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Don't sue me if ya haven't read this. If you haven't, it's a couple of lines. Read. Now.


Smaller Punishment

8:00...Not that late...I can only guess... Sam got on his computer, accessing the Video Chat. "Hey, 'Doka." The regimental hedgehog nodded, rather weary.

"Mornin', love..." She rubbed her eyes, yawned and stretched. "How was your day?"

"Long. Tiring. Boring. Yours so far?" Sam inquired, the hedgehog's emerald eyes gazing at his chocolate.

"Just woke up, y'know."

"Hm." A silence was among the two, just gazing into each other's eyes, either wearily or affectionately. "...Any hungry?" The hedgehog pointed her webcam to some steak and mashed potatoes on a plate, complete with steak sauce and butter.

"Lucky. All I've got is cold curry and uncooked rice." The regimental female cocked an eyebrow in some disbelief, a grin toying at the edges of her lips.

"I thought you wanted to be a chef, Sammy..." He crossed his arms, looking away.

"Doesn't mean I'm all that good at cooking rice..." The regimental hedgehog giggled, and looked at Sam with a smile on her face.

"It's okay, really. You learn with time, don't you? You'll get better, I know it." She showed her teeth in a larger smile, the ebony hedgehog merely nodding, giving off a small blush.

"Thanks." His lips twitched upward a bit, Nodoka still smiling. "What, no new nickname for the day?"

"Just woke up, dear. I don't have a list of cute nicknames for you every day of the year." Nodoka said, thinking. He wants a nickname, I'll give one to him soon.

"Alright, Ms. Hourglass." Sam teasingly said, the regimental hedgehog blushing. "...What?"

"I don't have that much of an hourglass figure..." Th regimental hedgehog looked at a full body mirror, checking her figure a bit before sighing. "I don't see much of it..."

"I do, and you look stunning, as per usual. Even in your PJs." Sam said, Nodoka blushing.

He then proceeded to take off his shirt, tossing it at the black sofa behind him. "Hope ya don't mind. It's hot here." The regimental hedgehog merely stared at his chest for what seemed like minutes on end...because, seriously. It was minutes on end.

"Hey, 'Doka-chan. My face is up here." Nodoka snapped out of her staring, blushing madly as she turned away for a bit, regained her composure and turned back to her shirtless ebony and green boyfriend. "You can't help but stare, can you?"

"Shaddup!" Nodoka was laughing shortly after she said that, Sam merely chuckling. "Stare at it! The power of my nonexistent midriff compels you!" The regimental hedgehog laughed again, Sam laughing as well now.

The ebony hedgehog then began to stare a bit into Nodoka's midriff, the regimental hedgehog grabbing a wolf plushie and covering her midriff, breaking the ebony hedgehog's trance like state. "Hey, you looked into my midriff..."

"Well, I'm a girl." Sam merely looked at her face with a childish pout, Nodoka chuckling.

"No defying that logic, that's for sure." Sam said, chuckling a bit a well.

"Yeah." Nodoka said, smiling as she began to gaze into his eyes, his eyes gazing into...her midriff again. "Will you stop that?"

"I'm sorry!" Sam crossed his arms, blushing. "I'm not looking at your midriff...I'm looking at the plushie you're pressing against it." The lucky plushie.

"Why?" She pressed the plushie closer to her midriff, her facial expression turning slightly defensive.

"Well when me meet, it'll be either me, or the plushie, y'know?" Sam said, Nodoka looking at him with a rather defensive fact for a couple of seconds, and then sighing in defeat afterward, placing the plushie back on the counter.

That's right, plushie...she chooses a person over you. Thaaaat's right. Sam thought, smiling. "Glad you chose me. If you chose the plushie to hug onto, I can't imagine how affectionate you'd be to the plushie. Needs some room to breathe, y'know?" Sam jokingly said, Nodoka laughing, her laugh turning into a chuckle.I should die,

The ebony hedgehog merely kept smiling, blowing a kiss to her. "Say, Nodoka..."

