*Shadow's POV*
"So you two are dating now?" Rouge asked me the next morning as we walked to our homeroom classroom. 

"Yeah." I cleared my throat. "I mean. I think so. I'm new to this." I sat down on the desk, thankful that no one else was in the class yet, so I was able to talk to Rouge in private. I started explaining to her everything that happened.

"Yeah. You two are dating." Her smile was brighter than usual. "How was your first kiss, Hun?" I rolled my eyes at that. "What? Can't I ask?"

My phone rang once, meaning I had received a text, so I grabbed it and looked at it.

Sonic: Just got here. Where are you? Can we talk?

Me: Homeroom.

"How's he taking the no speed thing?" Rouge asked me, and I shrugged.

"After taking him home, I wasn't able to talk to him yesterday." I said calmly. Soon enough, the door opened, and Sonic walked in.

"Good morning!" Sonic said cheerfully. He wasn't taking it so bad, at least. He was still smiling. Rouge waved at him with a smirk, making him tense up. "I take it Shadow told you, already?"

"He sure did, Blue." Rouge softly laughed, then stood up from her desk. "I'll leave you two alone to talk. But after-school we need to talk about what happened." With that said, she left, closing the classroom door behind her.

"You wanted to talk?" I asked, and he smiled again, then walked closer and sat on the desk in front of me.

"Yeah. We didn't have time to talk much yesterday." He reached for my hand, I was hesitant but  held his hand anyway. It felt nice, and if I was being honest, I really just wanted to feel his touch and be around him all the time.

Maybe it was too much?

"I'm not good at this." I confessed.

"It's okay. Im not good at this either." I looked into his eyes, my heart stopping for a brief moment when I saw they were red. He had been crying.

It was as if some kind of instinct kicked in. I stood up and walked to him, then made him stand up. I cupped his chin and made him look at me. His ears perked up, and I felt embarrassed and felt like what I was doing was wrong, but knowing he had been crying, it just felt even worse. What was this feeling?

Why am I acting without thinking?

Why is ny body moving on its own?

"Shadow...?" Sonic was blushing, his muzzle turning pink, and suddenly I was very aware of how close I was to him. 

I let go and took a step back. He held his chest, and he looked down at the floor.

"Sorry." I cleared my throat and looked away. "I uh... Why were you crying?" I asked. Sonic stayed quiet for a bit, then he chuckled softly and walked closer to me.

"I just don't feel like myself without my speed. I'm okay, though, I promise." He grabbed my hand and squeezed it.

"I'm sorry." I repeated.

"It's not your fault, Shadz. We will figure out what to do about Eggman later. Right now, I just wanted to focus on us." He made me look at him, and he smiled happily. "Do you care if others know?"

"Not really. I couldn't care less what they think." I shook my head. This seemed to make him even happier. I could see his tail lightly wagging. I couldn't help but break a smile at that.

"And it's okay if I hold your hand, right?" He asked, almost letting go, but I squeezed his hand for him not to. He nodded at that, getting my answer immediately. "I'm sorry if the kiss made you uncomfortable yesterday." I blushed at that.

"It was -" I stopped, feeling embarrassed all of a sudden. Sonics ears perked up again.

"Did I steal your first kiss?" He gasped. "Did you want a repeat?" I couldn't help but glare at him, causing him to laugh at that. "Okay. Okay. Sorry. Can't blame me for wanting more kisses."

"What?" I asked, confused and taken back.

"I had been wanting to kiss you for a while." He confessed, looking away this time as he blushed.

"Really?" I wasn't sure why I kept asking these questions. After the way he left me yesterday with that kiss, I wanted another one too, I wanted to kiss him this time. Sonic nodded, and although I was new to this and scared out of my mind, I leaned down and kissed him.

Sonic gasped and kissed back. He leaned back against the desk and held himself up by placing his hands there. I cupped his face as I kissed him, the same feeling as the day before returning instantly. My face burned, and I could feel the same heat coming from him. Sonic moved one of his hands to wrap around my neck as he kissed me back.

"Although I am very happy for you, Shadow. The classroom is not for public displays of affection." We both quickly pulled away and looked at who had talked.

"Vanilla." I let go of Sonic and took a few steps back. My face was still burning, and my ears were lowered from embarrassment once again. "I'm sorry." I cleared my throat and glanced at Sonic, who was rubbing his face and looking away.

"I-I am so sorry, Ms. Vanilla." Sonic stuttered.

Vanilla motioned for us to get closer to her, and we both hesitated, but we did. She smiled at us and hugged us tightly. When she let go, she looked at me.

"I'm so happy you finally found someone you can trust, Shadow." She kissed my muzzle, making me tense up. Vanilla was very affectionate with me and Cream. She treated me like her own son.

Sonic laughed softly at what was going on, then gave me a very bright smile. When the bell rang, we both took our seats, and for once in my life, I was not paying attention to what was being said. My mind kept focusing on Sonic.

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SPOILED! I spoil you guys TOO MUCH!
T-T

Figured you might need this chapter after the chapter I published for the other story.

Love you all! Bye!