reborned life with my love

chapter 32 |dissapointment|

I prefer playing this song while reading this chapter

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|Rouge's POV|

Shadow and I exchanged a glance, both stunned into silence. "Sonic... getting married?" Shadow’s voice shaking in disbelief. Knuckles scratched his head awkwardly. "Yeah, it's been in the works for a while."

Shadow’s hands clenched the sheets, and I could see the pain in his eyes. "Who... who is he marrying?" he asked, Knuckles hesitated, sensing how serious this moment was. "Amy."

As shadow’s breathing quickened, and I immediately placed a hand on his shoulder to calm him. "You've been in a coma for years, Shadow," I said gently, my voice serious now. "Sonic... he thought..." 

"That I was gone," Shadow finished, filled with bitterness . He sat up straighter, "He gave up on me."

"You know that’s not true," I whispered, kneeling beside his bed. "Sonic loved you, but he thought he lost you for good. People... they move on." Knuckles stepped closer. "Sonic came to visit you all the time, Shadow. He sat by your bed almost every day for years. But after a while..."

"He stopped coming," Shadow cut him off, his expression darkening. "He moved on."

"Shadow," I started to say, but he waved me off, his hand trembling in frustration. "No. I need to see him. I need to hear it from him," he insisted, throwing the blankets off and trying to get out of bed.

"Are you crazy? You just woke up from a coma!" I yelled, holding him back.

"I don’t care!" Shadow snapped, "I'll call Sonic again. Maybe this time, he’ll answer," Knuckles suggested, trying to calm the situation down.

As Knuckles stepped out of the room to make the call, I looked back at Shadow, who was now pacing anxiously, despite his weakened state. "What are you going to say to him?" I asked.

"I don’t know," he admitted, leaning against the window before wincing in pain. I immediately stoof up put an arm around his shoulder, guiding him back to the bed. "Don’t move too much. You’re still recovering, alright?"

|Sonic's POV|

I was sitting at one of the couches on the bridal shop, staring at the door impatiently. Inside, Amy was trying on her wedding dress, while Vanilla, Blaze, and Cream fussed over every little detail.

"How much longer is this going to take?" I muttered to myself, knowing full well I wasn't going to get an answer anytime soon. I wasn’t allowed in, and they wouldn’t let me rush Amy, no matter how much I tried.

"You're not supposed to see the dress, Sonic," Blaze had told me earlier, smirking as she shooed me away.

I sighed, leaning against the wall and checking my phone. Suddenly, it buzzed in my hand. I glanced down at the screen and saw Knuckles’ name.

"What does he want now?" I muttered, answering the call. "Hey, Sonic. Uh... you need to come to the hospital. It's about Shadow," Knuckles' voice was serious, which immediately put me on edge.

"Shadow? What happened? Is he..." I couldn't bring myself to say the word. "He's awake, Sonic," Knuckles said quickly. "But he wants to see you. Now."

I froze, my heart pounding in my chest. Shadow... was awake? After all these years? "I'll be right there," I said, already turning toward the door. "Tell him I'm on my way."

When I arrived at the hospital, I saw Rouge standing outside Shadow’s room. Her eyes were sharp, glaring at me the second I walked down the hallway. She didn’t say a word, just crossed her arms and stared.

I hesitated but pushed open the door anyway. Inside, Shadow was sitting up, looking tired but alert. His red eyes locked onto mine the second I stepped in.

"Shadow," I breathed, trying to keep my voice steady. "You're awake... I thought—"

"You thought I was gone," Shadow interrupted, his voice filled with bitterness. "You gave up on me."

"No, Shadow, I never gave up. I just—"

"I don’t want your excuses, Sonic," he cut me off again, his voice harsh. "You moved on. You’re marrying Amy."

I stood there, at a loss for words. I knew there was nothing I could say to make this right. Shadow’s expression was guarded, but I could see the hurt beneath it.

"I loved you," Shadow said, his voice soft but cutting through the air like a knife. "And you left me behind."

I opened my mouth to respond, but Shadow held up a hand, stopping me in my tracks. "Just go," he whispered, turning his gaze away from me. "I don’t need to hear anything else."

I swallowed hard, my chest tight, before walking out of the room, I looked at him one last time before turning and walked out of the room,

|Rouge's POV|

The second Sonic stepped out of the room, I was there, arms crossed. "You have some nerve, showing up here," I snapped, glaring at him. Sonic flinched, clearly not expecting this.

"Rouge, I didn’t mean for any of this to happen," he said, but I wasn’t having it. "Years, Sonic. He was out for years, he took a bullet for you! He did everything for you! and you just moved on like nothing ever happened!?" My voice was sharp, filled with the anger I'd been holding back. "Do you know what that did to him? He loved you. He was ready to fight for you, and you just let him think you didn’t care anymore."

"I did care!" Sonic yelled back, but his voice was shaky. "I cared so much, but I... I didn’t know what to do. I thought he was never going to wake up."

"Well, he’s awake now. And you broke his heart, im disappointed that you'd just move on like that." I said coldly before turning on my heel, leaving him standing there,

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