*Sonic's POV*
[5 days later]
"Let's go." Shadow had received a message on his phone, and a second later, he was dashing around the house collecting some stuff and placing it into a doufle bag. "Now. Hurry." He walked to me and reached for my hand. I took it and stood up confused.

"What's going on?" I asked as I watched him turn off the lights around his house then come back to me, and just before he held my hand, I froze when there was banging on the door.

"Open the damn door!" I felt my heart drop, and my breathing became heavy again, my vision going blurry, and my hands started to shake as soon as I heard that voice. It was Fleetway. "I know he is in there! Give me back my husband!"

The pounding on the door became louder, and I started to panic even more. My legs gave out, and I fell to my knees. Shadow cursed under his breath and got on his knees to be at ny level then cupped my face and made me look at him.

"It's okay. I promised I would keep you safe, remember? You're okay." He smiled at me, his smile. Something about it just made me almost forget everything else. I felt lost but was instantly brought back to reality when the door broke down and an alarm started to sound all over the house.

I felt my heart beat faster and louder, I was unsure of what to do, but I backed up to a wall as I hugged my knees and hid my face. I was scared. He was going to take me with him. He was going to hurt Shadow and take me away. I didn't want to go back. I didn't. I wanted to stay here with Shadow.

"Take one more step, and I will kill you." I looked up when I heard Shadow growling. I've seen him mad before, but never this mad. He charged a chaos spear in his hand and was ready to throw it at Fleetway.

"He's MY husband. He's coming back home with me." Fleetway smirked, then made eye contact with me, causing me to freeze in place. "I'm willing to forget the running away, the divorce papers, and even forget about the cheating if you just be a good boy and come home with me. Do you remember your last friend who tried to help you?"

Suddenly, I had a flashback. I remembered. I did try to run away once, the first time he ever hit me. I had tried to leave, asked a stranger on the streets to call my friends, to help me out of this situation but Fleetway...

Fleetway killed them.

My mind must have blocked that memory from how traumatic I felt at the moment. I gasped and quickly stood up, then started walking towards Fleetway. I couldn't let him do that to Shadow. Or my friends.

"Sonic. What?" Shadow grabbed my wrist and stopped me, I looked at him with my ears pinned down.

"I'm waiting~" Fleetway called for me, causing me to look back at him. He grabbed my other hand and tried to pull me to him. But before I could even take another step closer, Shadow pulled me behind him and threw the spear at Fleetway. 

"He's not going anywhere with you." He growled furiously. He would risk anything to keep me safe, and I knew that.

"Shadow. Shadow, please dont!" I cried and reached for him to stop, hugging him from behind and hiding my face in his back.

"He doesn't want to be here with you." Fleetway said after he dodged Shadows' attack.

Shadow turned to look at me, then caressed my muzzle and kissed my forehead. He gave me a soft smile and then nodded at me. I didn't need to hear him say anything, I understood what he meant. He wanted me to let go so he could keep me safe. So he could keep his promise. So I did, and I took a step back, trusting that Shadow would take care of this.

"Keep your hands off my husband." Fleetway looked absolutely furious as he launched at Shadow. I couldn't help but I ran away to Shadows room and hid in the closet.

I kept paying attention to the sounds. I kept hearing them fighting. I kept hearing stuff break, and then finally, I heard someone leave. I curled up in the corner of the closet with the lights off as I looked at the closet door, hoping to see Shadow the one to come in and look for me.

"Sonic?" I quickly stood up and dashed out of the closet when I heard Shadows voice. My arms instantly wrapped around him in a tight hug. "Are you okay?" He pulled away and took a step back to look at me.

"Are YOU okay?" I asked, glancing up and down his body to make sure he wasn't injured. 

"Yes. He left. But we need to leave. I rented an apartment for us to stay at for a while." He held my hand, squeezing it tightly.

Shadow had never been one to show these many emotions, but I guess anyone can change. I am not complaining, though. I like to see this side of him, like to know that he's opened up more. It makes me wonder, though, if he really was saying the truth when he said he never met anyone after me. Did he really become more open with his emotions all on his own?

I hope so. If Shadow met someone while I was gone, I wouldn't want to be in the way. I would want him to be happy.

But he said he hadn't? So maybe I am just overthinking?

"Are you ready?" He asked me, and I nodded. We were soon out of the house.

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I'm actually going to be busy for a few days so I may not be able to post so here is the chapter that was supposed to come out tomorrow.