"That's what he said." Amy was in between Rouge and Creams' hospital beds. They were listening quietly to her story and after accepting her apology for not being there with them, then began to chat about what had happened a two days ago. Cream and Rouge had no hard feelings towards Amy for not remembering about them, they understood that the circumstances she was in made it difficult for her to think about anybody else.

"I think Shadow is confused...I don't think he feels that type of love towards me." Rouge said. She was more than ready to get out of her bed but a certain red echidna had insisted for her to stay a few days for a checkup.

"He does have a point tho...he was ready to sacrifice everything for you," Amy added, a bit of discomfort could be heard from her voice. Rouge turned her body towards the pink hedgehog so she could see her clearly.

"Exactly...but he didn't...even if he wanted to do it, his heart didn't allow him to...he didn't betray you because his love for you was so strong that his body didn't permit him to do it..." Rouge smiled at Amy and she smiled at her sightly.

Seeing that it wasn't enough, Rouge look at Cream for support.

"You know miss Amy..." Cream cleared her voice, gaining the attention of the pink one. " I am actually not supposed to say anything but..." Cream gave it a thought. She promised Shadow that she wasn't going to talk about the time that he had confessed his love to Amy to her. She thought of a better story.

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"Hi there Mr. Shadow!"

Shadow just wanted to walk around the city to get familiar with it. After all, he had just been working for G.U.N a couple of months and still didn't know his way around. Working for G.U.N wasn't all that great, but he had to admit that the payment was good enough for him to leave the comfort of his own house. But it seems like his small strip needed to wait for now.

"Greetings." He simply said. He watched the small rabbit struggle with her groceries bags. Yes, it seemed like today he was going to spend it helping the little girl.

And without knowing, he was carrying all the bags of Cream, walking to...Chaos knows where.

"Did you know that Ms. Amy is opening her own Cafe tomorrow? You should stop by!" Cream said smiling.

"I hate coffee," Shadow said the truth.

Shadow didn't complain at all, he just walked and walked following her until they reached a very pink house.

Cream knocked on the door and that's when Shadow knew that that place wasn't hers.

The door opened slowly as if it was a scary movie. Cream and Shadow entered slowly and with Shadow's good hearing, he could tell someone was crying from the other room. He didn't say anything, waiting for Cream to noticed.

"Um, Mr.Shadow, I think I'll go attend Ms. Amy...you may leave the groceries in the kitchen." Shadow nodded and was on his way but Cream stopped him quickly as she remembered something. "Oh, before I forget! Here is something Tails made for me for whenever I get a lost...in exchange for helping me today"

Cream placed a black bracelet with a small screen on it on Shadow's wrist. He looked at it strangely.

"This will prevent you from getting lost. It tells you where you want to go, any time!" Cream said excitedly.

"So, its a compass"

"No, well, not exactly. See the small screen on it? Arrows will point the way of where you want to go the most...look...uh?" Cream looked into the bracelet's screen and the arrows showed like crazy. Up, down, left, right, east, west, it was going crazy.

"Oh, maybe it's not working properly. Don't worry, I'll make sure Tails fixes it for the next time I see you!"

Cream smiled. "Thank you again, Shadow, you may leave if you want now."

Cream then disappeared into the room next to the kitchen. Shadow placed the groceries bags on the kitchen's counter as he kept looking to the bracelet Cream had given him.

He stepped out of the house and was ready to continue his day, but once again, his good hearing had different plans for him.

"Please, Amy...You don't need him. What if you look for someone else...maybe Shadow?"

Shadow knew that it wasn't right for him to keep hearing the conversation, but hearing his name on the conversation made him curious enough. He walked slowly towards the window of what seemed Amy's room and listen.

"Do you really think someone like Shadow would ever notice me? He would never look my way just like Sonic." Amy said between whimpering.

"Difference is, that you actually might like Shadow." Cream said and Shadow's eyes widen in surprise.

"Me? Like him?", Amy questioned.

"Weren't you the one who worked day and night and almost overworked yourself to death so you could give Shadow a ticket to see his favorite rock band?"

"It was his birthday, and nobody remembered..."

Shadow gave it a thought for a second. Now that he remembers, last year, he found on his mailbox a card with a ticket to see his favorite rock band. However, the card had no name on it. Nothing that could say that it was from Amy.

"Also, a few years ago, when Shadow had to go with Sonic to fight Infinite.... weren't you the one who stayed by his side all that time he was in the hospital after he was badly injured?, Cream wanted for Amy to enter on reason.

Yes, looking back at it, that mission he went with Sonic some time ago was one of his hardest one so far. He really doesn't remember much. He was in a coma for two weeks. He does remember that after waking up the first thing he saw was his hospital room completely fill with all kinds of flowers.

