kaotickanine asked:
Yo! :D Would you be willing to do Taiream (Tails and Cream) 11 for your prompt meme?
cutegirlmayra answered:
Hmm… I can try. :) I may need to make Cream older, is that okay?
Tails was frantic.
One minute, he's happily working on his plane, and the next? He's burnt half his house down.
He was crying on his knees for weeks! But Cream and her mother invited him to rest at their place until he could fully rebuild his workshop.
While he worked mostly at night, he would come home and sleep most of the day away there, but many months went by where Cream and him would see each other in glances as they passed by.
Cream was around 16 now, and Tails was 18, but the two had lived as pretty good friends.
One day, Tails didn't come home in the morning, and Cream paced around the living room, Cheese snoring with a children's book over his face, never truly having grown up.
"Cream, dear?" Vanilla stepped down from the stairs, holding a shawl over her shoulders.
"Mother?" Cream turned around, her head shooting up and then rushing to her. "Oh, mother! I'm terribly sorry! I didn't wake you, did I?"
Vanilla smiled, closing her eyes and holding the railing. "Not at all. But why are you up so early?" she blinked them open, worried for her poor child's health.
Cream looked down, turning her body so her mother could pass down the stairs without her obstructing her.
"Mr. Tails hasn't come home in a long time… I'm worried he's working too hard lately…" she bent her head down. "Do you … do you think he's working hard to leave us, Momma?"
"Oh, Cream." Vanilla bent down to hug her daughter, Cream still being very small, even for her age, as the two embraced.
"You know Tails feels very much at home here. He loves your cooking, remember?" She patted her head, leaning her head back to move some of her ear away from her face, as Cream smiled, blushing slightly.
"But I fear he's worried about troubling us any longer…"
"Well, that's his fault. He clearly doesn't see how much we enjoy his company." Vanilla warmly smiled to reassure her, before hearing the doorknob jostle.
"I bet that's him right- ohh!"
Vanilla was startled as Cream rushed to the door.
She flung it open.
"Tails!"
"A-actually.. I'm here to deliver a package?"
The mailman pointed to the order.
"This early?" Vanilla looked amazed, but greeted the young man kindly with a bow and signed the package.
Cream's face dropped to sorrow again,…
Her mother patted her shoulder.
"I'm sure he's fine, Cream. Really. Let's try and get some more sleep, hmm? Tails would feel bad if he kept you awake worrying so long." Vanilla tried to gently encourage.
She turned to Cheese, "Cheese?"
He suddenly flailed under the newspaper, waking up in fright, before holding the paper up with his pudgy hands, and smiling to the two. His favorite people on the whole planet. "Chao, chao?"
"Let's go." Vanilla nodded, "Bedtime."
He held a huge open grin upon his face and dashed over to her.
As she held him to walk up the stairs, holding the railing and looking down to make sure she didn't miss step in her dress, Cream shook her head, and held a determined look upon her face.
"Mother! I must ask your permission to leave and help Mr. Tails on his renovations!"
Vanilla turned back, "My~" she held a hand up to her face, as Cheese blinked in surprise too.
She turned around, "I'm sure I can help him! Please, mother? I'll be back before you know it! Promise I will!" Cream held her hands up towards her face, tightly in little firm balls as she was determined to do more than worry about him.
Vanilla, losing her surprise, suddenly smiled in understanding and love. She had been hoping a day where Cream may step up would come, and was happy to see her little girl caring so much about others.
"Very well. But please bring some snacks with you." Vanilla bowed her head, giving permission.
Cream teared up, "Oh mamma.." she giggled and ran forward, embracing her, before rushing to get a basket. "I'll be back soon, mother!"
"I'll see you then. Take the key." Vanilla happily gestured as Cream grabbed it with a coat on the way out, slinging it over herself.
She waved back, "Goodbye!"
Cheese wanted to fly off with her, but Vanilla held him back gently. "Ah, ah… now, now. Tails may need help, but I believe Cream will be just what he needs. Hmm? Let's encourage her decision safely here." Vanilla walked up the stairs with a depressed Cheese, sniffling at being left behind.
"Chao…."
Cream flew with her beautiful ears up to Tails's old workshop.
