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I haven't posted on here for a long time.\nSo, I am posting this here because it was removed on DA. Currently I am arguing the removal but so fan\ncan still read it I am posting the two removed chapters here and I will likely post another one on here\njust to not push my luck with DA.\nIf you want to read earlier chapters please go to my DA account: http://aurora-asb.deviantart.com/gallery/49222245/A-Flip-of-a-Coin-Sonadow-Story\nYou can also read it on fanfiction.net from beginning to end: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11797667/1/A-Flip-of-the-Coin","description_bbcode_parsed":"<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'>Wow... I haven&#039;t posted on here for a long time.<br />So, I am posting this here because it was removed on DA. Currently I am arguing the removal but so fan<br />can still read it I am posting the two removed chapters here and I will likely post another one on here<br />just to not push my luck with DA.<br />If you want to read earlier chapters please go to my DA account: <a href=\"http://aurora-asb.deviantart.com/gallery/49222245/A-Flip-of-a-Coin-Sonadow-Story\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://aurora-asb.deviantart.com/gallery/49222245/A-Fl...</a><br />You can also read it on fanfiction.net from beginning to end: <a href=\"https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11797667/1/A-Flip-of-the-Coin\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11797667/1/A-Flip-of-the-Coin</a></span>","writing":"[b]Chapter 12\nTruths and Moving On[/b]\n\nBeing he got the okay Sonic started packing the very next day. Really he wanted to move in as soon as possible. When he was done at work he just started putting things in boxes and suit cases. He would let Knuckles keep the bed in his room, being he would be sharing one with Shadow and Shadow's was much more comfortable.\n\nAs he was packing there came a knock to the door. Sighing Sonic wondered if it was his mother. He had texted her earlier that morning that he was finally moving in with Shadow. Opening it his ears had to go down when he saw Scourge. Looking down a bit the green hedgehog was holding a bag. Lifting his hand with a wave it was almost like Green forgot to talk. \"Hey Blue...\"\n\nBlink. \"Scourge...?\" And then he narrowed an eye. \"Is there...something you need or what? You're not coming to yell and disturb the neighbors again, are you?\" \n\nWith a sigh Scourge pulled out of the bag some beer. \"Peace offering.\"\n\n\"What?\" Sonic backed away slightly. \"I don't...need a peace offering, Scourge.\" \n\n\"The way your brother is talking I thought it would help.\" Still looking down Scourge just wouldn't meet Sonic's glance. \"I don't have to stand in the hallway all day do I?\"\n\nBlue seemed annoyed at first but sighed and stepped aside to let Scourge through. He was curious and at the same time didn't want to know what Zonic was saying about him. \"So why are you here?\" \n\n\"Well obviously I'm here to talk to ya...\" Looking around Scourge couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the boxes. \"Are you... are you and Knuckles moving or something?\"\n\n\"No...\" Sonic replied while sitting on the couch, refusing to look at Scourge as well. \"Just me.\" \n\nBlinking Scourge had to look over to Sonic. \"You're moving? Where?\"\n\nThere was that annoyed look again. \"None of your business. Just out so that Julie-Su can move in here with Knux.\" The last thing Sonic needed was for Scourge to blab to Zonic about him moving in with Shadow and having his twin get even more angry at him. \n\nEars going down Scourge had to sigh in frustration. \"Why do you hate me? What did I do to make your family want my head on a silver platter? Is it my history with the law or what?\"\n\n\"I don't hate you, Scourge,\" Sonic started while finally looking the green hedgehog in the eye as much as he could. \"Can't speak for anyone else though.\" \n\n\"Then what is wrong with me!? Why do you have a problem with me? I just gotta know Blue....\" Putting the beer down on the coffee table Scourge had to sigh again. It almost looked like he would break down.\n\n\"I don't. I already told Zonic that I didn't have a problem with the two of you anymore. If he told you different then I'm sorry. What do you want me to do about it?\" \n\nLooking up to Sonic it was clear Scourge didn't really believe him. \"I did hear what you said when you found out. So what changed your mind? Maybe I could use that to win your mom over.\"\n\n\"What changed my mind doesn't really apply to my mom, y'know.\"\n\n\"Just tell me anyways.\"\n\n\"Why? It doesn't really matter.\"\n\n\"Dammit Blue, just say it!\"\n\nRolling his eyes, Sonic just complied before Scourge started yelling. \"I don't know. Maybe I was just hurt I found out the way he did and he didn't trust me enough to say anything. But the more I thought about it the more I realized that I just didn't care. Zonic's got a smart head on his shoulders. He wouldn't do something if he knew it would end disastrous.\" He sighed. \"Not to mention I can believe why you fell for him in the first place. So you guys just do whatever you want. I don't care.\" \n\n\"I can tell that part of you doesn't believe what you are saying.\" The tone of Sonic's voice just said that he did care. And part of Scourge was just telling him that he didn't really believe that Sonic thought he cared for his brother. \"Look... I do love your brother. And no matter what I wouldn't do anything to hurt him... at least not on purpose. Just understand that.\"\n\n\"Right. I get that. You guys basically drilled it into my head.\" With a sigh Sonic got up and started headed towards his open boxes. \"So get back to him. I've got stuff to do.\" \n\nGrumbling slightly Scourge got up and followed Sonic. \"He's working right now. Plus I still haven't fixed the problem here... I need you to talk to Zee when he's done working.\"\n\nSonic let out a laugh. \"Oh yeah, 'cause that's gonna go over well. I'm pretty sure he's blocked me on his phone since I haven't been able to get a hold of him at times when I know he's off. I haven't seen him in weeks. He's doing everything he could to possibly avoid me. I think talking now is the worst idea ever. He's probably thrilled that I don't have anything to do with him anymore.\" \n\nGrowling a bit at that Scourge had to hit something. So he opted for punching the wall, thankfully not cracking it. \"You both are so fucking prideful and stubborn! You do know that right? I'm here because Zonic is depressed. He's not happy with you two fighting, and I very much doubt that you are happy about it. I'm sick of it. I'm done with it. You two need to sit down and talk about this or I am going to kick both of your asses. I am not going to stay up tonight listening to Zee cry again because he thinks his whole family hates him. Don't have a problem with us then help me!\"\n\n\"Then why doesn't he just come over here himself? Why do you have to do it?\"\n\n\"Like I said, he's a stubborn jackass, just like you. Now are you going to help me or not?\"\n\nSonic stayed silent for a moment. \"You do know that me going over there is just going to make things worse, right? No matter what I say he won't listen if he's being as stubborn as you're making him out to be.\" \n\n\"That's why I'm going to be there keeping an eye on the both of you. Blue, look me in the eye and tell me you don't want to fix the wrongs between the two of you.\"\n\n\"I <i>tried</i>! I've been trying! And I don't see how you being there would make a difference! It certainly didn't help the last time!\" \n\n\"You haven't tried hard enough. I'll make him listen.\" Huffing Scourge had to cross his arms. \"Just help me. Please... things have gotten bad since people found out and I need... we need someone that supports us a little.\" Leaning on the wall Scourge looked down to his feet.\n\nThere was a moment of silence before Sonic let out an aggravated sigh. \"Fine...but if this ends badly then I'm blaming you.\" \n\n\"Yeah... you wouldn't be the first person to blame everything on me.\" Looking around at the boxes Scourge had to get off the wall. \"Why don't I help ya pack a bit? I got time off.\"\n\n\"That's not what I...\" Ears lowering, Sonic looked away. If Scourge was trying to make him feel horrible then it was working. \"Don't...don't bother. I'm almost done anyway... Just...relax on the couch or something...\" \n\n\"Fine. Don't let me help you pack. Then I'll help you move them... now where are you moving?\" Moving over to one of the boxes Scourge just picked it up ready to take it to a truck.\n\n\"N-no! You don't have to do that either!\" Quickly Sonic took the box that Scourge was holding. \"Scourge, seriously, you don't have to help me. I appreciate the offer but you really don't have to.\" \n\nGiving Sonic a look Scourge had to grab the box again though Sonic just wouldn't let go of it. \"Sonic, seriously, I am going to help you. Moving sucks, I know... but... why do I get the feeling you are hiding something?\"\n\n\"I'm not!\"\n\nThe look Scourge continued to give him said that he didn't believe that at all. While Sonic was a better liar than his brother, that still wasn't saying much. \"So what're you so freaked out about then?\"\n\n\"I-I...\" Eyes avoiding Scourge now, Sonic shuffled nervously. \"If...if I tell you...promise you won't tell Zonic?\" \n\nHuffing again Scourge rolled his eyes. \"I won't tell him. That's your job, not mine. Now, where are you moving?\"\n\nSonic paused and quickly yanked the box out of Scourge's grasp again. \"I'm moving next door...\" He mumbled. Scourge would have to figure out the rest and it wasn't that hard. He prepared himself for a hard time. \n\nBlinking for a moment Scourge had to look over at the wall. \"Movin' in with him, huh? Damn... you two must have really hit it off.\"\n\n\"You could say that, yeah.\" Sonic couldn't fight the small blush that grazed his cheeks. He really shouldn't be talking about this with Scourge of all people. \"So...when does Zonic get off work today?\" It was sad that he no longer knew his own brother's work schedule. \"And when do you want me over?\" \n\n\"He gets off at six... I don't really know when you should be over.\" Taking out a cigarette Scourge headed to the window. He'd been trying to cut back but lately he just couldn't stop. Taking in some smoke and blowing it out he looked back at Sonic. \"I still think you got a problem with me, ya know.\"\n\n\"Why?\" Blue answered while putting the box back on the stack. He only had a few more to go. \"I already told you that I don't.\" \n\n\"I know talk is cheap. Your attitude says you don't wanna be anywhere near me since I walked through the door. Like your mother only less scary.\"\n\n\"Look, I'm sorry about her, okay? I tried talking to her about it. I think Shadow got more through to her than I did though.\" He sighed. It had been a while since he'd talked with his entire family, really. Everything was just kind of falling apart between all of them. \n\n\"When did you talk to her? 'Cause she showed up at our place a few days ago and told me that if I do anything to hurt Zonic know one will know I ever was... she scares the crap outa me.\"\n\n\"Well, take that as a good sign then.\" Sonic sighed. \"She's just overprotective. Though why she's so overprotective of Zonic I'll never know. The guy can clearly handle himself.\" It must have been a mom thing.\n\nTossing his cigarette Scourge turned to Sonic and walked over. \"I don't think your mom threatening me is a <i>good sign</i>. I want your family to like me not want to kill me. That includes you.\" Giving Sonic a playful punch Scourge picked up one of the boxes again. \"So is the door unlocked?\" \n\n\"Didn't I just-?\" Sonic stopped himself. The look on Green's face still said he wasn't going to take no for an answer. <i>And he calls Zonic stubborn</i>. Though he completely understood why. Sighing in defeat, Sonic reached into his pocket and tossed Scourge some keys. \"Here...\" \n\nCatching it Scourge grinned. \"Alrighty then. Let's get you moving... good thing you're getting away from mister crazy and his girl.\" Heading to the door Scourge left, returning without the box and taking another.\n\nWith Scourge's help, Sonic had all of his boxes packed and over at Shadow's apartment in less than an hour. They moved all of them into Sonic and Shadow's shared room (something Scourge noticed with a small grin), and then the blue hedgehog sighed. \"Thanks.\" \n\nWiping some sweat from his brow Scourge smiled. \"No problem Blue... you know, this place is really clean. Hope Mr. Dreamboat doesn't mind that you are a little bit of a slob.\"\n\n\"Oh shut up. Like you're one to talk. He's probably used to it anyway since his brother is messy too.\" \n\nLaughing a bit Scourge sat down on the bed. \"So... sharing the same room. You two must really be hitting it off.\"\n\nThe green hedgehog had to laugh at the blush on Sonic's face this time. It was a lot bigger than the last one. \"Y-yeah...\"\n\nLeaning his elbow on his leg and his chin in his hand, Scourge grinned a devious grin. He'd know that look anywhere. It was the same look Zonic had after their first time. \"How's it feel to not be a virgin anymore?\"\n\n\"Wh-what?!\" Sonic's cheeks got redder by the second. \"What makes you think that we...\" \n\n\"You're moving in and you aren't getting a bed but just moving into his room... plus you got the same look your brother did when losing it.\" The way Sonic looked at him after saying that just got Scourge to fall over laughing.\n\n\"Come on Blue, it's obvious! I bet even Knuckles saw it.\"\n\nUnfortunately Scourge was right. Sonic decided that it was time he start working on his poker face. Zonic's was virtually unbreakable unless he was upset. Which was extremely hard to accomplish. The fact that his brother was upset right now still didn't sit right with the older blue hedgehog.\n\n\"So? How is he? Everything you had wet dreams about and more?\"\n\n\"Th-that's none of your business...\" \n\n\"Oh come on! I wanna know. He's not half bad looking I bet he knows what he's doing. Just between you and me. Is he everything you thought he would be?\"\n\n\"Ugh...\" Defeated, Sonic sat on the bed next to Scourge with his head in his hand. This was so embarrassing. \"Are you seriously asking me this?\"\n\n\"Yup. So tell me.\"\n\nSonic would let that good looking comment slide, since he knew Scourge didn't mean much by it (and it was the truth anyway). Sighing, he replied, \"Yeah...everything and more. You're right, he did know what he was doing. Very well I might add.\" \n\n\"Way to go Blue.\" Patting Sonic on the back Green chuckled a bit. At least he got Sonic to admit it. \"You know... I should thank you in a way. The way you kept obsessing over this guy is the reason I decided to make a move on your brother... I was sure that Stripes was taken and you lost out. Wasn't going to risk that with Zee...but we both got lucky on that.\"\n\n\"Gee, thanks for the voice of confidence,\" Sonic replied deadpan. If that was supposed to make him feel better then Scourge failed horribly.\n\nLooking over to Sonic the green hedgehog grinned. \"Come on, I bet even you thought he was taken. Have to say I'm proud you made a move... and surprised... you were the one to make a first move right?\"\n\n\"Yeah...and I'm surprised he even agreed. Considering I acted like a complete twat in front of him.\" \n\n\"Well that's not surprising.\" Getting a look from the blue hedgehog Green just laughed. \"I'm joking. Relax!\" It was then both their ears twitched to someone coming home. Looking to the clock Sonic could tell that it had to be Shadow.\n\n\"Sonic... are you here?\" The dark hedgehog called getting Scourge to grin. It was clear he was feeling a bit mischievous.\n\n\"In here!\" Scourge called trying to sound like Sonic but failing at it. This of course got Shadow to come into his room immediately to see what was going on.\n\n\"Oh... hello. I wasn't aware you were going to get help in moving.\"\n\n\"Uh yeah.\"\n\n\"Sorry Shadow. Hope you don't mind.\" The blue hedgehog elbowed Scourge slightly, hoping that the other wouldn't embarrass him. \"But everything's all here so all I have to do is unpack it.\" \n\nSmiling Shadow moved to his computer and turned it on. \"Take your time. I need to do some work I didn't finish so just try to be quiet.\"\n\n\"No worries there. Blue and I were just bout to leave to meet Zee home... right Sonic?\"\n\nRaising an eyebrow at the green hedgehog, as if to say \"Right now?\" Sonic in the end sighed but figured it was as good of a time as any. \"Yeah...\"\n\n\"Your brother's?\" That got Shadow a little worried. He was all for Sonic making up with his family but he knew how nervous his boyfriend was about this whole thing. \"You think you're ready?\"\n\n\"No,\" Sonic answered honestly. \"But it's better to do it now then wait forever.\" \n\n\"Sonic... if you aren't ready to-\"\n\n\"Neither of them will ever be ready to face each other again if we don't bite it in the ass now. I'm sick of this fight, it's ending.\"\n\nWhile Shadow didn't approve of Scourge's way of saying that, he supposed it was true. \"Don't worry. Somehow I'll make it outta this. For better or worse, who knows, but at least I can say I tried.\" \n\nSmiling a bit Shadow had to grab on to Sonic's hand. \"You can tell me not to worry all you like, I will still do it.\" Giving him a kiss on the hand the dark hedgehog turned to his computer. \"Good luck... that's all I can give you.\"\n\nThe kiss did bring his spirits up, albeit slightly, and Sonic grinned. It was a look Scourge had never seen on the blue hedgehog before. \"Worrywart. I'll be back later tonight. See ya then.\" \n\n\"See you tonight.\"\n\nWalking out of the room Scourge just stared at Sonic in almost aw. \"I... I don't think I've ever seen you smile before. Least not like that... weird.\"\n\n\"What?\" Sonic seemed confused. \"What's the big deal? I smile.\" \n\n\"Not like that.\" Walking out they started heading for the street where Scourge parked. But when they got out there Sonic didn't see his car and was surprised when Scourge walked over to a motorcycle. \"I brought another helmet for you.\"\n\nIt was the same one Sonic saw parked at his uncle's diner on their birthday, at least if he recalled correctly. \"Whoa. You got enough money for a bike?\" Blue asked, taking the helmet. He was surprised Scourge even wore a helmet. \n\n\"Kind of...\" Scourge mumbled a bit as he put his helmet on. \"Zee bought half of it. Birthday present to me, least that's what he said.\" Getting on Green had to grin. It was no secret that Scourge loved vehicles and always wanted a bike like this.\n\nAs they started driving off (Sonic hanging onto the back of his seat) the blue hedgehog couldn't help but wonder when Scourge's birthday was in a passing thought. Riding out like this made Sonic remember that he had super speed now. And now his legs were itching to run. Despite his trip the first time, he had started practicing unbeknownst to Shadow to control his speed.\n\nPulling into one of Zonic's parking spaces Scourge parked. Taking off his helmet he shook his head to get his quills to straighten out. \"We got two hours to kill... wanna watch a Jackie Chan flick? Just got a collectors set.\"\n\n\"Uh sure...\" This felt a little awkward. Here he was in his brother's house alone with Scourge of all people. They had talked before but never this long. Two hours? That was a long time.\n\nBut Scourge didn't seem to freaked out by it so that was good. He just popped the movie in and started to go on about how he loved Jackie Chan. When he was younger he wanted to be Jackie Chan.\n\n\"So you can fight?\" That was interesting. While Sonic had taken a bit of martial arts training as a kid, most of his moves came from breakdancing. Whenever he and Knuckles started fighting, it was usually an even match. Grinning, Sonic hoped he found someone else to spar with. \n\n\"Well yeah. The school I went to you didn't know how to fight you'd likely end up dead. Of course I didn't have any official training my gang did teach me a thing or two.\" Taking a sip of the beer he got Scourge sighed.\n\n\"Whenever we get the chance I'd like to take you on,\" Sonic said with another grin.\n\nLaughing at that Scourge took another sip of beer. \"That would be criminal. I'd beat your ass in the ground and then I'd have your brother on my ass for doing it.\"\n\n\"You wanna bet, tough guy?\" Scourge rose an eyebrow. He'd never known Sonic to be so challenging. Was he like his before his slump hit?\n\n\"I wouldn't be acting like that when Zee can walk in at any moment.\" Sighing the green hedgehog really didn't know what had come over Sonic but he wasn't really in the mood do fight.\n\n\"I didn't say right now. I said later.\" Sometimes Scourge could really kill the mood. He was trying to forget about what was most likely going to happen in an hour or so. He wasn't looking forward to this at all. \n\n\"Why don't you have a beer? It'll help you relax.\"\n\n\"Pass,\" Sonic replied while waving his hand. The last thing he needed was to be even the least bit tipsy while talking to his brother. That would look great for him. \n\nSighing Scourge took another sip before getting up. \"Oh yeah... Have something for you.\" Going over to the fridge Scourge took out a bottle of very good, very expensive beer. \"Got this for you for your birthday.\"\n\n\"Wh...\" Confused, Sonic took the nice gift. It did look really expensive though he certainly wasn't an expert on alcohol. \"You got me something...?\" Blue ears lowered. \"You...you didn't have to get this. You already gave me a \"peace offering\"...\" \n\n\"That was a peace offering and this is your birthday present. Just take it and be thankful.\" Sitting back down Scourge sighed again. \"Your brother still hasn't touched his... think he's still mad at me for getting him drunk.\"\n\n\"Is that the only thing you give people?\" That did seem like the type of thing Scourge would do. \n\n\"It's the gift that keeps on giving!\" Scourge laughed. \"I mean it's only a bad gift if someone doesn't like beer. And being both you and your brother don't like being given things on your birthday it just seems appropriate. Don't get you anything and your thought to be jerk. This saves that.\"\n\n\"But if we don't want people to get us things then you won't...\" A sigh. Why did he even bother to try to explain this? Nobody ever listen anyway. \"Well, thanks anyway...\" \n\n\"I know what you mean... but I like you and you know how I feel for your brother so I'm gonna get you something. Kinda peoples way of saying they care. Feel lucky. Most people I use to know didn't give a damn. That includes my folks.\"\n\n[i]It's a little weird to think that Scourge actually cares about me...[/i] But weird feeling or not, Scourge was kind of part of the family now, as scary as that was to think about. Sonic just figured he'd have to get used to it.\n\nAs the Jackie Chan movie was finishing up and both Scourge and Sonic were laughing at the out takes Zonic walked in. Eyes closed, ears down he clearly had a hard day. \"Hey Scourge, why don't we...\" Opening his eyes he had to blink before glaring at the two hedgehogs on the couch. \"What is he doing here!?\"\n\nGetting up Scourge quickly went over to his boyfriend. \"I invited him to come over to talk to you. The two of you need to try and fix the shit going on and you know it.\"\n\nEars going down, Sonic was now really regretting coming over here. The way Zonic talked made it sound like he was some sort of abomination. \"Zonic...\" the older twin said softly. \"Please...can't we talk? I wouldn't have come over here if I didn't want to fix things...\" \n\n\"I don't want to talk to you.\" Zonic growled and tried to run but Scourge grabbed his arm and pulled him back.\n\n\"God dammit Zee! Yes, you do want to talk to him. Now swallow your fucking pride and fix things with your brother! At least hear him out or I will give you a hard time about it!\" Both of them glared at each other as though daring the other to try something when Zonic finally sighed.\n\n\"Fine... state your case then leave.\"\n\nAt least it was something. But Sonic had a feeling his words were just going to fall on deaf ears. He stood up, getting ready to leave anyway. This wouldn't take long. \"I just wanted to say I was sorry. I'm sorry I was a complete asshole to you. I'm sorry I hid my relationship with Shadow from you. I'm sorry for being a hypocrite myself and going back on what I said. I'm sorry for acting like a child. And...\" He tried to look his brother in the eyes this time. \"I'm really sorry for screwing up your life. I know my words don't mean anything to you, as they shouldn't, but I just wanted you to know that I miss being a family with you... I was wrong and I'm a complete idiot.\"\n\nZonic wanted him out so he'd get out. \"That's...all I wanted to say.\" \n\n\"You are an asshole.\" Zonic huffed getting Scourge to sigh. He let go of his boyfriend to grab Sonic before he left. They needed this to be fixed. Giving Zonic a look the blue tattered eared hedgehog looked away. \"I don't understand why Sonic... is it really so bad that I want to be with Scourge? You can see how determined he is to make me happy and make sure everything is alright in my life. Even if it mans making me a little upset with him.\"\n\n\"Yeah. So no, it's not so bad.\" Those tattered ears perked but Zonic tried not to seem interested. \"Like I said before, I don't care who you're with, Zonic. As long as you like it then that's all that matters...\" \n\n\"Then why did you give me such a hard time about it!? I can understand being upset on how you found out but you acted like who I was with was the worst part of it! And you gave me a hard time about being confused about being with him and not knowing how to take all of this! Then you turn around and leave me in the dark about you and Shadow just to spite me!\"\n\n\"Yeah I know...\" There was no sense in apologizing for that. Zonic already knew he was sorry about everything. \"Maybe it was just a combination of how I found out, the fact that you never told me and I was hurt about it, and I didn't understand anything of what you were saying...but that doesn't really matter now since you seemed to have figured things out anyway... So I guess I don't really have an excuse other than I was just being a hurtful prick.\"\n\n\"At least you can admit that.\" Huffing Zonic looked away and Scourge sighed letting go of Sonic. \"You are going to have to make it up to me.\"\n\n\"Not sure how I can do that... I don't have anything to give you...unless you want everything I own and want me to become a homeless letch. Which I can do, by the way.\" It was an absurd thought but the way Sonic looked said that he was serious about that. He truly felt terrible for what he had done. \n\n\"I don't want your crap Sonic! And don't talk like that.\" Turning Zonic was about to walk away getting Scourge's ears to go down. \"I want to meet Shadow, officially. I also don't want to hear any crap from you again about Scourge. And I want to actually go out on a double date.\"\n\n\"Tch. I like my idea better.\" Groaning inwardly Sonic held against the doorway. \"You're really going to bring up the double date thing now...? I already said I wasn't going to give Scourge a hard time. I've barely said anything bad about the guy. And if I did then it was a joke that you guys apparently don't seem to get. And I'm not letting you give my boyfriend a hard time. You can hate on me all you want but leave Shadow out of it.\" \n\nGrowling Zonic was about to charge Sonic, Scourge quickly getting in the way and grabbing his boyfriend again. \"What I am asking is not fucking unreasonable! I didn't say I would give Shadow a hard time I just want to meet him! Why don't you pull your head out of your ass for once in you god damn life!?\"\n\n[i]Crack.[/i] Both Zonic and Scourge paused in shocked when they saw that Sonic's hand, the one that was holding onto the doorway, had gripped it so hard that it all but broke that part of it. Effortlessly. Sonic was also clenching his teeth so hard to try to keep a lid on his temper but if the two of them didn't know any better they'd say that his canines were [i]much[/i] longer and sharper than before.\n\n\"Fine...\" Sonic growled in a deeper voice than either hedgehog was used to. What in the world was happening? \"Fine! Whatever the hell you want! I don't fucking care!\" \n\nBoth of them stood there in a bit of shock but Zonic quickly went back to glaring at his brother. \"Now get out of my house. And stop playing a victim.\" Turning Zonic just stomped off to his room leaving Scourge in his shock. He just couldn't take his eyes off Sonic and couldn't figure out what just happened.\n\nSonic stood there for a few more seconds before slowly turning his eyes to Scourge. \"Sorry. I'll pay for the damages.\" And then he took off. Scourge had to rub his eyes just to make sure he saw that. One minute Sonic was there and then the next he was gone in an instant. The only thing that was left was a blue streak and the damage to the door.\n\n[i]What... the hell just happened?[/i] Scourge thought to himself as he made his way over to look at the damages. He rose an eyebrow.\n\n\"Are those...claw marks?\" In fact they looked kind of familiar. The same kind of claw marks that...that were at Sonic's apartment those few months back... \n\nThinking for a moment Scourge started to put things together though none of it seemed to make sense. Something was going on, that much he was sure of.\n\nGetting home Sonic slammed the door getting Streaks, who was sitting on the couch to jump. Looking over to Sonic his ears went down. \"Are... are you okay Sonic?\"\n\n\"I...\" Streaks' ears twitched. Was it him or did Sonic sound deeper than normal. \"I don't know...\" Desperately he looked at his hands. They weren't growing so why did he have the claws? And the teeth? And the voice? \"What the heck is going on with me...?!\" \n\nFor a moment the young hedgehog just sat there staring at him before turning his head. \"Shadow!\" At the call Shadow came walking out of his room.\n\n\"Yes what is... Sonic?\" Walking over to his boyfriend he looked over his figure a bit worried. \"When did this start happening?\" Putting his hands on Sonic's shoulders Shadow tried to get him to look at him.\n\n\"T-talking...to Zonic...\" Sonic started taking deep breaths, leaning against Shadow, and he felt his transformation waning. \"Ugh...