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  "writing": "The social hierarchy wasn’t something Shadow paid much mind to. He largely existed outside of it, the rest of the high school having no idea where to place the strange and quiet hedgehog on the scale of who was ‘hot’ and who was ‘not.’\n\nHe was left alone for the most part, he had no sycophants clinging onto him to bask in his limelight, and he had no harassers in the hallways to shout jeers at him as he passed. Shadow’s anonymity suited him just fine.\n\nUnfortunately that same anonymity left him invisible in the eyes of the people that mattered; the trio of senior hedgehogs that resided at the highest echelon on the school hierarchy. \n\nShadow was no sycophant. He didn’t worship the ground the triplets walked on out of principle. He, unlike most of the school, had good reason to admire and lust after them.\n\nIt began with Manic, the youngest of the triplets and a beast on the drums. He outshined the other members of his band and acted as its front man. He was cheerful and excited almost constantly, but tended towards pranking others and pushing the boundaries of what he could get away with.\n\nIt made him popular with students when he stole cheat sheets for tests or snatched the credit card of a snobbishly rich student and used it to buy pizza for the entire school or stole the diary of a bully and posted its embarrassing pages all over the hallway walls. It made him extremely unpopular with teachers and said snobbishly rich students and bullies.\n\nBut there was nothing the teachers could do because he’d never actually been caught. There was always a student willing to provide an alibi for him thanks to his antics. He was adored by all he’d ever helped or amused.\n\nShadow met him when he was lingering after school due a late night study session in the library. He packed up his books and darted through the halls, only to be stopped by some shuffling in one of the classrooms.\n\nHe didn’t think anybody would be in the school this late, besides him and that was only because he was avoiding going home. Who else would be here so late?\n\nShadow peeked into the classroom curiously, opening the door only a small crack. Someone was at the teacher’s desk, rifling through its drawers. He couldn’t tell who it was from his vantage point.\n\nShadow opened the door fully, intending to stop whatever shenanigans he was witnessing, and to his surprise found Manic searching the desk, a stern expression on his face.\n\nManic jumped at the door creaking open and looked at Shadow with surprise.\n\n“What are you doing here?” Manic’s voice was uncharacteristically shaky. He always projected joy and confidence in public.\n\n“I should be asking you that.” Shadow glared at the guiltily fidgeting Manic.\n\n“Listen, could you just leave and forget you saw me here. This is…it’s something I have to do.”\n\nShadow was aware of Manic’s antics over his years in high school, consisting of Robin Hood like escapades and petty pranks. He doubted rifling through a teacher’s desk was necessary in any way.\n\n“Then explain yourself if it’s so necessary.”\n\nManic gave him a searching look, and he seemed a little taken aback by Shadow’s doubts about him.\n\n“Huh. Most students just let me do what I want, no questions asked.” He murmured, so quietly Shadow had to strain his ears to hear it.\n\n“Does it look like I care?” Shadow snorted. “Explain yourself or I’m reporting you.”\n\nManic gave a forlorn sigh and resigned himself to confessing.\n\n“This teacher confiscated something from my brother, Scourge. I need to get it back for him.”\n\nShadow was now the one taken aback. He’d been expecting this to be a part of another of his pranks. However, it seemed this was personal.\n\n“So, could you leave me to it? Please? It’s important, I promise.”\n\nShadow walked towards Manic and opened up a drawer. “What is it? I’ll help you look.”\n\nManic gaped at him for a moment, before grinning wide, looking more like himself this way than the twitchy and nervous hedgehog he’d been a few moments before.\n\n“It’s a locket, silver with lacey designs on it. He was just looking at it in class, so the teacher took it away from him ‘cause it was ‘distracting.’ What an asshole, right?” Manic had relaxed significantly since Shadow’s offer and help, and Shadow found Manic’s cheer to be a little infectious. No wonder he was so well liked.\n\n“The teacher put a false bottom on this drawer, it’s where he puts everything he confiscates.” Shadow explained, emptying the drawer of its papers and pencils.\n\n“How do you know that?” Manic asked curiously.\n\n“He takes my cell phone all the time because his class is boring and I use it when he’s talking. He never keeps it for long.” Shadow replied with a little smirk.\n\nManic laughed and slapped him on the back. “I thought I knew every trick these teachers have, but it seems you have me beat this time.”\n\nThe place Manic touched him tingled, and Shadow cursed himself for wanting the touch to return. Manic was affecting him as he affected every other member of the student body, and it annoyed the hell out of him.\n\nStill, it meant a good deal to Shadow that Manic wasn’t just a mischievous prankster with a hero complex. It seemed he also was a good brother that genuinely wanted to do right by them.\n\nShadow removed the false bottom and pulled out a glittering silver necklace with a small locket dangling on the chain. It was a beautiful little pendant, all decorated in laced designs and delicate features. Certainly not something he expected Scourge to have.\n\nManic took it from him and sighed in relief. “Thank you, man. I would have been here all night looking for it if it weren’t for you. What’s your name?”\n\n“Shadow.”\n\n“I like you, Shadow. We should hang out sometime. It gets boring sometimes when everybody just lets me do what I want. But you’re different. I like that.”\n\nShadow nodded noncommittally and turned on his heel to leave.\n\nThe next day at school he would come to regret leaving Manic alone in that classroom, because when the boring teacher opened the drawer with the false bottom it suddenly exploded with glitter and glue, spraying the teacher and bedazzling him splendidly. \n\nThe class had burst into laughter, and Shadow couldn’t help but chuckle a little along with them.\n\nHe encountered another of the famed triplets a few days after the scene with Manic. The school day had ended and he had just finished loading his backpack with his books and was walking the halls towards the library to study for a while when a hand grabbed him and pulled him into an empty classroom.\n\nShadow yelped in surprise and wanted to kick himself for the ridiculous noise he’d just produced. He stumbled into the classroom and was released, and he looked up to identify his kidnapper.\n\nScourge stood glaring at him with arms crossed, and Shadow blinked stupidly at him, too shocked for words.\n\nThe oldest hedgehog of the triplets was more infamous than famous as his brothers were. Rumors concerning the rebellious young man spread like wildfire whenever they cropped up. Some said he ran a bare knuckles fighting club in the school basement. Some said he’d slept with the principle and all three of his daughters. Some said he was all talk and was actually impotent.\n\nThe most popular source of speculation were the scars across his chest, jagged and harsh looking. No one knew how he’d been so badly hurt, and no one had the bravery to ask him. So, they gossiped instead.\n\nNevertheless, the crowded hallways parted like the Red Sea whenever he passed, whether out of fear or reverence it was hard to say.\n\nThere wasn’t a person in the school that didn’t loathe him or love him or want to fuck him. He was a mystery, a point of fascination and intrigue. Everybody wanted to know his business, and it honestly disgusted Shadow. Whoever Scourge was, it was no one’s business but his own. \n\nNow he was alone in a classroom with the school’s most popular subject of the rumor mill.\n\n“Manic told me what you did.” Scourge seemed angry, which confused Shadow since he’d helped retrieve the locket. The green hedgehog was acting like he’d smashed it on the ground.\n\n“And?” Shadow wouldn’t be intimidated, though. Scourge could bluster and puff his chest all he wanted, it wouldn’t phase Shadow.\n\nScourge was accustomed to people flinching away from him, so Shadow’s firmness surprised him. His icy blue eyes glittered and his lips curled into a smirk.\n\n“Tough guy, eh? Maybe I should put you in your place.” Scourge stalked towards Shadow, who stood his ground even when they were nose to nose.\n\nScourge backed off after a tense standoff, and his posture relaxed. “Manic said you weren’t like the rest of the fuckin’ cronies in this school. Maybe he was right.”\n\nShadow rolled his eyes, entirely unimpressed by Scourge’s posturing.\n\n“Did you look inside it?” Scourge’s voice was tense, and Shadow thought he detected a hint of fear in his tone.\n\n“No, none of my business.” Shadow shrugged off his concerns, but Scourge stopped him from walking out with a hand on his wrist.\n\n“Every crony in this school would kill to get into my personals. You seriously think I’m gonna believe you didn’t open it?” Scourge snarled, and a shiver went down Shadow’s spine. A shiver not born from fear, but from excitement.\n\nScourge radiated danger, and Shadow’s senses were afire with his aura. He could easily imagine Scourge dominating him, making him submit whether he wanted to or not. Why did that excite him instead of scare him?\n\nShadow suppressed his body’s reactions and turned back to Scourge.\n\n“Look, I don’t give a fuck about you.” Shadow’s arousal begged to differ, but he was ignoring that. “Whatever is in your locket isn’t any of my concern. Can I go now?”\n\nScourge examined him closely, seeming to attempt to size him up. His eyes settled on a faint bruise on Shadow’s eyes, barely visible next to his dark fur.\n\n“Oi, who socked you one?” Scourge suddenly asked, surprising Shadow greatly. Why would Scourge even care?\n\n“I stayed out of your business, so you stay out of mine. Deal?” Shadow grumbled.\n\n“Fair enough. But anybody fucks with you, you tell me. I’ll kick their ass.”\n\nScourge released him, and Shadow could feel eyes burning into his back until he shut the classroom door behind him.\n\nHe met the last of the triplets after Rouge forced him to attend a pep rally against his wishes. He despised all the school spirit and forced happiness that came with the event and had always avoided them. Rouge wasn’t having his grumpiness, and had dragged him from the quiet isolation of the library to the after school fun fest.\n\nHe sat sulking in the bleachers as Rouge cheered on the football players as they paraded around the gymnasium, flexing and grunting like the badasses they believed themselves to be. At any other school, this would have been the highlight of a pep rally. But not at this school.\n\nThe middle sibling of the famed triplets would be the star of the show, as he always was, and he was no football player.\n\nThe bulky teenagers departed from center stage, and a hush fell over the crowd. A blur of blue came speeding from the gymnasium doors, and a thunderous roar boomed through the room as Sonic did a lap around the gym, waving and blowing kisses to his adoring fans.\n\nSonic was the star if the track team, a talented and athletic youth with the perfect body, the perfect smile, and the perfect personality. He was kind to anyone he met and went out of his way to defend the helpless from bullies and encourage the despondent. He was a marvelous student the teachers adored. He was the star of the school, and everybody knew it.\n\nUnlike Manic, who had maligned the teachers, and Scourge, who had maligned everyone, Sonic was adored by all. At this point, even bullies tipped their hats to him with respect.\n\nShadow had never had the pleasure of meeting him face to face, but it was impossible to go a day without hearing of some good deed he’d performed, whether it be something small like helping a freshman join a club they’d been scared to or something huge like saving a classroom of people when a fire had broken out during a chemistry lesson.\n\nShadow hated to admit to himself he’d harbored a bit of a crush on the idol since freshman year. It was a weak and pathetic crush, but the desire to meet the seemingly perfect hedgehog had never faded.\n\nHe got the opportunity once the festivities were over and Shadow was tucked back into a lonely corner of the library, avoiding going home once again, even as daylight waned.\n\nFootsteps sounded, heading towards him, and a strange sound accompanied them. Was that…sobbing?\n\nThe footsteps neared ever closer, and Shadow looked past the shelves to see Sonic passing through, tears streaming from his eyes. He stopped at the sight of Shadow, and quickly wiped his eyes and plastered on a clearly fake smile.\n\n“Hey there! You don’t happen to have any eye drops do you? I’ve got dirt in-”\n\n“Bullshit.” Shadow interrupted, and Sonic blinked at him.\n\n“Heh, yeah, I guess you’re right. Sorry, I’ll just…”\n\nMaybe it was the lingering remains of his crush that made him reach out to Sonic, or maybe it was his recent revelations about his siblings that made him realize these three were more than just gossip material, but people. \n\nShadow got up and touched Sonic’s shoulder to turn him around, and he could see the emerald orbs were already threatening to spill again. He pulled the school idol close and awkwardly patted his back, and Sonic began crying again, sobbing hard into his shoulder.\n\nThe experience was surreal. Sonic projected joy constantly; he was never seen without a smile on his face. Yet, here Shadow was with Sonic on his shoulder, crying his heart out.\n\nHis sobs abated, and he wiped his eyes again, this time genuinely smiling at Shadow.\n\n“My brothers told me about you. I bet Scourge never thanked you for helping get his locket back, so I’ll do it for him. Thank you, really.” Sonic squeezed his hands and held them for a moment, seemingly unwilling to let them go.\n\n“Is your eye okay? Scourge said you had a bruise…” Sonic inspected his face closely, spotting the discoloration near his eye.\n\n“It’s fine.” Shadow dismissed, ignoring the painful throbbing as he always did. Sonic fidgeted awkwardly.\n\n“Hey, we’re having this party. Our parents are away so we’re gonna have some fun with the house. Scourge’s idea.” Sonic smiled exasperatedly but fondly. “I’d love it if you could be there. Manic and Scourge would love it too, I’m sure.”\n\nShadow was nodding before he could stop himself and think the offer over.\n\n“Great! It’s next weekend. See you then!”\n\nSonic scampered off, and Shadow smacked his palm into his face. What had he been thinking? He wasn’t a party goer!\n\nStill, the famed triplets had proven to be more than what the rumor mill said they were. The mischievous prankster Manic cared for his brothers and risked being caught stealing for Scourge’s sake. Scourge, the tough guy feared by all, kept a delicate little locket and held it dear. Sonic, the perfect hero and idol, had his own burdens and stresses he kept locked away for the sake of appearances.\n\nShadow couldn’t ignore his own feelings. He’d grown to respect, even like the triplets after his encounters with them. He desired them as every other student did, and he hated himself for it.\n\nBut he wasn’t some shy and meek little waif. He wouldn’t admire from afar as other students were content to do. His resolve set in stone, he formed a plan.\n\n***\n\nHis plan was to ask Rouge what the plan was, because he had no idea how to go about seducing someone. Rouge was an expert at both seduction and maintaining a relationship, because before she settled into a long term relationship with Knuckles, she caught the eye of half the school and selected for herself only the best the student body had to offer. She could have anyone she wanted, and she had chosen the star quarterback.\n\nShe was the perfect person to turn to, and she was luckily also Shadow’s best friend.\n\n“You’ve got to stand out. Everyone at that party is going to be fighting for scraps of the triplet’s time, so you need to make an impression.”\n\n“And how do I do that?” Shadow asked, already dreading the answer.\n\n“By not drunkenly flailing at them for one. You’ve already met them and they know your face and your name. That’s a good start, but if you want to fuck one of ‘em you’ve got to step up your game.”\n\n“Do you have to say it like that?” Shadow mumbled, but Rouge ignored him.\n\n“So, make a spectacle of yourself. Shake your ass on the dance floor, get every eye in the place on you. These people have high standards, lurking in a corner like you usually do won’t work.”\n\n“I don’t lurk!”\n\nRouge gave him a pointed look, and he had to acquiesce that he did sometimes lurk. Occasionally. Very, very rarely.\n\n“From what you’ve said they’ve seen your ever-so-rare sensitive side. That’s a good distinction to have from the usual drunken floozies that flock to them, but now they need to get to know your wild side.”\n\n“I don’t think I have one of those.”\n\n“Then show off that fine ass of yours instead!” Rouge circled him and went for a slap on his ass, but he jumped away before her hand could make contact.\n\n“I don’t think I have one of those either!” Shadow screeched, blushing furiously.\n\n“Honey, have you seen your ass?” She asked sardonically.\n\n“I don’t spend copious amounts of time inspecting my own ass!”\n\nThat moment was when Rouge’s boyfriend, Knuckles, decided to arrive at Rouge’s apartment and opened the door just in time to hear Shadow yelling about his backside. His cheeks turned as red as the rest of him and glared at the hedgehog and bat.\n\n“What the hell are you doing?” His tone was annoyed with a tinge of confusion. He certainly wasn’t suspicious of them, as he had learned long ago Shadow had no interest in Rouge, or even women at all. \n\nRouge waved him off. “Discussing the finer points of Shadow’s ass. How was work, sweetums?” Rouge approached her boyfriend and pecked him on the lips, making Knuckles’ anger melt away.\n\n“Fine. Hey, Shadow.”\n\nShadow nodded to Knuckles. Even though he was dating his closest friend, they had never gotten on very well. Knuckles was so quick to anger it got on Shadow’s nerves, and when they had first met he had suspected Shadow of trying to sleep with Rouge.\n\nThat particular misunderstanding had been cleared up quickly, but their initial dislike of each other had remained a stain on their relationship years later. They were cordial with each other at best.\n\n“I’ll be going.” Shadow attempted to make his escape, but was stopped by Rouge.\n\n“Just one more thing, hun. Everybody says they’re not into virgins, so pretend you know what you’re doing, okay?”\n\n***\n\nShadow couldn’t just pretend to know how to have sex! Why would Rouge think him capable of such a thing?\n\nHe had no experience with sexual situations beyond his own hand, and he was terrified to sleep with a random stranger when there was a significant chance they’d run screaming from him as soon as he stripped down.\n\nHe had both male and female genitalia, and the embarrassment from the strangeness of that had kept him virginal all throughout high school. He was willing to risk humiliation with the triplets because they were worth pursuing, but no one before had ever been worth it.\n\nAnd now he knew his fumbling ignorance would be a turn off for them. All the internet porn in the world couldn’t prepare him for the real thing.\n\nNo, he had to lose his virginity before next weekend, and it had to be with someone that wouldn’t go spreading word about his genitals to the whole school.\n\nShadow had very few options in that regard. Rouge wasn’t just his best friend, she was his only friend, and he had less than no interest in sleeping with her.\n\nAn epiphany lit up his mind with sudden clarity. Perhaps he couldn’t go to Rouge to pop his cherry, but her boyfriend just might do it for him.\n\nHe cornered Knuckles after school in an empty hallway and dragged him into a classroom, much to his annoyance.\n\n“What the hell, Shadow?” He demanded.\n\n“I need you to sleep with me.”\n\nKnuckles gaped at him, stunned silent for a long, awkward moment while Shadow refused to fidget despite his discomfort.\n\n“You…what now?” Knuckles managed to squeak.\n\n“I need you to sleep with me. The triplets aren’t into virgins so I need to have sex with someone, and you’re my only option.” Shadow’s tone made it obvious he wasn’t very happy with that.\n\nKnuckles seemed to recover and he glared at Shadow with seething rage.\n\n“You do remember I have a girlfriend, right? She also happens to be your best friend.”\n\n“I know that. Seriously, Knuckles, do you think she’ll have that much of a problem with this? She knows I’m not actually interested in you, and she’s the one who said I needed to have sex. If nothing else, she’ll be put out she didn’t get to watch.”\n\nKnuckles couldn’t really argue with that, and Shadow knew Rouge even better than he did.\n\n“You can tell her or not, I don’t care. It’s your decision.”\n\n“I’m not agreeing to anything yet! What’s in this for me?”\n\n“Whatever you want. I know you need to keep your grades up to stay on the football team, I could do your homework for you or something…” Shadow suggested.\n\n“My grades are fine! No, I have a better idea. You’re going after the triplets? After Sonic?”\n\nShadow nodded.\n\n“Then here’s what you can do for me. Sonic has to be on steroids or something to be as good as he is, and the football team is sick of being shown up by the track team. You’ll be at their house for the party. You find whatever he’s on for me so I can get him kicked off the track team.”\n\nShadow disliked making such a backhanded deal, but he doubted Sonic was enhancing himself with drugs. He had held Sonic’s body close and he didn’t feel like his muscles were unnaturally large or firm. So Shadow was fine with agreeing to this, positive he would return to Knuckles empty handed.\n\n“Deal.” They shook on it.\n\n“So…now?” Knuckles asked.\n\n“Sure, now is fine.”\n\nHaving sex in an abandoned classroom wasn’t the most romantic setting, but Shadow wasn’t going for romance. That, and it was a good reason to put off going home. So right here, right now worked just fine for him.\n\nShadow began unbuttoning his pants and Knuckles did the same.\n\n“Look, I’ll be honest, I’ve never fucked a guy before.” Knuckles confessed as he pulled off his pants.\n\n“That’s fine. I have a vagina.” Shadow revealed bluntly.\n\nKnuckles gaped at him again, and Shadow rolled his eyes.\n\n“It’s why I can’t just sleep with anyone. You I know won’t spread rumors about me.”\n\n“Oh, well, thanks. For trusting me.”\n\nThe brief moment of honesty between them felt more awkward than touching, and both were happy to dismiss it in favor of pulling off their underwear. Neither bothered with their shirts or blazers, knowing this would be a quick romp.