A holiday! [Sonadow] (discontinued)

Chapter 5

It was a sunny morning, the air conditioner blowing softly against the two hedgehogs' fur and the sun pouring through the clear balcony door. Sonic was the first to awaken and he opened his eyes and blinked slowly as he felt voices speaking in his head.

"Hey, I'm Nicky, your caretaker. Are you okay?"

Sonic blinked again, furrowing his eye ridges as he sat up and blinked. He felt depersonalized, feeling like he wasn't in his body.

He stood in a black area, looking at Nicky, a shorter version of him with glasses and actually wore fashionable clothing.

"Who..?"

"I'm Nicky, your protecter. You couldn't speak yesterday. I switched you out, if you didn't know."

"What do you mean you switched me out?"

"I switched you with the little."

"What? Little?"

"Her name is Blur, she went in front when you curled up."

"I don't even know- Am I the only one one who doesn't know?"

"No, but you are one of them. You barely shared your consciousness."

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"Does he not have glasses?" Nicky went in front, and turned around to see Shadow next to him, "Who's this?" He narrowed his eyes at the other before standing up.

He searched for his glasses in Sonic's luggage and when he found it, he put it on and smiled. He always had come in front to sort and organize things so he knew what he had packed. He grabbed his clothing and went into the bathroom to shower.

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Shadow sat up and yawned just to see that Sonic wasn't by his side. He looked at the bathroom and he didn't see him. He scratched his head, confused, but he continued with his daily routine without the blue one.

After he showered and got ready for the day, he hear the door click open. Sonic was back.

"Uh, who was his roommate again?" Nicky narrowed his eyes, attempting to think back to the name.

He pulled up his notes and saw that this person's name was Shadow. He nodded, "Shadow, I'm back!" He said with a smile.

Shadow was sat on the bed, his clothing hanging loosely over him, his dark hoodie covering the highest part of his lower body and his pants were covering his knees, "Hey there. You're acting weird today." He spoke up quietly.

"So, uh, who are you?"

"Shadow. Don't you remember?"

"What went down yesterday?"

"Sex, and sad stuff. You had a panic attack."

"Oh, no. That's not me. That's Sonic."

"But you are Sonic.?"

"Uh, no. He's just the host. I'm one of his alters," Nicky said with a fond smile and pushed his glasses upwards.

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"So.. You're his caretaker. And there's a little in him called Blur.. Is there anything else I should know?"

"We barely switch often. Maybe a few times a day when no one is around. Sonic just isn't as aware. This is the first time I came in front to talk to others. I would mostly just speak into his head. And switches can be triggered, but we mostly do it consensually, even when Sonic doesn't know."

Shadow nodded and twiddled with his fingers, unsure what to say as Nicky spaced out, blinking slowly.

"Sorry, I think I'm going to switch. You won't be seeing Sonic too early today, we need to give him some time."