Hey guys I decided to publish this to say sorry about my mistake yesterday and thank you for your comments.

You reminded me why I did these one shots, which is write for people who deserve them.

Enjoy.

You are a (A/T)

Another day, another dollar.

Bored. That was the definition of (Y/N) right now. She sat there in her flat shared with her boyfriend at a loss of how to spend her time. After some time coming up with ideas having grown bored of the TV, the only thing she could possibly think of was to both text and annoy her boyfriend.

Where are you?

Shadoooww? I know your getting my texts.

Are you working late again?

Shadow the Hedgehog answer me right now!

Giving up in a huff she slouched further down the sofa lazily dropping her phone by her side, you would have thought that four texts in an hour deserved some kind of response. Her ears perked up though as a small *ping!* came from her phone. But it wasn't the reply she had wanted.

I'm at work

So she texted back:

I guessed that but why aren't you at home?

Because I'm at work

Well how long are you going to be there?

I won't be back until late

And how late is late?

Late

She gave another large huff resuming her slouched position giving up. Shadow had been doing this a lot lately, working late and seeing less of her. She guessed it was because he was trying to take his mind off of things or something, but that still didn't excuse him from spending so little time with her.

"You know what, I'm going to talk him tomorrow and give him a piece of my mind." She declared out loud.

She was worried about him and wanted to help him if he did have a problem, besides. This amount of work could not be healthy for him.

~the next day~

"I'm perfectly fine (Y/N)."

(Y/N) just gave a grumble at the sweeping reply Shadow had given. It was Thursday so (Y/N) knew Shadow would be here in the shooting range, he comes here to practise every week, even when he's not working as hard as he currently is.

"You can't be fine Shadow, not with how hard you are working. Your barely giving yourself time to rest, what about sleep?" She asked concerned.

"I'm the Ultimate Life Form, I don't require sleep." He replied in the same dull voice, not even glancing at her as he reloaded his gun.

"You might not require it but it still allows you a mental break. Shadow your working too hard, your going to burn yourself out." (Y/N) continued to argue as he continued to shoot.

"I'm perfectly fine (Y/N)." He said again, except this time he looked at her.

She could tell he was trying to make sure she didn't worry, but unfortunately it wasn't working very well.

"Fine, I'll believe you for now. But you better come home tonight!" She warned leaving the shooting range.

Making her way back home she wished Shadow would care for himself a little more. It's not the she minded Shadow taking on extra work, it was the fact he wasn't allowing himself any time to rest.

"I'll let him carry on with this but not for much longer, otherwise I'll Chaos Control his ass back home myself." She promised to herself as she carried on home.

Later that day he texted her again letting her know that he had another mission and wouldn't be back until late, again.

So (Y/N) was reduced to spending the night alone again, but she decided that tonight she'd stay up until he came home. As she figured it must be lonely for him to come home and have no one to greet seeming though she's already asleep, and then maybe if she wasn't too tired she could offer him some company as he did his paper work.

As Shadow's routine at the moment was to go on missions only to have to complete paperwork when he got home.

Then began (Y/N)'s long trail of the night. She desperately tried several different techniques to try and stay awake after watching countless movies and not liking coffee had failed. She drank plenty of water, but that just ended up with her needing the toilet constantly.

She tried reading a book but her eyes were sore from already being so sleep deprived, and then she took to desperate measures and put an ice cube down her back.

"Cold! Cold! Cold! Cold! It worked! But I shouldn't have done it!" she screamed getting the ice cube from under her top.

And even then it only had a quick effect. Giving up she just sat back down on the sofa not noticing her eyes slowly closing, until the point she fell asleep her head resting on the arm of the sofa.

Meanwhile though Shadow was making his way back home just glad to get another mission done, but less happy about the idea he'd be given a new one soon enough. And even less happy at the thought that he was worrying (Y/N).

It wasn't his intention, but G.U.N were very demanding of him at the moment and he couldn't exactly refuse a mission.

