Third person POV
Sonic clutched onto his brother's hands and looked him in the eyes. Tails looked at Sonic with a confused look, but allowed him to go on.
"Tails, you know when I was 14 and you were living with me and my family?" He asked. "And I got super moody for a period of time?"
Tails nodded. "You were always super nervous and wouldn't answer when we asked what was wrong... and after that passed over you started having your 'under the weather' days." He said.
"Yeah, because I realized something. But I was too scared to tell you or Mom or Manic or Sonia because I was scared you would all leave me." Sonic said, starting to tear up. "Tails, I'm trans. Transmasc. I've been in the closet for years and I haven't told you because I've been so scared you'd hate me. You mean so much to me buddy, I just couldn't pull myself to tell you."
Tails stared at his brother, thoughts running through his head.
"I'm a boy, Tails. I wanna go by he/him and identify as male. I wanna go by Sonic, not Soraya. And if you don't wanna talk to me or be my brother anymore, that's okay." Sonic stuttered, now sobbing through his speech.
He then hugged Tails, his face pressed against his brother's chest, sobbing uncontrollably.
It was silent except for Sonic's crying.
Then Tails hugged Sonic back.
"Sonic....why didn't you tell me sooner?" He asked, now also choking up.
"I could never hate you! You're my family! I love you no matter what!" Tails said, tears starting to prick his eyes."Really? I-I thought you'd be disgusted, or-or disappointed, or-" Sonic stuttered, facing Tails again with his hands on his shoulders.
"No, no! None of that! I love you big bro, and nothings gonna change that!" Said Tails, hugging Sonic tightly.
Sonic sniffled and started sobbing again, hugging Tails even closer. The two brothers sat there and cried, hugging eachother.
Shadow and Rouge stood off to the side and watched.
Rouge wiped a tear from her eye, and Shadow just watched with proudness."Good job, Faker." He said softly, patting Sonic on the head.
"Thanks Shadow." Said Sonic.
Tails and Sonic finally broke the hug and stood up.
"That's another one of your friends off the list." Said Shadow with a smile."Hehe, yep, I guess it is." Sniffled Sonic, wiping tears from his eyes.
"So, Shadow's helping you come out?" Asked Tails.
"Yeah, he promised he would. And the reason we were shopping today is Rouge wanted to help update my closet." Chuckled Sonic.
"Sounds awesome, I'm glad you're sharing this with me Big bro!" Said Tails.
Sonic chuckled and looked at Shadow and Rouge.
"I guess you two can go home now, instead of just standing there awkwardly watching us both cry like babies!" He laughed."Nah, it's alright Blue, besides I wanna help organize your new clothes!" Said Rouge.
"I suppose I'll stay since I have nothing better to do." Said Shadow. "Maria is most likely still out with her friend and I haven't gotten a mission from GUN."
So they were then upstairs in Sonic's room, going through his closet and pulling out the clothes he didn't want anymore and replacing them with the new ones.
"Do you wanna keep this one?" Asked Rouge, pulling out a pink dress with a white fringe.
"Ugh, no way!" Said Sonic.
"I thought you'd say so! This is one of the ugliest dresses I have seen!" Laughed Rouge, tossing it into a growing pile of old clothing.Shadow watched from the corner of the room where he was sitting on Sonic's beanbag chair.
"Hey Shadow! Isn't this your missing coat?" Asked Rouge pulling a puffy red coat with white wool lining on the inside and a hood with white fur on it, out of the closet.
"Wait a damn minute- that is mine!" He hissed, grabbing it. "I've been looking for it! Why is it in your closet faker?"
"Uhmmm...I think you lent it to me last year during winter..." Sonic said, slightly embarrassed.
Shadow thought about it for a moment then remembered.
(I'm gonna use she/her and Soraya bc this happened before he came out)
"Brrr, it's cold..." huffed Soraya, rubbing her arms.
"Serves you right for not wearing something warmer." Shadow said.They had just done another race and Soraya had won, but she was also wearing a skin tight, long sleeve shirt, with sweatpants and fur boots. No coat.
"I was in a rush to get to Amy's! I didn't think I would have run into you and done a race afterwards!" Hissed the blue hedgehog.
She yawned, feeling tired from the cold. Just because she is a mobian hedgehog doesn't mean she's immune to the effects of hibernation.
Shadow, however, has such complex DNA he doesn't need to hibernate. But he still wore a coat because it was generally cold.He glanced at her, knowing she could fall asleep at any moment. He huffed then pulled off his coat and pulled it onto Soraya, zipping it up once her arms were in the sleeves.
It was a little big on her but it would have to do."What, Shadow-"
"You may return my coat later, I have a meeting I have to get to with GUN. Just don't ruin it." He hissed, then he chaos controlled away, leaving her standing there in his coat.
"I suppose I forgot to ask for it back afterwards... and then I forgot he had it." Said Shadow.
"I also forgot I had it." Chuckled Sonic.
"Although I will thank you for keeping it in a solid condition." Shadow said, brushing it off.
"You're welcome!" Said Sonic.
"That's cute that you let him borrow it." Chuckled Rouge.
"I simply didn't want to him asleep in the snow to freeze to death." Huffed Shadow. "You're not planning on keeping my hoodie too, right?"
Sonic looked down at the Evanescence hoodie on him.
"Oh yeah, this! I dunno, it's kinda cozyyyy..." He giggled, putting his hands into the front pocket and burrowing his face into it.Shadow gave him a look.
"Alright, alright! You can have it back." He said, pulling it off.
"I wondered why you had that on. You don't exactly own any Evanescence hoodies..." said Tails, putting the pile of discarded clothes into a bag.
"You need some help carrying those out hon?" Asked Rouge, looking over at Tails, who was attempting to pick up the giant trash bags of clothes.
"Yep! That would be great!" Said Tails.
"Shadow, help Sonic look through his clothes while I help carry these out to their truck." Said Rouge, taking up one of the bags.
"Fine." Said Shadow, standing up and looking through the closet with Sonic.
Rouge and Tails left and the two hedgehogs were alone.
"Do you want to keep this?" Asked Shadow, pulling out a sparkly red dress.
"Hmm....yeah, Red is definitely my color!" Giggled Sonic.
"No, green is your color, matches your eyes. Red looks good on you but it'll occasionally clash with your blue quills." Said Shadow.
"Pfft alright Mr. Fashion-Sense-Shadow!" Laughed Sonic.
Shadow snorted slightly, and shoved him playfully.
"Shut up."
"You first!"Rouge listened to them from outside Sonic's door.
"Oooh, I definitely gotta get those two together..." she chuckled."Rouge! You comin'?" Asked Tails from the bottom of the stairs.
"Coming!"

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Closeted🏳️⚧️ (Trans Sonic x Shadow)
FanfictionSoraya is the well-known heroine of Mobius, and the fastest creature alive, and everyone knows her. But what if they don't know her well enough? What if their heroine is actually just a hero? And she is just a "he" in hiding? And the first person t...