\n\nKnuckles resisted gaping again when Shadow’s underwear dropped and he could see Shadow did indeed have a vagina. He shook his head to clear it out and approached, pushing Shadow back onto a desk and making him sit on it, positioning himself between his legs.\n\n“Gently, okay?” Shadow requested quietly, to which Knuckles nodded.\n\nHe touched Shadow’s labia, and the hedgehog gasped and writhed a little at the light touch. Knuckles steadied him with a hand on his hip and pressed his finger between the vaginal lips to stroke the flesh hidden within.\n\nShadow leaned his head forward to rest it on Knuckles’ shoulder. He wanted to buck into the touch but Knuckles’ grip on his waist kept him still.\n\n“Careful. I don’t want to hurt you.” Knuckles muttered as he slipped a finger into Shadow’s hole.\n\nShadow shuddered and moaned in Knuckles’ shoulder, and the echidna took care to stretch Shadow out as much as he could, wiggling his finger inside of Shadow and massaging his walls.\n\nKnuckles had no interest in drawing this out, so he began scissoring Shadow apart as soon as he loosened up, and stroked his own shaft to get it hard. He had to think of Rouge to get himself erect, because Shadow, as attractive as he was, did nothing for him.\n\nShadow touched himself as well, since Knuckles was completely neglecting his cock. His thoughts were focused on Scourge, of all people. Shadow summoned up the excitement of being trapped by the dangerous and seductive hedgehog. As nicely muscled as Knuckles was, Shadow preferred his own species over echidnas.\n\nHe had to let himself go when Knuckles lined up his tip to Shadow’s entrance for fear of squeezing himself too hard when he was penetrated.\n\nKnuckles slowly inserted himself into Shadow’s pussy. He knew Shadow was a virgin before this moment and he didn’t want to rush him for fear of hurting him.\n\nThe hedgehog’s walls clamped tight around him as he carefully entered. He waited until Shadow’s breathing calmed and his muscles relaxed to pull out and thrust back in a little harder.\n\nShadow whined and moaned but managed to keep mostly still, and whatever twitching his body did was calmed by Knuckles hands now holding his hips tight.\n\nKnuckles increased his pace until he was fucking Shadow in earnest, his eyes squeezed shut to block out the black and red fur so he could pretend the softness under his fingers was Rouge. He was doing this for the football team so they could expose Sonic for the cheater Knuckles knew he was and claim their rightful place as the kings of the school.\n\nHe disliked Shadow for the most part, only tolerating him because Rouge would kick his ass if he said so much as a word against him. He was fine with using him to get what he wanted, and Shadow got a good, hard fucking out of the deal, so everybody won.\n\nKnuckles justified himself in his mind as he came closer to completion. Knuckles had no idea if he could get pregnant, but even if he could he wasn’t giving off any pheromones that indicated he was in heat, but Knuckles wouldn’t take the chance. He pulled out and jerked himself to completion, coming on his own hand. He had no desire to knock Shadow up.\n\nShadow shuddered and came as well, his chest getting splattered with semen. The entire thing had been rushed, but Knuckles had made him feel good. There was no true intimacy between them, but Shadow was fine with that. He never expected this to be anything more than a quick romp.\n\nKnuckles hurriedly cleaned himself using the tissues sitting on the teacher’s desk and redressed, eager to escape and get away from Shadow and his own shame.\n\n“So, remember, grab whatever Sonic’s injecting himself with at that party, got it?” He rushed to say as he departed, leaving Shadow cum stained and panting on the desk.\n\n***\n\nShadow managed to limp his way home after Knuckles’ departure, and spent the days until the party practicing putting fingers into his vagina to get used to the feeling. He never quite managed to get used to it, as the pleasure never decreased with each orgasm he brought himself to. He always felt overwhelmed at the end of it.\n\nHis greatest struggle was finding enough privacy to practice, so he found himself in empty classrooms after school touching himself and coming on people’s desks. He always cleaned up after himself, but he couldn’t help snickering a little when a classmate sat at a desk he’d covered in seed the night before.\n\nWhen the party came around, he felt ready to sleep with one of the triplets. The real challenge would be to get their attention in the first place. Rouge had suggested he go after Scourge, who was said to be the most lustful of the group, but Shadow had his own reasons for wanting to target Sonic. He had a promise to keep, and he’d give it his due diligence even if he doubted he’d find anything.\n\nThe day of the party came and he arrived at with Rouge at his side. She’d soon part from him once they were inside, because they didn’t want anyone to get the wrong impression about them. Shadow had to appear single and do this alone.\n\nThe house was exactly as opulent as it was rumored to be, with marble arches and stone gargoyles and every demonstration of extravagant wealth that could be displayed.\n\nRouge gave him a pat on the shoulder and a teasing wink, then disappeared into the crowd. It wasn’t as packed as Shadow had been expecting. Apparently the triplets were at least a little choosey in who they invited.\n\nNone of the football players were around, Shadow noted. He hadn’t expected any differently. The football team and track team despised each other.\n\nCopious amounts of booze were on display, no doubt bought by the triplet’s parents before they left town. Their mother and father were notorious for spoiling the triplets like mad, and the three got anything they wanted out of them, including alcohol they weren’t supposed to be drinking.\n\nShadow didn’t want to appear prudish, so he grabbed a bottled beer from the bar and cracked it open. The taste was foul and bitter, but he chugged it down without tasting it too much.\n\nOne beer wasn’t nearly enough to get him even buzzed, so he kept all his faculties. He didn’t want to become a drunken floozy, as Rouge had called it.\n\nHe searched for the familiar faces of the triplets, and spotted Sonic surrounded by adoring fans and attempting to make conversation with all of them. A month ago he wouldn’t have noticed the stress in his eyes and noticed them darting around to search for an escape.\n\nWell, then Shadow would give him something to look at. He slipped onto the dance floor, a teeming ocean of bodies grinding against one another. He raised his hands in the air and shook his supposedly fine ass along to the beat.\n\nHe felt eyes on him, but Shadow didn’t acknowledge them. He let his own garnet orbs slip shut as he felt the music and let his body move to its command. More than one set of hands came to touch him and more than one pelvis tried to grind into him, but he blindly swatted them away.\n\nThe music came to the next track without a skipped beat, speeding up into a mad explosion of bass and rhythm, and Shadow didn’t miss a step. His body kept in perfect time.\n\nEventually he grew sweaty and achey, so he retired from the dance floor to maybe grab another beer or sit and make small talk. Instead, his arm was grabbed.\n\nShadow readied to slap the person away again, but he was met with familiar and glittering emerald eyes.\n\n“Hey! You came!” Sonic shouted over the noise. “C’mon, I want to talk to you!”\n\nSonic held his hand and pulled him away from the packed living room, through the bustling kitchen, and up a flight of stairs. As they went, they passed by Scourge who glared at the sight of them. He seemed to start to make his way towards them, but he was stopped by a clearly intoxicated rabbit girl groping at him. Shadow also noticed Sonic smirk a little at the unexpected interference.\n\nThey stopped in a bedroom, and judging from the track trophies decorating the shelves, it was Sonic’s bedroom.\n\nSonic turned to him and grabbed both his hands. “I’m so glad you came. I wanted to see you again.”\n\n“Why?” Shadow asked incredulously, wanting to slap his hand over his mouth for such a statement. He’d seem like such a loser to Sonic after that.\n\nBut Sonic only grinned. “Hey, give yourself some credit. You did something good for me. I appreciate it.”\n\nShadow blushed and didn’t reply for fear of saying something embarrassing again. \n\n“Heh, you’re pretty cute, you know that?” Sonic let go of Shadow’s right hand and stroked his red cheeks, while the left thumb rubbed the back of his hand.\n\nShadow had never expected things to go this well. He’d had a plan to dance and socialize and play the long game throughout the night to get one of the triplets in bed. But it seemed Sonic was attracted to him, making things much simpler. One dance had been all it took.\n\n“You haven’t had too much to drink, have you? Because I want you to remember this, I want both of us to want this.”\n\n“I’ve only had one beer, I’m fine. I want this too.” Shadow replied honestly.\n\n“Good.”\n\nSonic leaned in and locked lips with Shadow, and Shadow followed his lead and let Sonic do as he pleased with his mouth. They parted, and Sonic gave him an even wider grin after licking his lips.\n\n“You taste good. Lip gloss?”\n\nShadow nodded. It had been Rouge’s idea to add a little flavor to his lips. He would have to apologize for telling her it was a stupid idea.\n\n“Come here, come lie on the bed.” Sonic gently pulled him over and laid him down before crawling on top of him.\n\nSonic went to work on his clothes, stripping the shirt and jeans from his body swiftly. His eyes scanned Shadow’s form hungrily, stopping for a moment on the slit between his legs.\n\n“Well, this just got a lot more interesting and a lot more fun.”\n\nShadow was relieved Sonic didn’t recoil in disgust. Instead, his cock stirred and hardened at the sight of him and his pussy. Shadow’s own length was engorging with blood as Sonic stripped himself down.\n\nSonic explored Shadow’s torso with his hands once they were both naked and hard, and Shadow resisted grabbing at Sonic to pull him down to kiss him again. His lips had felt so soft and loving, and Shadow wanted more of it.\n\nHis desires proving too great to resist, he asked, “Could you kiss me again?”\n\nSonic grinned and leaned in, tweaking a nipple as he pressed his lips to Shadow’s. He invaded he dark hedgehog’s mouth with his tongue and tasted him thoroughly.\n\nHe pulled away, letting a string of saliva connect them for a brief moment before it fell into Shadow’s fur.\n\n“You ever had sex before?”\n\nShadow nearly blurted out ‘only once.’ Something about Sonic compelled the good in him to rise to the surface, and he didn’t want to deceive him.\n\n“Yeah, a bit.” Shadow said vaguely, making Sonic’s smile widen.\n\n“Good, it’s more fun when everybody knows what they’re doing. Tell me, where’s your favorite place to be touched?”\n\nShadow's exploration of his own body had revealed the answer to that question. He blushed bright, but he wouldn’t be evasive with Sonic again.\n\n“My ass and my thighs. And my dick and my cunt, of course.”\n\nSonic laughed and Shadow giggled with him. “I could have guessed that last part.”\n\nShadow shrugged and boldly pulled Sonic in again with a hand on the back of his head, expertly dodging the sharp edges of his quills with the skill only another hedgehog could pull off.\n\nThey kissed and parted and kissed again until saliva leaked down Shadow’s chin and Sonic had to lap it up.\n\nThe blue hedgehog squeezed the thick flesh of Shadow thighs, massaging them lovingly and giving them plenty of attention. Shadow shuddered and moaned, ‘yes, that’s it, right there,’ as Sonic located little places on his legs that drove him wild. He’d kiss and suck at those places, surely leaving hickeys to be discovered the next morning.\n\n“You looked so sexy when you were dancing.” Sonic’s hands moved from the backs of his thighs to his ass, gripping it and teasing the hole between his cheeks. “I’d like to see you shake your ass, just for me.”\n\nShadow grinned, making his cheeks ache with the unfamiliarity of the facial expression, and he hooked a leg behind Sonic’s calves so he could flip them over.\n\n“Hey now, didn’t anybody tell you? I like to be on top.”\n\nShadow coyly cocked his head to the side. “But didn’t you want to see me dance for you?”\n\nSonic laughed and moaned at the same time, producing a surprisingly embarrassing sound. Sonic laughed it off all the same, and relaxed onto the bed, folding his hands on the pillow and laying back.\n\nShadow turned around so Sonic had a good view of his backside, straddling him and sitting on his thighs. He crossed his arms over his head to flex his muscles and display them in all their glory to roving emerald eyes. His perky ass tightened for Sonic’s viewing pleasure.\n\n“Very nice.” The track star murmured, seemingly unconsciously.\n\nShadow undulated his body, letting a wave pass through his shoulders, down his back and all the way to his ass, letting it thrust out and rub against Sonic’s proudly standing cock. Sonic moaned and lifted his hips upwards, but Shadow shook a chastising finger at him.\n\n“Ah, ah, ah. Be patient and you’ll get what you want.”\n\nShadow had no idea where this teasing side of him had emerged from. Perhaps Rouge had been right in saying he needed to find his wild side. Sonic was simply fun to be with and made him feel incredibly comfortable. It was easy to let loose with him alone.\n\nSonic seemed to like it, and he did his best to relax and let Shadow dance on top of him.\n\nShadow shamelessly teased his length with every backwards motion. He listened to the distantly thumping music from downstairs and let that guide his body, just as it had before. He moved like water, smoothly and naturally.\n\nSonic’s impatient desires eventually became too much, and he grabbed Shadow hips and flipped them over again, then turned Shadow onto his back so they could lock eyes.\n\n“I need you. Fuck, I need you bad.”\n\nShadow pecked him gently as he ground his hips into Sonic’s above him. Sonic responded with returning pressure.\n\nHis fingers wasted no time penetrating him, first with one finger, then with another to scissor him open. He was dripping wet and ready by the time Sonic finished fingering him.\n\n“Favorite position?” Sonic asked. “I want this to be good for you.”\n\nShadow didn’t have nearly enough experience to really know the answer to that, but he had an idea of how he wanted it. Something Knuckles had completely neglected. He wanted to feel close to and adored by his partner.\n\n“Could you…hold me?” Shadow muttered, turning red again.\n\n“Of course.” Sonic replied before wrapping his arms around Shadow as he lined his cock up with his entrance.\n\nHe pushed his hips forward and slowly penetrated Shadow, stretching him wide with Sonic’s considerable girth. Shadow returned the embrace and they pressed close to one another, their entire bodies touching as they slid against one another.\n\nSonic thrust gently at first, then picked up his pace once Shadow felt loose enough around him. He never fucked him too hard though, always keeping a steady and hard but slow rhythm.\n\nShadow realized he was moving to the throbbing bass of the music, and couldn’t help the teasing that crossed his lips.\n\n“I danced for you, so you’re dancing for me?”\n\nSonic laughed into his neck and nibbled at the skin and fur. “I can’t let a favor go unreturned, right?”\n\nSomething amazing deep within Shadow was being struck with every thrust, something Knuckles had failed to find and his fingers were unable to reach. It made his body sing to the rhythm Sonic set for them.\n\nIt was everything Shadow could have hoped for and more. Sonic was an incredible lover, and he didn’t want this moment to ever end. He could die happy here in Sonic’s arms.\n\nThey rutted to the sound of the music until they felt the inevitable end of the song coming on. The friction of his cock between their bellies and the girth pounding into him brought Shadow to a blinding orgasm.\n\nSonic thrust a final time into him and filled him with cum. Shadow loved the feeling of being bathed in warmth all over his insides, and basked gratefully in the afterglow.\n\nSonic pulled out and flopped onto the bed next to him, already wiping himself off with the sheets.\n\n“I’m really sorry, but I gotta get back to the party. I don’t trust Scourge or Manic to keep a handle on things.” Sonic smiled regretfully, but Shadow shook his head.\n\n“It’s fine, I’ll-” Shadow started to get up from the bed, but Sonic pushed him down.\n\n“No, you stay here as long as you need. I’m not gonna kick you out.”\n\nShadow laid back down and smiled.\n\n“Thank you.”\n\nSonic gave him a peck on the cheek and got up to dress himself. He gave a cheerful wave and final goodbye to Shadow as he left, shutting the door behind him.\n\nHe took a moment to collect himself and wait for the throbbing between his legs to settle, which took much longer than it had taken with Knuckles or himself. Sonic had known how to fuck him and fuck him well.\n\nBut he had made a promise, so he dragged himself out of bed and made a cursory search of the room and attached bathroom, finding nothing as he had known he would.\n\nHe figured if Sonic had made the offer, he wouldn’t mind if Shadow snuggled into his bed and surrounded himself with Sonic’s scent as he drifted off into sleep.\n\n***\n\nHe napped until Rouge had come looking for him and they left the party happy and satisfied. Rouge had had a good time flirting with everyone in sight then flashing pictures of her muscular boyfriend just when she had them on the hook. Everybody needed a hobby, Shadow figured.\n\nHe texted Knuckles with Rouge’s phone to report his lack of findings on Sunday, and slept like a baby the night before he had to return to school.\n\nThe Monday after the party, Shadow was the subject of the rumor mill for the first time in his entire high school career. Everyone present had seen him disappear upstairs, hand in hand with the school’s idol, and he hadn’t reappeared when Sonic returned to the crowd wearing a dazed grin.\n\nNobody could deny what had happened, and whispers followed him as he walked through the halls. Shadow despised every minute of it.\n\nHe never meant for this to put him in the spotlight, but in hindsight, he should have seen this coming. Of course sleeping with the school’s favorite student at a party would attract attention. Shadow had been so focused on his desire for the triplets that he’d ignored the consequences.\n\nNow the trio would think this is what he’d wanted, and they would think he was just another sycophant leeching off their popularity.\n\nHe couldn’t stand the staring and the whispering and the awkward silences whenever he entered a room, making it obvious the occupants were just talking about him. The jealous glares and the judgmental looks were intolerable.\n\nShadow skipped class for the first time in his life. He ran from the classroom and curled up in a hidden nook on the floor in the library with his arms wrapped around legs and his knees against his chest to cry pitifully to himself and feel wretched.\n\nHe’d had one night of incredible pleasure and was paying for it with the judgment of his peers for, foreseeably, the rest of his high school career. He had good reason to sob in a corner.\n\nHe didn’t spend much time there alone, as he heard footsteps approach, then the thunk of a back hitting the wall and the shuffle of fur sliding down as someone sat next to him. Shadow refused to look up, figuring it was Rouge. But it was a male voice that spoke gently to him.\n\n“Sonic’s trying to get people to shut up about you. And Scourge is just punching whoever talks crap about you. Sonic is really sorry about this.”\n\nShadow lifted his head from his arms to see Manic looking at him with sorrowful eyes.\n\n“People talk about us all the time, and it sucks, but we’ve gotten used to it. Sonic says he should have been more considerate and thought about what they’d say about you.”\n\nManic patted his shoulder in comfort, and Shadow appreciated his efforts, but they failed to make him feel better.\n\n“You probably don’t want anything to do with us now, but we’d still like to…we really like you Shadow. If you’d like to be friends…or more than friends…” Manic trailed off suggestively, the sorrow in his gaze fading a bit to be replaced with a trace of excitement.\n\n“I thought you wouldn’t-I thought you’d think I was leeching off you three or something.”\n\n“You could have sold me out to the teacher, but you didn’t. You could have humiliated Scourge with that locket, but you didn’t. You could have taunted Sonic for getting upset, but you didn’t. We know you aren’t like the rest of them.”\n\nShadow let hope swell in his heart again. But something Manic had said caught his attention.\n\n“You all…like me?” Shadow questioned.\n\nManic blushed and looked away. “Yeah, we’ve been talking and the three of us…we all want you, Shadow. Bad.”\n\nManic’s gaze now scorched Shadow’s skin with its intensity, and he resisted the urge to squirm.\n\n“Seeing you dance at the party, and with how much you’ve done for us during such brief moments…it’s left an impact. So yeah, we want you.”\n\nManic got up from the floor and offered a hand to Shadow.\n\n“Come on, let’s get out of here. We’ll let Sonic and Scourge sort everything out. You and me will go have some fun.”\n\n***\n\nShadow had expected Manic to take him back to the triplet’s mansion, but instead he led him on a walk to a more middle-class neighborhood. It was still far wealthier than anything Shadow had ever lived in, and even the simple pleasures of the smell of cut grass and the sound of sprinklers impressed him.\n\nManic caught his admiring gaze and arched a curious eyebrow.\n\n“What’s up? Never seen a patio garden before?” Manic had meant it to be teasing, but Shadow nodded, much to Manic’s surprise.\n\n“Seriously? Where do you live?” To anyone else, Manic would have come off as insensitive, but Shadow appreciated forwardness and blunt words, so he was willing to respond truthfully.\n\n“The housing blocks a few streets down from the school.” He muttered, half hoping Manic wouldn’t hear him. His living situation was so different from the triplet’s. Would this divide them? Shadow hoped it wouldn’t. The triplets didn’t come off as shallow to him despite their prosperity.\n\n“Those crappy little homes all cramped together? I hear all those places are crack dens and whore houses.”\n\n“You heard right.” Shadow snorted derisively.\n\nManic was looking at him with sorrowful concern again. Shadow had his previous assertions confirmed. For all his pranking, Manic was a kind person who cared for others, not some brat on a power trip.\n\n“Are you…safe?”\n\nThe real answer would have been ‘not really, no,’ but Shadow wasn’t comfortable revealing the extent of his situation to Manic. Perhaps if they grew closer as Manic seemed to hope they would, Shadow would tell him the truth.\n\n“Yeah, the place I’m at isn’t that bad. It’ll do until I turn eighteen and can get out of here.”