Chapter 10 of w/Sonic: Not Too Fast! Er... Really Fast

## **Summary:**

The chapter begins with Shadow waking up to the sound of purring accompanied by a warm, fuzzy feeling beside him in bed. He turns to his right and lifts up the covers, regretting it instantly. Honest is sleeping soundly beside him with her tail wrapped around one of her legs. Shadow's face immediately begins to redden. Honest springs to life and wraps her arms around him. Shadow panics and tries to get away, accidentally pulling both of them and all the blankets into the floor in a heap. Honest tells him good morning and seems very happy. Shadow tries to push Honest off, but Silver hears his thoughts, something about it being "no use". He barges into the room with his eyes crossed. He sees Shadow and Honest in the floor and seems to blush himself, commenting that he had no idea Shadow and Honest had gotten "that far", most likely talking about being "that far" into their relationship. Shadow tries to correct him, but Silver goes ahead and closes the door before he can form some sort of sentence with which to argue. Shadow looks angrily at Honest and commands her to get off of him. Honest obliges but not before attempting and succeeding to kiss him on his cheek. She speeds out the door and down the hallway, telling him that she would meet him for breakfast, her tail flying out behind her like a ribbon.

Shadow goes to the kitchen to find Sonic waiting for him there. Shadow grabs a toaster pastry from out of a cabinet and sits beside him at the table. Shadow tells Sonic good morning and calls him a faker emotionlessly before taking a bite of his breakfast. Sonic questions why he said such a friendly thing in such an unfriendly way and with such a rude nickname. Shadow seems confused and asks "Isn't that what people say to each other in the mornings?" He takes another bite of his pastry, and the cherry filling drips down his chin. Sonic tells him to hold still and leans over, but Shadow catches on quick and performs a chaos blast, sending Sonic flying across the room. Shadow calls him a "faker" again and uses a paper napkin to wipe his chin. Honest hears the loud thump and runs into the room in desperate search of the noise. She finds Sonic's outline in a wall and says "Uh, I won't ask." Honest walks over to the table and gives Shadow a big hug, telling him good morning again. Shadow just continues to eat his pastry, not saying anything. This makes Sonic upset. He peeks his head through a hole in the wall and asks how come Honest gets to hug him and he can't get a kiss. Shadow turns around and tells him that there's a big difference between those two things. Sonic mocks him silently and walks across the kitchen to pour himself a glass of milk. Shadow quickly recovers and his blush fades. He nibbles on his pastry some more before looking back up at Sonic. He asks if he saw where Silver went. Sonic takes a gulp of his milk and looks at Shadow with a confused face. He tells him that he's not sure, but he thinks he ran towards the living room. Honest goes to the toaster to toast herself a frozen waffle. She says she thinks he's playing video games since she hears a beeping noise resounding from the back of the house.

## **Trivia:**

* This is the first chapter in which both Sonic and Silver make an appearance and have dialogue.
* Honest accidentally spells pour as poor, but she has never changed it due to thinking it's funny.
* This is the first time we see Shadow and Sonic's relationship, but it's amusing to see how it hasn't changed at all since.