Part 2 of Boom! Shadow and Knuckles with baker and coquette aesthetic reader!
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Boom! Shadow the hedgehog part 2:
When does he realize he loves you? Well, it all happened when you were suddenly attacked by a villain. Some guy named T.W. Barker teaming up with Eggman to capture you and force you into a business with no freedom or rest in it.
With fear and worry plaguing his mind from your disappearance, during his time trying to rescue you he finds himself questioning the relationship he has with you.
At the end of it all, when you're finally rescued and hug him as thanks, he becomes speechless. Gently hugging you back and eyes widening at his reaction.
Why is his heart beating so fast? Why does he feel so relieved by seeing you unscathed? Why does he feel so joyful?
Oh…oh no.
Oh shit.
Give him some more time, because he’ll have to come to terms with his feelings for you and might stop visiting you for a while. Trying to make some distance to think for a while, albeit missing your presence dearly.
In the end, before closing the shop he appears before you. A pearl necklace in his hand and a bouquet of pink and red roses in another. For the first time, you see a dust of pink cover up his cheeks.
“do you..have time for a date?...”
As a boyfriend, Shadow is mostly the same. Though he is a bit more protective than usual. He teaches you self-defense and makes up a few traps around your bakery so you could activate them whenever you’re in danger.
Most dates are in your bakery or house. He hangs around your house more than he does in the forest. To the point where you have a spare pillow and blankets in your bed just for his arrival.
There are times when you both sit down at the edge of a cliff and stargaze as a date. Telling stories and jokes while holding hands throughout the whole thing. Sweets you made especially for this trip are neatly placed on the picnic blanket.
He’s much softer when your both alone. Not being much afraid of showing vulnerability.
He’s way nicer to you than anyone else on the Island. Complimenting and praising you when you’re both alone and seeing you in the same status as he is.
He tends to keep you away from the Sonic gang. Especially their leader. Saying that they’re the ‘most pathetic creatures on earth’ and how they ‘don’t deserve your kindness’.
Melts when you give him any sort of affection. Not keen on PDA in social places but a complete sucker for it when you’re both alone.
Can and often will kiss your hands after you are done baking just to see you blush madly and look away. He thinks it's really cute despite your lighthearted annoyance towards that action.
Loves your taste in fashion and thinks it suits you perfectly. He often gets you pink objects and crystals as gifts. In special cases, like your anniversary or birthday, he gets pearl-themed jewelry.
He loves you deeply, and you deeply love him back.
Boom! Knuckles The Echidna
The first time you two met was not pleasant.
You found a bunch of construction workers huddled up around your bakery, while confronting them, they show you a paper about the mayor accepting a new building at this location.
You were mad. Enraged even. You didn’t spend hours of your time filling up paperwork just to have the mayor quickly accept this offer with a mere stamp. Especially since he didn’t even speak with you about it!
So marching down the place with a look that could terrify one with even a small glance, you barged into the mayor’s office.
Only to find the red echidna from Team Sonic sitting on his chair instead.
With a bit of time wasted on taking a number and waiting in line. You made him approve a new law of it being illegal to destroy your bakery. Only to have that law completely ignored by others an hour later. Shoving new forms in your face about the echidna approving their construction here.
It seems that you have seen him at his worse. Because right after your encounter with him and a few hours of chaos around the village, the next morning a flower that seemed to be picked up from a forest nearby was placed neatly on your counter. A letter saying ‘I’m sorry-Knuckles’ right next to it
Talking to neighbors made you realize that Knuckles had done this in every shop and doorstep. Feeling a bit guilty for causing such a ruckus. You felt yourself smile a bit. That is so cute and sweet.
The next time you saw him was a week after the event. He was curious about your sweets. Saying that he heard from a friend that your baking is good.
Over time, he visited your bakery more and at some point become a regular. With him being a regular now, chit-chats and small conversations were always made throughout the weeks.
He would usually come around after his training. Rather than going back to eat at Meh Burger he now goes to your bakery for a sweet treat instead.
At times you find him glancing around the place, commenting about how he likes your style and how it reminds him of one of his friends a bit. As some time passed by, he found himself glancing at pink roses and pearled jewelry and getting reminded of you.
He’s the one to first realize he’s into you. With that realization, he acts slightly different around you. Acting like a ‘cool’ and ‘chill’ manly guy to get your attention. Only to get clumsy and mess up every line he says.
“You look very nice today.”
“Thank you Knuckles.”
“Not that I care though.” He proudly huffs.
“Huh?”
“wait no what I mean is-“
It takes some advice from his friends, but he finally gives up on the flirting and acts like himself again.
You were always aware of him flirting or not, but Knuckles on the other hand never seems to get your flirting.
He’s SO dense to it. To the point where he even sees your most flirty and romantic coded comments as a funny joke.to his friends, it was frustrating to see you fail to get his attention and him to get yours. So with a bit of planning, they made you both get tricked into a date and in the end made you two confess.
He’s so sweet. Like extremely sweet. He can be dense and a bit of a troublemaker at times. But you never really minded it. He’s a himbo. But he’s your himbo.
Helps you with carrying new boxes of ingredients just like Shadow does. But unlike Shadow, he has fun taking orders.
Dating him means being a known target for Eggman. He might not use you to his advantage much, but there are times when he just kidnaps you just because he’s out of ideas.
This becomes so common that Knuckles started teaching you self-defense.
It becomes a sort of bonding time for you two. First, you both train in his backyard then go to your bakery to rest and restore all the energy you lost.
Another thing that gets added to your life with dating Knuckles is becoming friends with his team and them becoming regulars at your bakery.
It's come to the point where they prefer going to your bakery more than Meh Burger.
The number one fan of your baking skills and your taste tester. Always praises every treat and loves everything that you make. Even if it doesn’t help since you want full honest criticism of it, it still feels really nice to have your boyfriend praise you like that.
Overall, a very sweet relationship.
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