A holiday! [Sonadow] (discontinued)

Chapter 2

Sonic woke up in the middle of the night, unable to fall asleep. He was faced with Shadow facing him with his eyes closed, sleeping peacefully. He blushed a little at the sight.

Sonic really wanted to just hop of the bed and run all around again, but he just wouldn't, plus, he couldn't anyway, he was sick.

He slowly shuffled to the end of the bed, landed his feet on the ground with a quiet thud and stood up. He walked to the bathroom and set up a hot bath for himself. He wasn't feeling like using the shower. He watched the water slowly rise up, moving gently like how the rivers he encountered moved. He placed his hand into the water to test the temperature.

"Ow! Damn it!" Sonic squeaked and jumped back.

He turned the water off and ran towards the sink. He ran cold water on top his burnt hand and bit his lip to restrict himself from crying in pain.

"Sonic?" Shadow entered the bathroom in his yellow cardigan sliding on his shoulders as he rubbed his eyes, "What happened?"

"I, uh, kinda burnt my hand?" Sonic said quietly.

Shadow's eyes bolted open. He walked towards Sonic and turned the tap off. He picked up Sonic's hand and looked at it, while Sonic stood there, frozen, screaming in the back of his mind. He tapped his legs on the ground while Shadow was examining his hand.

Shadow stuck his tongue out slightly and began to lick the area that was burnt. His head bobbed up and down, front and back slowly. Sonic blushed heavily, his hand quaking. Shadow got Sonic's hand under the tap again and turned the cold water on.

"I-I can wash my hand on my own," Sonic said quickly as he draws his hand back from Shadow.

Shadow raised an eyebrow at him before backing away, giving Sonic personal space after he'd realised he intruded it.

Sonic wet his hands with the water and pumped some soap out of the bottle. He scrubbed it around for a little while and rinsed it off. He screwed the tap shut and wiped the water off with a dry towel.

After Shadow watched Sonic wash his own hands, he went to check the tub. The water was indeed hot. He drained some water and then stopped. He shifted the water to be warm and let it flood the tub. He tested the water every few minutes.

Sonic, after washing and wiping his hand dry, walked out of the bathroom and rummaged through his luggage. He picked out a grey T-shirt with 'GOTTA GO FAST!' printed on it. He smiled at it and walked into the bathroom again, and was met with Shadow dozing off while leaning on the wall. The water was perfectly warm, just hot enough for Sonic to bathe.

"Hey, Shads?" Sonic tapped Shadow's shoulder and paused to look at Shadow's neck and shoulder, "You can go back to bed," He added softly and shifted the cardigan to be on Shadow's shoulders equally.

"Hmm?" Shadow blinked his eyes open gently, and rubbed his eyes as he yawned, "No, once I wake up, I won't go back to sleep until it's nighttime," He added quietly as his yellow cardigan slipped down again.

Sonic pouted at him, "Go to sleep, man!"

Shadow shook his head and stretched his body up, and moaned quietly as he does so. Sonic blushed a little more and shook his head to forget it.

"C'mon! I'm sick but that doesn't mean you have to check up on me," Sonic exclaimed while he placed his hands on his hips and pushed his face closer to Shadow's.

Shadow backed his head away as he stood up straight instead of slouching, towering over Sonic slightly. Sonic muted himself, with his mouth frozen open but unable to speak.

"I'm not going back to sleep."

Sonic crossed his arms and returned to his usual stance, "Well, could you at least get out?"