Chapter 2: Moon Glow

Silver had fallen asleep on the plane ride there, leaning against Shadow lightly and he made cute little snores. Sonic was sitting with some stranger who was also asleep, gazing out the window of the plane restlessly. Shadow looked over to him and furrowed his brows before looking to Silver, lightly kissing his head. Silver squirmed a bit then slowly woke up, looking up to Shadow sleepily, "Hmmm…?"

Shadow shook his head and smiled, "Nothing… We'll be there in a few hours…" He mumbled softly then softly kissed Silver's lips, "God you're so lucky we're on a plane…" Silver blinked and tilted his head.

"Eh? What do you mean?" Silver batted his lashes innocently.

"I'd make you scream~." Shadow hummed proudly. Silver cringed and his whole face bursts into red.

"Shadow…!" He squeaked embarrassedly.

Tails groaned softly and tried to lift his body out of bed. He felt unnaturally heavy. He looked around and flicked an ear back. Zee was lying next to him. Maybe it wasn't that Zee was laying with him that bothered him, perhaps it was; oh I don't know, the fact he was naked by chance?

He held his mouth opened and twitched as the husky slowly woke from his sleep. "Morning…" He smirked and yanked Tails over kissing on his neck lightly while he held him from behind, "How did my cute little fox sleep?"

Tails squirmed and blushed brightly then struggled, "Zee… L-Let me… Let me go…!" He whimpered lightly. This explained everything, well; not everything, but it did explain why his rump hurt. Tails continued to toss about, accidentally elbowing Zee in the face.

There was a very tense silence as Tails heard a light growl. Suddenly, without any recognition Tails was forced down against the bed, Zee's weight on top of him and practically smothered in the pillows, "Z-Zee…! Ow! Zee you're hurting me…! Stop it! AHH!"

Tails's eyes slowly opened again, he didn't just feel bad, he felt like shit. Frankly, he couldn't move at all! Zee came in and lightly began to stroke Tails's head, "Hey you…" He spoke in a sweet tone then softly kissed Tails's head, "Sorry about that… Natural instinct." Tails looked up at him and grumbled.

"The hell kind of instinct is that?"

"To show you that I'm the alpha male."

"I told you to let me go!" Zee cringed to how harsh Tails was being but then kissed him, "Stop kissing me…!" Tails shouted weakly. His throat was somewhat hoarse.

"I'm sorry… Really I am… Here… Once you start feeling better I'll take you out somewhere nice… I promise…" Zee whimpered lightly and nosed Tails, who was giving in at that moment. The fox nodded and then buried his face into the pillow.

"I'm so tired…"

"You need your rest. Just sleep, I'll come check in on you." He smiled, that curly tail of his wagging happily as he left. Tails frowned and furrowed his brows, Zee smelt like another man. It was fresh too.

'I knew this was a bad idea…' Tails thought, repeating it over and over in his mind. Although tired, he was restless. He cringed when he heard such disturbing sounds coming from another room. Zee had another 'friend' in the house with him. Tails could only bury his face deeper into the pillow and sniffle lightly. He felt so ashamed, so used. Why did he even come here? Why?

Tails listen to over an hour's worth of it, and then he finally dozed off somehow; maybe from pure exhaustion.

Once he woke up, cleaned up, he was taken out to lunch by Zee. Zee was being so sweet he almost completely forgot about how he raped him earlier. Matter of fact he was joking and laughing like normal. That was the weird ability Zee seemed to have over people. They couldn't hold grudges because he always apologized and shamelessly charmed them back to him.

Shadow, Silver, and Sonic had finally got off the plane, looking at the cold area fearfully. Shadow tightly gripped Silver's hand and stared at him from the corner of his eyes before staring forward again, just as Silver was going to look at him. Sonic was just sitting there, almost daze while cramming his pockets with his hands, "Well… Let's get to a hotel." Shadow grumbled, tugging Silver along before he froze in spot.

They looked at the somewhat run-down hotel and grimaced but it was the only hotel nearby that they could afford. Silver and Shadow got a room together, Sonic had one to himself. Silver kept throwing little fits, Shadow didn't honestly know why, he was too busy worrying over Sonic and Tails.

Was the ivory hedgehog doomed to only be an outsider after all…?

Sonic had been asking everyone in town if they knew Knuckles or saw Tails, all of them said no. Shadow was with him, staying close to his side and abandoning little Silver who was now sitting in bed, bundled up and upset. He honestly hadn't cried this much in a long, long time.

Shadow however hadn't noticed when he came back to the room that Silver was upset, the younger hedgehog played it off and appeared to be perfectly fine. So, Shadow didn't honestly think much of him at all. He did get worried when he invited the younger to join him on the couch and watch their show and he refused then ran off to take a bath.

It was about an hour that Shadow finally gave in and marched to the restroom, flinging the door open, "Silver, what's keeping you?" He spoke up, narrowing his eyes as he stared at the startled hedgehog in the bath.

Maybe it wasn't until he realized how erotic Silver looked that he suddenly got shy. "A-Ah…" Shadow just stared at him, blushing a bit with a sheepish look on his face. "Sorry Silver." He spoke, although he didn't leave, actually he sat down by the bath and ran his fingers across Silver's bare knee as it stuck up out of the water. To his touch Silver only seemed to squirm and squeak.

Shadow tugged Silver up a bit and kissed him demandingly on the lips and smirked, "I can't hold back anymore…!" Silver struggled then gasped as Shadow pushed him back against the wall, still kissing him. When he finally broke the kiss Silver was panting lightly and staring at him with wide eyes. Shadow licked his lips and grinned, "We've never done it in a bathroom before…"

Tails was just being escorted to Knuckles's house by Zee. He smiled and lent his head on Zee as they walked, Zee's arm wrapped around the young fox's shoulders. Once they stopped at the door Zee turned Tails towards him, then kissed him tenderly , lightly rubbing his side.

Tails escaped into the house and sighed, staring up at the ceiling, his heart throbbing in his chest. Then something made him feel awfully guilty. Sonic. Sonic kissed him last year! He was just now recalling it. Something in him – it made him feel horrible – he felt as though he betrayed his friend ant family.

With those thoughts Tails walked to the couch then slumped in the couch. He looked pathetic, sulking like a child. Knuckles came home, closing the door behind him. "Hey Tails." He smiled and stared down to the younger, "How was your date?"

Tails's face lit up and he squeaked, "I-It wasn't a date! We just hung out…" He grumbled then hung his head shamefully. He fidgeted with his fingers then looked up to Knuckles, "Knuckles…" He suddenly got serious, "…I-I slept with him…" Tails looked like he was about to cry, Knuckles couldn't help but take pity on the other. "W-What am I going to do…?"

Knuckles let out a long sigh then sat next to Tails and hugged him, petting his head lightly, "There's nothing to be ashamed of…" He furrowed his brows then stood, lifting Tails up onto his feet, "Who knows, maybe you're exactly what each other need." He smiled kindly then led Tails to the guest room, tucking him into bed. "Just get some sleep and relax."

Tails could hardly begin to believe sleep or relaxation was possible at this point. He rolled onto his side and closed his eyes. He supposed he could try to sleep. He figured if he did it would be full of nightmares and worries.