Not alone anymore: chapter 12

Sonic's POV

I wondered what was bothering him so much. I hope it didn't have anything to do with me. I'd feel very guilty if it had anything to do with me. I wouldn't want him to be sad because that's what i think his late-husband wouldn't have wanted him to be. Even after he passed away. He would've wanted shadow to move on and live life to the fullest. That's how i feel. And that's how he must've felt at their marriage and at his death bed. I'm sure of it. I can't even describe how intense my feelings get whenever i think of those images i got, these memories from his late-husband. It were only short images and they mostly made no sense at all, but i knew that they would once i got all of his memories.

I got up from the couch and walked up the stairs. I was a bit worried about shadow. And therefore i wanted to check up on him. I walked up the stairs and made my way towards the bedroom. I opened the door and walked inside. I smiled as i found shadow sleeping peacefully. I sat down on the bed and stroked his top quills. "hmmm sonikku." He muttered and leaned against my touch. I smiled and pulled my hand back causing him to move away from me and lay back on his right side. I got back up from the bed and walked down the stairs again. I wasn't feeling sleepy so i didn't plan on trying to go to sleep either.

I was sitting on the couch in the livingroom when i heard the phone ring. I got up and walked towards it. It was a pretty old model compared to the phones they had now. I picked up and recognized tails' voice at the end of the line. "hey sonic, did i wake you?" He asked silently not wanting to wake up the others in the house. "no you didn't, why are you still awake?" I asked. I hope not because he had been inventing again. He doesn't get enough sleep as it is. If he would be inventing all night, then he wouldn't get sleep at all. "uhm, i got up for a glass of water?" He lied. It was always obvious when he lied because he was so bad at it. His voice would start to shake and he would be saying his sentences as a question. "tails." I said sighing. "okay, i was busy in my workshop again." Tails admit timidly and earned another sigh from the other side of the phone. "why did you call me?" I asked to drop the subject for a moment. "i have located a chaos emerald nearby. we could go and search for it tomorrow." Tails informed me. "okay, i'll meet up with you tomorrow. now forget about your workshop and go to sleep." I said before telling him goobye and hanging up.

I yawned as i started to realize how tired i really was now. I decided to call it a day and go to sleep. I walked up the stairs and arrived into the bedroom. I didn't see shadow laying in the bed though. "you're still up?" I heard the hedgehog, who i was expecting to be laying in the bed asleep, say softly. I turned around and saw him staring tiredly at me. "yeah, i am. i wasn't tired before, but i realized just how tired i actually was." I said and walked further into the bedroom. Shadow walked past me and sat down at his side of the bed. "i see, i was wondering where you were, but you walked right past me in the hallway." He said and smiled tiredly at me. "oh really? i didn't notice." I said a bit sheepishly. "that's because of my dark appereance. if it weren't for my red streaks then i don't think anybody would be noticing me in the dark." He said and yawned. Shadow laid down and and pulled the blanket back over his body again and snuggled into the pillow. He sighed and fell asleep again. I laid down and fell asleep soon to.

Shadow's POV

I woke up early in the morning like i always did. I looked at my side and saw the look alike of my late-husband. I smiled at him, still a little bit tired, and got up from the bed. I walked into the bathroom and took a quick shower.

After the shower, i quickly dressed and walked down the stairs. I saw that there was a message written on a small paper. I took it and read it silently. It was about a chaos emerald closeby. I looked at the stairs. 'sonic will still be asleep for a while.' I thought. I laid the note back down on the table and walked out through the front dor. I decided to search for that chaos emerald. It has been a long time since i've last searched for one.

I was walking down the streets. It was still very early, so it wasn't that light out. But it soon would be, though. It was a bit chilly outside aswell. I wrapped my arms around my torso to keep myself warm. I walked to the place where the emerald would be.

Upon arrive on the place i found myself in the forest. Tails was right about a chaos emerald being in here. I could feel it's presence close by. I walked forward and felt it's presence becoming stronger. I searched around a bit and found it. I held the red chaos emerald and looked at it. I had been years since i've last held one. After eggman had been defeated, the chaos emeralds weren't in danger anymore and therefore had no reason to find them. But now that everyone was back i assumed that eggman was aswell and so they had to find them all over again. I hid the emerald in my coat and walked back home. I think that sonic would be awake by now. I hoped that he would apreciate it. I wrapped my arms around my torso again and made my way home.