𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲//𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 →𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰

He just couldn't stand you. 

Almost everything about you was positive. 

If the ebony hedgehog was being honest with himself, he'd much rather stay as far away from you as possible.

Why were you so caring? So kind? So compassionate? So loving? So generous? So.... pathetic? Surely there was a reason you'd go in and out of your way not to just help others, but to help him too. 

He couldn't even recall how many times he's pushed you away, yelled at you,  hurt your feelings, hurt you physically. No matter what he did, he would always see you the next day, asking him if he needed anything or if he was hurt. 

You would have never noticed, but just being In the same room as you makes him uncomfortable. And it's not your fault, there wasn't anything you had done to him to make hate you the way he does. 

He didn't have a problem with who you were, it's who you remind him of that sets him off. 

You talk just like her. 

You smile just like her. 

You sound just like her. 

You cared about him, just like her. 

Hell, sometimes you even looked like her. 

And it hurt him so much as to even look at you, you brought back so many memories, memories that the hedgehog was trying so hard to forget. But because of you, they keep hurting him. And because of that, he keep hurting you, but each time he did he'd wish he didn't. Most of the time he would just hit you hard enough to push you away from him. 

But this time, he went too far. 

You were helping him pach himself up after one of his 'little' fights with his rival, sonic. You always wondered why the two would jump each other every time they see one another, but you decided not too ask. As you raped a bandage around one of his arms, your fingers traced another scar on his arm. The scar was fairly big, take up about half of his upper arm, and you couldn't help but wonder how he got it. While it seemed like a bad idea, you asked him. 

His face seemed to darken when you asked. 

It was only when he looked at you that you realized you probably shouldn't have said anything. 

“its none of your business.. weakling”

You were a little taken back by shadows insult, but you were still felt like you needed to know about the scar. Seeing your friend hurt without a explanation made you worried. 

“Shadow, I just wanted to know what happened too yo-” 

“I SAID ITS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!”

You practical jumped out of your own skin at his out burst. Sure, he had yelled at you before, but this time you could hear the anger in his voice. 

“I-...I'm sorry”

You weren't really sure if saying 'sorry' was gonna do much, but you tried. 

Shadow went silent for a moment, not even moving to muscle. 

“i'm so sorry, I just wanted to know if you were okay...” 

The room went silent, the only thing you were able to hear was the unstable breathing coming from Shadow. You had triggered another memory, but you didn't know that. Ever time you tried to help this would happen. Was it something you did? Something you said? Did he just not like you?  You were lost in thought, but the sound of shadows voice brought you back. 

“Why?” 

You tilted your head, confused. You weren't sure what he meant by 'why'. 

“what do you mean?..” 

He sat up and turned to look at you. His crimson red eyes stairing daggers right into your soul. 

“why does it matter to you if I'm ok your or not” 

He had asked you this question before, but you never were able to respond. 

“why aren't you scared of me?...why do you care for me?” 

You were very scared of him actually, but as to the reson you cared? You never stopped to think about it. If you were being honest you loved helping others, but helping shadow was different for you. You once considered you had feeling for him, but the thought never really settled until now, you had feeling for him.

He was still looking at you, waiting for an answer. 

“i.. I'm not sure....I guess...I like you?” 

Shadows seemed a little shocked by your response. He turned away from you, thinking to himself. You liked him?  In a romantic way? Was that the reason you cared about him so much? Everything was starting to make sense, you stuck with helping him in hopes he would notice you, at least that's what made the most sense to him. And while he wasn't sure if he returned your feelings, the idea of dating you didn't seem that bad. You weren't a bad person at all, and you weren't bad looking either. Nothing about you was bad, but you reminded him so much of her...

But maybe that was a good thing.

He definitely knew he wasn't getting her back, and you were the closest thing to her. 

Maybe he had been wrong about you. 

He turned back to you, clearing his throat to get attention. You looked back at him, a bit scared of what he would say next.

“𝐈... 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨..”

(A/N: OKKKKKKKKK- I had some trouble with this one. I wanted it it be romantic, but have a little bit of angst (because it's Shadow, okay?). I know the Maria gag is overused but I couldn't think of anything else-