*Shadow's POV*
[1 month later]
"So, how's everything going?" Miles asked me, I had bumped into him while buying Sonic some chili dogs.

"He's doing better. He's not trying to find places to hide and feels a bit more confident now. But I am still having trouble getting him to eat more than once a day." I nodded as I waited for Sonics food.

"Do you know what happened that connects his trauma to food?" I nodded again. "What did he say?"

"Nothing. He won't tell me. There's still some stuff he's not ready to talk about, so I don't push it. I'm just trying to get him to feel more comfortable." I explained.

"What's happening with the divorce and Fleetway?" Miles received his food and decided to wait with me.

"I convinced Sonic to put a restraining order against him. It's making the divorce process go by faster, but what takes long is the court dates. They keep changing them." I rolled my eyes. The system was stupid. "The lawyer says Fleetway will be going to prison for what he did to Sonic, among other things GUN found."

"GUN found? What did you do?" He chuckled softly. I was getting annoyed with all the questions, but I kept answering, knowing how close he was to Sonic.

"Rouge and I decided to inform the commander that Fleetway was out of jail. He sent out some agents to keep an eye out on him. What they found will help Sonic get away from him faster than before." I finally got Sonics food, and I paid then waved at Miles and chaos controlled to the apartment.

"That took longer than usual." Sonic said as he walked to me with a blanket wrapped around him. I smiled and chuckled softly, then handed him the bag.

"Miles was there. He was asking how you were doing." I walked with him to the table and sat down beside him. He placed the blanket in the chair and sat down on top of it, wrapping it around his lap to stay warm. It was winter season already, and the apartment was pretty cold. "Why didn't you turn on the heater?" I asked, confused as I stood up.

"I remembered you like the house cold. You used to make tea and read a book while cozied up with a blanket. Do you not do that anymore?" My ear flickered a bit at that, remembering how much this hedgehog knew me.

"Yeah, and you used to lay your head in my lap while wrapped in one of my jackets and a fluffy blanket." I chuckled. "I could never finish a book while I was dating you."

"I'm sorry. I thought you liked it when I did that." Sonic rolled his eyes playfully with a small smile and took a bite of the chili dog he took out of the bag.

"I did. Those books still sit beside my couch at home." I confessed while looking at him. He looked at me, almost choking on his food, then grabbed a napkin and covered his mouth as he chewed and swallowed what was in his mouth.

"What?" He asked.

"I could never get myself to finish reading those books. Not without you around." I kept smiling at him, admiring the hedgehog in front of me. There was a light blush across his muzzle. There was not a smile but a hint of one. He looked nervous and shy. He scratched the back of his neck, then broke eye contact and looked at his food.

"Come on. You don't mean that. I bet you found someone while I was gone." He chuckled nervously.

"I already told you once that I didn't. I didn't even want to find anyone else either. I've only ever wanted you." I kept looking at him.

"Do you -" He looked at me and choked at his own words, then swallowed hard. "Do you honestly still feel that way?" I nodded.

"I told you already. I never stopped loving you." I looked down at his hands, and before I could reach for it, he stood up. I looked back up at him, only to see him scooting closer to me.

Tears had formed in his eyes, and he leaned closer to me, then kissed me without a warning. My hands moved behind my back as if on instinct, and I instantly melted in the kiss. I wanted to pull him closer, I wanted to hold him while I kissed him deeper, but I held back. I didn't touch him, I let him do what he wanted, letting him know in a way that I wasn't going to rush him with anything.

I felt the same butterflies I felt the first time we kissed. The same feeling I had when he first took me to that meadow for our first date. I remembered that day vividly, seeing how happy he looked, how hyper he was, how excited he was to show me the place. I couldn't tell him that I had found that same meadow years ago that I had been there before many times. Somehow, being there with Sonic that day changed the way I looked at it. It was as if the colors of the flowers were brighter, as if the sun shined brighter while he was around. I couldn't help but fall in love with him that day. On our first date, after I told him I may never be able to feel the same way for him when he asked me out, I fell for him. I fell for him instantly. And I kept falling for him every single day I was around him.

He was my heart and soul, my reason to smile, he was my dream come true. And he still was.