\" \n\n\"Sonic... I need you to tell me what happened leading up to this. This could be a bad sign.\" Holding Sonic close the dark hedgehog started to stroke his quills to calm him.\n\n\"Well...\" Clutching his chest, Sonic breathed deeply as he tried to get his temper under control. This wasn't good, whatever just happened. He'd almost transformed...but how? \"I was talking with Zonic, y'know, and they way he was acting just... I got so angry. It literally felt like I wanted to tear the whole place apart.\" \n\nThinking for a moment Shadow looked to his brother. Nodding Streaks got up and went to his room. He knew he needed to know as little as possible on what was happening to Sonic. Once he was gone the dark hedgehog pulled away. \"I need to look more into this before I know why it happened.\" Brushing some quills he looked at his boyfriend who was clearly more then upset. \"So it didn't go well. I have to admire Scourge for trying to get you two to make up though.\"\n\n\"Yeah... The guy's really not as bad as he makes himself out to be. At least most of the time. I don't know why Zonic doesn't get that I don't mind them anymore. What the hell's so hard to understand about that?!\" The blue hedgehog slammed his fist down onto the ground angrily, but was shocked when the impact made a nice sized dent in Shadow's floor. He hadn't even tried to do that! \"I...oh god, Shadow, I'm so sorry!\"\n\nEyes wide Shadow quickly grabbed Sonic's shoulders. \"Just, try to calm down Sonic... Deep breaths.\" Maybe part of what was happening to him was tied to his emotions. But Shadow really didn't want to test to see if that was what it was. At least not now.\n\nAs Sonic was trying to get himself under control he wrapped his arms around Shadow desperately. \"What's wrong with me...? This hasn't happened before...\" Was his normal form slowly becoming his beast form? But how? What did this all mean? Sonic was tired of being left in the dark about his condition and he was certain Shadow felt the same way.\n\n\"Don't panic. That will only make it worse... just try and relax. Please Sonic. I have a theory but now is not the time to test it. Just breathe.\" Rubbing Sonic's back the dark hedgehog sighed. \"Breathe. Everything is alright, I'm here for you.\"\n\nListening to Shadow's heart beat and just having him close calmed Sonic down considerably. Eventually his breathing slowed down and he was able to relax with Shadow holding him tighty. Taking a deep breath, Sonic broke the silence. \"He said...he wanted to have a double date. Zonic did.\" Shadow felt his mate chuckle slightly. \"He's always wanted to do that since we were teenagers. I always thought it was a stupid idea. What do you think?\" \n\nSmiling a bit at that the dark hedgehog nuzzled the top of Sonic's head. \"It sounds like fun to me... and I would like to actually meet your brother even if you are fighting a little. His boyfriend seems to be an interesting fellow. I'd like to pick his brain a bit.\"\n\n\"Heh.\" If there was anybody who could figure out how his brother and Scourge it was Shadow. At least the darker hedgehog was more excited about it then he was. \"Zonic kicked me out before we could finalize anything. So I'm not sure what's going on.\" \n\nNodding Shadow just held Sonic close. \"I'm sure both of your emotions were unstable. You can both talk about it when you aren't freaking out.\" Kissing the top of his boyfriend's head Shadow got up. \"Now, are you hungry?\"\n\n\"Mm. Starving.\" Sonic still had no idea how Shadow could calm him down so easily but was certainly welcome. \"What're you fixing?\" \n\n\"Well Streaks and I already ate but there is of course left overs. I didn't know if you'd be back or eat with your brother so I just made some chili.\" Heading to the kitchen to heat up the food Shadow smiled, happy that he could get Sonic to relax.\n\nEars perking at the mention of half of his favorite food, Sonic got up and followed Shadow into the kitchen. \"Really? You wouldn't happen to have any hot dogs, would you?\" \n\n\"No... sorry. You'll just have to live with chili.\" Chuckling Shadow put a bull into the microwave.\n\n\"Aww...\" The blue hedgehog pouted slightly and made a note to buy some hot dogs when he had the chance. But even reheated the chili was extremely good. Not as good as his uncle's chili but it was certainly better than any other chili he'd gotten at any other restaurant. \n\nSitting down on the couch with Shadow they both started to just watch TV. Tomorrow Sonic knew he would start to unpack and more likely unpack completely. It was exciting to think that he was living with the man he always wanted to have close.\n\nBut he noticed Sonic was mostly distracted and had a troubled look on his face. The encounter with his brother probably upset the blue hedgehog a lot more than he knew. And that semi-transformation greatly worried Shadow...\n\n--\n\n\"What...the hell was that?\" Scourge was still in a bit of shock as he walked into his and Zonic's shared room. \"I think your brother just went all Hulk on our asses here. That was fuckin' creepy!\" \n\nSighing Zonic looked over to his boyfriend, clearly not in the mood for this. \"What are you talking about Scourge? Yes he got upset but it's his own fault. I really don't think I was unreasonable.\"\n\n\"I mean there are claw marks on the door. I mean his teeth looked like they grew an inch just by getting pissed... Zee, I think something must really be wrong with you brother. What though I got no idea.\"\n\n\"...\" Zonic didn't answer but the image of his brother crushing the door handle effortlessly wouldn't leave. What in the world was happening to him? He'd probably never know now.\n\n\"An' yeah. You were bein' kind of unreasonable.\"\n\n\"What, you're taking his side now?\"\n\n\"No. I'm just saying you're a tight ass who can't see it when someone's genuinely trying to apologize and make up for mistakes. You did it for me. Why can't you do it for your own brother?\" \n\n\"You think it's unreasonable that I meet the guy he is with?\" Giving Scourge a look Zonic hoped that his boyfriend chose his words carefully.\n\n\"I didn't say that, Zee. I personally wanna meet Mr. Dreamboat as well. Saw him earlier today and he seemed pretty cool, I guess.\" Scourge decided not to tell Zonic about his brother's attitude. How he actually smiled for a change. \"But a double date? Seriously? You like that kind of thing?\" \n\n\"I've always wanted to go on one and Sonic knows that! So yes I want to go on one. Why? Are you saying you wouldn't go?\"\n\n\"No. Stop putting words in my mouth.\" Scourge gave Zonic an annoyed look. This was another reason why he wanted the brother to reconcile. Zonic was incredibly annoying when he was stressed out. \"I don't like double dates. I prefer to just have alone time,\" he said while getting close to Zonic and kissing him. \"But if it'll get you at least a little happier then I'll do anything at this point.\" \n\nHuffing Zonic looked away. \"D-don't talk like that.\" But the blush on his face said that he liked it when Scourge talked like that. It was just embarrassing as it was flattering.\n\n\"Why?\" Grinning wickedly Scourge grabbed Zonic's chin and made them lock eyes. \"You love it.\" \n\nBlushing even more Zonic's eyes looked down a bit. \"I...\" Shaking his head a bit the tattered eared hedgehog just wrapped his arms around Scourge's neck and kissed him.\n\n\"Heh.\" Gently Scourge stroked Zonic's cheek once he pulled away. \"That's what I thought.\" Then he sighed and let the blue hedgehog go. With how Zonic was recently he hadn't even been in the mood for sex. Scourge didn't even know that was possible. \n\nEars going down Zonic looked away. Hated what all of this was doing to Scourge. What his family was doing, what his bad mood had been doing. \"Scourge... let's just go out tomorrow.\" Taking the green hedgehog's hand a small smile came on. \"It might be nice to just get out and breathe for a bit.\"\n\nWhile Scourge hardly gave a damn as to what Zonic's family or anyone else besides his blue hedgehog thought of him (he'd gotten used to it after living with his own family), if it was irritating Zonic then it irritated him as well. Not to mention...he did consider Sonic as his friend. Or at least something to that effect.\n\n\"Sure, I guess. After work.\" \n\n–\n\nGetting home after work Sonic stretched. He needed to finish unpacking. Though Shadow did ask him not to work today the blue hedgehog felt he needed to. It helped clear his mind a little about his troubles. Once all his clothes were put away he looked to one of his guitars. [i]Bet they would fit under the bed.[/i] He thought before looking under the bed. There he saw that there were two boxes and nothing else. With a shrug he pulled the first on out easily. The second one though was a little more difficult. It was for some reason heavy. Getting it out Sonic had to huff. \"What is in this thing? Rocks?\" Looking at it he knew he shouldn't go digging through Shadow's things but he needed to know what was in this box. Eyeing the door quickly he opened the box. Shadow wouldn't be here soon anyways.\n\nOpening it Sonic had to blush on what he found. A stack of gay porn magazines, some whips, a pair of cuffs, a wide virility of dildos and vibrators, and a gag. Why did Shadow have these things? He was just so shocked and he didn't hear his boyfriend come into the room. \"Wh-what are you doing!?\" The dark hedgehog blurred out, face red. Going over he closed the box. \"That's private!\"\n\n\"S-sorry! I d-didn't...uh...\" The blue hedgehog was too flustered to really explain himself. All he wanted to do was question. \n\n\"No you didn't and you shouldn't be digging through my personal items!\" Blushing Shadow quickly moved to put the box back under the bed. \"What in the world possessed you to open this?\"\n\n\"I was just...trying to find a place to put my guitars... Under the bed seemed good enough and when I tried to move the boxes around that one was so heavy that I got... I got curious.\" \n\n\"You could have asked me first before looking into it!\" Huffing Shadow removed his glasses before pinching the bridge of his nose. Clearly he wasn't very happy about Sonic stumbling on his little secret.\n\n\"I-I didn't know what it was! And I just...eh...um...\" Now Sonic really didn't know what to say. \"S-sorry...\" \n\nSitting down at his computer the dark hedgehog sighed. \"I have some work to do.\" He grumbled as he turned his computer on. He didn't really have much to do but he figured it would get his mind somewhere else.\n\nEars lowering, Sonic got the hint. He grabbed his guitar and walked out of the room, not sure what else to do with his instrument. <[i]>Great. First day living here and I've already screwed it up. How does that even happen?[/i] \n\nSitting down on the couch Sonic couldn't help but sigh. [i]What is wrong with me? Why couldn't I just leave that box be? I had to look in it!... but why does Shadow even have things like that?[/i] Everything about Shadow was so high class. It just to Sonic seemed out of place. \n\nNot to mention make him blush. He just couldn't imagine Shadow doing something so...vulgar. [i]what...does he have a bondage fetish or something?[/i] Judging by those toys in that box he'd have to say yes. He never pictured Shadow into something like that either. He was rather dominant though...\n\n[i]Ugh. I need a run.[/i] Badly. \n\nGetting up Sonic quickly rushed out the door. He would run for a few hours before coming back and asking Shadow about the... interesting things he found. Part of him had to wonder if Shadow would have broke that box out one night. The thought almost got him to shiver.\n\n[i]C-can't think about that right now...[/i] Shaking his head, Sonic looked down to his feet. They weren't going super fast as of yet and he could still see the world around him. \"Maybe this would help me...\" Letting out some pent up aggression could help and Sonic always found solace in running. Even though he had practiced this a few times before he was still a little afraid of going that fast again.\n\nNow though, that feeling was gone. Now he craved that feeling. The burning in his chest from last night from his transformation made itself known but to a much lesser extent, so less that Sonic barely noticed it. All he wanted to do was run.\n\nHe was lucky he had such quick reflexes and that his attention span was his friend this time. Every twist and turn Sonic made but almost barely. Yet Sonic couldn't help but think this was the most fun he had ever had, even compared to jumping off rooftops in his other form.\n\n\"Yahoo!\" The blue hedgehog called, speeding down the sidewalk at unreal speeds, sending a few things flying, including people. But he was so fast that nobody saw him. \n\nBefore he knew it he ended up on a country road. Stopping he had to smile, looking around. Didn't even break a sweat. This whole thing wasn't so back. Stretching he was about to take off again when he got a text for the number that had been trying to reach him before but he didn't know. Blinking he decided to just open it. [i]Zee keeps talking about going on a double date. Does that mean we're doing one?[/i]\n\nHe assumed it was Scourge, or at least he hoped it was judging on the context of the message. That had all but killed his good mood bringing this up. [i]So he says[/i], Sonic texted back then deciding to turn off his phone. No, he wasn't dealing with that right now. He had more important things to do...like discover more about this power.\n\n\"Y'know, all things considered, if this is the good side of what that freaky doctor did to me...\" Sonic grinned and got into a sprinter's position. \"This ain't so bad!\" And he took off again down the road, loving this feeling. The only way he could describe it was it felt like freedom.\n\nAnd he loved every second of it. The country road seemed to go on for miles and since he had a GPS in his phone Sonic didn't have to worry about getting lost.\n\nFor hours he ran till the sun started to come down. Stopping he finally started to be just slightly out of breath. But the grin on his face just won't stop. Taking his phone he turned it on to find out where he was and get back. When he did he got another text from Scourge and had a message from Shadow as well as a few missed calls all from Shadow.\n\nBlinking he ignored the text but went to the voice mail. \"Sonic... it's late where are you? We have to eat. Please come back home or call me.\" Ears going down to that he had to pull his phone away and was about to call Shadow back when his phone rang and it was that said hedgehog.\n\nAnswering it he had to sigh. \"Hey Shads.\"\n\n\"Where are you! I called you two hours ago and you never called back. Do you have any idea how worried I have been?\"\n\n\"Sorry. I've been, uh...\" Looking around, it was safe to say Sonic had no idea where he was. At least the next town over since he had to stop somewhere and get some water. \"Preoccupied. Had to turn my phone off. I...probably won't make it back tonight, or if I do it'll be late.\" \n\n\"I wish you would have called me... especially after yesterday. Please just come home soon. Please.\" Sonic had to feel bad now. It really sounded like he freaked Shadow out. Why was he just screwing up today?\n\n\"I promise I'll be home as soon as possible.\"\n\n\"Good. And promise me you'll be safe.\"\n\n\"I promise.\"\n\n\"Don't be home too late... I'll be waiting for you.\"\n\n\"Yeah...\" Ears lowering, Sonic hung up and sat down on a bench nearby. Why did this keep happening? His life suddenly got wonderful so why did he have to start screwing things up again?\n\nBlue looked back down at his phone and figured he should at least check to see what Scourge's text was. \n\n[i]Look Blue, I know you're having it rough. Why don't we just all go out to a movie or something? It'll at least settle Zonic do and you both won't have to talk much.[/i] Blinking it looked like Scourge was trying to please Zonic while making sure that Sonic was comfortable too. \n\nSonic scoffed slightly and texted back, [i]I'm not. I'm fine. Just have him pick the time and movie.[/i] Before sending, he added as an afterthought, [i]Please.[/i]\n\nGetting up Sonic started to run back home. No point in worrying his love any longer. It took him a while to get home, not getting back till one in the morning. Shadow was sleeping on the couch, an empty cup on the coffee table. Ears going down Sonic went over and shook Shadow gently. \"Hey... I'm home...\"\n\nSlowly Shadow started to wake up, dazed looking go Sonic before hugging him. \"Where have you been!?\"\n\n\"I was out. Running. L-like I said...\"\n\n\"For nine hours?!\" Sonic had left Shadow's room at around four and hadn't come back since then. From the way the blue hedgehog looked, it seemed like he's been around the world and back. He was breathing rather hard and almost covered in sweat.\n\n\"Well...yeah.\" \n\nEars going down Shadow had to hug him tightly. \"Why? Are you trying to hurt yourself? Are you mad because I yelled at you?\"\n\n\"I wasn't [i]mad[/i]... I just...wanted to run... Next thing I knew I was on a country road and I didn't want to stop. So I just kept running and running. Getting faster.\" He didn't want to say how great it made him feel. Sonic wasn't torturing himself in his eyes. He was experiencing greatness. \n\n\"What am I going to do with you?\" Letting go Shadow gave Sonic a very stern look. \"I've asked you not to run like that. It's dangerous. Do you not understand what cold happen if you get caught? Sonic... you don't even know what that is doing to your body and you look at you. You look like you could claps any second.”\n\n\"Nobody saw me. I was out of the city when I started really pushing it anyway.\" He also decided not to tell Shadow about that loud [b]CRACK![/b] he caused... \"And...I'm gonna take a shower...\" \n\n\"You do that... I'm going to bed.\" Getting up Shadow sighed. He was tired after trying to wait for Sonic. Maybe he'd call in and say he needs to work from home. It would be best if he was too tired and he could keep an eye on Streaks, as well as Sonic.\n\nBefore Sonic hopped in the shower he checked his phone one last time. He saw Scourge give him another text but he ignored it again. Perhaps that was against his better judgement but there didn't seem to be a point to answering him now since it was so late. \n\nTaking a quick shower Sonic moved as fast as he could to get to bed with Shadow. By the time he got done and was back in their room he found that the dark hedgehog was fast asleep. [i]I hope I didn't worry him to much.[/i] Getting into bed Sonic curled up next to Shadow, slowly drifting off. It was a strange day.\n\nSun creeping into the room Sonic's ear twitched to the sound of typing. Opening his eyes he looked over to see that Shadow was at the computer working very hard on something. Groaning he looked to the clock to see that he had an hour before he had to get to work. \"Morning.\" Shadow said, not even looking away from the screen. \n\n\"Hey...\" From the way Shadow was acting it was safe to say the other was still upset with him. Sighing, Sonic figured he'd just get ready now and go into work early. No sense in staying here. \n\nGetting up Sonic started to move around the room, not even getting an eye from Shadow. \"When are you going to be home?\" The dark hedgehog called, still not looking away from his computer.\n\n\"Don't know... Whenever, I guess...\" A very vague answer but Shadow didn't get a chance to question further as Sonic finished clothing himself and headed towards the bathroom. \n\nSighing Shadow just kept on working, being it was the only thing he could do. He was sure that he upset Sonic yesterday so now he was being distant. At least emotionally. In a way it was frustrating.\n\nIt didn't take long for Sonic to finish up everything and head out the door. \"See ya, Shads.\" This all felt wrong and awkward. \n\n\"Farewell Sonic! Please come back home as soon as you can... I actually have something for you.\" Shadow called from his computer, though he was trying to get his work done as soon as he could.\n\nSonic paused once out the door. [i]\"Farewell\"?[/i] He chuckled to himself. Sometimes he swore that Shadow was stuck in the middle ages for how he talked. [i]He's like the only person I know who would say something like that[/i]. Though hopefully that was a good sign.\n\nOf course work went by slowly because now Sonic wanted to get home as soon as he could. He did need to talk to his boyfriend on what he stumbled on the other day. It was still bothering him. And he also wanted to know what Shadow had gotten him.\n\nRushing home he had to smile when he saw Streaks sitting on the couch. \"Hey kiddo.\"\n\n\"Hey Sonic... Shadow's working in his room. Should be done soon... I think.\" The kid's eyes were glued to the TV and he had a bowl of chips that he was slowly eating very slowly. It was kind of a funny site.\n\nKnocking on Shadow's door Sonic waited till he heard Shadow on the other side. \"Come in.\" Walking in the dark hedgehog looked over and smiled. \"Oh, welcome home.\"\n\n\"Hey. Um...\" Curiously Sonic caught a glance at Shadow's computer screen. \"What are you working on anyway? Or can you not tell me?\" \n\nLooking back to the computer then back to Sonic the dark hedgehog just sighed. \"Just a theory on a serial killer and why he picked his victims. It's rather tiring but thankfully I finally finished.\" Turning back to the computer Shadow sent his work off to his higher ups before looking back to his boyfriend with a smile. \"Now before I forget.\" Reaching in a drawer he pulled out a wrapped up present. \"Here you go. Think of it as a welcome to your new home.\"\n\nTaking it Sonic had to look at it. He knew better then to tell Shadow he shouldn't have. Really it was sweet that the dark hedgehog did. Maybe it was a book like he got him for his birthday. Inside Sonic found two pairs of pants, socks, and two T-shirts. \"They stretch out. I thought that they could be usefully when you change... so you don't ruin anymore of your clothes.\"\n\n\"Oh wow. Really?\" Setting the box down on the bed, Sonic tested them out slightly. He smiled. This could be extremely useful. \"Thanks Shadow...\" \n\n\"Of course.\" Shadow smiled leaning over and giving Sonic's cheek a kiss. \"Just a little thing to remind you that I'm happy you are here.\"\n\nThat warm feeling appeared in Sonic's chest and he gave his own small smile. Putting the clothes down he hugged Shadow. It was a very thoughtful gift. \"You're too good to me...\" \n\nChuckling slightly Shadow hugged back. \"None sense. I am as good to you as is needed.\" Nuzzling the side of Sonic's head he purred slightly, happy that Sonic didn't take offense to the gift but was thankful for it.\n\nThey sat there for a while, holding each other and enjoying the other's company. This time Sonic didn't want to ruin the moment by talking. He was just happy that Shadow had forgiven him for his mistakes the past day. [i]I need to stop worrying over such small things...[/i]\n\nIt wasn't until Sonic's phone went off did the two hedgehogs open their eyes, startled by the sudden noise. \"Uh...sorry,\" Sonic mumbled while reaching into his pocket and looking at who sent a text. \n\nIt was Scourge again. He seemed very interested in talking to him. Opening it he read it. [i]Friday is good. Is Friday good for you guys? And maybe you and I can just chill and talk again before that.[/i] \n\nSonic's face fell when he read the text. He sighed. \"Scourge says Friday's a good day to go out...\" He said while dropping the phone on the bed. \"What're your plans?\" \n\n\"Work then come home.\" Smiling Shadow took Sonic's hand. \"Why are you so against doing this? If you don't want to go on a double date then why agree to it?\"\n\n\"Well one, I just don't like the idea of a double date. Was never really...my thing. Zonic's always wanted to go on one though. And I know this isn't going to turn out well with how we're fighting and everything. I just don't want him to go after you like I kind of did to him and Scourge... You don't have anything to do with our fighting...\" \n\nSitting up Shadow hugged Sonic tightly and nuzzled the top of his head. \"Well it is sweet that you are doing it for your brother. And if he does come after me you don't need to worry. I can actually handle myself very well.\"\n\nClosing his eyes tightly, Sonic clung to his mate. \"I just hate feeling like this... Everything about this just feels wrong.\" Shadow suspected it was a twin thing. When the one was upset the other would soon follow. No wonder it seemed like the two of them were just as stubborn as each other.\n\n\"I understand.\" Licking Sonic's cheek at that he chuckled at the slight blush. \"For now, just don't think about it. It will be fixed Friday. And till then I will make sure that you feel the best you can... as long as you don't go digging through my privet items again.\" Playfully flicking Sonic's nose at that Shadow chuckled again.\n\n\"Oh come on, I said I was sorry... I wasn't trying to find your dirty magazines...\" Sonic blushed even more and looked away. \"Um...if you don't mind me asking...why exactly do you have all those things anyway? I mean...I didn't see everything but...\" This all felt so awkward, talking about this.\n\n\"I was single for quite a few years Sonic... and I did get lonely on some nights. Had to have something to give me some form of comfort.\" Sighing Shadow laid down next to Sonic. He knew this talk would come one day. Just didn't think it would be so soon.\n\n\"Oh.\" That seemed simple enough though it was clear to Shadow that Sonic wasn't expecting that simple of an answer. \"I just...I didn't know you were into that kind of thing.\" \n\n\"The bondage? Not as much as you would think... it's... I suppose you could call it a guilty pleasure. Very guilty. But I just can't help myself. I just like tying my mate up some times.\" Hand going up Shadow traced Sonic's arm a bit with a bit of a wicked grin.\n\nGreen eyes widened slightly at those words and Sonic blushed fiercely. [i]Whoa. I guess in some ways Shadow has less shame then Scourge.[/i] \"Y-you...want to tie me up...?\" He did recall Shadow mentioning that slightly before but that was before they were together. He never pictured it would really be one of Shadow's kinks.\n\nPurring Shadow sat up and hugged Sonic from behind. \"I have thought about it. As you know I like being in charge... and that is complete control.\"\n\nGulp. \"U-uh... Yeah... I-I guess it is...\" He could feel Shadow move around him and gently push him onto the bed, kissing the blue hedgehog deeply. Sonic moaned softly as Shadow held him down. Despite this talk making him a little uncomfortable, a masochistic side Sonic never knew he had couldn't help but be a little turned on by this. \"What else did you want to do to me...?\" \n\n\"Hmmm... maybe pull on your quills a bit. I'm not that big on what they call torture bondage but some times I find a whip can be fun if not over used.\" Licking up his mates neck Shadow couldn't help but be aroused by the talk. It didn't seem to bother Sonic as much as he thought it would. He was sure that the blue hedgehog would just shun the idea. But at least he had a bit of an open mind.\n\n\"Ahh... m-my quills...?\" Admittedly Sonic did find this a little odd but also fascinating...much like everything Shadow did. Unable to help himself the blue hedgehog bucked his hips slightly. \n\nGrinding back Shadow purred loudly. \"Yes, your quills.\" Grabbing some of them the dark hedgehog actually pulled Sonic's head back a little before biting his neck. Now he was just aroused completely. It had been a bit long for his liking to not do something like this.\n\nContinuing his foreplay Shadow's other hand that wasn't pulling on Sonic's quills went under the blue hedgehog so he could grope his ass. Licking up his chin the dark hedgehog had to grin down at him. \"I know you are still new to this but do you want me to tie you up?\"\n\n\"Uh...\" As much as he didn't want to admit it, Sonic was morbidly curious about the whole thing. And like Shadow said, he was still new at this. What was the harm in trying other new things? \"Um...s-sure... i-if that's wh-what you want...\" \n\nGetting up with a grin Shadow moved over to his door and locked it. \"Oh, it is.\" He almost cooed out as he returned to Sonic but pulled out the box from under his bed to pull out silk ropes. \"These are very comfortable. So it won't hurt your wrists.\" Taking Sonic's shirt off Shadow licked up from his stomach and stopped at one of the nipples to suck on it a bit.\n\n\"Nngh...\" Sonic's whole body trembled in pleasure. The last two times they did this felt so passionate. This time just felt dirty... and Sonic was loving it. He moaned softly at the sensations and barely noticed when Shadow took his wrists. When they were bound together his eyes snapped open. Shadow apparently knew how to tie really good knots as well. \n\nGrinning Shadow unbuttoned Sonic's pants and slipped them off. But with his underwear the dark hedgehog actually took it with his teeth. Slowly he pulled it off, knowing just how to get a rise out of the other. And that's what he loved to do when tying his lovers up. He wanted to see them squirm till they were almost begging for what they knew would come. It just brought him a great, down right dirty pleasure.\n\nHis squirming was only getting Shadow more aroused. Grabbing Sonic's bound wrists, he quickly tied them to the headstand of the bed and purred at the sight. His mate was completely naked and helpless before him. \"Sh-shadow...\" And clearly aroused as well. \n\nGrinning Shadow had to admit he loved the look on Sonic's face right at this moment. Cheeks red, eyes half lid with longing and need, ears down in substitution. It was a good look and really got him wanting him more. Part of him wanted to drip hot wax on him. But he didn't have candles and being Sonic's first time doing something like this that would be a bit too extreme.\n\nHands going down Sonic's body, gripping a bit tightly but not hurtful he had to purr. Stopping at his hips he rubbed them slightly and lifted them up before pushing them back down into the bed. He just wanted to feel Sonic up a bit. One hand letting go it quickly took hold of Sonic's not very hard cock. \"Mmmm... you are such a nice size.\"\n\n\"Ghk!\" Sonic leaned his head back at the feeling. He loved this part. \"H-hey...you're not so bad y-yourself, y'know...\" \n\nPurring Shadow pulled his hand up and stopped, fingers wrapped around the tip he didn't move his hand and just grinned. \"Move your hips.