\n\n“Oh, good.” Manic smiled in relief, apparently believing his minor fabrication. But then something dawned on his face.\n\n“Wait. Scourge said he saw you with a bruise.”\n\nShadow avoided eye contact, watching his feet as they walked through the peaceful neighborhood.\n\n“If you need to get away from there, our place is an open door, okay? Seriously. Our parents won’t mind.”\n\nShadow appreciated him not pressing the issue, and the offer surprised him. He thanked Manic gratefully and promised to take him up on that offer if he ever needed to.\n\nManic let the conversation ease into simpler topics as they made their way to their destination, which Manic explained to be one of his band member’s place he was currently staying at to housesit for them.\n\n“We’re going to have sex in your friend’s house?” Shadow asked incredulously, unsure as to whether he should be amused or disparaging.\n\nManic grinned and shrugged, squeezing his hand affectionately. “My parents are back home so we can’t go there, and it’s private.”\n\nShadow relented and figured it wasn’t his responsibility to treat the house properly, so if Manic said it was okay Shadow would trust him.\n\nThe house looked exactly the same as the rest of the homes on the block did, distinguished only by the number plate above the garage. Manic unlocked the door and flipped on the lights, pulling Shadow to the bedroom without hesitation.\n\nShadow made to undress himself, but Manic stopped him.\n\n“Let me.”\n\nManic slowly unbuttoned his blazer and slid it from his shoulders, letting his fingers glide over the material of Shadow’s shirt. Next came the shirt itself, also unbuttoned and pulled off slowly. Manic took in the sight of his revealed fur and body as if it were ambrosia.\n\nManic got on his knees and put his lips on Shadow’s fly, gripping the zipper between his teeth and sliding it down. He tongued open the buttons and bit the hem so he could pull them off, and did the same with Shadow’s underwear.\n\nHe didn’t react to Shadow having a vagina, so it seemed Sonic had told his brothers about him. He should have been annoyed, but mostly he was grateful they weren’t disgusted with him.\n\nHe undressed himself with far less showmanship. He laid Shadow down on the bed and kneeled over him, sitting on his thighs, the same thing he’d done on top of Sonic just two days ago.\n\n“Just lie back and let me do everything, okay?” Manic requested, and Shadow couldn’t say no to such an offer.\n\nManic wrapped his lips around Shadow’s nipple and suckled gently, running his tongue over the little nub to soothe the burn of his little bites. Shadow quivered but managed to keep still.\n\n“Mmm, you taste good.” Manic muttered into his chest.\n\nAs his mouth worked his nipples his hands roamed his body, finding his thighs and massaging them, pressing his thumbs deep into the tissue.\n\nThe duel feelings were driving Shadow out of his head, his thoughts fleeing as he lost himself to the pleasure, knowing it would only get better from here.\n\nManic’s hand found his pussy and rubbed the outer fold on flesh teasingly before parting them and exploring what was within. His kissed his way down Shadow’s body, taking time to run his tongue between the indents of his muscular abdomen, and ended his journey between Shadow’s legs.\n\nHe kissed Shadow’s cunt, then dragged his tongue over the wet flesh. Shadow wiggled on the bed, unable to hold still.\n\nManic’s tongue thrust in and out of the fold of his labia, tauntingly never penetrating his depths.\n\n“You taste sweet. Like candy.” Manic commented, making Shadow blush. “I could eat you up all day.”\n\nManic made out with his pussy for a while longer, tasting his juices with relish and thrusting his tongue into his folds. \n\nHe smacked his lips with satisfaction once he was satisfied with Shadow’s level of ecstasy, expressed with breathless moans and his shaking body.\n\nHe let Shadow taste himself on Manic’s lips as he touched the tip of his cock to Shadow’s labia and pushed past the folds to rub against his hole. He took his time in circling the little slit and pushing in just enough to be felt before pulling out, only to push back in again a little further on the next forward thrust.\n\nShadow wanted to grab Manic’s hips and make him fuck him in earnest, but he obeyed Manic’s request for him to lie back and take what he had to offer.\n\nAt long last after what seemed an eternity of teasing, Manic sheathed himself fully inside of Shadow. He pushed in until he touched his cervix and waited for Shadow to adjust.\n\n“Out of curiosity, can you get pregnant?”\n\nShadow nodded unconsciously, before feeling the need to clarify his answer.\n\n“I can, but I don’t want to be, so no messing around when I’m in heat, okay?”\n\nManic chuckled at his attempt at a glare, ruined by his heated cheeks and parted, drooling lips.\n\n“Wouldn’t dream of it. Condoms only when you’re in heat.”\n\nThe promise of something between them in the future cheered Shadow. The thought of Manic, and from what Manic had said possibly his brothers as well, still wanting him in the future was a warm and hopeful thought.\n\nManic pulled out and pushed back in again at a slow and steady pace, but he proved to be more impatient than Sonic and increased his pace sooner than Sonic had. His thrusts became wild and beat into his pussy at random. There was no music to set a rhythm to, and Manic beat to his own drum.\n\nShadow was kept on edge and as tense as a bow string, never knowing when Manic would inflict another burst of pleasure on him. His walls sucked him in greedily even as they were massaged with no rhyme or reason.\n\n“You’re driving me…insane.” Shadow gasped out, needing to express himself to Manic.\n\nManic grinned, knowing full well what he was doing and had no intention of going easy on Shadow. So long as those beautiful moans kept sounding at that perfect body kept writhing in need, Manic would never grow bored of Shadow.\n\n“Then go insane. Let go. You’ll always be safe with me.” Manic promised.\n\nWith a few more erratic thrusts, Shadow’s untouched cock burst sticky white fluid all over himself, and Manic moaned as he was squeezed tight by Shadow cunt, releasing himself deep inside.\n\nShadow could get addicted to the feeling of cum filling him up. He loved knowing he brought Sonic and Manic to completion, and nothing proved that more than having their seed inside of him. It felt amazing and made him feel so loved.\n\nManic collapsed on top of him and pulled him into an embrace.\n\n“I promised you would have somewhere to run to if you needed it. Can you make me a promise too?”\n\n“Sure.” Shadow hadn’t yet caught his breath and had to gasp out the reply.\n\n“Promise me you’ll come to us if you need us. You’ve got me worried, knowing you live in that crappy neighborhood and have bruises you won’t explain…”\n\nManic seemed genuine in his words, and Shadow made that promise to him wholeheartedly.\n\n***\n\nThey spent the day talking and making love and talking some more and making love again. Shadow forgot all of his woes during those hours with Manic. The youngest of the triplets was energetic and earnest and loving all at once. Shadow found himself struggling to decide who he enjoyed the company of more, Manic or Sonic.\n\nBut he then reminded himself of Manic’s words, that all three of the triplets were interested in him, and had discussed having him for themselves. It seemed such a choice wouldn’t need to be made.\n\nShadow looked forward to the inevitable encounter with Scourge.\n\nWhen he returned to class the next day, nobody dared speak about him or give him dirty looks. He crossed paths with Scourge a few times, which was odd because they didn’t share any classes and shouldn’t have seen each other during the school day. Yet, whenever someone whispered a single word while glancing in Shadow’s direction, Scourge was there to glare them down.\n\nIt unnerved him a little, but he had to appreciate Scourge looking out for him.\n\nHe had an easy time of it for the most part, and wasn’t surprised in the least when Scourge pulled him into an empty classroom.\n\nScourge wasted no time in pulling him close and kissing his lips, attacking him with ravenous hunger. He nibbled and bit down on Shadow’s lower lip, making it throb in pain. Shadow found himself enjoying the feeling more than hating it.\n\nThey had to part for breath, and both were gasping for air after the passionate lip lock.\n\n“Hey there.” Scourge greeted with a smug grin.\n\n“Hi.” Shadow replied breathlessly.\n\n“Wanna get out of here?”\n\n“Yes, please!”\n\nScourge took him by the hand and led him out from the school and towards an area Shadow was unfamiliar with. Again, he wasn’t being taken to the triplet’s home, but Shadow didn’t question it, willing to put his trust in Scourge.\n\nHis trust lessened somewhat when he was led to the club district of the city. He didn’t pull away, but he did voice his concerns.\n\n“Where are we going?”\n\n“A place I go to when I want some privacy and a little fun. Don’t worry, you’re safe with me.”\n\nShadow believed him just as much as he believed Manic after his day of seeing Scourge snap at anyone that so much as looked at him funny. He trusted Scourge to do right by him.\n\nScourge skipped the line at a club with a sign outside that displayed in neon the words ‘Bound and Leashed.’ Shadow gulped but allowed Scourge to pull him inside after flashing a card to the bouncer.\n\nShadow pondered how a high school student had a membership to a place like this, and his confusion increased when he entered. The place was filled with collared Mobians on hands and knees before dominant looking men and women holding their leashes. Some licked ate out of their master’s palms and others licked their toes in worship. Shadow looked at Scourge in terror.\n\n“Don’t worry, I’m not gonna make you do anything too hardcore. I just think sex is a little more fun with some…bite.”\n\nShadow nodded hesitantly, and continued to follow Scourge when he approached an attendant seated outside a long hallway of closed doors. He flashed his membership again and asked for a room.\n\n“Your usual, sir?” The attendant asked.\n\n“Nah, don’t wanna scare the boy too bad. Give me something softer.”\n\n“Here’s your key, sir. Room four. Have a good time, sir!” The attendant cheerily waved them away.\n\nScourge led him to a room clearly labeled with a four and unlocked it, shutting it behind them. He switched the door to occupied and tossed the key onto a table. He tested the intercom to confirm with the attendant it was working in case of emergency, then turned to Shadow.\n\nThe dark hedgehog was standing stock still in the middle of the room, staring open mouthed at the paraphernalia it was stocked with.\n\nScourge put his hands on his shoulders and stood behind him to kiss the back of his neck.\n\n“I told you, I won’t do anything too hardcore. Yet.”\n\nScourge walked around him to hold his face in his hands. “Ready?”\n\n“For what?” Shadow asked nervously.\n\n“For me to fuck you like you’ve never been fucked before. Sonic and Manic haven’t got shit on me.”\n\nShadow slowly nodded, choosing to continue to trust Scourge. He let Scourge take him over to a St. Andrew’s Cross and he helped Shadow up onto it with a stepladder. His wrists and ankles were bound and his body was spread out in an X shape, his back facing Scourge.\n\n“You ever need me to stop, say ‘Red.’ Got it?”\n\n“Got it.” Shadow affirmed.\n\nScourge ran a hand down Shadow’s spine, making a familiar shudder course through his body. It was the same feeling he’d gotten when they had first met, that sense of danger and excitement. The desire to be dominated by Scourge and made helpless under his hands.\n\nThe hand pet his back until his tension eased away, then a sharp slap struck his ass, making Shadow yelp. Three more slaps came in quick succession.\n\n“What are you doing?” Shadow demanded to know.\n\n“Warming you up. One day I’ll cane this fine ass of yours, maybe whip you a little. But not today. I have a promise to keep. I’ll go easy on you, like I said.”\n\nShadow shook, but not in fear. He was looking forward to whatever Scourge had in store for him.\n\nScourge spanked him hard, setting a steady rhythm that gave Shadow something to ground him. He could prepare for each strike when he knew it was coming.\n\nWithout warning, Scourge began to smack his thighs as well as his ass, and the new rhythm took some time to get used to.\n\n“You’re a natural sub, you know. Your body was made for fucking.”\n\nShadow barely heard the words, only moaning in response. “See? You love this. I knew you would.”\n\nScourge stopped spanking him and Shadow whined at the absence of the hand on his skin.\n\n“I’m getting something else to play with. Don’t worry, I won’t leave you wanting.”\n\nShadow summoned up all his patience to wait for Scourge’s return, but still every noise he heard from behind him made him needy and squirm restlessly.\n\nA soothing stroke slid down his inner thigh, and he ceased his twitching. His ass and thighs burned and throbbed with pain, and the touch was a welcome change.\n\n“Take a deep breath.” Scourge ordered, and Shadow obeyed without question.\n\nA shock of cold came to his ass, and chilly wetness soon began to drip down his legs. His body was on fire from the slaps he’d received, and now Scourge was subjecting him to the opposite sensation by pressing ice cubes to his heated skin.\n\nHis fur gave him minimal protection from the freezing feeling, and after a time Scourge denied him even that by ruffling his fur and pressing the ice directly on to his skin.\n\nShadow didn’t know if he was enjoying this or not, he was so overwhelmed by sensation, which was exactly Scourge intention. His body was confused and his cock was erect but Shadow didn’t understand why.\n\n“Just feel, Shadow. Don’t think about it, just take it all in.”\n\nShadow tried to obey, to stymie his harried thoughts, and succeeded to a certain degree. He found he did enjoy the cold touch to his burning skin, the duality of it driving him more than a little crazy.\n\nHis thighs were next to be chilled by the ice, and Scourge had to retrieve another cube as the other had melted away. The wetness on the fur of his ass remained cold, but not as bitingly freezing as the ice itself had been.\n\nShadow’s legs quivered and pulled at their restraints, but he remained tightly bound. At the end of it all, Shadow was panting and his cock was as hard as a steel rod, or so it seemed to Shadow. He needed Scourge’s hands on him, he needed relief.\n\nScourge provided the opposite of relief by slipping a ring around his shaft to prevent him from coming until Scourge wanted him to, and Shadow groaned in frustration.\n\n“Your body is mine to control right now. You cum when I say you can.”\n\nShadow groaned and pressed his forehead into the wall, submitting reluctantly for the sake of the pleasure Scourge promised with his purring voice.\n\nSomething unyielding was pressed to his cunt and slowly inserted, and Shadow’s unprepared hole strained to accommodate the hard foreign object. It certainly wasn’t a cock penetrating him, so Shadow was left wondering until it began to vibrate.\n\nHe wailed into the wall as his insides were shaken to pieces by pleasure unlike anything he’d experienced before. The constant barrage of sensation and ecstasy overwhelmed him and tears streamed down his face, born from pure pleasure.\n\nScourge circled his anus with a finger before penetrating him with care. Shadow had never been violated in his ass, and the feeling was strange but not entirely unwelcome. Any pain he would have experienced was drowned out by his vibrating pussy.\n\n“So tight. Can’t wait to fuck your ass until you scream.”\n\nShadow wanted that very much. More than he’d ever wanted something in his life. The orgasm he’d been denied was building in his gut but cut off by the ring so cruelly binding his balls. Scourge was driving him mad with need.\n\nAnd he was having the best time of his life. Scourge had been completely right in stating Sonic and Manic had nothing on him. This was ecstasy beyond anything Shadow had ever thought possible.\n\nHis ass was being scissored apart, and that sensation was familiar enough to Shadow by now to know what he was being prepared for. Scourge didn’t take nearly as much time preparing him as Sonic and Manic had, however.\n\nScourge entered him in a single thrust, not bothering with taking things slow. Shadow’s ass burned with the stretch, but he endured. This pain was no different than what he’d experienced with the spanking. The burning enhanced every other feeling he was experiencing tenfold.\n\nScourge had told him to feel, so Shadow did exactly that. He took the pain as it was and enjoyed the amalgamation of sensations even as his body and mind were lost in them.\n\nThe green hedgehog gave Shadow no rest, and began thrusting into him without mercy, setting a rapid pace from the outset. Shadow clenched his fists and howled when Scourge found his prostate.\n\nScourge grinned wickedly, knowing Shadow’s cry indicated he’d pegged what he’d been looking for. He continued to hammer on the pleasurable bundle of nerves.\n\nThe stretch of his ass still ached, but his body screamed in need for more pressure of his prostate. He would have begged for Scourge to fuck him harder if he were capable of forming words. But reasonable thought had fled, and his throat was too busy producing moans to allow him to speak.\n\n“Breathe, Shadow. Breathe through it.” Scourge slowed his pace, giving Shadow much needed relief from the constant barrage of sensations. He sucked in a few shaky breaths until his lungs filled with air. The next few breaths were stronger.\n\nScourge kissed the back of his shoulder and nuzzled into his neck lovingly. “Good boy. Keep breathing.”\n\nShadow focused on keeping air in his lungs while Scourge focused on giving him pleasure. Breathing grounded him and allowed him to enjoy the moment to its fullest without losing control of himself.\n\nScourge sped up again once he was satisfied that Shadow had regained his senses, and let out a few moans of his own.\n\nThe combination of his prostate being beaten and his cervix being vibrated made Shadow ready to release at any moment, but he wouldn’t be permitted until Scourge was satisfied. There wasn’t an inch of his skin that wasn’t alight with pleasure. His body hummed with ecstasy. Shadow hadn’t known it was possible to feel this amazing.\n\nScourge’s cock pulsed inside of him, and sweet release was finally granted to Shadow when Scourge reached around and removed the ring. He came on the wall immediately, having been ready to do so for far too long.\n\nHis ass was pumped full of Scourge’s hot cum, and when Scourge pulled out he couldn’t hold it in like his pussy could, and it dripped down his thighs.\n\nScourge also removed the vibrator and switched it off, tossing it to the side carelessly. Juices joined Scourge’s cum on his thighs, drenching his fur.\n\nScourge unhooked him from the cross and carried him to the bed. He crawled in with Shadow and tucked them under the covers to rest a moment.\n\n“Enjoy yourself?” Scourge asked, giving Shadow’s wet cunt a little prod.\n\nShadow squirmed and giggled, a noise produced by frayed nerves and giddiness.\n\n“Yes.” He sighed blissfully after his giggling fit died out.\n\n“Good. We plan on keeping you. I didn’t want to scare you away.”\n\nThere was a moment of silence between them, then Scourge, apropros of nothing, began speaking.\n\n\"I got the scars in a car accident. I stole my mom's car and went joyriding with my girlfriend, Fiona.\" Scourge produced the locket from a pants pocket and clicked it open. Shadow examined the little picture held within, a beautiful fox grinning confidently.\n\n\"She was a college girl, and nobody liked that I was dating her, but I really loved her and she loved me. And I was the stupid kid that got her killed.\"\n\nScourge's voice expressed only misery and self hatred, and Shadow had to hold the mourning hedgehog close.\n\n\"I won't make that mistake again. I'll protect you, I swear it.\"\n\n***\n\nThey rested for a brief time before they had to leave the borrowed room, and Scourge escorted him home after cleaning him up. Shadow was embarrassed by the unkempt lawn and shabby appearance of the house, but his aches didn’t allow for him to limp home all by himself.\n\nScourge scowled at the ratty abode, and Shadow tried to wordlessly pull away from the clearly disapproving hedgehog.\n\n“Come home with me.” Scourge demanded, his tone allowing for no arguments to be made.\n\n“I can’t do that.” Shadow argued anyway.\n\n“I can’t let you live here.” Scourge fired back.\n\n“It’s not your decision to make, it’s the foster system’s. I’ll see you tomorrow at school.” Shadow managed to pull away, and he entered the house without a glance back.\n\nThe moment he limped through the door he was greeted by his foster father, a drug dealer and munitions smuggler that went by the street name Black Doom, and was the leader of the smuggling ring called the Black Arms.\n\nBlack Doom had bribed and conned the local foster care workers to send the parentless children nobody wanted his way so he could use them as drug mules. Shadow had so far been uncooperative and therefore Black Doom didn’t trust him to make drug or weapons runs. Shadow was rather grateful Black Doom hadn’t found a use for him yet besides letting his more useful siblings knock him around once in a while.\n\nIt seemed that was about to change.\n\n“A friend of yours told me you’ve been quite the little whore these past few days.” Black Doom taunted.\n\nShadow blinked stupidly at Black Doom. Who could have told him that? It certainly hadn’t been Rouge.\n\n“The echidna came to me for performance enhancers, and paid with information about what you’ve been up to.”\n\nKnuckles? Knuckles had ratted him out to his foster father? And he’d been after steroids? What a hypocrite! Was he that obsessed with beating the track team and Sonic?\n\n“So?” Shadow crossed his arms and put on a stern façade, but his insides shivered with fear. What did his father intend to do?\n\n“I figure since you’re no good as a mule, I should sell you as a whore so you’ll be worth something to me.”\n\nShadow began backing away as soon as the word ‘whore’ came out of Black Doom’s mouth. But his many foster brothers blocked the way towards the door. He shoved back in front of Black Doom.\n\nHis foster father grabbed him, and he kicked and screamed, hoping that Scourge was still perhaps in hearing range. His hopes were for naught, as no one came to help him.\n\nHe was dragged downstairs, and he was faced with a few bulky wolves and bulls that Shadow knew to be associates of Black Doom’s. His father was seriously going to let him be passed around as a sex toy.\n\nBlack Doom tossed him into the middle of the room, and foreign pairs of hands immediately pawed at him. He cringed and struggled. This felt nothing like the triplet’s touches had been. They had been adoring in their caressing. These hands were grabbing and harsh and hurting.