Chapter 11

Sonic ended up saying it alot actually.

Many, many times and he still almost didn't make it through the door with pants on. An emergency page from the club is what distracted Shadow enough for him to fix up his pants, for the second time that morning, and skedaddle before The Man with the Everlasting Boner came back and tried to distract him from his purpose. Again.

It's been about 2 and half days since he's been in Shadows presense and all Sonic wanted right now was some alone time to relax before he completely forgot things he fought so hard to keep in mind. Like how his passionate weekend with Shadow was temporary and only temporary. And that he shouldn't let himself fall stupidly in love with someone who would inevitably grow bored with him. Even if he did promise otherwise...

Men like Shadow just didn't keep promises to Breeders.

Sonic thought about that for a while as he stared out the window of the cab. It's not as if something like this has ever happened to him before so he wasn't sure where he learned that lesson.... In his past, he's only really ever dated 2 boys. Both really nice and around his age and really up front with their feelings. Or lack there of.

Sonic never really attracted anyone. He didn't think he repulsed them or anything like that they just never seemed to... notice. If he was in a room with Sally, Mina and Amy, male eyes would skip right over him to gaze at his more... vivid friends. Mind you, normally he didn't mind. And he certainly didn't feel any jealousy or anger towards them for that. Sometimes he wondered if his career choice ended up leaving a tattoo on his forehead that said "Kindergarden Teacher; Approach only if under the age of 6" or maybe he had fingerpaint sains in places he couldn't see? But regardless of all that, men only ever treated him like a piece of furniture or a kid brother, Shadow included, until very recently.

And yet this same man who barely recognized him before Friday claims to be completely head over heels for him, Body and soul.

Especially body.

Sonic sighed though his nose before he paid the cab driver and stepped out, heading into his apartment complex as he mulled over the recent events. His friends used to tell him all the time how men tends to seperate sex and love... But he could swear Shadow was trying to use sex as an attempt to show him that he cared for him as well as lusted after him. Still, his libido was just out right rediculous. He pinned Sonic so many times, only the use of an amazing herbal salve had allowed him to walk at all that morning. Didn't help his legs from feeling like jelly though...

He grumbled a bit to himself as he trudged up the stairs to the 3rd floor. What a bad day for the elevator to be out of service... He dug his keys out of his quills as he padded to his door. Ah home sweet home, away from that sex god/monster on his emotions. He need some down time to let reality come back to mind and put him back on track.

The first thing he noticed was a giant black trash bag next to his couch, his stolen clothing he assumed, and a note on the coffee table in front of said couch. Sonic closed the door behind him before walking over and plopping on the couch then reaching from the note. Seems to have been from that doctor guy Amy left in his apartment....

Dear Sonic, I apologize about your mother. She should be fine, just make sure she doesn't try to move for at least 2 weeks before she tries to use crutches to get around. I hope we can reschedule our meeting. I'm eager to know more about you and see if you really are too good to be true.

Nick

Sonic stared at the note for a while before he sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. This guy didn't even seem like a bad one.... It's too bad Sonic had 0 interest in him. He tossed the note on the coffee table before sitting up gingerly and pulling the bag close. Peeking inside, he saw all his normal clothing and thanked the gods that she was nice enough to bring them back. Or maybe she gave them to Nick to bring in. God.

He shook the thoughts out of his head then  slinked off to the bathroom for a shower. At the very least, Amy was kind enough to make sure that guy wasn't still here waiting for him when he got home. Amy was too unpreidictable and being decent wasn't always her thing... 

One shower and towel dry later, he slipped himself into some comfy shorts and an oversized shirt before plopping himself on the couch one again and mindlessly flipping through the tv channels. Hmm... he needed to remember to ask Shadow to give Nattie her shoes back....

But would he even see Shadow again?

He furrowed his brows in confusion. Well, Shadow seemed very eager to spend time with him this morning... But that could have been because of his morning wood and not because he honestly wanted to hang out. Sonic sighed. As much as he enjoyed the sex (and it would be a lie to say that he didn't, because he did. And he was learning more and more about himself every time Shadow touched him........), he just wasn't sure if staying in Shadow's company was healthy.... Did he mean it when he gave him a kiss and promised to take him somewhere special for dinner before running off to handle the club emergency? Or was it just something he did to keep his lovers hoping? 

