I'm just a slave: chapter 2
Shadow's POV
Nine years passed by slowly. Sonic had turned 20 not to long ago and i didn't really kept a heads up to myself about my birthdays, but i suspected that i was around 19 years old now. Thought, i didn't care much. Why caring about your birthday if it wasn't important enough to be celebrated anyway. That was the last of my worries though. Anyway, during these nine long years i had learned to hate my master and mistress. My mistress could be nice at time, but only when i hadn't made her mad or when her husband wasn't around. And her husband was almost never gone. I didn't hate sonic though. I kept loving him even though he had ignored me after his curiousity of me had gone away. My owners had found out, a few months after buying me, that i was a herm. So i was fit to fullfill both the female part of the workers and the male part.
At the moment i was fullfilling my duty as a maid by making dinner. Despite my hate for my owners i always did my best because i wanted sonic to be happy and finally notice me. I was tired of sonic ignoring me. I loved him with all my heart and everytime he ignored me it hurt more. I don't care if he would never return my love. I would be happy enough if he just noticed me.
I finished making dinner and served i on the table. "i hope you will enjoy your meal, sir...miss." I said and bowed before leaving the room. Sonic hadn't notice me once again. I sighed and left the room.
Sonic's POV
It was when i heard the door open that i gave shadow a quick glance. I liked to see him walk away. It gave me a good look at his behind. At first i was a bit weirded out by knowing what kind of feelings i had for the slave, but i soon grew accostumed to it. I couldn't let my parents show, though. And the only way to do that was to pretend as if he didn't excist. Else my parents, especially my mom, would've found out in no time. I don't know how they would react to that and so i wanted to spare shadow from a possible beating. I would never want shadow to get hurt. He got hurt alot since he was doing always alot of tough chores. So i wanted to save him getting beaten aswell like he got when he was younger. I always mentally winced whenever i saw a new bruise or scratch on him. But shadow never seemed to care. he used to be an emotional wreck when he was younger, till one day it seemed as if he didn't have any emotions anymore. It kind of shocked me to find a blank face on him even when he got hurt or insulted. It was as if someone completely different had taken his place. It was kinda scary in a way.
I got up from the table with a sigh and decided to go to my room. I had to go past the slave quaters to get to it. Maybe i should say something to him this time. Just to let him know that i'm not completely ignoring him. I approached his room and opened the door. Normally shadow would be in his room whenever he wasn't needed, but he wasn't here today. I looked around to see if he was maybe standing behind something, but it seems like he really wasn't here anymore. "master?" I jumped at hearing shadow's voice. "oh shadow! there you are!" I said and turned around to look at him. "is there something you need, master?" Shadow asked. "uhm, no not really. i just came to see you." I replied. I really didn't have any favors to ask him. I just wanted to see him. "to see me?" Shadow asked. I saw a bit of confusion in his eyes. "yes." I replied smilling. "so, you do need something, master?" He asked. He really was confused wasn't he? "no i don't need anything." I explained. "but you wanted to see me." Shadow said. "yes, because i really wanted to see you. does wanting to see you mean that i would want something form you." I asked. For some reason i was a bit concerned by that thought. "well, yes. that's the only time when someone would want to see their slave, master." Shadow said even more confused then he was before. I sighed. I really couldn't explain anything right to him, could i? "shadow, listen-" I started, but i got caught off. "i am listening, master." He said accidently cutting me off. "i apologize for interupting, master." Shadow quickly said when he realzied that i hadn't finished my sentence. "don't apologize you didn't do anything wrong." I said. anyway, what i was trying to say was that i just wwant to hang out with you." I said to make the message i was trying to say before he interupted me clear. "hang out? you have friends to hang with, master." He said matter-of-factly. "i don't care!" I said. I don't care if i had friends to hang out with. I want to hang with shadow instead of them. Shadow cocked his head to the side a bit making clear that he was even more confused now. I liked it when he did that. Made him seem even more cute then he already is. I wonder what he would look like if he would be blushing. I bet even more cuter.
"so, wanna hang out?" I asked and got a confused nod with the traditional 'master' behind it. Wish he would call me by my name instead of master the whole time. He has never said my name before. I wish he would. I could tell him to cal me sonic, but i have a feeling that my parents would tell him to call me 'master' again. I walked away and gestured for shadow to follow me. Shadow obediently followed quietly.