\n\nA disturbingly large part of him wanted to give up. This was the only place he could call home, even if it wasn’t much of a home to begin with. He was stuck here, with nowhere else to go and no one to turn to.\n\nBut that wasn’t true anymore was it? He’d made a promise to Manic, one he had meant when he had said it.\n\nA burst of anger and will to fight bloomed inside of him, and he pulled away from the hands with all his strength. Adrenaline allowed him to break free, and he ran up the basement stairs and towards the back door, hoping none of his foster siblings stood in his way.\n\nAny that dared try to stop him were thrown to the ground, and he ran for freedom as fast as he was capable.\n\nHe didn’t stop running until he was on the triplet’s driveway, panting and wheezing from the strain. He collapsed to his hands and knees on the stone pathway, sucking in air desperately and trying to ease the ache from his muscles.\n\nSomeone must have seen him from a window, because three figures came running at him from the darkness. Hands made contact with his body, but these hands were more than welcome. He began weeping at the gentle touches.\n\n“Shadow? What happened? What’s wrong?” Sonic’s voice asked, but Shadow couldn’t stop the river of tears flowing from his eyes and the sobs escaping his throat. He leaned his head against whoever was in front of him. Shadow couldn’t tell if it was Scourge or Manic, all he could see was green fur.\n\nHe hurt everywhere. Scourge’s treatment of him earlier, once a pleasant aching reminder of the pleasure he’d had, was now enhanced to sheer agony from his running and his brief moments of abuse at his father’s and his associate’s hands.\n\nSomebody lifted him up and began carrying him. He peeked up at whoever it was and saw blue fur and worried green eyes past the blurriness caused by tears.\n\nManic and Scourge still had their hands on him, but Shadow couldn’t tell who had the hand on his knee and who was stroking his quills.\n\nHis tore up clothes should have been a decent indicator of what had happened to him, or nearly happened to him, and Shadow panicked and sobbing state only affirmed the triplet’s suspicions. They got him into the warmth of the house and stripped him down only to bundle him up in blankets and plop him in front of a crackling fireplace.\n\nHe was never left alone. One of the triplets was constantly by his side, whispering comforting words in his ear as he was held close and stroked lovingly.\n\nIt was impossible to remain scared and crying when he was surrounded with so much love.\n\nApparently their parents were away again, which suited Shadow just fine. He didn’t want to have to explain himself to strangers.\n\nSpeaking of explaining himself…\n\n“What happened, Shadow?” Manic gently tried to coax some answers out of him, his voice calm and undemanding.\n\nShadow quietly told his story, making Manic’s eyes grow wider with every word. He explained who his foster father was and what had nearly happened to him. Scourge was clenching his fists so hard his arms were shaking, and Sonic dove to the floor where Shadow was sitting all bundled up to hug him tight.\n\nManic also wrapped his arms around Shadow, and murmured, “Thank you for keeping your promise.”\n\n“You’ll be safe here. We’ve got the best security system in the city, and we always have guards posted. We’ll tell them to look out for the Black Arms.”\n\nShadow muttered something that may have been a thank you, but the quiet words were indiscernible from within his layers of blankets.\n\nThe traumatized hedgehog spent the next few days in quiet solace and contemplation, slowly learning how to feel safe again in his own skin after being touched by so many unwanted hands, after nearing being raped again and again and again…\n\nShadow couldn’t get the images out of his head. They haunted his dreams and kept him from sleep, they followed him during the day at all hours. He jumped at every creak of the house. He felt pathetic and weak and didn’t know how to feel better.\n\nThe triplets were incredibly patient with him, even Scourge, who was a ball of suppressed rage that went off to beat his fists into walls whenever Shadow woke from another nightmare, pretending the wall was Black Doom’s face.\n\nHe was never angry at Shadow, though. He did his best to be comforting even though he was much more awkward at it than Manic and Sonic were. Shadow appreciated the effort for what it was, a desire to see him heal.\n\nBut he wasn’t getting better. That much was obvious after two weeks of hiding away in the triplet’s mansion. Scourge had abandoned school altogether, and spent his days when he should have been learning with Shadow.\n\nThey hadn’t had sex in those two weeks, but no one pressured him into anything he wasn’t comfortable with yet. Neither Black Doom nor his people had managed to get to him, but he suspected he wouldn’t be told if they had been spotted nearby.\n\nShadow was unaware of a plan forming between the twins to make him comfortable in his own skin again, and he only learned of the plan the weekend it was hatched, when all three triplets were home and their parents were still absent.\n\nHe was curled up on Sonic’s bed, which had become his usual haunt these past weeks. It held good memories for him, of the party and the first time he had sex with one of the triplets. He felt a little safer here.\n\nThe triplets waltzed into the room, which didn’t raise Shadow’s suspicions. They usually spent their time by his side, so Shadow had no reason to be nervous. So why did their smiles set him on edge and set his body afire?\n\nIt spoke volumes of how addicted he was to these three if a sly smirk on their lips was all it took to get him going, even after the trauma he’d experienced. They’d made no advances towards him in these past weeks, yet a few suggestive smiles was all it took to make him lust for them.\n\nThey crawled towards him, circling him on the bed and Sonic pushed him down onto his back gently.\n\n“We’ve been talking.” Sonic began.\n\n“We think you’d forget about those disgusting cretins if we replaced their touch with something better.” Scourge continued.\n\n“Replaced them with us.” Manic finished.\n\nShadow gulped and nodded, a little hesitant, but willing to try. He knew if this became too much for him they would stop if he needed them to. He would once again place his trust in these three hedgehogs.\n\nThe three of them, even Scourge, smiled affectionately at him, before they all adopted sultry and lecherous smirks.\n\nSonic began by touching his face, running his fingers through his quills and tracing the shape of his muzzle and lips. Manic explored his torso, tweaking his nipples playfully and feeling the muscles of his abdomen.\n\nScourge immediately put his head between his legs so he could kiss and suck at his inner thighs while his hands busied themselves with petting his outer thighs.\n\nShadow was already naked and bared for them, but the triplets were still fully dressed, which annoyed Shadow. They soon rectified that by stripping down while always leaving at least one hand on him, touching and rubbing over his pelt.\n\nThey were soon a writhing pile of naked bodies, and Shadow did his best to touch them in return, but he could only do so much with two hands and three lovers. They seemed to be stimulated enough just by touching Shadow, their engorged cocks were proof enough of that.\n\nShadow found he wasn’t repulsed in the slightest by their hands. They felt nothing like the ones that had grabbed at him and wanted to violate him. These hands were adoring and only wanted to please him. They were the hands of the people he loved and was loved by in return. He could never be frightened of them.\n\n“Open wide.” Sonic said, and Shadow obeyed. Sonic scooted up next to his head and cupped his cheeks as he put his length between Shadow’s lips.\n\nWith his mouth pleasuring one cock, his hands were able to stroke the other two and everybody was pleased with the arrangement. Scourge thrust into his fingers greedily, while Manic allowed Shadow to rub him at his own pace.\n\nHe sucked and rolled his tongue around the girth in his mouth. Sonic moaned but kept control of his hips so as to not choke Shadow. He didn’t want to cum yet, so he pulled out when he felt his balls ready to empty themselves.\n\nShadow whimpered at the loss, and Manic gave him a pointed look.\n\n“You should give him what he wants, Sonic.” Manic scolded with a grin.\n\nSonic rolled his eyes and reinserted his length into Shadow’s mouth. Shadow sucked with glee until Sonic spilled himself between his lips. Shadow did his best to swallow the load, but some managed to escape and drip down his muzzle.\n\nShadow gurgled on the cum in his mouth until the last of it had slipped down his throat. He then stuck out his tongue to lap up any that was on his muzzle. \n\n“More…let me have more!” Shadow begged, and Scourge took up the offer in an instant, thrusting his girth into Shadow’s gaping mouth.\n\nHe wasn’t nearly as gentle as Sonic had been, immediately forcing Shadow to deep throat him. Shadow choked and swallowed around the wide cock, but had to relent and push on Scourge’s hips to get him out.\n\nScourge pulled back with a disappointed sigh, and received two very dirty looks from his brothers.\n\n“Go easy on him, will you? This is for him, not you.” Sonic wacked Scourge on the back of his head, but not hard enough for it to significantly hurt. Scourge glared back at him but nodded, reinserting himself into Shadow’s mouth, but taking things easier this time.\n\nHe, too, shot his load into Shadow’s mouth, and he did a better job of swallowing it down this time. Scourge made way for Manic’s turn, who was neither as gentle as Sonic nor as rough as Scourge, finding a happy medium between fucking his mouth ruthlessly and going too slow for anyone’s enjoyment.\n\nNot a drop of Manic’s was lost and Shadow sucked down it all, smacking his lips in satisfaction at the end of it.\n\n“Taste good?” Scourge teased, to which Shadow smiled and nodded.\n\n“Please…please fuck me.” Shadow panted, and the triplets exchanged searching looks.\n\n“I call his ass.” Scourge declared, making Shadow laugh. Manic chuckled along and Sonic rolled his eyes at all of them.\n\n“Then I call his pussy.” Manic chimed in, making Sonic pout.\n\n“I already fucked his mouth. I wanna fuck something else too!” He complained.\n\n“You can have a turn too.” Shadow patted Sonic’s arm comfortingly and Sonic’s pout deepened.\n\n“Fine, I’ll wait.” He grumbled, and Manic pulled Shadow up from the bed to tuck him close to his chest.\n\nScourge positioned himself behind Shadow and began to stretch his ass out for what was to come with Manic doing the same for his vagina.\n\nSonic stood on the bed and jerked himself to hardness again before touching his top back to Shadow’s lips, who greedily tasted him and sucked hard.\n\nHe was lifted slightly only to sink back down onto two cocks, one in his ass and the other in his pussy. He moaned around Sonic’s length, drawing a moan from Sonic as well as vibrations traveled along his shaft.\n\nScourge and Manic fully seated themselves inside of Shadow, and occupied themselves with kissing and sucking at his skin while them waited for him to adjust. Scourge nibbled and bit down on his neck hard enough to bruise, and Shadow moaned again, which Sonic appreciated.\n\nOnce he felt wet and loose enough they began bouncing him up and down on their laps. The up and down motion did nothing for Sonic, so he pulled and kneeled down next to his brothers, opting to kiss Shadow and tongue his mouth instead.\n\nShadow felt stuffed full and loved every moment of it. His holes were both being stretched beyond what they were meant to take, making him ache but the pounding against his cervix made him yearn for more. Feelings of pleasure and pain intermingled in a way Shadow had learned to love thanks to Scourge.\n\nScourge found his prostate, and adjusted his hips so he could peg it with every upward thrust. Shadow opened his mouth to moan against Sonic’s muzzle, and Sonic took the opportunity to violate Shadow’s mouth with his fingers.\n\nHe was bounced and fucked until nobody could take any more pleasure and released. Shadow came first under the onslaught of pleasure his body was taking. Scourge followed, unable to withstand Shadow’s tight ass sucking him in. Manic was last to cum, filling Shadow pussy and staining his inner walls with seed.\n\nShadow panted and moaned as they came down from their highs, but the triplets had no mercy on him. They pulled out and laid him down, Manic switching places with Scourge to lie under him and slip into his ass, his face tucked into Shadow neck to avoid his quills. \n\n“Ahh, so tight…I’ve never fucked someone’s ass before. This is amazing.” Manic groaned.\n\n“Isn’t it?” Scourge replied, getting into position in front of Shadow’s face. He spit on his hands and wiped his cock clean before putting in Shadow’s mouth.\n\nSonic slowly entered Shadow’s cunt, but didn’t bother with taking things slow for once. He soon set a pace that made Shadow quiver and moan in need.\n\nManic thrust upwards as much he could with what little leverage the bed and his own legs could provide, but the tight walls wrapped around him more than made up for the lack of friction.\n\nScourge was careful this time, slowly pressing his cock deeper until Shadow took all of him into his mouth. Shadow managed to swallow him down his throat this time, only sputtering a little and avoiding choking altogether. Scourge moved carefully, and Shadow successfully deep throated him as he thrust in and out.\n\nHis holes were used again, and Shadow was at the whim of the triplets. His body was their plaything, and he reveled in it. He was happy to submit to these three so long as they kept pleasuring him like this.\n\n“More cum…inside me. Please!” Shadow begged when Scourge pulled out to give him a moment to breathe.\n\n“Your wish is my command.” Sonic replied through a light laugh. He let himself go with groan, shooting his load into Shadow’s womb.\n\nManic followed after him, stuffing more cum into Shadow’s already stuffed ass. Scourge put his cock back between Shadow’s lips and released after a few more deep thrusts, his cum getting swallowed down.\n\nAll three girths were pulled out of him, the four hedgehogs collapsed into a heap on the bed, a mess of sweat and semen and saliva.\n\nCum dripped out of Shadow’s ass and pussy, making even more of a mess of his thighs and the bed sheets under them.\n\nShadow drifted off into sleep, physically and emotionally exhausted. The memory of unwanted hands had been banished from his mind, never to return. He dreamed of loving touches and adoring caresses.\n\nScourge, Sonic, and Manic all found somewhere to curl up next to him on the bed, with Scourge and Sonic on either side of him and Manic curled under him with Shadow’s head on his lap.\n\n“I’ll protect you, I swear it.” Scourge murmured to him once his brothers had fallen asleep, his oath unheard by all except himself.\n\n***\n\nBlack Doom was arrested the following day for drug and weapons trafficking. His multitude of adopted drug runners had to be tried as well, but the courts went easy on them due to the fact that they had little choice in the matter. Shadow gave his testimony, and the more violent of his foster siblings were dealt with much more harshly.\n\nWord spread that Black Doom had paid off the judge and jury and would be set free after a mockery of a trial, but there was little anyone could do based on speculation.\n\nThe drug kingpin was found dead in his cell a week before his trial, his throat cut cleanly.\n\nNo one knew who had done the deed, and the police were hesitant to investigate too thoroughly into the death of such a revolting man. The murderer got away with it, and would remain unknown to all.\n\nAlmost all, at least. Scourge had been conspicuously absent from their bed the night of the murder, and a small streak of blood was left in the bathroom sink, accidentally forgotten in the haste to wash it away from bloodied hands.\n\nHis brothers and lover neglected to report this to the police, however, and the subject remained unspoken between them, a secret to be kept for the rest of their days.\n\nThe social hierarchy wasn’t something Shadow paid much mind to, but he found himself an inextricable part of it once it became obvious the triplets were paying special attention to him. Rumors abound about what their relationship was, but the truth was kept private.\n\nOf course, nobody dared talk about him in the triplet’s or Shadow’s presence, lest they be told off by an angry Scourge.\n\nKnuckles was removed from the football team after being discovered with steroids in his locker, but Rouge stayed by his side despite brutally scolding him for his stupidity.\n\nThe triplet’s parents adopted him at the triplet’s request, and he spent the rest of his high school days in bliss, his past left behind where it belonged.\n\nHe had three lovers who all adored him equally, and he had room in his heart for them all in return.",
  "writing_bbcode_parsed": "<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'>The social hierarchy wasn&rsquo;t something Shadow paid much mind to. He largely existed outside of it, the rest of the high school having no idea where to place the strange and quiet hedgehog on the scale of who was &lsquo;hot&rsquo; and who was &lsquo;not.&rsquo;<br /><br />He was left alone for the most part, he had no sycophants clinging onto him to bask in his limelight, and he had no harassers in the hallways to shout jeers at him as he passed. Shadow&rsquo;s anonymity suited him just fine.<br /><br />Unfortunately that same anonymity left him invisible in the eyes of the people that mattered; the trio of senior hedgehogs that resided at the highest echelon on the school hierarchy. <br /><br />Shadow was no sycophant. He didn&rsquo;t worship the ground the triplets walked on out of principle. He, unlike most of the school, had good reason to admire and lust after them.<br /><br />It began with Manic, the youngest of the triplets and a beast on the drums. He outshined the other members of his band and acted as its front man. He was cheerful and excited almost constantly, but tended towards pranking others and pushing the boundaries of what he could get away with.<br /><br />It made him popular with students when he stole cheat sheets for tests or snatched the credit card of a snobbishly rich student and used it to buy pizza for the entire school or stole the diary of a bully and posted its embarrassing pages all over the hallway walls. It made him extremely unpopular with teachers and said snobbishly rich students and bullies.<br /><br />But there was nothing the teachers could do because he&rsquo;d never actually been caught. There was always a student willing to provide an alibi for him thanks to his antics. He was adored by all he&rsquo;d ever helped or amused.<br /><br />Shadow met him when he was lingering after school due a late night study session in the library. He packed up his books and darted through the halls, only to be stopped by some shuffling in one of the classrooms.<br /><br />He didn&rsquo;t think anybody would be in the school this late, besides him and that was only because he was avoiding going home. Who else would be here so late?<br /><br />Shadow peeked into the classroom curiously, opening the door only a small crack. Someone was at the teacher&rsquo;s desk, rifling through its drawers. He couldn&rsquo;t tell who it was from his vantage point.<br /><br />Shadow opened the door fully, intending to stop whatever shenanigans he was witnessing, and to his surprise found Manic searching the desk, a stern expression on his face.<br /><br />Manic jumped at the door creaking open and looked at Shadow with surprise.<br /><br />&ldquo;What are you doing here?&rdquo; Manic&rsquo;s voice was uncharacteristically shaky. He always projected joy and confidence in public.<br /><br />&ldquo;I should be asking you that.&rdquo; Shadow glared at the guiltily fidgeting Manic.<br /><br />&ldquo;Listen, could you just leave and forget you saw me here. This is&hellip;it&rsquo;s something I have to do.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow was aware of Manic&rsquo;s antics over his years in high school, consisting of Robin Hood like escapades and petty pranks. He doubted rifling through a teacher&rsquo;s desk was necessary in any way.<br /><br />&ldquo;Then explain yourself if it&rsquo;s so necessary.&rdquo;<br /><br />Manic gave him a searching look, and he seemed a little taken aback by Shadow&rsquo;s doubts about him.<br /><br />&ldquo;Huh. Most students just let me do what I want, no questions asked.&rdquo; He murmured, so quietly Shadow had to strain his ears to hear it.<br /><br />&ldquo;Does it look like I care?&rdquo; Shadow snorted. &ldquo;Explain yourself or I&rsquo;m reporting you.&rdquo;<br /><br />Manic gave a forlorn sigh and resigned himself to confessing.<br /><br />&ldquo;This teacher confiscated something from my brother, Scourge. I need to get it back for him.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow was now the one taken aback. He&rsquo;d been expecting this to be a part of another of his pranks. However, it seemed this was personal.<br /><br />&ldquo;So, could you leave me to it? Please? It&rsquo;s important, I promise.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow walked towards Manic and opened up a drawer. &ldquo;What is it? I&rsquo;ll help you look.&rdquo;<br /><br />Manic gaped at him for a moment, before grinning wide, looking more like himself this way than the twitchy and nervous hedgehog he&rsquo;d been a few moments before.<br /><br />&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a locket, silver with lacey designs on it. He was just looking at it in class, so the teacher took it away from him &lsquo;cause it was &lsquo;distracting.&rsquo; What an asshole, right?&rdquo; Manic had relaxed significantly since Shadow&rsquo;s offer and help, and Shadow found Manic&rsquo;s cheer to be a little infectious. No wonder he was so well liked.<br /><br />&ldquo;The teacher put a false bottom on this drawer, it&rsquo;s where he puts everything he confiscates.&rdquo; Shadow explained, emptying the drawer of its papers and pencils.<br /><br />&ldquo;How do you know that?&rdquo; Manic asked curiously.<br /><br />&ldquo;He takes my cell phone all the time because his class is boring and I use it when he&rsquo;s talking. He never keeps it for long.&rdquo; Shadow replied with a little smirk.<br /><br />Manic laughed and slapped him on the back. &ldquo;I thought I knew every trick these teachers have, but it seems you have me beat this time.&rdquo;<br /><br />The place Manic touched him tingled, and Shadow cursed himself for wanting the touch to return. Manic was affecting him as he affected every other member of the student body, and it annoyed the hell out of him.<br /><br />Still, it meant a good deal to Shadow that Manic wasn&rsquo;t just a mischievous prankster with a hero complex. It seemed he also was a good brother that genuinely wanted to do right by them.