A/N: I recommend reading "Unexpected Mistletoe" and "New Beginning" first, since this is the third part of this mini- holidays- series of mine. 

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         Amy had finally taken up the courage to do it today. It was a special one, after all, it was the day of friendship and love. It seemed that today everyone had their special someone to out with. Hedgehog Village wasn't the exception, even little kids seemed to have their own sweethearts. Heck, even the smallest of species had someone. Except of course, for the most wanted bachelor in the village, Sonic The Hedgehog.

Today that was about to change, however. Amy had a plan to confess her love. She has also noticed that after the events of the New Year Party, Sonic had been incredibly close to her. They had always been, but now it was a different kind of close. It was the small details, like him putting his arm around her shoulders. Or wanting to touch her hand every opportunity that he could get.

Everything was ready to go. The party, the gifts and the outfit, everything was going according to plan. Amy needed one last thing, however, she walked around the kitchen to look pick up an orange to eat it on the go. Eating them was kinda bittersweet, to tell the truth. She didn't eat them before Sonic gave her on New Year. Well, it wasn't an Orange, it was actually a mandarin. However, mandarins are extremely rare to find on the island. To get them, you would have to travel across the globe and look for them somewhere. Therefore in hedgehog village, oranges were the closest thing to mandarins. The 'Bitter' part of 'Bittersweet' was that it reminded her of the events of New Year...the last day she saw Shadow the Hedgehog. Maybe it was normal for him to disappear once in a while. What hurt her was that he didn't say a word. Maybe it was her fault that she got her hopes up. Shadow was different towards her, or at least that was what she noticed. Or what she WANTED to notice. Now thinking about it, it was kinda stupid of her to think that anything could happen between her and Shadow.

Amy got out of her house and closed the door behind her. She decided to take a long walk along the beach before getting into the village. The soft sound of the waves crashing the sand made her relax and she loved it. Now even more since Sonic and her had connected because of it.

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"So, have you seen her?", Shadow absolutely didn't want to be there at the moment but it was necessary.

"Yes, I have! But I won't tell you!

"Alright then, I'll take my leave", Shadow walked away in the middle of the forest. He really wanted to see Amy as soon as possible and on his desperation, he tried making a conversation with one of her best friends, Sticks.

"Of course go away! It's not like I would tell you that Amy is going to be at the Valentines party tonight at the Village's Ballroom!", Sticks said it with a very obvious tone making her intentions clear. Shadow smirked slowly, he wanted to thank her but didn't want to make things awkward either.

"Who could have thought you could trust someone like me?", Shadow said as he walked away. "As long as you are not a government spy everything is fine", Sticks added.

"Well, spying is not my thing...I am just a half-alien hybrid who in occasions likes to put your group of friends in danger"

"Wait, what?!"

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Now Shadow was here, doing things he thought he would never do.

"How humiliating"

"Listen, man, if you want to get with Amy, this is what you have to do"

There he was, Knuckles the Echidna, painting him all in blue even his red stripes. Shadow definitely didn't want to do this. Well, if it was for Amy then it was all worth it, he guessed. Everything happened so fast, like he saw the red echidna and asked for directions, the second thing he knows; he is talking to Knuckles about his feelings for Amy and lastly, he came up with a crazy plan to make Amy fall in love with him. And Shadow, being the desperate hedgehog he was, he was all in it.

"Well, if you want her to like you, then you must be what she likes. And as far as I know, she likes Sonic.", Knuckles gave one last look to his masterpiece as he smiled. "It's perfect!."

"Are you sure she will like me?", Shadow asked as he looked at himself. "Don't you think it's better to just be myself?."

"Yourself? Dude, you went off running somewhere on New Year's, didn't say goodbye and didn't come back until today...you think Amy is going to receive you with her arms open?"

Shadow gave a sigh, now thinking about it what Knuckles said made sense. Amy won't like him for who he is and he needed to change that. If a cocky, self-absorbed blue hero is what she wanted then...he will try his best.

"Alright I get it, now what?"

"Well, you go to see Tails, I am pretty sure he was a suit that he can lend you for tonight's party"

"I don't wear clothes"

"None of us does"

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And so, Shadow went to Tail's workshop. He didn't want to barge in just like that but it seemed like the yellow fox needed help since he could hear screaming and yelling from the inside of his workshop. With that being said, he entered through the doors and found a bunch of kids using Tails' inventions. Rocket shoes, transparent blankets, food maker, everything. Tails just seemed like he couldn't get a hold of them. He was so done that he didn't even notice Shadow standing right behind him.

"Need help?"

"WOAH!", Tails jumped and he faced the blue one. It took him a minute to realize that the one he was talking to was the anti-hero, Shadow the Hedgehog. Two things gave it away, the chest fur and his red eyes.

"Shadow, what are you doing here?"

"Passing through town, listen I need you to get me a suit"

A breaking glass was heard and Tails really didn't have the time to deal with Shadow, he didn't even have the time to ask him about his weird change in color. "Zoey gave me the responsibility to take care of the village's kids for a couple of hours since they are decorating their daycare for tonight's event. I don't want to be rude but as you can see I-"

"I'll help you if you help me with the suit"

"Why in the world would you need a suit-"

"MR.TAILSSSSS!!!! ANA BROKE YOUR TOASTER!"

"All yours, be back in thirty"

Just like that, Tails dashed away. The last thing, Shadow heard was the blast that came when the door closed. Shadow could still hear the screaming of the children. He took a deep breath before saying loud and clear:

"SOLDIERS!"

