Chapter 3

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My boobs hurt.

Sorry. I don't mean to be blunt about my breasts but I am in genuine pain. Wrapping myself everyday was starting to make them sore and I was starting to worry if my boobs were going to become disfigured if I kept it up.

I sigh as I unwrap the bands around my chest and let them drop to the wooden floor of my dorm room. Feeling the air tickle my bare chest. I shiver but quickly put on another fabric of clothes just in case Shadow walks in unexpectedly.

I put on a big sweater for bed that hides my chest enough. It's s good thing my breasts aren't very big and for once I feel glad to only have a B cup. It makes things a lot easier for me in this situation.

They really are sore though, I think as I stick a hand under my sweater and massage my right one. Now that feels good, my thoughts continue as I sigh in relief. My poor babies.

But I am almost caught when a voice booms, "knock, knock! I'm coming in!" And before I have time to react, Sonic is already inside my room. "Yo, what's up, Ames?" Sonic greets, slamming my door shut.

"Oh, hey, Sonic," I shriek nervously pulling my hand out from shirt and grinning like a fool. "I was actually about to go to bed."

Sonic laughs and makes himself comfortable on my bed. "Ames, classes just ended yesterday, it's a Saturday and your still planning on sleeping in this early?"

"Sleep is a very important role as a student," I argue, glad he didn't notice me groping myself. "Besides, it's not like there's anything else going on."

"You seriously forgot," He says with a grin. "As a payment for helping you out yesterday you have to tutor me on everything I don't understand."

I didn't forget but I didn't think he'd want to start so soon. "Alright then," I offer with a smile. "It's almost nine so let's get started."

"Before that," He says with a pause of his finger. "As a payment for hearing me out yesterday I'll show you everything you need to know about the school,"

I chuckle nervously, tugging at my loose quill. "You really don't have to—

"For example," he interrupts as he puts an arm around my shoulder and pulls me close and out the room, making my cheeks flush pink. Again, he doesn't notice these things as he eyes the students in the hall, in particular, a purple chameleon. "That over there is Espio, he's like a ninja, ever need something he's the man to go to."

"And that's Shadow Robotnik," Sonic whispered to me as he motioned out the window towards the loner sitting underneath a tree, reading a book. "He avoids everyone including the girls from the private school. I think he's secretly gay."

I offer a nervous smile. "He's my roommate,"

"Seriously?" His eyes widen and he chuckles at me, letting me go and patting my shoulder with a wink. "Guess you're going to have to sleep with one eye open."

I let Sonic's words settle in and my mind blanked for a moment before I tried to consider the possibility of Sonic's words being true. I never even thought of the possibility. Could Shadow really be gay?

Thinking about it made more sense to me as I pieced things together. It clicked. It all made sense now! Maybe that's why Shadow didn't want to share a room with me. It was possible that a past roommate tried to make him do things he didn't want to do against his will just because he was gay.

I stole a glance back outside at Shadow and our eyes met and he gave me his usual glare only this time I didn't feel threatened by it. I now knew he was in pain so I offered him a sympathetic smile, ignoring the fact that his glare deepened and his eyes clouded with confusion.

It's okay, I want to tell him but I stick to giving him a small wave. His glare deepens. I think he just mouthed a curse word at me… but that's okay! I want him to know I'll be supportive and accept him as he is so he doesn't have to hide and feel afraid.

"What are you doing?" I hear Sonic ask, breaking me from my thoughts.

I blink. "Oh, nothing! Just being friendly." I say, smiling over to him.

"Try not to be too friendly or else he might just hit on you," Sonic laughs as he ruffles my quills. I quickly fix them back into place as he walks past me and I follow him out of campus.

"Where are we off to anyway?" I wonder out loud.

He looks me over with a grin. "Ever tried chilidogs?"

"I don't think I have," I say with a shake of my head as we reach the nearby plaza. And with that his grin widens and we stop to buy chilli dogs and I take a bite and savor mine, adding extra sauce like Sonic had instructed me, then add, "I can't believe I've never tasted these before." I laugh. "They're really good!"

He grins, licking sauce from his lips. "I knew you'd love them!"

We're halfway through our chilli dogs when I hear a female voice to my left. "Sonic!" a woman calls breathlessly.

I wipe my mouth with my napkin as she comes over and Sonic sort of boredly watches her. "Ames," he says, introducing me.

