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The gentle humming of what seemed like thousands of cicadas roaming through the trees was just one of the many sounds that could be heard while soft winds blew through the beautiful and quiet forest. As nocturnal creatures started to dwell throughout the soft yet moist ground, a little house could be seen tucked away behind many large and old oak trees. The sun was just starting to set and inside this quaint little cottage was a relatively disliked and quiet ebony hedgehog named Shadow. No one in the town really knew where he came from or even why he was sent to Jednak in the first place, but it is rumored his role at G.U.N. was nothing short of unimaginable. This being said, many mobians connected him to various myths and conspiracies that had been spreading and polluting the town like a great thick smog looming from one home to the next. Of course, he was just as concerned as everyone else. After the death of the little ”robot” hedgehog and friend, he hoped that everything would return back to the way it was. He knew, however, that this wouldn’t be possible. With his new “blooming” relationship with his sapphire counterpart, he had no choice but to accept that he would never have peace and quiet like he used to.
He submerged himself in his large soaker tub until his nose was just above the water. Trying to mask the feeling of insecurity and concern with the help of hot water and salts. Alas, it did not work as well as he intended and he pulled his body out of the water just a tad so he could return back to sitting.
He started contemplating everything that had happened up to this point and reimagining each event in extreme detail. It started off a few months ago as a most unusual sensation towards his rival. One would call it a feeling of contentment, maybe even euphoria. And then after having a rather petty argument with Sonic, he was placed into the hospital after an explosion from helping Tails create a Chaos Emerald Locator. And then, of course, Rob (a rather flamboyant, brown hedgehog that Shadow respected immensely) had to come home early and make a huge scene before running off. The events after that revolved around Eggman’s (who had disappeared since) perfected version of Metal Sonic named Celik and attempted to find a way to prevent the worlds destruction without harming him. It didn’t work, of course, and the little robotic hedgehog was flung into the sea after fighting an immense battle with Sonic’s dark form. The little things in between were extremely complicated but revolved around Shadow being the keeper of peace in Jednak’s culture, Miran, and having to come to the rescue, Sonic/Voziti, the keeper of Chaos, from blindly destroying the whole country. It saddened Shadow greatly that the improved metal sonic had to be submerged into the ocean, but he knew well enough that it needed to be done. There was no way that both him and Sonic could be alive at once, their chaos energy was just too powerful and was throwing the balance of the planet completely out of whack.
Things had been extremely difficult to explain, but Shadow had noticed him and Sonic changing slowly. Morphing more into the characters expressed in the stories verses themselves. Shadow found it especially irritating. Soon, G.U.N was starting to realize him softening and was even threatening to relieve him of his spy duties in fear that he might soften so much that he could put the other members of the team in danger.
As he continued to think about his past, a rather cold mist emitted from the open window above his tub. Shadow really hated wasting air conditioning when he could just get the cold air from outside instead. The ebony assumed it was just the increasing humidity and thought nothing of it. He laid back his head and closed his eyes tightly as he tried to concentrate on relaxing. However, something seemed to disturb him from his meditation. A chill down one's spine, he would call it. But he didn’t understand why he was feeling it while in a warm bathtub. He then decided to get out of the water a bit, assuming he was overheating, but he continued to sense the odd feeling… He quickly put on his robe and slowly walked towards the door to the rest of the house. He looked at it closely, making sure there was no strange draft causing him to feel so uneasy. Strangely though, it was closed and closed relatively tightly. It was then that he shook it off and assumed it was his imagination. Unfortunately, that was when he heard a soft tap behind him. He had good enough hearing to know it was not natural and before he could turn around.
BAM!!!!!
Two arms gripped around his waist as hard as they could and the ebony thrashed around, trying desperately to free himself. Finally, after a few seconds of struggling, the face of the harasser rested on his soft shoulder.
“Shhhh... Everything’ll be alright...” The voice whispered sexily as it gently bit the tip of his ear.
