"What are these faker?" The blue hedgehog looked up from his spot beneath the tree. "Ah, what do you want Shads, I'm tryin' to sleep" He said before closing his eyes once more. Sonic truly was trying to get sleep. It had been a long day. A really long day especially for the planet's hero. After a quick morning run everything seemed fine. Then it turned to hell.

Knuckles punched him for something he couldn't remember. Amy was trying to bribe him into another date-if you count smashing someone with a hammer 'bribing'. Tails exploded the kitchen. Again. Metal Sonic well, exploded getting rubble stuck in Sonic's quills.

And now Shadow, for once, was feeling talkative. "I think this is more important you, Faker!" Sonic could ignore him, but hey, he didn't really need a broken nose too, did he? "Fine, Fine, what is it Sha-" He froze. The ebony hedgehog had in his hand a bottle of pills. His pills. Shadow raised an eyebrow at the speedster's reaction. "Well?" Shadow pressed.

Oh man what do I say? I suppose could run off or- no, no Shadow would probably chaos control. Oh God, what do I say? I'm supposed to be the joking happy-go-lucky fastest thing alive! Happy and Joyful a-and Sarcastic and- But you're not, at least not all the time, are you? Faker.

Sighing the hedgehog ran a gloved hand through his quills. "What can I say Shadow? That's my medication. Obviously no denying it, right? Okay? What do you want me to say, that those are my antidepressants? Fine. Their my antidepressants. Okay, I said it happy now?" The other hedgehog took a step back from the negative outburst. A moment of shock and confusion fleeted across his face. It was replaced by a frown, not that uncommon from Shadow, except this was a frown of concern.

"Yeah, yeah I get it I'm a faker. See, I guess you really aren't the real faker."

"What? What do you mean fak-" Shadow cut himself off, the blue hedgehog didn't need anymore ammo. "What do you mean you're the faker" He said trying to carefully arrange his words, "You, would never say that to my face.

A sad smile ghosted over the blue hedgehog's face. "But I am, Shads. See Everyone thinks they know me. Think I'm happy. Think they know my real name. Think I didn't have a family before Tails. Think it's just 'cause of Eggman I'm afraid of water. S'pose that's partly my fault though, I never bothered to tell. Or correct. And when questions were asked, I- I, never answered truthfully, or very well. "

It took a few seconds for Shadow to absorb this information. Water, Real Name, Family, could be worse information to hold back, but for Sonic? I maybe didn't sometimes particularly like the blue hedgehog, but at least I thought I knew . That means that no one else knows-

Sonic's voice interrupts his thoughts. "At least your honest, Shadow. You probably would destroy the world if not for a promise. You hate me," Hate Him? " If you had a chance you would probably go back and save your best friend. You always show if you're displeased. You don't have to be perfect; You don't have to be a faker." Sonic paused for a moment thinking. "Oh, and if life gets really bad, I sometimes take anti-anxiety meds too, so thanks for not asking." Sonic snarked, then grabbed the pill bottle out of Shadow's hand. He then proceeded to speed off, leaving a perpetually confused ebony hedgehog behind.

When Shadow realized what happened he smirked and said aloud to himself

"Looks like The Faker and I have things to talk about."