I Will Wait For You

Papa Shadow

The walk home from my work  is usually a very long and aggravating process. The busy streets and hundreds of citizens crowded together on one piece of pavement is enough to make any normal being go insane from it all,but today i wasn't bothered by it. Why? Well that is because i am currently distracted.

I am currently walking down said previously mentioned busy sidewalk occupied by the even busier citizens. Elbows, bags, hair, and anything else that could possibly swing has and already succeeded in hitting me in someway but i wasn't phased at all by any of this. Nope, instead all of my focus was on the little blue bundle of fur nuzzled in my neck.

I couldn't help but let a small smirk slide past my lips as i listened as the little guy purred in my ear as i gently rubbed small circles on his tiny, dull back quills. The moment was overall very heart warming for me since no one has ever bothered to even look in my direction  unless they absolutely had to, and now one day out of no where this little guy comes along and thinks of me as the greatest thing since Chaos Emeralds.

In all honesty I have no words to describe how this moment truly makes me feel other then honored. Truly honored that this little blue ball of fluff chose me,  a grumpy temperamental loner, to be the one to provide the love and affection that he so desperately craves and longs for. I don't real know how i'm going to do that since I've never really loved anything, but i'll be damned if i'm not going to at least give it my best shot. I already failed once at protecting someone that needed me i'll be damned twice if i let it happen again.

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To my surprise and great relief, we made it home pretty quickly and overall unscathed ( unless you want to count the large amount of mud lodged into my skates at the moment). I unlocked my door and stepped in, leaving Sonic's and my own disgustingly muddy shoes on the porch because i did not feel like doing any unnecessary cleaning at the moment.

i sat down on my jet black leather couch and brought Sonic from my neck and sat him down in my lap. I was sort of amused and also saddened at the same time when i saw his reaction to my home. I didn't have much in the living room, just a couch, glass coffee table, and a small television stand mounted with a TV on top of it but he acted like he had just walked into a fully decked out mansion. It made me wonder of how long it had been since the boy has ever seen the inside of a house.

My thoughts didn't last long though before i felt a small peach hand tugging on my chest fur. I looked down from the wall i didn't know i was staring at, to two concerned Jade eyes, " Papa Shadow are you alright?" he asked tilting his head to side to show his curiosity and concern for- wait, Papa Shadow?

My ears folded back a bit in realization at hearing that. Am i really a father now? Do i really deem myself ready to have such a title even though i have no experience in the topic? How can i even be sure that i will be good to him and treat raise him up properly?

I was thinking hard until i felt two peach hands on my cheek, instantly bringing me back to focus. I look and see the same Jades as before but this time they seemed to be filled with worry and brimmed with salty tears, " P-Papa Shadow a-are you alright?" his tiny voice quivered as he sniffled and stared into my eyes.  

i blinked a few times and regained my focus as it finally dawned on me what was going on, " Oh, Yes Sonic i am alright i've never been better actually." i answered calmly as i gave him a reassuring pat on the head. " Oh good! I was worried that you were sick or something!" He said sounding very relived and also on the verge of tears as he hugged my neck tightly burring his face in the side of it and nuzzling it like his life depended on it.

This sudden action of him towards me is what done things in for me. Seeing him so terrified that something as wrong with and seeing how relived and happy he was that i was alright proved to me on how much he really needed me and that i was ready for what i got myself into. Papa Shadow...Papa...hmm you know...that has a nice ring to it.