Vamp buds

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Shadow could hear every shallow beat of his heart. It was slowing down... too slow. His wounds were too severe. Shadow hated that he had let this happen at all. He should’ve been here. Curse his stupid feelings which he had been trying so hard to keep from the other. Now he could lose him forever.

Blood was pooled under him and continued departing rapidly as though it had somewhere better to be. He wasn’t going to make it. Shadow wasn’t sure he could allow that.

Sonic wasn't one who should simply give up and go in peace if there was another route... but what if that's not what he would've wanted...? Sonic idly mentioned once that vampiric abilities looked cool. He would come back even stronger than before... albeit with some... trivial... limitations. But he’d still be around... they’d be together forever... except...

Sonic wasn’t really with him. Shadow didn’t own his heart, yet he was about to make a questionable decision on its behalf. Sonic was unconscious... he couldn’t consent... he might despise Shadow for what he was about to do. He didn’t even know Shadow was a vampire. He was careful to hide his weaknesses and habits, he wore sunglasses along with a harness and leather jacket at all times around Sonic to conceal his special features.

Shadow lifted his head up and bared his teeth, sinking them into Sonic’s neck. His blood was a bitter-sweet tang across Shadow’s tongue. It slithered down his throat. He tasted Sonic’s trembling pulse until it stopped.

His heart would beat again... it was a common misconception in their world that his kind were essentially dead... Well, they had one foot in the grave at all times, but their hearts didn’t stop, they were just shallow and unnaturally fast. Their bodies were tough and cold, but they retained emotions... dulled emotions... other than when it came to their beloved.

A vampire loved once and only once.

He couldn’t lose Sonic. It would break him. The world wouldn’t survive a remorseless Shadow if his heart was gone. He bit into his own wrist and dripped his sluggish blood into Sonic’s slightly parted maw. He sped Sonic to the nearest graveyard.

Shadow picked out a nice spot by a pretty tree in spring bloom, an odd splash of cheerfulness on the gloomy landscape. He removed his gloves and raked his claws into the dirt. He dug a shallow grave... though grave wasn’t the best term... Sonic was going to be reborn… it was more like a cocoon.

He carefully maneuvered his temporarily stiff and lifeless form into the hole and covered it back up. He curled in a ball at the roots of the tree and waited.

Shadow’s head immediately lifted when the dirt rustled. Sonic, now decorated with fangs, yellow sclera, and leather wings, emerged to rejoin the living as a creature of the night. He looked as incredible as ever, and the sight of him returning to the world nearly arrested Shadow’s own heart.

“Sonic.” Shadow slotted himself next to Sonic and carded fingers through his quills. Every fluttering beat of his undead heart was because of Shadow, now. “Please. Forgive me.”

Sonic eyes slid open. He wouldn’t blink anymore unless he did it on purpose. His gaze was squinted for a moment as he adjusted to his considerably sharper vision. “I was... dying... I... is this a graveyard? What did you... do to me?”

Shadow took off his sunglasses and freed his red wings as Sonic’s gaze turned fully on him. He gasped. However, he didn’t seem appalled.

“You’re like me now. I couldn’t lose you, Sonic.” Shadow stared at him, begging him to understand. “You’re everything to me.”

Sonic hesitated a moment, then flung himself at Shadow, wrapped his arms around him. “I’m not mad. My last thought before I passed out was... that I wished I could tell you that I love you.”

Shadow wished his tear ducts still worked. He had never been so happy, not even before he was turned. He settled for squeezing Sonic back as hard as he could, comforted that Sonic would be able to withstand his full strength as a vampire as well. No longer would his affections be restrained.

He dropped down so that he could press his ear against Sonic’s chest, reassuring himself that the heart which Sonic now shared with him continued its important task and this wasn’t a merciless dream. Sonic kissed the top of his head.

Vampire pookies💖💖