My Pink Roommate | By : Lolly_Shane Category: +S through Z > Sonic Views: 6677 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Love doesn't make you weak but it can leave you vulnerable. You expose yourself to all kinds of emotions, feeling it a lot greater than the next person who is not open to love. At least not a lot.
Least that's what I think. ~Lolly Shane.A/N: Anything in italics means the individual is thinking to his/herself
ADDITIONAL A/N: In this CHAPTER ONLY, anything in bold/italics is the person speaking from the other side of the conversation.
Chapter 14: The Brick Wall Has Fallen
Every ceiling light in each room was off throughout the house.
No lights was needed to be on this time of day. Seeing as the beaming suns rays pieced through every window in the beige home, adding its own touch of soft golden glow in each room. Not even the notorious dark hallway was no match for such aural light, pooling its way on the smooth carpet as it dimly brightened the overshadowed walls and corners. Suddenly...the bathroom door creaked open, softly. Revealing the dark individual coming out after his daily hygiene routine, letting the old dense heat of fog seep out along with him. After Shadow slipped through the small crack opening from the bathroom with his head hanging down. Bearing a wary and delicate concerned look on his face, the ebony stare hard on the soft carpet beneath him as he stood between Amy's room and the bathroom in the middle the dimly lighted hallway, releasing his hold on the door behind him. Trying to hold back his hesitation, Shadow slowly moved his neck up so he can fix his gaze at the very door where the pink flower sleeps. "This won't be easy." He said, inhaling deeply and closing his eyes, trying to muster up any form of determination for this. After a few moments standing completely still, Shadow snapped his eyes open with a tender smirk in his face, folding his ears back in almost doubt. "Rose probably hates me already but...after what I've experienced not too long ago...I have to try." He mumbled, willing to do whatever he can to make Amy Rose his. Shadow was willing to take as much time he needs to settle this with himself and his...perception for the pink flower once and for all. No more avoiding Amy, no more shutting himself from whatever spectacular feelings he missed out because of where he's coming from, just no...no more. Even though the ebony was due to go to work very VERY soon wearing his; long sleeve dark blue and black G.U.N. jumpsuit with a zipper in the middle, traditional gloves and inhibitors, wrist-watch communicator on his right wrist, black buckle, hover shoes of course, only thing that was missing was Shadow's bullet proof vest. ...Yeah, right! Like he needs it. Making his move, the ebony brought up his hand and formed it to a fist. Moving his fist towards the door, Shadow's silent enthusiasm went to a mid halt as he lowered his ears in bitter sadness, remembering the last thing he said to Amy after he refused to confront his feelings for her almost last night. "You know how we can resolve this?" He held back a cringe, hearing his own arrogant voice echoed in his mind. He was a damn fool for the way he acted after his last sentence."Giving me some damn space, Rose." At this Shadow brought his whole hand back and rubbed the back of his quills. Despite feeling a little discouraged as of now...he can't let this stop him. May as well admit what a douche he was since he already said everything else about himself and Amy. "I know..." Shadow told himself, turning his neck away from the door. "I'm quite the needledick." The ebony chest rose and jerked his neck back at the door, dropping his hand back to his side after rubbing his head. Remembering the very reason why he is here, the ebony has to let go of all doubts and hesitations with a dark yet sensual impassive persona. For Chaos sake, STOP BEING STUBBORN WITH YOURSELF! "When did I ever hesitate to do anything? I HAVE to talk to Rose." Shadow thought, rising his arm again and folded his hand to a fist. "I won't know whether if she feels..." He paused. "I won't know if she will forgive me or not if I keep turning my back on her." Shadow looked down, smirking in confidence. "But I'm not going another day wondering about this, that, or the other." The determined black hedgehog whispered, slowly developing a soft glare. Feeling ready...again, Shadow sighed. Pulling a weak, brooding smile on his face as he is sure things won't be as bad...despite probably getting hammered by Amy if she's still angry. "We...need to...talk." His fist moved fast. Knock Knock Knock "Rose," He called out her name, sounding as gently and velvety as possible. "I need you to talk to you before you get ready for work." The ebony secretly braced himself, wondering if Amy was going to open the door softly to hear him out. Or, flung the door open and lash out at him. Waiting. "..." Why hasn't the door opened yet? After waiting a few more seconds, by now the black hedgehog would've heard a small voice from the other side of the door. Puzzled from the long delay, Shadow shook his head in disbelief, feeling a bit off from all this with a blank stare. "Strange..." He thought to himself. Amy would've already respond in some form of communication. A noise, a chirp, a giggle, an insult, the door flying open. Anything. He shrugged it off and tried again. