*The beginning of this chapter involves slight sexual content.

13 - Feeling Red - 13

Empire City

Morning, 10:30 AM

Shadow leaned back in his seat as he increased the volume of his laptop. General Tower was on the screen, communicating with several other high ranking agents on this video call, which included himself and Rouge. However, she looked as if she was busy doing something else. By this angle, it looked like she was doing her nails. Her gloves were off and Shadow could tell she recently grew them a little longer. He had to admit, they looked good on her. As rude as it was to do this during a business call, he couldn't blame her. At this point, both his and her jobs were done. Shadow secured the plan and put everything into place, all he'd have to do is keep tabs on Infinite. Rouge meanwhile did all the research she needed, and even gave Shadow some intel that she promised not to tell Tower in regards to Chaos Born and Christmas Island relics. Since their ranks were very high, there was little they had to do since they already handled the bigger case. It was the lower ranks and rookies who were scrambling around at the moment.

Tower forced local politicians to increase security and law enforcement across the city, even pressuring a few other places across the country to do the same. They had concrete proof and information that Eggman was planning something big, and they couldn't afford to lose innocent lives. They didn't announce anything on the news, as they didn't want to cause a panic. However, all of the locals who needed to be in the know had a good idea of what would come. If a Mobian noticed a few extra cops and grew scared, so be it. It was for their safety. Rouge mentioned to Shadow that Sonic was chewing the mayor and his cronies out when she came back from vacation, advising them to do the exact same thing they were forced to do now. Sonic already had a bad feeling for weeks, of course he predicted that heightened security would be a necessity. Sure there were other cases to look into with Shadow's high authority, but none of them could hold a candle to impending danger like this. Any other case that was on GUN's radar were weak normals that Shadow couldn't care less about, nothing at all worth his or Rouge's time. Or GUN's, frankly. Let the local boys handle it.

As he fought to keep himself from falling asleep due to sheer boredom, his ear turned in the direction of the front door. Ah yes, the one thing in his life that would give him some form of positive entertainment. Sonic the Hedgehog slowly opened the door with the key that he left for him taped underneath his mounted mailbox, and noticed that Shadow was sitting right on the couch in the living room. He saw him hold up a finger to his lips, indicating to be silent for now. Sonic gave a thumbs up, and gently closed and locked the front door back, before immediately zooming all over the place to look at Shadow's apartment. He almost forgot the hero had never been here before, so he supposed that reaction was warranted. After all, this wasn't a cheap place. It was on a higher floor, had modern interior and not-at-all cheap furnishing, and had much larger space than a regular apartment. He could see Sonic's tail wag in the corner of his eye, staring out the tall windows in the back of the room. He saw a message in the work chat, hidden from the others.

Oh God it was Rouge. She was smirking on camera, too. He had half of mind to unmute himself and tell her to cut it the hell out, he didn't want anybody to know Sonic was here. They'd probe the hell out of both him and Shadow.

oooohhh~ you didn't tell me big blue was here...

First off, we're officially dating now. Second, he's staying over for the weekend.

OOOOOOHHH~

For the love of God, do not make this obvious. We've only been dating for a few days. If Tower sees him here, he might bombard him with questions.

To be fair, Sonic had already been on camera. He was just so fast though, that no one could see him with the naked eye. For all they knew, Shadow's fur just kept blowing in odd directions from a hypothetical ceiling fan. The only reason why nobody but Rouge noticed that Sonic was there was because her eyes were trained to follow those who could move at such speeds, especially since she could keep up with them herself. Well, barely.

my, only a few days? youre already sleeping next to each other? mmmm~

Shadow closed his eyes with a terse scowl.

I swear to Chaos, Rouge...We're not going to do anything, thank you very much.

