Sonic finally made it to Shadow's house and knocked on the door before Shadow opened it and let him in.

"Is... there something that you want to tell m-"

Sonic was cut off when Shadow suddenly hugged him tightly. This made him blush instantly and he didn't know if he should hug back or remained like this while his seme hug him.

"Sonic." Shadow suddenly said.

"Y-Yeah?" Sonic replied as his ears twitched towards him curiously.

"I don't know why but I suddenly miss you a lot." Shadow said softly.

Sonic could practically hear his heart beating even faster. He's so embarrassed yet happy that Shadow is being really sweet to him so he hugged back and rubbed his back in comfort.

"Don't worry, Shadow. I'm here." Sonic reassured softly.

Shadow slowly let go but kept his hands around Sonic's waist, keeping him there as he stared at him. Sonic was confused on why Shadow would act like that. Maybe he doesn't want him to get hurt like Scourge and Silver? Shadow suddenly leaned forward and kissed him which shocked Sonic who let out a soft purr through the kiss. It only lasted for a few seconds to almost a minute before they pulled away with Sonic blushing brightly and panting softly as Shadow smirked gently.

"That's all I needed." He said and gave his lips a small peck.

That made Sonic blush even more than before and covered his face with his hands as Shadow let out a soft laugh.

"Why don't you go and see Silver? After that, we can visit Scourge." Shadow suggested and he nodded.

He walked away while blushing. He made it go away when he reached Mephiles' room and knocked on the door. He heard a muffled 'come in' from inside and opened the door and saw Silver laying down on the bed with Mephiles beside him.

"Hey, Silver, how are you?" Sonic greeted him as he closed the door behind him.

"I'm quite good actually. You?" Silver said with a smile.

Sonic sighed and looked down which concerned the two.

"Not really... I should have been the one to get shot at, not you... I'm sorry." Sonic said in shame. He was still feeling guilty for not protecting him.

"Hakuna matata" (XD!!! Sorry I couldn't resist! But I gotta at least lighten the mood for ya, readers! Anyway, back to the story!)

"Hey, no worries. I'm fine." Silver said reassuringly as Sonic smiled at that.

"So, did you tell your family about this?" Sonic asked as Silver smiled nervously.

"Ah, no. But I did call them to let them know that I'm having an emergency project that needs to be finished with some friends. So, in the end, I told them that I'm having a sleepover for a few days." Silver explained.

"Your parents don't mind?" Sonic asked while tilting his head.

"Yeah though, I feel bad for lying to them." Silver sighed as Sonic nodded.

"Yeah... I know how that feels." Sonic said as he looked down before sighing.

"I hope you get well soon. I better go and see Scourge now." Sonic said and Silver nodded.

He went to find Shadow and figured that he would be in his room. He walked to it and opened the door to see him playing a bit with his computer. He just stood by the door before speaking.

"Shadow, can we visit Scourge now?" Sonic wondered.

Shadow turned his head to see Sonic by the door and nodded. He first turned off the computer and got up from his chair.

"Did you talk to Silver?" Shadow asked as they walked out of the room and closed the door.

"Yeah. Just for a minute." Sonic smiled softly to which he returned.

The two then left for the hospital. While they were walking, Shadow noticed that Sonic hasn't been looking at him much lately and he even looked down while they were walking.

Shadow then took his hand in his and it made Sonic stare at him in surprise as Shadow was looking at him in concern.

"Is there something bothering you?" Shadow asked.

Sonic blinked but shook his head. He didn't want Shadow to worry.

"Um, no." Sonic said as he smiled nervously but Shadow could see through it.

"Just tell me, Sonic." Shadow said as Sonic sighed.

Looks like Tails isn't the only one who can tell that something is bothering him.

"A-Alright... Ever since Silver got shot, it really scared me to even go outside and I'm even more scared everytime I see Bryan at school." Sonic admitted as he lowered his ears.

Shadow stopped before pulling him into a hug as it made Sonic blush but hugged back.

"This is all my fault from the beginning. I should've moved to a different school and left Bryan alone." Shadow said softly.

That made Sonic gasped in shock and held Shadow more when he heard that.

"Shadow, don't say that. He never should've been in the school in the first place." Sonic said as he tried to comfort him.

"But I already caused both Silver and Scourge so much trouble." Shadow said.

That made Sonic pout and leaned his head away as he faced Shadow. He leaned in and gave Shadow a kiss that he never expected. Sonic pulled away with a bright smile while Shadow stared at him with a blank face. This made Sonic push himself away from the hug and covered his face when it started to go red.

"W-What I'm s-saying is that d-don't blame yourself!" Sonic said through his hands.

Shadow let out a smile, knowing that Sonic's effort was to cheer him up. He went closer and kissed his forehead before the two held hands again and continued their way to the hospital.

Meanwhile...

"What about here? Does it hurt?" Fleetway asked as he pressed his hand on Scourge's chest while he was laying down on the bed.

"Um, no." Scourge answered with a fond look.

Fleetway nodded and sat back down on the chair while Scourge sat up slowly on the bed.

"So I guess that I'll get out of here soon since it doesn't hurt that much anymore." Scourge said. He really wanted to get out of the hospital.

"That's great! When you're finally discharged out of this place, I wanna live with you." Fleetway said cheerfully.

That made Scourge stare at him in shock and surprise that he starts to blush.

"L-Live with me? Why?" Scourge asked.

"I'm still worried about you. I wanna make sure that you stay safe." Fleetway said with a smile.

The warmth and sight of Fleetway's smile gave made Scourge's heart pound and he had to lay back down on the bed again and covered himself with the blanket. Fleetway rests his head beside Scourge and purred happily. He's such a tsundere. The sound of knocking from the other side of the door was heard before it opened.

"Hey, Fleet. Hey, Scourge." Shadow smiled as he let Sonic in first before following and closed the door.

"Hi, you two!" Fleetway smiled happily.

Sonic approached Scourge but became confused when he saw him under the blanket. He put a hand on him and shook him gently.

"Scourge, you alright?" Sonic asked in concern.

Scourge came out from under the blanket slowly but there was still a shade of pink on his muzzle which made Sonic smile.

"Why are you blushing?" Sonic asked as Scourge tensed.

"I-I'm not blushing." Scourge denied it as he sat up.

"How's your condition now?" Shadow asked as he leaned against the wall.

"I'm feeling much better now. I might be able to get out of here tomorrow." Scourge said.

Sonic let out a huge smile and hugged Scourge which really surprised him by the sudden hug but he let Sonic do it since he missed him only to feel vibration and it made him blush again when he realized that Sonic was purring.

"No purrs! Stop purring, Sonic!" Scourge yelled out in embarrassment as he pushed him away.

"No! Let me hug you more!" Sonic exclaimed.

And just like that, Scourge got his full strength back and pushed Sonic away completely which amazes Fleetway as Shadow didn't stop himself from laughing. Sonic got up again and hugged Scourge even more which got an uncharacteristically squeak from the green uke.