"Ooo... Whatcha thinkin' bout, Shadz? Is it something naughty...?" The cobalt hedgehog requested teasingly as he gave him a flirtatious and arrogant wink.

The ebony had his slightly seductive eyes on and the cobalt could tell instantly. He watched the charcoal hedgehog shuffle on the bed in an awkward manner as he attempted to come back to reality.

"Like I'd EVER tell you!" Shadow replied uncomfortably as he glared up at the ceiling in slight embarrassment.

Immediately, he felt his body be forcefully pushed downward, practically knocking the air right out of his lungs. Sonic, now lying on top, stared down at his rival with only one desire glimmering in his now perverted emerald eyes. Ever so gently, he pressed his body against Shadow's causing a soft weak moan to escape the ebony's lips before pushing his mouth close to the his soft warm ears.

"Oh cmon. That's what lovers dooo. They tell each other their inner desires and secrets." He whispered seductively and protectively before giving his ear a gentle kiss.

Shadow squirmed frustratingly as his body began to rapidly heat up. Something about the way Sonic knew exactly how to make him weak but at the same time so unbelievably safe, always got to him. It was indeed exactly what his heart had always wanted. A gentle, strong, confident, egotistical little brat opening him up and healing his fearful heart.

There was once again complete silence as the sound of shallow breathing fluttered through the room. This was about when Shadow realized he was once again, completely drowning in the enticing feeling.

"Woah woah woah. Who said I was your lover?" The ebony countered hesitantly as he put his hands on the cobalt hedgehog's chest, gently pushing against him.

He didn't want the kissing and touching stuff to go any farther than it already had, especially when he wasn't used to this entire eternal lover thing. The fact that Sonic adored him heck liked him at all, was enough to make his body flush with slight fear. He didn't want to take it too fast even though he knew the sapphire hedgehog wanted nothing but speed.

"Your lips, duh." Sonic responded charismatically before softly kissing the ebony's forehead.

"For clarification, were not together... Yet." Shadow replied shyly as this sudden show of complete admiration and protection caught him completely off guard.

"Well ya know what. You don't have much of a choice because I'm Voziti and your Miran. We were born to be together. So stop being a chicken pansy and love me already." The azure exclaimed teasingly as he pushed his body against the ebony's harder before sneakily sliding his finger down his arm.

"A bit pushy today, are we?" Shadow responded mockingly as he once again became slightly too comfortable with the cobalt's aggressive tone.

"You like it forceful... And you know it." Sonic murmured straight into the charcoal hedgehog's ear as the assuring, protective tone made the charcoal hedgehog feel an overwhelming sense of ease.

"Hmm... Maybe just a little tiny bit." The ebony responded cutely as a slight giggle slipped from his lips.

He pinched the tip of the azure hedgehog's ear before twisting it playfully. He knew he needed to be careful but once again, every part of his body wanted to accept the sapphire hedgehog's dominant, loving attitude. This made him feel incredibly dependent as he wanted to spend every waking second as close to his rival as possible.

(Damnit! Am I becoming a woman or something?) He wondered frustratedly as he could see the sapphire hedgehog's tail move back in forth with excitement.

"Don't get too enthusiastic now... Wouldn't want you to be disappointed, now would we?" Shadow spoke sarcastically and yet somewhat sternly as he shoved the azure completely off his body.

"One day you will be my first and it will be the best night of my life..." Sonic replied lovingly as he glanced down bashfully.

Shadow's face immediately glowed pink as he almost choked on his spit in surprise.

"A bit too forward?" The cobalt continued as he gave the ebony a quick, self-assured smirk.

"I'd say... Geez." The charcoal hedgehog responded as he wiggled somewhat awkwardly as the image of the event tortured his poor mind, fueling his body with temptation.

Thankfully, a knock on the door interrupted the awkward atmosphere as the two hedgehog's scrambled to move into less suspicious positions.

The door opened quickly as a brunet hedgehog stood with two plates of food. One with chicken and mashed potatoes and the other a giant juicy chili dog.

