1A.N: okay, first off, I wanna thank all my loyal reviewers! Love you guys! waves so awesome, second of all, I wanna thank my friends Michael and airatainted (don't know if ya want your name revealed . ;) for reading it at school. Michael, tho you may never see this, I thank you for reading this 'cause you don't like the thought of gay people but you read it anyway! And Aira...no matter what goes on with Bobert...I'm pretty sure we could always get Shadow to kick his ass! Anyway, on with the chapter...warning there is kinda sex in it...yes...kinda ...tho it may not be a term...it is now! D ...just be ready for some...un-expected things.

Chapter 7: One Test Of Patience

Sonic awoke to a rustling noise in the bathroom. He rubbed his eyes and looked next to him to see that Shadow wasn't there. He then glanced at the alarm clock to see that it was three in the morning.

"Shadz..love...are you okay?" he slung his feet off the bed and walked across the plush carpet and down the hall. He peeked into the bathroom to see Shadow with his soft pink robe slung over his shoulders. He was hunched over the toilet bowl and panting. "You okay?"

Shadow turned around with small tears in his eyes and smiled. "You called me love again." As soon as he was done speaking, he spun around and puked again.

"Honey...are you alright?" Sonic kneeled beside Shadow and snaked his arm around the now slightly plump middle of his lover. He soothingly supported Shadow and lovingly caressed his quills till Shadow was done.

"Sonic, I don't feel good..." Shadow looked at Sonic pleadingly. Having puked what felt like all his insides, Shadow let Sonic lead him back to bed.

"I'll be back in a moment, I'm gonna call knux and tell him I can't help him today." He smiled and kissed Shadow romantically.

Shadow hugged Sonic close and began to kiss back with much more vigor. Sonic softly moaned then reluctantly pulled away. Shadow whimpered softly and tried to pull him closer. "Shadow," Sonic panted softly, "you're pregnant we can't –." He stopped as a small whimper hit his ears. "Love..."

Shadow sat pouting and whimpering while observing the emotions playing across Sonic's face. He frowned when Sonic left to call Knuckles. 'Stupid babies– no...I take that back...he loves me...He's only reclining because he wants us safe..."

He tubbed his belly and smiled. Sonic grinned as he quietly re-entered the room and closed the door softly. The faint click made Shadow jump. "Calm down love...it's only me."

"It's really cute when you call me love, Sonikku." said Shadow taking a small calm breath. Sonic sat on the bed and Shadow crawled onto his lap. The snuggled for a few minutes and then Shadow felt fingers gently tracing his belly button.

"Sonikku?"

"Shh Shadz." Sonic gently kissed up his neck and across his jaw then kissed his lips. The kiss lasted a little longer as Sonic sucked on Shadow's bottom lip then it ended with both hedgehogs having a content smile on their faces.

"Mmm, Sonikku," Shadow moaned as Sonic's lips connected with his ear. He delicately wrapped his arms around Sonic's neck and Sonic smiled boyishly. Shadow blushed as he quickly became putty in Sonic's arms.

"You're such a woman," Sonic huskily whispered into Shadow's ear. They situated themselves into better positions and shared a few tiny nips and kisses before Shadow replied.

"I know." He whispered seductively as Sonic was now licking across his collarbone. He shuddered as he realized Sonic had slipped off his gloves and his fingers were tracing lazy circles on his back. Shadow slipped his gloves off and wound his arms back around Sonic's neck. "I love you so much."

"I know," Sonic mimicked quietly. They sat smirking and daring the other to make the next move when Sonic laid Shadow down on the comforter and began to nip his thighs. Shadow gasped as the newness of it all and began to giggle and moan while lacing his fingers into Sonic's quills. As Sonic got ready to give Shadow what he was waiting for, Knuckles walked into their room and stared at the sight before him.

Shadow lay sprawled out on the bed with both hands in Sonic's quills while Sonic's head was inbetween Shadow's legs inching it's way upwards. He quickly shook his head as Sonic raised his head from it's spot and sat up. "Hi Knux..."

"Hi Sonic..." Knuckles watched as Sonic pulled Shadow into his lap gently and rubbed his back some more. He then chuckled and smirked. "Sonic...I thought you said you topped...so..shouldn't Shadow be the one doing that?"

Shadow looked at Sonic and Sonic looked at Knuckles. "No...I believe I have put Shadow in enough pain that he deserves to feel the pleasure of it too."

Knuckles hadn't exactly been expecting a reply and his mouth and eye slightly twitched as the mental image came to him and burned the back of his retinas. Sonic smirked and put his gloves on then kissed Shadow's forehead and placed him back on the bed to get some rest. Shadow smiled and was relieved that Sonic hadn't left him completely turned on. Unbeknownst to Knuckles Sonic had helped Shadow with his problem while he was sitting on his lap. All he had, had to do was pinch Shadow's sides a few times and his 'problem' had left and so had Sonic.

He smiled at the fact that Sonic would do all that just for his satisfaction and curled up on the bed. He closed his eyes and fell back asleep.

"Why are you here? I just called you a few moments ago! And why did you come so early in the morning! You could've at least waited for sunrise!" Sonic was sitting at the dining room table waiting for coffee to hurry up and be made.

"I'm sorry! You just said Shadow wasn't feeling well, so I thought you wouldn't mind if I stopped in to see if he was alright!" Knuckles sat feeling slightly embarassed that he had indeed walked in on his best friend basically having sex with his life partner.

"Eh...I guess it's okay...I mean I probably shouldn't have been doing that anyway...but he wanted it so bad I just couldn't help thinking he'd think I didn't love him anymore...I don't think I could stand that guilt if he left 'cause he thought that." The coffee machine started to make the done noise it makes (A.N: what do you call that oo;;;) and Sonic walked in to get two cups.

"Any sugar Knux?" Sonic stared at the sugar container and grinned at a memory that crossed his mind.

(Memory)

"Sonic?...what do you think of this?" Shadow held up a goose shaped salt shaker.

"...I think it looks...odd." Sonic raised an eyebrow at his lover and looked at a dog shaped figurine sitting on the counter. "Shouldn't this be in the living room?"

"No...it's a sugar shaker...don't touch it...Fido stays in the kitchen."

"Fido? You named your sugar shaker?...wait...I've never even heard of a sugar shaker!" Sonic picked up the glass dog and studied it.

"It's advanced Technology that I created in a human art class thank you! I bet you don't have a sugar shaker! Hmm?"

"...Whatever Shadow." Shadow smiled triumphantly and set up his zoo of different shakers in the cupboard.

(End)

Sonic grinned as he opened the cupboard and retrieved 'Fido'. "Yeah, I'll have some sugar.."

"Alright." Sonic sprinkled sugar over the coffee and added two spoons to the small tray he was loading along with the shaker and Shadow's favorite Shaker. The canary. Shadow had told him many times why it was his favorite. One reason had been because it held cinnamon and he loved cinnamon. Another had been simply because canary's make such pretty music.

He carried the tray in and handed Knuckles his coffee then went back into the kitchen and handed him a package of pop-tarts. They sat munching happily on pop-tarts and speaking quietly to one another until they heard a soft whine from the bedroom. Sonic smiled and walked to the bedroom to see Shadow laying on side staring blankly at the wall.

"Love...?"

End of...sexiness... . ;

A.N.: heh...cliffy... :p anyway, I leave on a happy note, a) because Chappy 7 is done, b) I now own a copy of the movie RENT