[ she'll definitely be plucking black spines out of the upholstery later - the price of being friends(?) with a hedgehog. At his entirely expected reply, she shrugs, setting it on her counter with an aloof little hum. (He's not wrong. There is a lot of frosting on it. Too rich for her tastes - a rare thing for Rouge.) ]

Blue's gotten us out of enough pinches, don't you think? I don't like owing people - I'd rather have it the other way around.

[ which is why it's beneficial to stay on everyone's good side, especially Sonic's. And Shadow's, for that matter - but it goes a bit beyond that. Sonic's not allowed to crash on her couch, after all. She has half a mind to tease Shadow for the comment, ask him if he's jealous and hankering to be indulged, but the day's events are still fresh in her mind; she can only imagine the hole they're burning in his. He's off the hook for the moment. ]

Of course, the others don't know you did half the work today...