This is a request from Autumn. Sonic will be 9 and Tails is 2.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic the hedgehog, SEGA does.
Tails was laying on the couch patiently waiting for his older brother to return from battling Eggman. He absolutely loved hearing from his older brother how he kicked Eggman's butt, since he is way too young to fight Eggman.
"Oh I wish Sonic would hurry up. He promised that we would play tag after defeating Eggman and I really want to have fun." Tails thought to himself.
No sooner had Tails thought that, the familiar sound of a sonic boom was heard and Tails immediately jumped off the couch and ran toward the door to meet his older brother.
Tails saw the door starting to open and smiled. "Sonic, your finally home! Now we can play!" Tails than noticed that Sonic was shivering a bit and frowned. "What's wrong Sonic?"
Sonic walked past Tails and went upstairs toward his room. A few seconds later Sonic walked back downstairs with a blanket wrapped around himself and sat on the couch.
Tails walked over to the couch and sat next to Sonic. Tails was very curious as to why Sonic was shivering. It was the middle of August and wasn't even cold out, so he waited for Sonic to explain as to why he was so cold.
Sonic sighed. "Well I went to go fight Eggman as you know. As soon as I reached his base, he fled telling me to follow him. So I followed him and we ended up at Snowy Mountain where we had our battle. It was so cold there and the fact that my fur isn't heavy like yours didn't help. It took 25 minutes to defeat Eggman and his army of robots. After that I came back home."
Tails' ears flattened. "So I guess this means that we won't be playing?"
Sonic smiled. "Of course we are, I'm all warmed up so let's go!" Sonic got up from the couch and ran outside.
Tails smiled and ran outside. When Tails got outside he didn't see Sonic anywhere and frowned. "Sonic? Sonic, where are you?"
Sonic suddenly appeared behind Tails and touched him, causing Tails to jump 5 feet before falling on his butt. "Tag your it." Sonic said smirking.
Tails got up and turned around glaring at Sonic. "Hey that was cheating!"
Sonic shrugged. "There's no cheating in tag."
Tails narrowed his eyes before lunging at Sonic, who sidestepped out of the way. Tails fell on the ground before getting up. "Oh come on Sonic, that's not fair! I'm no where near fast enough to catch you!" Tails whined.
Sonic rubbed his chin. "That's true. Okay I won't go so fast, just to be fair."
Tails nodded his head. "Thank you. Now can we continue playing?"
"Of course." Sonic replied before running.
Tails started to chase after Sonic, but he was still faster then him. Suddenly an idea came to Tails. He started spinning his tails and instead of using them to fly, he used them to get a boost of speed. However Tails went a little to fast and crashed right into Sonic causing them to roll a few feet before stopping.
Both of them got up holding their heads. "Ow, that really hurt." Sonic said.
"Sorry Sonic." Tails apologized.
"That's okay little bro, but how did you catch me?" Sonic asked.
"I used my tails to give myself a boost instead of flying." Tails replied.
"Huh, I never thought you could use them like that." Sonic said.
Tails shrugged. "Me either. Anyway I got you, now you have to get me!" Tails said as he flew in the air.
Sonic grinned. "So you want to play like that eh? Okay then, I'm coming to get you!" with that statement the two of them continued their game of tag for a few more hours before heading inside.
The next day
Tails opened his eyes and yawned as he got out of bed. Getting dressed he walked out of his room and was about to head to the Kitchen when he heard the sound of coughing.
Tails frowned and started heading toward Sonic's room. When Tails walked into Sonic's room he saw the bed shaking a bit. "Sonic, are you feeling okay?" he asked.
"No, I don't. I must have caught the flu yesterday, when I was fighting Eggman at Snowy Mountain." Sonic said with his voice barely above a whisper.
Tails frowned feeling bad. He then smiled. "Don't worry Sonic, I'll take care of you until you feel a lot better! I'm gonna stay in this room so when you need me I'll be right here. Of course not to close for me to get sick."