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK "Wake up, Rose." Shadow called out smooth and clear, moving his arm away from the door that time. To himself, he hoped he didn't sound too demanding, being fairly careful how he is going to approach the pink flower. It's just that standing in the middle of the hallway with no response, especially with Shadow in dire need of talking to Amy just isn't helping! Waiting some more. "..." Still no answer. Now Shadow was feeling a little stupid, gaping in bewilderment seeing as the door never opened at all. Is Amy serious? "Even for Rose, she cannot be this mad at me." He thought. Sure okay, Amy would be mad at him for the way how he did her almost last night and missing his CHANCE to communicate with the pink flower about her question to him. But knowing Amy...she still had room to be open-minded to a lot of things and would hear Shadow's say in anything. Getting fed up with the waiting game, Shadow narrowed his eyes at the doorknob and grabbed it in a heartbeat. Though with some small irritation on his gaze, the ebony still kept his soft, smooth voice in check. "Rose," He warned, softly. Darting his crimson eyes directly at the door for a moment, bearing his almost impatient attitude. "I'm coming in." He finished his sentence, knowing that it's never EVER a good idea to barge into a woman's room without her "okay". But because Amy hasn't said a word to him, he's not liable. He's not, right? The knob twisted opened. It was unlocked. "?" Shadow pushed further inside the pink flowers room slowly and quietly, looking from one direction to the next and no signs of his pink roommate. All was too silent and empty. The only thing that's keeping the tiny room too creepy is the suns glow beaming through the window to the far left of the room...And when did Amy left her room this messy? He released his grip from the doorknob, standing a little ahead of the doorway with an awkward look on his face. "She's not here?" The baffled black hedgehog wondered, unsure when and what time did Amy left without him knowing if she was going to work or maybe had to attend other matters. Hm. Shadow just walked further inside the room with a half shrug, not entirely fazed by the rooms emptiness. Taking little steps at a time, he went closer to the pink flowers bed in the middle of the room, only to frown at her unmade bed in suspicion as he made his stop in front of it. "Rose would've never left her room without making up the bed first." He thought, knowing it was unlike Amy to leave the room or the house for that matter at all without fixing her bed. Placing both fist on his hips with a plain look on his face, Shadow turned his neck to his left to where the window was located. Still trying to comprehend how weird this was getting as he slowly moved his neck investigating, the black hedgehog eyes bulged in surprise at one particular space, mouthing his lips to the corner of his muzzle. "Her closet door is left wide opened. And why does it look half emptied?" He questionably thought and glanced down, noticing a couple of clothes missing from Amy's closet and saw pieces of fabric left on the plush carper floor. This can't be right. "What in Chaos..." Shadow lowered his eye-lids and used his free arm to scratch his head, indirectly moving his crimson orbs to the other side of the room only to spot... His eyes popped open only this time, his dark pupils shrank in astonishment! No... Why three of Amy's drawers weren't closed all the way? And why couple of her clothes were hanging out? Crimson orbs moved slowly dow- "!" Where the hell is her suitcase? Without trying to panic, Shadow turned his heel to Amy's dresser that where half-opened drawers stood out, quickly rushing his way over there. "Don't tell me..." He almost prayed to himself, not wanting to believe... Amy couldn't have... His foot steps practically screeched to a halt on the plush carpet, leaving a tiny permanent trail from his heel. Shadow bent over quickly, pulling each drawers open all the way just to look inside of them one by one. The first two