Okay see he said that, but he didn't really mean it. Who knows what they would do? Shadow didn't even trust himself at the moment with his sex drive, never even knowing that he could have one. Sonic was a huge flirt and an ever bigger tease, so the biohog might just lose it like he did the other day and pin him against a wall. That being said, he wouldn't mind if they didn't do anything either. He was still new to this, still a little daunted by everything. He was still struggling with the fact that he was now susceptible to mating season, something he'd have to ask Sonic about. In fact, he'd have to ask soon—He needed to know how to deal with it when it came around. He knew Sonic would never intentionally take advantage of his ignorance, and would only go as far as allowed.

Her smile went from sultry, to genuinely happy for him.

aaaww, thats so cute. so everything went well after all. im relieved. and im happy for you. you have fun mr. sunshine, i mean it.

With him around, I know I will.

Wow, he could tell she was attempting to stop herself from squealing on camera. Gross, she was so cringey. He rolled his eyes and closed the chat box, just in time for Tower to wrap this shitty meeting the hell up.

"Alright, you all have your orders. We don't know what's coming ahead, but whatever it is, we need to be more than ready. I want constant updates from all of you. We'll reconvene Monday. If there is an emergency, contact me ASAP."

And like that, the torture was finally over.

Shadow groaned tiresomely. If this laptop wasn't so exorbitant, he'd kick it off of his lap. He shut it down, closed it and pushed it across the coffee table. He'd put it away some other time. When he turned his head, a pair of perfect blue legs was suddenly right in front of him, which made him stare for at least three seconds. He couldn't help it, obviously. "Shadow?" Sonic's voice tried to break him out of his trance. "Shadow." He repeated again before leaning down and plucking him on the head. "Yo, eyes up here." Waking up from his momentary daydream, he blinked a few times before raising his gaze upon his source of unyielding emotions. His bag was no longer on his person, probably in the guest room he prepared for him. He must have found it after running around like a child in a toy emporium. He was snickering a little under his breath. "You good? Work tire you out? It's not even noon, bro."

Don't stare, don't stare, don't stare. As tempting as it is to stare at literally any part of his body, including his adorable smiling face, he had to stop. He didn't want to scare him off or weird him out. "Err," Damn it, words. Use words. "Yeah, somewhat. I didn't get that much sleep last night. I'm glad that I don't have to be in the office for the next couple of days. Rouge and I are tired of looking at a computer screen and hordes of paper work." Shadow sighed and laid an arm over his face. "All because of Dr. Robotnik, he's a pain in my ass. I had to approve so much stuff just to get permission to put Infinite where I want him. I'm glad that phase of the job is over."

The hero watched Shadow slowly stand up with a slightly hunched back. He really needed to relax. "Hmm," Sonic tilted his head. "Want a massage?"

"I-" Shadow nearly lost his footing. A what? "I'm sorry?"

"Massage."

"R-Right. Um, well..." He was thinking about his dream from last night.

Sonic raised a brow and punched him in the arm softly. "Not that kind, ya dip."

He didn't mean it that way either! Mostly. Kind of...Maybe. Shadow cleared his throat to attempt to save some remnant of his dignity. "Well I...How do I know it'll even be good? You look like you'd end up giving me a hunch in my back."

"First of all, you already have a hunch in your back. Second of all," Sonic sensually flexed his fingers slowly. "You have no idea how talented these hands are."

Damn it, there he goes again. To be honest, that one didn't even sound like it was on purpose, he was just that lewd. Nonetheless, Shadow blushed a little and agreed. "Fine, just don't kill me. I have things to do and that'd be a severe inconvenience."

"Alrighty, lay down on your stomach on the rug. I gotcha." The hero instructed as he pulled off his gloves and kicked off his shoes. He watched the striped hedgehog do as he was told and sat down onto the floor. He moved to get in a comfortable position and lied flat on his stomach with his forearms under his chin. As Sonic moved to get on top of him, he noticed just how nice Shadow looked from behind. Despite the hunch he was getting, he had very nicely toned deltoids and rhomboids. He had really nice hips, and his ass...Well, Sonic already told him how great his behind looked. Damn, now he was the one staring. The blue blur got down on his knees above Shadow's lower body and readied his peach colored hands. "Not gonna lie, this is gonna hurt. Like, really bad." He warned before cracking his knuckles.

