Author's Note: Hey , guys. I told you it wouldn't take forever for me to write and upload another chapter like last time. And these weekends really help, too! Ha-ha! But I just wanted to inform you guys that I'll keep writing and uploading as fast as I can with school and other stuff. And also, if I start thinking of chapter names for each chapter of my story, I might put some up there. Maybe. Another also, I know I said I would be making a Naruto (SasuXSaku) fanfic, and I will. I just gotta do things one at a time, though. And I'm also gonna continue my first story Still in Love? so those who are looking for that to continue, just pleeease bear with me a little longer. : ) Also(x3), like one of my reviewers did, please feel free to tell me if I start getting a little off track with my grammatical errors. I WILL fix those. There's nothing worse to me than a great story with an excellent plot, but terrible grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization errors. It just confuses things! XD Soooooo, here's chapter 4! . . . R&R&Enjoy! : )

The Stepbrother

After Sonic finished his delicious lunch at Lily's, he wasn't ready to go home just yet. So, he walked around the city for a bit and after a few hours of total solitude, Sonic made his way home. He wasn't anxious to get back, and he wasn't anxious to receive the 'warm welcome' that he received when he made it back home.

"Sonic Hedgehog! There you are! Do you know it is after ten-o-clock?" Bernadette scolded. "We had to walk poor Miles home because you weren't there to take him, instead! Now, just where were you, mister?"

Sonic looked down and breathed heavily before lifting his head back up to look at his mother.

"Well?" She asked.

" . . . I was . . ." Sonic stopped before he could finish. When he took a look behind Bernadette, he saw Jules sitting on the couch with what was supposed to be a worried look on his face, and he saw Shadow. Sitting on a stool by the kitchen counter was Shadow, teasingly smirking at Sonic as if to say, 'You're in trouble, now! Hahaha!'

Sonic immediately scrunched up his face, walked past his mother, and to the black hedgehog.

"And just what are you laughing at?" He demanded.

"Sonic! Leave him out of this. This has nothing to do with him and everything to do with you!" said Bernadette.

"It does too have to do with him." Sonic retorted. "If he wasn't here, maybe our lives wouldn't be completely ruined!"

Bernadette and Sonic stared hard at each others eyes. Sonic staring because of how annoyed he was with his mom and the whole situation, and Bernadette because of how exasperated she was with her son's antics. She was fed up for the day.

"Okay. I can't take this anymore. Sonic, go to your room." She pointed toward the place she wanted him to go. "It's almost past your bedtime, anyway. I can't believe you stayed out that late on a school night!"

Sonic trudged toward his room to get to bed; he didn't forget to give Shadow a nasty look when he passed by him, either. But, Shadow looked as if he didn't care, and he showed it by wearing a triumphant grin on his face as the blue hedgie passed.

"Hey, Shadow," Jules called out.

"What?"

"Since you start at your new school tomorrow, I think you should hit the hay, too. You don't want to be too tired, after all."

"Whatever."

"You'll be sleeping in Sonic's room, sweetie." Bernadette instructed. "And tell him to share his bed with you until we can buy you one. It's more than enough for three people to sleep on." She shook her head.

Shadow's frown instantly turned into a smirk as he slowly began to walk down the hall toward the bedroom.

"'Kay. G'night."

"Good night, son."

"Good night, sweetie."

And with that, Shadow was down the small hallway.

"Aah. Shadow is such a sweetie, Jules."

"He-he. Sometimes."

"More often than not, it seems. I just wish his good behavior would rub off on Sonic." She stated.

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Meanwhile in the bedroom, Sonic was preparing his bed while mumbling and complaining to himself about recent events.

