#Yaauamy

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Shadamy first kiss redo

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YAAU Sonamy! It’s been a while..

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Lineart and colored version of YAAU Amy Rose. I inted to let her appear in my series like this. It will be in a scene that I haven’t written yet.

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Sonamy (I’m sorry for tricking you since they’re just really good friends in this universe).

Illustrations for chapter 8 from my young adults alternate universe

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Illustration for chapter 8 for my young adults alternate universe. I was inspired by the scene from Clannad AS where Tomoya and Nagisa meet again at the foot of the hill.

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YAUU - Chapter 8 - Waiting

The steady, rhythmic beats of speeding up footfalls could be heard through the hallway of the hospital, adjoined to Sonic’s room. He was regaining his strength as the wounds on his body were healing and he even seemed to become more like his old self again, resulting in him going out more often to get some fresh air and stretch his legs. Sonic shoved his sheets aside and got out of the bed he had been in too long, if you’d ask him. He footed his way through the plain, boring hallway of the hospital toward the main entrance to go for a little walk – running was still a no go since he ruptured his anklets on his left leg in two places. It was healing, but not fast enough for Sonic and he was overjoyed to find that he had to be walking for it to heal properly and not just lie and wait. The hospital was such a dull place for the heroic adventure-loving hedgehog and he couldn’t wait to be released from it- if he even was to wait for the hospital’s consent to leave. As he proceeded in a much slower tread than usual, he avoided the many Mobians that almost bumped into him, while walking in and out in the main hall of the hospital. It was always busy at this time of the day since the first visiting hour just passed. Finally setting foot outside and leaving the crowd behind, Sonic drew a breath and enjoyed the freshness of this February afternoon. He stretched his legs and arms, watching as the many Mobians drop away from the meeting point in the front garden, he saw the well-known contours of a close friend being appear. “Hey Amy!” He called, walking towards her. She didn’t turn around to face him, but instead kept her view on the flower beds near the wooden bench on the pavement. “Hi Sonic.” “How was he?” He asked, assuming she’d been visiting Shadow. “Same as usual.” Her voice was emotionless and her absent glance was pinned on the flowers beneath her. The colors of the winter violets cheered up the scenery that hadn’t come to blossom yet as spring hadn’t made an entrance of yet. “Hmmm… Don’t worry, Ames. It will be all right.” “Oh yeah?” She answered him cynically. “Will it?” “Of course it will. Everything will work out fine.” “Stop telling me that. Just… stop.” “Heh?” “Stop being so careless, so carefree, Sonic. It’s been weeks since he woke up and the only thing he seems to remember is my face because I come to visit every day. Every day, Sonic. And he still has times where he mistakes me for the head nurse. What if…” A sniff interrupted her monologue and blurred her vision as tears filled her eyes. “What if he doesn’t regain his memories? I’m so tired of waiting, so scared of hoping and I…” Her lip quivered and she wasn’t able to suppress her sadness anymore. Amy grasped the scarf that covered her neck and squeezed it in frustration and despair while she let out a whimper, upset and exhausted from all the negative emotions inside of her. Suddenly she felt Sonic’s arms cover her as he wrapped them around her, gently leaning on her shoulders, his eyes closed as he empathized with her. He wanted her to be all right, but she wasn’t and he didn’t have the right words to say to make things better. She just stood there and let the emotions rule over her while he held her. “I know…” he murmured, “I know”.