\" He was more then happy as the blue hedgehog started doing as he was told, moaning as he felt the tightness move around him.\n\nThis all just seemed natural to Sonic at the moment, taking orders like this. \"Oooh...\" Whimpering when Shadow tightened his grip, small trails of pre came out of Sonic's tip.\n\nSeeing this Shadow had to move down and lick up the seed. Looking up at Sonic he head to purr. Removing his hand he decided that now he should get undress so not to ruin his clothes. Setting them on the ground he looked over to Sonic who was whimpering at being abandoned like that. Grinning Shadow moved to his night table to get the lubrication out of the draw. Putting some on his hand he moved back to where he was before and wrapped his hand around the other again. This would make it feel better.\n\nHis hand felt so slick and smooth that Sonic could barely contain himself. And in this form he didn't have a lot of stamina built up so only a few more minutes of that had Sonic cumming hard in Shadow's hand with a soft moan. Streaks was still here so he couldn't be too loud. \n\nAs tempted as Shadow was to lick some of the cum up he decided to use it and moved to slip one of his fingers into the blue hedgehog. With how quickly it took to get Sonic on the edge though he knew that this would have to become something they did more often. Not to mention it would be healthy for them to get all of this out.\n\n\"Hgah-!\" Blue obviously wasn't expecting something like that to happen so soon after his orgasm. His body jerked again at the intrusion and he squirmed and pulled at his restraints. \"Yuh-you sure don't like to waste t-time...!\" \n\n\"Why should I waste time? It's much more fun using it.\" Wiggling the finger around Shadow had to purr. This is what he really liked. He could do anything to the other and he had next to no say in it yet loved it. It was just amazing, and the noses that kept coming out of Sonic's mouth were even more worth it.\n\nIt helped that Sonic was so tight. He supposed that run from yesterday had a lot to do with it if he had truly run for nine hours. Licking his lips, Shadow inserted a second finger and began to scissor his mate slowly. He didn't want to tear, just stretch. Even if he did have a bit of a sadistic side, the last thing he wanted to do was cause Sonic harm. Pain for pleasure, sure, but not that kind of pain. \"Ah-Ahhh!\" \n\nPulling at the silk rope Sonic was trying to figure out if he even liked being tied up. While he loved what Shadow was doing to him the fact that he couldn't wrap his arms around his lover was really starting to bother him. Maybe that was something that Shadow liked about this too. It wasn't physical torture but the whole need that made the burning for the other even stronger when you couldn't have it.\n\n\"Mmm?\" Shadow noticed the look of need on Sonic's face and it made him grin even more. \"What's wrong, Sonic?\" He teased.\n\n\"I...\" The blue hedgehog tugged again and again at the ropes. \"I want to touch you...\"\n\n\"I see.\" This was another perk of his kind, Shadow assumed. His other hand spread its fingers and gently rubbed on Sonic's belly, as if rubbing it in something he couldn't do.\n\nGrinning he slipped in a third finger with barely and trouble. Sonic could want all he liked but he would stay tied up till the dark hedgehog was done with him. Whimpering again Sonic pulled at the ropes again. Everything that Shadow was doing was just wonderful.\n\nPulling his fingers out Shadow licked them with a purr. Grabbing Sonic's left leg he lifted it over his shoulder and positioned himself. Looking Sonic in the eye he slowly pushed inside the other moaning at the feeling.\n\n\"Gyah!!\" Those three fingers were nothing compared to Shadow's cock. It certainly prepared him a little bit but Shadow was so big that anything else felt like child's play. \"Ggg... G-god...Shadow...!\" Sonic arched his back and moaned in bliss. This feeling was still new to him but he was loving every second of it. Even the bit of pain that came with Shadow entering him. It only served to thrill him. \n\nBeing this wasn't Sonic's first time Shadow didn't have to hold still for very long. Pulling back and thrusting back in Shadow moaned while feeling he walls cling to him. Again his one hand reached out and grabbed Sonic's quills, pulling his head back. His other was holding onto Sonic's hips, digging into him just a little.\n\nBlue barely noticed his head being pulled back by his quills, only basking in the moment of being filled so perfectly. Shadow wasn't necessarily gentle but had this primal air about him, pushing himself in again and again, each thrust harder than the last one. And each thrust brought out another moan out of Sonic. He tugged at his bonds even harder, wanting to wrap his arms around Shadow and beg for more.\n\nLicking up one of Sonic's ear the dark hedgehog groaned a bit. Thrusting even harder he just loved how Sonic was acting. He wished he tied the other up sooner. This was just so wonderful, some of his greatest dreams coming true. Letting go of Sonic's hip Shadow put his hand on his stomach again.\n\nAs exciting as this was however, Sonic wasn't sure if being tied up was his favorite thing about this. It certainly made things more interesting but he longed to have his arms free and contribute more. But he supposed if he wanted to make Shadow happy he had to indulge the other sometimes. Sonic himself hadn't really thought of any fetishes he might have. The only thing he wanted was Shadow, and he had that. Anything else was just a bonus for him.\n\nOnce the darker hedgehog found that sweet spot buried inside Sonic, Blue let out a shriek, not expecting the sudden burst of pleasure. In the back of his mind he was worried that Streaks probably heard that but the rest of him was so clouded with lust and pleasure that he hardly cared. \"C-Chaos, right there...!\" \n\nFeeling Sonic's free leg wrap around him after hitting the sweet spot Shadow just had to grin. Pulling back he started to thrust right into that spot, spoiling the other making him howl out in pleasure and yank on his ropes. \"Oh... S-Sonic.\" He moaned as he started to just show the spot no mercy.\n\nHe'd almost forgotten what this felt like, even though they'd done it almost a week ago. Sonic could get used to this feeling very quickly. Biting his lip, Sonic tried not to moan as much as he was before but Shadow just refused to show him mercy tonight. He was already tired from his orgasm before so this was really wearing him down. And despite him trying to restrain himself for as long as he could, it only took Shadow about ten more minutes before he got Sonic to cum for the second time that night. \n\nGroaning Shadow had to push in deeply as he was forced to cum with how tightly Sonic was. Panting he let his mate's leg fall down from his shoulder. Pulling out he groaned again. Holding himself up he moved to untie Sonic. As soon as he was free the blue hedgehog wrapped his arms around the other. Smiling Shadow returned the affection.\n\n\"Th-that was...\" It was hard for Sonic to concentrate, too dazed and tired. \"W-wow...\" He'd say that was better than their first time but honestly he wasn't sure.\n\nChuckling to that Shadow moved so that Sonic could lay on him. \"I'm g-glad that you enjoyed yourself. W-would this be something you would w-want to do again?\" Stroking Sonic's quills lovingly he purred.\n\n\"Well...\" As Sonic nestled his head on Shadow's fluff, he thought it over. \"Not all the time... I missed...putting my arms around you...\" And he purred. \"But o-once in a while...yeah...\" \n\n\"Of course we wouldn't do this all the time. Then it would lose it's spark.\" Nuzzling the top on Sonic's head Shadow placed a kiss behind his ear. \"Next time I'll just make love to you.\"\n\n\"You make me blush when you talk like that...\" Sonic replied with a small smile. \"But yeah, that was wild...\" \n\n\"Mmm... it's suppose to be.\" Holding Sonic a bit tighter and rubbing his sides Shadow couldn't help but coo. \"We should do this more often though... it's healthy for males of our age to have sex at least three times a week. I don't know if you'd want to... participate in such activities that much.\"\n\nSonic chuckled tiredly. \"It sounds really weird when you talk about sex so official like that. I feel like I'm back in health class.\" But he purred nonetheless. \"But I can get used to the idea... I mean if I'm gonna feel like that three times a week then sign me up.\" \n\nLaughing a bit at that Shadow had to blush a bit. \"It must just be in my nature. I'm not even that good at dirty talking...\" Pecking his forehead Shadow smiled at Sonic nuzzling him back. \"I love you... and I would love to show you that as much as I can.\"\n\n\"You've already made me so happy, Shads...\" Moving himself up a bit, Sonic gave Shadow a very tired kiss on the lips. Honestly he couldn't express how much he loved Shadow in mere words. \"An' I love you too... Don't forget that, kay? Ever.\" \n\n\"Hard to forget when you look at me the way you do with those beautiful green eyes.\" Brushing his cheek Shadow smiled before leaning in and giving Sonic a kiss. \"Now why don't you get some sleep? You look wiped out.\"\n\n\"Am I ever...\" The blue hedgehog shuffled slightly as he felt some of Shadow's seed ooze out of his well used hole but then sighed. It was time to pass out now. \"G'night Shads...\" \n\n\"Sleep well love.\" Sighing a bit Shadow closed his eyes. Might as well sleep himself before Streaks came knocking for food. It was a good afternoon by all means of the word. Sonic finding his box wasn't such a bad thing.\n\nSonic slept like a rock that night, groaning when he heard his alarm go off. [i]Oof... man, I dunno how I'm gonna be able to work today after a night like that...[/i] He sat up slightly and rolled off of Shadow, wincing in some slightly pain. \"Oww...\" \n\nPurring slightly Shadow started to wake up feeling that his warm lumpy blanket was gone. Looking over to Sonic he let a hand go up his back a bit. \"Morning... how are you feeling?\"\n\n\"Alright...\" Sonic replied. \"Really groggy...\" And he decided not to mention the sore part. \"I dunno how I'm gonna function at work today...\" \n\n\"Do you need me to call off for you?\" Brushing some quills Shadow had to get closer to him.\n\n\"What?\" As nice as that sounded, Sonic shook his head. \"No, no... No need for that. And 'sides, I don't think sex aftermath is a good enough excuse, doc.\" He chuckled. \"I'll get through it somehow.\" \n\n\"If you are sure.\" Licking up Sonic's neck he had to chuckle. \"Let's shower... together.\"\n\nThe thought alone made Sonic blush. [i]Oh Chaos.[/i] The image of Shadow naked and wet sent a wave of pleasure down Sonic's spine. \"Uh...s-sure.\" \n\n\"Perfect.\" Getting up Shadow went over and put on his bath robe. Taking out the other one he had he tossed it to Sonic. \"I'll be working at home for a few days, just to let you know.\"\n\n\"Really?\" As Sonic put on the robe, he added, \"What for?\" \n\n\"Part of it is so I can keep an eye on you. My higher ups want me to work but make sure you are stable. I'm lucky that most of them were friends with my father so I'm able to do this. I know it's wrong to take this offer but I thought it was a good idea as well. But if I'm on the phone or writing something on the computer try not to to disturb me.\" Walking over Shadow pecked Sonic on the cheek before leading him to the bathroom.\n\n\"Right...\" Sonic was beginning to wonder just how much influence Shadow's family really had. [i]Still makes me wonder why he's living here if his family's so powerful.[/i] Maybe he just wanted to get away from it all. Sonic wanted to ask but he was afraid he might offend his mate.\n\nGetting into the bathroom Shadow locked the door again. Taking off his robe he walked into the shower, letting Sonic follow suit. Turing on the water he smiled. \"I don't think any day can go wrong if you start it with a nice hot shower.\"\n\nThe blue hedgehog swallowed nervously as he watched the both of them get soaked in the hot water. \"Yeah...same here...\" \n\nSeeing the look on Sonic's face just got Shadow to smile. Going over to his boyfriend he wrapped his arms around the other. \"You always seem so flustered when you are close to me.\" Kissing Sonic's neck he had to grin at the shiver. Grabbing the soap the dark hedgehog started cleaning up Sonic's body.\n\nSonic couldn't help but notice that all of this just seemed to be natural to Shadow while to him it was still new and even a little awkward. It was times like this that he wished he was as fast as learning as his brother. \"H-hey...what are you doing...? I can clean myself...\" \n\n\"I'm aware that you are capable of cleaning yourself, Sonic. This doesn't mean I'm not going to.\" Kissing his cheek Shadow purred. \"Any excuse to get my hands on you is a good one.\"\n\n\"W-well when you put it like that...\" The blue hedgehog laughed nervously and tried not to get aroused by this. But with how Shadow was acting that was getting more and more difficult. \n\nNuzzling the side of Sonic's head a bit the dark hedgehog couldn't help but chuckle a bit. His boyfriend was just so cute. And the fact that just this little bit of contact could turn Sonic on was making him feel pretty high. \"Why don't you wash me a bit?\"\n\n\"Seriously?\" The small grin on Shadow's face confirmed it and he gave Sonic the soap. Blue had to grin a little as well, trying to catch up on all this flirting. \"Feeling lazy today, Shadow? Just 'cause you're working from home for a while doesn't mean I have to do everything else...\" Nevertheless Sonic started rubbing the soap on Shadow. \"But I guess this time I'll make an exception.\" \n\n\"You better.\" Grinning Shadow purred at feeling Sonic's hands on him. It was nice to see a little bit of a forward side to him, one that could push back and understand it was all in fun. As Sonic washed his stomach he worked on his shoulders as well as giving him a bit of a massage.\n\nSonic knew he certainly wasn't as good at this massage thing as Shadow was but he certainly wasn't an amateur either. And wherever this sudden burst of confidence came from Sonic welcomed it with open arms. He couldn't let Shadow do all of the work all the time.\n\n\"Hm. I think you're clean enough,\" he said while giving Shadow a small lick on the cheek. \n\n\"I think so.\" Shadow sighed before grinning. Grabbing Sonic's one arm he pulled he other close so that their bodies were pressed together. \"But if you didn't have to go to work you know I would make it so we have to clean up more.\"\n\nThose words made Sonic shudder. \"D-don't talk like that right now, Shads... Get me all worked up before I have to go out...\" \n\nChuckling Shadow let the other go. \"Fine, fine. Better dry off and get ready for the day then.\" Turning the water off the dark hedgehog sighed. He'd have to get a day off with Sonic again someday.\n\nUnfortunately it wouldn't be anytime this week. Especially since that double date with this Friday, tomorrow. [i]Speaking of which, I should probably text Scourge and let him know that date is fine.[/i]\n\nHeading off to work Sonic had to sigh. He'd have to take his car with how he was feeling, instead of running like he wanted to. As he walked he sent the text to Scourge to let him know that the date would be fine and to give more details about it. For some reason he felt like it would be a long day.\n\nWhile driving his mind couldn't help but wander. He had an awfully strange dream last night though he couldn't remember most of it... All he really remembered was an echidna. A girl echidna but he knew it wasn't Julie-Su and she was really the only female echidna the blue hedgehog knew.\n\nBut that was it. He couldn't remember if anything else happened, what the girl really looked like, what she was wearing, nothing. And it bothered Sonic more than it should. Seeing that image somehow gave him the sense of deja vu. Now that his distraction was gone he was free to think about it.\n\n[i]Eh... it's probably nothing... I'm thinking way too much into this.[/i]\n\nPulling into a parking spot he sighed before getting out. Walking in a few people waved to him. Checking in he smiled at Rotor who was sitting in the break room. \"Hey Sonic... had fun last night?\" He teased pointing to his neck.\n\n\"Huh?\" It took him a moment to realize what Rotor meant before blushing and looking away. \"Oh shut it, Rote'...\" \n\nLaughing at that Rotor had to smile. \"So things are going well with that crush of yours, huh?\"\n\n\"Yeah...\" was the dazed reply, Sonic giving his own small smile \"Better than I ever could've hoped.\" \n\n\"Well that's good. Hopefully Khan won't decide that he wants him and try to wreck it.\"\n\n\"Tch.\" That was probably the reason Ken had it so out for Sonic. The guy had always been jealous of him while dating Sally, even though he was a lot older than her. It was a little creepy. \"I doubt he even swings that way. 'Sides, me and Shadow are...well...\"\n\n\"Pretty darn close?\"\n\n\"I'll say.\" \n\nSmiling at that Rotor got up and went over to Sonic to whisper to him. \"If you ask me you should have him come in the store and show him off a bit. If M.K. tries to cause any trouble then you can bring him to the board. Take him down a peg.\"\n\n\"What? No!\" Shaking his head, Sonic wasn't too keen on the idea. \"I don't want him coming into my work. It's bad enough my job is pathetic compared to his. He doesn't need details...\" Not to mention Sonic just didn't want the special treatment. He was never one for that kind of thing. Perhaps that was why he didn't want gifts anymore. \n\n\"Come on Sonic, your job isn't pathetic.\" Rotor sighed, hating when his friend talked like that. He had to freeze though when he saw Monkey Khan walked in. Looking over to the two his gaze rested on Sonic.\n\n\"Hedgehog, don't you have work you should be doing?\"\n\nGiving Khan an unamused look, Sonic sighed as well. \"Yes sir...\" He mumbled before starting to walk out. But before he left he turned to Rotor again. \"Compared to Shadow's, yeah it is.\" And then he left for his desk. \n\nSitting behind his desk Sonic had to sigh. Though he couldn't wait to get home. That's when he got a text. Looking it was from Scourge. [i]Awesome. Movie will be at 6. Let's grab a bite afterward. Great action movie out right now. [/i]\n\nSonic rolled his eyes. He couldn't say he was looking forward to this. It was going to be a disaster just like the last time he saw his brother. [i]I just hope I don't mid-change again. Or worse, somehow change all the way. Can't imagine what would happen...[/i]\n\nToday was actually a busy day for him. It seemed like an endless stream of customers were needing help from Sonic today. At least it seemed to make the day go by a little faster. \n\nGetting off Sonic had to sigh. He couldn't wait to get home and see Shadow. As he was about to start driving there came a phone call. Blinking he looked at his phone to see that Zonic was actually calling him. For a second he thought about ignoring it but knew that was a bad idea. Answering it he almost mumbled out his, \"Hello, Zee.\"\n\n\"Hey Sonic... look, I need to talk to you about this double date Scourge has been trying to plan.\"\n\n\"What about it?\" Sonic answered boredly as he got in his car. \n\n\"I know Scourge has been talking about going to a movie but... the fair is in town. Why don't we go to that? Scourge has never been to a fair and he seems to want to go but won't admit it.\"\n\n\"Go tomorrow?\" As fun as that sounded...Sonic didn't think it could happen. \"You realize both me and Shadow have to work tomorrow, right? Sounds fun and all but why don't we just...go a little smaller?\" \n\n\"We don't have to go tomorrow. I was thinking Saturday. I know you have the weekend off. So do I and Scourge. So tell me if Shadow has the day off.\"\n\n\"Uh...\" Ears lowering, Sonic supposed his brother either didn't hear or ignored his plea for something less crowded for a double date. It wasn't that he didn't want to go... He just didn't want to cause the scene that was bound to happen in front of that many people. \"I don't know...I'll ask...\" \n\n\"Well tell me if he is. Also... Scourge might pop up at your house today. He said something about wanting to hang out with you more.\"\n\n\"O-Oh?\" Sonic's ears lowered slightly. \"Are, uh, you coming too?\" \n\n\"No, I have to work tonight. Then I have two days off and then I work again.\"\n\n\"Oh...\" This just felt way too awkward. He was pretty sure Zonic was still seething at him from the other line. His voice was so monotone though. \"I'll see you later then... And I'll let you know about the...yeah... Bye.\" \n\n\"Bye.\" With that Zonic just hung up. Ears down Sonic just started to drive home. He didn't like what was going on between him and Zonic at all. Getting home he had to sigh. \n\nOpening the door he was surprised when he saw Shadow and Scourge sitting on the couch talking. \"Hey Blue! There you are.\" Scourge grinned, waving at him as Shadow got up and went over to Sonic and kissed him.\n\n\"Welcome home.\"\n\n\"Thanks...\" Both Shadow and Scourge could tell something was wrong. \"Didn't know you'd be over so soon. I just found out.\" \n\nBlinking it was clear that Scourge didn't understand. \"How could you know? I was coming over here to surprise you.\"\n\nThat just made Sonic's ears lower. \"Zonic called and said so.\" \n\nThat got Scourge's ears to go up. \"Really! Well that's good... I think. Least he's talking to you.\"\n\n\"I would say that is a good sign.\" Shadow smiled, putting a hand on Sonic's shoulder and rubbing it a bit. \"Scourge brought over a movie for the two of you to watch. It looks... rather bad. Do you want me to join you two or do you want me to leave you two alone?\"\n\n\"Join us Stripes! The more the merrier. Right Blue?\" Grinning Scourge looked to Sonic.\n\n\"Doesn't matter to me... But can I talk to Shadow in private first?\" \n\n\"Yeah, go for it you two. I'll be here.\" Leaning back on the couch Scourge sighed as he watched the two other hedgehog's disappear into Shadow's room.\n\n\"I'm sorry if me letting Scourge in has made you uncomfortable. I just thought it would be nice to talk to him a little more.\" Ears down Shadow was hoping that he didn't upset his boyfriend. He just found Scourge a fascination.\n\n\"No, no, it's not that. I don't mind him.\" And Sonic could tell that he was actually trying to get along with him now. He didn't really understand why. Sonic was under the impression that Scourge was only playing nice to impress his brother. But since Sonic bet Zonic couldn't care less right about now...why bother?\n\n\"Are you free this weekend?\" Blue asked, getting straight to the point. \n\n\"Um... I can be. When do you need me?\"\n\n\"Saturday... Zonic wants to go to that fair that's a little outside of town. The one that opened about a week ago. He said Scourge has never been to one, so...yeah. I dunno if it's supposed to be a secret or not, that's why I brought you over here...\" Talking about his brother just made Sonic feel lower and lower. <i>And I completely forgot to tell him I moved in with Shadow...if Scourge hasn't told him already...</i> But would he even care anymore? \n\n\"A fair... well I haven't been to one of those in a while. Sounds like a good idea to me.\" Wrapping his arms around Sonic the dark hedgehog smiled. \"You shouldn't look so down. This is a good thing. Now let's go watch a bad movie with Scourge.\" Leaning in Shadow gave him a peck on the lips.\n\n\"I don't really see how it's a good thing.\" Nevertheless the two hedgehogs walked out to find that the third one had already popped the movie into the player and was going through the options. \"That didn't take long.\"\n\n\"No. Just needed to confirm something.\" \n\n\"Great.\" Scourge smiled. \"Have you been Blue?\" Watching them both sit down he started to go to start the movie.\n\nThe way Scourge was looking at him made Sonic a little nervous. Was he still thinking about his little...freak out? He was pretty sure those claw marks hadn't gone away. \"Uh fine...normal.\" \n\n\"That's good. Not to normal anymore being that you're living with the guy you're dating. By the way, he's very amusing.\" Smiling Scourge started up the movie getting Streaks to look out from his room.\n\n\"What are you guys doing?\"\n\n\"We are about to watch a bad movie. Why don't you join us?\" Getting a smile from his brother Streaks quickly moved out in front of the couch.\n\nThroughout the movie though, Shadow could tell that Sonic wasn't really paying attention to it. His thoughts kept bringing him back to either Zonic or that echidna girl he saw in his dream. He wasn't sure why the girl was so important since Zonic seemed much more. But what could he do?\n\nSometimes though he did pay attention and laugh with the rest of them. But most of the time Sonic was off in his own little world. It was starting to worry Shadow. More than anything he just wanted this fight between Sonic's family to just end... It had gone on for way too long and it didn't help that the two of them either acted like children or were currently acting like children. \n\nOnce the movie was over Streaks went back to his room. Smiling Scourge had to lean back. \"Sweet kid. Well that was fun but I better get back home.\" Getting up Scourge had to sigh.\n\n\"Do you have to go so soon? You're welcome to stay longer.\" Shadow got up and smiled to Scourge. He was enjoying the green hedgehog's company.\n\nIt made Scourge pause. Shadow was probably the third person in his life to ever say such a thing to him (the hedgehog twins being the first and second). He looked over to Sonic who was giving him a curious look. \"Yeah. Why d'you have to go so soon?\" \n\n\"I don't... I just didn't want to bother you lover birds to much.\" That got Shadow to chuckle.\n\n\"You aren't bothering us Scourge. Stay for dinner. You're more then welcome too.\" With that the dark hedgehog started heading for the kitchen to get started.\n\nSitting back down Scourge had to look over to Sonic. \"Damn Blue. You weren't joking when you called him perfect. He's probably the friendliest person I've ever met.\"\n\n\"Yeah? Told you so.\" Sonic smiled fondly at Shadow's retreating figure. \"I guess the only thing I could complain about him is that he's a vegetarian. But that's not even a big deal so whatever.\" \n\n\"That's a bit weird.\" Scourge had to shake his head a bit at that. Too weird for his liking. \"Say Blue... there was something I wanted to ask you about... what was with that freak out at Zee and my place?\"\n\nSonic froze and in the kitchen Shadow froze as well. He couldn't hear their conversation entirely but he certainly heard that. What was Sonic going to say?\n\n\"Uh...what about it?\" \n\n\"You left claw marks on our door frame. That's not normal. Have you been growing your nails out or somethin'?\" Eying Sonic it was clear that Scourge was very suspicious.\n\n\"Oh...right...\"\n\n\"And I swear I saw your teeth grow a few inches. You freaked me the hell out. What happened?\"\n\n\"About that...how much do I owe you for repairs on your door frame anyway?\" \n\n\"Don't change the subject. Tell me what happened to you! It was freaky.\"\n\n\"I don't know what you think you saw Scourge but I was just getting upset. Now how much do I owe you two?\"\n\nFrowning Scourge huffed before leaning back. He knew that if Sonic or Zonic didn't want to give you a straight answer you wouldn't get one. \"I don't know. You'd have to ask Zee.\"\n\nZonic hadn't really said a word about Sonic's strange behavior before or the damage to the door frame since it happened. And with his poker face it was hard to tell if he was thinking about it or not. Scourge wasn't sure what his mate was thinking.\n\n\"Alright... I'll ask him when we all go out then.\" \n\n\"Yeah... speaking of Zee, you know is buddy Vector? I think that's his name.\"\n\nSonic couldn't help but be thankful for a subject change but he had to wonder what Scourge was thinking when being up Zonic's best friend. \"Not that well but I've hung out with him a bit.\" \n\n\"I think he has the same feelings for Zee that I do. Every time he comes around he glares at me and he tried extra hard to break me and Zonic up. And the way he looks at your brother makes me want to punch him in the face!\"\n\n\"Really? Vector?\" Sonic had to think about that. Knuckles and Mighty knew Vector more than he did. Maybe he'd ask his friends about it sometime. \"Never knew he swung that way.\" \n\n\"Ya never knew I did either till I got with Zee... course I didn't either.\" Scratching behind his head Scourge had to sigh. \"It's just really annoying though. Why does everyone hate me? I never did anything too bad.\"\n\n\"Probably the same reason why sometimes I hate myself for being with Shadow... Maybe they thing he's too good for you. I dunno.\"\n\n\"Well Zee is too good for me. That don't mean I'm going to give him up now that I have him... it's also... I mean come on! It's not their place to say so I don't get why they give a shit!\" It didn't really help that people liked to point out that Sonic was with Shadow and how well he was. Part of Scourge couldn't help but feel jealous.\n\n\"People are nosy. You're better off asking Shadow though. He knows more about this kind of thing then I do.\" \n\n\"Yeah, yeah... well I know why Vector does it anyways. It's not just cause he thinks Zee is too good for be but wants him for himself. Bastard. Thing is your brother is so clueless he can't even see what's going on.\"\n\n\"True. He is clueless.\" Most of the time Zonic was so focused on work that he had little time for anything else. He was like that for as long as Sonic's known him. When it came to feelings Zonic was a complete novice. Everything else though he was at least decent at. \"You get used to it though.\"\n\n\"In away I like it but not when someone is trying to move in on him. Sure you could understand. You aren't clueless. Someone tried to move in on Shadow I bet you would beat the living daylights out of them.\"\n\nSonic had to chuckle a little bit. \"If they knew we were dating, then yes. Especially after how long I've wanted the guy.\" \n\n\"Right, you're ahead of Stripes. Being you've been in this relationship what... two years longer then him?\" Scourge teased, playfully nudging Sonic's shoulder.\n\n\"Oh be quiet...\" Sonic mumbled, wishing people wouldn't bring that up anymore. \"In my own disturbed mind, sure.\" \n\n\"Least you admit it!