The cafe wasn't crowded itself. There were about fifteen tables in the each store. And now, there were five or six tables were free.

Rouge The Bat and Shadow The Hedgehog decided to sit down and order food as well. They were the only ones who enjoyed this dark atmosphere.

After they picked the place, the waitress came to them.

"Hello and welcome to the 'Light & Darkness'!" She said, smiling.

Rouge smiled back, while Shadow just nodded.

The waitress was a bird with orange colored feathers. Her name was May.

"Here's our menu. Call me, when you are ready." She said, walking away. But before she did, she winked at the ebony hedgehog.

The bat frowned a little, as she saw that. But, she shook it off, and turned her gaze to Shadow.

"And why don't others like this store?~" Rouge started a conversation.

Shadow sat still, looking at the dark colored table.

Rouge sighed, and started looking in the menu.

The choice was good, and food was not that expensive.

Then, hedgehog looked in menu as well. They made their choices.

May The Bird came to them and wrote down their orders. Smiling, the waitress walked away.

"About earlier..." Rouge began, avoiding eye-contact with the black and crimson hedgehog, her muzzle a little red.

"Oh..." Shadow remembered, blushing a bit as well.

Why did have she bring that up?

"It's okay." He quickly said.

"I know, but still...I hope you are not pissed at me for hugging you so suddenly..." Her ears a little down now.

Why was she always so innocent when she was sorry. And she was rarely apologizing to anyone.

"I said it's fine. Don't worry about it." Shadow dared to look in her eyes.

Rouge smiled at him brightly.

"What is taking our food so long?" The hedgehog asked, annoyed.

"I hope it'll be ready soon." She replied.

"But it's so quiet and good here, without Big Blue, right?~ The slow music, the flawless design~" Rouge sighed dreamily, looking around.

"I agree about Faker. And this irritating echidna." Shadow replied, crossing his arms.

"The only thing that I can't understand is why do you hate Knuckie so much?~"

Oh, she sure shouldn't say that name.

Shadow's eyes narrowed, as he clenched his fists.

"I don't know..." He replied, sounding a little angry.

"Fine, fine, calm down, hon~" She smiled.

Rouge was just happy to know, that Shadow is such a caring person, even if he doesn't show it or look like it. He wasn't killer or a killing machine, that mostly everyone think he is.

The bat put her hand on Shadow's, while she was thinking.

Shadow didn't seem to mind.