After being with Amy for a while like that, Sonic had contacted Tails and Knuckles to take her home. He walked back to his room and peeked into Shadow’s room, who looked up when he saw someone pass, no sign of recognition to be found as his eyes met Sonic’s. He went on to his own room and called it a day. That particular night, Shadow couldn’t sleep properly. The sound of the clock softly ticking kept him awake when he realized the clock made a ticking sound after lying awake for some time. He kept turning in his bed, trying to find a comfortable position. The wind was blowing through the window and he let the night breeze stroke his face and stared into the dark sky. It was lit with several stars in it and he now noticed that there were come crickets out in the grass below the window. Slowly he started to snooze and eventually he drifted away into a restless dream that lasted until the very next evening. “We’re sorry, Miss Amy. It seems he has been sleeping all afternoon. He’s in a very deep sleep, we couldn’t even get him to wake up, but it’s not like he’s in a state of coma again. ” “Oh.” A hint of disappointment resounded from her reply. In the beginning she couldn’t help but feel excited to see Shadow again when she went to visit him, like he was her high school crush, but seeing her lover was bittersweet due to the circumstances he was in. Him not making any noticeable progress had left her depressed, anxious and empty as the weeks passed. Amy could see the hesitating in the nurse’s eyes, but seeing Amy’s bloodshot eyes and dark rays below her eyes, made her continue: “Maybe you should give yourself a break too. You’ve been visiting him every day. Do you even sleep at night?” “I want to be here.” “I know. It’s just… Take good care of yourself too.” “I will, thanks.” She sat down in the chair beside his bed and leaned on the mirrors of the fence around the hospital bed. Looking at him, she knew that his mind was far away, further away than just a deep sleep. His expression was tormented as his eyes were squinted together. She laid her left hand on his hand and stared at him, fading away in her own mind that was filled with worries. Slowly her eyes shut and she rested her head on her right arm. The glow of a serene blue entered his blurry vision of the dream he was having along with the darker colors of anthracite and black metals. He walked around the abandoned place, feeling like he needed to find something there even though he wasn’t sure what it was supposed to be. He felt his feet move him towards the big window that curved around the contours of the building and immediately felt fear acidify his muscles. The height he found himself at, when looking down, was terrifying and a tremendously strong gust of wind suddenly seemed to pull him through the glass and suck him into space with high speed. “Miss Amy?” “Huh?” “Visiting hour is almost over..” Still only partly awake she rubbed her eyes to sharpen her vision and looked around to conclude she was in the hospital with Shadow. “Thanks. I’ll be leaving soon.” He heard people scream in the background as he looked at the floating building again. He didn’t seem to move anymore and could see armed men run over the floors of the building and a girl who appeared to be scared running away from them. His eyes shifted from the girl to a couple of capsules with creatures in them and unexpectedly he was sucked into space again. Moving at such high speed made his ears tremble and before he could blink he found himself in the building again- or maybe it was another building? He caught the glance of people he knew, without seeing their faces and all of the sudden they appeared to be someone else all along. He felt like he fooled himself, believing it was them in the first place. The sight before his eyes started to rotate and showed him many different places he kind of recognized and with every place came a face and a voice. It was all going too fast, he couldn’t follow the movement of it with his eyes and got dizzy. He seized his head with his hands from the many emotions that he dealt with at the same time and the high impact they left at him. “Shadow!” He turned around, but his eyes were already shifting to discover the origin of the next voice. “I am the ultimate lifeform!” Flashes of situations sped by before his eyes as he tried to figure out who was talking to him and where the voices were coming from. The started to mingle with each other and it turned into one big cacophony. “I will grant your wish, master.” Dark, metal, prison island. “You’re not even good enough to be my fake.” “Who are you anyway?” Station Square, blue, battle. “I beg, you, Shadow. Be their friend.” Blond girl, space, sadness. “FIRE!” Mission, terror. “I love you, Shadow.” Pink, roses. “CHAOS CONTROLL!” “It’s raining tonight.” Amy Rose sighed, while grabbing her umbrella from the basket near the door of the hospital entrance. She opened it and stepped into a puddle that was formed on the streets. Her heart was weary and she wanted to cry, along with the clouds. The cold breeze this kind of weather brought with itself, blew over her and she struggled to hold on to her umbrella. It got stronger and it flipped over. She flipped it back and started walking again on auto pilot because her mind was blank and her soul felt drained. “WAAAAAAAAAAAIT!” It was such a loud and intense scream and it scared her and made her heart skip a couple of beats too. “WAAAAIT!”

A figure came running towards her from behind as she still stood still, totally frozen from the adrenaline this voice had awakened in her. She felt the firm hold of the hands as the figure clamped itself onto her. His body weight and the movement from it running towards her made them both stumble and the last single step he made to close in on her, made them lose their balance and she landed in a dirty puddle of rain with him holding her. “Wait…” His voice cracked and she finally realized what was going on. “Amy…” She gasped and bit her lip way too hard, trying to hold it in. “Wait…” “S-Shadow?” He was only able to sob as he tightened his grip on her and buried his face in her neck. And she gave into him, letting the tears that she wanted to share with someone so long, run loose and screeched until her throat was sore and she ran out of breath. She embraced him deeply and felt like the world drifted away from them. With her eyes closed and the sounds from their surrounding not able to enter her hearing anymore, she finally felt safe, like everything was falling into place. “Can we just be like this forever?” “Hm” She nodded. “Sir! Get back in immediately!” A foursome members of the hospital staff came running through the doors of the hospital in distress. “Sir, you can’t just go running outside like this! You’re supposed to stay in bed.” The four shared a glance when they looked at Shadow’s pulse. The head nurse sighed: “Not again with the needle…”