"Oh, hi." The girl looks crestfallen all of a sudden, quickly glancing back at him and pasting a smile on her face. "My favorite person in the world! We were going to see you at your race next month."

"I'll see you there, then."

The girl is so beautiful, with long purple hair and green eyes. She waits to see if he says something else then, but he doesn't.

I run my hands over my uniform, suddenly self-conscious.

"Well . . . bye." She heads back over to her friend.

I stay quiet and we finish our chilli dogs.

I know that if he wanted her, he could have her. Like, right here and now. And it gives me a little pang of jealousy and anxiety for thinking this way.

"You're not going to eat that?" I hear Sonic ask and I snap out of it. I blink up at him until I see him not at my hand. I still have half of my chili dog uneaten.

"I think I'll order a pizza instead," I say with a smile as I set the chili dog down on my plate. "It's kind of spicy for me anyway." I lie but in reality I just really prefer pizza.

"Aw, that's okay." Sonic says and steals my piece away. "I'll eat it for ya!" He says and eats it in one bite. I watch him in surprise. Not just because he ate it so quickly but because he also that was an indirect kiss.

I slap my cheeks. I need to get a hold of myself. It's not a big deal that he ate my leftovers. There's nothing behind that and I'm just overreacting.

"You okay, Rob O'?" I hear Sonic ask.

I blush but grin. "Yeah, I was just thinking about something."

"Ah, Alright." Sonic says as he finishes his other chili dog. "You should order your pizza though before we get going."

"Right!" I say, jumping to my feet and walking to the cashier. I really have to calm down. I shouldn't be so boy crazy.

"So, Newton's third law of motion states that in every action there is an equal and opposite reaction," I explained, turning to Sonic with a smile as he noted this information down into his notebook but even though he was jotting notes, it was clear that he was daydreaming as I continued the discussion. "Are you still with me Sonic?" I asked, turning back to my notes.

"Ha, right." He blinks, snapping out of it and turns to me, laughing nervously with pink cheeks. That's new. "Sorry about that."

I smile. He must be thinking about a girl. "You're pretty popular with the ladies, aren't you man?" I say coolly, crossing my arms like Shadow often did and doing my best impression of looking like a bad boy.

Sonic simply looked me over with interest and chuckled before placing a hand over his forehead and smirking. "You noticed that, huh?" I nodded. "Hm, well I guess you can say that being the fastest thing alive has its perks." He admits with a confident grin as he flashes me his pearly whites and I try not to swoon.

"Was it that hot girl from earlier?" I ask, mimicking the way I've heard guys speak.

"Mina?" He laughs. "Ha, no, she has a boyfriend."

The girl had a boyfriend and she was hitting on Sonic? I shake my head. Poor guy, but I couldn't blame her for liking Sonic. He was honestly one good looking guy and he could easily pass for a model if he had wanted.

The loud of a ringtone breaks me of my thoughts and Sonic and I turn to his cellphone with Tails' name labeled on the call. From the moment we walked into my dorm, Sonic had been calling Tails on the phone since the young fox had been working nonstop on his device and Sonic had been lecturing him to take a break and go to bed already since it was already past ten o'clock.

I still couldn't fanthome though how a fourteen year old was already a junior. He was a total child prodigy. A true role model for other students around here. Plus he was really adorable.

"He's still awake?" I giggle, but quickly cover it with a cough when Sonic looks at me oddly. My voice deepens, "I mean how come he won't take a break?"

Sonic shrugged with a smile. "Tails has been working on that gadget a lot lately and hasn't been keeping a good sleeping schedule and he especially gets sleepy after eating." He explains as he typed a message back to Tails (probably telling him to go to sleep again).

"You two seem really close," I say with a smile as I watch Sonic worry over the fox.

"His parents used to work for my family," Sonic explained as he put his phone away and turned to me me. He continued, "his dad as a cook and his mom as our housekeeper. But one day when they were out running errands, a drunk guy ran into them and well they died on impact."

"That's so sad," My eyes lowered and my heart clenched just thinking about it, "that's kind of what similar to me..." Oops, his eyes were on me now expectantly. I swallowed. "My parents—uh, I mean my cousins parents died from the Influenza," I explain solemnly as I bite my lip, "so my parents, or rather, my grandmother took her in. My parents are always traveling on business so they're never home and since my grandmother has Alzheimer's that left my cousin stuck with all the housework but that never stopped her from educating herself. She often made me tutor her and always tried sneaking into schools."

