High school obsession

Chapter Fourteen

Hours of wondering around Knothole and, soon, Sonic was finally ready to head back home. Once there the two hedgehog's headed up the stairs to the bedroom but was stop midway.

"Sonic, honey, there's someone here you should really meet," Bernadette reported.

Sonic looked up towards Shadow and smiled, "meet me up."

"No, Sonic. He should really be here too."

Shadow turned to face the two and nodded, "um yeah sure," he mumbled as he walked back down the stairs.

Bernadette signaled them to follow her into the dining room and they did just that. Once Shadow entered the room, he froze in place.

"Sonic, this is Miki and Tetsushi Itsaka," Jules introduced, "Shadow's adoptive parents."

Now Sonic froze. These…the two hedgehog's that stood before his very eyes were Shadow's foster parents?!

Miki stood up from the chair with a gentle smile that gave her appearance of a frail, gentle woman. Tetsushi on the other hand was the complete opposite but his focus was more on Shadow the anyone which just grew more tension in Shadow.

"Shadow," Tetsushi spoke, "what are you doing here?"

"I'm…"

"Instead of fooling around on your pathetic vacation you should be studying for your finals," he ordered, "otherwise you'll never make it into the Mobian academy."

Shadow chuckled and he placed hands to his hips, "I'm not going. Banish from home and yet you're telling me what to do? That's so like you, Tetsushi."

"Bernadette told me you're dating their son," Miki spoke and Shadow didn't respond. She smiled warmly.

"I don't have time for this," he spoke and walked into the kitchen for some water. He opened the cupboard and pulled out a cup. Silently, he filled it up with some water from the tap.

"We want you back home with us, Shadow," Miki spoke.

Shadow gasped and dropped the cup. Now there was glass and water all over the floor but, he was shaking from shock to even clean it up.

"Back home?" Sonic questioned, his voice in a stutter.

Miki walked towards Shadow and touched his shoulder, "we want you back."

With a swift movement, Shadow smacked her hand away, and turned to face her while glaring, "don't you fuckin' touch me!" he shouted.

"But, Shadow…" Miki began.

"Two years, it's been two years since I came out to you guys and you kicked me out! Now you want me back! Why?! And don't say it's from the generosity of your heart because I know it's not!"

Miki and Tetsushi looked at each other, completely speechless.

Sonic ran up beside Shadow and took his hand, if they took him back then that meant they didn't approve of those two together and that also meant…

"No!" Sonic shouted now with tears in his eyes, "I wont let you take him away from me! I wont stand by and watch you control his life forever!" he squeezed Shadow's hand, "I love him…I don't want him to go anywhere without me."

Bernadette stood beside Sonic, "Miki, Tetsushi, you both made a big mistake. You adopted because you couldn't get pregnant, but now you disown him? No contact for two years? He's your son, it shouldn't matter who he's in love with. I never would've even expected these two to even meet."

Jules faced Tetsushi, "we're taking him in."

Sonic and shadow both gasped in shock, "dad, what did you just say?"

Bernadette smiled warmly, "once you two left we discussed some things. Your father does approve of you two, he was just a little hesitant because he's older then you. When I called up the Itsaka's, they told me they broke connections with Shadow, what school he went to and so on. But we want Shadow to live here with us that way you two can be together even after he finishes high school."

"Shadow, please accept," Sonic spoke taking both of his hands into his, "please for me."

Shadow's eyes were narrowed and he was speechless.

"Shadow, please," Sonic begged again with tears now in his eyes.

Shadow wrapped his arms around Sonic's slim waist and held him tightly, "only for you," he whispered in Sonic's ears, "not for anyone else, but you."

Miki sighed, "so that's it. You're permanently leaving this family?'

The black hedgehog ignored his foster mother as he kissed Sonic on the lips, then, pulled away to rest his cheek on Sonic's forehead.

Shadow's adoptive father took his wife by her shoulder and guided her out of the mansion, Jules following closely behind. Bernadette smiled at the two hedgehog's. Everything worked out for the best, everyone knew that. There was no need for going into a family that didn't want their child for who he was. But now it was just Sonic and him and, hopefully with no more interruptions, then this would be the most interesting break Shadow's had for awhile.