SPOILERS ABOUT THIS VERY CHAPTER! Now this chapter might be somewhat vague because it has parts where Shadow's dream are displayed in between the actual reality of where Amy is in. Lucky for me, I already had drawn one of the pictures a long time ago. It might've been two months ago since I drew that Shadow and Amy picture. As for now: I need to start sketching for the upcoming chapters. I might decide to do some of the artwork in a traditional way since that's less harmful for my arm. Anyway: it may take a while. There is one more illustration that I want to try in a traditional way.

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Inspirations: - Clannad - parting at the foot of the hill - Rainbow - Elisa - Roaring tides - Clannad OST - To the same heights - Clannad OST

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YAAU - Chapter three - Differentiate

“C’me on, I’ll take you home.” “Huh?” “You’re exhausted. You should get some rest.” Amy Rose nodded at him, agreeing that it seemed better if she’d get some rest even though she still was unable to reflect on the entire situation- let alone reflect on how she was feeling right now. He knelt next to her on the grass and lifted her up in his arms. Her body was numb and she only looked at his face to find out what was going on. “Work with me, okay?” “What?” He sighed when he looked at her face that showed she had no clue at all what he was talking about because she was kind of drunk. His sense of responsibility popped up when Amy subsided in the grass and made him conscious of the situation that was going on. “Pull your arms around me and hold on tight.” “Okaaay.” He dashed off into the distance with an amazingly high speed that she was used to because Sonic had held her in his arms while running this fast many times before- but this… This was different. This time, there was no threat from and enemy to fight against like the times when Sonic ran off with her in his arms. Shadow’s movement was so smooth and the cold night breeze cooled her heated body. It was like she was dreaming. Everything felt so serene. The starry skies, the speed they were traveling at. He was closing in on her house and started to slow down until they had stopped. Still a little drowsy, she found herself oddly drawn to him. His smell, the lines that formed his silhouette and that attitude of him that made him so mysterious… She caressed his chest fur with her right hand. I can feel his heartbeat! Slowly she tilted her head to look at him. “Your heart rate is fast.” “What are you trying to say?” She didn’t answer and lifted her right hand to softly pet his back quills and noticed his heart beat even faster than before and she locked eyes with him. “It’s speeding up.” She whispered. He rolled his eyes at her, feeling frustrated that she was making stupid comments that made him more conscious about how uneasy he felt. “And why do you think that is?” The tone in his voice showed he was agitated, but the dreamy, drowsy Amy Rose didn’t seem to understand. “Because you ran a couple of miles with me in your arms?” “But I’m not out of breath, now am I?” 

It was a little seductive, the way he spoke, with that low voice of his. Amy thought about it: his condition was so good; he almost never was out of breath. Suddenly it hit her. “Might it be… me?” She asked almost inaudible. He looked away from her and remained silent. “You… make me quite nervous too, you know?” she whispered. Shadow’s cheeks reddened instantly and his shoulders stiffened. “Shadow?” He reluctantly turned his face towards her and tried looking at her. Amy’s jade eyes shimmered into the bright night and suddenly he felt like he lost it, driven by the tension between them, wanting to hold her as close to him as possible, wanting to kiss her and everything. Those thoughts alarmed him that he shouldn’t let his guard down and he suddenly shook her off, putting her on her own legs again and made a step backwards. “You should get some rest, Amy.” The pink female held onto his hand and stared at the ground. He could see an inner dialogue taking place inside her mind. “What if I don’t want to?” she continued: “What if I… wanted you to stay with me?” Her explicit question made him shiver and suddenly he realized how cold it was. “Would that be all right?” “I can’t.” “Why?” “Just because.” “That’s not good enough, Shadow. Give me a proper reason.” “Then tell me why you want me to stay.” “It’s just like you said: I need you right now, as much as you do need me.” Great. Of all the things he said tonight, why was it this thing that she remembered? And he didn’t even mean it like the way she used it right now… “Amy, you’re drunk and I feel like I’ve drank too much as well. I can’t… you know? It’s not right.” “You’re the one who kissed me in the first place.” Her voice was showing some agitation. He remained silent because she proved a point. “Listen, Shadow, I don’t want to force you to come with me if that’s not what you want, but I don’t believe you don’t want to. We don’t have to… I mean… I’m not asking you to… sleep with me.” “Of course you’re not!” He blunted at her.

