Amy looked around her apartment, which was clean once more. The furniture had been dusted, the kitchen shined, and the old food had been disposed of. She sat upon her dining room table, legs crossed and still within her robe. "It really has been a while since I've been home," she thought aloud. "I wonder how everyone's doing. I bet Cream will be surprised at how much I've grown! Oh, and Rouge. I bet I'd give her a run for her money." Thinking of the chance to put her rivalry with the bat to rest filled her with excitement. "I can't wait until my training is done so I can show everyone how far I've come!"
Her vigor slowly cooled when a realization dawned upon her. "When my training is done. Then, Shadow will leave me." She frowned at the idea. "I know he has no obligation to stay, but for some reason...I don't want him to leave. We've been alongside each other for so long... I don't know what I'd have done without him. What would I do?" A knock on the door brought Amy out of her worry-ridden thoughts and she composed herself as best she could. "Come in, Shadow!" Amy called out. The knob turned, and in came Shadow, in a worse mood than when he left. "All right, I got the-"
His grumpy statement was halted in his throat by the scene that was before him. There was Amy, sitting elegantly on her table, glancing towards him with a forlorn, yet endearing expression. To him, she looked beautiful, and much older than she actually was. As Sonic's teasing words rang through his head, Shadow found himself speechless...
...And then he dropped the groceries.
"Hey!" Falling back on her training, Amy leapt off the table and dashed to Shadow, catching the groceries before they hit the ground. "Shadow, what's with you?" she asked as she looked up at him. The question snapped him out of his trance, and he looked down to answer her, trying to play off his lapse in focus. "N-Nothing at all. I was merely lost in thought," he said nonchalantly as Amy walked to the kitchen counter. Placing the grocery bags on the counter, she turned to tease him, but noticed the dress he still had on the crook of his right arm. "Hm? Is that a new dress?"
Shadow nodded, internally thankful for the change in subject. "Yeah. It's for you to wear tomorrow." Taking the dress from him, Amy noticed that it was nearly identical to her old dress, except it seemed that it would accentuate her new physique. "Oh, it's beautiful! Thank you so much!" Feeling caught up in the moment, Amy leaned in close and kissed his cheek.
The blush Shadow tried to fight off was back in full force. Amy realized what she did and her cheeks reddened as well. The two glanced around the room, trying their hardest not to make eye contact for the moment.
"...You're aware of what you've done this time?" Shadow bluntly asked. "Yes," Amy answered. "Sorry." Shadow sighed and said, "I'll allow it this time. You'd better give me fair warning from now on, and think before you act." Amy nodded, annoyed at how offended he sounded, but happy that a tongue-lashing was avoided. "Fair enough. I'll get the food started. Care to give me a hand?"
Shadow nodded. "Very well."
Her vigor slowly cooled when a realization dawned upon her. "When my training is done. Then, Shadow will leave me." She frowned at the idea. "I know he has no obligation to stay, but for some reason...I don't want him to leave. We've been alongside each other for so long... I don't know what I'd have done without him. What would I do?" A knock on the door brought Amy out of her worry-ridden thoughts and she composed herself as best she could. "Come in, Shadow!" Amy called out. The knob turned, and in came Shadow, in a worse mood than when he left. "All right, I got the-"
His grumpy statement was halted in his throat by the scene that was before him. There was Amy, sitting elegantly on her table, glancing towards him with a forlorn, yet endearing expression. To him, she looked beautiful, and much older than she actually was. As Sonic's teasing words rang through his head, Shadow found himself speechless...
...And then he dropped the groceries.
"Hey!" Falling back on her training, Amy leapt off the table and dashed to Shadow, catching the groceries before they hit the ground. "Shadow, what's with you?" she asked as she looked up at him. The question snapped him out of his trance, and he looked down to answer her, trying to play off his lapse in focus. "N-Nothing at all. I was merely lost in thought," he said nonchalantly as Amy walked to the kitchen counter. Placing the grocery bags on the counter, she turned to tease him, but noticed the dress he still had on the crook of his right arm. "Hm? Is that a new dress?"
Shadow nodded, internally thankful for the change in subject. "Yeah. It's for you to wear tomorrow." Taking the dress from him, Amy noticed that it was nearly identical to her old dress, except it seemed that it would accentuate her new physique. "Oh, it's beautiful! Thank you so much!" Feeling caught up in the moment, Amy leaned in close and kissed his cheek.
The blush Shadow tried to fight off was back in full force. Amy realized what she did and her cheeks reddened as well. The two glanced around the room, trying their hardest not to make eye contact for the moment.
"...You're aware of what you've done this time?" Shadow bluntly asked. "Yes," Amy answered. "Sorry." Shadow sighed and said, "I'll allow it this time. You'd better give me fair warning from now on, and think before you act." Amy nodded, annoyed at how offended he sounded, but happy that a tongue-lashing was avoided. "Fair enough. I'll get the food started. Care to give me a hand?"
Shadow nodded. "Very well."
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