He blinked. "Why doesn't she go to school?"

I grimace. "Only the wealthy women of society are allowed to go to school," I explain. He's always been wealthy so he probably doesn't know this. "I'm lucky enough that I was able to get accepted into this academy free based on my grades."

"That's horrible," Sonic says, sighs sadly and looking back at me with a spark. "So is your cousin good looking?"

My cheeks flush. "What?"

"Is she good looking?" He repeats with a sexy smirk that makes me feel flustered.

"I just told you her parents died tragically and your trying to hit on her?" I say, flushed that he's technically talking about me.

"I'm not!" He says with a straight face. "I'm just curious on what she looks like."

I sigh. "Well she's not the best looking girl there is," I begin shyly, looking away from him as I play with one of my loose quills. "But I think she's decent looking and

"Cool," he says simply. "So can you hook me up?"

I turn completely red and puff my cheeks. "Sonic!"

"Just kidding, man. I honestly think she sounds like a strong girl," He smiles tenderly, flicking my forehead. "But my sights are already set on a particular girl I've had eyes on for a really long time."

I'm still blushing, but smile. "And who might that be?"

"No one you know," Sonic says dismissively and leans on his palm with a thoughtful smile. "Just this girl I've been trying to win over for years since my childhood years."

"Is she not interested?"

"You ask a lot of questions, don't you?" He says, glancing over at me with a smirk. I blush and look away from him which just makes him laugh more. "Well If you really want to know, she's the daughter of the Headmaster from the girls academy. Since we both come from prominent families we grew up together like siblings. The thing is that that's just how she sees me. As siblings." He paused, frowning now. "And I just don't know how to tell her how I feel."

I can't help but feel rather bad for him.

What girl wouldn't want to date him?

"Maybe you should just confess to her." I offer with an encouraging smile. "You might have to just be blunt about it."

"Are you crazy?" Sonic says half heartedly. "Do you know any idea how awkward that would be if she rejects me?"

"You'll never know unless you try," I shrug, grinning at him. "besides girls go gaga over you already."

"Ha. You're cool, man." He looks me over with a soft smile, raises his fist and bulbs my shoulder lightly. "I'm surprised I can talk to you so easily. Maybe it's because you're so wimpy. No offense."

"None taken," I reply with a smile of my own. "You're pretty easy to talk to, you know? Maybe because you're such dork." I say, giggling silently.

He scoffs with a smile. "Oh, yeah? Laugh it all why don't, ya?" Sonic mutters and turns back to his notes. "Gah, I can't wait for spring break to come so I can just relax."

"Do you have any plans?" I ask, looking over my own notes and jotting down some for him.

"Yup!" He admits happily. "My family has a cabin by the mountains. A few hours from here and we're going out there to the snow. It'll be a lot of fun!"

"There's still snow during spring?" I wonder out loud. "I thought it was only around winter."

"Well for whatever reason the snow in Neverlake always seems to last longer than most places," he explains with a shrug. "That's why we go there every year before it melts for summer."

"Wow," I utter breathlessly with a big smile. "I didn't even know it snowed so close to here."

He turns to me, tilting his head. "You've never gone to the snow before?"

"Nope, never." I admit with shrug as I take in a leftover bite of my pizza and savor it. I continue saying, "I've always wanted to though."

"You know, my family always goes out to Never Lake around winter break maybe you can come along with us if you'd like."

"I'd like that," I say with a bright smile of my own. "What would I have to pack though?"

"No worries about that yet," He says, waving me off. "There's still like four months until then."

"Alright. Let's get back to physics," I said as I turned back to my notes and arranged them with each subject to teach Sonic.

He nodded. "Aye, aye, captain," Sonic said with a grin and automatically got his pen and paper ready to listen.

As I continued our tutoring I couldn't help but feel super comfortable around Sonic. I had only just known him for a few weeks but he had proved to be one of the nicest and down to earth people that I knew. Though he really was not that good at physics.

I often had to repeat things to him for the material to make sense and honestly I think that was just because he was overthinking things too much. He really wanted to get a good grade. His father really did have a big influence on him.

