The Box - Sonadow Fanfiction

Just Have Fun

"You seem awful chipper lately." Amy watched on curiously as Sonic shoveled chili dog after chili dog into his mouth, eating as if he had never tasted food before.
"Is that right?" He said between mouthfuls, smiling widely in her direction without even a glimmer of care in the world, sat at an outdoor restaurant with all his closest friends.
The past week had been what felt a real blessing from Chaos itself; night after night and day after day of being fucked over and over until he finally had to tap out and admit he couldn't even feel anything down there anymore, only for Shadow to stumble over and agree wholeheartedly, as if he had been pushing himself as hard as he possibly could. Shadow had even contemplated removing his inhibitor rings but argued to himself that he could very easily rip Sonic in half if he took off even one.
Amy winced as she observed her friend dip a chili dog into ice cold water and slurp it down in one gulp, "ok, no, that's so gross!" She exclaimed, urging Sonic to slow down.
Knuckles was, however, extremely impressed and even offered his own food to see just how far Sonic would take it.
Amy pushed it back, "don't encourage him! What's wrong with you?!" She turned away to see if anyone at their table was on her side, only to be disappointed by her feral friends all rooting for Sonic's random one-person eating contest.
Even Tails, who usually regarded himself as polite, was ordering more food from an uncomfortable waiter.
"Come on, Amy-" Sonic swallowed, "lighten up!"
She rolled her eyes and just sat back in her chair, giving up, "if you all want to watch him make himself sick, go ahead."
"Food doesn't make you sick," Knuckles piped in, "only germs make you sick."
Amy slapped her hand to her head.
Stix leaned over to the great red lump she called a friend, "you know, I bet he's got some sorta alien in there that's eating it all for him, and if he stops he dies." She eyes Sonic cautiously, slowly inching back.
"No, haha, I'm just absolutely starving," Sonic bit into a French fry, "all Shadow has is healthy crap, I swear he eats like nothing except a kale smoothie twice a day. Kale." He gagged and garbled down a few more fries, "who eats kale?"
"Well, if you care about your body you might try it sometime." All heads turned to the opposite side of the table where Shadow had suddenly popped in and joined them.
Amy nodded and pointed at him, "yes exactly. A balanced diet, Sonic."
Sonic rolled his eyes and put down the chili dog in his hands.
Knuckles frowned, "oh come on! Don't listen to these nerds!"
"What did I miss?" Tails asked, putting the platter of food down in the middle of the table for everyone to share, "how many more did he eat?"
"Only three," the echidna slumped in his chair, "the health nuts got to him."
Tails clicked, "but I got so much more!" He then noticed Shadow and flinched, he still wasn't completely used to seeing him around so much, and after years of being kicked away and thrown around by him it was a natural reaction.
Sonic saw this and put a hand on his best friend's shoulder. Shadow watched silently, as he did best.
Tails took his seat and soon the group got to chatting about their days and future plans, Knuckles occasionally chomping down some food, Shadow randomly pitching in to offer his two-cents and be met with immediate disagreement. They rambled back and forth offering suggestions and ideas, finding flaws with every plan but their own personal ones.
"See guys, this is why we never leave the island." Amy scolded, "we can't agree on anything!"
"We can agree you have control issues." Knuckles said quietly, only to be met with a furious gaze from the pink hedgehog.
"Because if I didn't," Amy huffed, "you'd still be living under the stars!" Knuckles sunk his head low.
"What if we just do what we always do and get ready for interstellar wars?" Stix chimed in for the fifth time.
Tails sighed, "only you do that Stix."
"And it's very rewarding!" She exclaimed, crossing her arms and sitting back against her chair.
"Well I don't know why no one wants to go to Green Hills." Sonic interjected, watching as every person at the table, including Shadow, rolled their eyes.
"There are more places to see than Green Hills, Sonic." Amy said.
Shadow met Sonic's gaze for a split second as both their minds thought of their shared little island sanctuary.
The group continued bantering for what felt like years as the food slowly depleted and Knuckles started swaying sleepily, he tapped Sonic on the shoulder and gestured for him to follow. Sonic nodded and waved to the table that they'll be a moment as he followed his bulky friend away from the restaurant around a corner out eyesight and earshot. Shadow watched carefully as his lover went out of sight.
"What's up Knucks?" Sonic asked curiously, as it wasn't often he got pulled aside.
"I'm just gonna head out soon but wanted to give you something first." He yawned, reaching into a small bag and handing Sonic a weird looking plastic stick thing with one white and one blue end.
"Heh, what is this?" Sonic studied the thing before finally realizing what he had just been handed.
"Is this is a pregnancy test?!" He shouted silently, peering behind himself to ensure no one was there, "why on earth are you giving me this?!"
Knuckles shrugged, "I've got plenty. Don't worry about it."
"Wha-what?? Why?! I don't wan-"
Knuckles raised a palm to silence his stammering friend, "dude, I'm probably the only one here who gets tang as much as you do, trust me. Better to be safe than sorry."
Sonic's mouth went very dry, he clambered and grasped for something to reply with but was in such a shock being handed something so embarrassing by his most masculine friend that he ended up just looking around sporadically before finally realizing what the stick truly meant.
"Wait a minute-" he started at he begun filling in the pieces, "does this mean.." he thought back to the condoms, back to the realization he could get pregnant, back to the sex safety talks he was forced to have, "you all think I've been the bottom this whole time?!" He looked desperately at Knuckles.
"Well, yeah. Have you seen Shadow?" He yawned again, "besides, it's no big deal, I know what it's like. Rougue is into some freaky shit." He smiled at Sonic and trotted happily away, as if handing his male friend a pregnancy test was an everyday occurrence.
Sonic watched him leave and then looked back down at the test, gritting his teeth as he debated between tossing it or tucking it into his glove. He pressed his hand down on his stomach and cursed quietly, wishing he was normal and hating the reminder that he wasn't, that he was turned into some freak by Eggman and would have to spend maybe his whole life like this.
"Free pregnancy test, nice." Shadow said, approaching Sonic casually.
Sonic jumped and shoved the stick into his glove, turning to Shadow and taking in a huge breath.
"What's wrong?" Shadow asked, placing a hand to Sonics in hope to comfort him. Instead, the smaller one jumped in for a tight hug and began to sob dramatically, "I hate thisss Shads, I hate it so muuuch Knuckles just gave me a fucking pregnancy test even though I have a peeeniiissss."
Shadow chuckled, "yeah, a nice one to."
Sonic continued, "how are you all- so normal? So - the same - ? Why am I the only one freaked out by all this, why can everyone look at me the same way."
Shadow pecked the blue forehead and placed his chin on top of it, rubbing the quills on his partners back, "because you are the same. You still fight, you're still fast, you can still eat thirty chilli dogs in one sitting, you're still funny and smart in a dumb way. You're still you, the only thing that changed about you is the way that you see me."
Sonic sighed, "It's so embarrassing when I have to be reminded of it."
"I know, but they're just looking out for you."
They broke their embrace and stood face to face, Sonic wiped his eyes on his arm, "you know, I've had them looking out for me for so long, I haven't really noticed it until now." He smiled to himself, thinking of all the insane shit his group would do and has done to support him.
Shadow lifted his chin, "do you want the fox to continue working on you?"
Sonic aggressively shook his head, "no! No.. it's better this way, your issue seems like it'll be easier to solve, and I want you to know you have my support." He leaned towards Shadow and they kissed.
"On a happier note," Sonic chuckled, "will you go to Green Hills with me?"