HELLBOUND {Sequel}

Thirty-eight

__"Hey, you two!" Fiona was yelling. "What the hell is this? Get up!"
__Tails groaned as he opened his eyes. He felt like shit. Both Tails and Scourge had been sleeping on the couch. When he woke up he found that Scourge had been laying on his stomach with his head hanging off the couch while Tails had been on top of the hedgehog's legs. Scourge's second bottle of beer had been laying on the ground with whatever was left spilling out on the floor, making a huge puddle. The sun was already shining through the window. Tails had forgotten to get his phone charger last night, so he hadn't charged his phone for his alarm to wake him up. Perhaps it was for the best. He and Scourge were definitely hungover.
__Tails grunted as he struggled to sit up. He moved off of Scourge's legs and sat himself down on his sleeping bag below him. He flattened his ears as he felt a migraine coming on. "Fuck me. Sorry, Scourge."
__Scourge was groaning as he brought his head up on the couch and laid it on his pillow. "You apologizing for insulting me or for sleeping on top of me?"
__"Both."
__Cream and Cheese as well as the Destructix and T-Pup were all in the living room. They looked concerned as they stared at Tails and Scourge. T-Pup then saw the mess and immediately started to clean up.
__Fiona had picked up the split bottle as she started scolding her boyfriend. "Honestly, Scourge! You don't drink! What were you thinking?"
__Scourge had growled as he sat up and started rubbing his temples. "I wasn't."
__Tails hid his face in his knees. He could remember everything he said last night clearly. He felt horrible about what he told Scourge. He had already worried his friend enough. If Scourge was able to remember last night as well, Tails was about to have a new problem on his hands.
__"You're taking the day off, right?" Fiona had asked Tails. She was calm now that she wasn't annoyed with Scourge. "We're gonna go ahead and go."
__Tails immediately lifted up his head and shook it. "I'm fine with Cream and the Destructix going, but I'd rather you stay here, too."
__Fiona crossed her arms and shook her head. "I'll be fine. You'll have Scourge here anyway. No way I'm letting him go like that." She pointed her thumb at Scourge, who had laid back down. "Don't you worry about a thing."
__Before Tails could argue Fiona grabbed Cream by the arm and took everyone outside. Tails had sighed and started rubbing his temples. "She don't like to listen, huh?"
__Scourge was groaning. "Uh-uh. But to be fair, she's just looking out for you."
__Tails slowly turned his head to look at Scourge. The green hedgehog had dark bags under his eyes. This made Tails scoff. "Maybe that should be the last for you. You look like shit."
__Scourge glared at the fox. "Thanks," he muttered sarcastically. He then reached over to the arm of the chair to grab his leather jacket before putting it on. "Did you really mean everything you said last night?" He asked in disbelief.
__Tails had to stifle his sigh as he nodded slowly. "They say a drunk man's words is a sober man's thoughts for a reason."
__Scourge sighed as he rubbed his eyes. "Dammit, Tails. You sure you don't have depression?"
__That made Tails glare at the moebian. "It's not depression! I don't find it difficult to be happy. I just don't like myself. It's as simple as that."
__Scourge looked very upset and uncomfortable under Tails's gaze. "What happened to make you like this? You were such a happy and overconfident kid, even when fighting against me. Surely the normies aren't the only thing that caused this."
__Tails groaned and turned away. "They're just one key point. I've done a lot of bad things as a kid I never realized was bad until I was older. But I'm pretty sure killing Cosmo was the most traumatizing thing to happen to me. I blamed Sonic, you know? I blamed him for not saving her and how he was only able to bring her back as a seed. I regret it now, but it happened. Maybe the events of that day are one of the roots for these panic attacks."
__"Sure, it's not depression, but you got PTSD, kiddo."
__Tails turned back and snapped at him. "You think I don't know that? I know what's wrong with me already!"
__Scourge didn't even flinch. Tails was forced to calm down as he turned back and brought up his knees before he hid his face in them. Scourge had slowly leaned in a put a hand on the fox's back. "We'll get through this. This is nothing that can't be fixed." He then scooted closer and pressed his side against him. "I know we feel like we're dying right now, but why don't we just head out for breakfast? Some cold fresh air sounds good right about now."
__Tails didn't look at Scourge, but he nodded slowly in relief. He was feeling hungry anyway.