It was in the middle of the day when Shadow woke up. His eyes opened slowly, trying to adjust to the mid-morning light. "Ugh.." He grumbled, rubbing his forehead. He looked over at the clock on his bedside table, which read 1:00 PM. "Damn. I slept all day..." he mumbled to himself. He sighed and lay back down. Not even realizing that a certain someone was beside him. 

It too Shadow a few minutes to realize he wasn't alone in bed. He wouldn't dare to turn his head to see who it was. But he couldn't help himself. He started to turn his head to where the other person should be occuping the other side. He braced himself to see another body beside him. But there was no one. "Weird..." he said as he sat up. He then got up out of bed, slipping his shoes on his feet. He walked into the living room, noticing Rouge was in the kitchen making coffee. "Hey! You're up!" "Hey Rouge. What are you doing here..?" The hedgehog asked, still a little groggy from sleeping. "I just came here to see you. Then when I came to check on you, you were asleep. So..." she hands him a cup of coffee and smiled. "I made you some coffee to wake you up." Shadow sat down at the table and sipped the coffee. "Thank you. By the way, by any chance did you get in bed with me a while ago?" "No, I was down here the whole time. But if you wanted me to you could have just asked." The bat giggled. Shadow almost spit out his coffee. Not from what Rouge said after, but what she said before. "Y-You weren't? Then who-" Immediately, a name popped into his head. "Mephiles..." He said without thinking. "Who?" Rouge said suddenly. Shadow looked up at her for a moment or two before he turned his head away and shook his head. "It's nothing..." "Shadow, is something wrong? You've been acting weird all week. Is everything alright..?" He sighed. "I'm fine..." Rouge started reaching a hand out. "Are you-" "I said I'm fine!" Shadow yelled, causing Rouge to shoot back a bit. "Well... I-I guess you don't need me then..." Rouge walked away from him, trying to hide her tears. She then walked out the door, shutting it behind her. Once she was gone, Shadow put his hands to his head and lay it down on the table. As he did, he swore he heard some faint, ominous laughing.