Her cheeks were bright red by the time those words came out of her mouth and his eyes widened instantly. How could she possibly just say that? Might she have been thinking that’s what he was thinking? He wasn’t thinking that she wanted him to sleep with her while she thought he might have jumped to that conclusion. It was a stupid thing to say. Of course she wasn’t asking him to sleep with her. It made her feel major embarrassed. “I just want you to hold me.” It took a lot of courage, but she dared to look up and face him, still uncertain of what he would say or do. Time seemed frozen and his movement appeared to be in slow motion as he placed one foot before one another. It was like she had a fever; flushing from hot to cold; watching as he moved towards her. Shadow took her hand and dragged her inside the house and closed the door without even turning on the lights. He placed her against the wall of the hallway and stepped in on her. The sudden, yet gentle touch of him placing his hands around her waist was heating up her body through her dress. She put her hands on his chest and looked up at him. He rolled his eyes at her, wanting it to appear that he didn’t care. “Guess I can do that much.” Her heart skipped a beat as he looked at her in the dark with that mysterious glance in his eyes that barely showed any emotion, feeling his breath touching her lips, was he teasing her? She pressed her body onto his, making herself able to feel his heartbeat through her own chest. “Heh.” She laughed somewhat victoriously. “Now what?” The dark colored hedgehog lifted one eyebrow. “That mysterious attitude of yours.  You’re playing the responsible hero; almost never showing anyone how you really feel, keeping people away with it, but I can tell.” “Tell what?” “That you’re fighting yourself right now.” “You’re not making any sense.” “Yes, I do, but it’s tremendously attractive when you’re like that- and I run out of breath…” “You’re one to talk. You can’t even speak properly anymore.” He spread a smirk upon his muzzle. “Hmph.” Amy’s hands found their way alongside his cheeks up to his head. They started stroking his quills. It made him shiver. She was right. He was on the edge of giving in to her. The pink female pushed herself up to stand on her toes and whispered in his ear: “When did you become so incredibly handsome?” Again he pressed his lips to hers firmly and pulled her closer to him. His kisses were soft, but strong and left Amy dwelling in his arms. She totally poured into him. Amy suddenly broke away from their kiss, getting a slightly confused look from Shadow. “What’s wrong?” “Let’s sit. My legs feel so tired, I can’t stand any longer.” She smiled at him and gently stroked his chest fur. He put one hand underneath her legs and the other around her back and lifted her to walk them to the couch. He sat down on it, still holding her in his arms. She turned around to face him, putting one leg at each side of his thighs, put her arms around him and rested her head on his shoulder. Shadow returned her gesture by embracing her and caressing her back. She smelled so good and her skin was so soft. “What happened between us just now? Why does this all feel so right?” She softly whispered. He remained silent and kept petting her back. She knew talking about feelings wasn’t one of his specialties… Still: she wanted to know what was going on inside his mind. “Shadow, why did you kiss me tonight?” She