\" Wrapping and arm around the blue hedgehog, Scourge grinned and gave him a bit of a noogie. \"Bet you haven't told him that either, huh?\"\n\n\"Shut up!\" Sonic exclaimed before pushing Scourge away. \"And he basically knows, alright?\" \n\nLaughing Scourge had to lean back on the couch, still grinning. \"Then you two must have been made to last. He must have picked your brain though when you first started talking. He talks like a therapist.\"\n\n\"He's into the whole behavioral science thing.\" Not like Sonic really understood it but he never understood scientists to begin with. In fact that was why he was in this mess in the first place. He was kind of some weird science experiment. [i]Streaks wasn't far off.[/i]\n\nBut this wasn't the time for that and Sonic didn't want to think about it anyway. \"Have you been looking for other jobs?\" \n\n\"Yeah. I've told you my boss is a prick and I'm finally sick of dealing with it. Looking into construction. Been talking to some guy that does house contracts and he might take me on... pays a hell of a lot more too so that would be awesome.\"\n\n\"Construction?\" Sonic pictured Scourge in a construction worker's uniform and laughed to himself. \"You like the whole manual labor jobs, huh?\" \n\n\"I have a record Blue. Not a lot of jobs open up to people like me. Even if one was dismissed I still have two DUIs and all under the age of twenty one. So yeah... most employers will turn me down. And there's nothing wrong with a little labor.\"\n\n\"Not saying there is. I'm just saying it's kinda funny that you look really scrawny but you're pretty darn strong.\"\n\n\"Look who's taking.\" \n\nIt was then Shadow actually returned only hearing bits and pieces of what the two were talking about. Going over to Sonic he wrapped and arm around him. \"Sonic's not scrawny. He's well built.\" He purred looking at the blue hedgehog in a way that got Sonic blushing and Scourge laughing.\n\n\"I wouldn't say that...\" Sonic mumbled, trying not to sound embarrassed. \"Once a month, maybe.\" His tone was joking but both Sonic and Shadow knew how true that statement really was. \n\n\"Okay, okay. I hope you like pasta Scourge because that's what is coking.\" Shadow smiled before giving Sonic a nuzzle.\n\n\"Sure. I've been meaning to ask you Stripes, how does it feel knowing that Blue had his eye on you for years but never said anything?\" Grinning it was clear Scourge was trying to embarrassed Sonic more.\n\nAnd it worked. But before Sonic could tell Scourge to shut up Shadow spoke up. \"I'm flattered really. Though I do wish he would have approached me sooner then he did. He loved me the moment he saw me and I sadly didn't see it till now.\" Pecking Sonic on the cheek to that the dark hedgehog smiled so sweetly to his mate.\n\n[i]Chaos, this is embarrassing...[/i] Cheeks turning even more red, Sonic looked down to his lap. \"Yeah, well... I'm not exactly as blunt as Scourge over there\" \n\n\"But that's how I like you.\" Giving Sonic a nuzzle Shadow smiled at him while Scourge was trying not to laugh. It was just too cute how these two acted.\n\nSonic rose a brow. [i]He likes me being a shy mess?[/i] Blue knew he had to work on that desperately. He was getting better but was still easily embarrassed, especially when talking about days before he and Shadow got together. Nobody would ever let him live that down.\n\n\"Man Blue, I don't think I've ever seen your cheeks that red before!\" Scourge couldn't help but blur out as he started to laugh again getting Shadow to shake his head.\n\n\"Come now Scourge, there's no reason to be like that.\" Getting up Shadow started to head back to the kitchen to check on the food.\n\nSonic nudged Scourge's side rather hard to get him to stop. \"Do you really enjoy embarrassing me that much, dude?\" \n\nStill laughing Scourge had to wipe away a tear. \"Yes, yes I do. Relax. I'm just joking around. I wish Zonic would stand up a little more for me like that. Your brother hates PDA.\"\n\n\"That's not hard to imagine.\" All this talking about his brother was starting to get Sonic down again. \"How's...he been, anyway? Any better...?\" \n\n\"Kind of... not really. Like I said his friend Vector is being a jerk and your mom... well she's been kind of hard on him. I'm doing what I can but sometimes I just... I sometimes think I should leave him just so he can be happy again. Most of his grief seems to be centered around me yet that's where he's getting all of his comfort from... I don't know what to do Blue.\"\n\nEars lowering, Sonic figured Scourge would think something like that eventually. \"Well I think if he really wanted to he could have left you just to get everyone off his back. But since he hasn't he obviously wants to stay with you. So don't break up with him.\n\n\"And...I'll talk it over with Mom. Maybe she'll listen to me now.\" \n\n\"I don't know if she will. I'm sure she just wants me out of the picture...\" Sighing Scourge had to lay back a bit on the couch.\n\n[i]I wish Dad was awake... He could probably talk some sense into Mom...[/i] He wondered what Uncle Chuck thought of all of this. Charles hadn't really said much about it.\n\n\"Dinner is ready!\" Shadow called from the kitchen getting both Scourge and Sonic's ears to pop up. They were getting up to go to the kitchen when Streaks rushed by to get some food.\n\nWalking in it looked like a simple meal. Sitting down Scourge felt a bit out of place all of the sudden. But he would take a free meal when ever he could.\n\nIt was probably how Sonic felt when he had his first meal with Shadow. But at least it didn't have Streaks wondering what it was like to be a freak of nature. Sonic sighed at the memory.\n\nAfter dinner Scourge decided it was really time to leave. Once he was gone Sonic opened his phone to text his brother. [i]Hey... It was nice to hang out with Scourge. I think he had a good time. Hope you can come next time... Oh, and Shadow says Saturday is fine. As an afterthought, Sonic added to the text, I don't know if you really want to know this or not but we're living together now...[/i] \n\nAfter closing his phone with a sigh Sonic felt arms wrap around him. \"Your brother is dating quite a charming fellow. I kind of like him myself. And I'm glad you're willing to help him out when he turns to you.\"\n\n\"Yeah... Now if only Zonic could see that we think that.\" \n\n\"I'm sure he will. Just give him a little time. It sounds like he is having a very hard time.\" Kissing Sonic on the side of the head Shadow purred. \"But I'm proud of you.\"\n\n\"Why? I caused a huge chunk of this mess anyway.\" Sighing, Sonic waited until Shadow let go over before reaching over for his coat. \"I'm going out for a little bit. Just to my uncle's place. Be back in a little bit.\" \n\n\"This isn't your fault Sonic.\" Shadow called out as his boyfriend left and sighed. Sometimes Sonic would blame himself for that which there was no blame to be laid.\n\n\"Hi Sonic!\" Amy cheered as he walked into the dinner. She had been cleaning up but stopped as soon as the blue hedgehog came in and ran over to greet him.\n\n\"Hey Ames...\" Sonic replied while looking around. \"Uncle Chuck's still here, right?\" \n\n\"He's in his office.\" She giggled as Sonic started to head where she had pointed.\n\n\"Thanks.\"\n\n\"Anything for you.\"\n\n[i]Ugh. If I ever turn out like that around Shadow I'm going to ask him to shoot me.[/i] Shaking his head, Sonic walked around the counter to his uncle's office and knocked gently on the open door. \"Hey Unc? You really busy?\"\n\n\"Not very. Come on in and have a seat sonny.\" Walking it Sonic could see that Charles was just going over some records. He liked to keep those things neat. \"What brings you down here?\"\n\n\"Just...haven't seen you in a while.\" He hadn't seen nor talked to his mother or his uncle since his birthday. It had been at least a week and a half. [i]That means I'm gonna transform pretty soon...[/i] The first of July was just a few days away. Who knew if he was going to transform then? \"How have you been?\" \n\n\"Oh, you know me. Can't complain. It's good to see you out and about. Been too long. You should bring Shadow back too some time. Didn't get much of a chance to talk to him.\"\n\n\"About that...sorry about causing that huge scene...\" Ears lowering, Sonic sighed. \"That's actually what I really wanted to talk to you about. Apologize and...well I haven't really talked with Mom either but she's not really approving of Zonic and Scourge's relationship. He's really not that bad, Uncle Chuck. And Zonic's really hurting 'cause he thinks everyone's against him. Please tell me you're not.\" \n\n\"Well I can't tell you I approve. That boy has a record and it shows in how he acts. Most of the time I think he is going to be on the nine O'clock news in trouble again. I know your brother means well in helping him but I don't really understand what he sees in that boy.\"\n\n\"Uncle Chuck... Scourge isn't that bad. Really, he's not. Do you honestly think Zonic would get with him if he didn't think Scourge was a good person? He's a cop, for Chaos' sake! You and Mom won't even give him a chance.\" \n\nGiving Sonic a look Charles had to slide out, away from his desk a little more to really have this talk with Sonic. \"We've known him for a good long time now. I've seen how he behaves, how he thinks the world owes him something. Now I love your brother, I respect the decisions he has made. But I can't in good heart take him being with a delinquent. And why are you so eager to defend Scourge now? A few months ago you wanted nothing to do with him.\"\n\n\"Yeah. And a few months ago I barely knew the guy. He puts off a tough front but he's actually kinda fun to be around.\" Charles rose an eyebrow. He remember Zonic saying almost the same thing. \"Please, Uncle Chuck. With you and Mom scaring him off you'll never really know him. And then you're gonna end up making Scourge leave Zonic. You know he told me today that he's almost considering doing that just so Zonic wouldn't be miserable anymore? He's <i>not that bad</i>. Trust me. Like you said, I'm the last person who wants to admit this. I hated him. But now I don't because I realized he's not that bad when he wants to be a good guy.\" \n\nSighing Charles shook his head. \"I don't think I'll ever get it. I don't even understand what made Zonic decide to get with him in the first place. They just... shouldn't work.\"\n\n\"Easy. Scourge saw how great Zonic was and that he was really the only person in his life that ever gave a damn about him. You do realize that his parents kicked him out of the house because he had a job, right? His parents are terrible people. So because Zonic cared, Scourge made a move.\" \n\n\"That doesn't explain why Zonic is with him. He could have easily said no. Your mother is sure that he did but your brother just gave in after a while.\"\n\nSighing Sonic shook his head. \"Zonic didn't say no. He thought about giving Scourge a chance. He did and now they are trying to be happy together... can't you be there for Zonic. Scourge makes him happy and is trying to keep him happy despite how everyone is acting. Please Unc'. Try to support him at least.\" \n\nUncle Chuck kept silent at this new information. \"It's just so cruel, I think... Nobody but me and Shadow seem to be okay with it.\"\n\n\"...Shadow's okay with it?\"\n\n\"Yeah. He came over to our house a little while ago and Shadow seemed to enjoy his company.\" \n\n\"Really.\" That got Charles to start thinking a bit. \"Well Sonic, I don't really know if this is a good idea but I suppose with how determined you are to defend them and your own boyfriend isn't bothered by it I'll... I'll show my support.\"\n\n\"Don't sound too excited.\" Sonic's ears lowered. \"Anyway...you'll see. I hope.\" \n\nNodding Charles sighed again. \"How are you and Shadow doing?\"\n\n\"Oh...y'know. We're fine.\" He tried not to gush about his own relationship, at least not here. Not to his family when there was still so much drama. \"It's been really nice.\" \n\n\"That's good to hear. You should bring him down here again.\"\n\n\"I will... I better get back to him anyways. I told him I'd be back.\"\n\nNodding Charles waved. \"I have work to do anyways. Give Shadow my regards. And come by again sonny boy.\"\n\nGiving his uncle a small smile, Sonic stood up and waved before leaving. That hadn't turned out to be a total disaster at least. Now all he needed to do was convince his mother. And again Sonic wished his father was awake. He was sure Jules would at least be a little more open minded than this.\n\n\"I'm back,\" Sonic said while closing the do to his and Shadow's shared place. \n\nShadow was sitting on the couch reading a book. Looking over he smiled as Sonic came over and sat down. \"How did it go?\" Taking Sonic's hand he held it tightly.\n\n\"It wasn't a complete train wreck, at least.\" Blue leaned his head against Shadow's shoulder and started to purr. \"I'm glad I went. I think I sort of convinced Uncle Chuck to give Scourge a chance.\" \n\n\"Good.\" Purring too Shadow leaned on Sonic too. \"Say, being that we don't have a double date tomorrow let us go out. Just the two of us.\" Nuzzling the other he smiled before kissing his ear. \"Afterwards I could make love to you.\"\n\nSonic blushed but smiled at the thought. He'd love nothing more than that to be honest. \"You sure we're not scarring Streaks for life? 'Specially after last night?\" \n\n\"He's a big boy Sonic. He understands. Besides, he has head phones.\" Wrapping his arms around the blue hedgehog Shadow purred while nuzzling him more. \"If he had a problem he would have told me anyways.\"\n\n\"Heh! I suppose so.\"\n\nThat night, as the two hedgehogs cuddled together, Sonic found himself in an incredibly deep sleep. His face scrunched up slightly but otherwise he was out.\n\n[i]\"Where...?\"\n\nLooking around this place, Sonic could safely say he had no idea where he was. It seemed so primal. An alter, perhaps? It stretched a few feet into the sky and was surrounded by pillars. A small pool of water around most of it besides the steps.\n\nAnd tiny creatures frolicking around it. \"Chao...?\" Sonic blinked. He hadn't seen a chao in ages. He just assumed they became extinct, or at least an endangered species. But around here there seemed to be at least twenty, playing and singing without a care in the world. \n\nLooking around his eyes fell on the echidna woman he had been dreaming about. She looked hurt, sad even. Her light blue eyes just seemed to look right through him. \"You have to help.\" \n\nThis had been the clearest Sonic had seen this woman. For some reason he knew it was the same person that his other dreams had hinted it. He didn't know who she was and yet he felt like he still knew her. Her fur was peach colored, her clothes very tribal. Knuckles would have a field day with that outfit. \"Help?\" Sonic asked, confused.\n\n\"They are tapping into powers in ways that cannot happen. He will be unleashed and enraged if they continue.\"\n\n\"What are you talking about? Who's they? Who's he?\"\n\nThe echidna girl didn't answer right away. She only looked to the top of the alter sadly. \"Him,\" she finally said, pointing to the top. Then she moved out of the way.\n\nSonic took that as a sign that he could pass. Giving her a curious look, he walked up the stairs and stopped in shock at what he saw.\n\nIt looked like the green emerald he had seen at the jewelry store, only </i>much <i>bigger. It was bigger than his entire body. \"W-whoa... What is...\"\n\n\"He is inside.\" Sonic froze when he heard the sudden voice and turned around. The echidna was there again. \"He is in you. Please, you must help before he is released.\"\n\n\"What are you talking about? I don't understand...\" If it had something to do with those emeralds then she had to be referring to his strange transformation. But what did that have to do with her?\n\n\"Chaos.\"[/i]\n\nGreen eyes snapped open and Sonic gasped. Out of all the strange dreams the blue hedgehog has had recently, that had to be the most vivid. He could remember ever detail. \"Chaos...?\" \n\n\"Did you say something Sonic?\" Looking over Sonic saw that Shadow had started working. He pushed his glasses up as he watched the blue hedgehog sit up.\n\n\"Just... mumbling in my sleep I guess.\" Sonic sighed getting out of bed. He needed to get to work to and ask for tomorrow off.\n\n\"If you want to talk about it you know where to find me.\" Turning back to the computer Shadow kept typing away on his theories.\n\n\"I'll...talk to you about it tonight.\" Shadow paused and took another quick look at his affection. He looked so deep in thought. Bad dream, perhaps? \n\nWatching Sonic leave to shower Shadow hoped that Sonic would talk to him tonight. They had a date. Thinking about that he thought he would take Sonic some place nice. There was a sushi place he liked. They had good seaweed salads.\n\nAs Sonic walked into work, his mind was even more distracted than normal. Why did those dreams bother him so much? For that matter, why did he keep having them and what did they mean? <i>Maybe I should talk to Knux about it... He's a history buff. Maybe he'd know something about this lady, or those emeralds...</i> \n\nBeing he ran to work he was able to run home. Opening the door he saw Streaks was sitting on the couch watching Ghost Hunters. When he was about to go into his room the younger hedgehog got up. \"No! Shadow's on a job call. Don't go in!\"\n\n\"Huh?\" Sonic blink, his hand halfway to the doorknob already. \"Oh... If you say so.\" That was rather odd but Sonic wouldn't question it. He wondered if Knuckles was home yet. Texting his friend, he certainly hoped that he was. \n\nSitting back down Streaks turned back to the TV. \"I think he's talking to his boss over something. I'm not sure.\"\n\n\"I see.\" Sonic sighed. He hoped that Shadow wouldn't be too long. He almost jumped when his phone went off with a text. Looking it was Knuckles. I'm with my woman. I'll be free on Monday. \n\nSonic figured they were either doing something he really didn't want to know about or they were on another one of their trips. Well that shot down his idea anyway. \"Got it.\" Now there was the issue of not knowing what to do next.\n\n[i]I haven't hung out with Tails in a while...not since his school let out.[/i] So he texted his little bro to see what was up. If Shadow was still working then there really wasn't a point of sticking around. \n\nIt was then that Shadow walked out with a sigh. \"Streaks, have I mentioned how much of an idiot some of the board is?\" As he asked this he looked up to see Sonic there and he had to smile.\n\n\"More then once. Let me guess, Hillary called you.\"\n\n\"Yes actually. Good guess.\" Ruffling Streaks head he went over to Sonic. \"I'm glad to see you home.\"\n\n\"Glad to be home. Trouble with co-workers?\" \n\n\"Yes... They are... well I sometimes think about quitting because of some of them.\" Going over Shadow hugged Sonic. He was looking forward to their date.\n\nConsidering how that one hedgehog, Shadow's ex, acted around him, Sonic wouldn't blame Shadow in the slightest. He huffed at the memory, not really wanting to recall that. \"Would you go somewhere else then?\" \n\n\"Maybe once you're fixed I'll turn in my notice and look to being a science teacher...\" Pulling away Shadow had to smile. \"I was thinking about going to a sushi place... do you like sushi?\"\n\n\"Sushi?\" Sonic thought about it. \"Never really had it...\" One of Zonic's other friends, Espio, really enjoyed sushi and got the other blue hedgehog into it as well. But Sonic was never really keen on the idea of eating raw fish.\n\nMaybe he should give it a shot anyway. \"But I'll try it. What, you just get the vegetarian ones?\" \n\n\"They have good salads.\" Smiling Shadow looked over to Streaks. \"You have the money I gave you right?\"\n\n\"Yes mom. Have fun on your date.\" Rolling his eyes Streaks just laid down on the couch.\n\nSonic rose a brow. \"What's the point of going to a sushi restaurant if you're not getting the sushi?\" That never made any sense to Sonic. Like why go to a bar and grill if you weren't going to get anything from the grill? But Sonic supposed he shouldn't be the one to judge. He was a freak of nature here, not Shadow. \n\n\"You can't get seaweed salads anywhere else, that's why.\" Shadow smiled as he took Sonic's arm. Leading him out of their home they started walking down that hallway. \"Are you alright? You seems a little strange this morning.\"\n\n\"Oh right...\" Sonic looked up at the ceiling nervously as he recalled the morning and his dreams. \"I've been having some really weird dreams lately... They come when I'm about to transform. There's always this woman in it... I didn't know what she looked like until last night. She's an echidna. And she keeps asking me for help... And those emeralds that your cousin had? She was standing in front of a giant green one.\" \n\n\"I see... I wonder what it could mean. Maybe we should look into that more. I could buy you a sleep journal that I could look over and see what I could find.\"\n\nWhile Sonic didn't really like the idea he didn't really have any better ones. \"Sure, I guess. I dunno how that would help but I'll trust your judgement.\" \n\n\"Well it will give me a better idea what is going on in your mind. And we might find a pattern.\"","writing_bbcode_parsed":"<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'><strong>Chapter 12<br />Truths and Moving On</strong><br /><br />Being he got the okay Sonic started packing the very next day. Really he wanted to move in as soon as possible. When he was done at work he just started putting things in boxes and suit cases. He would let Knuckles keep the bed in his room, being he would be sharing one with Shadow and Shadow&#039;s was much more comfortable.<br /><br />As he was packing there came a knock to the door. Sighing Sonic wondered if it was his mother. He had texted her earlier that morning that he was finally moving in with Shadow. Opening it his ears had to go down when he saw Scourge. Looking down a bit the green hedgehog was holding a bag. Lifting his hand with a wave it was almost like Green forgot to talk. &quot;Hey Blue...&quot;<br /><br />Blink. &quot;Scourge...?&quot; And then he narrowed an eye. &quot;Is there...something you need or what? You&#039;re not coming to yell and disturb the neighbors again, are you?&quot; <br /><br />With a sigh Scourge pulled out of the bag some beer. &quot;Peace offering.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;What?&quot; Sonic backed away slightly. &quot;I don&#039;t...need a peace offering, Scourge.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;The way your brother is talking I thought it would help.&quot; Still looking down Scourge just wouldn&#039;t meet Sonic&#039;s glance. &quot;I don&#039;t have to stand in the hallway all day do I?&quot;<br /><br />Blue seemed annoyed at first but sighed and stepped aside to let Scourge through. He was curious and at the same time didn&#039;t want to know what Zonic was saying about him. &quot;So why are you here?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Well obviously I&#039;m here to talk to ya...&quot; Looking around Scourge couldn&#039;t help but raise an eyebrow at the boxes. &quot;Are you... are you and Knuckles moving or something?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;No...&quot; Sonic replied while sitting on the couch, refusing to look at Scourge as well. &quot;Just me.&quot; <br /><br />Blinking Scourge had to look over to Sonic. &quot;You&#039;re moving? Where?&quot;<br /><br />There was that annoyed look again. &quot;None of your business. Just out so that Julie-Su can move in here with Knux.&quot; The last thing Sonic needed was for Scourge to blab to Zonic about him moving in with Shadow and having his twin get even more angry at him. <br /><br />Ears going down Scourge had to sigh in frustration. &quot;Why do you hate me? What did I do to make your family want my head on a silver platter? Is it my history with the law or what?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I don&#039;t hate you, Scourge,&quot; Sonic started while finally looking the green hedgehog in the eye as much as he could. &quot;Can&#039;t speak for anyone else though.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Then what is wrong with me!? Why do you have a problem with me? I just gotta know Blue....&quot; Putting the beer down on the coffee table Scourge had to sigh again. It almost looked like he would break down.<br /><br />&quot;I don&#039;t. I already told Zonic that I didn&#039;t have a problem with the two of you anymore. If he told you different then I&#039;m sorry. What do you want me to do about it?&quot; <br /><br />Looking up to Sonic it was clear Scourge didn&#039;t really believe him. &quot;I did hear what you said when you found out. So what changed your mind? Maybe I could use that to win your mom over.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;What changed my mind doesn&#039;t really apply to my mom, y&#039;know.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Just tell me anyways.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Why? It doesn&#039;t really matter.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Dammit Blue, just say it!&quot;<br /><br />Rolling his eyes, Sonic just complied before Scourge started yelling. &quot;I don&#039;t know. Maybe I was just hurt I found out the way he did and he didn&#039;t trust me enough to say anything. But the more I thought about it the more I realized that I just didn&#039;t care. Zonic&#039;s got a smart head on his shoulders. He wouldn&#039;t do something if he knew it would end disastrous.&quot; He sighed. &quot;Not to mention I can believe why you fell for him in the first place. So you guys just do whatever you want. I don&#039;t care.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;I can tell that part of you doesn&#039;t believe what you are saying.&quot; The tone of Sonic&#039;s voice just said that he did care. And part of Scourge was just telling him that he didn&#039;t really believe that Sonic thought he cared for his brother. &quot;Look... I do love your brother. And no matter what I wouldn&#039;t do anything to hurt him... at least not on purpose. Just understand that.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Right. I get that. You guys basically drilled it into my head.&quot; With a sigh Sonic got up and started headed towards his open boxes. &quot;So get back to him. I&#039;ve got stuff to do.&quot; <br /><br />Grumbling slightly Scourge got up and followed Sonic. &quot;He&#039;s working right now. Plus I still haven&#039;t fixed the problem here... I need you to talk to Zee when he&#039;s done working.&quot;<br /><br />Sonic let out a laugh. &quot;Oh yeah, &#039;cause that&#039;s gonna go over well. I&#039;m pretty sure he&#039;s blocked me on his phone since I haven&#039;t been able to get a hold of him at times when I know he&#039;s off. I haven&#039;t seen him in weeks. He&#039;s doing everything he could to possibly avoid me. I think talking now is the worst idea ever. He&#039;s probably thrilled that I don&#039;t have anything to do with him anymore.&quot; <br /><br />Growling a bit at that Scourge had to hit something. So he opted for punching the wall, thankfully not cracking it. &quot;You both are so fucking prideful and stubborn! You do know that right? I&#039;m here because Zonic is depressed. He&#039;s not happy with you two fighting, and I very much doubt that you are happy about it. I&#039;m sick of it. I&#039;m done with it. You two need to sit down and talk about this or I am going to kick both of your asses. I am not going to stay up tonight listening to Zee cry again because he thinks his whole family hates him. Don&#039;t have a problem with us then help me!&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Then why doesn&#039;t he just come over here himself? Why do you have to do it?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Like I said, he&#039;s a stubborn jackass, just like you. Now are you going to help me or not?&quot;<br /><br />Sonic stayed silent for a moment. &quot;You do know that me going over there is just going to make things worse, right? No matter what I say he won&#039;t listen if he&#039;s being as stubborn as you&#039;re making him out to be.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;That&#039;s why I&#039;m going to be there keeping an eye on the both of you. Blue, look me in the eye and tell me you don&#039;t want to fix the wrongs between the two of you.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I &lt;i&gt;tried&lt;/i&gt;! I&#039;ve been trying! And I don&#039;t see how you being there would make a difference! It certainly didn&#039;t help the last time!&quot; <br /><br />&quot;You haven&#039;t tried hard enough. I&#039;ll make him listen.&quot; Huffing Scourge had to cross his arms. &quot;Just help me. Please... things have gotten bad since people found out and I need... we need someone that supports us a little.&quot; Leaning on the wall Scourge looked down to his feet.<br /><br />There was a moment of silence before Sonic let out an aggravated sigh. &quot;Fine...but if this ends badly then I&#039;m blaming you.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Yeah... you wouldn&#039;t be the first person to blame everything on me.&quot; Looking around at the boxes Scourge had to get off the wall. &quot;Why don&#039;t I help ya pack a bit? I got time off.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;That&#039;s not what I...&quot; Ears lowering, Sonic looked away. If Scourge was trying to make him feel horrible then it was working. &quot;Don&#039;t...don&#039;t bother. I&#039;m almost done anyway... Just...relax on the couch or something...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Fine. Don&#039;t let me help you pack. Then I&#039;ll help you move them... now where are you moving?&quot; Moving over to one of the boxes Scourge just picked it up ready to take it to a truck.<br /><br />&quot;N-no! You don&#039;t have to do that either!&quot; Quickly Sonic took the box that Scourge was holding. &quot;Scourge, seriously, you don&#039;t have to help me. I appreciate the offer but you really don&#039;t have to.&quot; <br /><br />Giving Sonic a look Scourge had to grab the box again though Sonic just wouldn&#039;t let go of it. &quot;Sonic, seriously, I am going to help you. Moving sucks, I know... but... why do I get the feeling you are hiding something?