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“Hey, Shads! Can I see your tongue?”
The striped hedgehog paused on his reading, his gaze shifting slightly to meet Sonic’s curious eyes. The two had just finally settled in on their shared bed after a long day.
They had been dating for quite some time now and just recently lived together for conventional reasons. It was a nice change for once, no more good night or late nights messages when they could just cuddle up and do it.
They had kissed, yes, and maybe something a little farther than that.
Sonic knew of his black arms genetics. Had seen firsthand how Shadow’s body was slightly different from a normal mobian.
One of those being his tongue.
Shadow had actually shown it to his blue partner some days ago when he tried one of Sonic’s wonderful cooking and ended up spitting out the contents from how utterly horrendous they tasted on his taste buds. Sonic was banned from cooking any kind of recipe without his supervision from that day on.
“...does my tongue interest you that much?” He sighed, placing his book aside by the nightstand.
Sonic took the invitation to scoot closer, practically leaning against him and looked up with a gaze of wonder. One that Shadow doesn’t quite understand.
“Like, how long are they?”
Shadow moved to sit himself upright, his body turning to properly look at his partner with narrowed eyes.
“Do you really want to know, Hedgehog?”
Sonic mimicked him, body now fully facing the other, a grin of excitement spreading across a peach muzzle as he frantically nodded his head.
Shadow merely sighed, playfully rolling his eyes as the corner of his lips threatened to form a small smile.
He slowly opened his mouth, wide enough to show off his sharp fangs before he rolled his tongue out.
The reddish-pink appendage floated out of its cavern as it extended.
Sonic kept his eyes on it as the tip of the appendage moved closer to him, only to flick him by the nose. The action elicited a lighthearted chuckle from the blue hero. Shadow couldn’t stop the smile he made from seeing Sonic’s reaction, his soft gaze simply unable to keep away from the hero.
“Woah!”
The exclamation snapped Shadow out of whatever love daze he was experiencing. Sonic had that kind of effect on him recently. It had been quite a distraction too, one that he found he doesn’t mind.
“It’s almost as long as my whole arm!”
Sonic had his arm outstretched beside Shadow’s extended tongue, his gaze shifting between the two and comparing their sizes with one another.
Shadow found it amusing that his tongue could amaze the other hedgehog that much.
To Sonic’s surprise, the appendage moved again. This time, the tip poked at his cheek before swirling around his face to give gentle licks. The gesture erupted fits of giggles from the hero’s throat. Just the sound of it made Shadow’s whole body tingle with delight.
“Can I touch it?” Came Sonic’s next request. One that Shadow expected to hear.
Shadow hummed and nodded his head.
Sonic’s smile widened as he focused his attention into the floating tongue by his side. Reaching an ungloved hand out, he slowly wrapped his fingers around the reddish-pink organ, holding it gently in his palm.
Emerald eyes watched in rapt attention as the long organ wrapped itself around his hand. Sonic gasped in awe and wonderment as the appendage danced around his fingertips.
A purr of contentment rumbled from Shadow’s throat. Seeing that his partner found interest in his non-mobian body pleased him to no end. Perhaps he’ll show Sonic other parts of his body that he’d find just as interesting. His tongue wasn’t the only black arms-related organs, after all.
“It definitely has a rougher edge to it.” Sonic added, a vibrant chuckle leaving his lips. “It kind of tickles, actually.”
The appendage wriggled itself free from Sonic’s loosened hold. It reached forward once more to run itself across the side of the blue hero’s face, eliciting another fit of giggle out of him as the tongue’s rough surface tickled his face.
Shadow pulled back his tongue back into his mouth once he felt he had entertained the other enough. A noise of playful disappointment reached his ears at the result of his action, he couldn’t help but throw his partner a playful smile of his own.
“I think you had your fun for the night, Sonic.”
Shadow turned to fluff out his pillow before he laid his head down, a long sigh leaving him as he gestured for Sonic to take the empty spot beside him.
Sonic let out a huff before he joined his partner.
A striped arm made its way over a blue hip, clawed fingers lightly scratching the back of the blue hero’s spine to get him to relax. A noise of contentment left the blue hero’s lips as both of his arms snaked around his partner’s neck.
The two hedgehogs shared tender kisses, the movement of their lips slow and passionate as if savoring the moment. Their limbs were in a tangle as they kissed, arms wrapped around the other in a loving embrace. They were at this for a while before the two had to eventually pull apart before things escalated further than necessary.
Not that Shadow had any problem with going farther. Sonic had actually brought up the topic a few times before, suggesting that they could try and experiment on the sexual intimacy of their relationship if he would be down with it. And Shadow would always kindly reject the offer – he has his reasons, of course.
They will get to that point eventually once Sonic has a more clear understanding on how his biology worked. Until then, he was content enough with what he had.
“So…” Sonic yawned, emerald eyes drowsily looking at him. “Any other of your black arms biology I should be aware of?”
Shadow hummed, thinking for an answer. His clawed hand climbed up to the hero’s head to lightly scratch behind a blue ear.
Sonic shut his eyes completely, a quiet purr reverberating from his throat at the attention.
Crimson eyes zeroed on the peaceful expression on the hero’s face as he gradually fell into a slumber from under Shadow’s fingertips.
Shadow always knew just the right spot to get Sonic to relax, it helped Sonic greatly into getting a better quality of sleep.
“Perhaps another time.” Shadow concluded for the night.
Planting a kiss on a blue forehead, Shadow reached over to the nightstand to shut off the lights before making himself comfortable beside his partner.
Another moment of staring longingly at his blue lover, Shadow let himself focus on the other’s steady heartbeat. Just listening to the soft thumps was enough to get him to relax into the mattress.
“Good night, Sonic.”