leaned back to make eye contact with him and lifted his chin with her index finger when he didn’t looked back at her. She continued: “I know we both agreed that we needed someone to hold but, is that all there’s to it?” “We also hit the glass too hard.” He raised one eyebrow and smirked at her. “That’s not what I meant.” She playfully pushed him and realized she had to use another tactic to get him talking. So, she closed in on him until they were millimeters away from each other’s face and let their lips almost touch. He tried to kiss her, but she leaned back, lowered her eyelids and stared into his eyes. She saw it left him hungry for her kisses, but she was gonna get the answers she wanted from him. It made her laugh inside, feeling victorious. “That’s a dirty trick.” “Then tell me what you’re really thinking.” He unlocked eyes with her and kept quiet for a couple of seconds that seemed to last an eternity. “It’s just that… lately, I find myself oddly drawn to you, Amy.” His hands were gently cupped around her muzzle. “I mean: we’re hanging out more lately and I seem to enjoy your company, not just tonight, but since a few months. I didn’t mean for it to happen. ” “Honestly? I didn’t notice until tonight.” “I knew you didn’t know. I’m sorry for kissing you out of the blue… but when you returned my gestures…” “I was a bit taken aback by it at first, but somehow I couldn’t… resist you anymore…” She felt so hot, she was afraid she might begin to sweat in front of him and she felt embarrassed only thinking about that, which made her sweat even more. “Shadow, we’ve been good friends for a while now. I’ve got to be honest with you.” She pointed her finger at him, accidentally poking his nose from the temporary lack of coordination. “Until tonight, I never really thought about you like this, but suddenly there was this tension…” “I already told you: we both drank too much.” He removed the finger that poked his nose. “Not that!” In a gust she closed in on him and kissed his neck and he spontaneously forgot how to breathe for a second and then burst into laughter from her sudden, passionate move. “What?!” “You, know? I was gonna ask you if I could kiss you again, but I think I already have my answer.” He winked at her. “You… just make me shiver somehow” the pink hedgehog whispered timidly. “I can tell.” Her face turned bright red and she avoided his look, feeling too uncomfortable. “It just feels so… natural because I know who you are with my mind and touching you is so…-“ “I know.” He softly kissed her lips, leaving her longing for more of him. She placed kisses on his neck and noticed his breathing became irregular. It left him dwelling in a pleasurable state, almost drooling at her touch. Just when she wondered if the tension would push them to take a next step, he opened his mouth; “Amy…” “Huh?” “Let’s go sleeping for now.” An almost inaudible ‘oh’ escaped her lips. “I don’t want you to think that I’m only holding you because we both agreed we needed somebody to hold tonight or that we’re making out because we’re drunk. I want to treat you with the respect you deserve. And that means that we have to stop right here, not in the last place because you look exhausted and I have to admit; even I’m beat.” “Even you?” “Even me.” She smiled at him. The things he said made her want to be near to him even more and she couldn’t stop herself from kissing him again, but he was quick to break away from it.

