A/N: I am so sorry, really. =( I can't believe it took me nearly 2 months to update this. :( Well, it's here now, so enjoy. Oh, before you start reading, I wanna quickly thank my reviewers. ^_^

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Disclaimer: I don't own STH.

Chapter 7

All Amy could do was stare on in shock at the ebony hedgehog in her arms. "Oh my god!" She gasped, her eyes widening a bit. She could see a small cut on Shadow's left cheek, blood spilling out from it. "What could have caused this to happen?" Amy asked herself, her jade green eyes still wide. The pink hedgehog gasped, struggling to keep Shadow up, biting her bottom lip while doing so. "Ugh, he's heavy."

Amy glanced at the black and red hedgehog's face once more, before turning he attention to her small living room. Her eyes trailing around the room, stopping on the sofa. "Nope. Too small for Shadow." She shook her head at the couch, moving to another place. Sighing, Amy crouched down, gently laying Shadow down on the floor, then standing back up. "Nothing is big enough for Shadow, so I might as well nurse him on the floor." The small female looked down at Shadow, when saying the word "nurse", and checking out his injuries from head to toe. The long gash on his right leg, and a smaller one on his left arm made Amy wince slightly, before she turned around, not being able to watch all that blood run down his body.

"Where did I put the first-aid kit?" She asked herself, making her way towards the bathroom, her hand on the doorknob as soon as she got there. "All I know is that it's in here somewhere."

xXx

A groan left Shadow's mouth, his eyes fluttering open, showing intense ruby orbs. He glanced up, his vision all blurry. What is going on? He thought, blinking his eyes a few times. It didn't really help at first, but then his eyesight started getting clearer. Thank god! The ebony male thought in relief again, staring at the clear ceiling that was blurry a minute ago.

Suddenly he stiffened, before freezing completely. Shadow stayed like that for a second, before he shot up on his feet. He winced, feeling pain slowly crawl up his body. Where am I? The black and red streaked hedgehog thought, his eyes narrowing into tiny slits, his gaze scanning the room before him. This wasn't where he lived! He examined the pink and white furniture, his ears perked up for any sign of danger. Shadow could make out the sound of shuffling feet with his sensitive ears, his body shifting between attack and defence mode. "Shadow?" The timid voice came from behind him, which the ebony hedgehog recognised immediately. His stiff body relaxed a little, though the pain didn't leave his body. Closing his eyes, and breathing slowly through his nose, Shadow turned to face the person behind him.

xXx

Amy's eyes were narrowed slightly, but as soon as Shadow turned to face her, her eyes widened and a huge smile covered the frown on her face. "Oh my god!" Shadow, you're alright! I'm so happy, you have no idea how worried I was!" The pink hedgehog babbled on, not knowing that Shadow wasn't really paying any attention to her. No, he had to get some things straight, before he listened to any of Amy's ramblings.

"What am I doing here?" He questioned, crossing his arms over his chest and standing in his trademark pose. Amy stopped talking, her face going from happy to confusion.

"What do you mean, Shadow?" She asked, the first-aid kit in her right hand, Shadow catching a glimpse of it, but deciding to ignore it for the moment. The male hedgehog sighed, knowing he had to be more specific.

"What I mean is, what am I doing in your house?" He replied, trying his best to be patient.

"Well, you came to my place." Amy's face was scrunched up in confusion, before it turned to horror. "Don't tell me that you've lost your memory!" She gasped, here eyes widening. Shadow rolled his eyes, his patience slowly slipping away.

"No, I haven't lost my memory." He said, which seemed to calm Amy down a bit. "And no, I didn't come to your house."

"Oh, but you did Shadow!" The pink female insisted, "You knocked on my door, and when I opened it, you were unconscious and you fell on me." Amy explained to him, and when his mouth opened, she held up her hand. "Ok, fine. I found you on my doorstep. You didn't knock on my door at all. Now let me clean you up a bit." Amy mentally congratulated herself, her plan to distract him, working for once. She saw Shadow eye the little box in her hands, a smile pulling at the corners of her mouth. At least he would let her clean up his wounds without being stubborn.

"No thanks. I'm fine with the way I am." Shadow replied, his eyes narrowing a little. "I don't remember ever coming to your house, so how could you have found me on your doorstep?" He asked, uncrossing his arms. Amy let out a small groan. Of course Shadow wouldn't let the subject go, she had been stupid to believe it in the first place.

"Shadow, you weren't conscious remember? So you didn't have much control of your body and mind. You couldn't think properly, and that's why you accidently came to my house." She sighed, getting a bit frustrated. "Now let me clean you up." Amy saw him start to shake his head, and that's when she got a very good idea. She was sure it would work. "If you don't let me clean you Shadow..." Amy trailed off, watching confusion flicker across Shadow's face before it melted back to his usual emotionless mask. He was probably thinking that a weakling like her was trying to threaten someone dangerous like him. Amy ignored her thoughts, continuing her talk. "Then my place is gonna get all bloody!" She finished, watching Shadow glance down at the little pool of blood forming at his feet. The ebony hedgehog gave in with a small sigh.

