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Sonic's POV:

Sonic watched as his two-tailed friend rushed to and fro, trying to set everything up for the movie night he had planned for the two of them. Chuckling, the hedgehog took a step forward.

"You sure you don't need help with anything? I could help set up everything, just say when!"

The fox refuses.

"It's alright, Sonic! I can handle this myself, no worries!" He placed a few more pillows onto the pile that he'd made with pretty much anything soft he could find.

"And now, the snacks!" Before the fox could dash off towards the kitchen, Sonic grabbed him and threw him onto the pile.

"You've already made our spot ready, snacks are on me, okay Tails?"

"...Fine."
Satisfied, the azure hedgehog heads in the direction of the kitchen, grabbing the popcorn, chips and... Well, basically anything they could snack on while watching a film. Returning, he places them on the table.

"Got 'em." He plops down next to Tails and then grabs onto the blanket.

"Hey, what about me-?" The fox's question was quickly answered when the latter decided to wrap him with the blanket.

"Hey, now we got a fox burrito!"

The two laughed at this, as Sonic fooled around a bit more with the kit. Finally settling down, he speaks up.

"Alright, what have you got in store for the two of us?"

"It's this horror movie that's got some pretty good ratings, I thought that maybe we could check it out?"

Sonic's expression falls a bit.

"You sure you're ok with watching this? Last time we picked a horror movie, you spent the entire night-"

"I promise I'll be fine, I'm not a little kid!" The fox gives him a confident face, to back up his statement.

The hedgehog sighs, then hesitantly nods.

"If you say so, bud."

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Sonic regretted why he agreed to this. While he wasn't too scared by whatever was shown on the TV, he couldn't say the same thing for his two-tailed companion.

The nine-year-old had taken refuge under the covers, absolutely terrified. Sonic tried to lend him a comforting hand, but he felt as if it wasn't of much use. He turns off the television and focuses on calming his best friend.

"It's alright, Tails. You know very well that none of that was real, yeah? Don't worry about it too much." Seeing that the fox was still shaking, he pulled him close and gave him some pats on his head.

"Tails...?"

Eventually, the fox calms down, and the two spend the next few moments in complete silence.

"..."

"Maybe we should just get a bit of sleep." Tails was the one to break the silence. He took a few deep breaths "As you said, none of that was real, not an ounce of it."

He tried to give a confident smile, but Sonic could see the doubt in his eyes.

"Hey, how about a sleepover? Just tonight, if you'd like." His friend seemed to be a bit grateful at his offer, not wanting to be left alone. He nods in agreement.

"Sure, why not!" The hedgehog stood up at this and began to clean up the mess they both made.

"Alright, let's get this all cleaned up, first. Then we hit the sack."

———

He'd woken up rather early. Looking out the window, he noticed that the sun had just begun to rise. Tails was still sound asleep, his fluffy namesakes wrapped around himself.

Sonic yawns, deciding to get some fresh air and stretch his legs, a routine he's done every day.

Well, almost every day.

And so he ran.

X-X-X

Tails' POV

Tails was waken up by the birdsong of flickies that perched on the windowsill. The memory of the film he'd watched last night was still fresh on his mind, but he quickly pushed the thought away and looked at the spot that Sonic was previously sleeping in. It was empty.

"Must've woken up early."
He stood up, and took to smoothing down his messy fur. Once that task was completed, he heads to the kitchen to grab something to chow on.

As he did this, the fox thought about what he could do to be productive today. There was this one thing he'd been working on the other day, so he decided to do that.

Grabbing a bagel and his sweater, he scribbled down a note for Sonic, and set course for his workshop. He breathed in the cool morning breeze, coming from the seashore.

Soon enough, the bright yellow paint of his workshop came into view. Tails went over to it, and opens the door to the fox-shaped structure. The strong scent of oil was the very thing that welcomed him, and he covered his nose for a few moments.

"Why's the smell so strong...? Something must be leaking."

Upon further inspection, he realized that in fact, there was a leak. The bottom of his red biplane, the Tornado, was covered in this sticky black fluid.

He sighs, grabbing his toolkit and a cloth.

"Time to fix this mess... again."

———

Wiping his soiled fur with a clean cloth, the fox went over to the project he was working on. He grabbed his gas mask from the table as a precaution, and put it on. He pulled the cover off of some vials, taking note that they were glowing.

...Huh.

Removing his gloves and replacing them with a pair of the latex variety, he took a vial and examined it.

Since when do these glow?

"Might as well run some tests."

X-X-X

Sonic's POV:

Feeling the rush of the wind past his ears, the azure hedgehog let out a yell of excitement. His environment rushed past him at the speed of sound, nothing but a blurred mixture of green, brown and blues.

Oh, he'd never give this up for anything.

In a matter of seconds, he makes a decision and doubles back. Returning to the house he had left not so long ago, he searched for his friend.

"Tails?"

There wasn't any evidence of him being here, besides the faint scent of fox. Glancing around, his emerald eyes caught a small note on the table. He decided to take a look.

"Heh... how 'bout I give my two tailed buddy a visit?"

And he took to his workshop.

X-X-X

Tails' POV:

The sound of a door opening grabbed the attention of the nine year old, and he turned to the source of the sound. His brother figure stood there, a cheery smile on his face.

"Heya, Tails! Watcha up to?"

"Morning, Sonic. Just working on this little project."

He hadn't noticed the fain bubbling of the chemicals after he mixed in a few drops of a different substance.

"Mind if I take a look?" He'd already made his way over.

Tails frowns a bit at this.

"Sonic, I'd be careful if I were you. We don't know what could happen if physical contact with the chemicals could do." The latter waved it off.

"I'll be fine, Tails! Nothing's gonna happen." He still took Tails' warning into consideration, shifting away from the table. "Happy?"

The fox relaxed a bit at this. "Yeah." He turned his chair around for a moment, taking his mind off of things. Raising his mask, he got a whiff of the wind, the scent brought into the workshop by none other than his blue friend.

"What exactly is this stuff?" Said hedgehog approached the vials once more, his brow raised.

"You'll see what it is when the time comes," he chuckles a bit "no need to be so impatient."

His breath suddenly got caught in his throat when Sonic turned around, forgetting to take his long quills in consideration. His eyes widen when the sound of glass shattering reaches his ears, followed by the pained yelling of his best friend.

"SONIC-!"

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END OF CHAPTER 1

Word count: 1247 words. Not my best, honestly-

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