Wake Up Sonic Chapter 10

Sonic leaned back in the recliner he was sitting on, his feet on the seat of it, as he flipped the channels of the television, waiting for Shadow to get out the shower so they could go.
There saw nothing on that could capture his interest.
Click.
"Oh~ who lives in a pineapple under the sea-"
"Boring"
Click
"Game on~, you bettah play your cards right-"
"Nah~"
Click
"The misadventures of Flapjack-"
"Too creepy"
Click
"T-E-E-N, T-I-T-A-N-S, TEEN TITANS, LETS GO!"
"Alright~"
He set down the remote and with a click he heard the bathroom door open.
Stealthily he glanced out the corner of his eye at the black hedgehog and his face flushed as a bunch of dirty images came to mind.
Shadow was naked~ and wet~

His eyelids lowered as he wondered how those muscles under that black fur would feel against his hands, and as his inner pervert cheered for the towel around Shadow's waist to drop, the image of them kissing furiously slammed into the front of his mind like Amy's hammer.

Now that he thought about it; he didn't mind waiting around for a bit.
"Are you ready?" Shadow called from across the room as he pulled on his skates.
'Oh I'm ready! But not for what YOU'RE thinking' Said the voice in Sonic's head.
"Yup, lets go~"

As they walked down to the patio, Sonic was cheerfully singing the Teen Titans theme song, much to Shadow's annoyance.
"Shut up Sonic!"
Sonic grinned.
"Sorry~ it's stuck in my head!"

As the rest of the Kitchen duty group made breakfast Shadow was leaning against the wall reading his book when the song began to play in his head…
'T-E-E-N T-I-T-A-N-S, TEEN TITANS LETS GO~'
A vein in his temple twitched as it replayed over and over and he gritted his teeth.
'That damned stupid HEGDEHOG!!' he thought angrily.

Sonic tried to ignore the constant comments from Claymore as he ate his food.
It was getting a bit out of hand, because now the badger was carelessly explaining, in great detail what he would do to the hedgehog if he would meet him in his room, causing both he and Knuckles to cover up Tail's ears who looked around confused.
At one point the badger came over and leaned on the table trying to convince Sonic to meet him later.
"Aww~ Common cutie~ It'd be lots and lots of fun~"
"No Thank you."
Sonic said as he sipped his orange juice.
"Common~ you should try it; old Claymore would show you a REAL good time~"
"I said no thank you."

"Oh I see what you're doing~ playing hard to get huh?" Claymore said winking, and then he made the grave mistake of flicking Sonic's nose.

In a flash Sonic had the butter knife and he brought it back, quite ready to stab the badger with it, when Sonic felt his freeze in air unable to move out of Shadow's iron grip as the black hedgehog looked up finally and gave Sonic a piercing stare in the eye.

"Claymore, the guy said no, so get away before you get yourself hurt.
Sonic let go of that knife this instant."

Claymore's face paled as the knife fell with a clatter and Sonic grabbed his arm away and crossed them over his chest staring pointedly at his plate.
Sonic felt disgusted with himself…

Claymore was annoying yes, but he didn't exactly deserve to be hurt over it…

Claymore tried to laugh off the dangerous air.
"O-oh feisty one a-aren't yuh!"

He coughed and turned to leave, but not before leaving a parting sally.
"Ah well, I'll keep my bed waiting for you Cutie~"
He ran away and it took Tails and Knuckles a large amount of force to hold Sonic back.
"You know, if I go right now I might be able to punch him in the nose!" He shouted angrily making Tails and Knuckles laugh despite themselves.

As the group walked down to the lake, Tails and Knuckles in front and Sonic and Shadow behind Sonic mumbled something that Shadow couldn't quiet catch.
"..Thank you…"
"Huh?" He asked glancing at Sonic for the first time since breakfast.
Sonic was looking away from Shadow and he was holding his arm nervously as he stared at the ground aware of his hot face.
He cleared his throat.
"Um, thank you for… you know… stopping me earlier…"
Shadow's eyes widened in shock and he looked ahead surprised.
"Um, you're… welcome…"
That walked in silence until they got to the lake, and Shadow set down his backpack on one of the benches in front of the pier, and sat down to read while the boys went to have fun.
Sonic was crouching down holding onto one of the pier's posts for dear life as he looked over the side into the water.
'…… I'm screwed…..' He thought as he stared into the water depths.
His eyes were widened in fear and he strengthened his grip on to post.
He couldn't do it…
The water! It was too deep!
He felt like barfing as he stared until he was surprised by a voice behind him.
He turned to look over his shoulder and his heart gave a jolt as he realized it was Shadow.
"Ehhh Nothing…nothing, just looking at the water. Heh, Heh"
He tried to scratch a quill nervously but as soon as he let one arm go of the post he almost fell over and he grabbed it tightly again.

