Auther's Note:
This story is going to have some triggering scenes(?) in it down the road, you're warned my fren-
One other thing, this story's Silver is ooc, but many have come to find that he grows on you..
"You're alright.." A blue hedgehog held a trembling ivory form.
Azure just didn't get it, what could cause such a happy bundle of joy to fear and crumble, cower at different things? Things that meant absolutely nothing to other people, they would bring the Ivory hedgehog into panic. It could be an everyday word or a simple phrase. It would just raise alarm in the poor boy.
Sonic rubbed small circles on the teen's back trying, to comfort him. "It's alright Silver.."
He'd learned when he should and shouldn't ask what had made the fragile hedgehog so upset. It was best not to say anything at all, because something like I promise would set the younger hedgehog into even more panic, possibly a meltdown.
Silver was sitting in the speedster's lap with his muzzle pushed into the crook of Sonic's neck, hiccuping every few sobs. Tears rolled off his tan cheeks making little droplets on the blue blur's grey T-shirt.
They were in one of Sonic's two houses. This one, where the blue hero stayed most of his time, even more since he found the smaller.
It was pouring, dark, and all out gloomy. Cobalt wanted to get home quickly and he couldn't race there in the rain, he couldn't see well enough and would definitely smack into a building. The speedster's jacket was soaked with rain and the water was starting in on his shirt.
He picked up his pace a little more, his legs hurriedly carrying him through the streets, buildings looming over his figure.
The cold wind bit at his unguarded skin and made his eyes squint as it lashed around his face.
He hated rainy, cold weather like this, unless he was in a fight. That made it more challenging and exciting, how it made his sneakers slip when he connected with earth after a spindash, or, perhaps making his own opponent misstep.
He was shoved back into reality as a sapient crashed right into him, an oof escaping from both their lips.
The blue hero stumbled backwards two or maybe three steps but caught himself.
The sapient turned out to be another hedgehog, a grey one? White?
He was wearing a shirt and some sweatpants that looked tattered and old. His greyish fur was matted and had mud here and there from his fall. His top plantlike, quills were drooping somewhat from the weight of the water that had gotten itself caught in them.
The smaller of the two looked up at azure with wide fearful eyes. It looked as if he thought that Sonic would pounce on and eat him alive.
"Hey there buddy, need a hand?" Sonic asked as he held out one of his hands towards the soaked bundle of quills.
The pearly male scooted back and trembled, a terrified whimper leaving his mouth.
The boy then quickly stood up and made a mad dash away from the speedster, slipping up a bit in the muck as he did.
"Hey! Wait up!" The older hedgehog used his namesake to speed up in front of, and hold out his arms for the other to run into.
The blue hedgehog this time, however, was ready for this impact and didn't waver. He immediately wrapped his arms around the younger.
The smaller hedgehog thrashed around, fighting it seemed with everything he had in him. "No!" The silvery hedgehog yelled and continued flailing around blindly.
The blue male felt the boy's heart beating. It was going so fast. "I'm not gonna hurt you! Settle down!" The older hedgehog raised his voice so he could be heard over the wind, rain, and fighting of the other. This made the small boy beat against the older male it even harder.
It was peculiar. Although he was small, you'd think the boy would have been stronger than that. To Sonic it felt like a little pain here and there. Just like a child's strength.
"Let's get out of the rain! And- And get you into something warm!" The blue speedster wanted to calm down the other sapient. "Come on, it's not far from here!" His house was maybe ten or twelve blocks from where they stood, but he would get them there quickly.
"No! No- No bad! No- No!"
"Why not? I just wanna help ya pal! I promise it's alright!"
The other squealed and started wailing. He leaned into Sonic and bit hard on one of his arms.
"Yow!" Azure instantly let go and waved his stinging appendage, keeping an eye on the now running boy.
"Hey! W- Oh forget it.." He muttered before zipping to swoop the other up, forgoing the rain and running home.
When the older had gotten them there and stepped inside, he found that the one he was holding had clung to him, eyes squeezed shut.
He hadn't even been running that fast, a slow snail pace of maybe thirty miles an hour.
"Hey.." Sonic said much softer now that they were inside.
He lightly bumped the smaller up and down. "See? It's alright."
Slowly the boy cracked his eyes open, his pupils sliding from side to side, surveying the place.
"Heya, you all good now?"
Ivory, at a painfully slow pace, turned his gaze upward to meet the other's eyes.
He was still terror stricken.
"I'm not gonna hurt ya buddy! I just wanna help you!.. You look cold- And what were you running from?"
"No- No hurting?" The small, ivory hedgehog asked. His eyes seemed to hold a little less fear.
Cobalt tried his hardest to hear the other's soft voice. "Nope! No hurting!" What had this hedgehog been running from?
The smaller seemed to think, still trembling.
"No- No bad people?" He asked.
"No bad people, just me." Sonic did his signature grin at the boy, glad he was starting to calm.
"O.. Ok." Ivory gulped and dropped his gaze. He then whispered softly. "Please please please.."
"Alright! Progress!" The speedster smiled triumphantly.