'...I'm over analyzing this'

Sonic rolled off the couch before making his way to the kitchen and grabbing a bottle of water from the fridge then glancing at the landline phone on the wall. 5 messages.... and he was positive most, if not all, of them were from Amy. He pressed a finger against his own forehead before activating speaker and playing the messages.

'Answer your cell phone, Sonic Maurice Hedgehog, or else. Don't think just because  you managed to get from us means your off the hook. I expect a call immediantly'

'Did someone just tell me the worst lie ever or did you really leave the party over the shoulder of Shadow? Shadow???? You better call me'

'Well Wave managed to convince me that Shadow won't kill you... But if you really are spending the weekend with that.... reature, i will. I sent Nick to your home but you're still in major trouble Maurice'

Sonic was lightly hitting his head against the wall next to the phone as he listened to the messages. Amy still had a hard time believing this wasn't all old lore and pixie dust and the fact that one of her best friends married one, against her will, didn't lighten the mood. Amy tend to hold grudges....

The fourth message was from Sally but the words were Amy's, he didn't need to see the cue cards to know that. The last message, however, wasn't a message at all. Just complete silence before the click of the line being disconnected. Ok...

He glanced at the caller ID idly. 'Unavailable' and dated yesturday. On a Sunday? The only people who could've called him on a Sunday were telemarketers and maybe Amy in disguise. But considering she didn't leave a credible threat in his inbox, he was pretty positive it wasn't her. So he just erased the messages with a press of a  button and hung up before he padded back to the living room then froze with realization.

He didn't really have anything to do....

It was spring break so there were no papers to grade, no reports to write, and no assignmensts to set up. He already had all his lesson plans made because the private school he worked out required them to be at least a month ahead.

There was nothing on TV and he really didn't feel like doing any sort of organizing to fix his closet back to it's original glory. Right now, nothing would be able to really occupy his mind enough that it didn't wander back to Shadow and his hands running through his fur and his evil whispers in his ear. His legs were already shaking. There was the lingering voice in the back of his head that was telling him to just go back and snuggle in his warm chest and relax the muscles

"///////"

Before his willpower just collasped in on itself, the frontdoor intercom buzzed. He rushed over to it and cleared his throat before answering.

"Hello?"

"Good morning Sonic," the doorman, Warren, chimed, "hope i didn't wake ya but you got a delivery down here. I checked the paperwork and it looks legit so i'm gonna send it up"

"Ok, thank you"

Odd, Sonic was sure he didn't have any packages that was to be delivered recently... But if Warren said it was legit that means that it had to have had his name and address and everything to go with it. 

He scratched at his own head as he opened the door and poked his head out just in time to see someone exiting the stairway with a huge beautiful bouquet of deep red roses, he could smell them from his door! The deliveryhyena was obviously from one of the more popular florist in town but who would send him....

'Shadow? Is he even the type to send flowers like this?' He shook his head. 'No, it could easily be Ava doing so for that doctor guy, hmm....'

"These are for me?" Sonic blinked with wide eyes as he gazed at the flowers. "They are really beautiful..." he said taking them from the deliveryhyena warily. "Hum...."

The Hyena glanced at his clipboard. "You are Sonic Maurice Hedgehog in apartment 3G?"

"Ah, yes that's me," he mumbled sniffing at the flowers with a light purr. "Um, do you know if theres a card in-"
It happened in a blur. So quick Sonic almost didn't register what happened until the sound of the glass vase smashing on the floor reached his ear. He yelped and squirmed in the hyena's iron grip on his neck. 

What the fuck.

Sonic scratched at his arm as he was dragged away towards the stairway. Jesus, this strength...! Sonic opened one eye and peered into the other yellow-green Lycan eyes. He tensed up before he just went limp and pretended to be unconscious for a moment.

He felt the grip loosen for a moment and took that opportunity to swing his leg and bite into his arm with as much strength as he could. The shock made the hyena drop him on his ass.

"Oof!" 

Unfortunately, said Lycan was much faster then the blue 'hog and snatched him back up before slamming his head on the wall in an attempt to knock him unconscious (a little bit for revenge as well, Lycans just didn't like getting kicked in the nuts). Fortunately, said wall happened to be the wall of Sonic's favorite neighbor.

The door almost immediantly slammed open as a red echidna stomped out a wooden spoon in hand, clearly aggrivated by the noise. However seeing someone attacking someone else smaller then them and someone he considered a close friend only added to his ire.

