A Haze in my Day chapter 6
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A Haze in my Day
Previously
"Tails calm down. I don't think this situation could get any worse or weirder."
Tails sniffed. "Really?"
Of course, when someone says that, chances are it is going to get worse or weirder. Well, Rouge did say that.
Shadow waited patiently in the kitchen for his sister. He was still in shock, no matter what anyone said or did. He had family, a sister to be exact. But he was created in a lab! How could it even be possible? But either way, he still had a sister… his sister.
'My sister.' Those words flowed around in his head like water in a stream. It was absolutely incredible that a hedgehog like Haze was related to Shadow the 'Ultimate Life Form'. He was so serious and laid back when she… well, she was so hyper and incredibly cheerful!
Shadow shook his head. 'That's just waaay too freaky. But I have to deal with it, I guess.' Suddenly, he heard someone walk into the kitchen and that someone happened to be Haze. Instead of her usual cape with dark blue wavy lines on it, this one was a shiny silver. Shadow stared uninterestingly at her cape.
"If you go out like that and there's too much light around, the world's gonna go blind." Shadow stated bluntly. Haze just giggled a little loudly.
"Oh, c'mon Shad! What's wrong with having style?" Haze asked. Shadow just stared until he replied, "Let's just go." He walked past her and out of the kitchen with Haze following after him. He then grabbed his keys from the table by the door, pushed the door open and walked out with Haze. They started walking a small distance from Shadow's house until he finally asked, "Where do you wanna go?" Haze pondered a moment before snapping her fingers.
"The mall! It has plenty of places to hang out." Shadow nodded in agreement and they kept walking for at least fifteen more minutes until they actually got to the mall.
Shadow always hated this place— it was so loud and full of people and he always hated it with a passion…
While Shadow and Haze were walking through the mall, Haze was looking around with excitement, meanwhile Shadow was thinking about the mall exploding. A big, devious smirk spread across his face. That would be one less goal to worry about for him…
Since Shadow wasn't watching where he was going, he accidentally bumped into Haze who wasn't walking anymore, but staring straight with giant glazed eyes at a jewelry store with way to many jewels and sparkly things in the window.
'Those amethyst jewels remind me of Knuckles' eyes…' While Haze was staring at them, she didn't notice her mouth was hanging open a little and drool was spilling out (A/N: Must run in the family…). Shadow pushed up her chin and stopped the drooling. She moved her mouth like she was chewing and grinned.
"Thanks." They continued walking until Haze pointed at a clothes store and asked excitedly, "Wanna go in Shad?" Shadow glared at the store.
"No." He replied plainly.
"Great! Let's go in!" Haze grabbed his arm and practically dragged him into the store.
'English must not be her first language…' Shadow wondered. Haze was immediately looking all over the store and grabbed a few shirts and held them in Shadow's face.
"Maybe you should get some clothes for your friends." Shadow glanced at the clothes, then Haze.
"Are you freaking serious? Nobody wants to get clothes for a gift!" Haze took the clothes out of his face and asked, "They don't? 'Cause I love getting clothes!" Shadow was really starting to get freaked out.
"C'mon Shad! You hardly get you friends anything for a gift. At least give them something!"
"I gave them an actual place to live. That's good enough for me." He turned around and started walking away. Haze looked saddened at how he doesn't give his friends anything until a brilliant idea struck her mind.
"Hey Shadow…"
"No, I'm not getting them anything—
"No, no! It's not that, but you do know what's gonna happen right?" Shadow stopped and looked back at her.
"Nooo…"
"Well, let me tell you. When all the guys get girlfriends, you know what they do… right?" Shadow had a feeling he wasn't gonna like where this was going.
"They… kiss?" Haze shook her head.
"Hold hands?" She rolled her eyes.
"French each other?" She gave him a look that meant, 'you weirdo'.
"WHAT!" Shadow was starting to get irritated. Haze gave him another look.
"Shadow, wouldn't they obviously have sex?" At that last part, Shadow jumped about four feet in the air and ran over and slapped a hand over her mouth.
"What the hell woman! That's not something to just discuss in public!" Haze replied, "I wad judd stadding da trup." Shadow realized his hand was still covering her mouth and removed in.
Haze repeated in real words this time, "I was just stating the truth." She pondered for a moment and then continued, "The truth can be strange."
