Chapter 8! W00T! One more chapter after this, epilogue, then a sequel! Oh joy! Er…yeah!

Disclaimer: SHEESH! I don't OWN them! But if I did…Mwahahahahaha!

Knuckles: Poop!

Rouge: Aw!

Knuckles: Yay!

Shadow: idiots…

Amy: Booboo…

Shadow: What!

Amy: Purdy…

Shadow: I love you too!

(Totally random…lol)

Here's the good stuff!

Chapter 8: Black Roses and an Amethyst Room

Knuckles sat in a cheap plastic chair next to the bed in which lay the mysterious Rouge the Bat. Knuckle's breath was shaking and a worried expression covered his face, his face was even shiny from tears. He tapped his foot lightly on the stone pavement and peered over the edge of the bed to look at the slumbering bat. It had been 2 days since Rouge had been shot and Knuckles was worried out of his dreadlocks!

Rouge was in an immediate coma as soon as Eggman had shot her. The gun's affects had hit her side, crushing her ribs, and made her whole body vulnerable by making her brain feel dead, letting her body give up, or as you can say: feel like jelly. It was a miracle that she was only in a coma!

Knuckles shivered in the cold room and were glad he had forced the doctors and nurses to paint the room amethyst. Hospital rooms were way too white and he knew that he wouldn't be comfortable with a white room if he were to stay with Rouge until she woke up…not to mention getting Rouge in a bad mood…if she wakes up.

Knuckles wrapped a blanket around him tightly. A nurse had given him a blanket and pillow for him for the night. They knew they would have to treat him like a king when he was in the hospital, they were extremely afraid of the crimson echidna.

Knuckles shivered violently, cursing at how cold the room was, and peered over the edge of the bed again. He frowned seeing Rouge also trembling from the coldness, even though she was in her coma. He wanted to make her as comfortable as he can because when she wakes up he was hoping to ask her something. Forgiveness…

'I'm such a fool…Damnit… what could I ever do to make it up to you, Rouge? Please…wake up soon…'

Knuckles used his own blanket to wrap it around Rouge, who was still shivering. Noticing that wasn't working, Knuckles sighed leaned over the edge and covered Rouge with his right arm, his left dug under her torso, and entwined his gloved hand with Rouge's hand. He let his head rest on her chest, ignoring the fact that he was on her boobs (HAHA!) and did his best to share his warmth.

He felt a little weird, but he wouldn't admit that he was content in hugging Rouge. Knuckles shivered suddenly, not from coldness, but from the tickle of Rouge's breath on his neck. He hugged her tightly and shut his eyes. He felt a wave of guilt as it suddenly washed over all his other emotions.

"I got her into deep shit for not being gullible for once! I'm such a dumbass! If you ever wake up, I will praise you…I love you so much…If only you could wake up, I'd never hide my emotions from you again…" Knuckles whispered, a tear ran down his muzzle, but he ignored it.

Ever since Rouge had been in a coma all Knuckles wanted was to be isolated from anything or anyone else. He let his emotions run freely, crying and cursing to himself when he felt guilty. Sonic, Amy, Tails, and even Cream came to visit, but Knuckles had to shove them away because he did not feel like having company when he wanted to watch Rouge 24/7.

Knuckles snuggled into Rouge's chest, ignoring the 'bumps' (lol), and squeezed Rouge's hand. He whispered one more "I love you…" before he went into a dreamless sleep.

Rouge was awake for awhile, but she kept her eyes closed. She was sly enough to keep quite and act as though she was still in a coma, but she couldn't help shivering.

She could feel a wandering eye, probably from Knuckles, and she could hear movement as Knuckles leaned over to hug her. She felt an arm dig under her torso, and she could have slapped him then and there, but she felt too comfortable, she wouldn't admit she liked the company so near. She felt something clutch her hand and she was able to open one eye to be able to see Knuckles resting on her.

Rouge closed her eyes again and breathed deeply, making Knuckle's head rise and fall on her chest. She could feel Knuckles trembling as she did so, and he held her tighter, like he was hanging onto hope.

She could hear every breath, both hers and Knuckles, until she could hear Knuckles murmuring to himself. He felt tense on her chest and she could only frown and listen.

After she heard every word that Knuckles said and Knuckles soon drifting off to sleep, Rouge couldn't help but show affection by at least giving him a peck of a small kiss on the back of his heads and held his hand tighter. Soon, she even fell asleep from happiness, but before that she whispered softly,

"I love you too, Knucklehead."

It had been 30 minutes after sunset... Sonic didn't bother running; he wanted to walk through in the evening to the best florist in the city. Well, he didn't want to walk; he just wanted to think while he was on his way. 'What would Amy like…pink or red roses? Argh! They're all the same! But seriously…I have to do this right!' Sonic paced slowly on the sidewalk looking up at the navy blue sky of the end of the sunset. 'Stupid Shadow! Shadow can get her at one try… he only saved her once! How many times have I saved her? Billions of times!' Sonic thought frustrated.

He reached the corner of the best florist in town and opened the door to see hundreds of bouquets or all varieties of flowers. There was a particular part of the store that held roses that Sonic was interested in. He was eyeing a normal bouquet of pink roses, but he had happened to see the price before picking it up. 100 rings! 'HOLY FUCKNUTS! Ah well. It'll do.' Sonic took the bouquet to the cashier and paid for it with all the spare rings he collected from his daily morning runs.

Sonic decided to run to Amy's house, a little slower so he wouldn't ruin the roses. Unfortunately, when Sonic reached the house Amy wasn't there. 'I'll just wait till she gets back... I hate waiting... but it's the thought that counts!'

So Sonic sat on a porch chair, tapping his foot impatiently. He didn't even bother to think because it hurt his one and only nut. (Yes one nut because he only half realizes he likes Amy!)

(Back to Amy and Shadow)

The sun had already set 5 minutes ago. Shadow still held Amy in his lap while she dozed off. Shadow looked down at Amy's smile yet sleeping figure, and smirked. He carefully and gently took Amy off his lap and left her on the grass on a comfortable position without waking her up. Although she did stir from the sudden change of warmth.

Shadow walked a few paces away and took out his red chaos emerald. He looked back at the black and pink hedgehog and did a silent command before vanishing away into...who knows where?

But where would he go? Certainly not a home! Oh…he'll come back to Amy Rose!

Sorry it's short! IM SOOOOOOOOOO SORRY! Seriously! But reviews will help me make the next chapter longer! Thanks!