"Hmph! I hate that kid . . . such a pain in my ass." He continued to complain, quietly. "I hate him! How is it possible to hate someone this much in less than 24 hours?" Sonic ruffled his sheets and beat his pillows, angrily. All he wanted to do forget about his entire, lousy day. Sonic climbed into his bed and tucked himself under the sheets. After he reached over to turn off the light on his nightstand, he simply lay back on his big bed and took in his surroundings. His door was slightly cracked open allowing a little bit of light from the family room to shine through. Sonic's room was pretty nice size, not too big and not too small. A rich teal colored paint covered the walls all around him. He had two chestnut nightstands on his side of his bed, each stand carrying a lamp. His wide, six-drawer chestnut dresser stood across from his bed, and a mirror hung on the wall directly above it. His 'convenient bathroom', beside the closet, was to the left of his bed and two windows were on the wall to his right. Sonic loved how the moonlight would shine brightly and beautifully through his windows at night; the light would hit at just the right angle on his bed and he adored it.

'Ahhh. I love this. Total peace and quiet.' He thought to himself and sighed. The beautiful scenery through his window almost made him forget about the problem at hand.

Until . . .

Sonic's door opened quickly and as Sonic looked up, he could see the silhouette of the 'new problem' in his life. Shadow the hedgehog stood leaning against the door frame of Sonic's bedroom. He looked calm, collected, and he held a tricky-looking smirk on his face.

"Ugh. What are you doing in here?" Sonic asked in an annoyed tone and sat up in his bed.

"Aww. Is that any way to speak to your older brother?" Shadow mocked, a look of feigned hurt on his face.

"Half-brother." Sonic corrected. "And don't forget it."

"He-he. Whatever, Blue."

"Don't call me that." Sonic hissed.

"Fine then, Nicky." Shadow smirked again.

"Nicky?" Sonic's scrunched his face and said.

"So-Nic . . . Nic-ky. Get it, stupid?"

"I'm not stupid! And don't call me Nicky, jackass!"

Shadow just stared in amusement at Sonic and chuckled. "Oh, Sonic, Sonic, Sonic . . . " Shadow started. ". . . as I said before, I am your older brother, now. And I think you should be a little nicer to me and treat me with more respect."

"Well, who cares what you think." Sonic laid back down on his pillow. Shadow shook his head and advanced toward Sonic's side of the bed.

"Hn. Still contradicting what I say, huh?" Sonic looked up and noticed that Shadow was getting closer to him.

"Why are you coming over here? And you still didn't answer my question from earlier; what are you in my room for?" Sonic stared Shadow in the eye as hard as he could, but he couldn't help but get distracted by the way the moonlight was reflecting on Shadow. When the older hedgehog walked over to Sonic's side of the bed, he unconsciously stopped and stood in the spot where the moonlight would shine on Sonic's bed. And instead of reflecting off of the piece of furniture, it shined on Shadow.

"Well, if you must know, dear little Nicky, Bernadette informed me that I would be sharing a room with you for the time being. Isn't that great?" Shadow teased. He already knew what Sonic's reaction would be, and he hadn't even known Sonic for that long a time. The blue hedgie was just so predictable, sometimes.

" . . . WHAT?" Sonic stared at Shadow in horror. Was he hearing right or did his mother really just stab him in the back?

Shadow was once again amused by Sonic's actions and expressions. "Yes, I couldn't believe it, either." He said in his smooth, deep voice. "And you can just imagine my surprise when she told me that your bed was soooo big, I would be sleeping in it with you, tonight. Or so your mother said." He said with a small grin.

Sonic's mouth dropped open. He was speechless to what he was hearing. " . . . y-you're sleeping . . . where?"

"You heard me. I'm sleeping with you." He said in a husky tone.

Sonic's face immediately lit up and turned red at this statement. He knew that Shadow didn't mean what it sounded like, but he couldn't help thinking the wrong way. Shadow noticed the look on Sonic's face after he had said what he said, and his face lit up in another one of his famous smirks.

"What's wrong, Nicky?" Shadow reached out to touch Sonic's forehead. "Your face is all red. Could you be getting a fever or something?"

Sonic shivered at his sexy stepbrother's touch and looked up into Shadow's eyes. And yet again, he got lost in them. A part of Sonic knew he was staring into his brother's beautiful ruby eyes without cease and he didn't want to stop but the other part snapped him out of it and Sonic averted his eyes, quickly.