"In another example, rockets move forward by expelling gas backward at high velocity." I explain, as I write this information on the board. "This means the rocket exerts a large backward force on the gas in the rocket combustion chamber, and the gas therefore exerts a large reaction force forward on the rocket." I continue and draw my best rocket. "This reaction force is called thrust. Does this make sense to you so far?"

No reply.

"Sonic?" I wondered out loud when I heard a thud at the table. When I looked I saw Sonic fast asleep with his head on top of his notebook. He was even drooling.

I smile, leaning my face on the table and watching him sleep. He's at least five inches away and he looks so cute.

Especially his nose since it keeps wiggling around like he's sniffing the air. He must be dreaming of food. I giggle at the thought and tap his nose quickly and I'm glad he doesn't wake up. He's really adorable. Then my eyes fall to his lips which seem to pout when he sleeps.

I wonder what it would be like to kiss a boy.

My cheeks flush as I think this. All my life I've already read romance novels and admired watching couples at the park but I myself had never even held a boys hand before. I wonder if I ever even will and if I do I hope it's with someone as sweet and caring like Sonic.

I reach out my hand and caress his lower lip. My cheeks are on fire at this point but I can't help myself. It would be so easy to kiss him right now but I won't do that as tempting as it seems so I smile and just sigh at his handsome features. I won't be that type of creep especially when I just met him.

The room door slams shut, breaking me away from my daze and in an instant I'm sitting up straight and looking into the cold yet stoic crimson eyes of Shadow standing by the entrance.

I swallow, "I saw something on his nose and I was just taking it off." I lie, making my voice deeper than it actually is and pretending to hold a bug in my hand. "Got it!"

"I don't care." Shadow hissed through gritted teeth, now walking over to his bed. Great. He actually believed it! "Get that faker out of here!" He says, taking off his shirt and pants for bed (he liked to sleep in his boxers I had discovered! Not that I was complaining…).

That still didn't stop the blush on my cheeks from forming as I turned away from him. I still wasn't used to seeing him like that.

"Hey, Sonic," I say as I shake him up a bit. "Wake up, it's almost twelve."

"Huh?" Sonic groaned, now slightly awake and sitting up, rubbing his right eye. He seemed confused but it was also pretty cute. Gah, I had to stop swooning over him.

"You fell asleep," I explain. "We can continue this another day."

"Ha, I can't believe I fell asleep." Sonic laughs, scratching his arms until his eyes catch a glimpse of an irritated Shadow taking off his pants for bed. He doesn't blush like I do but seems indifferent as he grins at him. "Heya, Shadow! Haven't talked to you in a while, man."

"Faker." Shadow says distastefully, glaring over at Sonic as he sets his shoes aside.

"Aw, that's all I get?" Sonic laughs, getting up and collecting his belongings. "We haven't talked since we had P.E. together last semester."

"Let's keep it that way." Shadow snapped, now in bed and throwing his covers over himself. I'm this process, turning away from me and Sonic to where we only saw his back.

"Hm, touché." Sonic said with a fake frown, as he pulled the door open to leave.

I stood. "I'll walk you out!" I said, getting to my feet and walking over to Sonic who gave me a confused look. "I mean since I have to go to the restroom anyways!"

"Ah, sure then!" Sonic said and held the door open for me. I smiled in relief and stepped out with him behind me. That's right. I had to remember that boys usually didn't walk out other boys.

I sigh when I hear Sonic behind me."Hey, remember what I told you earlier." Sonic said with a wink as he shit the door and walked past me and down the hall.

"Yeah, I wouldn't worry about that." I laugh nervously. "I don't think he likes me very much."

"You never know!" He hums as he ruffles my quills yet again. "And thanks," Sonic says with warm eyes as I look up at him, his hand still on my head. The contact making my cheeks flush again as he thanks me, "it means a lot you helping me." All I can do is nod dumbly as I watch him walk off to the end of the hallway and to the stairs. He paused, looks back at me and grins, saluting me. "Night!" He says and with that he's gone upstairs.

I bite my lip to stop myself from smiling as I place my own hand on top of my head when he had just touch a second ago. Gosh. I really need to stop feeling this way. But this feeling isn't unpleasant either.

Besides, it's not like I have a crush on the guy and I doubt I ever will.

Its just not possible. Right?

You guys have no idea how much I hate this chapter. I had to write and rewrite it about six times and I still hate it but it's nesseseray for character development ! 😫 I promise the next one will be good though ! Things are about to get interesting!