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I&#039;m not!&quot;<br /><br />The look Scourge continued to give him said that he didn&#039;t believe that at all. While Sonic was a better liar than his brother, that still wasn&#039;t saying much. &quot;So what&#039;re you so freaked out about then?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I-I...&quot; Eyes avoiding Scourge now, Sonic shuffled nervously. &quot;If...if I tell you...promise you won&#039;t tell Zonic?&quot; <br /><br />Huffing again Scourge rolled his eyes. &quot;I won&#039;t tell him. That&#039;s your job, not mine. Now, where are you moving?&quot;<br /><br />Sonic paused and quickly yanked the box out of Scourge&#039;s grasp again. &quot;I&#039;m moving next door...&quot; He mumbled. Scourge would have to figure out the rest and it wasn&#039;t that hard. He prepared himself for a hard time. <br /><br />Blinking for a moment Scourge had to look over at the wall. &quot;Movin&#039; in with him, huh? Damn... you two must have really hit it off.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;You could say that, yeah.&quot; Sonic couldn&#039;t fight the small blush that grazed his cheeks. He really shouldn&#039;t be talking about this with Scourge of all people. &quot;So...when does Zonic get off work today?&quot; It was sad that he no longer knew his own brother&#039;s work schedule. &quot;And when do you want me over?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;He gets off at six... I don&#039;t really know when you should be over.&quot; Taking out a cigarette Scourge headed to the window. He&#039;d been trying to cut back but lately he just couldn&#039;t stop. Taking in some smoke and blowing it out he looked back at Sonic. &quot;I still think you got a problem with me, ya know.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Why?&quot; Blue answered while putting the box back on the stack. He only had a few more to go. &quot;I already told you that I don&#039;t.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;I know talk is cheap. Your attitude says you don&#039;t wanna be anywhere near me since I walked through the door. Like your mother only less scary.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Look, I&#039;m sorry about her, okay? I tried talking to her about it. I think Shadow got more through to her than I did though.&quot; He sighed. It had been a while since he&#039;d talked with his entire family, really. Everything was just kind of falling apart between all of them. <br /><br />&quot;When did you talk to her? &#039;Cause she showed up at our place a few days ago and told me that if I do anything to hurt Zonic know one will know I ever was... she scares the crap outa me.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Well, take that as a good sign then.&quot; Sonic sighed. &quot;She&#039;s just overprotective. Though why she&#039;s so overprotective of Zonic I&#039;ll never know. The guy can clearly handle himself.&quot; It must have been a mom thing.<br /><br />Tossing his cigarette Scourge turned to Sonic and walked over. &quot;I don&#039;t think your mom threatening me is a &lt;i&gt;good sign&lt;/i&gt;. I want your family to like me not want to kill me. That includes you.&quot; Giving Sonic a playful punch Scourge picked up one of the boxes again. &quot;So is the door unlocked?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Didn&#039;t I just-?&quot; Sonic stopped himself. The look on Green&#039;s face still said he wasn&#039;t going to take no for an answer. &lt;i&gt;And he calls Zonic stubborn&lt;/i&gt;. Though he completely understood why. Sighing in defeat, Sonic reached into his pocket and tossed Scourge some keys. &quot;Here...&quot; <br /><br />Catching it Scourge grinned. &quot;Alrighty then. Let&#039;s get you moving... good thing you&#039;re getting away from mister crazy and his girl.&quot; Heading to the door Scourge left, returning without the box and taking another.<br /><br />With Scourge&#039;s help, Sonic had all of his boxes packed and over at Shadow&#039;s apartment in less than an hour. They moved all of them into Sonic and Shadow&#039;s shared room (something Scourge noticed with a small grin), and then the blue hedgehog sighed. &quot;Thanks.&quot; <br /><br />Wiping some sweat from his brow Scourge smiled. &quot;No problem Blue... you know, this place is really clean. Hope Mr. Dreamboat doesn&#039;t mind that you are a little bit of a slob.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Oh shut up. Like you&#039;re one to talk. He&#039;s probably used to it anyway since his brother is messy too.&quot; <br /><br />Laughing a bit Scourge sat down on the bed. &quot;So... sharing the same room. You two must really be hitting it off.&quot;<br /><br />The green hedgehog had to laugh at the blush on Sonic&#039;s face this time. It was a lot bigger than the last one. &quot;Y-yeah...&quot;<br /><br />Leaning his elbow on his leg and his chin in his hand, Scourge grinned a devious grin. He&#039;d know that look anywhere. It was the same look Zonic had after their first time. &quot;How&#039;s it feel to not be a virgin anymore?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Wh-what?!&quot; Sonic&#039;s cheeks got redder by the second. &quot;What makes you think that we...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;You&#039;re moving in and you aren&#039;t getting a bed but just moving into his room... plus you got the same look your brother did when losing it.&quot; The way Sonic looked at him after saying that just got Scourge to fall over laughing.<br /><br />&quot;Come on Blue, it&#039;s obvious! I bet even Knuckles saw it.&quot;<br /><br />Unfortunately Scourge was right. Sonic decided that it was time he start working on his poker face. Zonic&#039;s was virtually unbreakable unless he was upset. Which was extremely hard to accomplish. The fact that his brother was upset right now still didn&#039;t sit right with the older blue hedgehog.<br /><br />&quot;So? How is he? Everything you had wet dreams about and more?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Th-that&#039;s none of your business...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Oh come on! I wanna know. He&#039;s not half bad looking I bet he knows what he&#039;s doing. Just between you and me. Is he everything you thought he would be?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Ugh...&quot; Defeated, Sonic sat on the bed next to Scourge with his head in his hand. This was so embarrassing. &quot;Are you seriously asking me this?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Yup. So tell me.&quot;<br /><br />Sonic would let that good looking comment slide, since he knew Scourge didn&#039;t mean much by it (and it was the truth anyway). Sighing, he replied, &quot;Yeah...everything and more. You&#039;re right, he did know what he was doing. Very well I might add.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Way to go Blue.&quot; Patting Sonic on the back Green chuckled a bit. At least he got Sonic to admit it. &quot;You know... I should thank you in a way. The way you kept obsessing over this guy is the reason I decided to make a move on your brother... I was sure that Stripes was taken and you lost out. Wasn&#039;t going to risk that with Zee...but we both got lucky on that.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Gee, thanks for the voice of confidence,&quot; Sonic replied deadpan. If that was supposed to make him feel better then Scourge failed horribly.<br /><br />Looking over to Sonic the green hedgehog grinned. &quot;Come on, I bet even you thought he was taken. Have to say I&#039;m proud you made a move... and surprised... you were the one to make a first move right?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Yeah...and I&#039;m surprised he even agreed. Considering I acted like a complete twat in front of him.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Well that&#039;s not surprising.&quot; Getting a look from the blue hedgehog Green just laughed. &quot;I&#039;m joking. Relax!&quot; It was then both their ears twitched to someone coming home. Looking to the clock Sonic could tell that it had to be Shadow.<br /><br />&quot;Sonic... are you here?&quot; The dark hedgehog called getting Scourge to grin. It was clear he was feeling a bit mischievous.<br /><br />&quot;In here!&quot; Scourge called trying to sound like Sonic but failing at it. This of course got Shadow to come into his room immediately to see what was going on.<br /><br />&quot;Oh... hello. I wasn&#039;t aware you were going to get help in moving.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Uh yeah.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Sorry Shadow. Hope you don&#039;t mind.&quot; The blue hedgehog elbowed Scourge slightly, hoping that the other wouldn&#039;t embarrass him. &quot;But everything&#039;s all here so all I have to do is unpack it.&quot; <br /><br />Smiling Shadow moved to his computer and turned it on. &quot;Take your time. I need to do some work I didn&#039;t finish so just try to be quiet.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;No worries there. Blue and I were just bout to leave to meet Zee home... right Sonic?&quot;<br /><br />Raising an eyebrow at the green hedgehog, as if to say &quot;Right now?&quot; Sonic in the end sighed but figured it was as good of a time as any. &quot;Yeah...&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Your brother&#039;s?&quot; That got Shadow a little worried. He was all for Sonic making up with his family but he knew how nervous his boyfriend was about this whole thing. &quot;You think you&#039;re ready?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;No,&quot; Sonic answered honestly. &quot;But it&#039;s better to do it now then wait forever.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Sonic... if you aren&#039;t ready to-&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Neither of them will ever be ready to face each other again if we don&#039;t bite it in the ass now. I&#039;m sick of this fight, it&#039;s ending.&quot;<br /><br />While Shadow didn&#039;t approve of Scourge&#039;s way of saying that, he supposed it was true. &quot;Don&#039;t worry. Somehow I&#039;ll make it outta this. For better or worse, who knows, but at least I can say I tried.&quot; <br /><br />Smiling a bit Shadow had to grab on to Sonic&#039;s hand. &quot;You can tell me not to worry all you like, I will still do it.&quot; Giving him a kiss on the hand the dark hedgehog turned to his computer. &quot;Good luck... that&#039;s all I can give you.&quot;<br /><br />The kiss did bring his spirits up, albeit slightly, and Sonic grinned. It was a look Scourge had never seen on the blue hedgehog before. &quot;Worrywart. I&#039;ll be back later tonight. See ya then.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;See you tonight.&quot;<br /><br />Walking out of the room Scourge just stared at Sonic in almost aw. &quot;I... I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve ever seen you smile before. Least not like that... weird.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;What?&quot; Sonic seemed confused. &quot;What&#039;s the big deal? I smile.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Not like that.&quot; Walking out they started heading for the street where Scourge parked. But when they got out there Sonic didn&#039;t see his car and was surprised when Scourge walked over to a motorcycle. &quot;I brought another helmet for you.&quot;<br /><br />It was the same one Sonic saw parked at his uncle&#039;s diner on their birthday, at least if he recalled correctly. &quot;Whoa. You got enough money for a bike?&quot; Blue asked, taking the helmet. He was surprised Scourge even wore a helmet. <br /><br />&quot;Kind of...&quot; Scourge mumbled a bit as he put his helmet on. &quot;Zee bought half of it. Birthday present to me, least that&#039;s what he said.&quot; Getting on Green had to grin. It was no secret that Scourge loved vehicles and always wanted a bike like this.<br /><br />As they started driving off (Sonic hanging onto the back of his seat) the blue hedgehog couldn&#039;t help but wonder when Scourge&#039;s birthday was in a passing thought. Riding out like this made Sonic remember that he had super speed now. And now his legs were itching to run. Despite his trip the first time, he had started practicing unbeknownst to Shadow to control his speed.<br /><br />Pulling into one of Zonic&#039;s parking spaces Scourge parked. Taking off his helmet he shook his head to get his quills to straighten out. &quot;We got two hours to kill... wanna watch a Jackie Chan flick? Just got a collectors set.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Uh sure...&quot; This felt a little awkward. Here he was in his brother&#039;s house alone with Scourge of all people. They had talked before but never this long. Two hours? That was a long time.<br /><br />But Scourge didn&#039;t seem to freaked out by it so that was good. He just popped the movie in and started to go on about how he loved Jackie Chan. When he was younger he wanted to be Jackie Chan.<br /><br />&quot;So you can fight?&quot; That was interesting. While Sonic had taken a bit of martial arts training as a kid, most of his moves came from breakdancing. Whenever he and Knuckles started fighting, it was usually an even match. Grinning, Sonic hoped he found someone else to spar with. <br /><br />&quot;Well yeah. The school I went to you didn&#039;t know how to fight you&#039;d likely end up dead. Of course I didn&#039;t have any official training my gang did teach me a thing or two.&quot; Taking a sip of the beer he got Scourge sighed.<br /><br />&quot;Whenever we get the chance I&#039;d like to take you on,&quot; Sonic said with another grin.<br /><br />Laughing at that Scourge took another sip of beer. &quot;That would be criminal. I&#039;d beat your ass in the ground and then I&#039;d have your brother on my ass for doing it.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;You wanna bet, tough guy?&quot; Scourge rose an eyebrow. He&#039;d never known Sonic to be so challenging. Was he like his before his slump hit?<br /><br />&quot;I wouldn&#039;t be acting like that when Zee can walk in at any moment.&quot; Sighing the green hedgehog really didn&#039;t know what had come over Sonic but he wasn&#039;t really in the mood do fight.<br /><br />&quot;I didn&#039;t say right now. I said later.&quot; Sometimes Scourge could really kill the mood. He was trying to forget about what was most likely going to happen in an hour or so. He wasn&#039;t looking forward to this at all. <br /><br />&quot;Why don&#039;t you have a beer? It&#039;ll help you relax.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Pass,&quot; Sonic replied while waving his hand. The last thing he needed was to be even the least bit tipsy while talking to his brother. That would look great for him. <br /><br />Sighing Scourge took another sip before getting up. &quot;Oh yeah... Have something for you.&quot; Going over to the fridge Scourge took out a bottle of very good, very expensive beer. &quot;Got this for you for your birthday.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Wh...&quot; Confused, Sonic took the nice gift. It did look really expensive though he certainly wasn&#039;t an expert on alcohol. &quot;You got me something...?&quot; Blue ears lowered. &quot;You...you didn&#039;t have to get this. You already gave me a &quot;peace offering&quot;...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;That was a peace offering and this is your birthday present. Just take it and be thankful.&quot; Sitting back down Scourge sighed again. &quot;Your brother still hasn&#039;t touched his... think he&#039;s still mad at me for getting him drunk.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Is that the only thing you give people?&quot; That did seem like the type of thing Scourge would do. <br /><br />&quot;It&#039;s the gift that keeps on giving!&quot; Scourge laughed. &quot;I mean it&#039;s only a bad gift if someone doesn&#039;t like beer. And being both you and your brother don&#039;t like being given things on your birthday it just seems appropriate. Don&#039;t get you anything and your thought to be jerk. This saves that.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;But if we don&#039;t want people to get us things then you won&#039;t...&quot; A sigh. Why did he even bother to try to explain this? Nobody ever listen anyway. &quot;Well, thanks anyway...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;I know what you mean... but I like you and you know how I feel for your brother so I&#039;m gonna get you something. Kinda peoples way of saying they care. Feel lucky. Most people I use to know didn&#039;t give a damn. That includes my folks.&quot;<br /><br /><em>It&#039;s a little weird to think that Scourge actually cares about me...</em> But weird feeling or not, Scourge was kind of part of the family now, as scary as that was to think about. Sonic just figured he&#039;d have to get used to it.<br /><br />As the Jackie Chan movie was finishing up and both Scourge and Sonic were laughing at the out takes Zonic walked in. Eyes closed, ears down he clearly had a hard day. &quot;Hey Scourge, why don&#039;t we...&quot; Opening his eyes he had to blink before glaring at the two hedgehogs on the couch. &quot;What is he doing here!?&quot;<br /><br />Getting up Scourge quickly went over to his boyfriend. &quot;I invited him to come over to talk to you. The two of you need to try and fix the shit going on and you know it.&quot;<br /><br />Ears going down, Sonic was now really regretting coming over here. The way Zonic talked made it sound like he was some sort of abomination. &quot;Zonic...&quot; the older twin said softly. &quot;Please...can&#039;t we talk? I wouldn&#039;t have come over here if I didn&#039;t want to fix things...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;I don&#039;t want to talk to you.&quot; Zonic growled and tried to run but Scourge grabbed his arm and pulled him back.<br /><br />&quot;God dammit Zee! Yes, you do want to talk to him. Now swallow your fucking pride and fix things with your brother! At least hear him out or I will give you a hard time about it!&quot; Both of them glared at each other as though daring the other to try something when Zonic finally sighed.<br /><br />&quot;Fine... state your case then leave.&quot;<br /><br />At least it was something. But Sonic had a feeling his words were just going to fall on deaf ears. He stood up, getting ready to leave anyway. This wouldn&#039;t take long. &quot;I just wanted to say I was sorry. I&#039;m sorry I was a complete asshole to you. I&#039;m sorry I hid my relationship with Shadow from you. I&#039;m sorry for being a hypocrite myself and going back on what I said. I&#039;m sorry for acting like a child. And...&quot; He tried to look his brother in the eyes this time. &quot;I&#039;m really sorry for screwing up your life. I know my words don&#039;t mean anything to you, as they shouldn&#039;t, but I just wanted you to know that I miss being a family with you... I was wrong and I&#039;m a complete idiot.&quot;<br /><br />Zonic wanted him out so he&#039;d get out. &quot;That&#039;s...all I wanted to say.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;You are an asshole.&quot; Zonic huffed getting Scourge to sigh. He let go of his boyfriend to grab Sonic before he left. They needed this to be fixed. Giving Zonic a look the blue tattered eared hedgehog looked away. &quot;I don&#039;t understand why Sonic... is it really so bad that I want to be with Scourge? You can see how determined he is to make me happy and make sure everything is alright in my life. Even if it mans making me a little upset with him.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Yeah. So no, it&#039;s not so bad.&quot; Those tattered ears perked but Zonic tried not to seem interested. &quot;Like I said before, I don&#039;t care who you&#039;re with, Zonic. As long as you like it then that&#039;s all that matters...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Then why did you give me such a hard time about it!? I can understand being upset on how you found out but you acted like who I was with was the worst part of it! And you gave me a hard time about being confused about being with him and not knowing how to take all of this! Then you turn around and leave me in the dark about you and Shadow just to spite me!&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Yeah I know...&quot; There was no sense in apologizing for that. Zonic already knew he was sorry about everything. &quot;Maybe it was just a combination of how I found out, the fact that you never told me and I was hurt about it, and I didn&#039;t understand anything of what you were saying...but that doesn&#039;t really matter now since you seemed to have figured things out anyway... So I guess I don&#039;t really have an excuse other than I was just being a hurtful prick.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;At least you can admit that.&quot; Huffing Zonic looked away and Scourge sighed letting go of Sonic. &quot;You are going to have to make it up to me.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Not sure how I can do that... I don&#039;t have anything to give you...unless you want everything I own and want me to become a homeless letch. Which I can do, by the way.&quot; It was an absurd thought but the way Sonic looked said that he was serious about that. He truly felt terrible for what he had done. <br /><br />&quot;I don&#039;t want your crap Sonic! And don&#039;t talk like that.&quot; Turning Zonic was about to walk away getting Scourge&#039;s ears to go down. &quot;I want to meet Shadow, officially. I also don&#039;t want to hear any crap from you again about Scourge. And I want to actually go out on a double date.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Tch. I like my idea better.&quot; Groaning inwardly Sonic held against the doorway. &quot;You&#039;re really going to bring up the double date thing now...? I already said I wasn&#039;t going to give Scourge a hard time. I&#039;ve barely said anything bad about the guy. And if I did then it was a joke that you guys apparently don&#039;t seem to get. And I&#039;m not letting you give my boyfriend a hard time. You can hate on me all you want but leave Shadow out of it.&quot; <br /><br />Growling Zonic was about to charge Sonic, Scourge quickly getting in the way and grabbing his boyfriend again. &quot;What I am asking is not fucking unreasonable! I didn&#039;t say I would give Shadow a hard time I just want to meet him! Why don&#039;t you pull your head out of your ass for once in you god damn life!?&quot;<br /><br /><em>Crack.</em> Both Zonic and Scourge paused in shocked when they saw that Sonic&#039;s hand, the one that was holding onto the doorway, had gripped it so hard that it all but broke that part of it. Effortlessly. Sonic was also clenching his teeth so hard to try to keep a lid on his temper but if the two of them didn&#039;t know any better they&#039;d say that his canines were <em>much</em> longer and sharper than before.<br /><br />&quot;Fine...&quot; Sonic growled in a deeper voice than either hedgehog was used to. What in the world was happening? &quot;Fine! Whatever the hell you want! I don&#039;t fucking care!&quot; <br /><br />Both of them stood there in a bit of shock but Zonic quickly went back to glaring at his brother. &quot;Now get out of my house. And stop playing a victim.&quot; Turning Zonic just stomped off to his room leaving Scourge in his shock. He just couldn&#039;t take his eyes off Sonic and couldn&#039;t figure out what just happened.<br /><br />Sonic stood there for a few more seconds before slowly turning his eyes to Scourge. &quot;Sorry. I&#039;ll pay for the damages.&quot; And then he took off. Scourge had to rub his eyes just to make sure he saw that. One minute Sonic was there and then the next he was gone in an instant. The only thing that was left was a blue streak and the damage to the door.<br /><br /><em>What... the hell just happened?</em> Scourge thought to himself as he made his way over to look at the damages. He rose an eyebrow.<br /><br />&quot;Are those...claw marks?&quot; In fact they looked kind of familiar. The same kind of claw marks that...that were at Sonic&#039;s apartment those few months back... <br /><br />Thinking for a moment Scourge started to put things together though none of it seemed to make sense. Something was going on, that much he was sure of.<br /><br />Getting home Sonic slammed the door getting Streaks, who was sitting on the couch to jump. Looking over to Sonic his ears went down. &quot;Are... are you okay Sonic?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I...&quot; Streaks&#039; ears twitched. Was it him or did Sonic sound deeper than normal. &quot;I don&#039;t know...&quot; Desperately he looked at his hands. They weren&#039;t growing so why did he have the claws? And the teeth? And the voice? &quot;What the heck is going on with me...?!&quot; <br /><br />For a moment the young hedgehog just sat there staring at him before turning his head. &quot;Shadow!&quot; At the call Shadow came walking out of his room.<br /><br />&quot;Yes what is... Sonic?&quot; Walking over to his boyfriend he looked over his figure a bit worried. &quot;When did this start happening?&quot; Putting his hands on Sonic&#039;s shoulders Shadow tried to get him to look at him.<br /><br />&quot;T-talking...to Zonic...&quot; Sonic started taking deep breaths, leaning against Shadow, and he felt his transformation waning. &quot;Ugh...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Sonic... I need you to tell me what happened leading up to this. This could be a bad sign.&quot; Holding Sonic close the dark hedgehog started to stroke his quills to calm him.<br /><br />&quot;Well...&quot; Clutching his chest, Sonic breathed deeply as he tried to get his temper under control. This wasn&#039;t good, whatever just happened. He&#039;d almost transformed...but how? &quot;I was talking with Zonic, y&#039;know, and they way he was acting just... I got so angry. It literally felt like I wanted to tear the whole place apart.&quot; <br /><br />Thinking for a moment Shadow looked to his brother. Nodding Streaks got up and went to his room. He knew he needed to know as little as possible on what was happening to Sonic. Once he was gone the dark hedgehog pulled away. &quot;I need to look more into this before I know why it happened.&quot; Brushing some quills he looked at his boyfriend who was clearly more then upset. &quot;So it didn&#039;t go well. I have to admire Scourge for trying to get you two to make up though.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Yeah... The guy&#039;s really not as bad as he makes himself out to be. At least most of the time. I don&#039;t know why Zonic doesn&#039;t get that I don&#039;t mind them anymore. What the hell&#039;s so hard to understand about that?!&quot; The blue hedgehog slammed his fist down onto the ground angrily, but was shocked when the impact made a nice sized dent in Shadow&#039;s floor. He hadn&#039;t even tried to do that! &quot;I...oh god, Shadow, I&#039;m so sorry!&quot;<br /><br />Eyes wide Shadow quickly grabbed Sonic&#039;s shoulders. &quot;Just, try to calm down Sonic... Deep breaths.&quot; Maybe part of what was happening to him was tied to his emotions. But Shadow really didn&#039;t want to test to see if that was what it was. At least not now.<br /><br />As Sonic was trying to get himself under control he wrapped his arms around Shadow desperately. &quot;What&#039;s wrong with me...? This hasn&#039;t happened before...&quot; Was his normal form slowly becoming his beast form? But how? What did this all mean? Sonic was tired of being left in the dark about his condition and he was certain Shadow felt the same way.<br /><br />&quot;Don&#039;t panic. That will only make it worse... just try and relax. Please Sonic. I have a theory but now is not the time to test it. Just breathe.&quot; Rubbing Sonic&#039;s back the dark hedgehog sighed. &quot;Breathe. Everything is alright, I&#039;m here for you.&quot;<br /><br />Listening to Shadow&#039;s heart beat and just having him close calmed Sonic down considerably. Eventually his breathing slowed down and he was able to relax with Shadow holding him tighty. Taking a deep breath, Sonic broke the silence. &quot;He said...he wanted to have a double date. Zonic did.&quot; Shadow felt his mate chuckle slightly. &quot;He&#039;s always wanted to do that since we were teenagers. I always thought it was a stupid idea. What do you think?&quot; <br /><br />Smiling a bit at that the dark hedgehog nuzzled the top of Sonic&#039;s head. &quot;It sounds like fun to me... and I would like to actually meet your brother even if you are fighting a little. His boyfriend seems to be an interesting fellow. I&#039;d like to pick his brain a bit.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Heh.&quot; If there was anybody who could figure out how his brother and Scourge it was Shadow. At least the darker hedgehog was more excited about it then he was. &quot;Zonic kicked me out before we could finalize anything. So I&#039;m not sure what&#039;s going on.&quot; <br /><br />Nodding Shadow just held Sonic close. &quot;I&#039;m sure both of your emotions were unstable. You can both talk about it when you aren&#039;t freaking out.&quot; Kissing the top of his boyfriend&#039;s head Shadow got up. &quot;Now, are you hungry?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Mm. Starving.&quot; Sonic still had no idea how Shadow could calm him down so easily but was certainly welcome. &quot;What&#039;re you fixing?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Well Streaks and I already ate but there is of course left overs. I didn&#039;t know if you&#039;d be back or eat with your brother so I just made some chili.&quot; Heading to the kitchen to heat up the food Shadow smiled, happy that he could get Sonic to relax.<br /><br />Ears perking at the mention of half of his favorite food, Sonic got up and followed Shadow into the kitchen. &quot;Really? You wouldn&#039;t happen to have any hot dogs, would you?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;No... sorry. You&#039;ll just have to live with chili.&quot; Chuckling Shadow put a bull into the microwave.<br /><br />&quot;Aww...