"What do you mean it's go-Fuck!"

"I told you." Sonic's knuckles were currently dug deep within Shadow's left rhomboid, which felt really stiff in particular. He grunted as he dug a little deeper. "Yeah you're like super stiff right here-" He heard Shadow spew a bunch of curses at him. "Alright, alright, chill. It's almost over." After a little more finger movements, a sharp crack was heard, silencing the ultimate life form.

He blinked. Oh, that...Actually felt a lot better. "Huh." Shadow could tell that whatever knot was twisting up his back muscles, was suddenly gone.

"See? Not so bad." The hero replied as he flattened his hands and made a more relaxing motion on his back. "The massages that hurt are the ones that actually help. Well, as long as they know what they're doing."

After a minute or two, Shadow felt like he was melting underneath him. "Oh...wow..." He mumbled with half lidded eyes.

"Aye—Don't you fall asleep on me. I just got here."

All the ultimate life form could feel right now was pure bliss. "S...Shut up...Just keep...doing...that..." His eyes fully closed, making light moans of steady comfort and alleviation. Yes, this is exactly what he needed. Sonic's fingers were so soft, pressing in at just the right points. They glided across his fur like streams of fresh, free flowing water. Every place he grazed with his hands felt like a heavenly paradise, and he was content to stay as long as he could if it meant feeling this good all day, everyday. His hands rubbed lower down his sides, his external obliques. "Mmnn..." His moans were muffled by the dark rug, but Sonic could feel his tail wagging behind him.

Sensuously, Sonic smirked. "Feel good?"

"Yes..."

"How good?"

"Really good..." Shadow whimpered as he felt his fingers press into yet another pressure point. "Where'd you even...learn how to do this...?" For a split second, he felt those magic hands stop their magic. He was going to complain, until he felt more of Sonic's weight press on top of him. He internally panicked, feeling his crotch rub right up against his backside. He felt him wrap his arms around him and lay his head next to his, while his legs were being straddled. He felt small kisses being pressed down his neck, and Shadow's moans went from serene to carnal in a matter of seconds.

After another kiss to the back of his neck, Sonic whispered something against him. "This okay? Want me to stop?"

"No, don't-A-Ah..." He flinched, Sonic was making small bites at his shoulder. "I-It's fine...Just...Don't overdo it..."

"Mmmn, you smell so good..." The hero buried his face into the back of his shoulder blade, until he sniffed a couple of times. "Woah," He murmured. "You got some wicked hormones goin' on...You good?"

As much as he wanted to ask him in a more mundane scenario than this one, he supposed now was a good time to bring it up. "I..." Shadow was panting, his face red all over again. "I don't know...Is this mating season? Or some kind of..." He winced from feeling Sonic's hips push against him. "Nmm...equivalent?"

Sonic decided to lift himself up from the elder hedgehog for now, but he didn't stop himself from 'accidentally' grinding against his behind when he did so. "Yeah, kinda." The blue one exhaled softly as he watched Shadow pant underneath him. He wondered what he should do, since this was a bit of a problem. He didn't want to make Shadow uncomfortable, but he had to ask and he had to figure something out or else he'd suffer. For now, he'd tell him what he's going through and they could devise a plan afterwards. "Mating season was last week, and it's kinda dying out at the moment. Some people still feel the effects after it's technically over. I'm guessing you don't know much about it, right?" He asked gently, not wanting to make him feel silly for not knowing. He saw Shadow nod once, so he continued. "Okay, so here's the deal: it happens once a month. Usually only lasts a weekend at best, a week at worst. It only happens to Mobians, obviously, and you gotta be at least eighteen to feel the effects. Learned all this shit from a doctor visit when I was of age, unfortunately."

