Shadow knocked on the apartment door and waited with his arms folded. Mere moments later, the door flung open and Sonic stood there, a bright beaming smile on his face. "Shadow, welcome!" He greeted, embracing him in a hug. Shadow stood there stiffly, unmoving as Sonic finished the hug and allowed him inside.
"Sorry about the mess" he apologised, whilst shutting the front door. Shadow glanced around the living room, noticing that it was littered with boxes. "Haven't really had a chance to put everything away yet." He explained. "Still, it was about time I moved out of Tails' place, huh?"
"Nice place" Shadow commented simply, ignoring what Sonic had said and staring across the room at the balcony window, that was visible through the small gap in the curtains, allowing the setting sunlight inside. "Though I don't really see the point of me coming here, since I could've just come to the house party tomorrow"
"I wanted you to be one of the first to see it" Sonic replied. "I thought maybe you'd like to stay over. We could stay up late, play some video games or watch a movie, or..."
"I suppose I could" Shadow murmured.
"Oh, cool" Sonic responded, a little surprised that Shadow was convinced so easily. "Take a seat on the couch and I'll try and find us a dvd or something" he said, quickly leaving the room.
Shadow sat down on the couch and stared blankly at the TV in front of him. Of all the things Sonic decided to set up, he got the TV sorted. Of course he did. Shadow rolled his eyes. But he couldn't help but feel like that there was something more to this little meet up Sonic had arranged, he just didn't know what. He'd have to get to the bottom of it somehow.
Sonic returned with a dvd in hand "I found this cool action movie" he told him, slotting it into the DVD player and then taking a seat next to Shadow. Shadow put his arm on the arm rest and watched as the movie began to play.
The movie was decent to say the least. Though Shadow did find it rather tiresome. Sonic had gotten bored and was playing on a handheld game controller. He was leaned against Shadow, pushing the black and red hedgehog to the edge of the couch. Shadow gripped the arm rest tighter.
He glanced other at the balcony, noticing that the moonlight was shining through the crack in the curtains. "I'm going for some air" he stated, moving Sonic aside as he stood up.
He walked over to the balcony window and peeled away the curtains so that he could open the glass double doors. He walked outside, feeling the cold night air as he rested his arms on the railing. Shadow looked up at the pale moon and sighed deeply.
"Everything okay?" Sonic asked, walking onto the balcony and standing next to him.
"I'm fine, I was just..." He paused "I was just wondering why you invited me here"
"You know why" Sonic responded.
"I mean the real reason" Shadow stated, turning to face him.
Sonic scratched the back of his head "Is it that obvious?" He questioned.
Shadow nodded slowly in reply. Sonic sighed "Follow me, there's something I want to show you" he said, leading Shadow back inside. He then took him to his new bedroom. The room itself wasn't that large, but there was a double bed set up and ready to be slept in. But Sonic hadn't owned a double bed, until now at least. Why would he need one?
"Shadow, I didn't get this place just for me" Sonic stated "I got it for both of us" he explained "We've been together for a while now, and I thought it was about time we moved in with each other. You've been cooped up in that room at GUN where there's barely any room to breath for so long, but this place is big enough for both of us"
Shadow was stunned into silence. He never thought that Sonic would do something like this all for him. "Sonic, I... I don't know what to say" he admitted.
"You don't have to say anything" Sonic replied, showing him a key to the apartment, which was mostly like a spare key. He took hold of Shadow's hand and opened it up, pressing the key into his palm and then closing Shadow's fingers over it. Shadow stared at Sonic, and he stared back at him, the blue hedgehog's eyes full of hope.
"Thank you, Sonic" he said gratefully. Sonic smiled from ear to ear, and quickly embraced Shadow it a hug. Shadow stood there stiffly once again, but this time a small smile emerged on his face and he rested his head on Sonic's shoulder.
"So when would you like me to move in?" Shadow asked, still being hugged by his partner.
Sonic pulled away "As soon as possible"
"Well in that case..." Shadow said, walking out of the room with Sonic following from behind "I'll go grab my stuff"
"Don't be too long" Sonic replied, a smirk on his face.
Shadow responded with a 'Hmph' and walked out of the apartment.
Shadow returned with a black bag over his shoulder. Despite leaving his living quarters, he still worked for GUN, and would continue to work with them even though he was living with Sonic. Things seemed to be moving so fast, but he didn't regret his decision. Not one bit. And he doubted that he would in the near future.
As he entered the apartment, he noticed that it was a lot cleaner now. The boxes that had littered the living room were all missing. Sonic must have put everything away while he was gone. Except for a brown blanket that had been left on the floor.
Shadow dumped his bag by the door and picked up the blanket, folding it over his arm. That's when he noticed a sound that he hadn't acknowledged before. It was snoring.
Sonic was lying stretched out on couch, fast asleep. His shoes had been kicked off his feet, and one of his socks were slipping off. Shadow glanced over at the balcony window, noticing that the light of dawn was shining in.
Shadow walked over to Sonic and wrapped him up in the blanket he picked up. He then gave him a small kiss on his head, which caused Sonic to smile despite still being asleep.
Shadow took this opportunity to unpack his stuff and settle into his new home. But the one thing that really made it feel like home, was Sonic himself.
A/N: I have four chapters that I've stockpiled and will be posting over the next few days.
I hope you all had a good holiday and new year.