"Hey, little bro! What's up?"
Sonic's voice was cheerful, almost giddy with excitement, and it brought a little smile to Tails' lips.
"I was...um," Tails began nervously. He shuffled his feet beneath the bed he was sitting on the edge of and licked his lips. "I was wondering if we maybe could...um...maybe do somethin' tonight? I mean, if you want." He waited for a response then before he dug himself into a deeper hole, a cringe coming over his face at his own awkwardness. Ugh.
"Oh..." Sonic's voice took a sudden dip in tone. "Um...Tails, I hate to do this to ya, but I'm...kinda busy right now. I got a lot to do. Maybe later?"
Tails tried to not let his disappointment show in his voice, but his ears drooped and he drew a knee up to his chest, hugging it with his free arm. "Yeah, that sounds good. When...whenever you want."
"Thanks, little bro. See ya when I can."
Tails, however, kept the phone to his ear. He never hung up until Sonic did. It was just the polite thing to do!
However, he didn't hear the sound of Sonic hanging up. Instead, there was the sound of the hedgehog setting the phone on the table. Then his voice came over the other line, faint but still audible. "Now, where were we?" Sonic asked in a seductive tone, which was answered by feminine giggling. Then the bedsprings creaked, and there was light female moaning.
Tails jerked the phone away from his ear as if it had just burned him and hung up in disgust. "Busy, my ass," he said to himself. He was never angry enough to swear. Not until now.
It had been like this ever since Tails could remember knowing Sonic. The hedgehog was a hero, and with heroism came fame. With fame came the groupies; girls whose dream was to be able to tell all their friends that they had spent a night with the Blue Blur. Even Amy had finally gotten her chance with him, after years of trying to pursue her "hero".
But two years before, Tails had started dating Cream at the urging of some of their friends. Their relationship had been more friendly than romantic, but it still ended quickly. Because one night when they were kissing on the couch, Tails came to a realization that just about shattered his world.
First off, Tails was gay. He had suspected it for a long time, but being with Cream had only confirmed it.
Second, and most shocking to the fox, he was in love.
Miles "Tails" Prower was completely, hopelessly in love with Sonic the Hedgehog.
That was why it bothered him whenever Sonic pushed him on the back burner for some girl he'd only just met around town. These girls he didn't even know, and even Amy, who Sonic had for years called a stalker and been almost terrified of, could get Sonic's body, but Tails, his best friend and "little bro" for years, would never be able to get his heart.