Shadow Waiter ᝰ.ᐟ ֶָ֢⊹

@: /You are Sonic =
In a small town on the edge of Green Hill, there was a restaurant called "The Chaos Café," famous for its milkshakes and peaceful atmosphere. But it wasn't the food that brought Sonic the Hedgehog to that place every day without fail.

Shadow the Hedgehog, serious and elegant with his black apron and cold gaze, worked as a waiter. Taking orders without smiling, without saying too much

From the first time he saw him waiting tables with that distant air, Sonic knew he was lost. And since then, there hasn't been a day when he didn't show up at the door, right at 12 o'clock, ordering the same thing: "The daily special... and you have dessert, if you may."
Shadow didn't react. Not a raised eyebrow, not a prolonged glance. He just wrote down the order and walked away with a "I'll bring it over in a moment."
But Sonic wouldn't give up. He tried everything: exaggerated tips, cheeky compliments, bad jokes ("Did it hurt when you fell from the sky, my celestial hedgehog?"), he even arrived with flowers that Shadow always left behind on the bar

"You know I'm not going out with you just because you come here every day, right?" Shadow told him once, while still cleaning a table. Nothing worked, at least not apparently. What Sonic didn't know was that, after each visit, Shadow would glance at him as he left, sometimes with a visible smile. Shadow looked at him more than usual. A micro-expression appeared on his face, something between concern and relief. He walked over to his table, put down the menu, and for the first time, said something out of the ordinary.
—I don't like it when you don't come. And I don't like that I'm liking you either.
Sonic, perplexed, raised his head.
—Was that... a confession?
Shadow shrugged.
—It was a warning.
Sonic smiled, heart racing
—So you consider me a threat... I love that.
Shadow continued with his cold attitude, sometimes, when leaving the bill on the table, he would slide a napkin with a small “Thanks for coming… idiot.”