drawers were only a few pair of socks and undergarments and he wrinkled his brows in almost fear and frustration...yes fear, he WISHED he didn't have to think what he think it is. Finally the ebony reached the last drawer, displaying a hard glare as he bent over a little as he firmly wrapped his fingers around the drawer handle, closing his eyes in disbelief. "Rose...don't tell me you're gone." He prayed to Chaos, hoping that Amy was just probably changing her wardrobe. Opening his eyes and mentally preparing himself for this, Shadow pulled the last drawer all the way open...only...to leave him in shock. She did. Looking down inside what was left in the last drawer...was Amy Rose's blue night-gown that he loved so much. Shadow... with a heavy heart, placed a hand over his eyes, understanding what Amy was trying to say. "Unbelievable." He whispered softly, taking his hand away from his eyes with some sense of failure in himself. Amy was practically saying good-bye. Is why she left her blue gown behind. Especially inside the last drawer. Shadow looked over his shoulder to where Amy's unmade bed was and turned his attention back to the blue night-gown his pink flower enjoyed wearing. He forced a shallow smirk on his face even though he sensed the depression coming in. "So...it has come to this." He thought, looking back down on Amy's sleepwear and carefully picking up with his hand as gently as possible. Rising back up with a void expression in his eyes, Shadow circled his body around as he gently held the aqua color fabric in his hand thus making his way towards Amy's unmade bed. How...How can he not see this coming? "Why didn't I hear Rose leave her room?" He thought, eyeballing softly at the blue night-gown and moved his crimson orbs towards the window in front of him. And from what it looked like, it wasn't locked either. Looking blankly at the window still, it hit him...and just thinking about it actually made Shadow roll his eyes despite how upset he was feeling. "The window...of course." Shadow thought nonchalantly as he lowered his eye-lids, shaking his head at the thought of Amy slipping through the window like a teenager trying to run away from home. Serious, no one uses the front door anymore? Sighing with his eyes closed after feeling a bit humorous at the thought of Amy leaving underneath his nose the way she did, Shadow stopped in front of the soft mattress. Circling his body and heel around, and taking his seat, he then leaned forward in a slouched position with a morbid expression on his face. With a doomed expression written in his face, suddenly the ebony stopped breathing. Trying to comprehend what was going on with him and with...this and...whats going to happen at this point. Is he sad? Yes. Is he going to cry? Hell no. Did he want Amy Rose back? More than anything. "Then again, I don't blame her for leaving." Shadow thought, thinking it was best to accept things as they are. He blew his chances with Amy Rose. All because he didn't stand up to his own feelings. Shadow then gripped his former pink roommates gown in his hand, already growing tired of his own mopey behavior...for once. His eyes narrowed darkly with a pinch of stupidity, lowering his head to EVER think his feelings for Amy...could ever possibly give him the hap- no...what he was feeling does not come close to happiness. It was stronger. Much stronger and Shadow himself wanted to embrace it. But it was too late. Or is it? Shadow threw his head back, scowling at himself and at this. "To think I-" He was startled back to reality, feeling something hard vibrating in his left pants pocket."May as well get this over with." He almost reverted back to his cold demeanor, eyeing his crimson orbs to where the IPhone 4 was vibrating from. Still grasping the soft blue gown in one hand, the ebony used his free one and grabbed the phone out of his pocket. As he took it out and put it near eye level, crimson eyes cocked a brow as he saw the person's name on-screen. -Rouge name appeared on cracked screen of the IPhone 4- Oh NOW what does she want? With little time to spare, Shadow did took consideration to take this call anyway. Wondering why his G.U.N. partner decided to call him at a time like this. He only sunk his shoulders, displaying an impassive demeanor. "This has better be good, Rouge." He thought calmly, though his mind was boiling with irritability as he press the talk button, placing it in his ear. "What is it, Rouge!?" He snarled through the phone. A soft, with a pinch ginger voice was heard from the end of the line but almost in hysterics. "Shadow!" Rouge blurted out his name. "What happened?" She asked, sounding as if she barely woke up herself. Not wanting to tell Rouge his business for