OF Course sonic stood up knowing it was shadow down there. I mean, who else would be up at this time of night. GOD it was hard to live with shadow and vector. He still could remember the agreement to live with them. Sonic walked downstairs, assuming shadow was fiddiling around with the tv, but paused at the sight of a tear forming in shadow's eye.
"Shadow couldnt be..."
Sonic decided to hang back for a minuete.
Shadow hated to see maria cry, supressing his own tears, he tried to focus on the fact that maria was here now.
But he couldn't.
All he wanted to do was to cry, just as he had for all theese years now, but now আরো than ever.
He managed to force up a simple, "Maria, don't cry."
It wasn't any use holding back anymore. For the first time in 56 years, a tear steaked across shadow's face.