"What the in name of Gaia do you think are doing!?" he shouted in a loud booming voice, startling the hyena for  a moment. Sonic peeked up and head at his own head dizzily. Knuckles.... 

"Get your hands off him immediantly before i rip your arms off and shove them down your throat," he growled as he stomped towards them menacingly. Now, any normal person would've looked at Knuckles with his burly muscles, razor sharp teeth and abnormal size and make a run for it with their tails between their legs. But this guy was a Lycan and thought that he could easily overpower a normal man. So he just tossed the dizzy Breeder aside before he took a swing at Knuckles jaw.

While the Lycan was indeed faster then him, he didn't stop and think that Knuckles would be a Giant Tribal Echidna. Hell, Sonic didn't even know until after Wave became a vampire. Though he always found Knuckles height to be really strange.... So instead of knocking the much larger man on his ass as expected, all he really did was make the giant more cranky.

Knuckles lips curled into a snarl before he raised the hand that the spoon and brought it down on the Lycan's head, breaking it in the process. The hyena howled in pain as he stumbled backwards then was grabbed by the wrist. Either no body was home around this time of day or they were smart enough to keep their noses out of this type of drama. 

"Tsk, you broke my favorite spoon with your head you peice of shit," he growled then held the splintered handle like a knife. "Now it's only good for shoving through your black heart. Vampire or not i'm sure this'll end even you" 

Before he could actually impale the other though, the hyena growled in frustration and twisted himself, shifting to his wereform and dashing off past Sonic and down the stairways, breaking the door off it's hinges in the process.

Knuckles snorted then walked over and picked Sonic up. "Hey Sugerhog, you alright?"

Sonic mumbled, "Mostly just a really bad headache...." His pride was a little injured as well but nothing he won't get over reletively quickly. "Still a little dizzy but i'll be ok" Sonic rubbed his own head with light whimpers.

"Tsk, putting his hands on ya like that, i should've skinned him alive" Knuckles grumbled bringing him into his apartment then sitting him on a chair before checking his head and neck. "Fucker left some bruises on ya neck"

His neck didn't hurt nearly as bad as his head though....

"Now then you just went through quite an event... I'll make you some tea to help relax and some asperin for your head. You'll need someone to sit with after that, would you like me to call one of those girlfriends you like to hang out with?"

Asperin and tea sounded like such a good idea. He didn't think he had a concussion or anything too serious but he had a massive headache from that slam and he could feel his body shivering from shock. In all honesty, he really wanted Shadow more then anyone....

'But i can't call him, i only knew him for 2 days. Not like we have much of a relationship anyways. Thank Chaos for girlfriends'

Sonic glanced at a near by clock. 11:50. "Wave would be sound asleep right now so calling Sally would be best. If she's not already out looking for a story, she can be here in 20"

xXxXx

45 minutes later, Sonic's head was feeling much better. He held a cup of ginger camomille tea and had a small plate with brownies in front of him. He had completely blanked out on Sally's number, so Knuckles was kind enough to go to his apartment and fetch his cell for him. Turns out Sally was out so Knuckles left her a message on voice mail. She finally called back 30 minutes later.

"Sally, i'm fine, really. It's nothing too important," he said even as he felt Knuckles glare at the back of his head. "Don't worry about it, my neighbor has been taking real good care of me"

"I don't care Sonic, as soon as i catch a cab i will be there," Sally said sternly before she paused. "Actually i'm in Casino Night Zone so it'll take me some time... But i'm coming straight to you, don't move"

"Sally i said i'm fine."

"You've never been a good liar"

"Sally..."

"Sonic," Sally started, "I'm coming over. I was going to call Amy but you already went through enough stress this morning, being mugged and all. I did get a hold of Mina though and i left a message for Wave"

Sonic's ears folded as  he heard his own lie repeated. Honestly, he knew it was more then a random mugging but trying to explain that over the phone would have been way more complicated and he was sure it would be much easier to tell them in person. 

Or he hoped it would be.

"Really, it's ok. Theres no need to go through all this trouble for me. You all have lives and jobs and stuff, i'm a big boy i can take care of myself"

"Maybe so but that's my job now," a voice spoke in his ear before a large, clawed, familiar hand took the phone and hung up. 

Sonic's ears folded flat against his head and he puffed up before he turned and looked up at a disgruntled (but way more welcomed) Lycan.

"Shadow! What are you doing here?!"