The Shadow Inside Me | Sonadow | One-shot

The Shadow Inside Me

I shoved my face into my pillow and groaned as I picked up my phone " what do you want tails?"

I hadn't been getting much sleep lately and it was finally catching up to me. "Hi-ya sonic! I heard the house next door was finally bought! You have a new neighbor." my curiosity was piqued "did you meet them?" I rolled over onto my back with my phone to my ear "Sadly no, I haven't had the time. But you should!" I nodded to myself "uh huh okay I will, promise." I hung up at the speed of myself. It was going to be a long day, but hey I guess there was that new neighbor to look forward to.

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I ran my hand through my blue tufts of fur atop my head as I took a sip of my coffee, it was hotter than my arse on a Saturday night which reminded me of how lonely I was.

My green eyes gazed outside my kitchen window towards my next door neighbors house. It had been a few days since I last heard someone moved in next door and yet I hadn't even seen a peep of him. "Might as well be an empty house" I muttered as I threw the rest of the coffee down the sink. "Maybe I should bake them something?" it wouldn't hurt to try. My hands worked on their own, pulling out the ingredients for peanut butter cookies and mixing them together. It was as if I had been baking all my life, but in reality I just looked up the ingredients a few minutes ago. "These are going to be perfect." I said kinda proud of myself as I set my timer on my phone. I had promised Tails I would meet this mystery neighbor so I had to keep my word.

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My breathing was shaky as I stood at the doorstep of my new neighbor, maybe I'd be able to make a new friend and stop being such a socially anxious little bish. The foil crinkled on the plateful of cookies I held tightly in my hand. "Just knock!" I scolded myself quietly and brought my hand up to the door and tapped it gently. The door swung open, "Hah I was wondering when you were going to knock." I jumped back and yelped "FU-, dEAR GOD YOU SCARED ME!" I heard laughter and shook off my raw fear that had gone through me like a bolt of electricity. My eyes travelled up and made contact with the mystery neighbors dark red eyes. "Haha, sorry I scared you." he smiled at me and looked at the plate in my hand with interest. "Uh this is for you," I said shoving the plate into his hands. "We are next door neighbors, if you ever need anything feel free to drop by. I'm right over there. My name's Sonic" I motioned with my hands towards my house. "Oh thanks so much! Would you like to come in. We can eat these cookies and get to know each other. The names Shadow by the way." he stepped into his house and walked just out of view from where I was standing "What are ya waiting for, still scared? Just close the door behind you." Shadow called out with a little snicker. "Okay okay i'm coming" I stepped inside and closed the door behind me. There were stairs directly in front of me, off to the left was a living room and to the right a dining room and kitchen. "Nice place you got here." I called "Yeah, but it's a bit spooky though." Shadow said walking out of the kitchen with a tray of drinks and cookies placed delicately on top. "What do you mean?" Once again my curiosity was piqued, he placed the tray on the dining room table with a sigh "well, haha, I know this sounds crazy but I think this place might be haunted." I sat down at one of the chairs and narrowed my eyes at him "Are you sure you're not trying to scare me again?" Shadows eyes widened "No way, c'mon I was just having a little fun with you before." Great, I thought to myself. This guy is crazy... "uh huh, if this place is so haunted why don't you prove it?" I challenged him not knowing what the heck I was getting myself into I should have called Tails. Or anybody for that matter. This guy was likely a serial killer or some random crazy person. "It only happens after dark." Shadow said innocently, either he was really good at lying or he was telling the truth. It was too bad if he ended up being crazy because he was kinda cute.