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Shadow stood at his balcony, watching the fireworks go off from nearby. He wished he could have watched them with Sonic, but the blue hedgehog had more important people to spend the night with; people like his brother and best friends.
He felt Rouge tap his shoulder and jump. "Rouge, don't do that to people. You scared me."
Rouge sighed. "Hun, I called your name, but you weren't listening. Is something wrong?"
Shadow frowned. "Yeah, I know he can't be here, but it still hurts a bit."
Rouge tilted her head. Was Shadow crushing on someone? "Shadow, it's blue, isn't it?"
Shadow blushed. "How did you know?"
Rouge laughed. "Everyone can tell, hun. I think blue is the only one who hasn't figured it out yet."
Shadow groaned. "Great, now everyone knows how I feel."
Rouge hugged him. "It's pretty common knowledge. You should tell him."
Shadow pulled away. "No way, what if he laughs at me?"
Rouge smiled. "You and I both know that blue isn't going to laugh."
Shadow sighed and headed out. If Rouge thought that Sonic wouldn't laugh, then maybe he would tell him. Where was he, though? Dear; Chaos, those fireworks looked closer than they were. He hated those things; they were too god damn loud. "Sonic, where are you?" He grumbled and kept walking/
"Shadow? Is that you?" He looked over at a small picnic table. There he was. How had Shadow missed him? "Dude, you should have told us you were in the area; we would have waited for you." The blue hedgehog pulled him over to the group.
Shadow blushed as Sonic held his hand. He hadn't let go. Maybe he hadn't noticed. Sonic wasn't very observant. He would let it happen.
Someone wasn't happy that it was happening, though. That damn pink hedgehog wasn't happy about it at all. "Sonic, you know that you're holding Shadow's hand, right.
Sonic gave her a confused look. "Yeah, it's pretty normal for friends to hold hands."
Shadow smiled. "Exactly, I hold hands with Rouge and Omega fairly often." Amy rolled her eyes and left them be.
Sonic lead him away from the group, not wanting something like that to happen again. "Sorry about Amy." The blue blur laid down on the grass. "I couldn't come with a better excuse. I really just like holding your hand."
Shadow smiled. If only Sonic knew. "I like holding yours too."
Sonic laughed. "Guess we're both weird."
Shadow sneered. "You're not weird." He held the hero's face. "You're so very unique, and that's beautiful."
Sonic felt his face flush a dusty pink. "Shadow, I-" He was interrupted as he felt Shadow kiss his lips.
"Sonic, I have romantic feelings for you." Shadow kept his hands on his face. His hands caught the tears that dared to stream down.
"Shadow, I share those feelings with you." He felt the black hedgehog's hands leave his face and wrap around him.
Shadow smiled. "I shall never leave your side again. I'll protect you from all that is evil."
Sonic laughed and buried himself in his new lover's chest. "I will do the same for you."