Closeted🏳️‍⚧️ (Trans Sonic x Shadow)

Getting the idea of change

Sonic's POV

I sat at the table with Shadow, Tails, Silver Knuckles, Rouge, Vanilla, and Cream.

I had just come out to the other three who didn't know and now Knuckles was processing it while Vanilla and Cream were happily congratulated me for coming to terms with my identity.
It had felt much easier to come out to them now. I could easily say it without crying buckets, I just hope I could hold myself together when I had to tell my Mom and Manic and Sonia.

"Well, that's great! Uhm, Sorry Sonic, I know this may sound insensitive, but...you don't really look like guy..." Said Knuckles. "Not like you can't! I mean you're taking hormone pills, right? And maybe you could cut your quills?"

I understood where Knux was coming from, he was still kinda new to this.

"Yeah, I wanna get top surgery too, but it's soooooo expensive!" I groaned, leaning back in my chair.

"True true, but congrats, man!" He said, patting me on the back.

"Thanks Knux." I said with a smile.

"Man I hope none of our other friends are gonna be totally transphobic about this. We know a lot of people." Hummed Knuckles.

"Well, I've told mostly everyone... I guess, Gadget, Infinite, Surge, Scourge, Big, Punk, Sally, Honey, and the Babylon Rouges. However I'm less worried about most of them being mean about it, only Gadget, Sally, and Honey. Although..." I hummed. "Scourge might get weirdly perverted about it." I groaned, my nose scrunching up.

"Remember that time he tried to flirt with Maria? Oh my chaos, Shadow nearly took his head off with that chaos spear!" Laughed Tails.

"I was aiming for his head. However I didn't want to hit Maria in the process." Said Shadow, chewing on the coffee beans he asked for.

"Hey what about Eggman? What do you think he'll do about it?" Asked Silver.

"Hopefully just respect my identity or else I'll kick his butt." I chuckled. "Same for Starline and Rough and Tumble."

"Sounds good to me." Said Shadow.

"I do hope you have an easy time telling your family, Sonic. Just know that if all goes wrong you're always welcome in our family." Said Vanilla with that same motherly smile. "However I expect your family to accept you. Your mother is a very kind woman."

"Thank you Vanilla." I said with a smile.

"You're welcome dear, now if you'll excuse us, me and Cream are having a small picnic with the Chaotix. We shall see you all later!" Vanilla said, taking Cream's hand.

"Bye Mr. Sonic! Bye Mr. Shadow! Bye Miss Rouge! Bye Mr. Knuckles and Mr. Silver! Bye Tails!" Said Cream as her and Vanilla left.

"Bye Vanilla! Bye Cream sweetie!" Said Rouge.

"Goodbye Vanilla, and Cream." Said Shadow.

I waved to them as they left the cafe.

I turned back to the group sitting at the table.

"Sooo.....you guys wanna come play video games at my place?" I asked.

~time skip~

Silver, Shadow, and Knuckles were now sitting on our couch, playing street fighter while Tails made a snack bowl in the kitchen.

I chuckled then ran upstairs, planing on changing my outfit to something more casual.

I pulled off my tank top once upstairs and threw on a t-shirt and a large hoodie that almost hung down to my knees.
I pulled on a pair of sweatpants, and then kicked my shoes off.

I then ran to the bathroom, planning on pulling my quills back, but I stopped as I looked in the mirror.

I was feeling great internally yeah, and the hormone pills were slowly working on making my voice a bit deeper and giving some more masculine features but I still looked like....Soraya. Not Sonic.

I huffed, folding my arms.

I opened a drawer, planning on grabbing a hair tie from it when I realized I opened the wrong drawer.

Instead inside was a pair of styling scissors and a razor.

Tails held onto the stuff to help with his fur that would get too long. I never really thought about cutting my quills anytime but now that I looked at them the idea didn't seem half bad.

I mean you're taking hormone pills, right? And maybe you could cut your quills?

What Knuckles had said replayed in my head.

I looked up into the mirror. My current quills were long and would be touching my back if they didn't naturally spike back.
I had bangs that framed my face, and a slight white streak in my quills from nearly being electrocuted by Eggman when he and Infinite tortured me for six months.

I glanced at the scissors and made my decision.

I grabbed them out of the drawer and held one of my bangs.
"Goodbye Soraya." I said as I snipped off the quills.

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Shadow's POV

"Hey where's Sonic? He's been upstairs for a while..." Said Rouge, walking in.

I glanced behind me, he had been up there for a while maybe something happened?
"I can go check on him." I said, standing up.

Then there was creak in the stairs like someone was coming down.
I looked towards the hallway to the stairs as Sonic walked in.

And I wasn't expecting what he looked like to take me by surprise.

He fidgeted with his hoodie string, then looked at us with a nervous smile.

"Hey guys!"