"N-no. I'm not sick. And I told you to stop calling me Nicky." Sonic snapped. "That's not my name." Sonic threw Shadow's hand off of his head. But, Shadow took it a step further; he climbed onto the bed and onto Sonic. He stood on his knees, both legs on opposite sides of Sonic. Shadow was now in a straddling position on Sonic's hips that made Sonic feel very uncomfortable.

"Now now, little brother, there's no need to be so hostile toward me, is there?" Shadow asked in an innocent, but sexy tone. Sonic swore his heart rate sped up by a million beats a minute at the closeness of the two. Why was his stepbrother having this effect on him?

"After all . . . " Shadow continued. "I'm only looking out for you." Shadow slowly pulled down the quilt off of Sonic, and allowed his hands to roam slowly and softly on Sonic's chest.

"W-well . . . d-don't. A-and besides, I don't want you slee- . . . sl-sleeping . . . w-with me." Sonic stuttered, terribly. He blushed even harder when he thought about what had been said again. And yet again, Shadow noticed the darker hue of pink on his cheeks.

"He-he. You wouldn't be thinking dirty thoughts now, would you, little brother?" Shadow asked teasingly. "Because you seemed like such a good little hedgehog at first, and thinking thoughts like that . . . well, that would make you a very naughty little hedgehog." Shadow's hands moved from Sonic's chest to his stomach. "Wouldn't it, little brother?"

" . . . u-um . . . " Sonic was definitely not very coherent at the moment. Shadow was having a terrible effect on Sonic that didn't seem to be wearing off any time soon.

"Or do you like being a little naughty?" Shadow questioned, quietly and sexily. His hands were slowly but surely traveling lower and lower on Sonic's body. Sonic's lower area was beginning to feel a little warm to him, too. He began to worry about having a little 'bulging' accident in his pants.

"N-no . . . I-I don't, Shadow." Sonic almost whispered.

Shadow lowered his head to Sonic's ear and whispered. "You and I both know that's not true." Shadow's hands were officially too close to Sonic's personal area and Sonic was almost a little too aroused by his stepbrother's actions. And just when Shadow had hit the spot right above Sonic's pleasure area, Sonic closed his eyes and leaned his head back, slightly.

"Sh-Shadow . . ." Sonic moaned softly.

Shadow's ears perked up to what he had just heard; Sonic had just moaned his name. Shadow immediately knew that things were getting taken a little too far and he jerked his hands off of his little brother.

'Damn. This was all supposed to be a little joke. And I took things too far.' Shadow thought to himself.

He took a look down at the hedgehog underneath him; Sonic was breathing a little quicker than before, and his face was even redder than it was a few minutes ago. His eyes were half-lidded, but his bright, gorgeous, emerald eyes, staring up at Shadow, still sparkled so that Shadow was able to see. And now, it was Shadow's turn to get a little caught up in what he saw.

'Wow.' Shadow thought. 'His eyes are beau- . . . wait! What am I thinking?'

Shadow swiftly got off of Sonic and onto the side of the bed beside the azure hedgehog, leaving him speechless.

"Well anyway, I'm tired." Shadow exclaimed. "I'm going to sleep." And just like that, Shadow got under the covers and laid his head two pillows away from Sonic; a length of six pillows could stretch across the bed, width-wise.

"G'night . . . Nicky." Shadow whispered with a smirk and chuckled.

After Sonic puffed in an annoyed manner at his new, hated nickname, he stared up at the ceiling for a few moments to contemplate what happened a few minutes ago. His breath finally caught back up with him, and his face, for the most part, returned to its normal color. But, Sonic still couldn't shake what had just happened. Shadow was just all over him. In a sensual manner. And they were brothers. They were stepbrothers, but they were brothers, nonetheless.

Sonic knew it was going to be impossible to sleep that night. But that was the least of his worries.

Because when he woke up, he knew it would mark the beginning of possibly the rest of his life with his new sexy stepbrother, Shadow the hedgehog.