PoV: Rouge

"Rouge..." Sonic was at the door to my room, "Are you up?"

"I am now," I sat up and he walked over to me, it was four am... "Is something wrong?"

"I don't like the dark..." he was just like a little kid... but he looked to be around his teen years.

"Its okay, come here," I let him on to the bed.

  I didn't want to sit out in the loving room with him again. This way was just faster. He couldn't do me any harm anyway. He didn't even remember how to take his clothes off for the bath. He wasn't embarrassed either, if he was lying he would have at least been blushing during the bath, but he wasn't. I let him take the side of the bed by the wall. He held onto the back of my shirt and fell asleep within a few minutes. He looked peaceful. I hadn't noticed because of the dirt, but his fur was just as beautiful as his eyes. A pure cobalt blue, like a deep blue sapphire or number 112 synthetic blue spinel gem. He was absolutely beautiful with such vibrant colors. Maybe if he was some guy I met on the street and turned out to be nice, I'd give him my number. But that's assuming he likes to be under.

"What happened to you..." I fixed his quills a bit and slept.

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  The next morning was the almost the same. I make myself breakfast and then I made Sonic breakfast because I forgot he was living with me. He didn't seem to mind the wait. Sonic didn't eat very much, but that was expected. I couldn't really get to know him since he didn't really know himself. I noticed him starting to shift.

"Rouge... something feels weird..." he said.

"Weird? Weird how?" I asked as I took a seat in front of him.

"I don't know..." his legs were shifting against each other.

"You just have to use the bathroom. Here, this way," I took him to the bathroom the told him how to use the toilet, he seemed to use it successfully with little assistance, "Use the toilet anytime you feel like you have to pee again."

"O-okay..." he washed his hands like I told him too.

"How's your pain?" I checked his stitches and bruises, not much different from yesterday, bit they didn't look infected. He had no fever which was good.

"It hurts to move this arm..." he pointed to his left arm, it was entirely bruised.

"Its not broken," I made him a little sling, "That should feel better."

"It does... thank you..." he held his arm in the sling.

  I didn't do much today aside from making sure Sonic was okay. I did need to do groceries for the two of us. It was my first time leaving him alone.

"Okay, Sonic. I'm going to leave these snacks on the table for you. You remember how to use the toliet?" I needed to be sure he would be okay while I was gone.

"Yeah... I remember," he wearing one of my old hoodies, he really was adorable.

"I'll be home soon," I left him alone and took the bus to the store.

  What should I even get for him? He's a hedgehog so... dried crickets might be a good snack for him. I'll get a bag of potato chips, just in case.

  This was the most tedious shopping trip I had ever done, mostly because I didn't know what to get him. When I got back Sonic was asleep on the couch. Nothing looked put of place, the snacks had a few nibbles out of them. My bedroom looked fine too. I walked to the kitchen and stepped in a puddle.

"What the? Oh... what in the world?" The dishes that were in the sink were on the drying rack. Messy and still covered in soap. There was a wet towel under the sink... "He washed the dishes..."

  I felt bad... he was trying to help out but couldn't remember how to do anything. I covered him with a blanket and found the hoodie on the couch. The front and arms were soaking wet. I put it in the hamper and put the groceries away. I fixed the 'clean' dishes and started cleaning up the water. Once it was fairly dry I started on dinner.

"Rouge... are you home?" Sonic sat up and rubbed his eyes. His sling was off.

"Yeah, I'm making some food, okay?"

"Okay... my arm hurts again..." he picked up the sling.

"Well, you took off the sling. You're supposed to keep it on," I put it back on him.

"I'm sorry... I took it off to clean the dishes. I couldn't figure out how to put it on again," he was still a bit sleepy, but his voice finally wasn't horse anymore. I could hear his voice and it was as cute as we was.

"It okay. You don't have to clean to stay here. I know you're going through a hard time right now."

"Rouge... I don't like being by myself... I missed you..." he grabbed my shirt, "please don't go again..."

  It was something I expected... he didn't have anyone other than me... he was getting attached to me. I'm going to have to leave him alone for work tomorrow...

"We'll figure something out. Okay?" I fixed his quills.

"Okay."

  I wonder how he'd like my job... maybe my boss won't mind. I'll ask Blaze to help me out.

  Yeah, I can make this work.

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4/18/2020