“Stop…right here.” His smile vanished and he tried to look serious, even though on the inside it made him feel somewhat proud that she couldn’t stop herself from kissing him. “You’re so disciplined!” “Stop teasing me. We need to get some rest.” “You’re secretly such a gentleman.” “Don’t tell anyone.” She giggled. “I’ll carry you upstairs.” He put her on her bed, pet her forehead and turned around to leave the bedroom. “I’ll sleep on the couch.” “Bu-“ “Amy, I’m in the military. I sleep in odd places all the time. I think I can handle your couch.” “At least know where the blankets are, you stubborn hedgehog.” She said while handing one to him. “Thanks. Good night.” “Good night.”

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Text in italic = thoughts 

Artists/author’s notes: -  About the first picture :When I finished the picture I realized I drew Shadow a right hand on his left arm. I didn't know to stop laughing or crying.  I put so much effort into that stupid hand and I'm too lazy to change it, but I'd also feel a little guilty if I wouldn't mention it.

- Storyline: It won't fully be a romance story. Things will get more serious and slightly darker in the next chapters.

- Artwork: I didn’t draw the illustrations in chronological order, so the styles may change during the story. 

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YAAU - Chapter four - Powerless

“I can’t believe tomorrow’s almost there already.” A pink hedgehog walked into the living room with two cups of hot tea and put them on the coffee table. The black and red striped male hedgehog turned around to look at her while lying on the couch. He just shrugged his shoulders. “You don’t seem to care, do you?” Amy grabbed a tiny box with matches and lit some candles in the room before turning down the main light. It left a cozy atmosphere in the room. “I’ve done this so many times. I don’t worry about it.” She put back the tiny box where it belonged and searched for the cookie jar. “And neither should you.” He said as he grabbed her waist from behind and pulled her onto the couch. She landed on it right beside him, with her legs on top of his. He caught her by putting an arm around her back. “Hey!” “C’me here. It’s our last evening together for the next six weeks. Let’s enjoy it, watch a movie together...” He playfully kissed her shoulder and neck, but she didn’t respond. “I know.” “But?” She shrugged her shoulders, unable to name the feelings she experienced because she never felt this way before. Sonic and Shadow went on missions and field training periods all the time, let alone all the times they went on adventures to save the world, so she was used to that, but now she felt really uncomfortable and insecure and she didn’t know why. The mission Sonic and Shadow’s team were sent off to was one that would remain hidden in secret for outsiders. She only got told that they were going to be sent off into inimical territory. The thing about this war, that was different from the ones before, was that there was no such thing as a clear definition of the enemy. The enemy they fought against was a group of Mobians that terrorized the planet in many different ways. They lived all over the planet and would strike their attacks on innocent citizens where ever and they had many different ways of doing that. Sonic and Shadow’s team went on an investigation mission about this group of terrorists prior to this one, trying to find clues about their enemy that would help predict what they are rebelling against and searching for patterns in their attacks and strategies. Nonetheless this was a very complicated group and their actions were yet to connect with each other to find those patterns. One time they would suddenly pop up in a big city to randomly kill people with a machine gun, another time they would held citizens hostage for a while or even blow themselves up among a crowd- probably to make as many victims as they could. There were even stories about them martyring Mobians in ways that were too horrific to describe. In the beginning, when the first terrorist attacks took place, everybody was scared to leave their houses because nobody had seen this coming. The Mobians, especially those on South Island, were kind of used to living while battling an enemy because Dr. Robotnik was around, but compared to his wannabe-villainous actions, this was the real deal. Everything about this group was random, they were even yet to give themselves a name and so the Mobians started to use the word ‘randomism’ to describe their way of striking attacks. Popularly they were being called Agents of Ruination (A.R) because they would pop up everywhere around the planet and spread hatred, fear and death among those around them. Now, three years later, everybody had kind of gotten strangely used to the attacks. ‘Life goes on’, some people would say. Others were obsessively busy with staying tuned to the latest news to try and prevent themselves from becoming a victim of this strange war. Even Dr. Robotnik had signed a temporary ceasefire and stopped popping up with his latest inventions to get rid of Sonic and the gang. He even joined the Secret National Committee for Espionage and Investigation (SNCEI) to help battle against the A.R. Even so, there were times were he got bored because sometimes the enemy’s activity would stay to a minimum and he just didn’t give a peep about the ceasefire he signed and still toyed around with Sonic, Shadow and sometimes Tails. The managing board then would summon him, warn him and remind him of the contract he signed, but in the end, Eggman knew that they needed him for his intelligence and that there would never be a serious consequence attached to this. Most of the times when the military got back from their missions, there would be talking all over Newport, the village they lived in, but not last time. Amy heard some upsetting stories on the streets about the last mission, but when she asked both Sonic and Shadow, they had remained silent or changed the subject. This worried her sick, because she felt like they had some inside information that they were maybe not allowed to share, that would change the average Mobian’s perception about his war. “I don’t know”, she replied. “It will be all right, Rose.” He rested his hands on her shoulders and rubbed them gently. “Relax, you’re too tense.” “Somehow I can’t…” “Then let me help you.” Shadow rubbed her back for comfort and then he slowly massaged her shoulders and her neck. He felt her loosening up a bit. “There you go.” She buried her face into his neck and embraced him. “I’ll miss you.”

