Soul Eater but it's Sonic

Chapter 15

Shadow was still in surgery at the DWMA medical facility when morning came. Sonic sat in a narrow hallway outside of the operating room. He had taken off his cloak and hung it over the arm of his chair. Dark crimson stains covered the palms of the white gloves that he usually wore. Droplets had seeped into the cuffs of his white collared shirt as well. He'd been staring at his hands ever since he sat down. All he could do was recount the events of last night in disbelief. He wasn't even sure how much time had passed since the operation began.

"Sonic!" Tails entered through the doors down the hall alongside Knuckles.

Sonic took off his gloves and stuffed them into his coat. He frantically rolled up his sleeves, then stood before his friends arrived. Tails noticed that his brother looked exhausted, having likely been up all night. His quills were messy and he appeared unwell.

"How'd you guys know I was here?"

"I was on campus early so I could work with Starline and heard he was conducting surgery. I knew you'd been on a mission since yesterday so I looked into it and..." Tails frowned.

"Then Tails found me in the training area. What happened?" Knuckles asked.

"Our mission got out of hand. I'm not supposed to go into detail until things get sorted out. Shadow's really hurt,"

Sonic sat down looking hopeless and gloomy. Knuckles and Tails glanced at each other with concern. They shifted the conversation to more mundane things that had happened while Sonic was gone. The three friends talked for a while, but things eventually returned to dreary silence.

"Thanks for checking on me, guys. The surgery will be a while. You don't have to stick around for my sake,"

"Okay," Knuckles began wandering off casually.

Tails sighed. "We'll talk again later,"

The fox waved before following after his weapon. Sonic sat alone for some time before getting up to stretch. All of this waiting was driving him insane. He ran a hand through his quills and sighed. Suddenly, the doors at the end of the hallway opened.

"Oh my god. Sonic!"

Amy saw the blue hedgehog pacing around the hall and ran over to hug him. She was taken aback by how stiff his posture felt. "I just heard from Tails and Knuckles. Are you okay?"

"I wasn't the one who got hurt,"

Amy let go of Sonic and stepped back. "How bad was it?"

"Bad," Anger and sadness were mixed into Sonic's expression.

"Poor Shadow," Amy was still worried. It was a relief seeing that Sonic was unharmed, but she'd never seen him act like this.

Sonic sat down on one of the nearby chairs. Amy did the same. She glanced over at him while trying to think of something to say. He looked disheveled and miserable. She quickly realized that she'd never seen him with no gloves on. Dull claws poked out of the fur on the ends of each finger.

"I had just talked with him about you a couple weeks back. After the exam,"

Sonic perked up, giving an inquisitive look. "With Shadow?"

"It surprised me too. I thought it'd be fun but he got all serious,"

"Sounds about right," Sonic smiled through the exhaustion. "What did he say?"

"I don't know if I should tell," Amy gave a sly grin. She hoped Sonic would lighten up but he went back to staring at the floor silently instead. "He said he liked living with you,"