&quot; The blue hedgehog pouted slightly and made a note to buy some hot dogs when he had the chance. But even reheated the chili was extremely good. Not as good as his uncle&#039;s chili but it was certainly better than any other chili he&#039;d gotten at any other restaurant. <br /><br />Sitting down on the couch with Shadow they both started to just watch TV. Tomorrow Sonic knew he would start to unpack and more likely unpack completely. It was exciting to think that he was living with the man he always wanted to have close.<br /><br />But he noticed Sonic was mostly distracted and had a troubled look on his face. The encounter with his brother probably upset the blue hedgehog a lot more than he knew. And that semi-transformation greatly worried Shadow...<br /><br />--<br /><br />&quot;What...the hell was that?&quot; Scourge was still in a bit of shock as he walked into his and Zonic&#039;s shared room. &quot;I think your brother just went all Hulk on our asses here. That was fuckin&#039; creepy!&quot; <br /><br />Sighing Zonic looked over to his boyfriend, clearly not in the mood for this. &quot;What are you talking about Scourge? Yes he got upset but it&#039;s his own fault. I really don&#039;t think I was unreasonable.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I mean there are claw marks on the door. I mean his teeth looked like they grew an inch just by getting pissed... Zee, I think something must really be wrong with you brother. What though I got no idea.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;...&quot; Zonic didn&#039;t answer but the image of his brother crushing the door handle effortlessly wouldn&#039;t leave. What in the world was happening to him? He&#039;d probably never know now.<br /><br />&quot;An&#039; yeah. You were bein&#039; kind of unreasonable.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;What, you&#039;re taking his side now?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;No. I&#039;m just saying you&#039;re a tight ass who can&#039;t see it when someone&#039;s genuinely trying to apologize and make up for mistakes. You did it for me. Why can&#039;t you do it for your own brother?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;You think it&#039;s unreasonable that I meet the guy he is with?&quot; Giving Scourge a look Zonic hoped that his boyfriend chose his words carefully.<br /><br />&quot;I didn&#039;t say that, Zee. I personally wanna meet Mr. Dreamboat as well. Saw him earlier today and he seemed pretty cool, I guess.&quot; Scourge decided not to tell Zonic about his brother&#039;s attitude. How he actually smiled for a change. &quot;But a double date? Seriously? You like that kind of thing?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;I&#039;ve always wanted to go on one and Sonic knows that! So yes I want to go on one. Why? Are you saying you wouldn&#039;t go?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;No. Stop putting words in my mouth.&quot; Scourge gave Zonic an annoyed look. This was another reason why he wanted the brother to reconcile. Zonic was incredibly annoying when he was stressed out. &quot;I don&#039;t like double dates. I prefer to just have alone time,&quot; he said while getting close to Zonic and kissing him. &quot;But if it&#039;ll get you at least a little happier then I&#039;ll do anything at this point.&quot; <br /><br />Huffing Zonic looked away. &quot;D-don&#039;t talk like that.&quot; But the blush on his face said that he liked it when Scourge talked like that. It was just embarrassing as it was flattering.<br /><br />&quot;Why?&quot; Grinning wickedly Scourge grabbed Zonic&#039;s chin and made them lock eyes. &quot;You love it.&quot; <br /><br />Blushing even more Zonic&#039;s eyes looked down a bit. &quot;I...&quot; Shaking his head a bit the tattered eared hedgehog just wrapped his arms around Scourge&#039;s neck and kissed him.<br /><br />&quot;Heh.&quot; Gently Scourge stroked Zonic&#039;s cheek once he pulled away. &quot;That&#039;s what I thought.&quot; Then he sighed and let the blue hedgehog go. With how Zonic was recently he hadn&#039;t even been in the mood for sex. Scourge didn&#039;t even know that was possible. <br /><br />Ears going down Zonic looked away. Hated what all of this was doing to Scourge. What his family was doing, what his bad mood had been doing. &quot;Scourge... let&#039;s just go out tomorrow.&quot; Taking the green hedgehog&#039;s hand a small smile came on. &quot;It might be nice to just get out and breathe for a bit.&quot;<br /><br />While Scourge hardly gave a damn as to what Zonic&#039;s family or anyone else besides his blue hedgehog thought of him (he&#039;d gotten used to it after living with his own family), if it was irritating Zonic then it irritated him as well. Not to mention...he did consider Sonic as his friend. Or at least something to that effect.<br /><br />&quot;Sure, I guess. After work.&quot; <br /><br />&ndash;<br /><br />Getting home after work Sonic stretched. He needed to finish unpacking. Though Shadow did ask him not to work today the blue hedgehog felt he needed to. It helped clear his mind a little about his troubles. Once all his clothes were put away he looked to one of his guitars. <em>Bet they would fit under the bed.</em> He thought before looking under the bed. There he saw that there were two boxes and nothing else. With a shrug he pulled the first on out easily. The second one though was a little more difficult. It was for some reason heavy. Getting it out Sonic had to huff. &quot;What is in this thing? Rocks?&quot; Looking at it he knew he shouldn&#039;t go digging through Shadow&#039;s things but he needed to know what was in this box. Eyeing the door quickly he opened the box. Shadow wouldn&#039;t be here soon anyways.<br /><br />Opening it Sonic had to blush on what he found. A stack of gay porn magazines, some whips, a pair of cuffs, a wide virility of dildos and vibrators, and a gag. Why did Shadow have these things? He was just so shocked and he didn&#039;t hear his boyfriend come into the room. &quot;Wh-what are you doing!?&quot; The dark hedgehog blurred out, face red. Going over he closed the box. &quot;That&#039;s private!&quot;<br /><br />&quot;S-sorry! I d-didn&#039;t...uh...&quot; The blue hedgehog was too flustered to really explain himself. All he wanted to do was question. <br /><br />&quot;No you didn&#039;t and you shouldn&#039;t be digging through my personal items!&quot; Blushing Shadow quickly moved to put the box back under the bed. &quot;What in the world possessed you to open this?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I was just...trying to find a place to put my guitars... Under the bed seemed good enough and when I tried to move the boxes around that one was so heavy that I got... I got curious.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;You could have asked me first before looking into it!&quot; Huffing Shadow removed his glasses before pinching the bridge of his nose. Clearly he wasn&#039;t very happy about Sonic stumbling on his little secret.<br /><br />&quot;I-I didn&#039;t know what it was! And I just...eh...um...&quot; Now Sonic really didn&#039;t know what to say. &quot;S-sorry...&quot; <br /><br />Sitting down at his computer the dark hedgehog sighed. &quot;I have some work to do.&quot; He grumbled as he turned his computer on. He didn&#039;t really have much to do but he figured it would get his mind somewhere else.<br /><br />Ears lowering, Sonic got the hint. He grabbed his guitar and walked out of the room, not sure what else to do with his instrument. &lt;<em>&gt;Great. First day living here and I&#039;ve already screwed it up. How does that even happen?</em> <br /><br />Sitting down on the couch Sonic couldn&#039;t help but sigh. <em>What is wrong with me? Why couldn&#039;t I just leave that box be? I had to look in it!... but why does Shadow even have things like that?</em> Everything about Shadow was so high class. It just to Sonic seemed out of place. <br /><br />Not to mention make him blush. He just couldn&#039;t imagine Shadow doing something so...vulgar. <em>what...does he have a bondage fetish or something?</em> Judging by those toys in that box he&#039;d have to say yes. He never pictured Shadow into something like that either. He was rather dominant though...<br /><br /><em>Ugh. I need a run.</em> Badly. <br /><br />Getting up Sonic quickly rushed out the door. He would run for a few hours before coming back and asking Shadow about the... interesting things he found. Part of him had to wonder if Shadow would have broke that box out one night. The thought almost got him to shiver.<br /><br /><em>C-can&#039;t think about that right now...</em> Shaking his head, Sonic looked down to his feet. They weren&#039;t going super fast as of yet and he could still see the world around him. &quot;Maybe this would help me...&quot; Letting out some pent up aggression could help and Sonic always found solace in running. Even though he had practiced this a few times before he was still a little afraid of going that fast again.<br /><br />Now though, that feeling was gone. Now he craved that feeling. The burning in his chest from last night from his transformation made itself known but to a much lesser extent, so less that Sonic barely noticed it. All he wanted to do was run.<br /><br />He was lucky he had such quick reflexes and that his attention span was his friend this time. Every twist and turn Sonic made but almost barely. Yet Sonic couldn&#039;t help but think this was the most fun he had ever had, even compared to jumping off rooftops in his other form.<br /><br />&quot;Yahoo!&quot; The blue hedgehog called, speeding down the sidewalk at unreal speeds, sending a few things flying, including people. But he was so fast that nobody saw him. <br /><br />Before he knew it he ended up on a country road. Stopping he had to smile, looking around. Didn&#039;t even break a sweat. This whole thing wasn&#039;t so back. Stretching he was about to take off again when he got a text for the number that had been trying to reach him before but he didn&#039;t know. Blinking he decided to just open it. <em>Zee keeps talking about going on a double date. Does that mean we&#039;re doing one?</em><br /><br />He assumed it was Scourge, or at least he hoped it was judging on the context of the message. That had all but killed his good mood bringing this up. <em>So he says</em>, Sonic texted back then deciding to turn off his phone. No, he wasn&#039;t dealing with that right now. He had more important things to do...like discover more about this power.<br /><br />&quot;Y&#039;know, all things considered, if this is the good side of what that freaky doctor did to me...&quot; Sonic grinned and got into a sprinter&#039;s position. &quot;This ain&#039;t so bad!&quot; And he took off again down the road, loving this feeling. The only way he could describe it was it felt like freedom.<br /><br />And he loved every second of it. The country road seemed to go on for miles and since he had a GPS in his phone Sonic didn&#039;t have to worry about getting lost.<br /><br />For hours he ran till the sun started to come down. Stopping he finally started to be just slightly out of breath. But the grin on his face just won&#039;t stop. Taking his phone he turned it on to find out where he was and get back. When he did he got another text from Scourge and had a message from Shadow as well as a few missed calls all from Shadow.<br /><br />Blinking he ignored the text but went to the voice mail. &quot;Sonic... it&#039;s late where are you? We have to eat. Please come back home or call me.&quot; Ears going down to that he had to pull his phone away and was about to call Shadow back when his phone rang and it was that said hedgehog.<br /><br />Answering it he had to sigh. &quot;Hey Shads.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Where are you! I called you two hours ago and you never called back. Do you have any idea how worried I have been?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Sorry. I&#039;ve been, uh...&quot; Looking around, it was safe to say Sonic had no idea where he was. At least the next town over since he had to stop somewhere and get some water. &quot;Preoccupied. Had to turn my phone off. I...probably won&#039;t make it back tonight, or if I do it&#039;ll be late.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;I wish you would have called me... especially after yesterday. Please just come home soon. Please.&quot; Sonic had to feel bad now. It really sounded like he freaked Shadow out. Why was he just screwing up today?<br /><br />&quot;I promise I&#039;ll be home as soon as possible.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Good. And promise me you&#039;ll be safe.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I promise.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Don&#039;t be home too late... I&#039;ll be waiting for you.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Yeah...&quot; Ears lowering, Sonic hung up and sat down on a bench nearby. Why did this keep happening? His life suddenly got wonderful so why did he have to start screwing things up again?<br /><br />Blue looked back down at his phone and figured he should at least check to see what Scourge&#039;s text was. <br /><br /><em>Look Blue, I know you&#039;re having it rough. Why don&#039;t we just all go out to a movie or something? It&#039;ll at least settle Zonic do and you both won&#039;t have to talk much.</em> Blinking it looked like Scourge was trying to please Zonic while making sure that Sonic was comfortable too. <br /><br />Sonic scoffed slightly and texted back, <em>I&#039;m not. I&#039;m fine. Just have him pick the time and movie.</em> Before sending, he added as an afterthought, <em>Please.</em><br /><br />Getting up Sonic started to run back home. No point in worrying his love any longer. It took him a while to get home, not getting back till one in the morning. Shadow was sleeping on the couch, an empty cup on the coffee table. Ears going down Sonic went over and shook Shadow gently. &quot;Hey... I&#039;m home...&quot;<br /><br />Slowly Shadow started to wake up, dazed looking go Sonic before hugging him. &quot;Where have you been!?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I was out. Running. L-like I said...&quot;<br /><br />&quot;For nine hours?!&quot; Sonic had left Shadow&#039;s room at around four and hadn&#039;t come back since then. From the way the blue hedgehog looked, it seemed like he&#039;s been around the world and back. He was breathing rather hard and almost covered in sweat.<br /><br />&quot;Well...yeah.&quot; <br /><br />Ears going down Shadow had to hug him tightly. &quot;Why? Are you trying to hurt yourself? Are you mad because I yelled at you?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I wasn&#039;t <em>mad</em>... I just...wanted to run... Next thing I knew I was on a country road and I didn&#039;t want to stop. So I just kept running and running. Getting faster.&quot; He didn&#039;t want to say how great it made him feel. Sonic wasn&#039;t torturing himself in his eyes. He was experiencing greatness. <br /><br />&quot;What am I going to do with you?&quot; Letting go Shadow gave Sonic a very stern look. &quot;I&#039;ve asked you not to run like that. It&#039;s dangerous. Do you not understand what cold happen if you get caught? Sonic... you don&#039;t even know what that is doing to your body and you look at you. You look like you could claps any second.&rdquo;<br /><br />&quot;Nobody saw me. I was out of the city when I started really pushing it anyway.&quot; He also decided not to tell Shadow about that loud <strong>CRACK!</strong> he caused... &quot;And...I&#039;m gonna take a shower...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;You do that... I&#039;m going to bed.&quot; Getting up Shadow sighed. He was tired after trying to wait for Sonic. Maybe he&#039;d call in and say he needs to work from home. It would be best if he was too tired and he could keep an eye on Streaks, as well as Sonic.<br /><br />Before Sonic hopped in the shower he checked his phone one last time. He saw Scourge give him another text but he ignored it again. Perhaps that was against his better judgement but there didn&#039;t seem to be a point to answering him now since it was so late. <br /><br />Taking a quick shower Sonic moved as fast as he could to get to bed with Shadow. By the time he got done and was back in their room he found that the dark hedgehog was fast asleep. <em>I hope I didn&#039;t worry him to much.</em> Getting into bed Sonic curled up next to Shadow, slowly drifting off. It was a strange day.<br /><br />Sun creeping into the room Sonic&#039;s ear twitched to the sound of typing. Opening his eyes he looked over to see that Shadow was at the computer working very hard on something. Groaning he looked to the clock to see that he had an hour before he had to get to work. &quot;Morning.&quot; Shadow said, not even looking away from the screen. <br /><br />&quot;Hey...&quot; From the way Shadow was acting it was safe to say the other was still upset with him. Sighing, Sonic figured he&#039;d just get ready now and go into work early. No sense in staying here. <br /><br />Getting up Sonic started to move around the room, not even getting an eye from Shadow. &quot;When are you going to be home?&quot; The dark hedgehog called, still not looking away from his computer.<br /><br />&quot;Don&#039;t know... Whenever, I guess...&quot; A very vague answer but Shadow didn&#039;t get a chance to question further as Sonic finished clothing himself and headed towards the bathroom. <br /><br />Sighing Shadow just kept on working, being it was the only thing he could do. He was sure that he upset Sonic yesterday so now he was being distant. At least emotionally. In a way it was frustrating.<br /><br />It didn&#039;t take long for Sonic to finish up everything and head out the door. &quot;See ya, Shads.&quot; This all felt wrong and awkward. <br /><br />&quot;Farewell Sonic! Please come back home as soon as you can... I actually have something for you.&quot; Shadow called from his computer, though he was trying to get his work done as soon as he could.<br /><br />Sonic paused once out the door. <em>&quot;Farewell&quot;?</em> He chuckled to himself. Sometimes he swore that Shadow was stuck in the middle ages for how he talked. <em>He&#039;s like the only person I know who would say something like that</em>. Though hopefully that was a good sign.<br /><br />Of course work went by slowly because now Sonic wanted to get home as soon as he could. He did need to talk to his boyfriend on what he stumbled on the other day. It was still bothering him. And he also wanted to know what Shadow had gotten him.<br /><br />Rushing home he had to smile when he saw Streaks sitting on the couch. &quot;Hey kiddo.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Hey Sonic... Shadow&#039;s working in his room. Should be done soon... I think.&quot; The kid&#039;s eyes were glued to the TV and he had a bowl of chips that he was slowly eating very slowly. It was kind of a funny site.<br /><br />Knocking on Shadow&#039;s door Sonic waited till he heard Shadow on the other side. &quot;Come in.&quot; Walking in the dark hedgehog looked over and smiled. &quot;Oh, welcome home.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Hey. Um...&quot; Curiously Sonic caught a glance at Shadow&#039;s computer screen. &quot;What are you working on anyway? Or can you not tell me?&quot; <br /><br />Looking back to the computer then back to Sonic the dark hedgehog just sighed. &quot;Just a theory on a serial killer and why he picked his victims. It&#039;s rather tiring but thankfully I finally finished.&quot; Turning back to the computer Shadow sent his work off to his higher ups before looking back to his boyfriend with a smile. &quot;Now before I forget.&quot; Reaching in a drawer he pulled out a wrapped up present. &quot;Here you go. Think of it as a welcome to your new home.&quot;<br /><br />Taking it Sonic had to look at it. He knew better then to tell Shadow he shouldn&#039;t have. Really it was sweet that the dark hedgehog did. Maybe it was a book like he got him for his birthday. Inside Sonic found two pairs of pants, socks, and two T-shirts. &quot;They stretch out. I thought that they could be usefully when you change... so you don&#039;t ruin anymore of your clothes.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Oh wow. Really?&quot; Setting the box down on the bed, Sonic tested them out slightly. He smiled. This could be extremely useful. &quot;Thanks Shadow...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Of course.&quot; Shadow smiled leaning over and giving Sonic&#039;s cheek a kiss. &quot;Just a little thing to remind you that I&#039;m happy you are here.&quot;<br /><br />That warm feeling appeared in Sonic&#039;s chest and he gave his own small smile. Putting the clothes down he hugged Shadow. It was a very thoughtful gift. &quot;You&#039;re too good to me...&quot; <br /><br />Chuckling slightly Shadow hugged back. &quot;None sense. I am as good to you as is needed.&quot; Nuzzling the side of Sonic&#039;s head he purred slightly, happy that Sonic didn&#039;t take offense to the gift but was thankful for it.<br /><br />They sat there for a while, holding each other and enjoying the other&#039;s company. This time Sonic didn&#039;t want to ruin the moment by talking. He was just happy that Shadow had forgiven him for his mistakes the past day. <em>I need to stop worrying over such small things...</em><br /><br />It wasn&#039;t until Sonic&#039;s phone went off did the two hedgehogs open their eyes, startled by the sudden noise. &quot;Uh...sorry,&quot; Sonic mumbled while reaching into his pocket and looking at who sent a text. <br /><br />It was Scourge again. He seemed very interested in talking to him. Opening it he read it. <em>Friday is good. Is Friday good for you guys? And maybe you and I can just chill and talk again before that.</em> <br /><br />Sonic&#039;s face fell when he read the text. He sighed. &quot;Scourge says Friday&#039;s a good day to go out...&quot; He said while dropping the phone on the bed. &quot;What&#039;re your plans?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Work then come home.&quot; Smiling Shadow took Sonic&#039;s hand. &quot;Why are you so against doing this? If you don&#039;t want to go on a double date then why agree to it?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Well one, I just don&#039;t like the idea of a double date. Was never really...my thing. Zonic&#039;s always wanted to go on one though. And I know this isn&#039;t going to turn out well with how we&#039;re fighting and everything. I just don&#039;t want him to go after you like I kind of did to him and Scourge... You don&#039;t have anything to do with our fighting...&quot; <br /><br />Sitting up Shadow hugged Sonic tightly and nuzzled the top of his head. &quot;Well it is sweet that you are doing it for your brother. And if he does come after me you don&#039;t need to worry. I can actually handle myself very well.&quot;<br /><br />Closing his eyes tightly, Sonic clung to his mate. &quot;I just hate feeling like this... Everything about this just feels wrong.&quot; Shadow suspected it was a twin thing. When the one was upset the other would soon follow. No wonder it seemed like the two of them were just as stubborn as each other.<br /><br />&quot;I understand.&quot; Licking Sonic&#039;s cheek at that he chuckled at the slight blush. &quot;For now, just don&#039;t think about it. It will be fixed Friday. And till then I will make sure that you feel the best you can... as long as you don&#039;t go digging through my privet items again.&quot; Playfully flicking Sonic&#039;s nose at that Shadow chuckled again.<br /><br />&quot;Oh come on, I said I was sorry... I wasn&#039;t trying to find your dirty magazines...&quot; Sonic blushed even more and looked away. &quot;Um...if you don&#039;t mind me asking...why exactly do you have all those things anyway? I mean...I didn&#039;t see everything but...&quot; This all felt so awkward, talking about this.<br /><br />&quot;I was single for quite a few years Sonic... and I did get lonely on some nights. Had to have something to give me some form of comfort.&quot; Sighing Shadow laid down next to Sonic. He knew this talk would come one day. Just didn&#039;t think it would be so soon.<br /><br />&quot;Oh.&quot; That seemed simple enough though it was clear to Shadow that Sonic wasn&#039;t expecting that simple of an answer. &quot;I just...I didn&#039;t know you were into that kind of thing.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;The bondage? Not as much as you would think... it&#039;s... I suppose you could call it a guilty pleasure. Very guilty. But I just can&#039;t help myself. I just like tying my mate up some times.&quot; Hand going up Shadow traced Sonic&#039;s arm a bit with a bit of a wicked grin.<br /><br />Green eyes widened slightly at those words and Sonic blushed fiercely. <em>Whoa. I guess in some ways Shadow has less shame then Scourge.</em> &quot;Y-you...want to tie me up...?&quot; He did recall Shadow mentioning that slightly before but that was before they were together. He never pictured it would really be one of Shadow&#039;s kinks.<br /><br />Purring Shadow sat up and hugged Sonic from behind. &quot;I have thought about it. As you know I like being in charge... and that is complete control.&quot;<br /><br />Gulp. &quot;U-uh... Yeah... I-I guess it is...&quot; He could feel Shadow move around him and gently push him onto the bed, kissing the blue hedgehog deeply. Sonic moaned softly as Shadow held him down. Despite this talk making him a little uncomfortable, a masochistic side Sonic never knew he had couldn&#039;t help but be a little turned on by this. &quot;What else did you want to do to me...?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Hmmm... maybe pull on your quills a bit. I&#039;m not that big on what they call torture bondage but some times I find a whip can be fun if not over used.&quot; Licking up his mates neck Shadow couldn&#039;t help but be aroused by the talk. It didn&#039;t seem to bother Sonic as much as he thought it would. He was sure that the blue hedgehog would just shun the idea. But at least he had a bit of an open mind.<br /><br />&quot;Ahh... m-my quills...?&quot; Admittedly Sonic did find this a little odd but also fascinating...much like everything Shadow did. Unable to help himself the blue hedgehog bucked his hips slightly. <br /><br />Grinding back Shadow purred loudly. &quot;Yes, your quills.&quot; Grabbing some of them the dark hedgehog actually pulled Sonic&#039;s head back a little before biting his neck. Now he was just aroused completely. It had been a bit long for his liking to not do something like this.<br /><br />Continuing his foreplay Shadow&#039;s other hand that wasn&#039;t pulling on Sonic&#039;s quills went under the blue hedgehog so he could grope his ass. Licking up his chin the dark hedgehog had to grin down at him. &quot;I know you are still new to this but do you want me to tie you up?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Uh...&quot; As much as he didn&#039;t want to admit it, Sonic was morbidly curious about the whole thing. And like Shadow said, he was still new at this. What was the harm in trying other new things? &quot;Um...s-sure... i-if that&#039;s wh-what you want...&quot; <br /><br />Getting up with a grin Shadow moved over to his door and locked it. &quot;Oh, it is.&quot; He almost cooed out as he returned to Sonic but pulled out the box from under his bed to pull out silk ropes. &quot;These are very comfortable. So it won&#039;t hurt your wrists.&quot; Taking Sonic&#039;s shirt off Shadow licked up from his stomach and stopped at one of the nipples to suck on it a bit.<br /><br />&quot;Nngh...&quot; Sonic&#039;s whole body trembled in pleasure. The last two times they did this felt so passionate. This time just felt dirty... and Sonic was loving it. He moaned softly at the sensations and barely noticed when Shadow took his wrists. When they were bound together his eyes snapped open. Shadow apparently knew how to tie really good knots as well. <br /><br />Grinning Shadow unbuttoned Sonic&#039;s pants and slipped them off. But with his underwear the dark hedgehog actually took it with his teeth. Slowly he pulled it off, knowing just how to get a rise out of the other. And that&#039;s what he loved to do when tying his lovers up. He wanted to see them squirm till they were almost begging for what they knew would come. It just brought him a great, down right dirty pleasure.<br /><br />His squirming was only getting Shadow more aroused. Grabbing Sonic&#039;s bound wrists, he quickly tied them to the headstand of the bed and purred at the sight. His mate was completely naked and helpless before him. &quot;Sh-shadow...&quot; And clearly aroused as well. <br /><br />Grinning Shadow had to admit he loved the look on Sonic&#039;s face right at this moment. Cheeks red, eyes half lid with longing and need, ears down in substitution. It was a good look and really got him wanting him more. Part of him wanted to drip hot wax on him. But he didn&#039;t have candles and being Sonic&#039;s first time doing something like this that would be a bit too extreme.<br /><br />Hands going down Sonic&#039;s body, gripping a bit tightly but not hurtful he had to purr. Stopping at his hips he rubbed them slightly and lifted them up before pushing them back down into the bed. He just wanted to feel Sonic up a bit. One hand letting go it quickly took hold of Sonic&#039;s not very hard cock. &quot;Mmmm... you are such a nice size.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Ghk!&quot; Sonic leaned his head back at the feeling. He loved this part. &quot;H-hey...you&#039;re not so bad y-yourself, y&#039;know...&quot; <br /><br />Purring Shadow pulled his hand up and stopped, fingers wrapped around the tip he didn&#039;t move his hand and just grinned. &quot;Move your hips.&quot; He was more then happy as the blue hedgehog started doing as he was told, moaning as he felt the tightness move around him.<br /><br />This all just seemed natural to Sonic at the moment, taking orders like this. &quot;Oooh...&quot; Whimpering when Shadow tightened his grip, small trails of pre came out of Sonic&#039;s tip.