Water dripped from Shadows quills onto the other mobian, making him even more excited. The cold mist surrounded the bathroom, making it hard for the ebony to make out the harasser face. But he could feel it, the breath on his neck. It was oddly alluring and familiar.
“What the hell do you think you're doing?! Get off me this instant!” Shadow exclaimed violently before ripping himself from the other mobian’s grasp.
He took a quick glance to the side and saw a familiar face, bright blue fur and upbeat-hopeful emerald-green eyes. It was most certainly his “prince”, at least according to the harasser himself. But he wasn’t feeling particularly mushy after being scared nearly to death.
“Hay babe, don’t you look sexy this evenin.” The azure growled impishly while biting his lip slightly.
The sight of Shadow’s wet fur and warm body was putting him in quite a wonderful mood. He, quite frankly, could not even fully remember how he got into Shadow’s house to begin with but thankfully he didn’t really care.
“Sonic?! How the hell did you get in my house! This is why I DO NOT give you a key.” He mumbled through his teeth before curving his mouth to a very disappointed scowl.
“Awwww cmonnnn shadz. I was walking through the forest and I just couldn’t stay away. The urge to snuggle you was just too strong to ignore.” He sexily slid his thumb across the ebony’s soft, feminine lips.
The more he gazed at the ebony hedgehog, the more he realized how girly Shadow’s features were. His expressive and large crimson eyes, red lips, slightly hourglass-like figure and of course soft subtle black fur all looked downright irresistible. He had been holding in most of his urges while on his dates with his love, but sometimes he just couldn’t control it. Shadow was his princess after all.
“Dammit… We just saw each other yesterday. I do need my alone time you know…” Shadow tightly gripped the robe loosely wrapped around his body, trying desperately to make sure it didn’t come off.
The last thing Shadow wanted was to give the hedgehog more fuel. Fuel to make him even more controlling than he already was. Not that the ebony minded it. He kind of liked being dominated. However, the hostility only made things worse as the cobalt slowly pushed the charcoal hedgehog against the wall, running his fingers through his soft wet quills.
“But how many times do I get to hold a wet, beautiful, ebony princess. Honestly, this was an amazing opportunity and you're just being a sour puss. I hope I didn’t scare you tooooooo bad, though.” He belted sarcastically and with a small ounce of sadistic pleasure into the charcoal’s ears.
Shadow’s irises focused on his face as he started to dart his eyes around in a suspicious manner towards the full bathtub before sliding his index finger down the azure’s chest fur. He got a great and mischievous idea. This would surely be enough punishment for scaring him.
“Why in the world would I be scared of my one true love?” Shadow asked slyly before pushing his face close to the cobalt’s and giving his nose a gentle kiss.
He fluttered his eyes innocently before grasping the others tail and sliding his fingertips all around the base. Sonic’s body stiffened as he pushed his body against the other’s as hard as he could and sweetly wagged his stubby tail.
“Guess I’ll just have to try harder next time, hmm?” Sonic replied pervertedly before starting to lap the water off the charcoal hedgehog’s neck.
“Oh my... You’re already excited, hmm? Well I know how to fix that.” Shadow quickly placed his hands on the sapphire hedgehog’s chest before giving him a good push.
The sapphire hedgehog went flying towards the tub and before Shadow could even say oops, he splashed into the lukewarm and salty water. Gasping and thrashing sounds polluted the air as water was splashed in every which direction.
“SHADOW!!!! PLEASE SAVE ME! OH MY CHAOS! IM GONNA DIE!!!” Scared yelps and cries emanated from the bathtub as he flailed all over like a scared little cat.
“Serves you right for scaring me, you little shit... Come on. It’s barely a foot deep. All you need to do is step out of the water...” Shadow placed his hand out, pointing at the obvious stool he could use to step out of the water.
“Shadow, please! I’m scared!!!!” Sonic continued to cry as the yelps became more and more desperate.