Shadow raised a brow and rolled his eyes.
"Get in already."
"Umm No thanks, I think I'll just stay here" Sonic said nervously and he hugged the post tighter.
Annoyed Shadow bent down to Sonic's level.
"Sonic. Unless you have a very good reason for not being able to do so. Get. In. The. Water. Now."

Sweat broke out on Sonic's forehead in fear as he realized he was between a rock and a hard place…

His pride was keeping his mouth shut about the who aqua phobia thing;
Shadow already thought he was an idiot, and he already thought he wasn't worth the gum beneath his Hoover blades, so why add to that list by telling him he was a coward when it came to water?

World renowned heroes were suppose to have better reps than this.
"Ummm, actually there is a GOOD reason why I cant get in the water."
"And what is that?" Shadow asked frowning menacingly.
"Well~ You see~ it's a real complicated story! And you seem so busy reading I wouldn't want to take up your time. What book is that again~"
"Oh, I've got plenty of time. Start explaining."
"Well you see, what had happened was…"
Before Sonic could tell Shadow his oh so good excuse Knuckles came swimming up to the pier and busted Sonic's bubble.

"He's afraid of water. There I saved you a whole lot of time just now"
Furiously Sonic turned to the red echidna aware that his face was red with embarrassment.
"KNUCKLES! Ixnay on the aterway!"

He then turned to Shadow and tried to cover it up.
"Oh, don't mind him, he's an idiot with no idea what he's saying."
"At least I'm not afraid of water." Knuckles muttered for Sonic to hear and Sonic turned around angrily again.
"Knuckles! SHUT UP-"

But as he turned he accidentally let go of the post that was his acting as his lifeguard and as he fell back in slow motion, two words formed in his head.
'Kill. Knuckles.'

With a splash Sonic fell into the dark depths of the lake.

Shadow and Knuckles watched as Sonic fell in and they stared at the ripple left behind.
Shadow raised an eyebrow, somewhat concerned.
"Should we help him?"
Knuckles laughed and treaded water.
"Nah, he'll be fine. And besides, I Wanna watch the show!"
Shadow looked confused.
"What show?"

But just as he asked a good ten meters away from where Sonic had landed in, he came popping out the water yelling for help, and to Shadow's surprise what looked like a giant squid appeared out of the surface spraying water everywhere, and as sonic tried to swim away at super speed it chased after him all around the lake.
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP"

Knuckles chuckled as he watched, and Tails jumped out of the water, and flew over with his two tails to sit next to them.
"Ten dollars on the squid." Said Tail's as he landed.
"Nah, Sonic can take him: this ones smaller than the whale at Emerald Coast." replied Knuckles.
"Hmph! It's on!"
Shadow felt his sweat drop as he watched, but he had to admit that this was quite amusing.


"I hate all of you" Sonic announced as he spat out a bit of water where he sat on a bench that Shadow had been reading on.
"Aww man!" Said Knuckles as he handed over the ten buck to Tails.
"Does this always happen when you go in water?" Shadow asked.
"Nah; only in huge bodies of water like this which are sure to have some sort of huge creature. You should have seen him last time: it was a tuna the size of a boat!"

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During lunch Sonic began to start feeling well.
It wasn't like he felt he was going to barf or anything, but there was something wrong with him.

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"Oh look there's a fork in the road!" Said Tails excitedly "Can we go that way before we go to the top?" He asked Shadow pointing.
The first trail to the left was heading towards the top part of the mountain, while it was definite where the other was going.
"Alright, but I'm going straight up. You guys stick together while you're exploring." Shadow said steadily as he walked onto the trail to the left.
Sonic put the back of his hand to his forehead.
He felt hot and his head was getting woozy.

'Alright! Finally some quality time with Shadow~' He thought excitedly.
He followed the black hedgehog up the trail looking around excitedly as he tried to distract himself from the haze that threatened to overcome his brain.