Sonic sat up a little so Tails could see his face. "You don't have to do that Tails."
"Of course I do! You take care of me all the time, so it's my time to return the favor. Just tell me what you need and I'll do it." Tails replied.
Sonic sighed. "Okay then. My forehead is really warm and I could use a damp cloth."
Tails nodded his head. "Damp cloth got it."
"Wait Tails."
Tails turned around to face Sonic. "Yeah?"
"In the cabinet underneath the sink is a box of scrub masks. Put one on, so you don't catch the flu."
Tails nodded his head and ran out of Sonic's room and went into the Bathroom. He opened the cabinet underneath the sink and took out a scrub mask and put it on before grabbing a washcloth. He turned the faucet on and placed the washcloth underneath cold water. After the washcloth was wet Tails squeezed the water out and quickly ran back into Sonic's room.
"Here you go Sonic." Tails said as he placed it on Sonic's forehead.
Sonic sighed with relief. "Thanks Tails."
"Your welcome Sonic. Do you need anything else?" Tails asked.
"Yeah, could you get me a glass of water?" Sonic asked.
"Coming right up Sonic!" Tails said running downstairs.
When Tails left Sonic couldn't help but to be grateful. This was the second time he got sick. The first was when he was 4 years old and lived at the Orphanage. The whole three days he was sick, no one even bothered to take care of him, nor did anyone care. Sonic was only forbidden to leave his room. Not one staff member brought Sonic any food or water during the whole 3 days he was sick because they didn't want to get sick.
Sonic sighed and shook his head. There was no use thinking about the past, the only thing that mattered to him was the present.
Tails walked back into the room carrying a glass of water. "Here you go Sonic." he said handing the glass to Sonic.
"Thanks." Sonic said taking the glass and drank all the water before putting it on his nightstand.
"What else can I do?" Tails asked.
"You don't need to do anything. I need some rest is all." Sonic said.
Tails nodded his head. "Okay Sonic, whatever you say." he said walking toward the door before he stopped and turned around to face Sonic.
"Hey Sonic."
Sonic who was just about to close his eyes looked up at his younger brother. "Yeah Tails?"
"Do you think Eggman got sick as well?" Tails asked.
Sonic thought for a minute before he shrugged. "Don't know. Maybe he did maybe he didn't."
"Okay then, hope you feel better Sonic." Tails said before leaving Sonic's room.
"Achoo! Blast it all! I got sick because of that stupid hedgehog!" Eggman said as he was laying on his bed.
A random Swatbot walked in carrying a tray of food. "Uh sir, aren't you the one who chose to fight in Snowy Mountain?" the robot asked.
"Oh shut up you bucket of bolts." Eggman said.
The Swatbot wasn't bothered by his creators comment, since his creator calls all of the robots a bucket of bolts when he is angry.
The Swatbot placed the tray of food right where Eggman can reach it. "Sir, the Nursebot will be here shortly with your flu shot."
Right after the Swatbot said that statement a Swatbot wearing a nurse outfit walked in carrying an oversized syringe. "It's time for your shot sir." the Nursebot said.
Eggman's face froze at seeing the oversized syringe. "That's not a flu shot needle! Where did you get that!?"
"In your storage room." the Nursebot said as it walked up to Eggman flicking the needle part.
"You better keep that thing away from me!" Eggman yelled.
The Nursebot grabbed Eggman's right arm. "Don't be such a baby." the Nursebot said before sticking the needle in Eggman's arm.
Eggman screamed like a girl as the needle was stuck in his arm. A second later the Nursebot pulled the needle out. "Pussy." the Nursebot said before leaving.
The Swatbot that brought Eggman his food was laughing like crazy when he heard his creator screamed like a girl.
Eggman growled and glared at the laughing Swatbot. "Stop laughing you pile of junk! Grr I hate that blasted hedgehog! And I hate shots!" Eggman shouted before beginning to eat while the Swatbot was still laughing.
