New experiences

Sonic

Living life as an official Wachowski was the best thing that ever happened to Sonic. He had never experienced what being in a family was like outside of his short lived experience with Longclaw, and the only word he could use to describe how it felt was nice. It was nice having a warm bed to sleep in, it was nice having a roof over his head, it was nice having other people who cared about him. And the more he experienced with Maddie and Tom, the better it seemed to get. Movie and game nights, picnics, baseball, it was all wonderful. There was always something new he got to experience with every day that came, and today was no exception.

"Sonic," Tom called from the kitchen as he looked around for a doughnut he'd placed on the counter, planning on eating it later.

"Yeah?" Sonic replied from the living room, currently eating a doughnut he'd conveniently found in the kitchen.

"Do you know where the doughnut I had out here went?"

Sonic's eyes widened as he looked down at the pastry in his hand, now with only a few bites left.

"You mean the doughnut that was on the counter?"

"Yes, that one."

"I... uh... have no idea."

Tom already had his suspicions, and Sonic's response was all he needed to confirm what he already knew. He walked into the living room to find him seemingly trying to hide something behind the couch.

"So, you don't know what happened to it?" He could see the remaining crumbs on the couch and glaze on his hands.

"Nope," he tried to play it off, looking around the room to avoid eye contact.

"So the glaze on your hands is from something else then?"

Sonic looked down at his hands and sighed in defeat. "Sorry Tom, but it looked so good and it was just sitting there!"

Tom gave a mischievous grin. "Oh, you are so busted."

"What? For eating a doughnut? Come on, Tom, you can't be that cruel." He knew Tom was a cop, but he couldn't be that bent on dishing out doughnut justice.

"Every crime has a punishment, and you're going to have to face the Wachowski penalty."

Sonic raised an eyebrow. "The what penalty?"

Tom started towards him. "Come on, you've seen it before. Like when Maddie stole my favorite hoodie and wouldn't give it back. Or when she hides the TV remote."

A look of recollection crossed Sonic's face as he finally started remembering. Any time Tom and Maddie would playfully annoy each other, it would result in one of them being tickled out of revenge. He'd seen it quite a few times he'd been on earth. Sometimes families and friends out and about would have tickle fights, sometimes a character in a movie or comic would start laughing as they got poked in the side, and of course Tom and Maddie sometimes settled little things with a playful tickle fight. Every time he saw something like this, Sonic felt sort of left out. He'd never been close enough to anyone to be as playful as that, and he couldn't help but want to experience it for himself. He just wasn't sure how.

Now he had his answer.

"Wait- Tom, let's talk about this." He said as he nervously backed away on the couch. He felt nervous? Excited? Both? Even though he wanted to experience what he'd been missing out on, he couldn't help but feel butterflies as Tom drew closer to him with wiggling fingers.

"Too late for that, now get over here!"

He quickly brought his hands down to Sonic's sides as he tried to turn away, yelping as soon as he felt his fingers brush up against him.