Who would have thought that those flowers were from that pink one.

"And lastly, weren't you the one who told Rouge to give Shadow a place on her team so he could work for G.U.N?"

"Yes," Amy said in a quiet voice.

"Do I really have to name every single thing you have done for Shadow for you to realize that you have feelings for him?"

"Even if I have feelings for him...I could never tell him...He is just too...too good. He deserves someone smart and...beautiful. Not...not this." Amy looked at herself in the mirror with a disgusting look. Cream felt sad by the way her friend was expressing about herself.

On these circumstances, Cream knew better than nobody that Amy would never agree with her. It was an internal battle that only she could battle.

"Anyways, you should be happy. Tomorrow is the grand opening of your cafe! I am sure a lot of people would go!" Cream tried to change the topic to a better one.

"I doubt it...I spent all my money to open the Cafe. I could barely make any advertisement."

"Then, say no more! I'll go right now and make print some papers!"

Shadow was still in shock that Amy had gone to such lengths to do all that...for him. No one had ever been so kind to him.

Never like this.

"Oh, Mr. Shadow? You are still here?", Shadow turned around to find Cream look at him in surprise. He was so entranced on his own thoughts that he hadn't heard Cream come out of Amy's house.

"I, um...I was on-" Shadow cursed to himself trying to find any excuse.

"Oh! Wow! Your bracelet stopped going crazy."

"What? Oh, yes it has-"

Seems like today was full of surprises. The bracelet screen had an arrow pointing to Amy's room. Shadow made turns, walked front and back around himself; just for the arrow to always bring him back to Amy's room.

He had a place to go before...but now, he has. Now, there was a place he wanted to go to.

Shadow didn't know why, but it warmed his heart. A heart he thought he didn't have until that pink hedgehog...no wait. Amy...until Amy made him realize he had one. One that was made just for her.

To give it to her.

"Oh, I have to go! I need to go print some papers, sorry Mr.Shadow!" Cream walked past him but Shadow stopped her mid-way as he spoke to her.

"You do your best...I'll go and check on my bank account," Shadow said.

"Bank account?" Cream questioned him.

"Yes...I need to buy a lot of coffee tomorrow."

"I thought you hated coffee."

"No...Not anymore."

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There were no signs of Shadow.

It had been a few days since Cream had told her story to Amy.

And she felt horrible that there was nothing she could do. She had looked for him everywhere, all around the city but nothing, no signs of him.

Not only that, but Sonic had come by to tell her that they need him in a nearby village and that he would talk to her when he came back.

She wanted to clear things with him...and herself.

She was on her bed, looking out the window, ready to call it a night. She closed her eyes but she immediately opened them, and with her pajamas on, she came out of her house and began to run.

She runs and runs, she never stopped until she finally reached the beach. The waves crashing and the wind stroking her hair.

A beautiful night indeed, the stars, the moon and the peaceful sound of the sea.

and him.

There he was. Standing upright, confidence on his eyes, arms crossed and his stance elegant as always.

A true prince indeed.

Amy left her thoughts quickly and walked towards the dark hedgehog.

"You always like the sea," Amy said as Shadow turned around to face her, unamused. "Whenever you felt anxious...you would come to the sea..."

"You are right...and I-"

"And you are an idiot!"

Alright, Shadow didn't think it was going to start up this way.

"What?"

"You disappear for days without saying anything and you worry me for days just for me to find you here and-"

"I' am going to leave the city," Shadow said bluntly.

"What?"

"I am leaving the continent actually...there's this kingdom on the south... the people need me to help overthrown their king...this might take some time." Shadow faced Amy and he couldn't dare to look at her in the eyes.

"So, this is it?" Amy's voice wanted to crack but she didn't want to show any emotion.

"Yes...it seems like it. There's no more G.U.N...I need to look for work somewhere else."

"Well...I need an extra worker at my Cafe. and-"

Shadow couldn't take it anymore. He hugged Amy knowing that this might be the last time he might see her for a very long time.

"I may not be able to work for you but I promise I am going to work on myself. I'll work to be better...to be worthy of loving you again..."

"Shadow..."

Amy finally let out the tears and let herself cry on his shoulder. She knew that she was going to miss his warmth.

There was no more to say. They perfectly knew what the other felt, the strong mutual feelings that were share. They looked into each other's eyes and caressed their quills delicately as if they were afraid to hurt each other. They both held their bodies in a warm hug, fully appreciating how incredibly happy they were for each other existence.

Shadow's face brightens up and whispered that three-word sentence she was waiting for him to say for so long:

"Amy, thank you."

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