Shadow was definitely over the age limit at this point, but was more frustrated as to why this was happening to him recently. "I'm literally almost sixty years old, why am I just feeling this now?"

"Well, mating season is mostly about hormones but it's also about your brain." Sonic explained with some sympathy, as he knew Shadow had every right to be mad about this. "We've all got 'em, but they only develop if someone's sexually active or if they're really feelin' somebody. If someone's uninterested, they don't occur and they can completely ignore it because their brain knows it's not what they want right now. Usually virgins who practice abstinence, old married couples or strictly religious people don't have to suffer through it." He carefully got up off of Shadow's figure and walked around to offer him a hand. "But lately, you an' I have been diggin' each other sooooo..." He shrugged after helping him up off the floor. "It finally happened for you."

Finally beginning to calm himself down, Shadow was beyond shameful of himself. "And you? Is that why your mouth's so filthy?"

"Oh me? Noooo, no no no." Sonic shook his head with a laugh. "Yeah, I was kinda ruttin' last week when you shoved me against that wall, but I was on my way out. I was cool the next day." He rubbed his finger under his nose shamelessly. "Anything I did afterwards was aaaalll me~" He then gestured for Shadow to take a seat for a moment. After he did so, he sat next to him to further his explanation. "See, guys get in a 'rut,' girls go in 'heat.' When you're rutting, you get super cranky and aggressive. Kinda why I was spittin' so much shit at you at the time, sorry about that. If you don't get what you want, you get this mondo, super bad 'tude. Lemme tell ya, I'm a fuckin' piece of garbage when I'm sex deprived. I am soooo mean." He chuckled, attempting to lighten the mood. "But the thing is, you're ace—probably demi-"

"Okay, what the hell even is that? Rouge called me that days ago."

"Too much to explain." Sonic immediately dismissed this while shaking his head. "It's not important, not right now. All you need to know, is that because of your mentality and your emotions, you never felt a need to...Well, fuck—anyone before. Now that you're around someone you wanna smash, your hormones aren't dormant anymore. That's why I slept around, I have a very horny sex drive. Considering all the bullshit going on, I kinda toned it down this year though. If Eggman kept up his crap, I wouldn't have as high of a body count as I do now. I could have taken meds for it, but I just like sex. Still," He leaned back against the couch with a sigh. "It's annoying, not gonna lie. Some people have to take off work for it, but there are ways around it. There's cheap medication for it, and I've even heard that there are some people who get this super expensive brain surgery to have it permanently stopped. After all, you don't need mating season to have sex. Apparently it's some bad gene we all got as Mobians thousands of years ago or something. Y'know, since we all have those 'feral, animal instincts' inside of us." The hero tried to give him a bright side. "Hey, girls get it worse than we do, though. They get a period, and mating season. Depending on the Mobian, anyway..."

He felt more knowledgeable about it now, which he was grateful for, but Shadow still felt uncomfortable with all this. So this was a permanent problem? What a burden. "And the symptoms?"

"Everything you're feeling right now, basically. Instantly red in the face, arousal comin' out of nowhere, more frequent masturbating...Oh," He turned to Shadow. "You...Been touchin' yourself?" Shit, he just noticed how insensitive that sounded. "N-Not that you have to tell me."

Crossing his arms, but more like hugging himself, Shadow nodded without meeting his gaze. "..."

"Okay," Sonic hoped he didn't sound patronizing. "That's a symptom, too...I know it's probably insane dealin' with this all of a sudden, never having to deal with it before."

"You have no idea, it's humiliating."

Sonic placed a hand on his shoulder. "But Shadow, it's nothing to be ashamed of—It's life. That's just how we're built. Everybody deals with it, including me."

"I understand, but how do I stop this?" He asked almost desperately.

The blue blur knew he was going to hate this part. "Err," He took his hand away from his shoulder and innocently twiddled his thumbs. "I mean, you gotta...Y'know, release it. Masturbating helps, it helps a lot but...Sometimes, it won't go away until you..." He gave him a look. In other words, he'd have to fill in the blanks himself.