Sonic's face became lively as if he was witnessing the birth of a unicorn or something. He reached out to the beautiful sight, desperate for one of his favorite things in the entire world... Besides Shadow of course.

"Oh, Rob it's just you. Thanks for the food." The ebony uttered calmly as he noticed the immediate relief in his body when he laid his eyes on the stunning and skinny chocolate colored hedgehog.

Honestly, Rob was probably his most trusted friend. The one person he could come crying to without fear and the one person he could be honest with without any chance of denial or rejection. It was an odd friendship, both knew how close they were and yet never really wanted a relationship. In Shadow's opinion, the no strings attached approach was one of the best things he'd ever done. There was no fear of losing their closeness... At least until now.

The charcoal hedgehog took a second to really look at his only true friend as his eyes glimmered with much tribulation and pain. Whatever was going on must be really affecting him. However, he knew if Rob wanted to talk about it, he would.

"No problem. Better give it to the peasant fast before he starts devouring you." He replied weakly as he attempted to use his acting skills to the best of his ability.

A smile erupted from his face as the look of feebleness vanished. Shadow almost wanted to vomit in response. Seeing Rob fake a smile was one of the most sickening things he had ever witnessed.

(Why won't he tell me? Why won't he just tell me what's going on instead of pretending? Does it have to do with Sonic? Did I do something to hurt him?!)

"Rob, are you okay? You look a bit tired..." Shadow responded gently as he attempted to be a gatekeeper of sorts and give the brunet hedgehog an opportunity to break down and admit what was going on.

"I'm fine. Some things popped up at the studio and I've been worked practically to death. No need to be worried though, I'll live." He lied, not fooling the charcoal hedgehog for a second.

It hurt... It hurt so much. Rob didn't want to talk to him. Usually he was so open that the ebony would learn so much information that it would make his brain hurt... But this... This was disgusting, revolting even. Shadow knew he probably wouldn't say anything while Sonic was around but he could've at least told him that they needed to talk or that he wanted to communicate in private. Didn't he hate the azure hedgehog enough to do that? Why was he trying so hard to keep Sonic calm and happy? Why was he doing everything in his power to not get in the way of their relationship?!

(Does he... fear him too...?)

"Oh... I understand. I'm here, if you need me." Shadow uttered in a supporting tone as he flashed a soft, subtle smile at Rob.

Sonic's ears immediately went down in slight anger.

"I know, Shadow. You always have been..." Rob uttered weakly in an almost heartbroken manner.

He usually loved the ebony's attention but right now all he wanted was to be completely rejected so he could get over this horrible event as fast as possible.

"And always will be..." Shadow added soothingly as the azure glared at him irritably but was surprised to see the darkest scowl he had ever seen on his face in response.

He quickly stopped in fear that he actually offended him. Not to mention the fact that he wanted his food really badly.

"Sonic thank him for bringing you food!" The charcoal hedgehog exclaimed as he gently nudged the cobalt's arm.

"Thank you, Roberto. It looks amazing." He responded plainly as him and Shadow were handed their plates.

Sonic started shoving it down his throat almost immediately as the ebony glared at him in slight annoyance.

(Slow down. Were you raised in a barn you little twerp!?)

"I'll leave you two alone now. Oh and Shadow." He articulated cutely as he turned around and started walking towards the door.

"Hmm?" Shadow responded as he quickly raised his eyebrows when the brunet hedgehog turned around and flashed very flirtatious eyes.

"He likes it rough." Rob continued as he turned his head to stare seductively at the ebony's before opening the door to leave.

"HOW THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW?!" Shadow replied embarrassingly as he flushed red and his body was once again fueled with temptation.

Rob exited the room chuckling as he quickly closed the door behind him before falling to his knees.

"How the hell am I going to do this...?" He spoke feebly as he wiped a single tear from his cheek.

He was now in the largest lobby as they put it. Which could be defined as the main entrance. The area was connected with all different winding rooms to the left and right and a HUGE staircase in the middle. It was absolutely breathtaking and had the mark of a very talented architect and interior designer all over it. It was filled with beautiful high-end classic almost french style furniture. But Rob didn't have much time to admire the beauty of the area as his mind was concentrating too much on the difficulty of the situation.