<br /><br />Seeing this Shadow had to move down and lick up the seed. Looking up at Sonic he head to purr. Removing his hand he decided that now he should get undress so not to ruin his clothes. Setting them on the ground he looked over to Sonic who was whimpering at being abandoned like that. Grinning Shadow moved to his night table to get the lubrication out of the draw. Putting some on his hand he moved back to where he was before and wrapped his hand around the other again. This would make it feel better.<br /><br />His hand felt so slick and smooth that Sonic could barely contain himself. And in this form he didn&#039;t have a lot of stamina built up so only a few more minutes of that had Sonic cumming hard in Shadow&#039;s hand with a soft moan. Streaks was still here so he couldn&#039;t be too loud. <br /><br />As tempted as Shadow was to lick some of the cum up he decided to use it and moved to slip one of his fingers into the blue hedgehog. With how quickly it took to get Sonic on the edge though he knew that this would have to become something they did more often. Not to mention it would be healthy for them to get all of this out.<br /><br />&quot;Hgah-!&quot; Blue obviously wasn&#039;t expecting something like that to happen so soon after his orgasm. His body jerked again at the intrusion and he squirmed and pulled at his restraints. &quot;Yuh-you sure don&#039;t like to waste t-time...!&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Why should I waste time? It&#039;s much more fun using it.&quot; Wiggling the finger around Shadow had to purr. This is what he really liked. He could do anything to the other and he had next to no say in it yet loved it. It was just amazing, and the noses that kept coming out of Sonic&#039;s mouth were even more worth it.<br /><br />It helped that Sonic was so tight. He supposed that run from yesterday had a lot to do with it if he had truly run for nine hours. Licking his lips, Shadow inserted a second finger and began to scissor his mate slowly. He didn&#039;t want to tear, just stretch. Even if he did have a bit of a sadistic side, the last thing he wanted to do was cause Sonic harm. Pain for pleasure, sure, but not that kind of pain. &quot;Ah-Ahhh!&quot; <br /><br />Pulling at the silk rope Sonic was trying to figure out if he even liked being tied up. While he loved what Shadow was doing to him the fact that he couldn&#039;t wrap his arms around his lover was really starting to bother him. Maybe that was something that Shadow liked about this too. It wasn&#039;t physical torture but the whole need that made the burning for the other even stronger when you couldn&#039;t have it.<br /><br />&quot;Mmm?&quot; Shadow noticed the look of need on Sonic&#039;s face and it made him grin even more. &quot;What&#039;s wrong, Sonic?&quot; He teased.<br /><br />&quot;I...&quot; The blue hedgehog tugged again and again at the ropes. &quot;I want to touch you...&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I see.&quot; This was another perk of his kind, Shadow assumed. His other hand spread its fingers and gently rubbed on Sonic&#039;s belly, as if rubbing it in something he couldn&#039;t do.<br /><br />Grinning he slipped in a third finger with barely and trouble. Sonic could want all he liked but he would stay tied up till the dark hedgehog was done with him. Whimpering again Sonic pulled at the ropes again. Everything that Shadow was doing was just wonderful.<br /><br />Pulling his fingers out Shadow licked them with a purr. Grabbing Sonic&#039;s left leg he lifted it over his shoulder and positioned himself. Looking Sonic in the eye he slowly pushed inside the other moaning at the feeling.<br /><br />&quot;Gyah!!&quot; Those three fingers were nothing compared to Shadow&#039;s cock. It certainly prepared him a little bit but Shadow was so big that anything else felt like child&#039;s play. &quot;Ggg... G-god...Shadow...!&quot; Sonic arched his back and moaned in bliss. This feeling was still new to him but he was loving every second of it. Even the bit of pain that came with Shadow entering him. It only served to thrill him. <br /><br />Being this wasn&#039;t Sonic&#039;s first time Shadow didn&#039;t have to hold still for very long. Pulling back and thrusting back in Shadow moaned while feeling he walls cling to him. Again his one hand reached out and grabbed Sonic&#039;s quills, pulling his head back. His other was holding onto Sonic&#039;s hips, digging into him just a little.<br /><br />Blue barely noticed his head being pulled back by his quills, only basking in the moment of being filled so perfectly. Shadow wasn&#039;t necessarily gentle but had this primal air about him, pushing himself in again and again, each thrust harder than the last one. And each thrust brought out another moan out of Sonic. He tugged at his bonds even harder, wanting to wrap his arms around Shadow and beg for more.<br /><br />Licking up one of Sonic&#039;s ear the dark hedgehog groaned a bit. Thrusting even harder he just loved how Sonic was acting. He wished he tied the other up sooner. This was just so wonderful, some of his greatest dreams coming true. Letting go of Sonic&#039;s hip Shadow put his hand on his stomach again.<br /><br />As exciting as this was however, Sonic wasn&#039;t sure if being tied up was his favorite thing about this. It certainly made things more interesting but he longed to have his arms free and contribute more. But he supposed if he wanted to make Shadow happy he had to indulge the other sometimes. Sonic himself hadn&#039;t really thought of any fetishes he might have. The only thing he wanted was Shadow, and he had that. Anything else was just a bonus for him.<br /><br />Once the darker hedgehog found that sweet spot buried inside Sonic, Blue let out a shriek, not expecting the sudden burst of pleasure. In the back of his mind he was worried that Streaks probably heard that but the rest of him was so clouded with lust and pleasure that he hardly cared. &quot;C-Chaos, right there...!&quot; <br /><br />Feeling Sonic&#039;s free leg wrap around him after hitting the sweet spot Shadow just had to grin. Pulling back he started to thrust right into that spot, spoiling the other making him howl out in pleasure and yank on his ropes. &quot;Oh... S-Sonic.&quot; He moaned as he started to just show the spot no mercy.<br /><br />He&#039;d almost forgotten what this felt like, even though they&#039;d done it almost a week ago. Sonic could get used to this feeling very quickly. Biting his lip, Sonic tried not to moan as much as he was before but Shadow just refused to show him mercy tonight. He was already tired from his orgasm before so this was really wearing him down. And despite him trying to restrain himself for as long as he could, it only took Shadow about ten more minutes before he got Sonic to cum for the second time that night. <br /><br />Groaning Shadow had to push in deeply as he was forced to cum with how tightly Sonic was. Panting he let his mate&#039;s leg fall down from his shoulder. Pulling out he groaned again. Holding himself up he moved to untie Sonic. As soon as he was free the blue hedgehog wrapped his arms around the other. Smiling Shadow returned the affection.<br /><br />&quot;Th-that was...&quot; It was hard for Sonic to concentrate, too dazed and tired. &quot;W-wow...&quot; He&#039;d say that was better than their first time but honestly he wasn&#039;t sure.<br /><br />Chuckling to that Shadow moved so that Sonic could lay on him. &quot;I&#039;m g-glad that you enjoyed yourself. W-would this be something you would w-want to do again?&quot; Stroking Sonic&#039;s quills lovingly he purred.<br /><br />&quot;Well...&quot; As Sonic nestled his head on Shadow&#039;s fluff, he thought it over. &quot;Not all the time... I missed...putting my arms around you...&quot; And he purred. &quot;But o-once in a while...yeah...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Of course we wouldn&#039;t do this all the time. Then it would lose it&#039;s spark.&quot; Nuzzling the top on Sonic&#039;s head Shadow placed a kiss behind his ear. &quot;Next time I&#039;ll just make love to you.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;You make me blush when you talk like that...&quot; Sonic replied with a small smile. &quot;But yeah, that was wild...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Mmm... it&#039;s suppose to be.&quot; Holding Sonic a bit tighter and rubbing his sides Shadow couldn&#039;t help but coo. &quot;We should do this more often though... it&#039;s healthy for males of our age to have sex at least three times a week. I don&#039;t know if you&#039;d want to... participate in such activities that much.&quot;<br /><br />Sonic chuckled tiredly. &quot;It sounds really weird when you talk about sex so official like that. I feel like I&#039;m back in health class.&quot; But he purred nonetheless. &quot;But I can get used to the idea... I mean if I&#039;m gonna feel like that three times a week then sign me up.&quot; <br /><br />Laughing a bit at that Shadow had to blush a bit. &quot;It must just be in my nature. I&#039;m not even that good at dirty talking...&quot; Pecking his forehead Shadow smiled at Sonic nuzzling him back. &quot;I love you... and I would love to show you that as much as I can.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;You&#039;ve already made me so happy, Shads...&quot; Moving himself up a bit, Sonic gave Shadow a very tired kiss on the lips. Honestly he couldn&#039;t express how much he loved Shadow in mere words. &quot;An&#039; I love you too... Don&#039;t forget that, kay? Ever.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Hard to forget when you look at me the way you do with those beautiful green eyes.&quot; Brushing his cheek Shadow smiled before leaning in and giving Sonic a kiss. &quot;Now why don&#039;t you get some sleep? You look wiped out.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Am I ever...&quot; The blue hedgehog shuffled slightly as he felt some of Shadow&#039;s seed ooze out of his well used hole but then sighed. It was time to pass out now. &quot;G&#039;night Shads...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Sleep well love.&quot; Sighing a bit Shadow closed his eyes. Might as well sleep himself before Streaks came knocking for food. It was a good afternoon by all means of the word. Sonic finding his box wasn&#039;t such a bad thing.<br /><br />Sonic slept like a rock that night, groaning when he heard his alarm go off. <em>Oof... man, I dunno how I&#039;m gonna be able to work today after a night like that...</em> He sat up slightly and rolled off of Shadow, wincing in some slightly pain. &quot;Oww...&quot; <br /><br />Purring slightly Shadow started to wake up feeling that his warm lumpy blanket was gone. Looking over to Sonic he let a hand go up his back a bit. &quot;Morning... how are you feeling?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Alright...&quot; Sonic replied. &quot;Really groggy...&quot; And he decided not to mention the sore part. &quot;I dunno how I&#039;m gonna function at work today...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Do you need me to call off for you?&quot; Brushing some quills Shadow had to get closer to him.<br /><br />&quot;What?&quot; As nice as that sounded, Sonic shook his head. &quot;No, no... No need for that. And &#039;sides, I don&#039;t think sex aftermath is a good enough excuse, doc.&quot; He chuckled. &quot;I&#039;ll get through it somehow.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;If you are sure.&quot; Licking up Sonic&#039;s neck he had to chuckle. &quot;Let&#039;s shower... together.&quot;<br /><br />The thought alone made Sonic blush. <em>Oh Chaos.</em> The image of Shadow naked and wet sent a wave of pleasure down Sonic&#039;s spine. &quot;Uh...s-sure.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Perfect.&quot; Getting up Shadow went over and put on his bath robe. Taking out the other one he had he tossed it to Sonic. &quot;I&#039;ll be working at home for a few days, just to let you know.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Really?&quot; As Sonic put on the robe, he added, &quot;What for?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Part of it is so I can keep an eye on you. My higher ups want me to work but make sure you are stable. I&#039;m lucky that most of them were friends with my father so I&#039;m able to do this. I know it&#039;s wrong to take this offer but I thought it was a good idea as well. But if I&#039;m on the phone or writing something on the computer try not to to disturb me.&quot; Walking over Shadow pecked Sonic on the cheek before leading him to the bathroom.<br /><br />&quot;Right...&quot; Sonic was beginning to wonder just how much influence Shadow&#039;s family really had. <em>Still makes me wonder why he&#039;s living here if his family&#039;s so powerful.</em> Maybe he just wanted to get away from it all. Sonic wanted to ask but he was afraid he might offend his mate.<br /><br />Getting into the bathroom Shadow locked the door again. Taking off his robe he walked into the shower, letting Sonic follow suit. Turing on the water he smiled. &quot;I don&#039;t think any day can go wrong if you start it with a nice hot shower.&quot;<br /><br />The blue hedgehog swallowed nervously as he watched the both of them get soaked in the hot water. &quot;Yeah...same here...&quot; <br /><br />Seeing the look on Sonic&#039;s face just got Shadow to smile. Going over to his boyfriend he wrapped his arms around the other. &quot;You always seem so flustered when you are close to me.&quot; Kissing Sonic&#039;s neck he had to grin at the shiver. Grabbing the soap the dark hedgehog started cleaning up Sonic&#039;s body.<br /><br />Sonic couldn&#039;t help but notice that all of this just seemed to be natural to Shadow while to him it was still new and even a little awkward. It was times like this that he wished he was as fast as learning as his brother. &quot;H-hey...what are you doing...? I can clean myself...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;I&#039;m aware that you are capable of cleaning yourself, Sonic. This doesn&#039;t mean I&#039;m not going to.&quot; Kissing his cheek Shadow purred. &quot;Any excuse to get my hands on you is a good one.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;W-well when you put it like that...&quot; The blue hedgehog laughed nervously and tried not to get aroused by this. But with how Shadow was acting that was getting more and more difficult. <br /><br />Nuzzling the side of Sonic&#039;s head a bit the dark hedgehog couldn&#039;t help but chuckle a bit. His boyfriend was just so cute. And the fact that just this little bit of contact could turn Sonic on was making him feel pretty high. &quot;Why don&#039;t you wash me a bit?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Seriously?&quot; The small grin on Shadow&#039;s face confirmed it and he gave Sonic the soap. Blue had to grin a little as well, trying to catch up on all this flirting. &quot;Feeling lazy today, Shadow? Just &#039;cause you&#039;re working from home for a while doesn&#039;t mean I have to do everything else...&quot; Nevertheless Sonic started rubbing the soap on Shadow. &quot;But I guess this time I&#039;ll make an exception.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;You better.&quot; Grinning Shadow purred at feeling Sonic&#039;s hands on him. It was nice to see a little bit of a forward side to him, one that could push back and understand it was all in fun. As Sonic washed his stomach he worked on his shoulders as well as giving him a bit of a massage.<br /><br />Sonic knew he certainly wasn&#039;t as good at this massage thing as Shadow was but he certainly wasn&#039;t an amateur either. And wherever this sudden burst of confidence came from Sonic welcomed it with open arms. He couldn&#039;t let Shadow do all of the work all the time.<br /><br />&quot;Hm. I think you&#039;re clean enough,&quot; he said while giving Shadow a small lick on the cheek. <br /><br />&quot;I think so.&quot; Shadow sighed before grinning. Grabbing Sonic&#039;s one arm he pulled he other close so that their bodies were pressed together. &quot;But if you didn&#039;t have to go to work you know I would make it so we have to clean up more.&quot;<br /><br />Those words made Sonic shudder. &quot;D-don&#039;t talk like that right now, Shads... Get me all worked up before I have to go out...&quot; <br /><br />Chuckling Shadow let the other go. &quot;Fine, fine. Better dry off and get ready for the day then.&quot; Turning the water off the dark hedgehog sighed. He&#039;d have to get a day off with Sonic again someday.<br /><br />Unfortunately it wouldn&#039;t be anytime this week. Especially since that double date with this Friday, tomorrow. <em>Speaking of which, I should probably text Scourge and let him know that date is fine.</em><br /><br />Heading off to work Sonic had to sigh. He&#039;d have to take his car with how he was feeling, instead of running like he wanted to. As he walked he sent the text to Scourge to let him know that the date would be fine and to give more details about it. For some reason he felt like it would be a long day.<br /><br />While driving his mind couldn&#039;t help but wander. He had an awfully strange dream last night though he couldn&#039;t remember most of it... All he really remembered was an echidna. A girl echidna but he knew it wasn&#039;t Julie-Su and she was really the only female echidna the blue hedgehog knew.<br /><br />But that was it. He couldn&#039;t remember if anything else happened, what the girl really looked like, what she was wearing, nothing. And it bothered Sonic more than it should. Seeing that image somehow gave him the sense of deja vu. Now that his distraction was gone he was free to think about it.<br /><br /><em>Eh... it&#039;s probably nothing... I&#039;m thinking way too much into this.</em><br /><br />Pulling into a parking spot he sighed before getting out. Walking in a few people waved to him. Checking in he smiled at Rotor who was sitting in the break room. &quot;Hey Sonic... had fun last night?&quot; He teased pointing to his neck.<br /><br />&quot;Huh?&quot; It took him a moment to realize what Rotor meant before blushing and looking away. &quot;Oh shut it, Rote&#039;...&quot; <br /><br />Laughing at that Rotor had to smile. &quot;So things are going well with that crush of yours, huh?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Yeah...&quot; was the dazed reply, Sonic giving his own small smile &quot;Better than I ever could&#039;ve hoped.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Well that&#039;s good. Hopefully Khan won&#039;t decide that he wants him and try to wreck it.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Tch.&quot; That was probably the reason Ken had it so out for Sonic. The guy had always been jealous of him while dating Sally, even though he was a lot older than her. It was a little creepy. &quot;I doubt he even swings that way. &#039;Sides, me and Shadow are...well...&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Pretty darn close?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I&#039;ll say.&quot; <br /><br />Smiling at that Rotor got up and went over to Sonic to whisper to him. &quot;If you ask me you should have him come in the store and show him off a bit. If M.K. tries to cause any trouble then you can bring him to the board. Take him down a peg.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;What? No!&quot; Shaking his head, Sonic wasn&#039;t too keen on the idea. &quot;I don&#039;t want him coming into my work. It&#039;s bad enough my job is pathetic compared to his. He doesn&#039;t need details...&quot; Not to mention Sonic just didn&#039;t want the special treatment. He was never one for that kind of thing. Perhaps that was why he didn&#039;t want gifts anymore. <br /><br />&quot;Come on Sonic, your job isn&#039;t pathetic.&quot; Rotor sighed, hating when his friend talked like that. He had to freeze though when he saw Monkey Khan walked in. Looking over to the two his gaze rested on Sonic.<br /><br />&quot;Hedgehog, don&#039;t you have work you should be doing?&quot;<br /><br />Giving Khan an unamused look, Sonic sighed as well. &quot;Yes sir...&quot; He mumbled before starting to walk out. But before he left he turned to Rotor again. &quot;Compared to Shadow&#039;s, yeah it is.&quot; And then he left for his desk. <br /><br />Sitting behind his desk Sonic had to sigh. Though he couldn&#039;t wait to get home. That&#039;s when he got a text. Looking it was from Scourge. <em>Awesome. Movie will be at 6. Let&#039;s grab a bite afterward. Great action movie out right now. </em><br /><br />Sonic rolled his eyes. He couldn&#039;t say he was looking forward to this. It was going to be a disaster just like the last time he saw his brother. <em>I just hope I don&#039;t mid-change again. Or worse, somehow change all the way. Can&#039;t imagine what would happen...</em><br /><br />Today was actually a busy day for him. It seemed like an endless stream of customers were needing help from Sonic today. At least it seemed to make the day go by a little faster. <br /><br />Getting off Sonic had to sigh. He couldn&#039;t wait to get home and see Shadow. As he was about to start driving there came a phone call. Blinking he looked at his phone to see that Zonic was actually calling him. For a second he thought about ignoring it but knew that was a bad idea. Answering it he almost mumbled out his, &quot;Hello, Zee.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Hey Sonic... look, I need to talk to you about this double date Scourge has been trying to plan.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;What about it?&quot; Sonic answered boredly as he got in his car. <br /><br />&quot;I know Scourge has been talking about going to a movie but... the fair is in town. Why don&#039;t we go to that? Scourge has never been to a fair and he seems to want to go but won&#039;t admit it.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Go tomorrow?&quot; As fun as that sounded...Sonic didn&#039;t think it could happen. &quot;You realize both me and Shadow have to work tomorrow, right? Sounds fun and all but why don&#039;t we just...go a little smaller?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;We don&#039;t have to go tomorrow. I was thinking Saturday. I know you have the weekend off. So do I and Scourge. So tell me if Shadow has the day off.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Uh...&quot; Ears lowering, Sonic supposed his brother either didn&#039;t hear or ignored his plea for something less crowded for a double date. It wasn&#039;t that he didn&#039;t want to go... He just didn&#039;t want to cause the scene that was bound to happen in front of that many people. &quot;I don&#039;t know...I&#039;ll ask...&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Well tell me if he is. Also... Scourge might pop up at your house today. He said something about wanting to hang out with you more.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;O-Oh?&quot; Sonic&#039;s ears lowered slightly. &quot;Are, uh, you coming too?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;No, I have to work tonight. Then I have two days off and then I work again.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Oh...&quot; This just felt way too awkward. He was pretty sure Zonic was still seething at him from the other line. His voice was so monotone though. &quot;I&#039;ll see you later then... And I&#039;ll let you know about the...yeah... Bye.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Bye.&quot; With that Zonic just hung up. Ears down Sonic just started to drive home. He didn&#039;t like what was going on between him and Zonic at all. Getting home he had to sigh. <br /><br />Opening the door he was surprised when he saw Shadow and Scourge sitting on the couch talking. &quot;Hey Blue! There you are.&quot; Scourge grinned, waving at him as Shadow got up and went over to Sonic and kissed him.<br /><br />&quot;Welcome home.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Thanks...&quot; Both Shadow and Scourge could tell something was wrong. &quot;Didn&#039;t know you&#039;d be over so soon. I just found out.&quot; <br /><br />Blinking it was clear that Scourge didn&#039;t understand. &quot;How could you know? I was coming over here to surprise you.&quot;<br /><br />That just made Sonic&#039;s ears lower. &quot;Zonic called and said so.&quot; <br /><br />That got Scourge&#039;s ears to go up. &quot;Really! Well that&#039;s good... I think. Least he&#039;s talking to you.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I would say that is a good sign.&quot; Shadow smiled, putting a hand on Sonic&#039;s shoulder and rubbing it a bit. &quot;Scourge brought over a movie for the two of you to watch. It looks... rather bad. Do you want me to join you two or do you want me to leave you two alone?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Join us Stripes! The more the merrier. Right Blue?&quot; Grinning Scourge looked to Sonic.<br /><br />&quot;Doesn&#039;t matter to me... But can I talk to Shadow in private first?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Yeah, go for it you two. I&#039;ll be here.&quot; Leaning back on the couch Scourge sighed as he watched the two other hedgehog&#039;s disappear into Shadow&#039;s room.<br /><br />&quot;I&#039;m sorry if me letting Scourge in has made you uncomfortable. I just thought it would be nice to talk to him a little more.&quot; Ears down Shadow was hoping that he didn&#039;t upset his boyfriend. He just found Scourge a fascination.<br /><br />&quot;No, no, it&#039;s not that. I don&#039;t mind him.&quot; And Sonic could tell that he was actually trying to get along with him now. He didn&#039;t really understand why. Sonic was under the impression that Scourge was only playing nice to impress his brother. But since Sonic bet Zonic couldn&#039;t care less right about now...why bother?<br /><br />&quot;Are you free this weekend?&quot; Blue asked, getting straight to the point. <br /><br />&quot;Um... I can be. When do you need me?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Saturday... Zonic wants to go to that fair that&#039;s a little outside of town. The one that opened about a week ago. He said Scourge has never been to one, so...yeah. I dunno if it&#039;s supposed to be a secret or not, that&#039;s why I brought you over here...&quot; Talking about his brother just made Sonic feel lower and lower. &lt;i&gt;And I completely forgot to tell him I moved in with Shadow...if Scourge hasn&#039;t told him already...&lt;/i&gt; But would he even care anymore? <br /><br />&quot;A fair... well I haven&#039;t been to one of those in a while. Sounds like a good idea to me.&quot; Wrapping his arms around Sonic the dark hedgehog smiled. &quot;You shouldn&#039;t look so down. This is a good thing. Now let&#039;s go watch a bad movie with Scourge.&quot; Leaning in Shadow gave him a peck on the lips.<br /><br />&quot;I don&#039;t really see how it&#039;s a good thing.&quot; Nevertheless the two hedgehogs walked out to find that the third one had already popped the movie into the player and was going through the options. &quot;That didn&#039;t take long.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;No. Just needed to confirm something.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Great.&quot; Scourge smiled. &quot;Have you been Blue?&quot; Watching them both sit down he started to go to start the movie.<br /><br />The way Scourge was looking at him made Sonic a little nervous. Was he still thinking about his little...freak out? He was pretty sure those claw marks hadn&#039;t gone away. &quot;Uh fine...normal.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;That&#039;s good. Not to normal anymore being that you&#039;re living with the guy you&#039;re dating. By the way, he&#039;s very amusing.&quot; Smiling Scourge started up the movie getting Streaks to look out from his room.<br /><br />&quot;What are you guys doing?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;We are about to watch a bad movie. Why don&#039;t you join us?&quot; Getting a smile from his brother Streaks quickly moved out in front of the couch.<br /><br />Throughout the movie though, Shadow could tell that Sonic wasn&#039;t really paying attention to it. His thoughts kept bringing him back to either Zonic or that echidna girl he saw in his dream. He wasn&#039;t sure why the girl was so important since Zonic seemed much more. But what could he do?<br /><br />Sometimes though he did pay attention and laugh with the rest of them. But most of the time Sonic was off in his own little world. It was starting to worry Shadow. More than anything he just wanted this fight between Sonic&#039;s family to just end... It had gone on for way too long and it didn&#039;t help that the two of them either acted like children or were currently acting like children. <br /><br />Once the movie was over Streaks went back to his room. Smiling Scourge had to lean back. &quot;Sweet kid. Well that was fun but I better get back home.&quot; Getting up Scourge had to sigh.<br /><br />&quot;Do you have to go so soon? You&#039;re welcome to stay longer.&quot; Shadow got up and smiled to Scourge. He was enjoying the green hedgehog&#039;s company.<br /><br />It made Scourge pause. Shadow was probably the third person in his life to ever say such a thing to him (the hedgehog twins being the first and second). He looked over to Sonic who was giving him a curious look. &quot;Yeah. Why d&#039;you have to go so soon?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;I don&#039;t... I just didn&#039;t want to bother you lover birds to much.&quot; That got Shadow to chuckle.<br /><br />&quot;You aren&#039;t bothering us Scourge. Stay for dinner. You&#039;re more then welcome too.&quot; With that the dark hedgehog started heading for the kitchen to get started.<br /><br />Sitting back down Scourge had to look over to Sonic. &quot;Damn Blue. You weren&#039;t joking when you called him perfect. He&#039;s probably the friendliest person I&#039;ve ever met.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Yeah? Told you so.&quot; Sonic smiled fondly at Shadow&#039;s retreating figure. &quot;I guess the only thing I could complain about him is that he&#039;s a vegetarian. But that&#039;s not even a big deal so whatever.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;That&#039;s a bit weird.&quot; Scourge had to shake his head a bit at that. Too weird for his liking. &quot;Say Blue... there was something I wanted to ask you about... what was with that freak out at Zee and my place?