What it means to become a family...

Chapter 4

Hewwoooo everyone!
I'm back with a new chapter! I hope y'all like it :)

(And for the people who do have vacations- like me lol- I hope y'all have a nice vacation :3)

As Sonic, Tails, Donu- Tom and Maddie headed towards their house at the speed of sound (After some hard convincing that- no- he didn't need to be carried! In fact, he would bring all of them to their house in seconds with his speed! Even though he sneezed and coughed more than he talked, he still could run!) Sonic couldn't believe what had just happened.

Tom and Maddie (Donut Lord's and Pretzel Lady's actual names) were going to help him! And they didn't freak out, neither were they going to call the cops on them!

While Sonic should immediately go to that Mushroom planet (Ugh, mushrooms) after their help, he just couldn't do it. Not after having an opportunity for him and his son to have a family. And Tom and Maddie weren't going to do anything to him or Tails. Quite the contrary, in fact. Because of them, he's going to get better much sooner!

He really couldn't be more grateful for their help. He was so glad Tails had asked them for help. Sure, it could have put them at risk.

But that only happened because of him.

Because he didn't tell the truth to his kid.

He really needs to apologize to the kid. This whole deal went really well—is going really well, in fact—but it could've so easily backfired. And he needs to be fully honest from now on. Explain to Tails that he needs more food than he does. That Tails is still in the beginning stages of growing up. While Sonic is way closer to the finishing stages.

And, sure, he only knew this because he had read that in a book that talked about human children, not mobian children, but it was pretty much the same thing (hopefully).

And while he's really happy that all of this happened, he wasn't even that sick to begin with. Sure, he had a huge headache, couldn't think very well, and was coughing and sneezing all the time. But he had been through an even worse one when he was very young.

Nevertheless, what really mattered was that Tails was alright.

Once they reached Donut Lord's and Pretzel Lady's house (which took literally three seconds) and Tom's and Maddie's astonishment at his speed wore off, they entered their house.

He had always been kind of curious about what their place looked like inside, but he had never sneaked in. Long ago, he promised himself that he wouldn't go poking around in people's houses. After all, he wouldn't want anyone messing with his stuff in his cave, either. Plus, he was scared of getting caught by someone who forgot their keys or something.

He and Tails took a moment to look around the Wachowskis' place, and Sonic felt weird. But not in a bad way, it was actually kind of cool to see their house from this angle. Rather than by the bushes.

It was just that... he had imagined this happening for so long that he couldn't believe it actually happened.