I Can't Bleed!
Sonic sighed sadly as he stood in front of the bathroom mirror, staring at the object in his hand.
It was a little white pill bottle, a prescription sticker wrapped snugly around its middle. Sonic read over the label again and sighed.
Aminocaproic acid, Amicar
250 mg/mL
Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog
Take 1 CAP q AM PO C Water AC
Rx ONLY
(TRANSLATION: Take 1 capsule every morning by mouth with water before a meal
Prescription ONLY)
Sonic grabbed the cup sitting on the counter and filled it with water. He opened the bottle and took out one little white pill, popping it into his mouth before chasing it down with the water. He put the cup back down and stared at himself in the mirror.
Today was the day.
Today was the day he was going to tell Shadow about this.
He had promised his lover he wouldn't keep any secrets from him anymore, but there were just some things he wasn't ready to discuss yet. This was one of them.
But now wasn't the time to think about that. He didn't want to chicken out on telling him, so he grabbed the bottle and stuffed it into his quills, ready to tell Shadow about his condition. As he walked down the stairs, he was greeted by a wonderful smell of bacon and eggs from the kitchen.
Shadow was awake.
"Good morning, love." Shadow greeted him as he finished piling eggs onto Sonic's plate.
"Good morning, bae." Sonic greeted back, sharing a quick kiss with his lover before sitting at this table. "This looks great."
"It's just bacon and eggs." Shadow chuckled as he sat next to him in front of his own breakfast. "Nothing fancy."
"I know, but anything you cook is always delicious." Sonic assured him. He wanted to lighten the mood a bit before he told him.
"Why thank you hun." Shadow smiled bashfully. Guess he still wasn't used to compliments.
The two ate silently for a few minutes, just enjoying each other's company and stealing loving glances at each other, before Sonic sighed as if he were troubled. This obviously caught Shadow's attention.
"Something wrong, Sonic?"
"Well, not really, but kinda, if that makes any sense?"
"What's wrong?"
"Well, you know how I promised not to keep anymore secrets from you?"
"Yes."
"Well, the truth is, there are just some secrets I'm not ready to tell. I love you a lot, Shads, and I trust you with all my heart. But some things are just hard to talk about."
"I understand." Shadow smiled warmly, placing his hand on top of Sonic's. "I have a feeling that there are more secrets to you besides your occasional wrist pain and your Wiccan Religion. I just want you to know that you can trust me, but I'm not forcing you to tell me. You can tell me your secrets on your own time. I won't force you to. I almost did the night you told me that you were Wiccan, and I've felt guilty about that for a while now. I've come to terms that you have your secrets, and you'll tell me on your own time."
"... Thank you Shadow." Sonic returned the smile, but then frowned again. "But, the reason why I bring this up now is because, I have another secret, and I'm ready to share with you."
"Sonic, whatever it is, you can trust me. I won't think of you any different. I love you too much to do so."
Sonic sighed and pulled out the pill bottle from his quills, handing it over to Shadow. The ebony hedgehog took the bottle and read the label, obviously a bit confused.
"Sonic this is a prescribed medication directed to you." He pointed out. "But what's it for?"
"It's for a condition I was born with." Sonic explained. "A blood condition, to be exact."
"A blood condition?"
"Yes. … I have hemophilia. Amicar is a clotting promoter."
"Hemophilia…" Shadow was shocked. "So… you can't…"
"Yes Shadow, I'm not supposed to bleed because my blood doesn't clot properly. Basically, if I bleed, I keep bleeding."
"I bet sharp things are the scariest thing to you." Shadow smiled sympathetically as he gave the pill bottle back. "Does anybody else know?"
"Just Tails and the one who diagnosed me." Sonic shook his head. "In fact, Tails was the one who figured out there might be a problem after I almost bled to death after a battle with Robotnik back in the day."
"You've been on prescription that long?"
"Yes. My old friend Professor Von Schlemmer was the one that diagnosed me. He can be a bit of a quack sometimes, but he can get real serious when he needs to be, and diagnosing me with hemophilia was pretty serious."
"What did you do on Earth, when you didn't have your pills?"
"I was VERY careful not to get myself cut." Sonic sighed. "So yeah, that's another one of my secrets."
"Thank you for telling me, Sonic." Shadow smiled, suddenly wrapping his arms around the blue hedgehog. "I'm glad you're starting to trust me more."
"I'm glad too." Sonic chuckled as he hugged back. "Just don't go all Mother Goose on me and try to protect me on every turn."
"No promises." Shadow chuckled.
"Shadow…"
"Alright, alright. I promise I won't be all overprotective. I know you can take care of yourself. But just know, I'll be there for you whenever you need me."
"Thanks Shads. I love you so much."
"I love you too."