&quot;<br /><br />Sonic froze and in the kitchen Shadow froze as well. He couldn&#039;t hear their conversation entirely but he certainly heard that. What was Sonic going to say?<br /><br />&quot;Uh...what about it?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;You left claw marks on our door frame. That&#039;s not normal. Have you been growing your nails out or somethin&#039;?&quot; Eying Sonic it was clear that Scourge was very suspicious.<br /><br />&quot;Oh...right...&quot;<br /><br />&quot;And I swear I saw your teeth grow a few inches. You freaked me the hell out. What happened?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;About that...how much do I owe you for repairs on your door frame anyway?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Don&#039;t change the subject. Tell me what happened to you! It was freaky.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I don&#039;t know what you think you saw Scourge but I was just getting upset. Now how much do I owe you two?&quot;<br /><br />Frowning Scourge huffed before leaning back. He knew that if Sonic or Zonic didn&#039;t want to give you a straight answer you wouldn&#039;t get one. &quot;I don&#039;t know. You&#039;d have to ask Zee.&quot;<br /><br />Zonic hadn&#039;t really said a word about Sonic&#039;s strange behavior before or the damage to the door frame since it happened. And with his poker face it was hard to tell if he was thinking about it or not. Scourge wasn&#039;t sure what his mate was thinking.<br /><br />&quot;Alright... I&#039;ll ask him when we all go out then.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Yeah... speaking of Zee, you know is buddy Vector? I think that&#039;s his name.&quot;<br /><br />Sonic couldn&#039;t help but be thankful for a subject change but he had to wonder what Scourge was thinking when being up Zonic&#039;s best friend. &quot;Not that well but I&#039;ve hung out with him a bit.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;I think he has the same feelings for Zee that I do. Every time he comes around he glares at me and he tried extra hard to break me and Zonic up. And the way he looks at your brother makes me want to punch him in the face!&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Really? Vector?&quot; Sonic had to think about that. Knuckles and Mighty knew Vector more than he did. Maybe he&#039;d ask his friends about it sometime. &quot;Never knew he swung that way.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Ya never knew I did either till I got with Zee... course I didn&#039;t either.&quot; Scratching behind his head Scourge had to sigh. &quot;It&#039;s just really annoying though. Why does everyone hate me? I never did anything too bad.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Probably the same reason why sometimes I hate myself for being with Shadow... Maybe they thing he&#039;s too good for you. I dunno.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Well Zee is too good for me. That don&#039;t mean I&#039;m going to give him up now that I have him... it&#039;s also... I mean come on! It&#039;s not their place to say so I don&#039;t get why they give a shit!&quot; It didn&#039;t really help that people liked to point out that Sonic was with Shadow and how well he was. Part of Scourge couldn&#039;t help but feel jealous.<br /><br />&quot;People are nosy. You&#039;re better off asking Shadow though. He knows more about this kind of thing then I do.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Yeah, yeah... well I know why Vector does it anyways. It&#039;s not just cause he thinks Zee is too good for be but wants him for himself. Bastard. Thing is your brother is so clueless he can&#039;t even see what&#039;s going on.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;True. He is clueless.&quot; Most of the time Zonic was so focused on work that he had little time for anything else. He was like that for as long as Sonic&#039;s known him. When it came to feelings Zonic was a complete novice. Everything else though he was at least decent at. &quot;You get used to it though.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;In away I like it but not when someone is trying to move in on him. Sure you could understand. You aren&#039;t clueless. Someone tried to move in on Shadow I bet you would beat the living daylights out of them.&quot;<br /><br />Sonic had to chuckle a little bit. &quot;If they knew we were dating, then yes. Especially after how long I&#039;ve wanted the guy.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Right, you&#039;re ahead of Stripes. Being you&#039;ve been in this relationship what... two years longer then him?&quot; Scourge teased, playfully nudging Sonic&#039;s shoulder.<br /><br />&quot;Oh be quiet...&quot; Sonic mumbled, wishing people wouldn&#039;t bring that up anymore. &quot;In my own disturbed mind, sure.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Least you admit it!&quot; Wrapping and arm around the blue hedgehog, Scourge grinned and gave him a bit of a noogie. &quot;Bet you haven&#039;t told him that either, huh?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Shut up!&quot; Sonic exclaimed before pushing Scourge away. &quot;And he basically knows, alright?&quot; <br /><br />Laughing Scourge had to lean back on the couch, still grinning. &quot;Then you two must have been made to last. He must have picked your brain though when you first started talking. He talks like a therapist.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;He&#039;s into the whole behavioral science thing.&quot; Not like Sonic really understood it but he never understood scientists to begin with. In fact that was why he was in this mess in the first place. He was kind of some weird science experiment. <em>Streaks wasn&#039;t far off.</em><br /><br />But this wasn&#039;t the time for that and Sonic didn&#039;t want to think about it anyway. &quot;Have you been looking for other jobs?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Yeah. I&#039;ve told you my boss is a prick and I&#039;m finally sick of dealing with it. Looking into construction. Been talking to some guy that does house contracts and he might take me on... pays a hell of a lot more too so that would be awesome.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Construction?&quot; Sonic pictured Scourge in a construction worker&#039;s uniform and laughed to himself. &quot;You like the whole manual labor jobs, huh?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;I have a record Blue. Not a lot of jobs open up to people like me. Even if one was dismissed I still have two DUIs and all under the age of twenty one. So yeah... most employers will turn me down. And there&#039;s nothing wrong with a little labor.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Not saying there is. I&#039;m just saying it&#039;s kinda funny that you look really scrawny but you&#039;re pretty darn strong.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Look who&#039;s taking.&quot; <br /><br />It was then Shadow actually returned only hearing bits and pieces of what the two were talking about. Going over to Sonic he wrapped and arm around him. &quot;Sonic&#039;s not scrawny. He&#039;s well built.&quot; He purred looking at the blue hedgehog in a way that got Sonic blushing and Scourge laughing.<br /><br />&quot;I wouldn&#039;t say that...&quot; Sonic mumbled, trying not to sound embarrassed. &quot;Once a month, maybe.&quot; His tone was joking but both Sonic and Shadow knew how true that statement really was. <br /><br />&quot;Okay, okay. I hope you like pasta Scourge because that&#039;s what is coking.&quot; Shadow smiled before giving Sonic a nuzzle.<br /><br />&quot;Sure. I&#039;ve been meaning to ask you Stripes, how does it feel knowing that Blue had his eye on you for years but never said anything?&quot; Grinning it was clear Scourge was trying to embarrassed Sonic more.<br /><br />And it worked. But before Sonic could tell Scourge to shut up Shadow spoke up. &quot;I&#039;m flattered really. Though I do wish he would have approached me sooner then he did. He loved me the moment he saw me and I sadly didn&#039;t see it till now.&quot; Pecking Sonic on the cheek to that the dark hedgehog smiled so sweetly to his mate.<br /><br /><em>Chaos, this is embarrassing...</em> Cheeks turning even more red, Sonic looked down to his lap. &quot;Yeah, well... I&#039;m not exactly as blunt as Scourge over there&quot; <br /><br />&quot;But that&#039;s how I like you.&quot; Giving Sonic a nuzzle Shadow smiled at him while Scourge was trying not to laugh. It was just too cute how these two acted.<br /><br />Sonic rose a brow. <em>He likes me being a shy mess?</em> Blue knew he had to work on that desperately. He was getting better but was still easily embarrassed, especially when talking about days before he and Shadow got together. Nobody would ever let him live that down.<br /><br />&quot;Man Blue, I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve ever seen your cheeks that red before!&quot; Scourge couldn&#039;t help but blur out as he started to laugh again getting Shadow to shake his head.<br /><br />&quot;Come now Scourge, there&#039;s no reason to be like that.&quot; Getting up Shadow started to head back to the kitchen to check on the food.<br /><br />Sonic nudged Scourge&#039;s side rather hard to get him to stop. &quot;Do you really enjoy embarrassing me that much, dude?&quot; <br /><br />Still laughing Scourge had to wipe away a tear. &quot;Yes, yes I do. Relax. I&#039;m just joking around. I wish Zonic would stand up a little more for me like that. Your brother hates PDA.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;That&#039;s not hard to imagine.&quot; All this talking about his brother was starting to get Sonic down again. &quot;How&#039;s...he been, anyway? Any better...?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Kind of... not really. Like I said his friend Vector is being a jerk and your mom... well she&#039;s been kind of hard on him. I&#039;m doing what I can but sometimes I just... I sometimes think I should leave him just so he can be happy again. Most of his grief seems to be centered around me yet that&#039;s where he&#039;s getting all of his comfort from... I don&#039;t know what to do Blue.&quot;<br /><br />Ears lowering, Sonic figured Scourge would think something like that eventually. &quot;Well I think if he really wanted to he could have left you just to get everyone off his back. But since he hasn&#039;t he obviously wants to stay with you. So don&#039;t break up with him.<br /><br />&quot;And...I&#039;ll talk it over with Mom. Maybe she&#039;ll listen to me now.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;I don&#039;t know if she will. I&#039;m sure she just wants me out of the picture...&quot; Sighing Scourge had to lay back a bit on the couch.<br /><br /><em>I wish Dad was awake... He could probably talk some sense into Mom...</em> He wondered what Uncle Chuck thought of all of this. Charles hadn&#039;t really said much about it.<br /><br />&quot;Dinner is ready!&quot; Shadow called from the kitchen getting both Scourge and Sonic&#039;s ears to pop up. They were getting up to go to the kitchen when Streaks rushed by to get some food.<br /><br />Walking in it looked like a simple meal. Sitting down Scourge felt a bit out of place all of the sudden. But he would take a free meal when ever he could.<br /><br />It was probably how Sonic felt when he had his first meal with Shadow. But at least it didn&#039;t have Streaks wondering what it was like to be a freak of nature. Sonic sighed at the memory.<br /><br />After dinner Scourge decided it was really time to leave. Once he was gone Sonic opened his phone to text his brother. <em>Hey... It was nice to hang out with Scourge. I think he had a good time. Hope you can come next time... Oh, and Shadow says Saturday is fine. As an afterthought, Sonic added to the text, I don&#039;t know if you really want to know this or not but we&#039;re living together now...</em> <br /><br />After closing his phone with a sigh Sonic felt arms wrap around him. &quot;Your brother is dating quite a charming fellow. I kind of like him myself. And I&#039;m glad you&#039;re willing to help him out when he turns to you.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Yeah... Now if only Zonic could see that we think that.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;I&#039;m sure he will. Just give him a little time. It sounds like he is having a very hard time.&quot; Kissing Sonic on the side of the head Shadow purred. &quot;But I&#039;m proud of you.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Why? I caused a huge chunk of this mess anyway.&quot; Sighing, Sonic waited until Shadow let go over before reaching over for his coat. &quot;I&#039;m going out for a little bit. Just to my uncle&#039;s place. Be back in a little bit.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;This isn&#039;t your fault Sonic.&quot; Shadow called out as his boyfriend left and sighed. Sometimes Sonic would blame himself for that which there was no blame to be laid.<br /><br />&quot;Hi Sonic!&quot; Amy cheered as he walked into the dinner. She had been cleaning up but stopped as soon as the blue hedgehog came in and ran over to greet him.<br /><br />&quot;Hey Ames...&quot; Sonic replied while looking around. &quot;Uncle Chuck&#039;s still here, right?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;He&#039;s in his office.&quot; She giggled as Sonic started to head where she had pointed.<br /><br />&quot;Thanks.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Anything for you.&quot;<br /><br /><em>Ugh. If I ever turn out like that around Shadow I&#039;m going to ask him to shoot me.</em> Shaking his head, Sonic walked around the counter to his uncle&#039;s office and knocked gently on the open door. &quot;Hey Unc? You really busy?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Not very. Come on in and have a seat sonny.&quot; Walking it Sonic could see that Charles was just going over some records. He liked to keep those things neat. &quot;What brings you down here?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Just...haven&#039;t seen you in a while.&quot; He hadn&#039;t seen nor talked to his mother or his uncle since his birthday. It had been at least a week and a half. <em>That means I&#039;m gonna transform pretty soon...</em> The first of July was just a few days away. Who knew if he was going to transform then? &quot;How have you been?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Oh, you know me. Can&#039;t complain. It&#039;s good to see you out and about. Been too long. You should bring Shadow back too some time. Didn&#039;t get much of a chance to talk to him.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;About that...sorry about causing that huge scene...&quot; Ears lowering, Sonic sighed. &quot;That&#039;s actually what I really wanted to talk to you about. Apologize and...well I haven&#039;t really talked with Mom either but she&#039;s not really approving of Zonic and Scourge&#039;s relationship. He&#039;s really not that bad, Uncle Chuck. And Zonic&#039;s really hurting &#039;cause he thinks everyone&#039;s against him. Please tell me you&#039;re not.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Well I can&#039;t tell you I approve. That boy has a record and it shows in how he acts. Most of the time I think he is going to be on the nine O&#039;clock news in trouble again. I know your brother means well in helping him but I don&#039;t really understand what he sees in that boy.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Uncle Chuck... Scourge isn&#039;t that bad. Really, he&#039;s not. Do you honestly think Zonic would get with him if he didn&#039;t think Scourge was a good person? He&#039;s a cop, for Chaos&#039; sake! You and Mom won&#039;t even give him a chance.&quot; <br /><br />Giving Sonic a look Charles had to slide out, away from his desk a little more to really have this talk with Sonic. &quot;We&#039;ve known him for a good long time now. I&#039;ve seen how he behaves, how he thinks the world owes him something. Now I love your brother, I respect the decisions he has made. But I can&#039;t in good heart take him being with a delinquent. And why are you so eager to defend Scourge now? A few months ago you wanted nothing to do with him.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Yeah. And a few months ago I barely knew the guy. He puts off a tough front but he&#039;s actually kinda fun to be around.&quot; Charles rose an eyebrow. He remember Zonic saying almost the same thing. &quot;Please, Uncle Chuck. With you and Mom scaring him off you&#039;ll never really know him. And then you&#039;re gonna end up making Scourge leave Zonic. You know he told me today that he&#039;s almost considering doing that just so Zonic wouldn&#039;t be miserable anymore? He&#039;s &lt;i&gt;not that bad&lt;/i&gt;. Trust me. Like you said, I&#039;m the last person who wants to admit this. I hated him. But now I don&#039;t because I realized he&#039;s not that bad when he wants to be a good guy.&quot; <br /><br />Sighing Charles shook his head. &quot;I don&#039;t think I&#039;ll ever get it. I don&#039;t even understand what made Zonic decide to get with him in the first place. They just... shouldn&#039;t work.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Easy. Scourge saw how great Zonic was and that he was really the only person in his life that ever gave a damn about him. You do realize that his parents kicked him out of the house because he had a job, right? His parents are terrible people. So because Zonic cared, Scourge made a move.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;That doesn&#039;t explain why Zonic is with him. He could have easily said no. Your mother is sure that he did but your brother just gave in after a while.&quot;<br /><br />Sighing Sonic shook his head. &quot;Zonic didn&#039;t say no. He thought about giving Scourge a chance. He did and now they are trying to be happy together... can&#039;t you be there for Zonic. Scourge makes him happy and is trying to keep him happy despite how everyone is acting. Please Unc&#039;. Try to support him at least.&quot; <br /><br />Uncle Chuck kept silent at this new information. &quot;It&#039;s just so cruel, I think... Nobody but me and Shadow seem to be okay with it.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;...Shadow&#039;s okay with it?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Yeah. He came over to our house a little while ago and Shadow seemed to enjoy his company.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Really.&quot; That got Charles to start thinking a bit. &quot;Well Sonic, I don&#039;t really know if this is a good idea but I suppose with how determined you are to defend them and your own boyfriend isn&#039;t bothered by it I&#039;ll... I&#039;ll show my support.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Don&#039;t sound too excited.&quot; Sonic&#039;s ears lowered. &quot;Anyway...you&#039;ll see. I hope.&quot; <br /><br />Nodding Charles sighed again. &quot;How are you and Shadow doing?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Oh...y&#039;know. We&#039;re fine.&quot; He tried not to gush about his own relationship, at least not here. Not to his family when there was still so much drama. &quot;It&#039;s been really nice.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;That&#039;s good to hear. You should bring him down here again.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I will... I better get back to him anyways. I told him I&#039;d be back.&quot;<br /><br />Nodding Charles waved. &quot;I have work to do anyways. Give Shadow my regards. And come by again sonny boy.&quot;<br /><br />Giving his uncle a small smile, Sonic stood up and waved before leaving. That hadn&#039;t turned out to be a total disaster at least. Now all he needed to do was convince his mother. And again Sonic wished his father was awake. He was sure Jules would at least be a little more open minded than this.<br /><br />&quot;I&#039;m back,&quot; Sonic said while closing the do to his and Shadow&#039;s shared place. <br /><br />Shadow was sitting on the couch reading a book. Looking over he smiled as Sonic came over and sat down. &quot;How did it go?&quot; Taking Sonic&#039;s hand he held it tightly.<br /><br />&quot;It wasn&#039;t a complete train wreck, at least.&quot; Blue leaned his head against Shadow&#039;s shoulder and started to purr. &quot;I&#039;m glad I went. I think I sort of convinced Uncle Chuck to give Scourge a chance.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Good.&quot; Purring too Shadow leaned on Sonic too. &quot;Say, being that we don&#039;t have a double date tomorrow let us go out. Just the two of us.&quot; Nuzzling the other he smiled before kissing his ear. &quot;Afterwards I could make love to you.&quot;<br /><br />Sonic blushed but smiled at the thought. He&#039;d love nothing more than that to be honest. &quot;You sure we&#039;re not scarring Streaks for life? &#039;Specially after last night?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;He&#039;s a big boy Sonic. He understands. Besides, he has head phones.&quot; Wrapping his arms around the blue hedgehog Shadow purred while nuzzling him more. &quot;If he had a problem he would have told me anyways.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Heh! I suppose so.&quot;<br /><br />That night, as the two hedgehogs cuddled together, Sonic found himself in an incredibly deep sleep. His face scrunched up slightly but otherwise he was out.<br /><br /><em>&quot;Where...?&quot;<br /><br />Looking around this place, Sonic could safely say he had no idea where he was. It seemed so primal. An alter, perhaps? It stretched a few feet into the sky and was surrounded by pillars. A small pool of water around most of it besides the steps.<br /><br />And tiny creatures frolicking around it. &quot;Chao...?&quot; Sonic blinked. He hadn&#039;t seen a chao in ages. He just assumed they became extinct, or at least an endangered species. But around here there seemed to be at least twenty, playing and singing without a care in the world. <br /><br />Looking around his eyes fell on the echidna woman he had been dreaming about. She looked hurt, sad even. Her light blue eyes just seemed to look right through him. &quot;You have to help.&quot; <br /><br />This had been the clearest Sonic had seen this woman. For some reason he knew it was the same person that his other dreams had hinted it. He didn&#039;t know who she was and yet he felt like he still knew her. Her fur was peach colored, her clothes very tribal. Knuckles would have a field day with that outfit. &quot;Help?&quot; Sonic asked, confused.<br /><br />&quot;They are tapping into powers in ways that cannot happen. He will be unleashed and enraged if they continue.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;What are you talking about? Who&#039;s they? Who&#039;s he?&quot;<br /><br />The echidna girl didn&#039;t answer right away. She only looked to the top of the alter sadly. &quot;Him,&quot; she finally said, pointing to the top. Then she moved out of the way.<br /><br />Sonic took that as a sign that he could pass. Giving her a curious look, he walked up the stairs and stopped in shock at what he saw.<br /><br />It looked like the green emerald he had seen at the jewelry store, only &lt;/i&gt;much &lt;i&gt;bigger. It was bigger than his entire body. &quot;W-whoa... What is...&quot;<br /><br />&quot;He is inside.&quot; Sonic froze when he heard the sudden voice and turned around. The echidna was there again. &quot;He is in you. Please, you must help before he is released.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;What are you talking about? I don&#039;t understand...&quot; If it had something to do with those emeralds then she had to be referring to his strange transformation. But what did that have to do with her?<br /><br />&quot;Chaos.&quot;</em><br /><br />Green eyes snapped open and Sonic gasped. Out of all the strange dreams the blue hedgehog has had recently, that had to be the most vivid. He could remember ever detail. &quot;Chaos...?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Did you say something Sonic?&quot; Looking over Sonic saw that Shadow had started working. He pushed his glasses up as he watched the blue hedgehog sit up.<br /><br />&quot;Just... mumbling in my sleep I guess.&quot; Sonic sighed getting out of bed. He needed to get to work to and ask for tomorrow off.<br /><br />&quot;If you want to talk about it you know where to find me.&quot; Turning back to the computer Shadow kept typing away on his theories.<br /><br />&quot;I&#039;ll...talk to you about it tonight.&quot; Shadow paused and took another quick look at his affection. He looked so deep in thought. Bad dream, perhaps? <br /><br />Watching Sonic leave to shower Shadow hoped that Sonic would talk to him tonight. They had a date. Thinking about that he thought he would take Sonic some place nice. There was a sushi place he liked. They had good seaweed salads.<br /><br />As Sonic walked into work, his mind was even more distracted than normal. Why did those dreams bother him so much? For that matter, why did he keep having them and what did they mean? &lt;i&gt;Maybe I should talk to Knux about it... He&#039;s a history buff. Maybe he&#039;d know something about this lady, or those emeralds...&lt;/i&gt; <br /><br />Being he ran to work he was able to run home. Opening the door he saw Streaks was sitting on the couch watching Ghost Hunters. When he was about to go into his room the younger hedgehog got up. &quot;No! Shadow&#039;s on a job call. Don&#039;t go in!&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Huh?&quot; Sonic blink, his hand halfway to the doorknob already. &quot;Oh... If you say so.&quot; That was rather odd but Sonic wouldn&#039;t question it. He wondered if Knuckles was home yet. Texting his friend, he certainly hoped that he was. <br /><br />Sitting back down Streaks turned back to the TV. &quot;I think he&#039;s talking to his boss over something. I&#039;m not sure.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;I see.&quot; Sonic sighed. He hoped that Shadow wouldn&#039;t be too long. He almost jumped when his phone went off with a text. Looking it was Knuckles. I&#039;m with my woman. I&#039;ll be free on Monday. <br /><br />Sonic figured they were either doing something he really didn&#039;t want to know about or they were on another one of their trips. Well that shot down his idea anyway. &quot;Got it.&quot; Now there was the issue of not knowing what to do next.<br /><br /><em>I haven&#039;t hung out with Tails in a while...not since his school let out.</em> So he texted his little bro to see what was up. If Shadow was still working then there really wasn&#039;t a point of sticking around. <br /><br />It was then that Shadow walked out with a sigh. &quot;Streaks, have I mentioned how much of an idiot some of the board is?&quot; As he asked this he looked up to see Sonic there and he had to smile.<br /><br />&quot;More then once. Let me guess, Hillary called you.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Yes actually. Good guess.&quot; Ruffling Streaks head he went over to Sonic. &quot;I&#039;m glad to see you home.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Glad to be home. Trouble with co-workers?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Yes... They are... well I sometimes think about quitting because of some of them.&quot; Going over Shadow hugged Sonic. He was looking forward to their date.<br /><br />Considering how that one hedgehog, Shadow&#039;s ex, acted around him, Sonic wouldn&#039;t blame Shadow in the slightest. He huffed at the memory, not really wanting to recall that. &quot;Would you go somewhere else then?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Maybe once you&#039;re fixed I&#039;ll turn in my notice and look to being a science teacher...&quot; Pulling away Shadow had to smile. &quot;I was thinking about going to a sushi place... do you like sushi?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Sushi?&quot; Sonic thought about it. &quot;Never really had it...&quot; One of Zonic&#039;s other friends, Espio, really enjoyed sushi and got the other blue hedgehog into it as well. But Sonic was never really keen on the idea of eating raw fish.<br /><br />Maybe he should give it a shot anyway. &quot;But I&#039;ll try it. What, you just get the vegetarian ones?&quot; <br /><br />&quot;They have good salads.&quot; Smiling Shadow looked over to Streaks. &quot;You have the money I gave you right?&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Yes mom. Have fun on your date.&quot; Rolling his eyes Streaks just laid down on the couch.<br /><br />Sonic rose a brow. &quot;What&#039;s the point of going to a sushi restaurant if you&#039;re not getting the sushi?&quot; That never made any sense to Sonic. Like why go to a bar and grill if you weren&#039;t going to get anything from the grill? But Sonic supposed he shouldn&#039;t be the one to judge. He was a freak of nature here, not Shadow. <br /><br />&quot;You can&#039;t get seaweed salads anywhere else, that&#039;s why.&quot; Shadow smiled as he took Sonic&#039;s arm. Leading him out of their home they started walking down that hallway. &quot;Are you alright? You seems a little strange this morning.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Oh right...&quot; Sonic looked up at the ceiling nervously as he recalled the morning and his dreams. &quot;I&#039;ve been having some really weird dreams lately... They come when I&#039;m about to transform. There&#039;s always this woman in it... I didn&#039;t know what she looked like until last night. She&#039;s an echidna. And she keeps asking me for help... And those emeralds that your cousin had? She was standing in front of a giant green one.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;I see... I wonder what it could mean. Maybe we should look into that more. I could buy you a sleep journal that I could look over and see what I could find.&quot;<br /><br />While Sonic didn&#039;t really like the idea he didn&#039;t really have any better ones. &quot;Sure, I guess. I dunno how that would help but I&#039;ll trust your judgement.&quot; <br /><br />&quot;Well it will give me a better idea what is going on in your mind. 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