My Only Weakness [INFIDGET]

Chapter Nineteen: Darkness

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POV: Zero

I cuddled with Gadget as we relaxed from our intimacy.

"We should get a quick shower" Gadget sat up, I sat up too and nodded. Gadget walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower, he also got two towels and placed them aside. When the shower was hot enough, we stepped inside, thankfully the shower was big enough for two.

The water rushed down our sticky chest fur, we washed ourselves thoroughly.

"Hey, Gadget?" I glanced at him while washing my chest.

"Mhm?" He hummed and finished soaping his fur, he smelt of fresh lavender.

"Do you ever think of how different things would be if you didn't save me?" I questioned, shuffling a bit so I could wash my lengthy hair.

"I never really thought of that" Gadget sighed, rinsing his soapy fur. "I guess, it's fate?"

"Fate?" I raised a brow.

"Yeah" he nodded. "I believe everything happens for a reason, and I believe fate brought me to you, if fate didn't you would have died in that base"

"I guess that's reasonable" I shrugged. "I just find it interesting that our fates intertwined to where we are now"

"It is interesting, but I'm not one to question fate, I'm thankful that it brought me to you" Gadget chirped and kissed my cheek. Once we were washed he turned off the shower and we stepped out to dry ourselves. I used a towel to wrap my long hair in so it dried by itself and I didn't get the flu.

Gadget chuckled softly, I looked at him, "What?"

"You look like a girl with your hair in a towel" he snickered.

"Gadget!!" I huffed and chuckled, he left the bathroom in fits of laughter.

I glanced at myself in the bathroom mirror.

You're recovering well...

As long as you have a distraction, there will be no more cutting.

No.

More.

Cutting.

Sighing, I walked out of the bathroom and into the living room to see Gadget flicking through channels on the TV. I sat beside him and unwrapped my hair from the towel, I scrubbed my wet hair in the towel. "Do you have a brush? Maybe a bauble too?"

"Yeah, let me go check" Gadget nodded before hopping off the couch and into the bedroom. I proceeded to scrub my hair to dry it quicker while I waited. Gadget came back with a brush and bauble and gave them to me, I thanked him and began the process of brushing my tatty hair, wincing every so often at the really knotty bits.

"What's it like with long hair?" Gadget asked curiously, watching me tackle my hair.

"A pain." I grunted and frowned, "Especially when there is knots in it" I pulled the brush through my hair and brushed it back behind me. I wrapped the bauble in my wrist before wrestling my hair into a messy bun.

Gadget hummed, "It looks like a challenge to keep in order" he chuckled.

I sighed as the bauble stayed in my messy bun, "There" I sat back.

"Now you look very manly" Gadget snickered again and smirked.

"Ha, ha" I rolled my eyes and smirked, "You like manly, though~" I wiggled my brows.

Gadget blushed, "Sh-shush..."

I chuckled, "I won that one" I put my hands behind my head. Our flirtations were cut short by the ring of the doorbell, me and Gadget shared a questionable look before Gadget stood up and went to answer the door - while I quickly hid myself in our bedroom.

I pressed one ear to the door so I could hear what was going on and who was at the door.

It was a gruff, deep voice.

I gulped.

I know that voice...

Shadow.

Why is he here?

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POV: Gadget

"Can I come in?" Shadow crossed his arms and raised a brow.

Shiiit.

"Uh, yeah" I let him in, closing the door behind me. I internally gulped and feared for Zero.

"What do you want?" I asked him, watching him wearily.

"Answers" Shadow huffed.

"For?" I raised a brow and crossed my arms. "I done nothing wrong, I don't know what you need answered"

Shadow grunted, "Explain why I can sense a jackals' scent here, from what I recall the jackal kind went extinct with the loss of Infinite. Or am I wrong?"

"Only I live here, it's a one bedroom apartment" I grunted back. "I don't know why you smell his scent here, he's still missing and is probably dead by now" I lied.

"Then you wouldn't mind if I checked the place?" Shadow retaliated. "If you are telling the truth, then I'll take the blame for intruding your place, but if I see that you're hiding something from me, you'll pay." he growled before walking off to check the apartment.

Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck.

I panicked inside, Shadow was checking the living room, so I slipped into my bedroom and exhaled.

Zero looked at me with the same worried expression I had.

I bounced in my spot, trying to think of a place to hide him.

Thinking of a spot, I pointed to behind the large wardrobe in the corner, Zero was skinny enough to slip behind it and his dark fur camouflaged him.

I heard footsteps coming to the room so I quickly leaped into bed and pulled out my phone, calming myself before the door opened. I glanced at Shadow,

Chaos, he's scary when he wants to be.

I hope Zero's okay.

Shadow eyed me suspiciously before searching my room, albeit I felt very uncomfortable with him searching in my most private room.

He approached the wardrobe.

I chomped on my tongue and held my breath, glancing over at the hedgehog just metres away from Zero.