The office was silent. Rouge stared down at Shadow's ringing phone and then shot a teasing smirk at him. "Gonna get that?" He pulled it out from his pocket and shot her a glare and looked at the incoming message. His hand instinctively put out the cigarette, and he picked up the call.
"Shadow...?"
Since the two were warming up to each other still, hearing Amy call him by his name like that surprised him and her as well. A hint of sweat formed on Shadow's hand as he held the phone tighter. Shadow waited for a long time, but he couldn't hear any words from Amy after she called his name. His brows twitched, but he managed to ask softly, "What's the matter?"
"Are you busy tonight?"
Shadow was a bit confused at her question, so he asked again, "What's the matter?"
"If you're not busy tonight, could you come home...?"
All in all, it had been almost half a year since they got married. This was the first time she called him to come home. As usual, the two of them were mutually respectful to one another, besides occasionally sharing a bed, they were no different from strangers. But in that instant, Amy was really calling Shadow to come home, which made Shadow really happy. He felt an unspeakable throb his chest. It made him stand in front of the floor-to-ceiling window for a long time without saying a word. Amy waited for a while, but Shadow didn't reply. She wasn't confident he would reply to begin with, so now she was growing more uneasy by the second. Even though he didn't reject her, he was silent.
"I have something I want to tell you... if you don't have time, then..."
"I'll be home in about half an hour." Shadow finally found his voice. Before Amy could respond, Shadow had already hung up. He grabbed his coat and threw it on as Rouge smiled, "Go get her." Shadow mumbled something under his breath and left the headquarters as he headed home.
Amy was waiting downstairs when she heard Shadow's car coming up the driveway. She hopped up as she heard the sound of the garage door opening and closing. She walked towards the door just as the doorbell rang. She took a deep breath and straightened out her quills. She stretched her hand out to pull the door open quickly. The door opened and Shadow stood there, staring at her. She bent down and grabbed his home slippers and set them in front of him. He slipped out of his work shoes and into the slippers. His lips moved but no sound came out as Amy had been spacing out. He put his car keys up and started taking his jacket off. She smiled as she followed him, a hanger in her hand as she put his jacket on the hanger and put it back in the closet. She turned back to him, "Have you ate? I can go heat up some dinner."
"Sure." His response was short and simple, but she could tell there was no coldness in his voice. He waited at the dining room table as Amy heated up some leftover dinner steak that Vanilla had made. As Shadow ate, he took her appearance into his eyes. She was wearing some light pink pajama shorts and a tank top. Her quills were pulled into a ponytail. She looked small and petite. She was really playing the role of wife tonight, and it gave off a warm mood in the room. Shadow was a little bit stunned. He finished his meal, and then eyed the bedroom, then eyed Amy. He stood up and made his way upstairs. Amy turned and called Vanilla to clean the mess before she went to follow Shadow upstairs to their bedroom. Shadow went straight to the shower while Amy applied some cream on her skin. She sat in the middle of the bed, waiting for Shadow to get done. When he emerged from the bathroom in his own pajamas, his eyes took in her sexy figure on the bed. He forced his eyes to look away as he cleared his throat, "Didn't you say you wanted to tell me something?"
She nodded as she remembered what she had wanted to tell him. "Sonic's mom called. She mentioned that it's Sonic's birthday next week and she wanted me to remind you. They wanted to hold a celebratory party."
He turned his back to her as he turned the lights off and turned the tv off, "Oh." Amy bit her lip as she scooted closer to him from behind.
"Cream also told me about what happened last night... thank you."
Shadow continued to watch the tv, only nodding in response. His fists clenched the bedsheets, "Mhm."
"And regarding Sally and Robotnik, I want to thank you for that also. But you didn't need to remove Robotnik and force him to take his investment. I could have just avoided him later on."