With a stressful sigh, Shadow slumped backwards against the couch. "Great."

The hero rubbed the back of his own neck with a frown, he hated disappointing him like this. "Yeah," He agreed gloomily. "It sucks, it really sucks." Then he thought of something. "But!" He got up from the couch and jogged to another room before returning a few seconds later with something in his hand along with his satchel. "I got some meds with me. I had it on me just in case." He handed over a thin, plastic pack of circular pills. They looked strangely similar to birth control pills. "You can take these, and they might help."

"Might?"

"Ehh, yeah..." Sonic had a little more bad news for him. "You and I are different from everyone else. Drugs and alcohol just don't effect us unless we take a lot of it. Plus, you gotta remember—You're old, babe." He laughed a little at Shadow glare. "I mean it, seriously. You're almost six decades old and you never developed hormones. Do you have any idea how hard that shit is hitting you right now?"

"Trust me, I can feel it." Shadow deadpanned.

"Right, so your body's totes defensive. It's gonna take some time getting used to the pills." Sonic dug his hand back in his bag to look for more packs of medication. "You might need to take two at a time, I think I got some more in here...Thankfully, I got meds that are made for high tolerance, so you should be able to feel some relief at least. You can probably order some before I leave, but you might need to get a prescription-"

The biohog didn't even realize the hero was rambling. "You're not...Ashamed of me?" Shadow asked as he stared at the pills. 'Guess this was his life, now.

Sonic paused and looked up from his bag. "Shadow, why would I ever be ashamed of you? It's not your fault you don't know anything, no one took the time to teach you. And frankly," The hero added. "Nobody had a right to, it's your body. I'm only telling you because you asked me, and you're clearly suffering from it. I'm sure Rouge would have been chill enough to explain it to you, if you were comfortable."

"I just," Shadow suddenly exclaimed with an angered scowl. "I feel like a child. Not knowing any of this—About intimacy, mating season or...Sex in general is fucking demeaning. I can't do anything without you having to hold my hand and it's infuriating. You're younger than me, for Chaos' sake. What do I look like, a grown ass man constantly coming to you for help?"

The hero lightly whacked him on the head with a pack of meds. "I'm a grown ass man, too y'know." Wait, was that correct? "Mobian...Hedgehog, whatever. Look," He leaned close to whisper against Shadow's ear. "Don't tell nobody I said this, but anybody can see Knux didn't know about any of this either."

The ultimate life form blinked. "Really?"

"Yeah. I mean, I never heard that explicitly come outta his mouth, but anybody who's been around the block can tell he was just like you. 'Member before how I could tell you had hormones raging inside of you? Well," The blue one smirked, as he knew he'd be dead meat if the echidna knew he was gossiping about him like this. "This ain't a mating season thing, or even a Mobian thing. I heard from Rouge it's apparently just me, but I can smell when someone else is horny. I can also smell if someone's a virgin." He started chuckling darkly while nudging Shadow with his elbow. "That fuckin' asshole still hasn't smashed Rouge yet. He smells like a baby doe! Ha!"

So it wasn't just him? He had to concede that this made him feel a lot better about himself. "He hasn't? Oh...So, he was ignorant like me?"

"Oh I bet every ring that I've ever gotten he was." Sonic replied with a shit eating grin. "I'm sure Rouge told him a thing or two, and even explained everything I'm telling ya now. The point is that Knux is just as green as you, even with a girlfriend for—What, a whole year?" Despite roasting the guardian for the past few minutes, it did make Sonic think for a moment. "Knux was always closed off, though. At least physically, so I'm not surprised he hasn't done the deed with her yet. He's also beyond stubborn, and he's practically a monk at this point. He really takes guarding the Master Emerald seriously, especially since he started researching into his own ancestry. In his defense, he doesn't have time to smash back to back like Rouge. I'm honestly impressed with her," Sonic added with a warm smile. "She was worse than me, and her body count's twice my amount. But she pushed all that aside just for Knucklehead. It's cute."