<br /><br />Shadow removed the false bottom and pulled out a glittering silver necklace with a small locket dangling on the chain. It was a beautiful little pendant, all decorated in laced designs and delicate features. Certainly not something he expected Scourge to have.<br /><br />Manic took it from him and sighed in relief. &ldquo;Thank you, man. I would have been here all night looking for it if it weren&rsquo;t for you. What&rsquo;s your name?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Shadow.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;I like you, Shadow. We should hang out sometime. It gets boring sometimes when everybody just lets me do what I want. But you&rsquo;re different. I like that.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow nodded noncommittally and turned on his heel to leave.<br /><br />The next day at school he would come to regret leaving Manic alone in that classroom, because when the boring teacher opened the drawer with the false bottom it suddenly exploded with glitter and glue, spraying the teacher and bedazzling him splendidly. <br /><br />The class had burst into laughter, and Shadow couldn&rsquo;t help but chuckle a little along with them.<br /><br />He encountered another of the famed triplets a few days after the scene with Manic. The school day had ended and he had just finished loading his backpack with his books and was walking the halls towards the library to study for a while when a hand grabbed him and pulled him into an empty classroom.<br /><br />Shadow yelped in surprise and wanted to kick himself for the ridiculous noise he&rsquo;d just produced. He stumbled into the classroom and was released, and he looked up to identify his kidnapper.<br /><br />Scourge stood glaring at him with arms crossed, and Shadow blinked stupidly at him, too shocked for words.<br /><br />The oldest hedgehog of the triplets was more infamous than famous as his brothers were. Rumors concerning the rebellious young man spread like wildfire whenever they cropped up. Some said he ran a bare knuckles fighting club in the school basement. Some said he&rsquo;d slept with the principle and all three of his daughters. Some said he was all talk and was actually impotent.<br /><br />The most popular source of speculation were the scars across his chest, jagged and harsh looking. No one knew how he&rsquo;d been so badly hurt, and no one had the bravery to ask him. So, they gossiped instead.<br /><br />Nevertheless, the crowded hallways parted like the Red Sea whenever he passed, whether out of fear or reverence it was hard to say.<br /><br />There wasn&rsquo;t a person in the school that didn&rsquo;t loathe him or love him or want to fuck him. He was a mystery, a point of fascination and intrigue. Everybody wanted to know his business, and it honestly disgusted Shadow. Whoever Scourge was, it was no one&rsquo;s business but his own. <br /><br />Now he was alone in a classroom with the school&rsquo;s most popular subject of the rumor mill.<br /><br />&ldquo;Manic told me what you did.&rdquo; Scourge seemed angry, which confused Shadow since he&rsquo;d helped retrieve the locket. The green hedgehog was acting like he&rsquo;d smashed it on the ground.<br /><br />&ldquo;And?&rdquo; Shadow wouldn&rsquo;t be intimidated, though. Scourge could bluster and puff his chest all he wanted, it wouldn&rsquo;t phase Shadow.<br /><br />Scourge was accustomed to people flinching away from him, so Shadow&rsquo;s firmness surprised him. His icy blue eyes glittered and his lips curled into a smirk.<br /><br />&ldquo;Tough guy, eh? Maybe I should put you in your place.&rdquo; Scourge stalked towards Shadow, who stood his ground even when they were nose to nose.<br /><br />Scourge backed off after a tense standoff, and his posture relaxed. &ldquo;Manic said you weren&rsquo;t like the rest of the fuckin&rsquo; cronies in this school. Maybe he was right.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow rolled his eyes, entirely unimpressed by Scourge&rsquo;s posturing.<br /><br />&ldquo;Did you look inside it?&rdquo; Scourge&rsquo;s voice was tense, and Shadow thought he detected a hint of fear in his tone.<br /><br />&ldquo;No, none of my business.&rdquo; Shadow shrugged off his concerns, but Scourge stopped him from walking out with a hand on his wrist.<br /><br />&ldquo;Every crony in this school would kill to get into my personals. You seriously think I&rsquo;m gonna believe you didn&rsquo;t open it?&rdquo; Scourge snarled, and a shiver went down Shadow&rsquo;s spine. A shiver not born from fear, but from excitement.<br /><br />Scourge radiated danger, and Shadow&rsquo;s senses were afire with his aura. He could easily imagine Scourge dominating him, making him submit whether he wanted to or not. Why did that excite him instead of scare him?<br /><br />Shadow suppressed his body&rsquo;s reactions and turned back to Scourge.<br /><br />&ldquo;Look, I don&rsquo;t give a fuck about you.&rdquo; Shadow&rsquo;s arousal begged to differ, but he was ignoring that. &ldquo;Whatever is in your locket isn&rsquo;t any of my concern. Can I go now?&rdquo;<br /><br />Scourge examined him closely, seeming to attempt to size him up. His eyes settled on a faint bruise on Shadow&rsquo;s eyes, barely visible next to his dark fur.<br /><br />&ldquo;Oi, who socked you one?&rdquo; Scourge suddenly asked, surprising Shadow greatly. Why would Scourge even care?<br /><br />&ldquo;I stayed out of your business, so you stay out of mine. Deal?&rdquo; Shadow grumbled.<br /><br />&ldquo;Fair enough. But anybody fucks with you, you tell me. I&rsquo;ll kick their ass.&rdquo;<br /><br />Scourge released him, and Shadow could feel eyes burning into his back until he shut the classroom door behind him.<br /><br />He met the last of the triplets after Rouge forced him to attend a pep rally against his wishes. He despised all the school spirit and forced happiness that came with the event and had always avoided them. Rouge wasn&rsquo;t having his grumpiness, and had dragged him from the quiet isolation of the library to the after school fun fest.<br /><br />He sat sulking in the bleachers as Rouge cheered on the football players as they paraded around the gymnasium, flexing and grunting like the badasses they believed themselves to be. At any other school, this would have been the highlight of a pep rally. But not at this school.<br /><br />The middle sibling of the famed triplets would be the star of the show, as he always was, and he was no football player.<br /><br />The bulky teenagers departed from center stage, and a hush fell over the crowd. A blur of blue came speeding from the gymnasium doors, and a thunderous roar boomed through the room as Sonic did a lap around the gym, waving and blowing kisses to his adoring fans.<br /><br />Sonic was the star if the track team, a talented and athletic youth with the perfect body, the perfect smile, and the perfect personality. He was kind to anyone he met and went out of his way to defend the helpless from bullies and encourage the despondent. He was a marvelous student the teachers adored. He was the star of the school, and everybody knew it.<br /><br />Unlike Manic, who had maligned the teachers, and Scourge, who had maligned everyone, Sonic was adored by all. At this point, even bullies tipped their hats to him with respect.<br /><br />Shadow had never had the pleasure of meeting him face to face, but it was impossible to go a day without hearing of some good deed he&rsquo;d performed, whether it be something small like helping a freshman join a club they&rsquo;d been scared to or something huge like saving a classroom of people when a fire had broken out during a chemistry lesson.<br /><br />Shadow hated to admit to himself he&rsquo;d harbored a bit of a crush on the idol since freshman year. It was a weak and pathetic crush, but the desire to meet the seemingly perfect hedgehog had never faded.<br /><br />He got the opportunity once the festivities were over and Shadow was tucked back into a lonely corner of the library, avoiding going home once again, even as daylight waned.<br /><br />Footsteps sounded, heading towards him, and a strange sound accompanied them. Was that&hellip;sobbing?<br /><br />The footsteps neared ever closer, and Shadow looked past the shelves to see Sonic passing through, tears streaming from his eyes. He stopped at the sight of Shadow, and quickly wiped his eyes and plastered on a clearly fake smile.<br /><br />&ldquo;Hey there! You don&rsquo;t happen to have any eye drops do you? I&rsquo;ve got dirt in-&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Bullshit.&rdquo; Shadow interrupted, and Sonic blinked at him.<br /><br />&ldquo;Heh, yeah, I guess you&rsquo;re right. Sorry, I&rsquo;ll just&hellip;&rdquo;<br /><br />Maybe it was the lingering remains of his crush that made him reach out to Sonic, or maybe it was his recent revelations about his siblings that made him realize these three were more than just gossip material, but people. <br /><br />Shadow got up and touched Sonic&rsquo;s shoulder to turn him around, and he could see the emerald orbs were already threatening to spill again. He pulled the school idol close and awkwardly patted his back, and Sonic began crying again, sobbing hard into his shoulder.<br /><br />The experience was surreal. Sonic projected joy constantly; he was never seen without a smile on his face. Yet, here Shadow was with Sonic on his shoulder, crying his heart out.<br /><br />His sobs abated, and he wiped his eyes again, this time genuinely smiling at Shadow.<br /><br />&ldquo;My brothers told me about you. I bet Scourge never thanked you for helping get his locket back, so I&rsquo;ll do it for him. Thank you, really.&rdquo; Sonic squeezed his hands and held them for a moment, seemingly unwilling to let them go.<br /><br />&ldquo;Is your eye okay? Scourge said you had a bruise&hellip;&rdquo; Sonic inspected his face closely, spotting the discoloration near his eye.<br /><br />&ldquo;It&rsquo;s fine.&rdquo; Shadow dismissed, ignoring the painful throbbing as he always did. Sonic fidgeted awkwardly.<br /><br />&ldquo;Hey, we&rsquo;re having this party. Our parents are away so we&rsquo;re gonna have some fun with the house. Scourge&rsquo;s idea.&rdquo; Sonic smiled exasperatedly but fondly. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d love it if you could be there. Manic and Scourge would love it too, I&rsquo;m sure.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow was nodding before he could stop himself and think the offer over.<br /><br />&ldquo;Great! It&rsquo;s next weekend. See you then!&rdquo;<br /><br />Sonic scampered off, and Shadow smacked his palm into his face. What had he been thinking? He wasn&rsquo;t a party goer!<br /><br />Still, the famed triplets had proven to be more than what the rumor mill said they were. The mischievous prankster Manic cared for his brothers and risked being caught stealing for Scourge&rsquo;s sake. Scourge, the tough guy feared by all, kept a delicate little locket and held it dear. Sonic, the perfect hero and idol, had his own burdens and stresses he kept locked away for the sake of appearances.<br /><br />Shadow couldn&rsquo;t ignore his own feelings. He&rsquo;d grown to respect, even like the triplets after his encounters with them. He desired them as every other student did, and he hated himself for it.<br /><br />But he wasn&rsquo;t some shy and meek little waif. He wouldn&rsquo;t admire from afar as other students were content to do. His resolve set in stone, he formed a plan.<br /><br />***<br /><br />His plan was to ask Rouge what the plan was, because he had no idea how to go about seducing someone. Rouge was an expert at both seduction and maintaining a relationship, because before she settled into a long term relationship with Knuckles, she caught the eye of half the school and selected for herself only the best the student body had to offer. She could have anyone she wanted, and she had chosen the star quarterback.<br /><br />She was the perfect person to turn to, and she was luckily also Shadow&rsquo;s best friend.<br /><br />&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to stand out. Everyone at that party is going to be fighting for scraps of the triplet&rsquo;s time, so you need to make an impression.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;And how do I do that?&rdquo; Shadow asked, already dreading the answer.<br /><br />&ldquo;By not drunkenly flailing at them for one. You&rsquo;ve already met them and they know your face and your name. That&rsquo;s a good start, but if you want to fuck one of &lsquo;em you&rsquo;ve got to step up your game.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Do you have to say it like that?&rdquo; Shadow mumbled, but Rouge ignored him.<br /><br />&ldquo;So, make a spectacle of yourself. Shake your ass on the dance floor, get every eye in the place on you. These people have high standards, lurking in a corner like you usually do won&rsquo;t work.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t lurk!&rdquo;<br /><br />Rouge gave him a pointed look, and he had to acquiesce that he did sometimes lurk. Occasionally. Very, very rarely.<br /><br />&ldquo;From what you&rsquo;ve said they&rsquo;ve seen your ever-so-rare sensitive side. That&rsquo;s a good distinction to have from the usual drunken floozies that flock to them, but now they need to get to know your wild side.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think I have one of those.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Then show off that fine ass of yours instead!&rdquo; Rouge circled him and went for a slap on his ass, but he jumped away before her hand could make contact.<br /><br />&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think I have one of those either!&rdquo; Shadow screeched, blushing furiously.<br /><br />&ldquo;Honey, have you seen your ass?&rdquo; She asked sardonically.<br /><br />&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t spend copious amounts of time inspecting my own ass!&rdquo;<br /><br />That moment was when Rouge&rsquo;s boyfriend, Knuckles, decided to arrive at Rouge&rsquo;s apartment and opened the door just in time to hear Shadow yelling about his backside. His cheeks turned as red as the rest of him and glared at the hedgehog and bat.<br /><br />&ldquo;What the hell are you doing?&rdquo; His tone was annoyed with a tinge of confusion. He certainly wasn&rsquo;t suspicious of them, as he had learned long ago Shadow had no interest in Rouge, or even women at all. <br /><br />Rouge waved him off. &ldquo;Discussing the finer points of Shadow&rsquo;s ass. How was work, sweetums?&rdquo; Rouge approached her boyfriend and pecked him on the lips, making Knuckles&rsquo; anger melt away.<br /><br />&ldquo;Fine. Hey, Shadow.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow nodded to Knuckles. Even though he was dating his closest friend, they had never gotten on very well. Knuckles was so quick to anger it got on Shadow&rsquo;s nerves, and when they had first met he had suspected Shadow of trying to sleep with Rouge.<br /><br />That particular misunderstanding had been cleared up quickly, but their initial dislike of each other had remained a stain on their relationship years later. They were cordial with each other at best.<br /><br />&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be going.&rdquo; Shadow attempted to make his escape, but was stopped by Rouge.<br /><br />&ldquo;Just one more thing, hun. Everybody says they&rsquo;re not into virgins, so pretend you know what you&rsquo;re doing, okay?&rdquo;<br /><br />***<br /><br />Shadow couldn&rsquo;t just pretend to know how to have sex! Why would Rouge think him capable of such a thing?<br /><br />He had no experience with sexual situations beyond his own hand, and he was terrified to sleep with a random stranger when there was a significant chance they&rsquo;d run screaming from him as soon as he stripped down.<br /><br />He had both male and female genitalia, and the embarrassment from the strangeness of that had kept him virginal all throughout high school. He was willing to risk humiliation with the triplets because they were worth pursuing, but no one before had ever been worth it.<br /><br />And now he knew his fumbling ignorance would be a turn off for them. All the internet porn in the world couldn&rsquo;t prepare him for the real thing.<br /><br />No, he had to lose his virginity before next weekend, and it had to be with someone that wouldn&rsquo;t go spreading word about his genitals to the whole school.<br /><br />Shadow had very few options in that regard. Rouge wasn&rsquo;t just his best friend, she was his only friend, and he had less than no interest in sleeping with her.<br /><br />An epiphany lit up his mind with sudden clarity. Perhaps he couldn&rsquo;t go to Rouge to pop his cherry, but her boyfriend just might do it for him.<br /><br />He cornered Knuckles after school in an empty hallway and dragged him into a classroom, much to his annoyance.<br /><br />&ldquo;What the hell, Shadow?&rdquo; He demanded.<br /><br />&ldquo;I need you to sleep with me.&rdquo;<br /><br />Knuckles gaped at him, stunned silent for a long, awkward moment while Shadow refused to fidget despite his discomfort.<br /><br />&ldquo;You&hellip;what now?&rdquo; Knuckles managed to squeak.<br /><br />&ldquo;I need you to sleep with me. The triplets aren&rsquo;t into virgins so I need to have sex with someone, and you&rsquo;re my only option.&rdquo; Shadow&rsquo;s tone made it obvious he wasn&rsquo;t very happy with that.<br /><br />Knuckles seemed to recover and he glared at Shadow with seething rage.<br /><br />&ldquo;You do remember I have a girlfriend, right? She also happens to be your best friend.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;I know that. Seriously, Knuckles, do you think she&rsquo;ll have that much of a problem with this? She knows I&rsquo;m not actually interested in you, and she&rsquo;s the one who said I needed to have sex. If nothing else, she&rsquo;ll be put out she didn&rsquo;t get to watch.&rdquo;<br /><br />Knuckles couldn&rsquo;t really argue with that, and Shadow knew Rouge even better than he did.<br /><br />&ldquo;You can tell her or not, I don&rsquo;t care. It&rsquo;s your decision.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not agreeing to anything yet! What&rsquo;s in this for me?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Whatever you want. I know you need to keep your grades up to stay on the football team, I could do your homework for you or something&hellip;&rdquo; Shadow suggested.<br /><br />&ldquo;My grades are fine! No, I have a better idea. You&rsquo;re going after the triplets? After Sonic?&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow nodded.<br /><br />&ldquo;Then here&rsquo;s what you can do for me. Sonic has to be on steroids or something to be as good as he is, and the football team is sick of being shown up by the track team. You&rsquo;ll be at their house for the party. You find whatever he&rsquo;s on for me so I can get him kicked off the track team.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow disliked making such a backhanded deal, but he doubted Sonic was enhancing himself with drugs. He had held Sonic&rsquo;s body close and he didn&rsquo;t feel like his muscles were unnaturally large or firm. So Shadow was fine with agreeing to this, positive he would return to Knuckles empty handed.<br /><br />&ldquo;Deal.&rdquo; They shook on it.<br /><br />&ldquo;So&hellip;now?&rdquo; Knuckles asked.<br /><br />&ldquo;Sure, now is fine.&rdquo;<br /><br />Having sex in an abandoned classroom wasn&rsquo;t the most romantic setting, but Shadow wasn&rsquo;t going for romance. That, and it was a good reason to put off going home. So right here, right now worked just fine for him.<br /><br />Shadow began unbuttoning his pants and Knuckles did the same.<br /><br />&ldquo;Look, I&rsquo;ll be honest, I&rsquo;ve never fucked a guy before.&rdquo; Knuckles confessed as he pulled off his pants.<br /><br />&ldquo;That&rsquo;s fine. I have a vagina.&rdquo; Shadow revealed bluntly.<br /><br />Knuckles gaped at him again, and Shadow rolled his eyes.<br /><br />&ldquo;It&rsquo;s why I can&rsquo;t just sleep with anyone. You I know won&rsquo;t spread rumors about me.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Oh, well, thanks. For trusting me.&rdquo;<br /><br />The brief moment of honesty between them felt more awkward than touching, and both were happy to dismiss it in favor of pulling off their underwear. Neither bothered with their shirts or blazers, knowing this would be a quick romp.<br /><br />Knuckles resisted gaping again when Shadow&rsquo;s underwear dropped and he could see Shadow did indeed have a vagina. He shook his head to clear it out and approached, pushing Shadow back onto a desk and making him sit on it, positioning himself between his legs.<br /><br />&ldquo;Gently, okay?&rdquo; Shadow requested quietly, to which Knuckles nodded.<br /><br />He touched Shadow&rsquo;s labia, and the hedgehog gasped and writhed a little at the light touch. Knuckles steadied him with a hand on his hip and pressed his finger between the vaginal lips to stroke the flesh hidden within.<br /><br />Shadow leaned his head forward to rest it on Knuckles&rsquo; shoulder. He wanted to buck into the touch but Knuckles&rsquo; grip on his waist kept him still.<br /><br />&ldquo;Careful. I don&rsquo;t want to hurt you.&rdquo; Knuckles muttered as he slipped a finger into Shadow&rsquo;s hole.<br /><br />Shadow shuddered and moaned in Knuckles&rsquo; shoulder, and the echidna took care to stretch Shadow out as much as he could, wiggling his finger inside of Shadow and massaging his walls.<br /><br />Knuckles had no interest in drawing this out, so he began scissoring Shadow apart as soon as he loosened up, and stroked his own shaft to get it hard. He had to think of Rouge to get himself erect, because Shadow, as attractive as he was, did nothing for him.<br /><br />Shadow touched himself as well, since Knuckles was completely neglecting his cock. His thoughts were focused on Scourge, of all people. Shadow summoned up the excitement of being trapped by the dangerous and seductive hedgehog. As nicely muscled as Knuckles was, Shadow preferred his own species over echidnas.<br /><br />He had to let himself go when Knuckles lined up his tip to Shadow&rsquo;s entrance for fear of squeezing himself too hard when he was penetrated.<br /><br />Knuckles slowly inserted himself into Shadow&rsquo;s pussy. He knew Shadow was a virgin before this moment and he didn&rsquo;t want to rush him for fear of hurting him.<br /><br />The hedgehog&rsquo;s walls clamped tight around him as he carefully entered. He waited until Shadow&rsquo;s breathing calmed and his muscles relaxed to pull out and thrust back in a little harder.<br /><br />Shadow whined and moaned but managed to keep mostly still, and whatever twitching his body did was calmed by Knuckles hands now holding his hips tight.