The tv turned off suddenly as red eyes narrowed and glared into Amy's. "I've already settled that issue. But you should take an incident like that more seriously." He got close to her, and Amy's heart raced for a moment. He went past her and laid down on his side of the bed with his back to her. She smiled and laid on her side as she snuggled deeper into the blankets. There was no bear to separate them. As the night went on, she could hear Shadow's breathing more and more. His scent started to fill her, and she held her breath. She felt his fingers graze her skin, but then she felt him pull away suddenly and turn his back to her. She inwardly pouted, she was not going to let this moment go to waste. Her body gravitated towards him as her arms wrapped around his chest, hugging him from the back. She got closer, and he got a bit more sexually frustrated. He felt her head against his back fur, her teeth grazing against his spine. Shadow tensed, and before he could move again, Amy hugged herself closer to his waist. He reached for the tiny hands that held him, but her head tilted to the side and landed on his arm. She nuzzled her face onto his warm chest fur. He quickly switched them as he turned over onto her, glaring down at her. She frowned at his sudden change in behavior, her cheeks flushing, her green eyes glowing up at him. "Shadow?"
Her voice was soft and lusty. After she had called his name, she teasingly licked her lips. She raised her hands to tangle her fingers in his chest fur. He clenched the sheets next to her head as he leaned down to kiss her lips. Amy quickly accepted as she welcomed him, her arms wrapping around his head as she pulled him closer. Her submitting to him made him even more turned on. This was probably the first time that they had ever made love and for it to feel like... love.
The next morning neither said a word to each other. Both hedgehogs silently agreed to not say anything as they made their way back to the set. Amy was afraid that if she said something, Shadow would return to his previous state. Shadow was afraid that if he said something, Amy would ask for a reward. So neither said anything as they left in their own cars. Shooting scenes for the show ended up continuing. For three days they had to stay at the hotel. Neither one of them wanted to, as they just wished to go home and hope for another night with the other under the sheets again. Three nights before Sonic's birthday, a scene had to be shot in the city close to the mansion. So the two went back to the mansion right after shooting.
That night, they had made love again.
Amy woke up the next morning but didn't see Shadow. She had no scenes, and it was already noon. She went downstairs to see that Vanilla had already made lunch. She washed her hands and sat at the dining table ready to eat when Vanilla made her way to exit the room, "I'll go get Mr. Shadow."
"He's still here?" Amy asked suddenly.
"Yes. Mr. Tails showed up so the two of them are discussing things in the study room."
"I'll go get them then, you can check on the soup." Amy stood up and walked out of the room before Vanilla could argue and stood outside Shadow's study room. She leaned against the wall, her ears flattening as they hugged the door to hear what was going on in the other room.
"This Friday I have to go over to the main estate for Sonic's birthday. Make sure my schedule is cleared."
"Isn't your birthday this Friday also?"
Amy stood paralyzed. Sonic and Shadow shared the same birthday? She knew Shadow never used to celebrate or talk about his birthday. Whenever she tried to ask Sonic about it, he would never tell her. She assumed it to be a sensitive topic for Shadow.
"Shadow, you're going to celebrate Sonic's birthday Friday. Will you celebrate your own also?"
"I don't have a choice. And I frankly don't care to celebrate my own birthday."
Amy frowned. She peered into the little window in the door. She caught a glimpse of Shadow at his desk rummaging through papers and documents. He paused as though a thought had struck him. How could anyone remember Shadow's birthday? There wasn't much to celebrate, and who would want to celebrate with him? Tails decided not to say anymore, and silence fell onto the room. Amy could sense the loneliness and isolation just from looking at his face. Amy leaned on the wall and gathered her bravery, and knocked on the door, alerting the two of lunch.
After lunch, Shadow and Tails had left to go do work. Amy wanted to do something for Shadow and Sonic's birthday. She thought about calling Cream, but the rabbit appeared to be busy. She thought it might be a good idea to call Blaze, so she picked up her phone and dialed the cat. Blaze had flexible working hours, so she agreed to meet up with Amy immediately. Amy and Blaze both had to renew their license plates that day. so the two of them met in the middle of the busy city by taking the metro bus. Blaze and Amy had been in a store shopping. Blaze realized that it was Sonic's birthday soon, so she should buy him a present. She turned to say something to Amy, when she realized Amy had been staring at a clip tie on the other side of the room.
