What's that, Sonic? Is that a bug bite? No, that's just Shadow pinching your shoulder for that remark.

"Don't push it."

No matter how sweet and sappy the moment was, the voice still came out as a sneered warning. Just because he wanted to be friends didn't mean that he wasn't going to stop harming him for being a ridiculous dim bulb.

...

Wanted.

... So that's what he meant.

His eyes melted shut, hand squeezing the other hedgehog's shoulder with a firm and caring grip.

"... I think I understand you now, blue hedgehog."