You’ve known Shadow for a while now and, for some reason, he was pretty close with you. He would let you do things not even Amy or Rouge couldn’t do. One of those things was touching him. He resented physical touch, but with you? It was as if you weren’t even doing it. He knew you were touchy, so ever since he gave up on pushing you away, he just let you do your thing.

Like now, you were both taking a peaceful walk until you stopped and brought up his teeth. Really? You brought up how he has tiny fangs and how they showed when he talked.

Then, of course, without warning, you took his face in your hands and started lifting his lip, checking out his teeth. To keep you both from falling over, he held onto your waist, his face a bit red. This was miserable… Well, that’s what he told himself. In reality, he loved being close to you. More than he wanted to admit.