Disclaimer: I don't own Shadow or Amy, they belong to SEGA, blah, blah, blah…
x*The Mini Adventures of Shadow and Amy*x
-Chapter Thirteen: Will You Be My Other Half?-
He didn't know what he was doing honestly.
He thought he had thought this through, but in truth he was unprepared either way.
He didn't know what to do.
In front of the ebony hedgehog was a perfectly painted white door to the house that belonged to a bubbly, pink female. He was supposed to be knocking on it, but he couldn't exactly bring himself to do it. He found himself looking for any places that door could have chipped paint…
In his right, a bouquet of pink roses (and a few freshly picked dandelions); in his left, a small, black, velvety box. He had seen in a magazine that flowers and jewelry were the best ways to win over a female, so he scraped together the cash he had and bought those things. Now, he had to give them to her.
But he couldn't.
Shadow sighed, his shoulders sagging as he continued to stare at the perfectly paint white door that was the only thing between him and the perfect pink hedgehog he needed to see. Wanted to see…
But he couldn't knock on the door, which would cause her to open it, and then…
What would happen then? That was the part that frustrated him! He didn't know what to do.
"Grr…" Maybe he should just leave them by the door, ring the doorbell and run for it. He wasn't getting anywhere by standing there anyway. Groaning, Shadow hit his head on the perfectly painted white door.
"If you do that too many times, you'll hurt yourself." a voice said behind him. He jumped and turned around, hiding the objects he held, and met the jades of the girl he thought was inside. In her arms were bags filled with food; she had went grocery shopping. And I stood out here like an idiot without knowing…
"Um…"
"I'm sure there's something you need if you stood out here and waited for me." Amy said. She couldn't see the flowers and box behind his back. …Now what?
"Um…"
She stared at him patiently, not rushing him, but she shifted her weight from leg to the other repeatedly. A sign that she was getting impatient, as was he. He was doing the same thing.
"Yes, Shadow?" she encouraged further.
Do SOMETHING you idiot!
I'm not an idiot.
Then DO something and stop gawking at her!
"Uh…" he looked behind his back, and took a deep breath, "These are…for you." Shadow said, showing her the flowers. The box remained behind his back, but by the look on her face, these would've easily been enough.
Putting her bags down, she grabbed them from him with wide eyes, "Oh, Shadow…they're so pretty. I just…but…what are they for?" Amy asked, looking back at him with confusion.
DO IT!
I AM!
"Um…I know it hasn't been that long since we started…hanging out? But, uh, I just…to hell with this! Will you be…my other half?" he asked, holding out the box now. She blinked once; then twice.
She then giggled softly, "Of course! I love to, Shadow!" she grinned. Taking the box in her dainty hands, she opened it with the utmost care to reveal a silver-chained necklace. She visibly softened at the sight of it.
"Do-Do you like it?" he asked timidly.
She responded by taking it and put it around her neck within the next minute. Adjusting it to fit with her current outfit, she smiled, "Yes. Very much." He returned the gesture with a smile of his own.
"I'm glad…"
"Oh, but Shadow?"
"Yes?"
"Next time, you could simply ask to be my boyfriend, or in your case girlfriend. No one really says 'other half' when you first ask them out…"
Shadow rolled his eyes, "Whatever…"
I am so, so, so, so, SO sorry about my near month absence. You see…I was enjoying my winter break and was planning on having these out by last weekend…but then school started hating on me again and gave me THREE projects AND THREE debates to do research for back-to-back. Not to mention, I got another I need to make a topic for. And another due when we go back Tuesday…and some tests….
So, yeah. School's a pain at the moment. Hopefully, I'll be able to get the next ones up before too long. Theses were just sitting around anyway.
So until next time… -D.A.K