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Sonic gulped as he felt his heart race in his throat. Shadow had pinned him down mid-battle, and Sonic could feel his hot breath down his neck. This was all standard for a fight between the two hedgehogs, but something was different here.
Shadow was kind of attractive-
Now don’t get the wrong idea! Sonic wasn’t gay or anything, he just wasn’t blind. Although, at this rate, he had perfect vision, but it still wasn’t gay!
“Any last words, Sonic?” Shadow smirked.
Oh god, that was really hot!! Shadow’s voice was like batman on steroids serenading a gorgeous princess from the bottom of Rapunzel’s tower. Sonic repeated that phrase in his head , and it started to sound a little gay, but there was a princess in the analogy, right? It wasn’t like Sonic would trade his left leg to be that princess or anything…. Okay, maybe he would, but there’s no way any other guy wouldn’t agree! Every guy liked Ryan Reynolds right and that wasn’t gay, so what’s the difference?
Now, Sonic had to come up with a witty response and make it sound the least gay as possible.
“You should smile more often, it’d look much better on you!”
Oh god, that was so gay. Shadow seemed to think so too, considering his cheeks started flushing either out of anger or embarrassment.
“Don’t try to flatter me, faker!” Shadow scowled, his voice cracking a little, and Sonic’s eyes widened. He had to suppress the urge to squeal like a teenage girl with a crush on the school’s top football player, but he felt his tail fight with the ground to wag like a dog. Sonic’s embarrassment pushed him to kick Shadow off of him and slide back on his feet.
“What, You embarrassed?!” Sonic chuckled before letting out a tiny squeak when he felt his tail wagging behind him. Shadow got back on his feet and his eyes widened as he clenched his fists.
“Are you into getting your shit rocked or something?!”
Not necessarily, but it was hot when Shadow looked that good rocking his shit. Oh god, that was undeniably gay.
“Hell no!” Sonic yelled, although it was more of a squeak considering his current state.
Shadow’s cheeks continued to flush, and it spread to the rest of his face. Despite this, he kept his usual scowl.
“Are you so weak that you have to whimper like a dog?!”
Holy shit, did that qualify as a whimper? That’s a great question, actually, but not something Sonic could answer at this point in time. To be honest, he couldn't say anything at all. He was so off his game that he just kind of stood there for a second, letting his tail wag freely. He thought Shadow would take advantage of this to get the upper hand, but he just kind of stood there too, clearly flabbergasted at Sonic’s reaction.
Sonic wished that either a deadly meteor from space would fall and crush him to death, or Shadow would come over and kiss him passionately right now. Okay, maybe he was gay. No straight man thinks about kissing another man passionately.
Okay now he was certain he was gay. He just needed to get out of this fight and fast to accept this fully- Sonic just zoomed away at the fastest speed he could muster and back to his house, crossing every one of his fingers that Shadow wouldn’t follow.
And he didn’t.
That was anticlimactic.
Well, at least he figured out he was gay?