once, Shadow responded by playing a little dumb. Yeah, like he enjoys doing it. "You tell me." He spoke, plainly. The ebony heard a startled gasp from the end of the phone line, making his brows rose to attention. "Wait, you mean didn't hear about it?" The jewel thief stammered, holding back a gulp. "Let alone KNOW about it?" Rouge asked again, trying not to sound too sleepy this time. Shadow closed his eyes and growled, letting out a hiss through his lips. "Rouge, already I'm tired of these guessing games." He gruff, losing his patience. Not really in the mood for things such as this. "Just say whatever the hell what needs to be said." He said, wanting to finish this phone call. The jewel growled with such a feminine tone to it but decide to drop it. This is Shadow's she's speaking after all. "Amy was found unconscious overnight somewhere in the deeper parts of the woods and is now getting treated at the hospital." She revealed the news with such softness to it. Overnight...that long ago. Oh my...Chaos. Shadow folded his ears and narrowed his eyes, wrinkling his nose in anger and regret as he gripped the phone tightly in his grasp. It was one thing to accept the fact that Amy left due to his uncalled words and action. But Shadow never meant for Amy to runaway like this only to get hurt. ...Shit. "This is all my fault." He thought with a snarl, taking full responsibility for Amy from this point on. "When did you hear the news?" The ebony questioned his partner, dropping all forms of tension from his face with an unmoved stare. Rouge sighed over the phone after Shadow's question, not understanding why he hadn't known. Where was he in this? "Shadow, please tell me you knew about this." The jewel thief asked calmly, before she continued. "Did you know anything about Amy leaving after midnight or something?" She pressed on, without sounding too offensive. "No, I didn't." Shadow admitted, lower his ears in morbidity and turned his face away from the phone. "I had no idea she was out the house." He left it at that, leaving the part out that Amy may have left through the bedroom window and not the front door so he wouldn't hear her walk out of her room. "Did something happened, Shadow?" Rouge asked, wanting to see if she can help out in any way she can. "For once, I'm not telling you my business." The ebony ordered, firmly and strictly. He kept a straight face, knowing telling Rouge about his actions with Amy is not the best thing to do. "Not because I don't want your help but I feel solely responsible for what has happened to Amy and I need to fix all it." Shadow replied, with such confidence in his smooth tone of voice. There was a brief awkward silence between the two persons over the phone until a soft chuckle was heard from the other line. Causing the ebony to shake his head at his own speech, lowering his eyes by the jewel thief amusement towards it. "I'm at a loss of words for that one, Shadow." Rouge chuckled, admiring how much her Shadow is "improving". "Rouge," Shadow called out her name coolly, trying to get back on topic. "When did you hear about Amy being hospitalized?" He asked, delicately. "I was still half asleep when Knuckles answered his cell phone." Rouge began, holding back a tiny laugh. "He was lying right next to me seeing as he spent the night from our lovemaking." The white bat snickered, after hearing Shadow snorted in disgust by her last sentence. "And from what the person from the end of my boyfriends phone line sounded like Sonic." She finished, with a pinch of seriousness to it. Just perfect. "Keep going..." Shadow's voiced quivered, in malice. The curvaceous bat hummed through the phone and took a breath before she continued. "Oh, you're not going to like the rest." The white bat added, sheepishly. "Knuckles LITERALLY nudged me, gaining my attention and asked me if I knew anything about Amy living with you." She huffed, in exasperation. "Guess the jig is up because if Knuckles knows, I'm assuming Sonic told the rest of his friend's about this by now." She finished, with a normal tone of voice. The ebony mouthed his lips to the corner of his muzzle, narrowing his eyes in almost hatred. "Sonic...killing you would not be enough satisfaction for me." Shadow thought, now thinking of tormenting and destroying his rival in the worse possible way the NEXT time he sees him. "It's not like we were trying to keep Rose away from her friends." He defended himself and his partner, without raising his voice. "You and me both know Rouge, that Rose would've gotten back to her friends anytime she wanted but I always thought she was perfectly fine without her buddies butting in her business." Shadow continued, lips quivering in rage though still holding it together. "And the only time Rose ever DID mentioned one of her friends, namely Sonic, was almost LAST NIGHT." He finished his rant, smoothly. "How DID Sonic find out that Amy was living with you?" The jewel thief wondered, sounding a bit confused. "That blue hedgehog may have snuck into Rose's room through her window because I sure didn't hear anyone use the front door." Shadow finished, sounding dark and grim. Again, no one uses the front door. A spark of laugh was held back, replaced by a crude tone. "Shadow...