Knowing all that, that definitely made him feel less like an outsider. "I see."

Sonic was glad to see that his posture was starting to relax. "And it's not just him, a lot of people end up like you guys. We all didn't have parents to teach us this stuff, and a lot of other people never grew up with a parental figure. They had to find out themselves the hard way. If I wasn't such a fresh ass, I would have too. That's why I told Tails about it the moment he turned fifteen, including giving him 'the talk', since liking girls and stuff comes around at that age. I didn't want him to just suffer with it or never know what it was until it was too late." He tilted his head and patted Shadow's thigh softly. "You get it now? It's a lot, I know. But I don't mind helping you through that, either. I just don't want you to be ashamed of yourself for something you couldn't have ever known about."

"Yes," The biohog's face was less red than it was before, but he was still blushing a little bit. "I unfortunately will never forget this conversation for the rest of my life."

The hero flagged him off with a laugh. "Ahh, hang in there. You've dealt with worse." He stood up off the couch and walked away to travel to the kitchen, leaving his bag. "I'll get you something to drink with that, okay?"

"Yeah whatever..." Shadow mumbled miserably. By the time Sonic returned with a couple of water bottles, he found the biohog laying on his face on the couch's arm. "Leave me to die already..."

"D'aawwww." Sonic placed the bottles on the table before rubbing his hand on the back of Shadow's head. "Want me to leave you be?"

"No..."

Sonic wheezed a chortle. "Pffft...Then what do you want? Those feelings ain't goin' away till you take those pills, my man."

...

...No.

You know what, Shadow was tired of all of this.

He was tired of Sonic always having the upper hand, always knowing what to do, always having him in the palms of his hands. Even if Shadow didn't understand, even if he didn't know, even if he had no experience, he'd turn this around. He had to, damn it. He couldn't stand being this submissive, and he hated how Sonic was secretly loving every second of it. He knew he was. He knew they were supposed to take it slow, and he knew they were only dating for a few days, but he couldn't take this anymore. He knew something might happen when Sonic came over, and maybe because something inside of him wanted this all along. He knew that if they did anything, Shadow didn't want that to be the end of it. He didn't want Sonic to be some fling, he wanted more from him. But right now, he was only thinking of one thing, and he knew for sure these pathetic pills wouldn't accomplish that. He had to do this, he had to do something to not only make this feeling go away, but to assert dominance. Maybe it was the Black Arms in his blood, maybe it was that feral animalism in his genes that Sonic was talking about, but no more. No more would he take this laying down. Literally.

He inhaled very deeply, but slowly. Soon, he exhaled at the very same speed and pace. No rush, they had all weekend. All weekend to make that hedgehog learn who was the boss here. He tossed the packs of pills onto the table and stood up with a more confident demeanor. He swallowed, attempting to get the rest of his nervous jitters out of his system. He looked Sonic straight in the eyes, who didn't even notice he was looking at him until he saw him toss the pills. With almost innocent lime green irises, they stared back with an oblivious smile. "...?" He just blinked at him and made a compassionate expression, one that nearly caused Shadow to have that dreamy-like feeling again. He had to have been doing this on purpose, he couldn't be that adorable unironically. "Somethin' wrong?"

The biohog internally cursed himself. Damn it all, he was so cute when he smiled like that with that gentle voice of his. But that's okay, he'd make him smile for other reasons soon enough. Shadow turned around and proceeded to exit the living room, walking away from the open space into a hall. "Come into my room." He paused for a brief moment. "Now." He commanded before stepping into a room.

