"Wow. What a dump." Was the first thing out of Sonic's mouth when he, Silver, and Espio entered the apartment they chose to rent together. "Tell me about it. Would it kill these people to clean up once in a while?" Silver grumbled as he dropped his stuff off to the side. The carpets were badly stained, the walls looked a little yellow possibly from nicotine, and the counters felt sticky like something was spilled on them.
"Nothing a little cleaning up won't fix." Espio heaved his bag over his shoulder again and went down the hall to figure out which room he wanted. There were only two rooms, a one bed bedroom and a two bed bedroom.
"I don't mind sharing a room with anyone." Silver gave a shrug, grabbing his stuff again and following Espio into the hall. Sonic was quick to dash into the single bed room, not liking the idea of being crammed into a room with someone else. "Maybe you don't, but this hedgehog needs his space." He said as he threw his bag on the bed and kicked off his shoes.
"Guess you 'n me are sleeping in here." Silver said with another little shrug and Espio entered the room. "A bunkbed? What are we, ten years old?" He complained, sitting down on the lower bunk. "We can always take it apart." Silver said, setting his bag down. "Nah, don't worry about it. This place is small enough as it is." Espio leaned back and kicked off his shoes, stretching his arms. "Now remember Silv…if anyone does anything to you, you'll tell me right?" Silver smiled sheepishly, a little embarrassed. "Of course, of course…goodness, you act like I can't take care of myself." He lifted his hands, using his telekinetic powers to open the dresser drawers and set his clothes down in them. See Espio? He thought pridefully. "Heh….don't get too ahead of yourself kid. This is high school, and your first year too." Espio grinned a little, hearing Silver scoff at him. "You worry too much. I mean c'mon…who's gonna mess around with me?" He asked as he left the bedroom to go watch TV for a bit.
Fate had an answer to that question, and it would come next week: His first day of high school.