"Yeah, but… what does sex have to do with the guys?"
"Because after they 'do it' they need to wear clothes. Do you catch what I mean? Things start to show more…" Shadow was about to ask again, until he realized what it meant and shuddered.
"And…" Haze began in a singsong voice. "You can pick something revealing for Rouge to wear!"
A couple minutes later, Shadow and Haze were waiting in line to purchase some clothes they bought.
"How the hell did this happen? What the hell did you do? Why the hell are we even here? WHY THE HELL DO I KEEP SAYING HELL! WHAT THE HELL IS THE MEANING TO LIFE!" Shadow shouted which caused a few people to stare at him (A/N: Yeeah, only a few people heard that! XD).
"Cheese." Haze stated. Shadow blinked out of his 'hell' rage and asked, "…What?"
"I think the meaning of life is cheese! Oh, and hot chocolate… yummy…" Haze said, licking her lips and looking dreamily out into space. Of course she was joking around.
'No, don't even answer that one.' Shadow squeezed his eyes shut. Was he related to the 'Craziest Life Form'? No, no, more like the 'Ultimate Weird Life Form'. But Shadow thought the first one was a little catchier. Yeah, it was…
"Next!" The cashier called. Shadow opened his eyes and moved up with the clothes at hand and Haze following him. He threw the clothes on the counter and waited for the guy to add it all up. It took about a minute before the cashier said, "That will be sixty-five dollars and fifty cents."
"Cents? What the hell are you talking about?" Shadow asked, seemingly not in the mood for stupid things. The cashier simply stared at him.
"I believe it is how much money you need to give me."
"Well duh, but what the hell? Isn't this a clothes store? THERE SHOULDN"T BE ANYTHING IN BETWEEN THE REGULAR DOLLARS IN HERE!" Shadow snapped at him. He got out his wallet and put three twenties and a five dollar bill on the counter and then crossed his arms and muttered, "That's all I'm paying." Meanwhile, Haze smacked a half-dollar down on the counter and told the cashier, "He's my brother." Then she gave him her trade-mark smile.
The cashier replied monotonously, "Congratulations. You must be so proud."
Haze nodded vigorously. "I am! Did you know he helped save the world twice? I mean isn't that so cool! …Uh…" She paused and looked at his nametag. "Dude (A/N: It really says that! He's a lazy man…)! Isn't it?" She grabbed the bags of clothes and Shadow's arm and dragged them all out, including Shadow.
After they left, the cashier shouted to his boss, "YOU DON'T PAY ME ENOUGH TO DO THIS JOB!"
Soon after, that man got fired.
In the Food Court
"Hey Shad, can we get some ice cream? I've never had it before but it looks goooood…" Haze kept saying really fast. Shadow rolled his eyes.
"Sure, why not. I can't think of a faster way to die anyway…"
"Great! You go find a place to sit and I'll get ice cream." She quickly walked away and didn't even turn around when Shadow hollered, "I FREAKING HATE ICE CREAM!" He stomped over to a table and chairs and sat down in a chair. From a couple seats away, he heard a couple girls and their chao talking which was starting to annoy him.
"So anyway Julia, how much money do we have left? I still didn't get to spend my share…" A tan echidna said a little sadly.
"I can't help it! Your chao Quartz keeps hiding a couple bucks from me and it completely throws me off of who gets what!" The burgundy echidna protested.
"Chao chao chao chao!" The little hero chao retorted angrily.
"WHAT! I don't suck eggs! You suck jewels you little jewel-sucker!"
"JULIA! Stop telling her that! It only encourages her to suck jewels more!"
"Could you please SHUT UP?" Shadow growled at them. The burgundy echidna looked at him with a ferocious look in her eye and replied, "Could you please get out of our FREAKING BUSINESS?" They were about to charge at each other until Haze came back with two ice cream cones.
"Oh hi," She said cheerfully to the echidnas. "Please don't mind my brother; he's suffering from chronic annoyances from everybody he hears or sees. So don't take it personally! …And my name's Haze!" She flashed them her trade-mark smile.
"Wow… that's freaky that you're his sister." The burgundy echidna said. "And the name's Julia." She said kneeling on her chair.
"And my name's Michelle."The other echidnasaid politely with a smile.
