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Annual Fireworks Log

Who: All of you
What: Fireworks!
When: The night of July 2nd
Where: Campus, but they're visible from the surrounding area too.
Warnings: Small cameos and standard Smash shenanigans.

There was a trespasser on the school grounds. A trespasser toting a large bag full of explosives that looked potentially dangerous. Oh no, he was setting them up! Such complex rigging! What dastardly plan did he have in mind?! The first deadly missile launched into the air, and...

Oh, wait, it was just fireworks. False alarm.

Well, it was obvious by the colourful display that this mysterious trespasser had spent far too much time planning this. What was he trying to do, create a distraction so he could go on a one-man panty raid? Tempting, but not this year.

In fact, now that the fireworks could finish on their own, mystery man vanished into the night. If one looked into the right area of the sky at the right time, they might find the silhouette of some weird spacecraft-looking thing against the bright lights. Could there be a connection?

Who even cares. FIREWORKS.

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But he was quick to let a pleased look take precedence over his other choices. Oh, Shadow. You obviously haven't been paying attention.

"You're so dramatic."

Shadow glared at him, gritting his teeth as if he was ready to say something incredibly bitchy, yet he resisted. He shut his mouth, his stare harsh and full of distaste. That's how he was going to respond? Classy.

He pulled his head away from him and scooted just slightly away.

"Hmph. Just as I suspected; you will never understand."

He sighed, feeling he understood well enough, but why couldn't he make Shadow get what he was trying to say? He thought he'd been clear about it. "If it helps you sleep."

Sonic scooted right back over - right into him. He was all up in Shadow's space, intentionally swaying his leg sideways to smack their feet together. "I feel like these fireworks have been goin' on forever. Wonder how long they'll last? What are they even for?"

Shadow flinched, the brushing of blue fur against his side making him want to reel and pull away from him, and yet he didn't. He sat there, tolerating it, yet with his head flipped away from him in a huff.

"A human holiday," he answered simply. "July 4th is the day humans became free from monarchical oppression. They celebrate this freedom every year."

Such a minor thing, and yet humans took it with such open arms. Why?

He frowned.

... He wasn't going to drop the more serious subject so fast.

"You persist in making me happy." Stating the obvious first, and then moving on to... "Yet... you speak so carelessly."

"Huh. That's a holiday I can get into," Sonic said thoughtfully, considering he was a guy all about freedom.

But his musings over the idea of how he could celebrate it again next year were interrupted by Shadow's recoil back onto their initial topic. "What!" He exclaimed with a shrug. "I was bein' honest. You are being dramatic, thinkin' you're never gonna be happy again? Isn't that a little premature?"

... Maybe so.

Yet Shadow refused to believe that. He couldn't see much joy ahead of him. He was strong-willed and ready to live to carry out Maria's promise, but would he ever actually live?

...

There really was no proof that it would be the case, but otherwise...

"There is not much evidence to assure a bright future."

Wait.

Not much?

Implying that there is something...?

Ooo, Sonic's thoughts exactly. He swung an arm around Shadow's shoulder just to continue to prey on his nerves.

"Well, tell me whatcha got to work with. I'm waaaay more optimistic, so I bet I can figure something out."

Shadow froze, the arm around him making his heart flutter again. Coincidence or not? Likely had to be... had to be...

That was no coincidence.

He shut his eyes, memories flying at him, many memories, the ARK, Maria, the Eclipse Cannon, that yellow Chaos Emerald, that hedgehog

and the way he utilizing his abilities, the way he watched his face and smiled at him through the Chaos Control, the way he teleported him away with the ARK, the way he fell knowing that he saved many lives, including his

and his eyes flew open, the epiphany sinking in.

He saved Sonic's life... because he wanted him to live a bright and happy future.

...

It was Shadow who didn't understand him.

Sonic's persistence comes out of caring, just like he displayed for him.

... Was this what friendship felt like?

"... You."

Edited 2012-07-02 16:54 (UTC)

...DID HE.. JUST...

Okay, okay, this was alright. This was good. This was... PROGRESS.

Oh boy, oh boy, OH BOY.

Look at the sky, look at the sky -

Pop. Pop pop.

Ah, yeah... Calming down.

Fireworks.

They made time crawl in a manner Sonic couldn't be irritated by. They had an understanding of its mechanics, of the essence of eternity, and how everlasting the emotions they stirred could be under their watchful eyes. Those few moments of beauty had it all figured out. They came and went in exhalations, made the most of their singular lives while quite possibly forever changing the thousands beneath them.

Sonic wondered if they were much different from fireworks.

But right now, he was thanking them for happening. He never expected that sort of answer.

Sonic's fingers took a firmer grip on Shadow's shoulder, chest rising as he resisted just grinning like an idiot.

"Well..." He might've been slightly embarrassed, said the blush just along his cheekbone. "I coulda told ya that," he replied playfully, giving his foot another swift kick in the same spirit.

The hand on his shoulder made him more self-aware of his breathing, forcing Shadow to take a deeper breath with a slow exhalation. Calming... It was calming, and he wasn't able to say no to it.

He wouldn't.

"... No. You were already trying."

He left it at that; a vague answer, but all the same with a positive meaning. He scooted further up against him, nearing to him as close as possible, and... he brought an arm around his shoulder, resting a hand on him.

Such a fascinating lifeform you are, Sonic...

... And so, with that, his eyes melted closed

and he smiled.

Sonic's spirits were spiraling right off the charts. It was almost too much to contain! Shadow had just assumed a buddy-buddy position. This was... Heh. Nah, he'd remain cool.

Until... he smiled.

... smiled?

"Ah."

Oh no.

"AAAAAH."

OH NO. HE CAN'T. HE CAN'T...

"What is that?! That's perfect!"

VICTORY.

"What?"

Shadow lifted his head, and only briefly did he feel the smile before it wavered away. That took him aback immediately, causing his eyes to widen.

He smiled without even a single ounce of effort

because of him.

He dipped his head, lids lowered. He didn't realize that a tinge of pink was creeping up on his cheeks in response.

"... It pleased you that much?"

"Duh. Did you forget the entire talk we just had?" He snickered at him, though, unable to help but be kind of a jerk about it.

"Aaaaah, you were wrong. Want me to getcha a bandaid for that?"

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."

"Ow! Jeez." He tried to push his hand off, but didn't give it much more than one jolt into the air before giving up. When he found his hand still there thereafter, it made his own eyes give their moment of silence.

Sonic's mouth, however, just wanted him to know:

"That makes me really happy to hear."

"... Mm."

Good.

The hedgehog sat there in silence now, tranquility washing over them both, the fire in the night raining down so far away from and above them now. ~~They set fire to the rain.~~ He couldn't peel his eyes away, yet whenever he did steal a glance, it was to his friend beside him.

... I think I see now, Maria.

Shadow released him, hand off of his shoulder, but he quickly united with the other hedgehog again as he placed a hand over his, a friendly gesture and a signal of reaching out.

"Thank you, Sonic the Hedgehog."

Were the fireworks beginning to slow down?

Or was that just time itself doing its thing once again?

Sonic flipped his hand over, fingers curling around Shadow's palm with a squeeze.

"Any time, Shadow the Hedgehog."

And he gave him a gentle kick to the ankle again. Just for fun. ♥

... Ha.

And so he took the flat of his palm, shoved it into Sonic's face, and pushed him back onto the concrete of the rooftop.

Yeah, okay, you dick.

You lovable, lovable dick.

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