As they stepped over the slope of the mountain Sonic whistled lightly at the view, ignoring the extra pressure on his lungs from the thin air coupled with his health.

Sonic grinned over his shoulder at the black hedgehog, who frowned in his direction once before sitting down and leaning against the trunk of a tree a book in his hand.

Nervously Sonic shuffled his feet before hesitantly he sat down next to Shadow making sure to give the black hedgehog as much space as possible.
Sonic's eyelids lowered and he looked to the sky.
It was getting cloudy.
He stared at the clouds for a while but…
He glanced at the black hedgehog next to him and he pulled his knees up to his chin as he watched.
Out the corner of his eye Shadow caught the movement and he glanced over at his blue companion as he realized he was watching him.
"What?"
Sonic quickly turned to look forward.
"Um nothing…"
Shadow glared towards the blue hedgehog before he turned his gaze back to his book.
Only… he couldn't focus on the words written down in front of him.
His mind was on something else entirely; the blue hedgehog sitting next to him.

'Dammit hedgehog!' He thought furiously.
Shadow glanced up at Sonic.
The blue hedgehog's face was looking down at his shoes a blank and slightly dazed look on his face, and Shadow was instantly mesmerized;
Sonic was adorable….

He winced.
Too adorable…

He looked away quickly as sonic looked up, shaken out of his thoughts.
"So, what chu reading?" He asked quietly.
"Its called 'How to deal with Idiots who keep asking you questions." Shadow said harshly.
Sonic's eyes widened and he looked away blushingly.
'Ouch, so mean'
Shadow sighed.
"It's called To Kill a Mocking Bird"
"Oh"

Sonic looked away pointedly, still a bit hurt from Shadow's previous remark.
Why did everyone think he was an idiot?

Shadow glanced up at the blue hedgehog and felt a small wave of guilt.
Although the boy was trying to hide it, the blank expression he assumed and the lack of spark in his eyes meant he'd hurt his feelings.
Inwardly he winced.
Why did he continue to do this to the kid?

He looked away and felt guiltier…
He'd seen the way Sonic reacted to his glares and his coolness towards him.
It really wasn't fair….

But he was confused:
He didn't understand why he cared so much about him…
He didn't understand why, although he'd always made people stay as far away as possible, he WANTED Sonic around…
He didn't recognize the stupid gosh-darned feeling in his chest when they were around each other…

He didn't know why he though he was so adorable…
He didn't know why he loved that stupid little smile he always wore…
He didn't know why… he wanted to reach out to him right now…
He didn't know why… he wanted to hold the blue idiot…
He didn't know why… he wanted to do things to him…
He didn't know why…
And that's what made him angry.
That feeling of not knowing…
That feeling of uncertainty.

He let his guard down too easily around Sonic….
And it angered him to the point the almost hated the hedgehog himself.
Because he made him feel different…
Because he made him feel uncertain…
Because he made him feel….. Happy….

Shadow winced and  shifted uncomfortably: something he'd never ever done before…
"Shadow?"
Shadow's ears perked up as he caught the voice; so soft the was barley talking.
"Hmm?"
"…. W-why…. Do you hate me so much?…"
Shadow looked up in shock and surprise.
'Why did he what?'
But Shadows eyes widened as he saw there was something very wrong.

Sonic's muzzle was  pale except for his cheeks which were a very dark red; His ears were drooping ; he was sweating in spite of the cool mountain air, and to Shadow's horror he was clutching his chest and forehead panting and shivering.
"Holy…! Sonic, are you okay?!" Shadow jumped up and scooped Sonic in his arms.
He had to get Sonic help quick!

He looked down at the blue hedgehog in fear; his eyelids were lowered and his vision looked hazy. And despite all this the idiot was still trying to talk to him;
"I'm sorry"
His voice was fading to barely a whisper and with he last amount of energy he looked up at Shadow and met his eyes.
"Shadow… I love you… even …if you …hate me… I'm sorry…"

Shadow's ears fell as he heard the words, and he stared down sadly at the blue hedgehog's face as Sonic fainted in his arms fainted.

'I love you'

Shadow tightened his hold on Sonic determinedly and he softly lowered his cheek on Sonic's forehead, nuzzling him affectionately.
'…You idiot…' He thought viciously…
"I …. I Love you too…" He whispered, his face close to Sonic's ear.
And Without another word he hover skated off down the slope of the mountain causing a sonic boom in his wake.

'…So you'd better not die on me!'