"Yeah, I'm hearing that a lot… and nice to meet you too." Haze replied to both of them while handing Shadow his chocolate chip ice cream cone. Shadow took it reluctantly and looked at it with disdain. Haze however, had double chocolate chip ice cream and took a very tiny lick and screamed out in delight.
"This is the BEST thing I've ever TASTED!" And then swallowed it whole. Shadow opened his mouth to say something, but closed it.
Haze sat down beside Shadow, whose face was looking awfully icy and blue. He could even see her breath coming out of her mouth.
"I think I should've mentioned you get a brain freeze if you eat it too fast." Shadow told Haze quietly. She nodded but winced a couple of times. He leaned back in his seat and licked his ice cream slowly until he noticed the two girls staring at his sister strangely but a little amused too.
"She's not from this planet." Shadow explained like it was completely normal. They just nodded and muttered "Oh, I see" and turned around back to their business.
There was silence for a few minutes until Haze happily stuttered, "L-look what-t I c-can do." She then blew some breath rings from her mouth and into the air. Shadow watched them, a tiny bit amused, float into the air.
"So… w-what is t-the status of y-your r-relationship w-with Rouge?" Haze queried, stuttering a few times. Shadow accidentally swallowed more ice cream then you should in one bite.
"W-WHAT! W-we aren't-t in a r-r-relationship!" Shadow was stuttered just like Haze due to the fact he swallowed just as much ice cream as her.
"H-hey! Y-you are t-talking-g just l-like m-m-me!" Haze stammered happily. Shadow's face showed a look of confusion.
"Why-y the h-hell-l is th-that am-amusing? And w-why d-did you s-s-say th— She cut him off.
"I-I s-saw you t-two k-kiss." Shadow felt himself go pale and his heart stop.
"Y-you d-definitely l-looked h-happy w-with y-yourself." She continued on." If possible, he went paler and his heart broke off the valves it was connected to and fell into his stomach.
"I-I'm a-assuming-g you two h-have a re-relationship." Oh yeah, he was definitely crapping his heart out later.
"N-no," Shadow began. "Y-you m-misunderstood, s-she was j-just trying-g t-to get even." Haze rolled her eyes.
"S-sure… t-that's-s what y-you w-want us-s all t-to th-think." She stammered sarcastically at him with a grin.
"T-that's-s not t-true! M-me and R-Rouge aren't-t together-r!" Shadow retorted, half telling the truth and half lying. What were they anyway? Did she kiss him to get back at him… or was it also something else? He was so confused.
"L-let's-s just g-go h-home-e. C-chaos C-control-l!" Shadow shouted and they both left in a flash with their clothes. Julia and Michelle curiously looked over at their seat where Haze left Shadow's number on a napkin saying "Please call!"
At Shadow's House
Meanwhile in the basement, Tails felt as if 'he' was going to explode— and the worst part was, 'he' didn't know when. All of this was so confusing for 'him'.
It was so easy to lie to Sonic at first; because they were both young and 'he' didn't look anything like a female. But now… now 'he' had to start wearing clothing which made a few people suspicious especially Sonic.
Why did Tails lie to Sonic in the first place? Well, maybe it was because Sonic was a cool, out-going, fast type of guy while Tails… 'he' had two tails and was a freak.
'I had to have lied for more than that…' Tails moaned to 'himself' and sighed.
"Tails?" A voice called that nearly made Tails jump. 'He' looked up the stairs to see none other than the cobalt hedgehog himself.
"Tails… can I talk with you?" Sonic asked softly. Tails closed 'his' eyes and nodded. Sonic walked down the steps and sat down on the couch next to Tails. The hedgehog looked at his best friend.
"Tails, I'm worried about you." Sonic said worriedly to Tails. 'He' let out a sigh of relief.
"Is that all you wanted to say?" Sonic looked at Tails questioningly.
"What do you mean, 'is that all'? Tails, you've been acting really strange lately! And… is that Rouge's vest?" Tails' breathe caught in 'his' throat and 'he' shook 'his' head rapidly. Sonic just looked at 'him' and then shrugged.
"But seriously Tails, if there's anything wrong, please tell me. I'm your best friend." He then pulled Tails into a hug. They stayed like that for a minute until he let go, got up and flashed Tails his trade-mark grin before walking away.
