I'll Keep You Safe (Sonadow)

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*Sonic's POV *
It was known that Maurice the Hedgehog was gay but I had personally not come out to my friends yet. Never thought about it, and it never came up. Sure, I should have probably told Amy at some point that she would absolutely never have a chance with me, but she should have learned that by now from all the times I had run away from her.

At the ceremony, all my mother would bring to me were guys my age. Most of them immediately asked me to take off the mask, which, of course, I never did and ended up making them leave. Of course, why would someone actually go for someone they can't see? Someone who has secrets.

I was exhausted the next morning, even more so when I woke up extra early because Sage started crying. I picked her up and fed her, soothing her as she fell back asleep. I couldn't go back to sleep myself so I decided to go home after saying bye to my family. She always made sure guards would walk me out to the gate, some standing in front of me to cover my face from civilians until I was able to be as far away as possible where no one would question it.

I had learned by now that Sage actually pretty much enjoyed it when I ran. She found it fascinating and would giggle all the way to our destination.

I didn't go home, I went straight to Tails' house and opened the door using the spare key he had given me. He lived closer to Rouge than me, so I decided to crash on his couch. I knocked out with Sage on top of me.

"Sonic? What are you doing here?" I woke up when I no longer felt Sage in my arms and heard her giggling. She was on the floor, chasing after Tails' tails. How cute.

"I was too tired to go home, plus you live closer to Rouge than me. What time do we need to go?" I asked as I sat up.

"Actually. Now. The ceremony is about to be shown on the news and she wanted to watch it as a group. We are going out to eat as a group afterward, and the party is later tonight." I groaned at that as I stretched and stood up. "Will you tell them today?"

"Yes. I was planning to." I picked up Sage and yawned. "Hopefully, nothing interrupts me this time."

"Yeah." Tails chuckled, then walked to the door. "Let's go." 

Rouges house was walking distance so I didn't have to run. Thank chaos for that. I was exhausted. We knocked on her door, and she was quick to answer it.

"Finally. You are the last ones. It's about to start!" She grabbed our hands and dragged us in. Making us sit on her couch where I sat between Shadow and Silver and Tails sat on the couch adjacent to where I was.

"There they are!" Amy said as Manic, Sonia, and I appeared on the TV. She was sitting between Tails and Rouge. Blaze, and Knuckles, sitting on the floor in front of me behind the coffee table that held the popcorn and snacks. Of course, they couldn't tell it was me because of the suit, the mask, different colored gloves, and the different style I had in my quills.

"They're all so pretty." Blaze said, I glanced at Tails, feeling a bit nervous now. Tails made eye contact with me, I knew he was mentally telling me to tell them already. Most of the group agreed with what Blaze said, making me slightly tense up. Silver grabbed Sage from my arms and played around with her, making her giggle and stay calm.

"Oh, come on, you can't even tell how Maurice looks like. You can't possibly find him attractive. I bet he's hiding his face because he knows he's not like his family." Knuckles said while crossing his arms. Wow. Thanks, Knux.

"What are you talking about? I think he's very handsome. You don't have to look under the mask to tell." Rouge said, and suddenly, Tails reached for the popcorn, staring at me as he ate some.

I know! I know I have to tell them, but now I am uncomfortable!

I could see Shadow roll his eyes as he was very uninterested in this. I bet he was only here because Rouge made him. At least he wasn't attacking me, but that was most likely because I was still trying to avoid him.