Tails was heard rustling in the kitchen as he groaned occasionally from his inability to find anything with how large it was. Rouge was sitting in one of the many seating areas with a book and Knuckles was seen lying lazily on the couch in one of the family rooms. Rob let out an annoyed sighed a Rouge's ear immediately picked up the sound of distress.

"Everything okay, baby boy?" Rouge asked worriedly as she attempted to comfort the hopeless hedgehog by walking over to him and gently patting his shoulder.

"Ya ya. Just mentally exhausted. I need a little time to get used to this." He replied calmingly before giving the beautiful bat a slight smile.

Him and Rouge got along quite well even though they hadn't known each other that long. Shadow introduced them about a month ago and ever since then, he strangely enjoyed her company. She always seemed to understand what it was like being appreciated for only looks even though there was obviously a lot more to both of them.

"It's your fault, ya know. The rules clearly state that you aren't supposed to provoke the development of the royal family." Knuckles replied smugly as everyone glared at him in revolt while his body was resting confidently on the couch.

"And you don't love your Master Emerald, Knuckie?" Rouge asked sarcastically as she sternly walked over to the echidna before glaring down at him in incredible frustration.

(You'll only make him feel worse, you stupid ape.)

"Well, I mean! NO of course not?!" Knuckles stuttered as he placed his hands in front of his chest waving them rapidly, implying that wasn't what he meant at all.

The entire room burst into laughter as the crimson echidna hid his face in complete embarrassment.

"So Rob how long have you known Shadow?" Tails asked curiously as he handed the tired looking hedgehog a cup of blazing hot tea.

"For a very long time." He sighed in slight heartbreak as he knew he couldn't give any more information than that.

"That doesn't really answer my question..." Tails responded impatiently as he felt slightly disrespected with Rob's reply.

Abruptly a little robot with a television attached to it flew into the living room through an open window.

"The hell?" Knuckles asked frustratingly as he pressed the little button that said PUSH ME.

"Hello heros! I wanted to give that little walking pin cushion a personal invitation to a battle at my lab that he so carelessly destroyed. He will be fighting my latest and proudest creation! As you all have probably been notified, or not. Two Prince Vozitis cannot exist on the planet for long before everything goes to shit and..." He quickly walked over behind the camera and yanked an arm until he was in front of the camera.

Everyone gasped as the creature standing before them looked like an exact clone of Sonic only much smaller and more demonic looking.

"Look who he'll be battling~ HOO HOO I REALLY AM A GENIUS MASTERMIND! HOOOHOOHOOOHAHAHA!" Eggman laughed maniacally before starting to choke on his own chuckles as Čelikgave him the look of absolute disgust.

"As you can see, this is the new and improved Metal Sonic. He is as close to a replica as humanly possible making him also Prince Voziti! So Sonic, unfortunately my dear friend, you don't have much of a choice in the matter. Unless you want to see the world collapse before your feet. Not to mention you won't have your dear princess all to yourself! I am expecting your response in two weeks or less. I will leave this little robot there so you may re-watch this as many times as your little puny heart desires. Čelik why don't you say goodbye for me?" The evil scientist continued as he softly pat the tiny azures back implying that he didn't have a choice in the mater.

"I am looking forward to our battle. Please do not take Shadow with you. We both do not want him becoming injured. Have a good rest of your day." He replied plainly as he gave a very insincere nod.

"So formal Čelik, I see our training has really been paying off but don't worry. You won't have to pretend when that rat approaches you. Show him absolutely no mercy and don't forget to make him suffer for as long as possible before you finally end his life."

"Will do… Dr. Robotnik." The child responded clearly as the tv turned off.

Everyone turned to Rob, staring in complete confusion as his face began to express utter panic.

"WHAT HAVE I DONE?! HOW COULD I HAVE SCREWED UP THIS BADLY?!"