Big Secrets and Big Mysteries- A SonTails Story

Chapter 21: Garden

(The next few chapters will be honeymoon stuff. Consider it filler)

Sonic woke a little while later. He played with Tails namesakes on the bed. "Morning, buddy."

"Nnnggh..." Tails awoke, feeling refreshed. "Hello gorgeous." He kissed Sonic deeply.

Sonic couldn't keep his hands off his lover. "Tails. My one and only." He nuzzled into him, feeling Tails soft coat against his cheek.

"Hehe." Tails purred. "Now we have whole week to do whatever we want here. Shall we explore?"

"Yeah, let's go." Sonic stretched. "Where to, though? Any more surprises you got lined up?" Sonic kissed Tails cheek.

"Aside from the fact that I have only some idea of what I'm doing, no." He took Sonic's hand, and they began exploring. The duo went to the beach again. Stalls were filled with buckets, spades, umbrellas, and ice cream.

"This is a resort town." Tails got a mint ice cream cone. "Here we can visit small entertainment districts too. There's three I want to check out." He informed Sonic as they walked along the beach, hand in hand.

"Sure thing. Wonder if there's a restaurant around." Sonic looked along the sea line. "Would make an awesome view at night."

"We can find out." Tails smiled. "The three places are Broadway at the Beach, Barefoot Landing, and Brookegreen Gardens." He informed.

"Gonna do some shopping, huh?" Sonic asked in a teasing manner. "Better not buy too much, or the Tornado won't take off."

"You forget, I plan for everything." Tails smiled. "Which of those sounds the most interesting?"

"Hmm..." Sonic thought about it. "Well, Broadway at the Beach sounds like a musical." He shuddered. "Let's do the gardens."

"It's not a musical, but okay." Tails agreed. "We'll need bug spray."

"Let's go. Anything else we need? Like plants or seeds?" Sonic walked away from the beach with Tails.

"Neither. Just some bug spray and maybe an eye for art." Tails winked.

"I'll leave the shopping to you then." Sonic decided. "You know I'm more of a sit back and relax kind of hedgehog." He held Tails hand tighter.

"Who said anything about shopping?" Tails led Sonic to the gardens. Once there, they applied some bug spray.

"Wait, on me? What's going on, Tails?" Sonic was a bit confused. "I thought you wanted bug spray for your garden, not here."

"Sonic, I meant we need the bug spray to wander the garden. Lots of flying insects here." Tails clarified.

"My fur is all weird now. Ugh, I stink." Sonic cringed, now having a small frown on his face. "This garden better be the best in the world."

Tails nodded, leading Sonic into the massive gardens. "This place is also a statue garden. Few nudes, but mostly interesting otherwise."

Sonic took a long look at the nude models, tugging on Tails namesakes to get his attention. "Ooh, so big hehe."

"Look at these big flowers down here!" Tails knelt down. The flower was slightly bigger than his hand.

"They're amazing." Sonic took note of the big flowers, remembering what he took more of an interest in.

"Look, a fountain!" Tails went over to it. "Is that... Purple water?"

"Purple water? It should be blue." Sonic struck a pose. "Blue is a much better color, don't you think?"

"I can't tell." Tails took a closer look. "It IS purple water!" He squealed in happiness.

"Alright, don't drink it. Might make you sick." Sonic kept looking around, smelling a few nearby flowers, followed by a big sneeze. The sneeze made a bunch of dandelions go flying. "ugh..." His speech got a bit strange. "I bink I sniffed boo ard." He let out another sneeze. "Oh bo..."

"What happened to your voice, Sonic?" Tails hugged him, letting Sonic get the scent of his fur.

"Bive got bayfeber I bink." Sonic sounded super stuffed. (I think I got hay fever)

"This way." Tails led him to an indoor section with just art and statues.

"Better I guess..." Sonic tried to get the cleaner air in his system. "Art? Oh no not art..." He wanted to snore to show his boredom, but decided not to.

"It was only so we could get you away from the flowers." Tails cuddled him briefly. "I hear they have rice fields near the edge of the grounds. Wanna see those?"

"As long as I'm with you, I don't care Tails." Sonic kissed his cheek.

Tails led Sonic back outside, then around towards the edge of the gardens. "Huh. This statue looks like Scooby Doo." Tails observed.

"Why Scooby Doo?" Sonic looked at the statue, confused.

"The Apollo of Dogs..." Tails read the inscription.

"Huh. Never heard of them." Sonic shook his head. "Must be important to make a statue of them." He had an idea. "Think I'll get one, Tails?"

"It's not for sale, Sonic." Tails continued. "There's the rice fields!"

"I meant a statue of me." Sonic followed.

"I'm sure there's one in the works back home, Mister Ego." Tails teased, admiring the vast fields.

"I hope so. I've saved the world from Eggman so many times. I lost count after 352." Sonic recalled.

"Thirteen more and that would be enough for a battle a day to fill an entire year." Tails smiled, admiring the silence for a moment. Birds chirping, insects buzzing. flowers blooming, and plants being blown in the breeze.

"I said I lost count. I started again recently and I'm already at 85. I'm counting the wedding as one." Sonic recalled again.

"We didn't even fight. That was a spectacle, and you know it." Tails said, feeling unappreciated.

"I'm teasing, Tails." Sonic eased. "Come here." He grabbed Tails, giving him a big hug. "You know I love ya, bud."

Tails giggled. "Come on. Let's get out of here before we get hay fever for real." He led Sonic by the hand. "Where do you wanna head next?"

"I guess..." Sonic thought for a moment. "That place I thought was gonna be a musical. Since it's not, I'm happy to go."

Tails began leading Sonic there. "This place also has lots of mini golf courses. The one there is Medieval themed. With dragons and knights and such." Tails informed Sonic.

"Ooh, I like the sound of that one." Sonic smiled brightly. "Let's play some crazy mini golf then."

"We can also have dinner there. There's a place that supposedly has good margaritas or something along those line." Tails told Sonic about their next destination.

"Sounds like a plan, buddy." Sonic squeezed Tails hand, walking happily.