Amy quietly predicted Shadow's next actions. Subconsciously, she turned her head to look at him and saw that he wore a dazed expression, his eyes full of lust. The memory from three months ago flashed appeared in Amy's head again. At that time, the incident had happened when Shadow was not in the right state of mind as he was right now, and when he woke up, he was so angry that he had wanted to strangle her to death.

A shiver ran through Amy's spine. She instinctively reached forward to push Shadow away. "Shadow, we can't! You'll be-"

Shadow frowned. Grabbing her hands, he forced her to keep still. Amy struggled desperately but was still not able to break free. When she was finally too tired to move, she stopped, giving up. He switched their positions, and pinned her to the bed. He clearly was not interested in sleeping with her, but the fever must be clouding his thoughts, for him to have pulled her close. If he were to find the same thing from three months ago to have happened again…

Amy stopped her thoughts, not daring to continue down that road. She bit down on her lip and then opened them to protest, but Shadow covered her lips with his own, and she ended up offering Shadow the liberty to do whatever he wanted.


Satisfied, Shadow drew Amy into his arms before falling back into a deep slumber. Amy was beyond tired, but yet she could not fall asleep. She wanted to flee from Shadow's arms before he woke up. Even though she wanted to stay, his arms did not belong around her. It was all a mistake.

Just as Amy was about to remove his arm from her waist, the corner of her eye caught sight of her phone. She hesitated slightly before reaching for it. Opening the camera app, she took a photo. In the photo, she was in his arms, and he was in deep sleep. Even though he was hugging her, it was not his true intention. Still, she longed to be there. With a photo, Amy could secretly relish the moment, privately admire him, trying to convince herself that maybe Shadow truly wanted to fall asleep with her in his arms.

Amy saved the photo before putting the phone aside. She tilted her head, looking at the man beside her. Even asleep, he still managed to give off a lonely aura as though he really hated human interactions. Amy stared at Shadow silently for a long time before reaching out to caress his face. A shock ran through her fingertips, rapidly diving into her heart. Her heart pounded uncontrollably. If Shadow was awake, she would have never touched him so openly.

Amy fell into a trance. Physically, he was just a reach away, and yet, the two of them were worlds apart.

She started to think about her feelings for Shadow. It really was quite incredible for her to sustain a one sided love in silence for thirteen years. From the thirteen year old naive teenager to the twenty-six year old grown woman right now, Amy spent her best years devoted to him. There was no hesitation, no holding back, she had given him all her love. As she thought about the painful one sided relationship, tears welled up in her eyes and streamed down uncontrollably. Very softly, in a voice barely audible, she said to Shadow,

"Shadow the hedgehog, do you know? I... I love you."

Slowly, she took a long deep breath, her lashes lowered. She then silently reached out to pull Shadow's arms away and left the bed. As soon as she left his arms, she felt her body go cold. Her clothes had been torn beyond repair. She walked over to Shadow's closet, but there were no women clothes. She searched around and settled for a simple shirt.

Shadow was much taller than her so the shirt was long enough to be a dress.

Amy didn't dare to go near the bed, afraid that the same thing might repeat itself. She stayed on the sofa in the living room, far away from him and that room. Unable to stay awake any longer in the second half of the night, Amy dozed off sleepily.


Due to the bad sleeping position, she was awake the minute the sun hit her face. Rubbing her eyes, she looked towards the bed. Amy was still asleep. Amy walked to the bed. She reached out with her hand, preparing to touch Shadow's forehead to feel whether his fever had subsided, but before she reached him, she felt someone roughly grabbing onto her arm.

Stunned, she looked down, and her eyes met his.

Just having awoken from deep sleep, Shadow was in a daze. He stared at Amy for about two seconds before lowering his gaze to his hand that was clutching her wrist. Frowning, he tried to think of why she would reach out to touch him. Sleepily, he muttered coldly, "Rose, what the hell are you doing in my room, let alone my house?" He looked around doubtfully, confirming that he was indeed in the bedroom at the mansion. He returned his gaze back to Amy before asking straight forwardly, "How did you find out about this place?" The minute he finished asking, he caught sight of the shirt that she was wearing. He frowned, realizing that under the blanket, he was not wearing anything. Memories of the two of them deeply entwined on the bed flashed, and he returned his gaze to Amy once again. Kiss marks littered her pink fur that was still visible from the shirt.

Shadow exerted more strength with the hand he had on Amy's arm. "Did you..."

That two words were enough to put Amy in a frenzy. "I heard that you were sick so I came to give you some medicine..."

Even though Shadow had been in a daze, he could still vaguely make out what had happened. The bitter substance in his mouth was medicine and she had kissed him to stop him from spitting it out... Shadow's lips moved and his cold expression warmed slightly. A smile appeared on his face.

Amy flushed, "I... I was just coming to give you medicine, but then you grabbed me and started kissing me and I tried to pull away..."

Before Amy could finish her sentence, her arm was roughly pulled and she fell into Shadows warm tuff of white chest fur.. Shocked by his strength, she staggered, but looked up at him. Before she could stabilize herself, his haughty voice sounded, "What do you want?"

The suddenness of those four words left Amy speechless. Unable to process them, she looked at him in confusion.

Shadow saw her gaze and, reading her expression, continued, "Previously, you climbed into my bed for a role in 'To the End of Time'. This time, I slept with you, what do you want in return?"