"So what? He's delirious?"

"Ha, yeah! It's pretty sweet since he has such an adorable spaced out look right now! But he keeps saying such weird stuff. He sounds sorta depressed? I dunno."

"Well. Just keep an eye out will ya? Don't want "Ogilvie-Maurice" to get any worse. What's he talking about anyway?"

"He keeps saying stuff about this guy. Manic? I don't know it's all slurred. He keeps saying how he's a failure and how he couldn't save him.. I'm kinda worried. He's just talking to himself then laughing at his own reaction. He looks kinda psycho."

"Eh, well it's a concussion right? He'll be alert and embarrassed at himself in no time! He's always recovered quicker then you'd think he would."

"Yep, okay. But uh, could you maybe drop by--

"yeah yeah! I get your worried so I'll drop by later to see the blue kid!"

"Uh yeah okay.."

"See ya pipsqueak!"

HEY!-

beeep beeep beeeep*

"Sigh." Tails glanced over his shoulder at the dead to the world boy who had been muttering in his unintentional sleep state, he couldn't help but worry and wonder if Sonic could even make sense of anything right now. The boy was caked in blankets, and discarded ice packs littered the boys bedroom from where the younger boy had tried to lessen the swelling. Tails got closer to Sonic, the room was silent apart from the slightly coherent mumbles his blue friend had muttered influenced by his current dream. He was clearly in distress but tails feared waking him up as it could cause his brother even more discomfort.. though it had to be done. Tails perched himself over Sonic and restrained his voice from becoming too loud.

"m so sorry...shes gone..."

"Hey..hey sonic! Knuckles is gonna take a look atcha when he gets here later." A look of bewilderment adorned the sapphires face.

"Nnn ff.. Tails..where?"

"Ehehe. I'm right here! Man that fall sure did a number to ya pal."

"S-shut--..W-what fall..?"

"You were attacking baldy-nose hair's weird eggoraptor-thingy and there was an explosion so you guys got flung into different directions. When we found ya you weren't at all with it and knuckles had to carry you home! 2 hours after your slightly more alert and knuckles called to check up on ya."

"Mmn I remember." Sonic made a funny face in realisation. "W-where's eggface?! Did'ee getta way??"

"Sonic, I can't understand you when ya talk so fast!" Tails warned, placing a gloved hand against his brothers unbalanced upper torso as he sat up in bed. The hedgehog was still dazed but tails chose not to embarrass the other since he really hated being babied by his friends or anyone for that matter, the hedgehog had a pale complexion and it was obvious he'd gotten up too fast-- and some poor co-ordination from what was probably a mild concussion. Tails decided it would be best if he went and prepared a glass of water from the kitchen while his older bro was occupied in gathering his thoughts.

Tails left the room. The blur lay in almost silence if it weren't for the Loud pounding in his head

or the heavy breathing that seemed to echo and deafen him and for some reason, it was so loud.. and seemed to block out all other sounds except muffled conversations being played over in his muddled head. The pounding in his temples was making him feel intoxicatingly loopy for some reason. The slight feverish sensation he'd developed was just doing its job by making him feel exhausted and hotter to touch then he actually felt. These blankets were going to be the death of him, but tails was just doing his best as always. Poor kid didn't deserve to go through this and Sonic was thankful he wasn't panicking like Amy would. But wouldn't this trigger afever pitch and put him in a feverish state for even longer? He felt kinda bad for slipping out of the blanket cocoon but he was literally dying.

This damn fever was getting on his spines. He didn't wanna lose his right mind and embarrass himself! He had to stay focused. Sonic spotted a lamp out the corner of his eye with a cool orange palm tree pattern around the design and decided to take in all its features. He didn't know how much longer he could last. He felt like he was about to go stir-crazy if he didn't move soon!

He remembered the words tails had said to him.

"Oh! Sonic you can't get up just yet! C'mon it's only for a lil while okay?"

Well the only thing tails earned from that was a cold icy glare and a defeated expression right afterwards. But Sonic could tell he really cared about Him. He cared so much. Sonic wondered if of returned these feelings well enough.. he wanted tails to be independent yet somebody who is wise enough to accept help from others when they really need it. Someone unlike himself. Someone who--

"Wo-hoe! You look like crap Sonic." The echidna grinned, whilst Sonic gave a very obvious roll of the eyes at his peanut brained competitor as he authoritatively strode into the hedgehogs bedroom. "You really should take care of yourself a little more y'know?" Knuckles bend down to touch the other forehead "huh, you didn't feel this warm earlier. Have you been walking around or is this just a side effect of this whole crompassion thing?"

"When ya say that you mean 'concussion' right?" He huffed a little at knuckles' denying look. "Yeah, pretty sure it's just a side effect of this hellspawn--"

"Bwahaha! I have never heard you say anything even remotely similar to what you just said--!"

"U-ugh--just leave already! I'm tired..." The hedgehog sulkily turned away from the echidna in something acute to embarrassment and sighed.

"You look exhausted. Why don't you try eating something?" The hedgehog peered over his ruffled quills at the intruder with a deprecative smirk.

"Nah, tails said I'd just throw up from the medicine but I don't even remember him giving me any so..?"

Knuckles leaned forward over the beds foot.

"Well are ya hungry?"

"Yeah."

The teen boys grinned at each other.

"You can cook right Sonic?"

"As if I'd let you in my kitchen."