When Shadow walked in the door, it was quiet and awkward. He and Amy held eye contact for a minute, before his eyes went to look at the plate of under cooked dumplings on her plate. His eyes narrowed and he walked passed her and into the kitchen. He opened the refrigerator and freezer and his eye brows furrowed. There was hardly anything in here. Just dumplings and water bottles filled the appliance. When he turned around to question her, she was no longer there. Just a table with a plate still full of dumplings that had been untouched. He growled and made his way upstairs, surprised to see Amy already in bed, holding the bear. He huffed and made his way to the bathroom as he hopped into the shower for a few minutes. Amy blushed under the covers, excitement over taking her as she realized Shadow was actually staying the night this time.

When he exited the shower a few minutes later, he had gone over to his desk to blow dry his quills. In the reflection of his vanity mirror, he saw her hide under the covers more and cuddle the bear tighter. He growled and started blow drying faster, and when his quills were dry he turned it off. He reached over and grabbed some papers and then threw them on the bed, along with a pen. Amy looked up curiously at him, "Huh? What is this?" She took the papers and read them carefully.

"Shadow, this is a cosmetic endorsement contract."

"Mhm."

Amy put the papers back down and gave him a curious look, "For the top luxury cosmetic brand in the company..." She trailed off, just staring at the documents in her lap. He gave an irritated look,

"What? Do you not want a cosmetic endorsement?"

"I do but..." Her eyes looked to the side of the room and she bit her bottom lip, "Why are you giving me this?"

"It's your reward for... last night." He coughed awkwardly. She glared at him, throwing the papers at him and turning her back to him. His jaw dropped and he growled at her, "Rose, sign the damn papers."

With a gulp and a shiver running down her spine, she turned and signed the papers reluctantly. He smirked, and took the contract after she had finished signing it.
"Listen here, you should take the time to read this when you are free. There are a lot of rules when it comes to this kind of thing, you can't endorse other products, fashions, etc." He turned and pointed to the bear, "This for starters. Get rid of it."

Amy's eyes widened, "But, I'm not endorsing the bear if I'm keeping it at my home, surely? Besides, I keep it to separate us so you don't get mad if I accidentally touch you in your sleep..." She blushes and he fights the urge to just screw it all and pin her to the bed and take her again. He crossed his arms, and tried to retort, but she did have a point, sort of. He shut his mouth, "Fine." Then he stormed off and left her with her thoughts. She sighed as she fell into a deep slumber and the lights faded out...


~Amy's thoughts on how she ended up married to Shadow~

Amy walked into the hospital quickly. She had heard Sonic was in a terrible car accident but that he should have been fine. There were rumors that he had a few scars but that didn't stop her from going to see a friend. After being let into the area, Amy made a bee line for the room that Sonic was staying in. The hospital rooms were huge. They were almost like hotel rooms. They had a kitchen, a bedroom, and a living room with a bathroom. Amy knocked on the door quietly, and was surprised when it was Shadow's mom that opened the door.

"Miss Rose, good to see you, quickly come in." She pulled in Amy hurriedly, hoping none of the paparazzi followed her in, before closing the door. Amy turned to say something but saw a bit of blue fur and smiled as she jumped at Sonic, "Sonic! You're okay! I thought something awful had happened." She was genuinely surprised when she felt the person hug her tighter, brushing their nose against her neck, "Well, nothing bad happened to me mostly because I'm not Sonic."

Amy looked up quickly. The fur was blue yes, but so much darker. The eyes also had bits of red in it. She stared closer at the features before she realized it was the ebony hedgehog with some blue dye in his fur and some green contacts. "Shadow? Why do you look like Sonic?"

"Amy dear, I'm going to give you the short story. Sonic is in a coma, and they don't know when he'll wake up. People started to think he was dead, so Shadow is pretending to be him until he recovers or wakes up."

Amy nods understandingly, "Okay, so I assume you're keeping this a secret but why tell me?" Shadow bites his lip, looking away from the pink hedgehog as he let his mother continue explaining.

"Well, Sonic was severely beaten up by the accident. Hes going to have a few scars, and because of that no one thinks anyone will want to marry him. So that's where you come into play... We need you to marry Shadow and pretend to be Sonic's wife, so that the investors won't pull out their stocks for the company. They see it as no heir, no need to be investing."

Amy bit her lip, turning to look at the red eyed friend of hers. How strange that the last thing he had said to her was "I'll never like you" and yet now here he was, having his family beg her to marry him. Still, she found the situation to be terrible, and felt sympathy for them all, mostly Sonic. She let out a long sigh,

"Fine, I agree. But on a few conditions."

Shadow jumped and turned to her, "What?"

"No one knows about the wedding, we keep this very quiet. I don't want to get pulled into paparazzi stuff this early in life right now. And no being intimate with each other. You don't touch me, I won't touch you."

Shadow nearly froze for a second but nodded, "You've got yourself a deal."