Chapter 4: Rouge Makes Her Move:
I'm Knuckles the Echidna! But they just
call me Knuckles! That was some party we had earlier!
If it were up to me, I would've extended it until after dark,
but, eh, what the fuck? Despite the fact that almost everyone
pigged out at the beach, we're all hungry now, so I figured now
would be a perfect time to step into the limelight, and prepare my
signature meal! Most households celebrate 'Taco Night', but THIS
one cheers when I make steaks! Juicy, bone-in, as tough as me, and
flavored with a secret rub passed down through my ancestors!
It was 7:00pm. It was dinnertime. The sounds of Knuckles in the kitchen could be heard. He was preparing steaks for everyone. He had a pan in each hand, and was flipping them constantly to make sure each one was cooked perfectly, per request. Tails was hovering about two feet off the ground, trying to look at the thick pieces of meat and licking his lips in anticipation.
"Hey Tails. Could you go get Sonic? They're almost done!" Knuckles said.
Tails flew out of the kitchen and went to their bedroom, where Sonic was playing Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as himself, fighting against a Level 50 Mario amiibo on Final Destination.
"Yeah! Eat my sneakers, you big, fat, flabby, animal-abusing drug-addict! Who's the better mascot now?!" Sonic shouted, meteor-smashing Mario into the abyss by using his Up-B.
"Hey Sonic, it's almost time for dinner." He said.
"Yeah, sure, okay! Just gotta do this one little thing here..." Sonic replied, knocking Mario off of the platform with a homing attack, and then using his down-aerial to send him into the pit.
After the match was over, Sonic paused the game, and headed to the kitchen, where everyone was gathered for dinner. Everyone was anxiously waiting for Knuckles to put the T-bone steaks, collard greens, mashed potatoes and dinner rolls on the table so they could serve themselves. All of them had growling stomachs, unable to look away from the food.
"Hey, where's Rouge?" Blaze asked.
Shadow proceeded to leave the kitchen.
"I'll get her." He said.
My name is Rouge the Bat! Better known as the
government agent, Rouge! Well, I was right! I DID need to
relax! I'm feeling much better now, and quite frankly, a little
hungry! And with what happened this morning almost out of my mind,
I don't feel like I'm gonna barf it back up this ti- Wait! Who's knocking?!
Rouge was in her room watching Sonic X. There was a knock on her door. Rouge fluffed her ears up, and opened it. It was Shadow.
"Hey. It's time for dinner. Knuckles made steaks." He said.
Rouge hesitated for a moment. Her heart was beating hard. Her blue eyes were replaced with pink hearts. She said:
"Okay, I'm coming."
Shadow left. Rouge was awestruck for a moment, but snapped out of it and headed into the kitchen.
"Okay, who wanted medium-well?" Knuckles asked. "Right over here!" Tails said. "And the two rare ones?" Knuckles continued.
"That would be us." Blaze said, pointing to both herself and Rouge at once.
After everyone got a steak that was cooked at their level of choice, (and Knuckles finished cooking his until it was well-done) they all sat down. Conversations ensued as platters were passed around.
"Wow, Knuckles. What did you do to make these steaks so good?" Tails asked.
"Sorry, it's a secret." Knuckles said with a smirk.
After dinner, dessert consisted of a special dish called "Chaos Cake" served with ice cream. Everyone ate heartily that night. With bellies filled with food, everyone slumped to their rooms. Rouge volunteered to do the dishes as an excuse to be in the kitchen. Everyone else was in their rooms getting ready for bed. Rouge put on her usual sleepwear: a black spaghetti-strap nightgown covered in pink hearts, which came halfway down her thighs and showed a lot of her chest. After putting this on, she headed back to the kitchen and grabbed the two beer mugs of cherry-whiskey she had poured right before she did the dishes, knowing that it was Shadow's most favorite drink. Calmly and confidently walking down the hall, Rouge arrived at Shadow's room, and peeked in to make sure he was still up.
I'm Shadow the Hedgehog! The Ultimate Life-Form!
You're probably wondering why you haven't heard too much from
me as of yet. See, I've actually been taking this time to better myself
and become more likable to my peers...AND dealing with issues at work.
Why did I get the idea to do this? Because Sonic had the balls to invite me to live
in this awesome house. That ALONE shows how much he respects me,
despite all the shit I gave him over the years! Plus, I had already decided
to give up on that petty rivalry since each time we fought, we always matched up
perfectly and thus there was never a winner or a loser. I also heard today that the
others had a beach-party without me! I may LOOK cranky and sour, but I DO
know how to have fun, damn it!
Shadow was up at his desk doing some GUN paperwork. He paid no attention to Rouge, as she entered casually.
C'mon, you can do it. Make the move! She thought.
After a deep breath, she moved in closer and said:
"Hi. Uh, want some whiskey?"
Shadow accepted the glass without a word. Then Rouge slid between his legs, resting her head on the patch of white fur covering his chest. One of the straps on her nightgown fell off her shoulder. Shadow got a confused look on his face. Rouge took a sip of her own whiskey glass, and after briefly staring at the life-sized poster of Shadow in his self-titled game on the wall, she started to talk.
"So! What's up?" She calmly asked.
"Look Rouge. Whatever you're doing, I don't have time for it. I've got work to take care of and…"
Rouge interrupted him: "Oh come on. It's not due for another month. I usually put it off until the last week. Remember how I said that with you it's always business?"
Shadow looked down at her. Part of him wanted to stop being serious all the time, since he had become at peace with his past. The whiskey slowly began to intoxicate him, as he had finished the glass. Rouge leaned up and said:
"Shadow, this is how I've always felt about you."
She then leaned in further and kissed the black hedgehog right on the mouth. Shadow, who was not completely drunk yet, partially wanted to push away, but he didn't. Rouge had infatuated him.