Somewhere at the diner inside Station Square there was Shadow the Hedgehog taking a break from a long day of filing up paperwork and was eating his food, he was watching a news on the TV of the diner when suddenly a blackout had accord.

Then the Crimson splash hedgehog drive his attention towards the window and he thought he could've sworn he saw someone crying and looking familiar

'Amy?' Then Shadow rushed outside to see no one was there 'Was it just my imagination?' he only sighed then getting back inside and noticed the power had returned again

When Amy had finally made it to her apartment, she rush herself to her bedroom and was crying in her bed curled up and hugged her legs closer to her as if it would protect her from the event a few hours ago

'Why?' She thought 'Why Sonic?'

After a while Amy had cried herself to sleep unknown to her that someone had entered her room. That someone was Mephiles, he had heard the door to her apartment open and had guess that the Sakura hedgehog had returned so he decided to check on her. The pale black hedgehog at first knock on her door but to no answer so he entered her room and to his suprise he found Amy already quite asleep in her bed, Mephiles walked closer towards her bed and sat quitely next to her.

Mephiles just stare at her sleeping form his eyes soften without himself realizing and soon notice that she must've been cried herself to sleep this sadden him to his own confusion, he start to petted her head feeling it would lessen her sadness her ear twitching and she let out a soft moans. To him it sounded cute which making a small smile appear on Mephiles muzzle, his finger's start playing with the Sakura girl bangs though Amy didn't react not long after a few minutes had passed the pale black hedgehog let himself out of Amy room.

Mephiles walked to the kitchen it was already sundown and he just want to make something to eat t̶h̶i̶s̶ h̶a̶s̶ n̶o̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶o̶ d̶o̶ o̶f̶ w̶a̶n̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶o̶ r̶e̶t̶u̶r̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ S̶a̶k̶u̶r̶a̶ h̶e̶d̶g̶e̶h̶o̶g̶ k̶i̶n̶d̶n̶e̶s̶s̶ o̶f̶ t̶a̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ c̶a̶r̶e̶ o̶f̶ h̶i̶m̶, n̶o̶p̶e̶ after all it was this hour that people prepare to cook for dinner even though he didn't need to eat but damn it, he crave for the taste!

Sadly there is a problem with that... He never cook before so he checked a cookbook and hopefully the food turned out to be alright and not burnt to a crisp

Mephiles lay down the ingredient and flip through the cookbook looking for a recipe to follow, he landed on the recipe for something simple easy for him to not messing up. It was a fried rice with a chicken and vegetable mix and a Sunnyside up egg as the finishing touches

He follows the recipe carefully like chopped the chicken in the exact degree that the book had said, next he put rice and vegetables inside a bowl and stir the two together until it evenly mixed then he dumped the content of the bowl inside a frying pan that he let heating up with a cooking oil for about ten minutes. He stirred the pan evenly so that the oil and the rice evenly cooked then Mephiles put spices into the pan two tea spoon then add the chicken the ketchup and sauce, he reread again said that stirring it until it smelled good. Mephiles take the content of the pan to two plates he prepared until it's empty.

He then put the finishing touches on the fried rice that he made as the cookbook said a Sunnyside up egg, Mephiles look at his handy work and felt quite proud of how the food turned out but to make sure it tastes good he took a small bite of his plate

'It's good' he thought feeling accomplishment as his first cooking turned out to be a good one

The pale black hedgehog ear twitch when he heard a subtle movement behind him he turned to see Amy had just woke up and walking to his direction, the Sakura hedgehog was surprised to see him there and already done cooking food

"Did you cook this?" She question and Mephiles nodded "I'm sorry, I should have been the one to cook. Mephiles you still need to rest" she said guilty in her tone

Mephiles shook his head "You don't need to apologize Amy, It was my own volition to cook for both of us" he said, mentally question his choice of words but let it slide and smiling at her "C'mon let's get to eat before the fried rice gets cold" he convince

Both of them eating in silence, Mephiles don't know why but he feels giddy and would sometimes took a quick glance at the Sakura girl before she noticed but he did noted that she still seems sadden by what happened at the park. He will confront her about the issue after dinner.