<br /><br />Knuckles increased his pace until he was fucking Shadow in earnest, his eyes squeezed shut to block out the black and red fur so he could pretend the softness under his fingers was Rouge. He was doing this for the football team so they could expose Sonic for the cheater Knuckles knew he was and claim their rightful place as the kings of the school.<br /><br />He disliked Shadow for the most part, only tolerating him because Rouge would kick his ass if he said so much as a word against him. He was fine with using him to get what he wanted, and Shadow got a good, hard fucking out of the deal, so everybody won.<br /><br />Knuckles justified himself in his mind as he came closer to completion. Knuckles had no idea if he could get pregnant, but even if he could he wasn&rsquo;t giving off any pheromones that indicated he was in heat, but Knuckles wouldn&rsquo;t take the chance. He pulled out and jerked himself to completion, coming on his own hand. He had no desire to knock Shadow up.<br /><br />Shadow shuddered and came as well, his chest getting splattered with semen. The entire thing had been rushed, but Knuckles had made him feel good. There was no true intimacy between them, but Shadow was fine with that. He never expected this to be anything more than a quick romp.<br /><br />Knuckles hurriedly cleaned himself using the tissues sitting on the teacher&rsquo;s desk and redressed, eager to escape and get away from Shadow and his own shame.<br /><br />&ldquo;So, remember, grab whatever Sonic&rsquo;s injecting himself with at that party, got it?&rdquo; He rushed to say as he departed, leaving Shadow cum stained and panting on the desk.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Shadow managed to limp his way home after Knuckles&rsquo; departure, and spent the days until the party practicing putting fingers into his vagina to get used to the feeling. He never quite managed to get used to it, as the pleasure never decreased with each orgasm he brought himself to. He always felt overwhelmed at the end of it.<br /><br />His greatest struggle was finding enough privacy to practice, so he found himself in empty classrooms after school touching himself and coming on people&rsquo;s desks. He always cleaned up after himself, but he couldn&rsquo;t help snickering a little when a classmate sat at a desk he&rsquo;d covered in seed the night before.<br /><br />When the party came around, he felt ready to sleep with one of the triplets. The real challenge would be to get their attention in the first place. Rouge had suggested he go after Scourge, who was said to be the most lustful of the group, but Shadow had his own reasons for wanting to target Sonic. He had a promise to keep, and he&rsquo;d give it his due diligence even if he doubted he&rsquo;d find anything.<br /><br />The day of the party came and he arrived at with Rouge at his side. She&rsquo;d soon part from him once they were inside, because they didn&rsquo;t want anyone to get the wrong impression about them. Shadow had to appear single and do this alone.<br /><br />The house was exactly as opulent as it was rumored to be, with marble arches and stone gargoyles and every demonstration of extravagant wealth that could be displayed.<br /><br />Rouge gave him a pat on the shoulder and a teasing wink, then disappeared into the crowd. It wasn&rsquo;t as packed as Shadow had been expecting. Apparently the triplets were at least a little choosey in who they invited.<br /><br />None of the football players were around, Shadow noted. He hadn&rsquo;t expected any differently. The football team and track team despised each other.<br /><br />Copious amounts of booze were on display, no doubt bought by the triplet&rsquo;s parents before they left town. Their mother and father were notorious for spoiling the triplets like mad, and the three got anything they wanted out of them, including alcohol they weren&rsquo;t supposed to be drinking.<br /><br />Shadow didn&rsquo;t want to appear prudish, so he grabbed a bottled beer from the bar and cracked it open. The taste was foul and bitter, but he chugged it down without tasting it too much.<br /><br />One beer wasn&rsquo;t nearly enough to get him even buzzed, so he kept all his faculties. He didn&rsquo;t want to become a drunken floozy, as Rouge had called it.<br /><br />He searched for the familiar faces of the triplets, and spotted Sonic surrounded by adoring fans and attempting to make conversation with all of them. A month ago he wouldn&rsquo;t have noticed the stress in his eyes and noticed them darting around to search for an escape.<br /><br />Well, then Shadow would give him something to look at. He slipped onto the dance floor, a teeming ocean of bodies grinding against one another. He raised his hands in the air and shook his supposedly fine ass along to the beat.<br /><br />He felt eyes on him, but Shadow didn&rsquo;t acknowledge them. He let his own garnet orbs slip shut as he felt the music and let his body move to its command. More than one set of hands came to touch him and more than one pelvis tried to grind into him, but he blindly swatted them away.<br /><br />The music came to the next track without a skipped beat, speeding up into a mad explosion of bass and rhythm, and Shadow didn&rsquo;t miss a step. His body kept in perfect time.<br /><br />Eventually he grew sweaty and achey, so he retired from the dance floor to maybe grab another beer or sit and make small talk. Instead, his arm was grabbed.<br /><br />Shadow readied to slap the person away again, but he was met with familiar and glittering emerald eyes.<br /><br />&ldquo;Hey! You came!&rdquo; Sonic shouted over the noise. &ldquo;C&rsquo;mon, I want to talk to you!&rdquo;<br /><br />Sonic held his hand and pulled him away from the packed living room, through the bustling kitchen, and up a flight of stairs. As they went, they passed by Scourge who glared at the sight of them. He seemed to start to make his way towards them, but he was stopped by a clearly intoxicated rabbit girl groping at him. Shadow also noticed Sonic smirk a little at the unexpected interference.<br /><br />They stopped in a bedroom, and judging from the track trophies decorating the shelves, it was Sonic&rsquo;s bedroom.<br /><br />Sonic turned to him and grabbed both his hands. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m so glad you came. I wanted to see you again.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Why?&rdquo; Shadow asked incredulously, wanting to slap his hand over his mouth for such a statement. He&rsquo;d seem like such a loser to Sonic after that.<br /><br />But Sonic only grinned. &ldquo;Hey, give yourself some credit. You did something good for me. I appreciate it.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow blushed and didn&rsquo;t reply for fear of saying something embarrassing again. <br /><br />&ldquo;Heh, you&rsquo;re pretty cute, you know that?&rdquo; Sonic let go of Shadow&rsquo;s right hand and stroked his red cheeks, while the left thumb rubbed the back of his hand.<br /><br />Shadow had never expected things to go this well. He&rsquo;d had a plan to dance and socialize and play the long game throughout the night to get one of the triplets in bed. But it seemed Sonic was attracted to him, making things much simpler. One dance had been all it took.<br /><br />&ldquo;You haven&rsquo;t had too much to drink, have you? Because I want you to remember this, I want both of us to want this.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve only had one beer, I&rsquo;m fine. I want this too.&rdquo; Shadow replied honestly.<br /><br />&ldquo;Good.&rdquo;<br /><br />Sonic leaned in and locked lips with Shadow, and Shadow followed his lead and let Sonic do as he pleased with his mouth. They parted, and Sonic gave him an even wider grin after licking his lips.<br /><br />&ldquo;You taste good. Lip gloss?&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow nodded. It had been Rouge&rsquo;s idea to add a little flavor to his lips. He would have to apologize for telling her it was a stupid idea.<br /><br />&ldquo;Come here, come lie on the bed.&rdquo; Sonic gently pulled him over and laid him down before crawling on top of him.<br /><br />Sonic went to work on his clothes, stripping the shirt and jeans from his body swiftly. His eyes scanned Shadow&rsquo;s form hungrily, stopping for a moment on the slit between his legs.<br /><br />&ldquo;Well, this just got a lot more interesting and a lot more fun.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow was relieved Sonic didn&rsquo;t recoil in disgust. Instead, his cock stirred and hardened at the sight of him and his pussy. Shadow&rsquo;s own length was engorging with blood as Sonic stripped himself down.<br /><br />Sonic explored Shadow&rsquo;s torso with his hands once they were both naked and hard, and Shadow resisted grabbing at Sonic to pull him down to kiss him again. His lips had felt so soft and loving, and Shadow wanted more of it.<br /><br />His desires proving too great to resist, he asked, &ldquo;Could you kiss me again?&rdquo;<br /><br />Sonic grinned and leaned in, tweaking a nipple as he pressed his lips to Shadow&rsquo;s. He invaded he dark hedgehog&rsquo;s mouth with his tongue and tasted him thoroughly.<br /><br />He pulled away, letting a string of saliva connect them for a brief moment before it fell into Shadow&rsquo;s fur.<br /><br />&ldquo;You ever had sex before?&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow nearly blurted out &lsquo;only once.&rsquo; Something about Sonic compelled the good in him to rise to the surface, and he didn&rsquo;t want to deceive him.<br /><br />&ldquo;Yeah, a bit.&rdquo; Shadow said vaguely, making Sonic&rsquo;s smile widen.<br /><br />&ldquo;Good, it&rsquo;s more fun when everybody knows what they&rsquo;re doing. Tell me, where&rsquo;s your favorite place to be touched?&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow&#039;s exploration of his own body had revealed the answer to that question. He blushed bright, but he wouldn&rsquo;t be evasive with Sonic again.<br /><br />&ldquo;My ass and my thighs. And my dick and my cunt, of course.&rdquo;<br /><br />Sonic laughed and Shadow giggled with him. &ldquo;I could have guessed that last part.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow shrugged and boldly pulled Sonic in again with a hand on the back of his head, expertly dodging the sharp edges of his quills with the skill only another hedgehog could pull off.<br /><br />They kissed and parted and kissed again until saliva leaked down Shadow&rsquo;s chin and Sonic had to lap it up.<br /><br />The blue hedgehog squeezed the thick flesh of Shadow thighs, massaging them lovingly and giving them plenty of attention. Shadow shuddered and moaned, &lsquo;yes, that&rsquo;s it, right there,&rsquo; as Sonic located little places on his legs that drove him wild. He&rsquo;d kiss and suck at those places, surely leaving hickeys to be discovered the next morning.<br /><br />&ldquo;You looked so sexy when you were dancing.&rdquo; Sonic&rsquo;s hands moved from the backs of his thighs to his ass, gripping it and teasing the hole between his cheeks. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to see you shake your ass, just for me.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow grinned, making his cheeks ache with the unfamiliarity of the facial expression, and he hooked a leg behind Sonic&rsquo;s calves so he could flip them over.<br /><br />&ldquo;Hey now, didn&rsquo;t anybody tell you? I like to be on top.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow coyly cocked his head to the side. &ldquo;But didn&rsquo;t you want to see me dance for you?&rdquo;<br /><br />Sonic laughed and moaned at the same time, producing a surprisingly embarrassing sound. Sonic laughed it off all the same, and relaxed onto the bed, folding his hands on the pillow and laying back.<br /><br />Shadow turned around so Sonic had a good view of his backside, straddling him and sitting on his thighs. He crossed his arms over his head to flex his muscles and display them in all their glory to roving emerald eyes. His perky ass tightened for Sonic&rsquo;s viewing pleasure.<br /><br />&ldquo;Very nice.&rdquo; The track star murmured, seemingly unconsciously.<br /><br />Shadow undulated his body, letting a wave pass through his shoulders, down his back and all the way to his ass, letting it thrust out and rub against Sonic&rsquo;s proudly standing cock. Sonic moaned and lifted his hips upwards, but Shadow shook a chastising finger at him.<br /><br />&ldquo;Ah, ah, ah. Be patient and you&rsquo;ll get what you want.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow had no idea where this teasing side of him had emerged from. Perhaps Rouge had been right in saying he needed to find his wild side. Sonic was simply fun to be with and made him feel incredibly comfortable. It was easy to let loose with him alone.<br /><br />Sonic seemed to like it, and he did his best to relax and let Shadow dance on top of him.<br /><br />Shadow shamelessly teased his length with every backwards motion. He listened to the distantly thumping music from downstairs and let that guide his body, just as it had before. He moved like water, smoothly and naturally.<br /><br />Sonic&rsquo;s impatient desires eventually became too much, and he grabbed Shadow hips and flipped them over again, then turned Shadow onto his back so they could lock eyes.<br /><br />&ldquo;I need you. Fuck, I need you bad.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow pecked him gently as he ground his hips into Sonic&rsquo;s above him. Sonic responded with returning pressure.<br /><br />His fingers wasted no time penetrating him, first with one finger, then with another to scissor him open. He was dripping wet and ready by the time Sonic finished fingering him.<br /><br />&ldquo;Favorite position?&rdquo; Sonic asked. &ldquo;I want this to be good for you.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow didn&rsquo;t have nearly enough experience to really know the answer to that, but he had an idea of how he wanted it. Something Knuckles had completely neglected. He wanted to feel close to and adored by his partner.<br /><br />&ldquo;Could you&hellip;hold me?&rdquo; Shadow muttered, turning red again.<br /><br />&ldquo;Of course.&rdquo; Sonic replied before wrapping his arms around Shadow as he lined his cock up with his entrance.<br /><br />He pushed his hips forward and slowly penetrated Shadow, stretching him wide with Sonic&rsquo;s considerable girth. Shadow returned the embrace and they pressed close to one another, their entire bodies touching as they slid against one another.<br /><br />Sonic thrust gently at first, then picked up his pace once Shadow felt loose enough around him. He never fucked him too hard though, always keeping a steady and hard but slow rhythm.<br /><br />Shadow realized he was moving to the throbbing bass of the music, and couldn&rsquo;t help the teasing that crossed his lips.<br /><br />&ldquo;I danced for you, so you&rsquo;re dancing for me?&rdquo;<br /><br />Sonic laughed into his neck and nibbled at the skin and fur. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t let a favor go unreturned, right?&rdquo;<br /><br />Something amazing deep within Shadow was being struck with every thrust, something Knuckles had failed to find and his fingers were unable to reach. It made his body sing to the rhythm Sonic set for them.<br /><br />It was everything Shadow could have hoped for and more. Sonic was an incredible lover, and he didn&rsquo;t want this moment to ever end. He could die happy here in Sonic&rsquo;s arms.<br /><br />They rutted to the sound of the music until they felt the inevitable end of the song coming on. The friction of his cock between their bellies and the girth pounding into him brought Shadow to a blinding orgasm.<br /><br />Sonic thrust a final time into him and filled him with cum. Shadow loved the feeling of being bathed in warmth all over his insides, and basked gratefully in the afterglow.<br /><br />Sonic pulled out and flopped onto the bed next to him, already wiping himself off with the sheets.<br /><br />&ldquo;I&rsquo;m really sorry, but I gotta get back to the party. I don&rsquo;t trust Scourge or Manic to keep a handle on things.&rdquo; Sonic smiled regretfully, but Shadow shook his head.<br /><br />&ldquo;It&rsquo;s fine, I&rsquo;ll-&rdquo; Shadow started to get up from the bed, but Sonic pushed him down.<br /><br />&ldquo;No, you stay here as long as you need. I&rsquo;m not gonna kick you out.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow laid back down and smiled.<br /><br />&ldquo;Thank you.&rdquo;<br /><br />Sonic gave him a peck on the cheek and got up to dress himself. He gave a cheerful wave and final goodbye to Shadow as he left, shutting the door behind him.<br /><br />He took a moment to collect himself and wait for the throbbing between his legs to settle, which took much longer than it had taken with Knuckles or himself. Sonic had known how to fuck him and fuck him well.<br /><br />But he had made a promise, so he dragged himself out of bed and made a cursory search of the room and attached bathroom, finding nothing as he had known he would.<br /><br />He figured if Sonic had made the offer, he wouldn&rsquo;t mind if Shadow snuggled into his bed and surrounded himself with Sonic&rsquo;s scent as he drifted off into sleep.<br /><br />***<br /><br />He napped until Rouge had come looking for him and they left the party happy and satisfied. Rouge had had a good time flirting with everyone in sight then flashing pictures of her muscular boyfriend just when she had them on the hook. Everybody needed a hobby, Shadow figured.<br /><br />He texted Knuckles with Rouge&rsquo;s phone to report his lack of findings on Sunday, and slept like a baby the night before he had to return to school.<br /><br />The Monday after the party, Shadow was the subject of the rumor mill for the first time in his entire high school career. Everyone present had seen him disappear upstairs, hand in hand with the school&rsquo;s idol, and he hadn&rsquo;t reappeared when Sonic returned to the crowd wearing a dazed grin.<br /><br />Nobody could deny what had happened, and whispers followed him as he walked through the halls. Shadow despised every minute of it.<br /><br />He never meant for this to put him in the spotlight, but in hindsight, he should have seen this coming. Of course sleeping with the school&rsquo;s favorite student at a party would attract attention. Shadow had been so focused on his desire for the triplets that he&rsquo;d ignored the consequences.<br /><br />Now the trio would think this is what he&rsquo;d wanted, and they would think he was just another sycophant leeching off their popularity.<br /><br />He couldn&rsquo;t stand the staring and the whispering and the awkward silences whenever he entered a room, making it obvious the occupants were just talking about him. The jealous glares and the judgmental looks were intolerable.<br /><br />Shadow skipped class for the first time in his life. He ran from the classroom and curled up in a hidden nook on the floor in the library with his arms wrapped around legs and his knees against his chest to cry pitifully to himself and feel wretched.<br /><br />He&rsquo;d had one night of incredible pleasure and was paying for it with the judgment of his peers for, foreseeably, the rest of his high school career. He had good reason to sob in a corner.<br /><br />He didn&rsquo;t spend much time there alone, as he heard footsteps approach, then the thunk of a back hitting the wall and the shuffle of fur sliding down as someone sat next to him. Shadow refused to look up, figuring it was Rouge. But it was a male voice that spoke gently to him.<br /><br />&ldquo;Sonic&rsquo;s trying to get people to shut up about you. And Scourge is just punching whoever talks crap about you. Sonic is really sorry about this.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow lifted his head from his arms to see Manic looking at him with sorrowful eyes.<br /><br />&ldquo;People talk about us all the time, and it sucks, but we&rsquo;ve gotten used to it. Sonic says he should have been more considerate and thought about what they&rsquo;d say about you.&rdquo;<br /><br />Manic patted his shoulder in comfort, and Shadow appreciated his efforts, but they failed to make him feel better.<br /><br />&ldquo;You probably don&rsquo;t want anything to do with us now, but we&rsquo;d still like to&hellip;we really like you Shadow. If you&rsquo;d like to be friends&hellip;or more than friends&hellip;&rdquo; Manic trailed off suggestively, the sorrow in his gaze fading a bit to be replaced with a trace of excitement.<br /><br />&ldquo;I thought you wouldn&rsquo;t-I thought you&rsquo;d think I was leeching off you three or something.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;You could have sold me out to the teacher, but you didn&rsquo;t. You could have humiliated Scourge with that locket, but you didn&rsquo;t. You could have taunted Sonic for getting upset, but you didn&rsquo;t. We know you aren&rsquo;t like the rest of them.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow let hope swell in his heart again. But something Manic had said caught his attention.<br /><br />&ldquo;You all&hellip;like me?&rdquo; Shadow questioned.<br /><br />Manic blushed and looked away. &ldquo;Yeah, we&rsquo;ve been talking and the three of us&hellip;we all want you, Shadow. Bad.&rdquo;<br /><br />Manic&rsquo;s gaze now scorched Shadow&rsquo;s skin with its intensity, and he resisted the urge to squirm.<br /><br />&ldquo;Seeing you dance at the party, and with how much you&rsquo;ve done for us during such brief moments&hellip;it&rsquo;s left an impact. So yeah, we want you.&rdquo;<br /><br />Manic got up from the floor and offered a hand to Shadow.<br /><br />&ldquo;Come on, let&rsquo;s get out of here. We&rsquo;ll let Sonic and Scourge sort everything out. You and me will go have some fun.&rdquo;<br /><br />***<br /><br />Shadow had expected Manic to take him back to the triplet&rsquo;s mansion, but instead he led him on a walk to a more middle-class neighborhood. It was still far wealthier than anything Shadow had ever lived in, and even the simple pleasures of the smell of cut grass and the sound of sprinklers impressed him.<br /><br />Manic caught his admiring gaze and arched a curious eyebrow.<br /><br />&ldquo;What&rsquo;s up? Never seen a patio garden before?&rdquo; Manic had meant it to be teasing, but Shadow nodded, much to Manic&rsquo;s surprise.<br /><br />&ldquo;Seriously? Where do you live?&rdquo; To anyone else, Manic would have come off as insensitive, but Shadow appreciated forwardness and blunt words, so he was willing to respond truthfully.<br /><br />&ldquo;The housing blocks a few streets down from the school.&rdquo; He muttered, half hoping Manic wouldn&rsquo;t hear him. His living situation was so different from the triplet&rsquo;s. Would this divide them? Shadow hoped it wouldn&rsquo;t. The triplets didn&rsquo;t come off as shallow to him despite their prosperity.