[Sonadow warning]

"Shadow!" Tails called while running into my house.

"What is it, fox? You could've just knocked." I commented bluntly.

"Sorry, Shadow, but this is urgent!" The young fox said, his voice cracking, indicating that he's been crying.

"Well? What is it?" I asked impatiently.

"It's Sonic!" Tails cried. "H-he k-k-killed him-himself!"

My eyes widened at the now sobbing two-tailed fox. "What!? Why!?"

"I-I don't kn-know!"

"This doesn't make any sense... why would faker kill himself...?" I wondered aloud.

"H-he left us a-all letters..." Tails handed me an envelope with my name written in thick black ink on the front.

I cautiously opened the envelope and read the paper quietly to myself.

Dear Shads,

There is too much to say to you. I hope I can fit it all... anyways, if you are reading this, then I've probably killed myself and gotten away with it. I wanted to say my final goodbyes to my friends, rivals, and enemies.

Shadow, you are the best rival a guy could have! It was always fun to race you. I'm going to miss those times where we'd fight over who won, even though we both know it was a tie. But... I'm also writing this because I have a confession...

I love you.

I always have. Ever since you fell to Earth after defeating the biolizzard with me... I remember that fight like it was yesterday, even if you don't... Shadow, I've had these feelings for you for a long time, and I have decided that it's finally time to confess, me being dead now...

Shadow, please, take care of Tails for me... He needs someone to look out for him. I sure am going to miss all of the fun times all of us had... I wish I could've confessed my feelings before, but I'm not sure how you'd react...

I think out of all of the questions that are in your head right now, one sticks out the most. Why did I do it? Well... I can't exactly tell you... or anyone...There has been something going on for a while now, and... I just couldn't take it! Please, forgive me for leaving you all.

You're still the fake hedgehog, though.

So long, ultimate lifeform.

Love,
The blue blur
Sonic the Hedgehog

Tears welled up in my eyes. The words stuck to my head. "Sonic..."

He loves me...

I can't believe any of what just happened, but... there has always been this interest I've had in my counterpart... I don't know if that would be classified as love...

Then it hit me...

I love Sonic the Hedgehog...

But it's too late now...

I suddenly collapsed to the ground, tears finally released. My emotions just... broke... Not only am I crying for Sonic, but I'm crying for all of the tragedies that have happened in my life too.

Why do all of the ones I care for die? Does life just not like me?

I felt a hand on my back and looked up at Tails.

"He really did love you." He said. "Smiled whenever your name was brought up, talked only good things about you."

"Why did he have to go now?" I sobbed. "I never realized I love that faker until now, but he went and killed himself..."

"Don't worry." Tails said. "Sonic wouldn't want us to cry. What would he say if he saw you like this?"

I knew exactly what he'd say. 'Is the big bad faker crying? Aw, come on, Shads, sad doesn't look good on you. Put a smile on that sour face of yours.'

So, I did. I put a soft smile on my face. It was rare for you to catch me smiling, but Sonic would want me to.

As days passed, things never turned back to normal. Eggman hasn't even attacked. Everybody's constantly depressed. No new adventures to go on. No races. Not even one chilli dog has appeared anywhere since his death. Tails kept himself in his workshop, shutting the world out. Amy... well I haven't seen her. Knuckles rarely visited. He just watched the Master Emerald. Rouge was always here to comfort everybody. Cream and Cheese stopped making flower headbands after placing their last one on Sonic's grave. They were forget me nots, a deep blue in color. Heck, the Chaotix hasn't even been snooping around! It's as if without Sonic, the world was depressed.

But I was worse than all of them. I visited his grave and talked to him every day for about 2 hours. I never ate, never slept. I was truly broken inside. Nobody bothered to talk to me, not even Rouge.

I was sitting at Sonic's grave, as I always do at this time of day. The grass was less green. Even nature was in the grieving process.

"I miss you." I whispered. "You know, I haven't even ran since then? You not being here gives nobody a purpose to do anything anymore."

I sighed, listening to the gentle breeze flowing past my ears.

"I love you, faker." I said as I burst into tears. "Why'd you have to do it!? We need you! ... I need you..."

By then I felt arms wrap around me. I looked around, but found nobody... the arms around me feel so real, this can't be my imagination!

"Sonic...?" I asked. The arms tightened around me. It really is him...

I felt myself being pulled up to my feet. My arm was tugged as my rocket skates came on. Then I got it. He wanted to race.

I sighed. "Alright, faker. But, no cheating with your ghostly self."

I could practically here his chuckle. The chuckle that I've missed so much.

I got in my stance. "Alright, to that hill where we always hanged out. 3. 2. 1. Go!"

I darted off. I could feel his presence right beside me as we ran to Green Hill Zone. It felt so strange to run again after not doing so for so long.

We finally arrived; I felt a tight squeeze on my hand. "Yeah, yeah, It's a tie."

I sat down, and I could feel him sit beside me. An arm wrapped around my waist, and I leaned my head to the side, finding his shoulder and resting my head there. To anybody else, I would look like my head was laying on nothing, but that didn't matter. I knew that this was the stubborn blue hedgehog I fell in love with.

"I love you..." I said quietly.

I felt him kiss the top of my head, and I smiled. Though his actual body wasn't present, his spirit was. My adventure loving blue blur was still watching over all of us. Still protecting us, whether we know it or not.

Even death can't change the azure hero...

And that's one of the reasons why I love him...

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I still cry with this oneshot...

Don't let the door hit ya on the way out! See you later, my civilians!!!! <3

~Lava