A Misunderstanding (SONADOW)

Chapter 8

((Author Note: Sorry for the terribly long wait you all had to endure. I was extremely occupied with some personal stuff and I was also busy with my other fanfic series on AO3. If any of you want to read my AO3 series; my username is the same as Wattpad: Phanch1401.))

(ONE DAY LATER...)

Sonic P.O.V

I went through my backpack, trying to find my sketchbook. Mighty was leaning on the wall, next to me waiting. The two of us were already on a school lunch break and I had decided to show our friends the two sketches I did of Mighty. He looked at me with a concerned expression.

"Everything alright, Sonic?" he asked.

"I-I don't know; I think I lost my sketchbook yesterday. I can't find it." I answered, while groaning in annoyance as I kept looking in my backpack. After rummaging through it one last time, I gave up. "Guess I'll have to look around after school for it. And I was also planning to show everyone the sketches I drew of you."

Mighty placed his hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry about it too much, Sonic. I'll help you find it after school, if it helps."

I smiled at his friendly offer, "Sure Mighty. Thanks! We can try our homeroom after school first."

The two of us then started walking to the cafeteria to meet up with our friends, until Mighty spoke up again.

"Can I ask you something first?" He asked, looking at me but still walking.

"Sure, shoot."

Mighty looked like he was thinking for a short second before speaking, "Why didn't you compete with Shadow and pretended that he didn't exist? Knux said the two of you always compete in P.E before... what happened?" he asked before stopping, to lean against a wall.

I let out a sigh before stopping in right in front of him, rubbing my arm, "When I was telling everyone about what happened between me and Shadow; I felt depressed all over again and if you haven't noticed. I was also crying a bit. So, I decided to try and ignore Shadow when he tries to talk to me. But I'm starting to think what I did yesterday at P.E was a little harsh though."

"Well, I can understand your reason for wanting to avoid him because of "that". But yeah, I also think you shouldn't avoid him all the time too, otherwise he might try to harass you again or even attack you just to aggravate him." Said Mighty.

Again, I rubbed my arm in deep thought. "I guess you have a point. I'm still trying to get over him since I still have some feelings left for him." I sighed, feeling slightly melancholic and exasperated at the same time. "Why is this whole 'moving on from romantic feelings and a literally painful rejection so slow?"

This made a snort from Mighty come out, "You said the nearly exact thing during Home Economics while we were waiting for our lava cakes to come out of the oven. But that doesn't matter right now; do at least feel any better than when the two of us ran into each other for the first time?"

"Uhh... I suppose I am. I don't feel so depressed anymore whenever I think of Shadow nor do I feel like crying anymore. But I guess I still feel a bit upset over it."

He then placed his hand over my shoulder, "Well it a good start at least from truly getting over him, right?"

I let a small smile formed over my muzzle, "Yeah, I guess it is."

AUTHOR P.O.V

To anyone who was standing or walking at nearly every angle; it would just look like two are incredibly good friends, talking to each other at an awfully close distance. But if you were standing or walking at a certain angle, it would look like they're kissing each other instead. Which happened to be that exact angle, a certain black hedgehog was at.

Shadow P.O.V

Ever since P.E yesterday, I wasn't feeling well. Not like physical illness, since I can't get sick from viruses or germs; but because of what Faker did, I've been feeling a dull pain in the middle of my chest, which seems to increase a bit every time I think of him or what happened yesterday. I let out a sigh, feeling that same misery take over me as I kept walking down the school halls, Faker keeps ignoring me, whenever I try to get his attention or even talk to him which only made the pain worse. As much as I really hate to admit but; things no longer felt the same between us. I miss the taunts we throw at each other, the bets we have in the past and what the loser must do when he loses and... I even miss Faker trying to talk to me in order to get me more comfortable with him or trying to get me to hang out with his friends.

I sighed, feeling even more miserable. Maybe I should go and make it up to him. Try to regain familiarity from our past relationship and rivalry. And to be honest, I don't have anything against gay people. I only reacted like that because, I was confused over why Faker feels that way towards me. It just doesn't make sense to me and these strange feelings I currently feel right now. With the goal of making it up to Faker, I started to quicken my pace a little more as I head down the hallway, when I noticed the behind of Faker's head. Taking in a deep breath, I slowly started to walk up to him until I noticed something that made me stop in my tracks.

That stupid armadillo was also there, leaning against the wall behind Faker and, it... looked as if they were kissing! I could not believe what I was seeing in front of my eyes as I stayed frozen in one position.

'Faker and the armadillo, kissing...'

I felt a sharp pain go through my chest as I continued watching. 'Faker and the armadillo, kissing...' Another painful stab went through me, making me softly growl in pain and annoyance at what I was feeling and seeing at the same time.

'Why the fucking hell am I even feeling like this?! I shouldn't care if Faker goes and ignores me for that...that bastard!' I thought as I turned my head to the side, keeping my eyes shut to avoid looking at the scene.

Another thought then entered my mind, 'But... he told me he loves me... Or more like loved me in this case...'

I could not handle it anymore. The feelings I currently having, the persisting pain in my chest and that horrible scene of Faker kissing that armadillo. I quickly turned towards the direction I came here and quickly turned into the direction I came from. I need to get away from here and where I can be alone. As I retreated, I noticed that the pain my chest seems to have increased, a whole lot more than earlier.

TBC...