Sonadow: Idol in Highschool

Chapter 17

Sonic POV:
I look over at my phone and a bunch of notifications from my old idol group start blasting my phone. I see and it's the announcement for the show I agreed to do. I see messages from the group and it's mostly just them being mad at me for wanting to leave. They know that if I leave the group it's over for them. I wouldn't be lying if I said that without me making the music for the group we wouldn't be famous but I'm sure they'll do fine if I leave. They're all great singers so they can manage.

*Ring Ring Ring*

It's my old manager. I answer the call.

Sonic: Hello? What's going on?
Manager: Sonic, did you see the announcement for the concert?
Sonic: Yes. Seems like it's blown up all over the internet.
Manager: Yes, we haven't seen such a spike in our community since...
Sonic: I left? Yeah I wonder why.

The manager starts to chuckle nervously and continues to tell me about the preparations for the show. I agree with his plans and we talk a little more about the show.

Sonic: Okay sooo, was that all?

Manager: Yes, that was all. Oh and one more thing. Since the Concert is in three weeks, you'll have to come here in two weeks to rehearse and such. I know you're more than capable of preforming again after such a long hiatus but we still need to make sure everything is ready. Okay, see you soon.

I sigh in exhaustion and stare at the hot water for what felt like an eternity, thinking about everything that's happening. I then snap out of it when I see a notification on my phone from Mephiles. He wanted to know how his brother was feeling and I updated him on it. Oh crap, I need to finish the soup!

Shadow POV:

I was scrolling through my phone while lying on the side on my bed. I was looking at random posts that were on my feed until I heard a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

The door opens and it's Sonic holding a bowl of soup for me to eat.

Sonic: Here we go! It's a Sonic special! Now say "aah~"!

I open my mouth and Sonic feeds me the soup. I was a little embarrassed about it but I'll let it slide since it's her... Hey, this soup is pretty good.

Shadow: Sonic, what ingredients did you put in this? This tastes amazing.

Sonic blushes at my statement and smiles at my compliment.

Sonic: Well it's my mother's recipe. Whenever me or my siblings were sick, she'd make us this soup to make us feel better.

Shadow: I remember my sister, Maria, would make me or Meph soup when we were sick...

Sonic: Maria?

Oh right she doesn't know about Maria yet...

Shadow: Ah yes... Maria was my sister... our older sister.

Sonic: Was? Wait... don't tell me she's-

Shadow: Yes she sadly passed away shortly after highschool...

Sonic looked at me with sadness and set aside the soup to hug me.

Sonic: I'm so sorry to hear that Shadow... If you don't mind... How was she like...?

I started remembering my older sister. How she took care of us and her music...

Shadow: She was always caring and loved me and meph. When our parents were away on business trips which is always, she would take care of us. I remember we used to listen to her play on the piano... Even in school she was well known for her piano skills and kind personality.

Sonic: Is that why the piano room is empty?

Shadow: *nods* Yes. After she died no one wanted to enter that room. Now there's a weird conspiracy of it being 'haunted'. I personally don't believe it but I sometimes would stay in the room for personal time. That is, until you came along...

Sonic blushes and I chuckle at her reaction. I place a hand on her shoulder and I grab the bowl of soup and continue to eat it. It's really good and I wanted to eat more.

Shadow: Well, I've said my piece about my family. You wanna maybe tell me a bit about yours?

Sonic: Ah right,, you barely know much other than Scrouge's knowledge of me and my siblings.

Sonic sits on the bed and rests on my shoulder getting ready to tell me her story.

Sonic: Well back home we were raised to appreciate music and I've grown up with it my whole life. My sister Sonia is way better at the piano than me, she can make anything sound beautiful... my brother Manic, man is he a god at the drums. We used to play as a band back then but we all had our own musical differences, Sonia liked classical, Manic loved rock, and I liked to do things on my own. We agreed to do what we liked and well that's when I started getting called up to sing for potential idol groups. That's when I encountered my first and most successful gig... that I just quit.

Sonic stares at the wall disappointed. Seems like whatever happened there must've been really bad. I pat her back and she smiles.

Sonic: Yeah well I don't regret it! I met you when I left afterwards and I'd rather be here than there!! *grins*

I smile and finish up the soup. I put it away and I get up from the bed and pick her up.

Shadow: Well then... story time's over. Let's go downstairs and make dinner. Then you can teach me how you made that soup. *smirk*

Sonic giggles and nods in agreement. I carry her downstairs and we laugh until we reach the kitchen and we stop in our tracks.

TBC