Feeling a little red in the face, Sonic nervously chuckled before placing the water bottles down on the table. "Uhh, Shads?" He called, feeling a strange sense of intimidation growing as he followed the striped hedgehog down the hall. "Not gonna lie, you're weirdin' me out a bit...If you don't want the pills, I could-" As he stepped into the room, everything functioning in his body stopped. All motor functions yielded, all blood cells halted and all brain cells froze. The hero's eyes dilated significantly, his heart instantly beating a million miles a nanosecond. He could feel a crimson liquid dripping down his nose, his mouth agape and completely stunned. "Haaa...Ho...H-Ho...Hohohoooooly shit..." A huge entire chill ruptured all throughout his body at once, and he couldn't stop staring at the masterpiece in front of him.

The ultimate life form got rid of all of his articles of clothing, stark naked, standing in the middle of the bedroom. His legs were perfectly separated with just about of space to show off the absolutely, large, protruding, long, neglected, tan colored phallic hanging between his legs. It was completely erect, standing up right all on it's own. Shadow was just carelessly slapping the back of his hand against it, showing off how stiff it was. "Do you see this?" Shadow asked rhetorically. "I've been dealing with this for days, and it needs to go." It was just sitting there, throbbing, begging for release by any means. "This whole time, I've been wondering why I couldn't keep my cool around you. Having a crush is one thing, but this...I knew it had to be something else. Then I had a wet dream last night, my second one, and you were in both of them. Now I realize that this," He slapped it again. "-Was what I was restraining this entire time. All those hormones eventually led to this build up."

Heat suddenly rushed in between Sonic's legs. "I-I was in your dreams?" He stuttered uncharacteristically.

"Get in here and close the door already."

Sonic didn't ask twice and immediately shut the door. "O-Okay-" Damn it, Sonic, no! No, Shadow was just doing this because he was frustrated. He shouldn't take advantage of him. "N-No, no, Shadow." Chaos, why'd he shut the door? He was such a perverted ass, this wasn't right...right? "Look, I know you're pent up, and I know you wanna show me that I shouldn't underestimate you. But we really shouldn't-"

"Did I say you could talk?"

"No sir-" God damn it, where did that come from!? "S-Shit! Damn it," Sonic was getting flustered, his slut-days were coming back to him. Fight off the urge, fight off the urge! "Shadow, seriously! I want you to take those pills and-"

Shadow easily and curtly cut him off once more. "This is your fault, so you should take responsibility." He then softened his tone a little. "I'm consenting to this, I want you to come over here. I want you to make this go away or at least show me how."

Sonic clasped his hands together before tearing his eyes away from that beautiful prize down below those ebony furred legs. "Shadow, I'm trying to be cool. I turn into a different person when I get horny, and I'm trying so hard not to scare you-"

"I'm not scared of you—I want you, you idiot!"

The hero made a big sigh.

There was no helping it, he couldn't keep himself on this leash anymore. This was all driving him manic, and if Shadow was giving him direct permission, how the hell could he pass that up? Shadow was positively the most attractive person he'd ever meet in his entire life, and here he was giving himself to him like a free sample. Sonic knew he was bad at being sensitive, and he knew he was terrible at being patient and taking things slow for the sake of others. He didn't want to make those mistakes with Shadow, and he wanted them to try and take things one step at a time. But they had already kissed, grinded, and he literally just gave him a massage that could have gone left easily. Plus, Shadow was truly suffering right now. Sure there was a ton of lust in his words, but Sonic was like that too. It was more desperation and a cry for help, for someone to just please help him release at least a single iota of this horrible tension. Mating season was awful for anyone who couldn't get rid of it, and he knew how it felt to just want to tear up the room until he got his rocks off. But unlike him, Shadow had someone who actually cared about him. Someone who he trusted to do it for him. Who was he to deny him of that?

Alright, he gave in.

He kicked his socks off and he could feel something primal awaken inside of him. His irises began to glow that strange neon green from before, and he directed them gradually at Shadow.

"You twisted my arm. Get on the bed."

A dangerous smirk grew on the elder hedgehog's muzzle as his eyes became a bright ruby red. "Those are the eyes I've been waiting to see."

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