After dinner Amy was watching her favorite show on TV and Mephiles wasn't really paying attention to the show when suddenly it was cutoff by a sudden news broadcast. 'Breaking news a report just in a second ago that one of the notorious Dr. Eggman robots had stolen a Chaos Emerald from the museum exhibit that had just officially open, the security had detailing that...' This caught Mephiles attention and he ponders on the thoughts, he remembered that time Sonic, Shadow, and Silver had defeated him when he was in his true form of Soleanna god Solaris with the help of the Chaos Emeralds to turned them into Super form.

'I had to get the emerald if they could potentially know of my survival, I'm sure that they would turn Super again to get rid of me for good'

Mephiles know what he must do and he would start searching the nearest area for the Chaos Emeralds as for the moment his power still not fully recover for distance traveled yet.

While the show was still on he glance at Amy and sure enough, her emotion was still the same as before and now he feels like the time is right to confront her of her trouble, Mephiles shifted his position on the couch to face the Sakura hedgehog for a face to face talk.

"Are you alright?" He question "I've been noticing that you look sadden, did something happen while you were out?" The pale black hedgehog already knew everything that happens but he just wanted to know that she is okay

Amy turned to face him a small suprise on her face but it quickly turned to hurt sadness.

"It's... Complicated..." She answered eyes not making contact with him

Mephiles willed his voice to sounds comforting and care "... If there's something troubling you, you should talked about it. It's not good for you to keep it bottled up inside or else it makes you feel worse" he advised with the most caring tone he could mustered

There was silence for a couple of minutes before Amy broke the silence.

"It's Sonic..." She murmured and Mephiles silently urged her to continue

"He's... Not being honest with me all this time that he was in a relationship... And... H-he... Decided not to tell me because he... Thought I wouldn't take it well s-so... He doesn't..." Amy stammered on her thoughts

"I've thought that we've... Been good friends enough for him to tr- trust me... But... Lying to me like this?" She stopped tears threatened to fall on her muzzle "It hurts so much to think that the guy you trusted the most isn't being honest with you all this time!" She started to cry once more

Mephiles heart aching seeing the Sakura girl like this hurt and in despair it wasn't suits of her. He scoot closer and offer his shoulder for her to cry on, she embrace him and cried her heart out, he tried to soothe her by ran his hand behind her back, Mephiles quitely sigh 'I can't deny it anymore can I? That I've fallen for her' he thought

"You've been carrying and bottled up this sadness for a long time, haven't you?" The question wasn't directed at the crying Sakura hedgehog "There, there, Amy. Just let it all out till it makes you feel better" the pale black hedgehog tried to soothe her

Mephiles patiently waited for the Sakura girl to finished letting out all her bottled up sadness after feels like an hour had passed Amy tears had been reduced to small hiccups, he then spoke up "I think it's best for you to take your mind off of this situation for a while" he suggest

There was a cold silence but still Mephiles waited for Amy to make the decision herself then Amy nodded in agreement still fresh tears falling from her jade eyes.

Mephiles wipes her tears "I heard about you being energetic and always happy, crying isn't suits you" he said and Amy response with a quiet and small but happy giggle

"... Thank you, Mephiles..." She said and the pale black hedgehog was confused at this "for cheering me up" she explained

He softly smile at her and just nod in acknowledgement "We should be headed to bed now" Mephiles point out looking at the clock it was 10: 59 pm

"You're right, look at the time!" Amy repeated him and he noticed that the Sakura hedgehog was tired from all that crying plus she's pretty much emotionally exhausted today, they both walked to their respective rooms and Amy wishe him a goodnight before she retired for today

Mephiles return to the guest room but he wasn't going to sleep yet, he locked the door just in case that Amy was suddenly going to check on him. He sat down on the floor and expand his sensor to tried to find one of the Chaos Emerald in the nearby vacinity, it takes a minute until he sense a Chaos Emerald not far from the apartment. Mephiles eyes opened standing up he teleport to the location where he sensed the Emerald

He instantly appears in front of a jewelry store, checking if there's any guards around when he didn't saw any guards he decent into the ground while utilizing his power to disrupt the electrical current inside the store knowing full well there's a security camera and even hidden camera around.

Once he was inside he materialize then carefully and stealthily takes the emerald "one Chaos Emerald acquired!" He happily exclaim to no one

There's still six more to collect and while he can just summon all the other six emerald to him, Mephiles don't want his cover being exposed yet while his power still recovering so he teleport back to Amy apartment inside the guest room. After arriving there his power was already gone and he dropped himself inside the bed already exhausted from using his power, Mephiles instantly fall asleep there and then.