(Holds back laughter), are you serious?" The jewel thief laughed at Shadow's "blunders", unable to stop her own laughter. "You let your rival hang out in Amy's room?" From the end of the line, Rouge had to turn her lips away from the phone due to her rage of giggles. Shadow eyed his phone and gripped it even more tightly, causing a second crack on his screen. "Don't think I'll let it happen again." The ebony snarled, dangerously. Especially hearing Rouges laughter that wasn't making the situation better. "If I ever see Sonic again, his carcass will look a lot worse and disfigured than roadkill. No ifs, ands, buts about it." Shadow made sure of that. A curling "eww" was heard from the other end of the phone line. Shadow just smirked at his own vulgar ways of killing someone. "You're a damn predator, Shadow." Rouge "yuck", over the phone. Growing weary of this part of the conversation, Shadow decided to get to the bottom of this phone call in regards of his pink roommate condition and whereabouts. "Rouge, do you know what hospital Amy was transported to?" He asked, without sounding too demanding. Crimson eyes continued. "And if it helps, do you know what kind of injuries she has?" The ebony said. "Well," She responded, in a low tone. "Knuckles tried to sound as low as possible...I don't know why I mean, I was right there...Awake." The curvaceous bat trailed off. "But I caught on to what hospital Amy was transported." Rouge beamed, gingerly. "What's the name of the hospital?" The persistent ebony asked. "Wolfgang Memorial Hospital. It's West of Windy Valley." Rouge replied, softly. Windy Valley... Shadow lowered his eyes in soft depression, shaking his head with a sour look. "Rose was trying to head back to where she used to live." This pained Shadow from the inside, thinking that Amy was trying to find sanctuary to where her old home used to be. He began to speak again. "And her injuries?" He tried not to sound worried. Rouge "hmm" over the phone in thought just before she perked with a gasp and spoke again. "Something about a head injury and a few scraps on some parts of her body." She addressed, off-handedly. "Another thing I caught on was that the hospital is going to keep Amy in all day until tomorrow just to be sure she has no further complications."The jewel thief caught her breath and continued. "And let's not forget, it IS the winter time so no telling how long she was out in that cold until someone found her in that blasted forest." She finished, breathlessly. "I wonder what kind of freak accident gave her those kinds of injuries." Shadow thought, plainly. "I'm sure that blue hedgehog was devastated with his friend being hurt." He mumbled, aimlessly. "Well yeah, its obvious that the hospital called Sonic." Rouge "ahem" over the phone, holding back her sarcasm. "Assuming he got the first call, he was probably Amy's priority emergency contact." She said, in a matter of fact tone with a pinch of sass to it. Shadow face-palmed sharply and pressed his head against his hand, groaning in utter displeasure and heaving out a puff through his muzzle. "And who knows? By then Rose was probably given a chance to talk to Sonic about what happened before she got...hurt...shit." He thought, much to his discomfort. Sliding his hand down from his face, eyeing his phone with a soft gaze. "Rouge, I need to get ready for work. After I get off, I'll be sure to pay Rose a visit." He finished, about done with this conversation. "You're scheduled today?" The jewel thief asked, a little baffled. "I thought you only get calls upon request..." She trailed off at the end. "I did get requested." The black hedgehog replied. "G.U.N. contacted me before sunrise to test run their new scientific inventions and weaponry." He finished, bluntly. "No missions?" Rouge asked, one more time. "Not since thing's went quiet." He can practically shrugged through the phone with that tone. "I hope they don't call my ass in today for anything." The white bat humored, promising to put her cellphone on silent and disconnecting her own wrist-watch communicator."And I wish you'd tell me what happened between you and Amy." She beamed, out of concern. Shadow slowly rose up from his seat from Amy's soft bed. Still holding the