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The rest of the break went by fast. The six days were spent in Knothole and the last day was spent on a train. There was only a few months left of this school year. For Shadow, it dragged. For Sonic, it flew since he started the school year late.

When they made it to the school's dorm, Shadow was encountered by Dark, who had been waiting for him to return to school's grounds in Shadow's very dorm.

"Dark?"

"Hey there, little brother," he greeted and they gave each other a hug, then, pulled away, "how'd the trip go? I see your waist's looking better."

Shadow sat his baggage on the bed and sat down, the trip was exhausting. It's been two years since he had actually left this part of Mobius and entered a completely different town, "it was good," he told Dark, "it was a lot of fun in Knothole."

Dark sat on the bed beside Shadow, Sonic sat on the other bed, "did Rouge turn herself in?" Sonic asked breaking any chance Dark would have to even touch Shadow.

"She was suspended. Not only did she hire a gunman, but she was caught having a job at a local strip joint."

Shadow chuckled, "prefect job for someone of her expectations," he sarcastically spoke.

"But whatever happened to Amy?" Sonic questioned out of curiosity. He knew that she was a supporter in the shooting, but the important part was why?

Dark knew everything. Once Shadow got a grasp on some information, it never took him every long to figure it out next. So it was no surprise that he knew who shot the gun or even who's idea it was, "she was fined and was suspended as well. They couldn't arrest any of them since it wasn't a real bullet to begin with."

Shadow chuckled and Sonic simply smiled.

"Well!" Dark began standing up and Shadow stood with him, "I better go, bro. I will see you at the graduation, okay?"

"Though it's months away, okay," he said and opened the door, "oh, Dark, wait."

Dark paused and Shadow kissed his cheek.

"I'll miss you," he whispered and Dark smiled.

"I'll be sure to call," he told him, to Sonic, "you be sure to take good care of my little brother."

"I will, Dark," Sonic promised, "have fun and take care."

The twin hedgehog gave off a slight wave before walking out the door.

The black hedgehog closed the and leaned against it, "well, ready for school tomorrow?" he asked Sonic.

The depressed hedgehog sighed, "no, because then I wont be able to see you for eight hours."

Shadow took Sonic by the pocket of his jeans and pulled him close to his body, "but we can always have 'fun' afterwards."

Sonic knew this was true. He smiled and brought his face close to Shadow's, "so true," he spoke.

Taking Sonic's closeness as an advantage, Shadow pressed his face to Sonic's neck and licked it. Sonic laughed and pulled away.

"Trust me, the last thing I need is a hicky. I need a bath beforehand."

Shadow gave off a small 'heh' and headed towards the bed to rest. Sonic sat down on the spare bed, pulling the pillow close to his chest. Shadow kicked off his shoes and pulled the blankets over his body before turning off the desk lamp.

"Hey, Shadow?" Sonic asked after a few seconds of silence.

"Yeah, Sonic?"

"May I sleep over there with you?"

Shadow sat up and chuckled, "of course, love," he spoke gently and moved over to the edge to make room for him.

Smiling, he tossed a pillow for Shadow to catch and he came over to the bed. Once comfortable, they laid face to face while Sonic still continued to smile. The other hedgehog chuckled lightly before sliding the blanket over their bodies for warmth. Even though that wasn't enough for Sonic because he scooted closer to Shadow so his head was buried in his chest.

A much warmer smile inched his lips and he slipped an arm around his boyfriend's waist.

"I'm going to enjoy living with you," Sonic whispered.

"Yeah," Shadow spoke in a tired tone, his eyes closed.

"I love you, Shadow."

"I love you, too, Sonic. You know I always will…"

Sonic's voice began to trail as he became much more tired, "that's good."

Shadow gave off a weak and tired chuckle before actually falling asleep. It felt so good to fall asleep with someone close to him and it was a feeling he wanted to treasure.

But with Sonic he wanted the feeling to never leave.

But wanted it to stay forever.

The End!!