Modern Shadow:

    I didn't need this at the moment. I didn't have time, nor the patience to be doing this.

"So, what do you think? Sports tape or new rings?"

    Boom Amy showed me each item that she mentioned and just sighed as I got out of the small shop. She mentioned something about buying her world's Shadow a gift, due that his birthday was coming up soon.

"Shadow, wait!"

"If you want something from me, just say it", I turned around, annoyed. However, looking at her concerned faced made me relaxed.

"Well, it's just that... I wanted to ask. If there was anything going on between you and modern Amy"

"And you care because?", that she looked like my Amy didn't mean I had to be nice to her nor give her all the answers she was looking for. I know nothing of her, and she had done nothing to gain my trust either.

"because...because...I am trying to figure out, my own feelings...about him, and I feel like if I know what this world's Amy is doing and why then I will get a better understanding of my feelings and myself"

    I took a second to look at Boom Amy and appreciate her factions. She may not have gained my trust, but at least I could tell she was being honest.

"specify 'going on between Amy and me"

"Do you...have feelings for her?"

"Feelings?"

"Like romantically"

"Me? Having romantic feelings for her? Look, I don't know how your world's Shadow is but he must be really weak and stupid to think even about having feelings...for you"

    I kept walking but I heard footsteps coming near me. Boom Amy was right next to me, looking more concerned at this point.

"My Shadow used to think like that too and now...well now he has been clear about his feelings for me for a long time"

"Well, Amy and I are just comrades, we just work together in order to achieve the same goal that's it", I really wanted to just run and leave her there but if anything were to happen to her then I would be the one to blame and at this point, I couldn't afford that.

"You don't seem like the type to stick with the same person for a long while"

"Actually I do, I am the leader of my own team"

"Oh, and where are they?"

"Working on their individual tasks right now, we will meet them later"

"And if you are the leader, why don't you go help one of your team members?"

"They can handle it themselves", I was getting more and more annoyed, at this point, I was planning on risking it all and just leave her. She wasn't stopping and she was getting closer and closer to me.

"They why don't you just leave?

"What?", I turned around ready to finally show her how done I was done with this conversation.

"You could leave and go find your team-mates by yourself...so why stay?

"The resistance needs me"

"The resistance? We are only seven in the group right now and even so...they need you to do what?"

    She actually had a good question now...why was I staying? It would be faster if I began recruiting the missing people by myself. What was attaching me to this place?

"I have my own reasons, clearly, I didn't have the answer to her question and she could see right through that.

"Not only that, but the only person I have seen get close to you is, Modern Amy"

"It is for work like I already told you"

"Are you sure? A few hours ago, you just volunteer to go with her to buy supplies"

"That's because I don't trust you nor your world's Shadow!", I was raising my voice, word by word, not caring about the stares of the nearby villages. I looked straight into Boom Amy's eyes and she had no sign of backing away.

"If you don't have any feelings for her, then why do you worry if you go with Boom Shadow?

    This was it. I had hit my point, she had exhausted my patience and in all honesty, her questions had made myself doubt certain things as well. Now, I wanted answers too, but I knew I wouldn't be getting them any time soon. And I hated not having the answers to my questions.

    I didn't care anymore at this moment and yelled at Boom Amy without no care in the world.

"Look, I am going to say this once, and once only. I have no stupid feelings for that weak, pink furball, so stop asking me whether I like her or not because I would prefer to drown than to ever have Amy as a romantic partner!'

    Boom Amy didn't say anything after that, she looked past me as she was looking at someone else. I took a moment to take a breath and at that moment I realized I had messed up.

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    Modern Amy:

    In all honesty, Boom Shadow was different from my Shadow. He was caring and nice and less edgy. I had never gotten so much attention and care from an opposite male hedgehog, so I assume that my face must be as red as a tomato right now. Don't get me wrong, I don't like this Shadow. At least not romantically. He was just really nice and in the eyes of everyone, he was very handsome too. We have been buying supplies for our trip for an hour already and Boom Shadow, had been caring the bags, which were a pretty good amount by himself. For him, it seemed effortless, so I was comfortable with him carrying the bags. I was strong too, so of course, I did my good share of helping him too.

"So, modern Amy...tell me. Are you close with this world's Shadow's?"

    I took a quick look at his face, he seemed calm but a bit intrigued at the same time. He helped me through this day, the least I could do was to answer his question's.

"I like to think we are but, I don't know what he feels"

"What do you mean?"

"I never know what's on his mind...He was here the whole time this world's Sonic disappear.. and even after Boom Sonic defeated Eggman, he stayed here. He could have gone with his team on a mission, but instead, he stayed. He acts all edgy and tough...but  I believe he has a soft side", I smiled a bit to myself, Boom Shadow must have noticed because he smiled back at me.

"and what about Modern Sonic?"

    I dropped my smile and looked away as we entered the main plaza of the village.

"What do you mean?"

"You don't seem to be as close to him like you are with Shadow"

"It's not that... it's just that Sonic left us a year ago...and it just feels strange for him to be back...I am happy, it's just that...I don't know...My perception of him changed"

"How so?"

"He has always been the hero... and I loved him so much. So much that I would chase him around anywhere in the universe. But then, when we thought he had passed away, everything went down. I had hoped that he would come back...but he never did. I thought...that maybe if I had stopped chasing him before, he wouldn't have run into infinite and died. Then, just when I had finally moved on, he comes back out of nowhere thinking he can come back into our lives as nothing happened! Smiling and being stupid...he acts like if I didn't cry myself every night to sleep. He acts like if he didn't miss a year of war in which a lot of comrades died in battle hoping he would come back! He acts as if Tails didn't have a mental breakdown and depression because of him! and its just...its just...."

    I stopped myself from and I looked at Boom Shadow's reaction. I had taken his question to a more personal level but there was no point in hiding it anymore.

"Its just...that he left us...when we needed him...we needed him so much"

    I saw Shadow put down his bags and got closer to me to give me an embrace.

"and I know its not his fault either...so why can't I stop feeling this anger?"

"I wish I could give you an advice...but in all honesty, I don't even know how feelings works...one thing I can tell you for sure is that keeping your feeling to yourself is no good. You should always say how you feel"

    Shadow parted ways with me and for some reason, I felt better after talking to him. Maybe he was right, saying how you feel is always the best option. My mood had gotten better and I was happy to notice that Boom Amy and my Shadow talking in the middle of the village. I saw Boom Shadow's light up when we saw Boom Amy, I could tell at that moment that he had feelings for her.  As we got closer to them, I could tell Modern Shadow was angry at something and just like that, my good mood had gone away as I heard my Shadow talking loud and clear...

"Look, I am going to say this once, and once only. I have no stupid feelings for that weak, pink furball, so stop asking me whether I like her or not because I would prefer to drown than to ever have Amy as a romantic partner!'

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A/n: decided to make this chapter with a lot of dialogue and maybe that way the reader could get a better understanding of everyone's feelings...thank you for reading!