blue night-gown in one of his hands as he darted his crimson orbs to the phone. "Rouge, don't worry about it." He reassured, turning his heel to where the exit was to Amy's room. Her doorway. "Though I admit, Rose did leave because of me and hearing that she got hurt hours ago was not the best news all morning." The ebony scowled at himself, standing firm and straight thus walking his way out of Amy's room without closing the door behind him "If that's the case then just don't forget to see Amy." Rouge said, with some encouragement of her tone. "She might be happy to see you." She finished. Yeah...might. "We'll see." Shadow displayed a forceful dull smile on his face at that, passing through Amy's doorway that connects to the semi dark hallway. "That's a promise I tend to keep." He said, still walking in a straight like through the hallway. "And Shadow?" Rouge called out, one last time. The black hedgehog stopped dead at his tracks RIGHT in front of the main door and frowned. Knowing where this was getting at, he expected Rouge to make one last rude joke about something and hang up on him before he gets a chance to argue. "What is it, Rouge?" He narrowed his eyes, giving Rouge a benefit of a doubt. ... Waiting. "...Don't mess this up anymore than it already is." Rouge advised, with sincerity and dainty. -Click- Wow, that actually went well. Shadow took the phone from off his warmed ear and looked at it impassively, placing the IPhone 4 back in his pants pocket. He glanced up at his front door and gripped the knob tightly. "Perhaps it's not too late." He whispered, narrowing his eyes in guilt. "Rose, if things turn out for the better I promise to take batter care of you." He swore, twisting the knob to open the door and letting the air come in. Feeling the cool soft wind bristling through his clothes, trying to make its way through his fur and skin underneath it. "I know you..." He trailed off, looking down from the doorway entrance to the snow leading to whatever outside. "I know you belong to me because..." He promised himself, closing his eyes as he took a few steps forward. Still holding the precious cerulean fabric in his grip. Shadow grasped the door from behind him, lowering his eye-lids as his ruby jewels began to burn. "Because...I" He said, softly. His crimson orb swirled dangerously. Burning its excruciating sick flames in his white socket that flared and lashed every passion it has. "..." His heart started to ache, his voice was getting deeper. "I..." The ebony slowly and steadily, walked his way outside completely with his eyes still blurred by its own flames. "I...lo-" He's trying so hard, the only noise left now was the door eerily closing gently. "..." Shadow lost the will to breath. 'just three words' His own heart spoke. "..." "I love you." By then, the front door had already closed. Shadow the Hedgehog was gone for today and from outside, he took off in super speed. But...his own house fell silent as every furniture, fire place, kitchen, unused rooms, his master bedroom, and Amy's room... Was stunned by his words.My apologies in advance if my writing style for this Chapter looked a bit rusty. I edit and re-edit until the screen of my laptop turned black and became inoperable...literally.
I went through hell and back and hell and BACK again for this Chapter. Guys, what you read was not as easy as it looks!
And now, this is NOT puppy love. Puppy love is the "surface" of love. It's not deep, its more of an infatuation. A liking to someone on the outside, no real connection. Remember, to be loved or love someone, you have to leave yourself open. Vulnerability. Was the shower scene too difficult to read? I was trying to mimic on how we take showers as far as cleaning, turning, bending, and stuff like that. Oh yea, that part was hard. And just to make things clear, I'm not going to have Shadow get on one knee and shit like that...actually just thinking about that makes me laugh and shake my head. Until then, see you guys next Chapter and thank you for the HITS and VOTES. Oh my lord, the votes was the ones that amazed me. You readers are great. ~Lolly Shane.While AFF and its agents attempt to remove all illegal works from the site as quickly and thoroughly as possible, there is always the possibility that some submissions may be overlooked or dismissed in error. The AFF system includes a rigorous and complex abuse control system in order to prevent improper use of the AFF service, and we hope that its deployment indicates a good-faith effort to eliminate any illegal material on the site in a fair and unbiased manner. This abuse control system is run in accordance with the strict guidelines specified above.
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