"Hm?" She cocked an eyebrow, looking at him.

"I had a thought yesterday...what if we were permanently separated from each other?" Sam inquired.

"Separated...like, we can't see each other? Or talk, or-"

"Or nothing." A moment of silence was had between the two, Sam waiting for Nodoka's response, and Nodoka just thinking...

"...I don't know, Sam. I...don't know what I would do. You mean the world to me...and everything in it." Nodoka replied, biting her lower lip.

"As do you...but I think now: Which is the smaller punishment, death, or not seeing each other? They seem the same, nearly...to me, anyway." Sam said, tapping his chin with two gloved fingers.

"I...don't know, Sam. They're both so cruel...so harsh." Nodoka said, thinking...

Another moment of silence was had between the two, Sam breaking it. "...Well...I'm not very sure if I should die, in that case." Nodoka looked at him with a glance that pretty much shouted: 'Are you insane?' "Well, hey. Being mocked because you've got some qualities about yourself, the smallest things, is kinda harsh. Parents are never around, and I'm usually more aruond at school than at home, so I'm being mocked all the time. You're really the only thing I have to look forward to. At all." Sam said, Nodoka still giving him the look.

"Are you crazy?! I mean...I wouldn't have the courage to kill myself. Sure, I'd be distraught and broken...but still..." Nodoka shook her head, trying clear the image. "It's...hard to think about it." Nodoka said, Sam nodding.

"Sorry." Sam apologized, Nodoka's death glare going away after a bit, the regimental hedgehog crossing her arms and closing her eyes. "...You look like a friend of mine when ya do that, y'know?" She opened a eyelid. "His name's Shadow."

"He's a shady guy?" Nodoka jokingly said, Sam nodding.

"Actually, yes. Has quite the personality." Sam grinned, thinking about his friend, who was probably out.

The ebony hedgehog looked out the window, watching the sun set slowly, mind wandering...how he got so lucy by meeting Nodoka...yet so unlucky that she was so close, yet so far away. The thoughts plagued his mind, never ceasing, but at this moment, he took it upon himself to really think about it...she meant so much to him, yet he could only wonder if waiting for her was...no, it was worth it! ...Wasn't it? He let out a sigh, trying to get himself together. "'Doka-chan?"

"Hm?" She cocked an eyebrow.

"What do you think about waiting? I mean...will it really be worth it in the end?" Sam inquired, both to himself and Nodoka.

"...We just have to be patient. I mean...we'll work this out somehow, and maybe He'll pull us through, y'know? That's all I can say..." She rested her hand on top of her other, looking at Sam.

"But..." Sam sighed in defeat, or rather a loss for words. "I'm just...doubtful. I meam, I know that we love each other, but...will all this really work?" Sam inquired, again to himself and Nodoka.

"...We'll just wait and see, love." She blew a kiss to him, Sam doing the same.

"I love you." Sam said, Nodoka smiling.

"I love you too." Nodoka blew another kiss, Sam doing the same. "I'll probably go out in a bit...going for a walk."

"I'm on a walk! I'm on a walk, everybody look at me, 'cause I'm goin' for a walk!" Nodoka laughed, Sam grinning. "I'm sorry, it's just that that song is in my head!" Sam said with a smile.

"Well, I may as well head for that walk: Better to get it done with." Nodoka said, blowing a kiss to Sam. "Love you!"

"Love you too...I'll see you later." Sam blew a kiss to Nodoka and smiled.

"See ya." The screen turned black, and the video chat was finished...


Hey. I'm not a break now, and if you haven't noticed, I've updated Path to Dawn, Dawn to Darkness! Check it out, and if you haven't checked out the Vengeance Quartet, read the first book! And if you've heard of it and just haven't got the time to read it, read it anyway! Or if you were in the middle of it, get back up to speed!

I'm trying to update as much as I can during the time I have left. Trying. Not sure if it's working. XD.

Hope you all enjoyed, R&R, I'll see ya next.

~ADarknessInHeaven

Aka: Sam