<br /><br />&ldquo;Those crappy little homes all cramped together? I hear all those places are crack dens and whore houses.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;You heard right.&rdquo; Shadow snorted derisively.<br /><br />Manic was looking at him with sorrowful concern again. Shadow had his previous assertions confirmed. For all his pranking, Manic was a kind person who cared for others, not some brat on a power trip.<br /><br />&ldquo;Are you&hellip;safe?&rdquo;<br /><br />The real answer would have been &lsquo;not really, no,&rsquo; but Shadow wasn&rsquo;t comfortable revealing the extent of his situation to Manic. Perhaps if they grew closer as Manic seemed to hope they would, Shadow would tell him the truth.<br /><br />&ldquo;Yeah, the place I&rsquo;m at isn&rsquo;t that bad. It&rsquo;ll do until I turn eighteen and can get out of here.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Oh, good.&rdquo; Manic smiled in relief, apparently believing his minor fabrication. But then something dawned on his face.<br /><br />&ldquo;Wait. Scourge said he saw you with a bruise.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow avoided eye contact, watching his feet as they walked through the peaceful neighborhood.<br /><br />&ldquo;If you need to get away from there, our place is an open door, okay? Seriously. Our parents won&rsquo;t mind.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow appreciated him not pressing the issue, and the offer surprised him. He thanked Manic gratefully and promised to take him up on that offer if he ever needed to.<br /><br />Manic let the conversation ease into simpler topics as they made their way to their destination, which Manic explained to be one of his band member&rsquo;s place he was currently staying at to housesit for them.<br /><br />&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to have sex in your friend&rsquo;s house?&rdquo; Shadow asked incredulously, unsure as to whether he should be amused or disparaging.<br /><br />Manic grinned and shrugged, squeezing his hand affectionately. &ldquo;My parents are back home so we can&rsquo;t go there, and it&rsquo;s private.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow relented and figured it wasn&rsquo;t his responsibility to treat the house properly, so if Manic said it was okay Shadow would trust him.<br /><br />The house looked exactly the same as the rest of the homes on the block did, distinguished only by the number plate above the garage. Manic unlocked the door and flipped on the lights, pulling Shadow to the bedroom without hesitation.<br /><br />Shadow made to undress himself, but Manic stopped him.<br /><br />&ldquo;Let me.&rdquo;<br /><br />Manic slowly unbuttoned his blazer and slid it from his shoulders, letting his fingers glide over the material of Shadow&rsquo;s shirt. Next came the shirt itself, also unbuttoned and pulled off slowly. Manic took in the sight of his revealed fur and body as if it were ambrosia.<br /><br />Manic got on his knees and put his lips on Shadow&rsquo;s fly, gripping the zipper between his teeth and sliding it down. He tongued open the buttons and bit the hem so he could pull them off, and did the same with Shadow&rsquo;s underwear.<br /><br />He didn&rsquo;t react to Shadow having a vagina, so it seemed Sonic had told his brothers about him. He should have been annoyed, but mostly he was grateful they weren&rsquo;t disgusted with him.<br /><br />He undressed himself with far less showmanship. He laid Shadow down on the bed and kneeled over him, sitting on his thighs, the same thing he&rsquo;d done on top of Sonic just two days ago.<br /><br />&ldquo;Just lie back and let me do everything, okay?&rdquo; Manic requested, and Shadow couldn&rsquo;t say no to such an offer.<br /><br />Manic wrapped his lips around Shadow&rsquo;s nipple and suckled gently, running his tongue over the little nub to soothe the burn of his little bites. Shadow quivered but managed to keep still.<br /><br />&ldquo;Mmm, you taste good.&rdquo; Manic muttered into his chest.<br /><br />As his mouth worked his nipples his hands roamed his body, finding his thighs and massaging them, pressing his thumbs deep into the tissue.<br /><br />The duel feelings were driving Shadow out of his head, his thoughts fleeing as he lost himself to the pleasure, knowing it would only get better from here.<br /><br />Manic&rsquo;s hand found his pussy and rubbed the outer fold on flesh teasingly before parting them and exploring what was within. His kissed his way down Shadow&rsquo;s body, taking time to run his tongue between the indents of his muscular abdomen, and ended his journey between Shadow&rsquo;s legs.<br /><br />He kissed Shadow&rsquo;s cunt, then dragged his tongue over the wet flesh. Shadow wiggled on the bed, unable to hold still.<br /><br />Manic&rsquo;s tongue thrust in and out of the fold of his labia, tauntingly never penetrating his depths.<br /><br />&ldquo;You taste sweet. Like candy.&rdquo; Manic commented, making Shadow blush. &ldquo;I could eat you up all day.&rdquo;<br /><br />Manic made out with his pussy for a while longer, tasting his juices with relish and thrusting his tongue into his folds. <br /><br />He smacked his lips with satisfaction once he was satisfied with Shadow&rsquo;s level of ecstasy, expressed with breathless moans and his shaking body.<br /><br />He let Shadow taste himself on Manic&rsquo;s lips as he touched the tip of his cock to Shadow&rsquo;s labia and pushed past the folds to rub against his hole. He took his time in circling the little slit and pushing in just enough to be felt before pulling out, only to push back in again a little further on the next forward thrust.<br /><br />Shadow wanted to grab Manic&rsquo;s hips and make him fuck him in earnest, but he obeyed Manic&rsquo;s request for him to lie back and take what he had to offer.<br /><br />At long last after what seemed an eternity of teasing, Manic sheathed himself fully inside of Shadow. He pushed in until he touched his cervix and waited for Shadow to adjust.<br /><br />&ldquo;Out of curiosity, can you get pregnant?&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow nodded unconsciously, before feeling the need to clarify his answer.<br /><br />&ldquo;I can, but I don&rsquo;t want to be, so no messing around when I&rsquo;m in heat, okay?&rdquo;<br /><br />Manic chuckled at his attempt at a glare, ruined by his heated cheeks and parted, drooling lips.<br /><br />&ldquo;Wouldn&rsquo;t dream of it. Condoms only when you&rsquo;re in heat.&rdquo;<br /><br />The promise of something between them in the future cheered Shadow. The thought of Manic, and from what Manic had said possibly his brothers as well, still wanting him in the future was a warm and hopeful thought.<br /><br />Manic pulled out and pushed back in again at a slow and steady pace, but he proved to be more impatient than Sonic and increased his pace sooner than Sonic had. His thrusts became wild and beat into his pussy at random. There was no music to set a rhythm to, and Manic beat to his own drum.<br /><br />Shadow was kept on edge and as tense as a bow string, never knowing when Manic would inflict another burst of pleasure on him. His walls sucked him in greedily even as they were massaged with no rhyme or reason.<br /><br />&ldquo;You&rsquo;re driving me&hellip;insane.&rdquo; Shadow gasped out, needing to express himself to Manic.<br /><br />Manic grinned, knowing full well what he was doing and had no intention of going easy on Shadow. So long as those beautiful moans kept sounding at that perfect body kept writhing in need, Manic would never grow bored of Shadow.<br /><br />&ldquo;Then go insane. Let go. You&rsquo;ll always be safe with me.&rdquo; Manic promised.<br /><br />With a few more erratic thrusts, Shadow&rsquo;s untouched cock burst sticky white fluid all over himself, and Manic moaned as he was squeezed tight by Shadow cunt, releasing himself deep inside.<br /><br />Shadow could get addicted to the feeling of cum filling him up. He loved knowing he brought Sonic and Manic to completion, and nothing proved that more than having their seed inside of him. It felt amazing and made him feel so loved.<br /><br />Manic collapsed on top of him and pulled him into an embrace.<br /><br />&ldquo;I promised you would have somewhere to run to if you needed it. Can you make me a promise too?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Sure.&rdquo; Shadow hadn&rsquo;t yet caught his breath and had to gasp out the reply.<br /><br />&ldquo;Promise me you&rsquo;ll come to us if you need us. You&rsquo;ve got me worried, knowing you live in that crappy neighborhood and have bruises you won&rsquo;t explain&hellip;&rdquo;<br /><br />Manic seemed genuine in his words, and Shadow made that promise to him wholeheartedly.<br /><br />***<br /><br />They spent the day talking and making love and talking some more and making love again. Shadow forgot all of his woes during those hours with Manic. The youngest of the triplets was energetic and earnest and loving all at once. Shadow found himself struggling to decide who he enjoyed the company of more, Manic or Sonic.<br /><br />But he then reminded himself of Manic&rsquo;s words, that all three of the triplets were interested in him, and had discussed having him for themselves. It seemed such a choice wouldn&rsquo;t need to be made.<br /><br />Shadow looked forward to the inevitable encounter with Scourge.<br /><br />When he returned to class the next day, nobody dared speak about him or give him dirty looks. He crossed paths with Scourge a few times, which was odd because they didn&rsquo;t share any classes and shouldn&rsquo;t have seen each other during the school day. Yet, whenever someone whispered a single word while glancing in Shadow&rsquo;s direction, Scourge was there to glare them down.<br /><br />It unnerved him a little, but he had to appreciate Scourge looking out for him.<br /><br />He had an easy time of it for the most part, and wasn&rsquo;t surprised in the least when Scourge pulled him into an empty classroom.<br /><br />Scourge wasted no time in pulling him close and kissing his lips, attacking him with ravenous hunger. He nibbled and bit down on Shadow&rsquo;s lower lip, making it throb in pain. Shadow found himself enjoying the feeling more than hating it.<br /><br />They had to part for breath, and both were gasping for air after the passionate lip lock.<br /><br />&ldquo;Hey there.&rdquo; Scourge greeted with a smug grin.<br /><br />&ldquo;Hi.&rdquo; Shadow replied breathlessly.<br /><br />&ldquo;Wanna get out of here?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Yes, please!&rdquo;<br /><br />Scourge took him by the hand and led him out from the school and towards an area Shadow was unfamiliar with. Again, he wasn&rsquo;t being taken to the triplet&rsquo;s home, but Shadow didn&rsquo;t question it, willing to put his trust in Scourge.<br /><br />His trust lessened somewhat when he was led to the club district of the city. He didn&rsquo;t pull away, but he did voice his concerns.<br /><br />&ldquo;Where are we going?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;A place I go to when I want some privacy and a little fun. Don&rsquo;t worry, you&rsquo;re safe with me.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow believed him just as much as he believed Manic after his day of seeing Scourge snap at anyone that so much as looked at him funny. He trusted Scourge to do right by him.<br /><br />Scourge skipped the line at a club with a sign outside that displayed in neon the words &lsquo;Bound and Leashed.&rsquo; Shadow gulped but allowed Scourge to pull him inside after flashing a card to the bouncer.<br /><br />Shadow pondered how a high school student had a membership to a place like this, and his confusion increased when he entered. The place was filled with collared Mobians on hands and knees before dominant looking men and women holding their leashes. Some licked ate out of their master&rsquo;s palms and others licked their toes in worship. Shadow looked at Scourge in terror.<br /><br />&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry, I&rsquo;m not gonna make you do anything too hardcore. I just think sex is a little more fun with some&hellip;bite.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow nodded hesitantly, and continued to follow Scourge when he approached an attendant seated outside a long hallway of closed doors. He flashed his membership again and asked for a room.<br /><br />&ldquo;Your usual, sir?&rdquo; The attendant asked.<br /><br />&ldquo;Nah, don&rsquo;t wanna scare the boy too bad. Give me something softer.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Here&rsquo;s your key, sir. Room four. Have a good time, sir!&rdquo; The attendant cheerily waved them away.<br /><br />Scourge led him to a room clearly labeled with a four and unlocked it, shutting it behind them. He switched the door to occupied and tossed the key onto a table. He tested the intercom to confirm with the attendant it was working in case of emergency, then turned to Shadow.<br /><br />The dark hedgehog was standing stock still in the middle of the room, staring open mouthed at the paraphernalia it was stocked with.<br /><br />Scourge put his hands on his shoulders and stood behind him to kiss the back of his neck.<br /><br />&ldquo;I told you, I won&rsquo;t do anything too hardcore. Yet.&rdquo;<br /><br />Scourge walked around him to hold his face in his hands. &ldquo;Ready?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;For what?&rdquo; Shadow asked nervously.<br /><br />&ldquo;For me to fuck you like you&rsquo;ve never been fucked before. Sonic and Manic haven&rsquo;t got shit on me.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow slowly nodded, choosing to continue to trust Scourge. He let Scourge take him over to a St. Andrew&rsquo;s Cross and he helped Shadow up onto it with a stepladder. His wrists and ankles were bound and his body was spread out in an X shape, his back facing Scourge.<br /><br />&ldquo;You ever need me to stop, say &lsquo;Red.&rsquo; Got it?&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Got it.&rdquo; Shadow affirmed.<br /><br />Scourge ran a hand down Shadow&rsquo;s spine, making a familiar shudder course through his body. It was the same feeling he&rsquo;d gotten when they had first met, that sense of danger and excitement. The desire to be dominated by Scourge and made helpless under his hands.<br /><br />The hand pet his back until his tension eased away, then a sharp slap struck his ass, making Shadow yelp. Three more slaps came in quick succession.<br /><br />&ldquo;What are you doing?&rdquo; Shadow demanded to know.<br /><br />&ldquo;Warming you up. One day I&rsquo;ll cane this fine ass of yours, maybe whip you a little. But not today. I have a promise to keep. I&rsquo;ll go easy on you, like I said.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow shook, but not in fear. He was looking forward to whatever Scourge had in store for him.<br /><br />Scourge spanked him hard, setting a steady rhythm that gave Shadow something to ground him. He could prepare for each strike when he knew it was coming.<br /><br />Without warning, Scourge began to smack his thighs as well as his ass, and the new rhythm took some time to get used to.<br /><br />&ldquo;You&rsquo;re a natural sub, you know. Your body was made for fucking.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow barely heard the words, only moaning in response. &ldquo;See? You love this. I knew you would.&rdquo;<br /><br />Scourge stopped spanking him and Shadow whined at the absence of the hand on his skin.<br /><br />&ldquo;I&rsquo;m getting something else to play with. Don&rsquo;t worry, I won&rsquo;t leave you wanting.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow summoned up all his patience to wait for Scourge&rsquo;s return, but still every noise he heard from behind him made him needy and squirm restlessly.<br /><br />A soothing stroke slid down his inner thigh, and he ceased his twitching. His ass and thighs burned and throbbed with pain, and the touch was a welcome change.<br /><br />&ldquo;Take a deep breath.&rdquo; Scourge ordered, and Shadow obeyed without question.<br /><br />A shock of cold came to his ass, and chilly wetness soon began to drip down his legs. His body was on fire from the slaps he&rsquo;d received, and now Scourge was subjecting him to the opposite sensation by pressing ice cubes to his heated skin.<br /><br />His fur gave him minimal protection from the freezing feeling, and after a time Scourge denied him even that by ruffling his fur and pressing the ice directly on to his skin.<br /><br />Shadow didn&rsquo;t know if he was enjoying this or not, he was so overwhelmed by sensation, which was exactly Scourge intention. His body was confused and his cock was erect but Shadow didn&rsquo;t understand why.<br /><br />&ldquo;Just feel, Shadow. Don&rsquo;t think about it, just take it all in.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow tried to obey, to stymie his harried thoughts, and succeeded to a certain degree. He found he did enjoy the cold touch to his burning skin, the duality of it driving him more than a little crazy.<br /><br />His thighs were next to be chilled by the ice, and Scourge had to retrieve another cube as the other had melted away. The wetness on the fur of his ass remained cold, but not as bitingly freezing as the ice itself had been.<br /><br />Shadow&rsquo;s legs quivered and pulled at their restraints, but he remained tightly bound. At the end of it all, Shadow was panting and his cock was as hard as a steel rod, or so it seemed to Shadow. He needed Scourge&rsquo;s hands on him, he needed relief.<br /><br />Scourge provided the opposite of relief by slipping a ring around his shaft to prevent him from coming until Scourge wanted him to, and Shadow groaned in frustration.<br /><br />&ldquo;Your body is mine to control right now. You cum when I say you can.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow groaned and pressed his forehead into the wall, submitting reluctantly for the sake of the pleasure Scourge promised with his purring voice.<br /><br />Something unyielding was pressed to his cunt and slowly inserted, and Shadow&rsquo;s unprepared hole strained to accommodate the hard foreign object. It certainly wasn&rsquo;t a cock penetrating him, so Shadow was left wondering until it began to vibrate.<br /><br />He wailed into the wall as his insides were shaken to pieces by pleasure unlike anything he&rsquo;d experienced before. The constant barrage of sensation and ecstasy overwhelmed him and tears streamed down his face, born from pure pleasure.<br /><br />Scourge circled his anus with a finger before penetrating him with care. Shadow had never been violated in his ass, and the feeling was strange but not entirely unwelcome. Any pain he would have experienced was drowned out by his vibrating pussy.<br /><br />&ldquo;So tight. Can&rsquo;t wait to fuck your ass until you scream.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow wanted that very much. More than he&rsquo;d ever wanted something in his life. The orgasm he&rsquo;d been denied was building in his gut but cut off by the ring so cruelly binding his balls. Scourge was driving him mad with need.<br /><br />And he was having the best time of his life. Scourge had been completely right in stating Sonic and Manic had nothing on him. This was ecstasy beyond anything Shadow had ever thought possible.<br /><br />His ass was being scissored apart, and that sensation was familiar enough to Shadow by now to know what he was being prepared for. Scourge didn&rsquo;t take nearly as much time preparing him as Sonic and Manic had, however.<br /><br />Scourge entered him in a single thrust, not bothering with taking things slow. Shadow&rsquo;s ass burned with the stretch, but he endured. This pain was no different than what he&rsquo;d experienced with the spanking. The burning enhanced every other feeling he was experiencing tenfold.<br /><br />Scourge had told him to feel, so Shadow did exactly that. He took the pain as it was and enjoyed the amalgamation of sensations even as his body and mind were lost in them.<br /><br />The green hedgehog gave Shadow no rest, and began thrusting into him without mercy, setting a rapid pace from the outset. Shadow clenched his fists and howled when Scourge found his prostate.<br /><br />Scourge grinned wickedly, knowing Shadow&rsquo;s cry indicated he&rsquo;d pegged what he&rsquo;d been looking for. He continued to hammer on the pleasurable bundle of nerves.<br /><br />The stretch of his ass still ached, but his body screamed in need for more pressure of his prostate. He would have begged for Scourge to fuck him harder if he were capable of forming words. But reasonable thought had fled, and his throat was too busy producing moans to allow him to speak.<br /><br />&ldquo;Breathe, Shadow. Breathe through it.&rdquo; Scourge slowed his pace, giving Shadow much needed relief from the constant barrage of sensations. He sucked in a few shaky breaths until his lungs filled with air. The next few breaths were stronger.<br /><br />Scourge kissed the back of his shoulder and nuzzled into his neck lovingly. &ldquo;Good boy. Keep breathing.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow focused on keeping air in his lungs while Scourge focused on giving him pleasure. Breathing grounded him and allowed him to enjoy the moment to its fullest without losing control of himself.<br /><br />Scourge sped up again once he was satisfied that Shadow had regained his senses, and let out a few moans of his own.<br /><br />The combination of his prostate being beaten and his cervix being vibrated made Shadow ready to release at any moment, but he wouldn&rsquo;t be permitted until Scourge was satisfied. There wasn&rsquo;t an inch of his skin that wasn&rsquo;t alight with pleasure. His body hummed with ecstasy. Shadow hadn&rsquo;t known it was possible to feel this amazing.<br /><br />Scourge&rsquo;s cock pulsed inside of him, and sweet release was finally granted to Shadow when Scourge reached around and removed the ring. He came on the wall immediately, having been ready to do so for far too long.<br /><br />His ass was pumped full of Scourge&rsquo;s hot cum, and when Scourge pulled out he couldn&rsquo;t hold it in like his pussy could, and it dripped down his thighs.<br /><br />Scourge also removed the vibrator and switched it off, tossing it to the side carelessly. Juices joined Scourge&rsquo;s cum on his thighs, drenching his fur.<br /><br />Scourge unhooked him from the cross and carried him to the bed. He crawled in with Shadow and tucked them under the covers to rest a moment.<br /><br />&ldquo;Enjoy yourself?&rdquo; Scourge asked, giving Shadow&rsquo;s wet cunt a little prod.<br /><br />Shadow squirmed and giggled, a noise produced by frayed nerves and giddiness.<br /><br />&ldquo;Yes.&rdquo; He sighed blissfully after his giggling fit died out.