Making it back home he entered quietly expecting (Y/N) to already be asleep and in bed, well... he was right about one thing. He found it both sweet and amusing when he found her asleep on the sofa, obviously having tried to stay up and very cutely failed.
He gave a small smile at the sight of her, undoubtedly in the morning she'd worry about him again, but that didn't matter right now.

To see just how fast asleep she was he gentle petted her head ruffling her hair a little, and scratching behind one of her ears. If she was awake she surely would have been a blushing mess, telling him to stop it. But when a small purr erupted from her chest he knew she was dead to the world.

So delicately picking her up she gave a couple of lazy grumbles but stayed asleep as he took her into their room. Putting her into bed in a root reflex she snuggle into the duvet and this made Shadow smile again.

He really did want to spend more time with her, in fact he would have gotten into bed himself... If his communicator hadn't beeped.

With a scowl he walked out the room as not to wake (Y/N) before answering the call.

"Yes?" He asked in a angered tone. 

"Agent Shadow we need you urgently for a mission that was just reported in. Can you respond?" an agents voice came through.

He was half tempted to tell that agent where to stick it, but the commander had him under inspection at the moment, so he couldn't exactly say no.

"Yes, I can respond." he answered in a spiteful voice.

"Glad to hear, meet at HQ with agent Rouge in 20 minutes."

Shadow was the one to cut the line, giving a sigh he glanced back at (Y/N) wishing he could stay, rather than leaving her on her own again. So before he left he gave her hair another quick ruffle and gave her forehead a quick peck before heading to HQ, wondering what this mission could be.

As the hours carried on (Y/N) remained dead to the world until the morning when she woke up, at first a little confused as to why she was now in bed, when the last thing she could remember was putting an ice cube down her back.

Although as her sleepiness wore off she came to her senses putting two and two together.

"Damn it! He did come back but I was asleep!" she scolded herself.

Not only that she realized that that meant he had already came and left, meaning he was most likely on another mission again. Getting up she changed in a rush mumbling to herself how she was going to march straight into G.U.N and give the commander himself a piece of her mind.

"Making him do this many mission, he going to get my foot up his ass." she grumbled to herself.

A short while later Shadow made it back to G.U.N HQ having just finished his mission, all set to go home hoping (Y/N) wouldn't be too annoyed, when he realized that a lot of the agents seemed to be gossiping.

"She just stormed right in..."

"Takes someone to get the commander to do something for them..."

"No one knows why she was so angry through...."

"What are they all talking about?" Shadow asked Rouge.

"Beats me, I don't really care though. I'm off home to get some well earned rest." Rouge replied sauntering off.

Shadow though made his way to the weapons room to clean his pistol quickly before heading home, but he didn't know what to think of when he saw (Y/N) there waiting for him.  

"Well its about time, come on were going home." she ordered dragging him by the wrist.

"(Y/N)? What are you doing here? And I can't just leave so easily." he protested lightly.

"I spoke to the commander and gave him a piece of my mind." she said as the made it out the building.

Oh no, he thought. That must be what the agents were gossiping about.

"And before you start worrying you still have a job and the commander is lucky I don't take him to court. He was working you well over the legal hours limit." she stated.

Well at least she didn't burst in there blindly without a good argument, that was a positive point at least.

"So we're going to go home and your going to rest mister, your not doing any missions for at least the next week." she declared with a smile.

As soon as they got back (Y/N) practically threw Shadow at the bed and he tumbled into the pile of duvets and pillows.

"Now I don't want to see you until you've had a good sleep, got it?" she told him.

Giving a small sigh he gave in, not exactly putting up a fight.

"Fine, but come here a minute." he bargained.

"What is it?" she asked.

But she gave a small squeal as he grabbed her by the wrist pulling her onto the bed with him. Wrapping his arms around her he let out a secret smile at her red muzzle.

"Now I can sleep."