"Sonic, Sonic, Sonic! I need your help with something!" Tails landed in Sonic's arms, dirty with chili.
"Aww, what's wrong, little one? It's just lightning." Sonic, visibly concerned about Tails, hugged him back.
"I had a bad dream." Tails then explained everything to Sonic. Mina trying to hook up with him, Sonic then becoming Dr. Eggman and Mina and everyone else becoming an Egg Pawn, and the ray that was fired at him. This was the worst nightmare Tails has had in a long time. As said, he was in love with Mina and no one else can take her away from him. But this was something that Tails couldn't get off his chest, especially because Mina was involved with Sonic once.
Because of what happened, Sonic decided to talk to Tails about the nightmare. It did have something that happened before Tails met Sonic in the drowning incident.
"I remember it all so clearly." Tails said, still crying because of the double whammy that was his nightmare and lightning, his greatest fear. "The concert backstage, the ray, almost everything traumatic happened to me in that dream!"
"Tails, don't cry, it's okay." Sonic hugged Tails again. "Because of this, little one, you don't have to worry! I'll never hook-up with Mina." Sonic, somehow, knew that Tails was in love with her. Maybe because, it was how much Tails felt about Sonic and Mina together. They were involved with each other once, and they're great friends, so it was realistic of them to try themselves out in physical espionage.
After all, teenagers like this batch of Freedom Fighters (save Antoine, he's an adult) are curious and some were just sexually minded-just not Sonic, that's for sure.
It started to rain. Sonic then decided to make Tails some hot chocolate and they decided to cuddle up under the covers.
"Sonic?" Tails asked.
"Yeah, little bro?" The blue hedgehog gave his little brother a headpat.
"Can you play that special lullaby music for me? I don't wanna sleep without setting the right mood." Tails never wanted to have another nightmare, so he decided to go around it somehow. "Thanks, then. I just love the theme of the Special Zone whenever I'm really down. Puts me to a good sleep."
"Sure, buddy." Sonic hit play, finished his cocoa, and cuddled Tails to sleep. "I hope you have a good night sleep. None of this should've happened to you, you're still a little kid! Even when you're as smart as Robuttnik, you're still my littlest brother." Sonic then poked Tails on the nose and went back to making his chili dogs.
"Sonic?" Tails asked.
"Yeah, buddy?" Sonic said. "Need some glompin'?"
"Sure." Tails was then glomped by Sonic, as he felt a little lonely. He felt much better afterwards. "Big bro? I love you."
"I love you too, little one." Sonic hugged Tails again, and the young fox fell asleep in his big brother's chest.
While chopping up some onions for the chili, the nightmare of Tails got Sonic thinking aloud. "Why did I even have a harem in the first place?" Sonic reflected on the fact that several women tried to woo him over, and that he won their hearts. "There's Sally, but her standards are high and we're on a break! Amy's too clingy, and Tails wants Mina. I guess I'm much better off without anyone."
Sonic was a drifter with speed, and drifters with speed need not settle down with anyone.
"I know what I must do." Sonic declared. "I must help him. Help him achieve everything."
The next morning...
"Torta de Ranchero for breakfast? Sonic, you're an amazing cook!" Tails was shocked at how Sonic just put together breakfast with leftover chili, mashed potatoes and a cheesy crust!
"What can I say? Food is the heart to getting over a depression, just as long as you don't binge!" Sonic helped Tails set the table. "Looks good, doesn't it?"
As they ate, Tails started to feel much happier. Good food always gave the brothers a tingle in their soul, especially after facing their respective worst fears. Sonic was hydrophobic, and Tails always had a bad connection with thunder and lightning. Rainstorms always made them gloomy and depressed.
But luckily today, there was a rainbow, which always proved there is happiness after a bitter ending.
"Say, Sonic, I had a wonderful dream last night!" Tails said, as he chewed his rancher's pie.
"No, save it! I wanna save it for the big moment." Sonic implied something. "You do know what the big moment is, right?"
"No I don't." Tails asked. "What is it?"
"To help you achieve your dream of being with Mina, silly!" Sonic gave Tails a noogie.
"Hahahaah! Stop, already! Cut it out, heehee!" Tails said. "But wait, you're going to help me?"
"Tails, bro, I'm your big brother. Brothers support and assist each other when achieving dreams." Sonic said, and Tails fully understood.
"Well there were the Wright brothers."
"And just like them, we'll solve a problem. But unlike the aviators, we'll do so with Sonic speed!"
"Oh yeah!"