Tails watched Sonic from a distance, the blue hedgehog was running, well more like walking to the blue speedster but running none the less, around a quiet Shadow.

The two together seemed to create a perfect balance.

Sonic was usually bouncy, outgoing and spoke his mind. Now with Shadow he had someone he could relate to of his age, and they would listen. Even if they were trying not to. And Now Sonic would act more mature and yet childish at the same time, treating the other like a brother, older or younger sometimes even twins. He would be reserved in true emotions to others yet open to Shadow, he would reveal his sorrow, happiness, anger...his dark sides, all his secrets.

He was childish at the moment scooping up wild flowers like he would with Cream. He had such an innocent smile on his face, when he offered the flora to the darker hedgehog, Shadow expressed the emotion of surprise for but a moment before burying it under a brooding mask after accepting the flowers to be polite. (Rouge would hassle him about being nice around the younger mobians)

"They look so happy together!"

Cream had come joined Tails when he wasn't paying attention so he jumped slightly as she spoke.

"How can you tell?" Tails asked, he didn't see it, the true emotions of the two. He had tech smarts not Social smarts.

" smiled, see? He never smiles like that when I give him flowers." There was a slight pout in her squeaky voice "He appreciates what does for him" she simple concluded figuring Tails could put the rest together.

"I still don't see it..." Tails muttered returning his gaze the two older mobians, now sitting on the lush grass.

Sonic was still smiling, not his usual grin but a true genuine smile, pointing out each flower and talking about where they could be found, what they could be used for, the time they bloomed and more. Just like how he would talk to Tails about technical components.

Pointing to one yellow flower he named it then trailed off as he looked at it, his eyes glazed over and the smile faltered as he continued to stare at the bloom. Shadow looked up from the flowers and turned to Sonic wondering why the sudden pause. Catching the glassy eyed stare of the blue one he waited patiently in understanding.

"Shadow's not even listening to what Sonics saying." Tail commented with a frown as the dark hedgehog was now selectively picking out flower from the bouquet.

"Yes he is." Cream corrected him, "He's waiting for to continue talking about the flowers." She smiled at Tails happily as she pointed out that Sonic had stopped talking in mid-sentence.

Tails turned to Cream again, she'd lost him and he was getting distracted.

"Why have they been spending more time together?" He asked absentmindedly.

Shadow's ears perked as the voice besides him started up again, the flower was from Green Hill and grew in a small village, the information stopped there.

"What about this one?"

Sonic looked at Shadow again startled as he had spoken, he rarely did. Looking back down at the flower that Shadow had asked about Sonic recognised it instantly.

"It's a Forget-Me-Not." He smiled again as the light blue flower was picked up by the black being and added to one of the two flower piles.

"I like the colour" he replied.

"Shadow like those light sky blue colours" Cream smiled again, Tails had now given up on making his own Social assumptions and decided to listen to Cream's interpretations. Apparently Sonic and Shadow were very close friends.

Shadow was usually moody, intimidating and unapproachable. With Sonic he was patient and light hearted yet gloomy.

They accepted each other.

And that's all they needed.

Shadow stood with several flowers gathered in his hands, the two had been silent for some time, staring past the sky. He looked at Sonic, who also stood up, though the blue one stretched, and they began walking toward a forest that would eventually end at Shadows house. Their pace began to pick up until it reached a racing speed, over 80km/hr. The flowers were dropped.

Sonic darted behind a tree and emerged a few feet ahead a cocky grin on his face. Shadow had his own dark smirk. The last of their true emotions faded as the jog became a full on race.

Tails didn't bother to follow, Cream smiled on. Both knew they would never get to know Sonic like Shadow did until they were much older, even then they still wouldn't get to know him as well. After all the greatest connection the two had with each other was inexistent within the others.

Chaos Energy.

One held the light side, the other the dark side.

And they balanced the positives and negatives between each other.

They created the peace within the chaos.

They were the perfect balance.

Agggghhh yes I know it's short, and it sucks...

I had been hoping to put up another piece I am STILL working on but I wanted to get in to the habit of posting once a month, so a scraped this day dream up and spat it out. Critique please?

I'm working on a Shadow Silver story right now and collecting my theories for a chaos theory fan fic. Yay fictional facts! (that was an Oxymoron right?) And one more idea is blooming (or maybe two) having to do with Sonic's dark sides (fun to write about!).

So Review please! It's the only way I'll get better at this writing thing...