I'm just a slave: chapter 8
Sonic's POV
I sighed and listened to my mom's scolding. She was scolding me about how that was dangerous and that i shouldn't put my life on risk for a mere slave. But i was paying no mind to her words. I didn't regret saving shadow. I'm glad i did it. I wouldn't want an innocent person like him who had barely started his life die such a painfull death. Unlike my parents, i wasn't cold hearted as to let that happen to him.
I smiled in relief and got up from my seat on the couch once the lecture was over. I walked out into the hallway and went to the slave quarters. I wanted to check up on shadow. I wanted to know how he was doing. I found his room and knocked on the door. "come in." I heard shadow say. I opened the door and saw him laying on the bed. His left arm in a cast, his torso bandaged, a fire patch on the side of his chin, a few scratches and his right hand bandaged. The doctor was sitting next to him. He had just finished taking care of him. "i will be going now." He said and left. I walked over to shadow's side and sat down on the chair that the doctor had been previously sitting on. "hey, how are you feeling?" I asked. "i'm fine now, thank you." Shadow said and looked up to me. He was still smilling. He was either glad that he could smile in front of me, or he was just really very gratefull that i saved him. "that's good." I said and returned it. "you had me worried there." I chuckled, but i didn't recieve an answer. "my mom was scolding me for saving you. she said that i shouldn't have risked my life for a mere slave. but you know...i don't regret it. i don't regret saving you at all." I said and grasped his right hand. Shadow looked at our hands with a blank expression.
"why did you do it?" I heard him ask. "hmm?" I hummed in confusion, not knowing what he meant. "why did you save me?" He asked and looked back up at me. His eyes were holding more confusion then mine did at the moment. I smiled. I knew that this had to be it. I just had to tell him now. "well, i saved you because i..." I started, but trailed of. "because you?" Shadow asked. I held his hand with both of mine and looked in his eyes. "because i l-" I said, but got cut off by a door opening.
"ah! master sonic! there you are. your mother and father have asked me to fetch you to join them at the table for dinner." A servent said upon finding me in the room. I sighed in annoyence and got up from the chair. I walked out of shadow's room and made my way towards the dining hall, passing the servant's confused look when he found me holding shadow, a slave's, hand. I was muttering something inaudible, except for me, to myself in annoyence while walking to where i was supposed to be meeting my parents. I was almost able to tell him how i felt and then this servant had to spoil it! I growled in annoyance and snapped at someone who was looking weird at me because i was passing with a growl. I made my way into the dining hall and saw someone sitting on the opposite of where i used to sit. I didn't know this girl, but i had to admit that she was really beautifull. Not that her saphire deep blue eyes could ever match the beauty of his ruby deep crimson eyes. "may i ask who this is?" I asked. "let me introduce her." My dad started. "this is marie-louise the cat, daughter of the duke and duchess. and she's your bride to be." He introduced the young lady. The last sentence making my eyes go wide.