In one of the small cafes located on the outskirts of Central City, Shadow and Amy were sitting together enjoying their lunch. There appeared to be nothing but silence in the small area surrounding them as they seemed to be content with the peaceful silence and simply enjoying their lunch together. However, after a few seconds passed, Shadow’s glance fell to the salt shaker sitting on the table beside him. He stared at it silently before reaching over to pick it up and turned to Amy.
“Hey, Rose, look at this.”
Amy lifted her head up from her meal as she looked towards Shadow to find out why he was holding the small salt shaker in his hand. “This is me.” He then shook the salt shaker a few times, while Amy watched in surprise and she turned her glance down to try and figure out what he was saying before she clicked her fingers with a smile.
“Oh, I get this one!” She then let out a giggle before taking her guess at this little game he was playing. “It’s because you’re salty, right?”
“No.” Shadow quietly replied. Amy showed an expression of surprise since her guess made the most sense to her given his demeanour most of the time, but she decided that maybe she should listen to find out what he was actually trying to say. “It’s because people like to mess with me for their own amusement and I’m always used.” As he had his glance lowered while he spoke, he then looked up at the sakura-coloured hedgehog as she was staring at him in shock. “But I think I like yours better.”
Amy could only silently gasp in shock, as it was clear that the things Shadow had been through in his past were still a big deal for him. “Oh my gosh… Shadow…” An apologetic look began to show on her face as it was beginning to sink for her. “I’m really sorry. I didn’t…”
Shadow simply raised a hand to stop her in her tracks. “It’s alright.” A small smile then came to his face as he finished. “I’m feeling better now.”
Amy watched with a cheerful smile as Sonic was looking over the essay that had by this point taken up more than a few pages she had been writing about their relationship; it was something she had been working on for quite some time and she decided that now was the perfect opportunity to show it to him. As he was quietly reading it to himself, Amy leaned over so she could point towards a certain area of the page the blue hedgehog was currently at. “Have you noticed this? The fact that I included ‘I love you’ in the essay?”
Sonic lifted his glance up to her and if the look on his face was any indication, it seemed that part had been made clear as day to him. “Uh…” He was silent for a few moments before slowly nodding in confirmation. “Yeah… I’ve noticed. In fact, it shows up a lot in here.”
Amy cheerfully giggled in delight before looking up at him. “I know. I just wanted to make sure that part was apparent in case no one noticed.” She then leaned back in her seat and sat comfortably so she could leave him to resume with reading.
Sonic stared at her silently before looking back at the essay, with the nervous expression he had been showing only become more obvious. ‘I’m not sure if the fact that she’s been working on this makes us being together better or worse…’ At this point, he was hoping it would be the former, lest he end up having to deal with one of Amy’s breaking out her hammer moments.
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