𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙧.

•𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧•

The moment Shadow got off the phone with Miles, he sighed and sat down on the bed beside Sonic, his hand placing itself comfortingly on the blue blur's knee. Sonic grunted lightly and tried to lift himself up to look at the darker male. "Was that Tails?"
"Yeah. He's been working on something for you. I'll be going to see him the day after tomorrow. I don't want to leave you alone here just yet. I'm worried they'll take you again," Shadow admitted and rubbed his eye after he had felt a single drop of mist beginning to form on his lower lid. God, he was developing emotions just for him. Why now?

"Hey." Shadow's ears perked up. "No tears," Sonic managed to rasp, raising his undamaged arm to Shadow, using his hand to turn Shadow's face towards his. "None of this was your fault."
"But it was!" Shadow countered and moved Sonic's hand away from his face. His throat felt tight and he could hardly keep from crying.

"If I just hadn't taken you to the woods that morning, none of-" Shadow was silenced by a kiss. It was slow and passionate, filled to the brim with tender love that could not be faked, even by the most skilled of actors. Shadow tilted his head, releasing Sonic's lips only but a few seconds later with a weak sigh.

"Stop blaming yourself." Shadow remained silent, simply staring down at the sheets beneath their bodies. His blue counterpart caressed his cheek lovingly before he suddenly gripped his stomach. His muzzle paled to a sickly green and he looked towards the life form for assistance. Shadow immediately understood. He limped to the bathroom as quickly as he could and hastily rummaged through the bottom cabinets beneath the sink for a bucket. He soon found a plastic one and set it down beside the bed.

He helped Sonic to roll over, where the younger hedgehog spilled his guts out, thick liquids filled with blood and foul-smelling bile sloshed at the bottom of the gray container, both of the males staring down with disgust. Sonic wiped the drool from his lower lip and laid back in his bed, panting and gripping his aching belly. It would be bruised and painfully swollen for some time. That needle had punctured deep within him in a very unpleasant way.

"Kiss me?" Sonic asked weakly. Shadow gave him a chaste kiss on the cheek, proceeding to stand so he could fetch Sonic's toothbrush and toothpaste. As much as he had grown fond of Sonic, he wasn't exactly keen on getting Sonic's sick in his own mouth. That just wasn't his thing. He helped Sonic to clean his mouth of pointed fangs, using a small cup filled with water he had also retrieved from next to the sink for Sonic to rinse his mouth with before spitting into his bucket.

Then, Shadow took the bucket to the shower, cleaned it out, set it back under the sink, and returned to Sonic's side, where he placed a proper kiss on his lover's lips, this time. Sonic smiled, his good arm coiling around Shadow to pull him closer, careful with Shadow's broken leg. Even in spite of his pain, Sonic managed to remain resilient and unwavering. It was one of the (several) things Shadow admired about Sonic. He might even go as far as to say he loved it.

Their tongues coiled playfully around each other, Sonic's quickly dominating Shadow's and slipping deeper into his mouth, his fingers fastening to Shadow's silky pelt. "If I wasn't so banged up right now, I would have pinned you to this bed and fucked your brains out already." Sonic's low whisper next to his sensitive ear made Shadow shudder, his face adopting a color not unlike those of his bright stripes. He exhaled shakily, kissing Sonic once more. The agent could feel Sonic's left hand begin to slide down his curves and towards his behind, squeezing his ass and prompting a quiet mewl from Shadow.

Sonic smirked triumphantly into their kiss, continuing to feel along Shadow's body with an experienced hand, his other pushing through the ache so it too could lift and begin to grope at Shadow's body. Gaia had already set to work at relieving him of his fresh injury; it was honestly impressive. His left hand made its way up to his chest, where he felt around until his thumb brushed over one of Shadow's perky nipples beneath his ebony fur. Shadow's back arched slightly, another grunt being repressed as he broke the kiss with Sonic.