Supposed To Be Me (Shadow x Reader)

Chapter 8 Utopia

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"SHADOW! Wake up!! I only left for a minute to get something to help your arm! Please don't be dead!" you found yourself crying as you tried to shake him awake from the ground.

After a moment, Shadow opened his eyes. "I'm not dead. I was only sleeping. I lost a lot of energy earlier, so I'm trying to recover my strength." He glanced up at you. "No need to cry, (y/n)..."

Thankful he wasn't dead and that he was just asleep, you sighed with relief. "Okay... I was just making sure..." You reached for his arm and started dabbing his wound with some cotton. Shadow had teleported both of you out of Null Space and back to the real world. You went and found some natural plants and things that could help him start feeling better. "I know I'm not an expert, but at the very least, I try my best."

"Cotton, huh? That wasn't a bad idea. But did you have to pick it from some thorny plant?" Shadow asked.

"Yes... But if it's for you, I'll pick any plant! No matter how thorny it is!" After saying this, you continued drying his arm. The cotton was absorbing the blood really well. Once the wound was mostly cleaned, you took the rest of your cotton, put all of it into some large leaves, and tied the leaves tightly around Shadow's arm. Not a work of art..., but effective.

"It seems so primitive...," he said as he inspected what you put on him.

"Be quiet! It's better than anything you could do! Besides, you're dead set on not going to a hospital, so take what you get," you retorted bitterly.

"I wasn't complaining! I was just pointing out that it--!"

You turned your back away from him with damaged pride. Nothing in you wanted to hear what he had to say about it. You also didn't want to speak a word to him about it either. Shadow understood that you were mad because of his comment..., but seemed to also understand that he could take advantage of the situation. He stood to his feet and went up to you. Once he reached you again, he sat beside you. As close beside you he could manage. "Why are you so mad...? I believe I've said worse to you... Or are you mad because my opinion actually means something to you now...?" he asked with a... different tone of voice than you were used to. Very low... very calm... very... mischievous.

"Get away from me, Shadow," you told him abruptly.

"If I did that..., how would I kiss you again exactly? Unless if my ears deceive me, I believe you told me that you liked it..." It was that plotting smirk on his face again. But this time, you doubted that he was going to purge his feelings like last time.

Hearing him bring it up made your heart flutter rapidly. A vivid image of the moment that morning suddenly came flying through your mind. Your anger faded into that feeling again. The one you were feeling all morning before the volcano. The embarrassment that, for some reason, made you feel good... and want Shadow even more. "Stop it... Now is hardly the time for any of that! I'm supposed to be making you feel better!" you told him. You weren't about to just say yes to him right off the bat.

"But... it would make me feel better. Therefore, you'd still be doing your job," he said assuringly. You could feel his uninjured arm coil around you and his hand caressed your neck lightly. "You sure you want me to leave...?"

Every nerve in you was freaking out. Every thought was begging to see what Shadow was going to do. Every feeling wanted to know what it would feel like... But fear was holding strong. At first you didn't answer Shadow's question because your fear was so strong. Shadow seemed to sense this.

"Don't be scared. I'm not going to hurt you. I know this is all new to you, but what I'm doing isn't a bad thing. But if you don't want me near you, then I'll keep my distance," he told you. You felt his embrace loosen a little as if he were pulling away from you.