The Ruby Eyes of Affection

Eternal lover... As in forever?

Shadow lied on a metal bed in complete annoyance as he realized how incredibly bored he was. The little azure toddler happened to practically pass out in the his arms after he decided to finally give in and snuggle his cute little face.

He rolled back and forth, helplessly desiring something to do or someone to talk to. Suddenly, a feeling of slight dread started floating in his stomach. He really was all alone right now... And he knew his subconscious would start erupting to the forefront of his mind if he didn't find some kind of activity. The thought that Čelik or Sonic would have to be killed in order to keep the world from collapsing was really testing his ability to remain calm. He needed to stop thinking about it before he had a panic attack. As he glanced over at the picture of Princess Miran, he got an interesting idea...

He walked over to the sleeping child and gently patted the top of his head before taking some of the paints and calmly strolling over to another part of the wall. He assumed because the kid was painting on it before that the Doctor didn't mind, not that Shadow really cared. Then he started to draw. No, not of people, animals or scenery but of music notes.

Slowly he drew a treble clef and five lines with spaces in-between them. He hummed gently in his head attempting to recognize what key he was in the mood for.

"How about B flat." He spoke clearly as he drew one little flat on the middle line right next to the clef.

Then he began to draw notes. First starting with C which happened to be one line below the staff and continuing to B, A, F and finally D, one space below the staff.

This was something Shadow could do practically without trying. He wasn't just talented, he was almost a living Mozart. He continued a few more measures before suspiciously glaring around the room as if he was being stared at.

"Wow... You really are like Miran. How do you just know how to do that?" Čelik's voice ejected from the cold still air as its tone accentuated pure wonder.

"How do you know how to paint like that?" Shadow queried as he pointed to the incredible work of art drawn on the other side of the wall.

"Practice?" The child countered as he shrugged in slight discontent.

"There's your answer." The charcoal hedgehog responded as he continued to hum softly in his head, causing him to create a sweet lullaby to counter the fear running through his body.

He still didn't really trust the child and wanted nothing more than to snuggle against his blue hero once again and let him whisper sweet nothings into his ear.

His face blushed as his inner thoughts sounded like a love-struck teenage girl who just went on her first date with her long desired crush. It was incredibly embarrassing and he sighed in fear that he was losing his touch. He was so used to being controlled and detached that this was almost disgusting. However, his mind ran with nothing but emotion since the azure hedgehog came into his life. Even from the beginning he sensed an odd feeling. His heart abruptly skipped a beat as his brain thought of something.

(Wait the Dr. said eternal lover... As in forever?) He wondered as a strong sense of warmth and acceptance engulfed his skinny, terrifyingly cold body.

"But you have to be very talented to be able to write a masterpiece without trying." Čelik interrupted as he frustratingly glared at the rope of Chaos energy strapped to his leg.

"How do you know it's a masterpiece? You can't even read it." Shadow responded irritably as he was slightly upset with the child for disturbing his wonderful daydream.