"Alright, fine. I could always leave your house and go somewhere else, but I don't want to leave a trail of blood after me everywhere I go." His ears flattened a little bit. Amy flashed the smile that showed all of her teeth, and lit up her whole face. Shadow could only watch curiously, not understanding why she was so happy about having to clean up his bloody injuries. Then again, he didn't really understand anything about her. Shadow saw the pink hedgehog sit cross-legged on the floor, putting the small white box in her lap.

"Sit down Shadow." Amy said, and as that sounded more like an order, she added, "Please." at the end. She didn't want to mess with Shadow, not now, not ever.

The black and red male sat on the floor too, his red eyes following Amy's movements. Amy opened the little kit that had a plus sign on the front, taking out a roll of something that was whitish, slightly peachy, followed by some tape and a fluffy white cloth. "I'll be right back." She put the box on the floor from her lap, before standing up, and sprinting out of the room.

A minute passed, and just as Shadow began to feel impatient, Amy appeared at the door, walking to Shadow with a small bucket in her hands. The bucket was filled with water. She smiled at him, sitting on the floor in front of the ebony hedgehog, biting her lip softly. "Can I see your arm?" The rose female asked shyly, her bangs falling over her eyes. Shadow's left eyebrow raised, but he stretched his hand out to her anyway. Amy took his arm, feeling warmth travel through her own one. His body was not cold like his attitude or heart, it was actually very warm.

Realising that she was just staring at his arm stupidly, she flushed up, quickly turning her face away and dabbing the small cloth in the bucket, squeezing it just a bit. When she was sure that she wasn't burning anymore, Amy turned around again, Shadow's arm still in her hand. She bit her lip in concentration, slowly running the cloth over his wound. The male hedgehog winced, clenching his teeth together. "Sorry." Amy appologised, Shadow nodding his head in response.

"It's alright."

The rose hedgehog racked her brain, thinking of a way to start a converstaion with Shadow, while working on his arm. She wouldn't get this chance again. Then it hit her. She never really knew why he was in this situation in the first place. "By the way, I never got to ask what happened to you exactly." Amy said, wrapping some of the white thing, from the roll, on his arm.

"Nothing happened. What is that thing that you're putting on my arm?" He asked looking at the thing in question. The female could tell that he was trying to change the subject, and she wouldn't let him, not until she got an answer.

"It's called a bandage Shadow." She replied, patting the roll of bandage. "About what I was saying earlier, what happened to you? I mean, it surely doesn't look like nothing as you like to put it." Amy looked at him, checking his expression. Emotionless as always.

"If I wanted you to know Amy, I would have told you." Shadow said, ending the conversation right there. Amy sighed, going back to cleaning and bandaging his wounds.

After a while, when Amy had finished his other wounds, she dabbed the cloth in the now reddish water, reaching for his injured cheek. She ran the cloth over Shadow's cheek softly, a slow hiss coming out of his mouth in response. The pink hedgehog was so close to Shadow, that she could feel his warm breath blowing on her face. Biting her bottom lip, she moved away from him, putting the things back in the first-aid kit. "All done. You're all clean now." Amy said, closing the little white box. The ebony male gave her a small smile, Amy wasn't really sure if it even was a smile, before standing up.

"Thank you, I really mean it." Shadow said honestly, moving towards the door that was his exit.

Amy shot up on her feet. "Wait!" She called out, effectively stopping Shadow in his tracks. "Um..." She mumbled, nervously clasping her hands behind her back. The ebony hedgehog turned around to face her.

"What's the matter?" He asked, his face showing no emotion, which really wasn't a surprise.

"Well, um, I was wondering... Well I wanted to ask you if... If you could maybe stop by later, or even tommorow if you like, I don't mind at all." The pink female answered, looking down at her feet.

"Why?" Shadow questioned again, narrowing his eyes.

"I... I just want to make sure that you'll be okay, and to take off your bandages." Amy answered, thinking that if the first part didn't convince him enough to come, then the second part definitely would.

"No thanks. I may not have seen or used a, er... Bandage before, but taking it off doesn't look very hard, even a blind man would be able to do it. Why do you worry so much?" Shadow crossed his arms, glancing at the female before him.

Amy looked up, shrugging her shoulders. "I dunno. I guess worrying is in my nature." Shadow sighed, wanting to be alone in what he called his home. He turned to walk away, only for Amy to stop him again. "Please come, I can't help it if I worry too much, it's just the way I am. Besides, that's the least you could do, for everything I've done for you." She finished, Shadow's arms uncrossing, and his eyes trailing around the room. The floor where Amy had put him when he was unconscious, and the floor where he sat on a minute ago, were both covered in his blood. He looked down at himself, his wounds clean and bandaged up. His red orbs then traveled to Amy's face, staying there.

"I'll see if I can come." And with that said, he rushed out of the room so fast that Amy couldn't even catch a glimpse of him, only being able to hear the door slam shut. His words echoed through her head, a grin slowly forming on her face.

"Well, there is a possibility that he might come." She mumbled to herself, her mind running over today's events. "I really hope that he'll come."

So, do you guys think that Shadow is gonna go to Amy's house or not? This chapter was longer, was it not? I really hope that you guys liked this chappie, because I wasn't really happy about the way it turned out to be myself, but oh well. :P Don't forget to review, all of you guys are a great inspiration. :) Oh, and you'll find out what happened to Shadow soon. XD

Bye!

-Amy