Sorry if this chapter is boring :/ Next chapters would be better, I hope...

The sun was shining again, and that meant it will be the second day of Sonic and friends' adventure time. All of them spend the night in Rouge's Club. After their pleasant sleep, they all took a fresh shower, after running in Emerald Field.

It was 10 o'clock in the morning, and luckily, everybody woke up. Even Sonic and Shadow who were always waking up up later than ever Mobian did.

"So, everyone slept well?~" The ivory bat asked, combing her pearl-white hair.

"Yep. Thanks a lot!" Sonic The Hedgehog yawned stretching his arms.

Other just nodded in agreement with him.

"What cafe shall we head to?" Amy Rose asked, standing up from the couch.

"I don't know." The echidna and ebony hedgehog replied in one voice.

"Hm..." Rouge rubbed her chin thinking. "There is a nice cafe near Club." She said, still thinking.

"Sweet!" The blue hedgehog clapped his hands.

"But I don't think you guys will like it. It may be too girly for your taste~" The bat looked at Shadow, who just sat quietly.

"I know a nice place." Tails joined the conversation. "It's not too expensive, and I think everyone would be satisfied."

"Lead the way, buddy!" Sonic patted Tails' head, smiling.

A moment later, they all were out side again, walking and chatting like they always did.

Shadow tried his best to avoid Rouge. After that very embarrassing moment they had. A blush rose to his cheeks, as he thought about it.

"So..." The pink hedgehog began. "Where were you guys? We were looking everywhere for you!" She pointed at Rouge and Shadow, smirking.

It's just like she was a mind-reader. Shadow was about to reply, but he couldn't. He didn't want to.

"Well," Rouge spoke, trying to act casually. "Just a little chit-chat."

But the answer wasn't the one that Amy and Sonic wanted to hear. They wanted to make them tell the truth, even though the knew the answer to that question. Sonic and Amy were keep asking questions, ignoring Knuckles, who could explode from his rage.

"Listen, it's not your business." Shadow shot a glare at those two.

"We are just curious!" Sonic replied in defeat, winking at Amy, who just winked back.

"Curiosity killed the cat." The black and crimson hedgehog threatened, glaring at his rival, who just shrugged.

"Then that was a dumb cat. And I am a hedgehog, Shadster!" Sonic grinned. Amy giggled.

What a brave hedgehog Sonic is.

Shadow sighed, face-palming himself.

"Why did I even agree to go with you?!" The hedgehog almost screamed.

Silence.

Sonic was about to answer, but Amy closed his mouth. She didn't want her Sonikuu to be beaten up.

"I think that all of you are pathetic creatures!" Shadow concluded, looking at everyone, angry.

Sonic just shrugged it off; Amy hugged Sonic, however, she didn't take his insulting too serious; Tails hid behind Knuckles; Knuckles gritted his teeth, almost breaking them; and Rouge...

Her head hung low a bit, as she closed her eyes.

Shadow's heart almost tore apart, as he saw her reaction. No, that was wrong...

Sighing, he added:

"Well...Not all of you..." His voice was much calm now, with a hint of guilt.

"There is one person who is very kind..." He glanced at Rouge. She looked back, smiling a bit. His heart felt the tingle again.

"Oh yeah?! And I bet it is you, huh?" The red echidna added, his purple eyes watching Shadow.

The hedgehog was about to shout back that it's Rouge, but stopped. Instead, the midnight-colored hedgehog just ignored Knuckles.

How complicated person is Shadow. He almost Chaos Controlled them all (except Rouge, of course), just because of the silly-little question: 'Where were you, Shadow and Rouge?'