<br /><br />&ldquo;Good. We plan on keeping you. I didn&rsquo;t want to scare you away.&rdquo;<br /><br />There was a moment of silence between them, then Scourge, apropros of nothing, began speaking.<br /><br />&quot;I got the scars in a car accident. I stole my mom&#039;s car and went joyriding with my girlfriend, Fiona.&quot; Scourge produced the locket from a pants pocket and clicked it open. Shadow examined the little picture held within, a beautiful fox grinning confidently.<br /><br />&quot;She was a college girl, and nobody liked that I was dating her, but I really loved her and she loved me. And I was the stupid kid that got her killed.&quot;<br /><br />Scourge&#039;s voice expressed only misery and self hatred, and Shadow had to hold the mourning hedgehog close.<br /><br />&quot;I won&#039;t make that mistake again. I&#039;ll protect you, I swear it.&quot;<br /><br />***<br /><br />They rested for a brief time before they had to leave the borrowed room, and Scourge escorted him home after cleaning him up. Shadow was embarrassed by the unkempt lawn and shabby appearance of the house, but his aches didn&rsquo;t allow for him to limp home all by himself.<br /><br />Scourge scowled at the ratty abode, and Shadow tried to wordlessly pull away from the clearly disapproving hedgehog.<br /><br />&ldquo;Come home with me.&rdquo; Scourge demanded, his tone allowing for no arguments to be made.<br /><br />&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t do that.&rdquo; Shadow argued anyway.<br /><br />&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t let you live here.&rdquo; Scourge fired back.<br /><br />&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not your decision to make, it&rsquo;s the foster system&rsquo;s. I&rsquo;ll see you tomorrow at school.&rdquo; Shadow managed to pull away, and he entered the house without a glance back.<br /><br />The moment he limped through the door he was greeted by his foster father, a drug dealer and munitions smuggler that went by the street name Black Doom, and was the leader of the smuggling ring called the Black Arms.<br /><br />Black Doom had bribed and conned the local foster care workers to send the parentless children nobody wanted his way so he could use them as drug mules. Shadow had so far been uncooperative and therefore Black Doom didn&rsquo;t trust him to make drug or weapons runs. Shadow was rather grateful Black Doom hadn&rsquo;t found a use for him yet besides letting his more useful siblings knock him around once in a while.<br /><br />It seemed that was about to change.<br /><br />&ldquo;A friend of yours told me you&rsquo;ve been quite the little whore these past few days.&rdquo; Black Doom taunted.<br /><br />Shadow blinked stupidly at Black Doom. Who could have told him that? It certainly hadn&rsquo;t been Rouge.<br /><br />&ldquo;The echidna came to me for performance enhancers, and paid with information about what you&rsquo;ve been up to.&rdquo;<br /><br />Knuckles? Knuckles had ratted him out to his foster father? And he&rsquo;d been after steroids? What a hypocrite! Was he that obsessed with beating the track team and Sonic?<br /><br />&ldquo;So?&rdquo; Shadow crossed his arms and put on a stern fa&ccedil;ade, but his insides shivered with fear. What did his father intend to do?<br /><br />&ldquo;I figure since you&rsquo;re no good as a mule, I should sell you as a whore so you&rsquo;ll be worth something to me.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow began backing away as soon as the word &lsquo;whore&rsquo; came out of Black Doom&rsquo;s mouth. But his many foster brothers blocked the way towards the door. He shoved back in front of Black Doom.<br /><br />His foster father grabbed him, and he kicked and screamed, hoping that Scourge was still perhaps in hearing range. His hopes were for naught, as no one came to help him.<br /><br />He was dragged downstairs, and he was faced with a few bulky wolves and bulls that Shadow knew to be associates of Black Doom&rsquo;s. His father was seriously going to let him be passed around as a sex toy.<br /><br />Black Doom tossed him into the middle of the room, and foreign pairs of hands immediately pawed at him. He cringed and struggled. This felt nothing like the triplet&rsquo;s touches had been. They had been adoring in their caressing. These hands were grabbing and harsh and hurting.<br /><br />A disturbingly large part of him wanted to give up. This was the only place he could call home, even if it wasn&rsquo;t much of a home to begin with. He was stuck here, with nowhere else to go and no one to turn to.<br /><br />But that wasn&rsquo;t true anymore was it? He&rsquo;d made a promise to Manic, one he had meant when he had said it.<br /><br />A burst of anger and will to fight bloomed inside of him, and he pulled away from the hands with all his strength. Adrenaline allowed him to break free, and he ran up the basement stairs and towards the back door, hoping none of his foster siblings stood in his way.<br /><br />Any that dared try to stop him were thrown to the ground, and he ran for freedom as fast as he was capable.<br /><br />He didn&rsquo;t stop running until he was on the triplet&rsquo;s driveway, panting and wheezing from the strain. He collapsed to his hands and knees on the stone pathway, sucking in air desperately and trying to ease the ache from his muscles.<br /><br />Someone must have seen him from a window, because three figures came running at him from the darkness. Hands made contact with his body, but these hands were more than welcome. He began weeping at the gentle touches.<br /><br />&ldquo;Shadow? What happened? What&rsquo;s wrong?&rdquo; Sonic&rsquo;s voice asked, but Shadow couldn&rsquo;t stop the river of tears flowing from his eyes and the sobs escaping his throat. He leaned his head against whoever was in front of him. Shadow couldn&rsquo;t tell if it was Scourge or Manic, all he could see was green fur.<br /><br />He hurt everywhere. Scourge&rsquo;s treatment of him earlier, once a pleasant aching reminder of the pleasure he&rsquo;d had, was now enhanced to sheer agony from his running and his brief moments of abuse at his father&rsquo;s and his associate&rsquo;s hands.<br /><br />Somebody lifted him up and began carrying him. He peeked up at whoever it was and saw blue fur and worried green eyes past the blurriness caused by tears.<br /><br />Manic and Scourge still had their hands on him, but Shadow couldn&rsquo;t tell who had the hand on his knee and who was stroking his quills.<br /><br />His tore up clothes should have been a decent indicator of what had happened to him, or nearly happened to him, and Shadow panicked and sobbing state only affirmed the triplet&rsquo;s suspicions. They got him into the warmth of the house and stripped him down only to bundle him up in blankets and plop him in front of a crackling fireplace.<br /><br />He was never left alone. One of the triplets was constantly by his side, whispering comforting words in his ear as he was held close and stroked lovingly.<br /><br />It was impossible to remain scared and crying when he was surrounded with so much love.<br /><br />Apparently their parents were away again, which suited Shadow just fine. He didn&rsquo;t want to have to explain himself to strangers.<br /><br />Speaking of explaining himself&hellip;<br /><br />&ldquo;What happened, Shadow?&rdquo; Manic gently tried to coax some answers out of him, his voice calm and undemanding.<br /><br />Shadow quietly told his story, making Manic&rsquo;s eyes grow wider with every word. He explained who his foster father was and what had nearly happened to him. Scourge was clenching his fists so hard his arms were shaking, and Sonic dove to the floor where Shadow was sitting all bundled up to hug him tight.<br /><br />Manic also wrapped his arms around Shadow, and murmured, &ldquo;Thank you for keeping your promise.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;You&rsquo;ll be safe here. We&rsquo;ve got the best security system in the city, and we always have guards posted. We&rsquo;ll tell them to look out for the Black Arms.&rdquo;<br /><br />Shadow muttered something that may have been a thank you, but the quiet words were indiscernible from within his layers of blankets.<br /><br />The traumatized hedgehog spent the next few days in quiet solace and contemplation, slowly learning how to feel safe again in his own skin after being touched by so many unwanted hands, after nearing being raped again and again and again&hellip;<br /><br />Shadow couldn&rsquo;t get the images out of his head. They haunted his dreams and kept him from sleep, they followed him during the day at all hours. He jumped at every creak of the house. He felt pathetic and weak and didn&rsquo;t know how to feel better.<br /><br />The triplets were incredibly patient with him, even Scourge, who was a ball of suppressed rage that went off to beat his fists into walls whenever Shadow woke from another nightmare, pretending the wall was Black Doom&rsquo;s face.<br /><br />He was never angry at Shadow, though. He did his best to be comforting even though he was much more awkward at it than Manic and Sonic were. Shadow appreciated the effort for what it was, a desire to see him heal.<br /><br />But he wasn&rsquo;t getting better. That much was obvious after two weeks of hiding away in the triplet&rsquo;s mansion. Scourge had abandoned school altogether, and spent his days when he should have been learning with Shadow.<br /><br />They hadn&rsquo;t had sex in those two weeks, but no one pressured him into anything he wasn&rsquo;t comfortable with yet. Neither Black Doom nor his people had managed to get to him, but he suspected he wouldn&rsquo;t be told if they had been spotted nearby.<br /><br />Shadow was unaware of a plan forming between the twins to make him comfortable in his own skin again, and he only learned of the plan the weekend it was hatched, when all three triplets were home and their parents were still absent.<br /><br />He was curled up on Sonic&rsquo;s bed, which had become his usual haunt these past weeks. It held good memories for him, of the party and the first time he had sex with one of the triplets. He felt a little safer here.<br /><br />The triplets waltzed into the room, which didn&rsquo;t raise Shadow&rsquo;s suspicions. They usually spent their time by his side, so Shadow had no reason to be nervous. So why did their smiles set him on edge and set his body afire?<br /><br />It spoke volumes of how addicted he was to these three if a sly smirk on their lips was all it took to get him going, even after the trauma he&rsquo;d experienced. They&rsquo;d made no advances towards him in these past weeks, yet a few suggestive smiles was all it took to make him lust for them.<br /><br />They crawled towards him, circling him on the bed and Sonic pushed him down onto his back gently.<br /><br />&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been talking.&rdquo; Sonic began.<br /><br />&ldquo;We think you&rsquo;d forget about those disgusting cretins if we replaced their touch with something better.&rdquo; Scourge continued.<br /><br />&ldquo;Replaced them with us.&rdquo; Manic finished.<br /><br />Shadow gulped and nodded, a little hesitant, but willing to try. He knew if this became too much for him they would stop if he needed them to. He would once again place his trust in these three hedgehogs.<br /><br />The three of them, even Scourge, smiled affectionately at him, before they all adopted sultry and lecherous smirks.<br /><br />Sonic began by touching his face, running his fingers through his quills and tracing the shape of his muzzle and lips. Manic explored his torso, tweaking his nipples playfully and feeling the muscles of his abdomen.<br /><br />Scourge immediately put his head between his legs so he could kiss and suck at his inner thighs while his hands busied themselves with petting his outer thighs.<br /><br />Shadow was already naked and bared for them, but the triplets were still fully dressed, which annoyed Shadow. They soon rectified that by stripping down while always leaving at least one hand on him, touching and rubbing over his pelt.<br /><br />They were soon a writhing pile of naked bodies, and Shadow did his best to touch them in return, but he could only do so much with two hands and three lovers. They seemed to be stimulated enough just by touching Shadow, their engorged cocks were proof enough of that.<br /><br />Shadow found he wasn&rsquo;t repulsed in the slightest by their hands. They felt nothing like the ones that had grabbed at him and wanted to violate him. These hands were adoring and only wanted to please him. They were the hands of the people he loved and was loved by in return. He could never be frightened of them.<br /><br />&ldquo;Open wide.&rdquo; Sonic said, and Shadow obeyed. Sonic scooted up next to his head and cupped his cheeks as he put his length between Shadow&rsquo;s lips.<br /><br />With his mouth pleasuring one cock, his hands were able to stroke the other two and everybody was pleased with the arrangement. Scourge thrust into his fingers greedily, while Manic allowed Shadow to rub him at his own pace.<br /><br />He sucked and rolled his tongue around the girth in his mouth. Sonic moaned but kept control of his hips so as to not choke Shadow. He didn&rsquo;t want to cum yet, so he pulled out when he felt his balls ready to empty themselves.<br /><br />Shadow whimpered at the loss, and Manic gave him a pointed look.<br /><br />&ldquo;You should give him what he wants, Sonic.&rdquo; Manic scolded with a grin.<br /><br />Sonic rolled his eyes and reinserted his length into Shadow&rsquo;s mouth. Shadow sucked with glee until Sonic spilled himself between his lips. Shadow did his best to swallow the load, but some managed to escape and drip down his muzzle.<br /><br />Shadow gurgled on the cum in his mouth until the last of it had slipped down his throat. He then stuck out his tongue to lap up any that was on his muzzle. <br /><br />&ldquo;More&hellip;let me have more!&rdquo; Shadow begged, and Scourge took up the offer in an instant, thrusting his girth into Shadow&rsquo;s gaping mouth.<br /><br />He wasn&rsquo;t nearly as gentle as Sonic had been, immediately forcing Shadow to deep throat him. Shadow choked and swallowed around the wide cock, but had to relent and push on Scourge&rsquo;s hips to get him out.<br /><br />Scourge pulled back with a disappointed sigh, and received two very dirty looks from his brothers.<br /><br />&ldquo;Go easy on him, will you? This is for him, not you.&rdquo; Sonic wacked Scourge on the back of his head, but not hard enough for it to significantly hurt. Scourge glared back at him but nodded, reinserting himself into Shadow&rsquo;s mouth, but taking things easier this time.<br /><br />He, too, shot his load into Shadow&rsquo;s mouth, and he did a better job of swallowing it down this time. Scourge made way for Manic&rsquo;s turn, who was neither as gentle as Sonic nor as rough as Scourge, finding a happy medium between fucking his mouth ruthlessly and going too slow for anyone&rsquo;s enjoyment.<br /><br />Not a drop of Manic&rsquo;s was lost and Shadow sucked down it all, smacking his lips in satisfaction at the end of it.<br /><br />&ldquo;Taste good?&rdquo; Scourge teased, to which Shadow smiled and nodded.<br /><br />&ldquo;Please&hellip;please fuck me.&rdquo; Shadow panted, and the triplets exchanged searching looks.<br /><br />&ldquo;I call his ass.&rdquo; Scourge declared, making Shadow laugh. Manic chuckled along and Sonic rolled his eyes at all of them.<br /><br />&ldquo;Then I call his pussy.&rdquo; Manic chimed in, making Sonic pout.<br /><br />&ldquo;I already fucked his mouth. I wanna fuck something else too!&rdquo; He complained.<br /><br />&ldquo;You can have a turn too.&rdquo; Shadow patted Sonic&rsquo;s arm comfortingly and Sonic&rsquo;s pout deepened.<br /><br />&ldquo;Fine, I&rsquo;ll wait.&rdquo; He grumbled, and Manic pulled Shadow up from the bed to tuck him close to his chest.<br /><br />Scourge positioned himself behind Shadow and began to stretch his ass out for what was to come with Manic doing the same for his vagina.<br /><br />Sonic stood on the bed and jerked himself to hardness again before touching his top back to Shadow&rsquo;s lips, who greedily tasted him and sucked hard.<br /><br />He was lifted slightly only to sink back down onto two cocks, one in his ass and the other in his pussy. He moaned around Sonic&rsquo;s length, drawing a moan from Sonic as well as vibrations traveled along his shaft.<br /><br />Scourge and Manic fully seated themselves inside of Shadow, and occupied themselves with kissing and sucking at his skin while them waited for him to adjust. Scourge nibbled and bit down on his neck hard enough to bruise, and Shadow moaned again, which Sonic appreciated.<br /><br />Once he felt wet and loose enough they began bouncing him up and down on their laps. The up and down motion did nothing for Sonic, so he pulled and kneeled down next to his brothers, opting to kiss Shadow and tongue his mouth instead.<br /><br />Shadow felt stuffed full and loved every moment of it. His holes were both being stretched beyond what they were meant to take, making him ache but the pounding against his cervix made him yearn for more. Feelings of pleasure and pain intermingled in a way Shadow had learned to love thanks to Scourge.<br /><br />Scourge found his prostate, and adjusted his hips so he could peg it with every upward thrust. Shadow opened his mouth to moan against Sonic&rsquo;s muzzle, and Sonic took the opportunity to violate Shadow&rsquo;s mouth with his fingers.<br /><br />He was bounced and fucked until nobody could take any more pleasure and released. Shadow came first under the onslaught of pleasure his body was taking. Scourge followed, unable to withstand Shadow&rsquo;s tight ass sucking him in. Manic was last to cum, filling Shadow pussy and staining his inner walls with seed.<br /><br />Shadow panted and moaned as they came down from their highs, but the triplets had no mercy on him. They pulled out and laid him down, Manic switching places with Scourge to lie under him and slip into his ass, his face tucked into Shadow neck to avoid his quills. <br /><br />&ldquo;Ahh, so tight&hellip;I&rsquo;ve never fucked someone&rsquo;s ass before. This is amazing.&rdquo; Manic groaned.<br /><br />&ldquo;Isn&rsquo;t it?&rdquo; Scourge replied, getting into position in front of Shadow&rsquo;s face. He spit on his hands and wiped his cock clean before putting in Shadow&rsquo;s mouth.<br /><br />Sonic slowly entered Shadow&rsquo;s cunt, but didn&rsquo;t bother with taking things slow for once. He soon set a pace that made Shadow quiver and moan in need.<br /><br />Manic thrust upwards as much he could with what little leverage the bed and his own legs could provide, but the tight walls wrapped around him more than made up for the lack of friction.<br /><br />Scourge was careful this time, slowly pressing his cock deeper until Shadow took all of him into his mouth. Shadow managed to swallow him down his throat this time, only sputtering a little and avoiding choking altogether. Scourge moved carefully, and Shadow successfully deep throated him as he thrust in and out.<br /><br />His holes were used again, and Shadow was at the whim of the triplets. His body was their plaything, and he reveled in it. He was happy to submit to these three so long as they kept pleasuring him like this.<br /><br />&ldquo;More cum&hellip;inside me. Please!&rdquo; Shadow begged when Scourge pulled out to give him a moment to breathe.<br /><br />&ldquo;Your wish is my command.&rdquo; Sonic replied through a light laugh. He let himself go with groan, shooting his load into Shadow&rsquo;s womb.<br /><br />Manic followed after him, stuffing more cum into Shadow&rsquo;s already stuffed ass. Scourge put his cock back between Shadow&rsquo;s lips and released after a few more deep thrusts, his cum getting swallowed down.<br /><br />All three girths were pulled out of him, the four hedgehogs collapsed into a heap on the bed, a mess of sweat and semen and saliva.<br /><br />Cum dripped out of Shadow&rsquo;s ass and pussy, making even more of a mess of his thighs and the bed sheets under them.<br /><br />Shadow drifted off into sleep, physically and emotionally exhausted. The memory of unwanted hands had been banished from his mind, never to return. He dreamed of loving touches and adoring caresses.<br /><br />Scourge, Sonic, and Manic all found somewhere to curl up next to him on the bed, with Scourge and Sonic on either side of him and Manic curled under him with Shadow&rsquo;s head on his lap.<br /><br />&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll protect you, I swear it.&rdquo; Scourge murmured to him once his brothers had fallen asleep, his oath unheard by all except himself.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Black Doom was arrested the following day for drug and weapons trafficking. His multitude of adopted drug runners had to be tried as well, but the courts went easy on them due to the fact that they had little choice in the matter. Shadow gave his testimony, and the more violent of his foster siblings were dealt with much more harshly.<br /><br />Word spread that Black Doom had paid off the judge and jury and would be set free after a mockery of a trial, but there was little anyone could do based on speculation.<br /><br />The drug kingpin was found dead in his cell a week before his trial, his throat cut cleanly.<br /><br />No one knew who had done the deed, and the police were hesitant to investigate too thoroughly into the death of such a revolting man. The murderer got away with it, and would remain unknown to all.<br /><br />Almost all, at least. Scourge had been conspicuously absent from their bed the night of the murder, and a small streak of blood was left in the bathroom sink, accidentally forgotten in the haste to wash it away from bloodied hands.<br /><br />His brothers and lover neglected to report this to the police, however, and the subject remained unspoken between them, a secret to be kept for the rest of their days.<br /><br />The social hierarchy wasn&rsquo;t something Shadow paid much mind to, but he found himself an inextricable part of it once it became obvious the triplets were paying special attention to him. Rumors abound about what their relationship was, but the truth was kept private.<br /><br />Of course, nobody dared talk about him in the triplet&rsquo;s or Shadow&rsquo;s presence, lest they be told off by an angry Scourge.<br /><br />Knuckles was removed from the football team after being discovered with steroids in his locker, but Rouge stayed by his side despite brutally scolding him for his stupidity.<br /><br />The triplet&rsquo;s parents adopted him at the triplet&rsquo;s request, and he spent the rest of his high school days in bliss, his past left behind where it belonged.<br /><br />He had three lovers who all adored him equally, and he had room in his heart for them all in return.</span>",
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