Closeted🏳️‍⚧️ (Trans Sonic x Shadow)

Back at the Hospital

Tw! Angst, mentions of blood
Sonic's POV

I stared out the window, sitting in the hospital bed they had me in.
A heart monitor was keeping rate of my beat, and an IV with my blood type was attached to my wrist.

Apparently I had lost a lot of blood from being stabbed, and my arm hurt badly.

I didn't want to be in the hospital anymore. It was too quiet, too white and clean, and there was no one to talk to.

I wanted to be back at home snuggled into Shadow's arms while we watched some cheesy rom-com like "Return to Me" or "While you were sleeping", and he would always sing along with the music playing in the background, or to show off, sing it in Spanish.

But nope, I had to be kidnapped, threatened, and stabbed.
I totally loved this.
I sighed and flopped back into the bed.

"Dark? You there?" I said into the emptiness.

Nope, no answer.

I would turn on the TV but my arm hurt too much to move, and the heart monitor was attached to my other arm.

So now I just wait for someone to come.

And it was if my prayers had been answered because the door immediately was flung open.

"SONIC?!?"

"SHADOW!!" I exclaimed, sitting up in bed, hearing the heart monitor's beeps speed up.

The ebony hedgehog immediately hugged me.
"Oh thank chaos. I was so scared for you." He gasped.

"You were scared? I was terrified for you! Is your hand okay?" I asked.

"Sonic, why are you so worried about me?!? You literally got stabbed clean through the arm!!" Shadow said, his ruby eyes meeting my emerald ones.

"Because I love you and I was afraid that he was gonna hurt you! Plus you went out of it when I got stabbed! It was like you couldn't even hear me!" I whined.

"You were the one that was kidnapped! You were hung up over water, you're terrified of water! AND FUCKING PIRANHAS THAT WOULD HAVE RIPPED YOU UP INTO A VERY DEAD HEDGEHOG. And you're fucking worried about me?!?" He said, letting go of our hug and holding my face in his hands.

"Yes! I am! You mean a lot to me Shadow!" I stated.

"You mean so much more to me, dumbass!" He said.

We both glared at each other for a moment before instantly kissing each other, both having the same thought.

"Mm, don't ever do that again, I love you too much too lose you." He said into our kiss.

"Same thing to you bastard, mm, I don't want you risking it all for me again!" I answered back.

We kissed for a good minute before pulling away. He then hugged my waist again, burying his face in my stomach.
"I'm so sorry, I couldn't protect you. I should have just told you to stay in the house, I-"

"It's okay Shadow. Neither of us could have seen it coming." I said softly, stroking his quills to calm him down.

"But you got stabbed, and I could have stopped it if I took him out quicker and you wouldn't be here and, and, and..." His voice started shaking and he looked up at me, tears in his eyes.

"I'm a horrible boyfriend aren't I?"

"Shadow! No! Of course not! Why would you think that?" I gasped.

"B-because, I let you get kidnapped and hurt, and when Fiona was mean to you I embarrassed you in front of everyone, I-I-I'm technically the reason you almost killed yourself....I've been so mean to you even before we started hanging out, why, why do you still like me?" He said, getting choked up on his words as he stared up at me with watery eyes.

I had never seen Shadow actually cry before, it wasn't something he did around just anyone.
But now here he was sobbing as he had his arms wrapped around me, and I ran my fingers through his quills to calm him down.
This reminded me of when he comforted me on the day I had my panic attack, the day our whole relationship actually started to work itself out.

"Shadow, you saved me, you've been there for me through everything. We may have started off rough before I transitioned, but I care about you, and I know you care about me too. I love you Shadow, and nothing's gonna change that." I said, pressing my forehead against his.

It was quiet for a moment, except for the steady beeping of my heart monitor.

"Thank you Sonic, I love you too." He said softly. "I'm sorry, I just got so scared when you were kidnapped. I was scared that the future I planned for us wouldn't happen."

"You planned a future for us?" I asked softly, a smile spreading across my features. Chaos, he's so cute.

"I dunno, kind of. I don't know if our relationship will last forever, but I guess it's just wishful thinking..." He sighed.

"No, no, I wanna hear it, what did you see for us Shads?" I asked.

"Well, I saw me and you dating for maybe a couple years then me, proposing to you maybe at a park on our anniversary, we'd get married and our wedding wouldn't be too big, and the color scheme would be blues and golds and greens, and I didn't want to incorporate red because then it would just look awkward. Then, I dunno maybe you'd move in with me, and we'd start our own little life together. I'd get money from GUN and you'd do the hero-thing, and maybe we might raise a kid or two..."

"Adoption though, I may not have had my bottom surgery but I am not actually having any kids." I giggled softly.

"Got it, got it, and then...I guess that be kinda it....you and I, just living a life together until the day you pass away...and then I'll be here alone..."

"Maybe I'll find a way to become immortal like you. I wouldn't mind living forever if I get to wake up to you every day." I said softly. "But that future sounds nice."

He smiled and it was quiet once more. So we just sat there, holding each other.

"I really love you, Sonic."

"I love you more, Shadow."

"I love you most."

Tails's POV

I backed away from the door with a smile.
I had come to visit Sonic but it seems he was already happy as he was now.

This is exactly what I wanted for him.

No one understood Sonic, not even me.
And I had always wished one day he would find someone who could understand him, even if it wasn't me.

And it looks like he finally has.