ray-gun randomness

the routine of a child

Sonic woke up to the smell of croissants and donuts

(tails?) sonic thought but then remembered that when his little brother was given something to do that required a lot of concentration, he would hardly ever come out of his lab, even for food

Sonic sped down to get rid of his curiosity, which is where he found vanilla and Amy making breakfast

"oh, morning sonic, sorry to wake you, tails let us in" Amy explained

"yes, cream is playing with the chaotixs so I thought we'd come early" vanilla also explained as she dished up the baked goods

"that's really sweet of you two" sonic complimented

"so how's knuckle head" Amy asked, blushing at sonic's compliment

"slept like a...well, a him" sonic chuckled

"have you checked on him?" Amy asked

Silence

"I'll be right back" sonic announced as he rushed to the temporary nursery

To his relief knuckles was exactly where he left him, sleeping peacefully and sucking his thumb, sonic simply smiled and ran back down to the kitchen

"safe and sound" sonic said with his signature thumbs up

"well I have prepared his breakfast so would you be a dear and wake him up?" vanilla asked sweetly

"I, um, don't think that's a good idea, he get's kinda cranky when woken up" Amy laughed sheepishly as she placed the plates onto the table

"well he's going to be cranky anyway so might as well get it over with" sonic shrugged as he rushed back into the room

He looked so peaceful, so sonic did feel guilty waking up

"knux, wake up, time for breakfast" sonic said rocking the cub back into consciousness

Knuckles let out a small grumble of protest but eventually rubbed his eyes to get rid of his sleep

"ugh, it wasn't a nightmare" knuckles sighed as he looked around his surroundings, dropping his head against the basket's mattress

"heh, sorry bud, but at least you've got some breakfast waiting for you" sonic said trying to make his bud feel better

It wasn't working

"come on, upsie-daisy" sonic chanted as he lifted knuckles into the air and against the hedgehog's chest

They both excited the bedroom and entered the kitchen to where plates of baked goods, a jar of mush and warm bottle of milk awaited them

"morning sleepyhead, how did you sleep" Amy said as she saw their arrival

"it was alright" knuckles responded truthfully

"well I know what I'm buying for your birthday" sonic teased, earning him a small punch in his chest

Even though he was now a baby knuckles still regained his strength, making sonic back up in pain

"now, now let's not fight, instead let us eat" vanilla tried to reason

As everyone sat down, sonic giving knuckles to vanilla so she could teach them how to feed him properly

Vanilla held knuckles carefully on her lap, putting the puree jar on the table, tied the bib around his neck and began scooping the puree with the spoon

She was ready to feed him before knuckles stopped her with a small hand

"wait, what is that?" knuckles asked wearily, not trusting the puree's grey colour