“I’ll be back.” Amy leaned back and stared deeply into his eyes before he kissed her forehead. “I promise.” Her grip on him tightened slightly. “You don’t believe I won’t be coming back, eh?” He cupped her face with his hands and to make eye contact with her, but she kept looking down. He then put his arms around her and softly pulled her towards him to embrace her deeply. “… Especially now that you’re mine”. His voice was deep and low and it made her conscious of the attraction between them. Like magnetism they were drawn to each other when their eyes met and even now she wasn’t looking at him, she still felt her face heat up. It reminded her of the night they first kissed, which was four months ago. Afterwards they had spent the entire day together just relaxing and talking and eventually they started dating not long after that. On an unusual chilly day in August they had taken a stroll in the nearby forest. He had told her that he couldn’t bear to be unable to call her his, and then he asked her if she wanted to be his girlfriend- and she said yes. She automatically pictured his expression from that afternoon. She couldn’t help but feel helplessly attracted to him again- here and now. “What’s wrong?” “Huh?” “You look like something’s bothering you.” “How can you see- ah, the mirror.” She said as she looked up and saw herself. Feeling slightly embarrassed and flustered, she decided to speak her mind: “I… can’t kiss you like this!” “Heh?!” She moved her upper body a little and shrugged her shoulders to signal him she wanted him to let go of her. Not knowing what she meant by saying that, he still let go of her and she turned around to face him, now sitting on his lap with raised legs. She bit her lip, looked down for a bit and noticed her face reddened more and more. “I don’t underst-” Shadow was interrupted by Amy’s sudden kiss. Even during their kiss he grinned because he found it humorous that the thing that had been bugging her was that she only wanted to kiss him that bad- apparently. “You’re funny.” She giggled like a schoolgirl. The next morning The next day, she saw him off and went home to welcome Jayde in her house later that day. Jayde would be staying over for a couple of weeks during the absence of Sonic and Shadow to keep her company and to support her. And even though things had been a little unstable between the two best friends, she kept trying to hold on to their friendship in an attempt to restore it and bring it back to where they left off, but it wasn’t easy to do so. Amy was feeling more nervous and stressed out than usual and Jayde hadn’t been feeling well for the past year and a half now. She had become more depressed and lifeless every day and decided it was time for a change. That resulted in her seeking help and Amy couldn’t help but notice that her personality seemed to have changed- a lot. The Jayde she used to share everything with, that best friend she always relied on had slowly faded into stranger. Like a puzzle with some leftover pieces that formed another puzzle, pressed in the holes where the missing pieces of the original puzzle were. There were only sparks left of Jayde and Amy feared that things might be unfixable between them. They were standing in the kitchen, preparing for dinner together and suddenly their conversation went deep. She made eye contact with Jayde. Seeing her tearing up, Amy gave her friend a hug, feeling a little uncomfortable about what Jayde said before. “People are noticing that I’ve changed…” So, she already knows about it herself. That’s a relief. Now it’s not me bursting her bubble. “They’re making comments about it, referring to the old me, that ‘would never do such a thing’ and stuff.” The light brown cat sniffed. “I know I’ve changed lately, but I never felt more like myself than ever before.” Somehow that hit Amy in the gut and it scared her. It brought a feeling upon her that she didn’t want to face. She decided to be honest with her. “Well, it’s true that you’ve changed and you had to because things got outta hand. You needed help and you needed to work on yourself, but because of that you’re kinda a new person to me too… And I’m still adapting to that as well.” “I know, but it’s hard when people are not accepting the new me”. Jayde burst into tears and silently sobbed. Amy remained silent and stared at the ground. I don’t want to accept the new you either. I want things back to the way they were before. What’s so wrong with the ‘old’ you? I liked the old you. And if you feel like this ‘new’ you is more you than you’ve ever been, than who were you all along? Who have I been friends been all along? She didn’t want to comfort her, knowing that if she did, she’d probably explain things away and the time for that had passed a long time ago. Amy was usually the one to confront others with the things that bugged her, but she now somehow felt like she needed to be really careful because her friend was so emotionally instable. And so, she decided to drop the subject for now. “I’m gonna go sleeping. Good night”, Amy said. “Good night.” Amy waited until she was sure Jayde entered her bedroom and then silently let the tears out, that had been stinging behind her eyes during this conversation. “I’ve lost her…I’ve really lost her.” It hit her hard. This was the beginning of the end and she panicked inside. She didn’t want this to happen. She had been holding on to Jayde to keep their friendship alive, because she cared for her so much, but it suddenly felt like Jayde had been letting go. No, this was not a sudden happening. She felt that this was what it was going to end up like multiple times before, but it was a subconscious feeling that now popped up in her conscious mind- and it hurt. She looked up and her eyes were caught by a picture of her and Shadow, seeing that made her miss him even more.

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So, you can finally read about the war, currently raging on Mobius in this universe. In the coming chapters, I will iron out more details about this war. Btw: if you have some feedback for me on the story or the grammar (I'm Dutch, so English isn't my native language) , please send me a note. Also: if you think I need to add the mature content filter, let me know please (for DA). Previous chapter: read here Next chapter: Text in italic = thoughts Pictures: - I'll miss you - Bio Jayde the Cat - Bio Amy Rose Inspirations: - Quit - Needtobreathe - Knew it all along - Needtobreathe - It is what it is - Lifehouse - What I meant to say - Daughtry