"Amy, isn't one present enough? How many present's are you getting for Sonic?" Blaze teased.
"I have a friend in the crew who also has a birthday the same day." Amy came up with the excuse quickly. She knew how heart broken and upset Blaze would be if she had said it was Shadow. She held the clip tie up to her as she posed, "What do you think?"
Blaze turned and looked at Amy from the side, "Hm, I like it. Good choice." Amy smiled and took the tie and the other present for Sonic up to the counter. Blaze also put hers up there as she looked at the cashier.
"We'll buy these together."
"Alrighty." The cashier went to scan the items before Amy moved Blaze's present to the side.
"No thanks. Please, allow me to buy my own presents with my own money sis." Amy smiled brightly at Blaze who smiled back and shrugged. The two left the store with their presents. Amy brought up the situation with Sally and Robotnik, and thanked Blaze for standing up for her and coming to her rescue. Blaze hugged her sister, still mad at what the squirrel had done. In the past, she might not have known it, but the scandals of Sally coming out the day after Sally's situation with Amy was definitley the work of Shadow. Then, she heard Shadow forced Robotnik out of the crew. Would Shadow go so far for Amy to even sacrafice his money? Why did Shadow like Amy anyway? The cat looked up to see Amy walk out of a dressing room in a beautiful pink sun dress. Was it her looks, her natural beauty? Who knew...
The two of them decided to walk around a bit longer. Amy had been trying to secretly plan on how to throw Shadow a surprise birthday party, but didn't know how. When they entered the coffee shop, she noticed it covered in red and black balloons. Inspired, she decided she was going to decorate the mansion to surprise Shadow. She quickly opened up amazon on her phone as she and her sister sipped their coffee. She ordered a bunch of baking kits so that she could back Shadow a home made cake and ordered a home made banner. Amy then went to twitter, where a notification popped up from a local news media station. She clicked it, not even surprised to see Shadow on the main cover.
"Neh, Shadow is starting to work in places over seas..." Amy said out loud. Blaze nodded.
"Seems he's quite busy."
Amy quickly sent a text to Shadow, "You're working overseas now?"
"Yeah"
Amy smiled at the quick response. Amy stared at her phone scream, remembering the times when she used to make Shadow treat her and Blaze when they went to visit him. She sent him another message.
"Did you want to treat me to dinner?"
"Sure, what do you want to eat?"
"Anything's fine with me ~ When did you want to eat?"
"Today."
Amy tried to surpress the blush on her face. She felt excited that he wanted to see her so soon.
"I'm with Blaze right now. Is it okay if she comes?"
"Yeah, that's fine. Did you drive? Want me to pick you both up?"
"If you want to. I'm at Mobius Cafe."
"Kay, I'll be there soon. I'll call you when I get there."
Amy smiled and put her phone away, a sparkle in her eye as she looked at her sis. "Hey Blaze, I just sent a text to congratulate Shadow and he's going to treat us to food. Who would have thought he would agree? Do you want to eat with us?"
The mention of Shadow being brought up made Blaze freeze. She bit her lip and forced a smile, "Sure, whatever. I don't care." Her eyes narrowed in confusion for a moment before she looked up at Amy with a serious face. "Amy, can I ask you a question?"
Amy gave Blaze her full attention and blinked innocently, "What is it?"
"Do you know who Shadow likes?"
Amy paused and bit her straw, then made it look like she was thinking, "Hmmm... I don't. But when I asked him once he said the woman he loves is married."
Blaze looked Amy up and down and stared intently. It seemed Amy was being honest. If that was the case, it would seem Amy had no idea that she was the woman Shadow loved. She bit her lip, and didn't say anything else. "Yeah, she's married."
"Do you know who Shadow loves, Blaze?" Amy tilted her head confusingly. Blaze avertered her eyes and didn't say a word. Amy's tilted head snapped forward as she looked at Blaze seriously, "Well? Do you?"
If Amy was already married to Sonic, that means Shadow didn't want either of them to know. He must have not wanted to disrupt their marriage. If she revealed the truth, would this disrupt Amy's life?
