Youth ~ Sonadow High School Fanfic

Part 2: Tour Guide

~Sonic's P.O.V~

"There isn't really much to show, the whole school is only one story so not much goes on."
"I can tell," Sonic looked around at many other kids that stood in the hallways talking. Half of these people he recognized, but he didn't really know their names. He almost recognized a small pink hedgehog as she walked past Sonic and Shadow. She gave a wink at Sonic as she walked past, which almost made the blue hedgehog cringe. He already didn't like her that much.
"There are some small classrooms but most of them are used for special clubs at this time."
"Clubs?"
"Well, there aren't very many," Shadow scratched the back of his head, pulling his sleeves out from underneath the ring cuffs on his wrists. Surprisingly, Sonic hadn't noticed the rings before. He actually wanted to know more about them more than just by appearance. "There are some small ones like Track Club or Art Club, but many of them are still being former, the year practically just started and there's already so many things going on like new clubs, new lessons, new students, and it just continues on like that basically."
"Seems like this place is pretty busy," Sonic's ears twitched.
"Every other day that is," Shadow chuckled. "Actually, speaking of Clubs, I might not be able to stick around much longer. I have another club I have to go to in about an hour."
"That's plenty of time to finish the tour at least," Sonic offered.
Shadow smirked, raising an eyebrow. "If you wanna talk fast-" Shadow moved his arm around Sonic's shoulders. "-I can be fast."
"How fast?"
"However fast is needed. I'm one of the fastest people in school and 90% of races, I get first place. Think you could do better?"
"I was top race champion at my old school, I'm pretty sure I can top your speed."
"We'll see about that if you join Track Club."
"Done!" Shadow chuckled, watching Sonic blush slightly at this.
"It's not that simple, there's some tests people have to go through if they want to join Track Club, you have to be pretty fast to join this version of it. Things get intense."
"I can deal with that, I had a thousand bullies chasing me all the time at my old school."
Shadow's heart half snapped at this. "B-bullies...?"
"Well, I categorize them as that... Why do you ask?"
"I..." Shadow couldn't find any words to speak. His hands clenched into fists and he shut his eyes, trying to fight back tears. Sonic's eyes widened and he moved forward and wiped away Shadow's tears.
"Oh, jeez, I'm sorry... I-I shouldn't have mentioned something like that I-" Shadow put one hand on Sonic's shoulder, making him stop talking just to look at him.
"It's fine, you didn't know about it," Shadow opened his eyes, looking up to Sonic. "Let's just get off this topic."
Sonic nodded. "Right, anyways... You wanted to talk fast?"
Shadow smiled, his face brightening. "You wanna get through this tour before I have to go to my club or what?"
Sonic grinned. "Let's go." He held out his hand, which Shadow held with no hesitation. The two of them quickly began to finish the tour. It didn't take long at all, in fact, they were done a few minutes early. Shadow only had 20 minutes left before his club.
"What should we do now?" Sonic asked, looking around, and walking over to one of the lockers. He had been given a paper with his locker number and combination, luckily he was able to find it without Shadow's help; surprisingly, the locker next to Sonic's was Shadow's!
Shadow chuckled, his face turning a light shade of red. "I'm fine staying here with you~"
Sonic's face lit up red in surprise, but he soon chuckled, a small smile sticking to his face. "W-well, uh... Hehe... Um..." The blue hedgehog couldn't find any words to say, his face was so red it prevented him from speaking. Looks like he already found a lover in his new school; and this one would be his first. It was just something about Shadow that made Sonic like this, and he didn't know what. He just felt drawn to him some how...
"I... No one has really ever wanted to hang out with me before. They thought I was one of 'those people,' the ones that top over everything and act like they're your friend, then end up betraying you. That's what everyone thought I was..." Sonic's eyes saddened and he leaned up against his locker. Shadow shook his head and leaned forward, wrapping his arms around Sonic and hugging him tightly.
"I'm not gonna let anyone bring you down like that, you're not one of them." Tears welled in Shadow's eyes at what he said next. "Not like I once was."
Sonic felt tears crawling down his face. "Shad..." He wrapped his arms tightly around the black hedgehog. Sonic was surprised nobody noticed them, but he knew someone would. Shadow pulled away from him, wiping tears from his face. Few tears still rolled down Sonic's face. Shadow looked around quickly, and then leaned down to Sonic, kissing him on the cheek.
"I gotta go to my club now, bye!" He ran off without another word. Sonic almost ran after him but stopped and watch him skate down the hallway. He put his hand lightly on his cheek, right where Shadow had kissed him. Had he really meant that? Sonic then turned back to his locker, opening it and put some things in it, including his backpack. He took out his math book so he could study for any upcoming lessons. His first class was math, so it was best if he learned fast just in case.
He opened the book and started looking through the lessons. He smiled while looking through it, happy he could read fast. He looked up at the clock. He might as well wait for Shadow to get back from his club. Who knew how long that would take?