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Shadow was just resting on his couch. G.U.N had been giving him mission after mission and he finally got a well deserved break.
That all came to an end when he heard a knock on his door. Shadow groaned in annoyance, wondering who would be knocking on his door at 12:37 AM.
Shadow didn’t even bother getting up, assuming that if he didn’t answer, the unwelcome guest would take the hint and leave.
But to Shadow’s surprise, the knocks continued. The slow, faint knocks filled the once silent room, soon followed by a loud thud, ending the knocks.
Shadow, now intrigued, walks to the door and slowly opens it, only to find a disheveled, dirty blue hedgehog on his porch.
Shadow’s eyes widen, in both shock and confusion. Sonic had been missing for almost 3 weeks, and he was now passed out on Shadow’s doorstep.
Shadow quickly brings Sonic inside and gently places him on the couch, then getting his first aid kit.
Shadow was horrified by the state of Sonic’s body. A long, poorly stitched incision ran down his peach colored chest, small cuts and bruises were visible through his dirty blue fur, and his ankle looked fractured.
What the hell happened to you..?
Shadow didn’t want to admit it, hell, he’d never admit that he actually missed Sonic during those 3 weeks he was missing.
He missed their unexpected training sessions and their races, though, that wasn’t the only thing he missed..
A groan escaped Sonic’s chapped lips, snapping Shadow out of his thoughts and shifting his attention to Sonic.
“W-where am I..?”
Sonic tried to sit up, causing him to wince in pain.
“Don’t move. I haven’t started on your injuries.” Shadow said lowly while putting rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball.
“This might sting a bit.”
Sonic nodded, bracing himself. Shadow placed the sodden cotton ball on one of the many scrapes, making Sonic flinch, causing shadow to stop and look up at him.
“You ok?”
“Y-yea..just saw a fly..!”
Shadow gave Sonic a puzzled look, but continued on, stopping every few minutes to give Sonic a break.
After shadow got done with the small injuries, he turned his attention to the long gash. Shadow looked at Sonic, clearly wanting an explanation as to what happened.
“Want to talk about it?”
“No..not really..”
Shadow nodded and dug through his first aid kit and pulled out scissors, a needle, and some thread, making Sonic swallow hard.
“W-what’er gonna do with those..?” Sonic asked shakily.
Shadow looked up, noticing Sonic’s hands slightly shaking, only making him wonder what really happened during those 3 weeks.
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This chapter came out WAYY shorter than I expected it too. Ik this chapter is a lil iffy BUT, it will hopefully get better in later chapters 😭 I’m working on the next chapter rn so it’ll probably be out by hopefully tomorrow at like 12 AM. Thank you for reading bye!!