile.

"Holy crap! What happened! Tell us!" Amy yelled.

"I kissed her." Knuckles said. Everyone in the room dropped their jaws to the floor.

"You- you- you kissed her?" Sonic stuttered.