'You won't be my friend anymore if you find out what I've been hiding from you.' 'He' sadly reminded 'himself' in 'his' head.
Upstairs in the Attic
Rouge was pacing the floor wondering about Shadow. She was also wondering if they were in any kind of relationship. She did kiss him to get even… but not just that. Nope, she also kissed him because she does secretly love him.
"I doubt it's a secret anymore." Rouge said aloud with her hands on her hips. She shook her head until she heard Haze and Shadow outside arguing.
"Shad, you so have a thing for her!" Haze protested, whose voice was back to normal. Shadow angrily retorted, "I don't have a thing for anybody! I'm the damn 'Ultimate Life Form!" Haze immediately slapped Shadow hard, leaving him nearly crying on the ground.
"Hush Shad, no swearing. You swore too many times today anyway… wait…" She pulled a napkin from her pocket which had tally marks on it.
"I've been keeping track of all the times you swore today (A/N: I'll shut up, but she's also counting from the previous chapter when she was around him…). Let's see, you swore… like ten times. That's shame Shad."
"That's no reason to slap me so freaking hard!" He whined from the ground, holding his cheek. Haze shrugged and walked towards the house. Rouge stared from a small window.
'What is Haze talking about?' She wondered. She opened the attic door and ran down the stairs. She opened the front door and was greeted cheerfully by Haze.
"Hey Rouge! Me and Shad just got back from the mall and got clothes for everybody!" She waved her arms in the air. Rouge raised an eyebrow and asked, "Shady went shopping? You mean Shadow the 'Ultimate Life Form'?" She let out a small laugh. "You've gotta be kidding me." Haze shook her head and pointed to Shadow who was trudging up to the house with the bags at hand and a very red cheek. His crimson eyes that were focused on the ground spotted Rouge standing in the doorway. He was happy his cheek was red because he was blushing now.
"Wow, you weren't lying." Rouge muttered.
"Yeah, and we ate ice cream, and met two echidna girls who are gonna call— Haze got interrupted by Shadow.
"She's going to be the death of me…" He said a little too loudly walking through the front door. Rouge dreamily looked at him as he walked by, and then shut the door. Haze ran up to Shadow and went through a bag he was holding, until finally pulling out a see-through shirt and handed it to Rouge.
"Here ya go Rouge! Shad got this for you." Rouge slowly took it while Shadow wanted to go kill himself because he was also afraid what Rouge was going to say about it.
"Well, wasn't that nice of him?" Rouge said nicely but Shadow was already hurrying upstairs. Haze frowned.
"How rude of him…" She muttered to herself. Suddenly Tails walked into the room, not looking pale anymore. Haze turned to 'him' and smiled again.
"Hey Tails! What's up?" 'He' just shrugged and sat on the couch. Rouge walked out of the room and went to go get Shadow. They needed to talk. But on the way, she accidentally bumped into Amy.
"Hey! ... Amy…" Rouge said noticing lip stick marks on her pictures of Sonic.
"Oh, hey Rouge! Can you believe the wedding's in a couple weeks? I can hardly wait to become Mrs. Sonic Hedgehog!" She stared dreamily at the ceiling while hugging the same pictures of Sonic.
"Um… yeah… you feeling alright Amy? I know you always liked Sonic, but this is insane!" Rouge exclaimed. Amy just huffed.
"You're just jealous. But whatever. I'm going to be happy with MY Sonic. Ta ta Rouge!" Amy trotted off leaving a confused Rouge.
'Something's wrong with Amy', Rouge thought. 'But I'll worry more about it later. Now where's Shadow?' She then walked off to look for Shadow.
Meanwhile Upstairs
Shadow had trudged up the stairs and purposely fell on the floor in his room and laid there. All Shadow could think about was why life was so confusing. Everything happening in this household was confusing. But then there was Rouge…
That snapped Shadow out of confusion and started remembering what he thought of earlier at the mall.
'Maybe I should just go talk to Rouge...' Shadow got up off the floor and walked towards his door and opened it and got a surprise. Rouge was standing right outside it.
"… Hey Shady. We need to talk."
MSL: END OF CHAPTER! Damn, I thought it would never end! 'yawns' It's sooo late… but let's answer the reviews!
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