“Quit panicking and use your brain, dumby!” Shadow quickly rushed over to the bathtub, annoyed and fed up with Sonic’s melodrama.
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Sonic was wrapped tightly in a soft towel as the ebony tried to steer him towards the couch. His eyes remained dilated as he continuously bumped into walls and other objects and he walked from the bathroom out to the living room. He was shaking violently and seemed to be completely separated from reality. Shadow finally placed him down on the couch before sighing in frustration.
“I think your overreacting, I get you almost died last time but can you please have a sense of humor.” He gently patted the sapphire's head before releasing one half-serious chuckle.
Sadly enough, Shadow did find it kind of funny. Someone so strong and powerful is scared by merely being put in the same area as water.
“That wasn’t funny. At All....” Sonic replied plainly as he wrapped the towel round himself tighter, making sure to hide his shame.
“You’re the one who sneaked into my BATHROOM. I think Mr. Prince would connect the dots. Bathroom means water and you for a fact saw me in the bathtub.” The ebony sighed annoyedly as he tried to defend himself, but the other hedgehog was not in the mood.
“I hate you.” Sonic responded as he wrapped himself into a little ball while trying to recover from the rather horrifying event.
“We both know that’s a lie...” Shadow sneakily slipped himself in the seat next to his lover who was completely avoiding eye contact with him.
Shadow slid his hand on top of the others’ and grabbed the remote with his other hand before turning to the nearest news station.
“Come on now. Don’t be a grump the rest of the night. You know how much you mean to me and I hate to see you so upset.” Shadow admitted honestly before coiling his mouth to a smile and squeezing the others’ hand tightly.
The news immediately flipped to an emergency report of the north side of Jednak. It showed trees being toppled over and whole acres of land being obliterated by hail, landslides, tornados and much more.
“...Our emergency news stations are on the scene where sixteen acres of land and twelve homes have been destroyed by two huge tornados. Eight people have been found deceased and many more are still missing... This is the sixth natural disaster in Jednak out of the seemingly hundreds elsewhere. The horrible events started about a month ago and do not seem to be stopping anytime soon. This is Nada Bijela, reporting live from Besplanto, Jednak. The next broadcast begins in a half an hour, have a good evening. ”
“Another natural disaster?” Sonic ears perked up as he heard the report, snapping him out of his panic-induced coma.
“Looks like it... Those poor people. I pray it doesn’t have anything to do with us… I mean… The kid isn’t here anymore.” The ebony placed his ungloved hand over his muzzle, blinking quickly as he tried to understand what was going on while also hiding the lump that was forming in his throat from mentioning the little robotic Sonic.
“I don’t think so... But we won’t know until we get further information. It’s slowly coming towards Slaboda so we should be careful. Don’t worry though, hon. I’m sure everything will work itself out.” Emerald eyes met rubies as he gently grabbed his towel and started to wrap it around both of them.
It was odd, the connection was strong. Like it was an actual magnet and the two of them fell for its pull. Before they knew it they were huddled together as tightly as they could, occasionally lapping the water off of the others body.
“You really think so, huh? You really do irritate me. You always seem to know all the right answers even if their blatant lies. I’m not sure what I would do if I didn’t have your stupid charismatic ass around me all the time.” Shadow cooed as the energy transferring into his body warmed and relaxed his muscles as he knew this was probably leading somewhere he wasn’t ready for.
“Heh... Right back atcha, beautiful.” Sonic growled slightly before a gentle sliding of his peach-colored lips all the way down Shadow’s neck, causing the ebony to arch his back and groan in response.
It was too good of a feeling to ignore. Shadow knew that, of course. But he kept trying to put it off for that special, wonderful moment where it would be perfect. He kind of hoped that something would stop them from continuing but what would at this time of the evening? Thankfully, he got his wish, as a knock interrupted their panting euphoric passion and it was certainly something they could not ignore.
“Please, open the door. This is the National Jednak Police Department and we don’t want any trouble.”