The prince of hell

ch 8; Morty's place

"Woah-..." Knuckles bursts out with the phone in the hand, while sitting on the bed with Shadow next him.
The hedgehog hums asking, and looks over Knuckles' shoulder at the phone. There he could see a dark picture with a blood moon.
Knuckles glances at him.
"There will be a blood moon in two weeks-... Isn't that awesome?!"
Shadow's heart starts pounding faster... Only two weeks left, huh?

When Knuckles doesn't gets any respond right away, he starts raising an eyebrow while turning a slightly toward him.
Shadow's heart skips a beat.
"Y-yeah-..." he answers with a nervous smile who looks more stiff than natural.
The echidna looks curiously at him.
"Something wrong with the blood moon?"
Shadow gulps.
"N-no-... It's not... I-..." he shakes the head.
When Knuckles still looks unconvinced, Shadow sighs.
"... Let's say that moon means a lot for me..."
Knuckles grunts surprised.
"It does?-... How?"
Shadow gives him a short glare of annoyance. Wasn't it obvious, he didn't wanted to talk about it?!
The glare made Knuckles to flinch, and he starts looking bothered away.
Shadow inhales deeply with closed eyes.
"... Sorry-..." he exhales and opened the eyes.
"Hm?"
Shadow smiles.
"-... I can't tell you yet... It's a secret"

Knuckles wides the eyes and stares at him with pounding heart.
Soon he starts blushing a slightly.
"Oh-kay-... You can tell me... When you are R-ready..."
Shadow grins, and wraps the arms around Knuckles' shoulders from the side, and a slightly behind him.
"...Thank you Knux-..." he says in low voice against Knuckles' ear.
Knuckles shudders.
"N-no-... Problems..." he gulps.
Shadow leans a little over him, where he kisses the side of Knuckles' forehead.
"I'm hungry-... Do you wanna go on a date?" Shadow suggests.

Knuckles jolts in joy.
"I-I...D-do!... But-... I'm not S-sure... If any restaurant is open today..." he fidgets.
Shadow raises an eyebrow.
"Why not?"
Knuckles inhales deeply.
" 'Cause it's Sunday... Most places are closed today..."
"Weird-..." Shadow exhales and leans away from him. With the arms still around him.
The echidna bites the bottom lip, thoughtfully.
Then his eyes fell on the screen where the picture of the blood moon is still on.
He flinches.
"Oh-... I can maybe find a place on internet!" He grins, and starts browsing on Google where he types the town name and adds; restaurants who are opened on Sundays.
Shadow glances curiously at the screen.
"There should be least a restaurant opened... 'Cause it's weird if they all are closed... Sunday isn't any different than a monday-..."
Knuckles nods.
"Yeah-... It's weird... Do they really think everyone are staying at home today?!...Oh-..." he exhales surprised when he found a place, not very far away, who is opened.
Shadow hums asking.
Knuckles grins, and looks at him, where he shakes the phone a little.
"I found a place-..." he points at the screen.
Morty's place.
Shadow stares confused at the name of the restaurant.
"... Sounds weird-... Have you eaten there?"
Knuckles shakes the head.
"...No?-... I haven't... I didn't even knew it existed... Which is weird... 'Cause it seems I'm passing that restaurant every time I'm walking to the gym..." he hums confused, and opened the online menu.
He starts eyeing the names of the dishes.
Shadow tilts the head and let's go of Knuckles.
"The gym?-... What are you doing there?"
Knuckles shrugs.
"Working out-... Oh?-... It seems they have chicken and falafel..." he says surprised.

Soon Knuckles shoves the phone into the pocket of his pale, green colored jeans.
"So?-... Should we eat at Morty's place? Or at burger King?"
Shadow squints the eyes thoughtfully.
Then he shrugs and smiles at him.
"You can choose-... I don't mind wherever we eat"
Knuckles nods.
"A-ight-... Let's try Morty's then..." he says and stands up where he pulls the black tank top off.
Shadow stiffened, and couldn't stop staring at the echidna's abs.

Knuckles drops the tank top on the floor and picks up a black shirt from the wardrobe.
While he starts buttoning the shirt, he looks asking at Shadow.
"Do you wanna borrow something from my clothes?" He asks.
Shadow starts blushing, and couldn't stop thinking how he would use another sweater who smells as Knuckles, and the fabric softener he uses.
"Well?-..."
Shadow starts stuttering.
"I-... Ehm... I'm F-fine..."  he swallows hardly.
Maybe it was a big mistake to sleep at Knuckles' place....
These feelings might complicate everything....