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Tails came back from his shopping. He looked at the suit in his hand. The transparent bag made it clear that the suit was just iron, perfectly folded and with no stain on it. He had no idea why Shadow of all hedgehogs would want a suit, but his patience was running low and Shadow's appearance all of a sudden was like a sign from Chaos. He didn't know his suit size but he made the conclusion that his size would be the same as Sonic as they seemingly possess the same body type. Unlike Sonic white suit, Shadow's was black. Tails knew that Shadow wasn't the type to want attention, he would want something formal, but not too formal. Simple and casual, hopefully, he wasn't wrong.

He finally made it to his workshop and was relieved to hear no noise at all. He opened the door and what found next was really unexpected. The kids were asleep. Every single one of them had pulled up a blanket and fallen asleep. Shadow was sited comfortably in a chair, in his had a copy of the famous book Don Quixote.

Tails was speechless, he remembers that Amy told him once that Shadow was actually pretty good with kids. But who could have thought, he was this good? Not everyone can put 15 kids to sleep in a span of thirty minutes, that right there, was talent.

"Oh, you got my suit?", Shadow said as he stood up from the chair, walking past the sleeping children on the floor.

"Yeah", Tails looked one more time to the sleeping children as he handed delicately the suit to Shadow, "How did you do...this?"

Shadow knew that he meant the children, he smiled, not only proud of himself but at the children as well.

"They are kids, every day is an adventure for them. If you can't take them out for one, then read them one...Don Quixote is my favorite"

"It's one of my favorite works of literature too, I am learning Spanish just so I can read the original one"

"Reading Don Quixote on its original language it's an experience everyone most live... the English version does not make it justice when it comes to describing his last words.", Shadow walked up to the door ready to leave. He made a stop as he was about to open the door and gave Tails a look. "Thank you"

"Good luck with Amy", Tails wasn't stupid. He could see the signs and although he was a 'noob' in topics about love, he could still see the science behind it and that he understood. Willing to do 'humiliating' things for the loved one, check. Asking favor to your 'enemies', check. Going to a party, although you hate big crowds, check. Shadow was in love, Tails deduce. Or so that's what Sonic had also told him.

Shadow nodded, thanking him again on his mind.

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The night had begun now. Everything was ready to go. Amy had her make up done, a beautiful white dress that will match Sonic's white suit. A beautiful rose decorated her hair and her posture delicate and strong as ever.

Her hills were doing click and clack, a bit nervous because she had never really worn something as flashy as the dress she was currently wearing. She saw Sticks outside the ballroom. She was relieved to see her badger friend who had wanted to share the news with her.

"Amy, are you alright?", Sticks looked at Amy up and down. "Wow, you look really good today! Trying to impress a hedgehog, I believe", Sticks said teasingly.

"Yes, finally today will be the day I confess my love to-"

"Hello, ladies! come on in!"

Amy was interrupted by a very happy looking Sonic. As embarrassed as Amy was she had the courage to enter accompanied by Sticks which soon read the atmosphere and left. She gave Amy a wink and left Amy and Sonic to enjoy themselves. Now the song had changed, can't help falling in love began to play and Sonic was taking up his chances.

"Care to dance?", Sonic delicately showed his hand. He was a bit embarrassed but a safety feeling came after Amy accepted it. Sonic took her all the way to the center, ready to show off her beauty to everyone. To show the world that they belong to each other. Sonic knew that he was a very lucky hedgehog, it had taken a long time to realize that. Now that he was giving the opportunity, he wanted to take it.

Amy, on the other hand, wasn't feeling her best. She was flatter when Sonic asked her to dance but for some reason, it didn't feel right. Their steps were synchronized, but their minds weren't. Amy thought that this was going to be their moment, that she was completely ready to express her love and Sonic would accept them'; they were meant to be happy together. However, that wasn't happening, she wasn't feeling butterflies on her stomach anymore, nor the fireworks every-time they would hold hands. That was gone.

Amy took one look around and found Tails and Zoey sharing a small kiss. Suddenly, a flashing image crossed her mind. That Christmas day she was trapped in a cave with Shadow...when he kissed her.

Oh god-

At her realization, the lights had turned off. She couldn't see anything, the only reason she could tell Sonic was still with her is because she could feel his hands on her waist. "I'll go see what's the problem. Wait here, Amy."

With that, Sonic left, leaving her alone in the dark. A few minutes passed and suddenly Amy felt hands on her waist again. Some people had pulled out their phones but even so, she really couldn't tell who was in front of her. She saw blue in the darkness and assumed that her blue hero was indeed in front of her.

"So, what was the problem?", Amy asked him but there was no response. She figured that there was something wrong going on. Guilty was eating her alive, she thought of the worst and although this was impossible, jumping into conclusions was one of her specialties. 

"Look Sonic, I've been wanting to tell you this... I like you...well I used to like you like a lot but...now I think I like someone else. It took me some time to realize that. However, I feel like I need to tell you so I can move on. I know you might find this weird but actually...I think I really, really like Shadow-"

Amy then felt something wet on her mouth. It felt weird. it honestly did. She moved apart but the hedgehog in front of her had tried again. This time there was no tongue, only a soft peck on the lips. Still dark in the room, Amy could only see shades of Red and white, may be Blue.

The lights turned on and as Amy parted ways with the hedgehog in front of her, she noticed that the hedgehog in front of her wasn't Sonic.

The red eyes gave it away, the hedgehog in front of her was no other than Shadow the Hedgehog.

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A/N: Happy Valentine's day and sorry for taking so long to write the third part of this mini-holiday series of mine kind of? Anyways hoped you liked this one!