When she got there, she was amazed at how much work he was able to do on his own.
He was bending down to get some tools, and swished a hand over his forehead, smiling with pride as he looked for a particular item.
When she approached, she flew down softly, smiling pleasantly and ducking her head down, the basket out in front of her.
"Good morning,… Mr. Tails." she held a beautiful look over herself, as the sun was rising behind her.
Tails slowly turned around, and stared a good minute at her.
"C…Cream? What are you..?" he seemed pleasantly surprised enough, and she closed her eyes and giggled at his happily amazed expression.
"Momma thought it best to keep your health out here in the sun all day." Cream put her basket up in front of herself, before setting it down by his tools.
"Thank you! Definitely tell her I appreciate it!" he nodded to her, and pulled out some blue paper with lines all grided together, but Cream couldn't seem to understand it.
She furrowed her brow, trying too..
He looked up and smiled, seeing her trying. "Would you like to know what I'm working on?"
She turned immediately too him, embarrassed he noticed her folly, but quickly nodded her head. "I would be delighted!"
He excitedly went over the paper, "You see. I had always wanted to upgrade my shop, anyway. Make it bigger.. more rooms… you know, things like that! So now.. I just feel fate gave me that opportunity." he weakly smiled, sweat dropping. "Everything's gonna be fire proof though." he took a serious tone on that.
She giggled.
He laughed too.
"It looks so … interesting! May I help in any way?" Cream watched him get up, and looked sorrowful as she saw him leave. "Ohh…" she bent her ears lower.
He walked a little away, before turning around, and flying up. "Absolutely! Just promise to wear extra thick gloves, okay? We have a lot of nails and wood we work with." he placed both hands on his hips, and winked to her.
"Ah!" she was so excited! She got up and nodded, flying over to him.
At first, he tried to show her little odd and in things. But… no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't seem to do anything right…
She was beginning to grow frustrated, trying to carry tools to him but dropping the box and shattering everything to the floor.
He would be polite about it, but she could tell those tools meant a lot to him, and she was scratching and denting them up…
She bowed with a huge sweatdrop, and realized that her dainty self just wasn't made for hard labor.
Still wanting to help, she decided maybe she work on decorating what was already built?
That failed too… since everything was still being worked on!
Tails hadn't noticed her disappearance until finally finishing his project, and wiping his forehead to put his tool down. "Phew! There! The windows made and the door has hinges! Awesome! What do you think, Cream!? Ah… Cream?" he held up his window in pride, before looking around, and not seeing her anywhere.
"Cream?" he called, before seeing her huddled in the corner of an unfinished room, still halfway open without two walls.
He looked distraught at her expression, and raced to her side, bending down as he knelt beside her when he flew down.
"Oh my gosh! Cream!? Are you okay? You didn't hurt yourself, did you?" He tried to look around her, but she hugged her knees tighter, and he grew more frantic in his worrying.
"A-ah-ah!" he motioned his hands around, not sure how to look her over or help when she was being so closed off from him. "Please tell me your not hurt!"
"…I… I couldn't help you.. Mr. Tails."
She clinched her hands against her knees, trembling.
Tails heard soft cries, and then realized what had happened.
"I'm… I'm not good at anything you've asked me to do… I … I'm so sorry… I dented your precious tools, positioned those bolts wrong, and worst of all, distracted you from making your perfect home." she leaned her head up, showing her tears. "Please forgive me, Mr. Tails! I only wanted to help make your dream home with you! I'm so terribly sorry! I'm sorry!" she ducked her head down again.
Touched by her words, Tails felt himself smiling, and couldn't help it.
"Oh, Cream… you didn't fail me at all!"
Cream slowly rose her head up, "W..wh-what?"
He bent down, and took a clean rag from one of his engineer-aprons, wiping her tears away. "I really enjoyed the company! I liked teaching you all those things, and I wasn't expecting you to be perfect. It took me a long time to be able to be an inventor. Or even to build a full-on home! Let alone where to start!" he spread his arms out, showing how massive his knowledge was compared to what he used to not know. "Everyone has insecurities, Cream. Honestly, I always felt lonely working up here, alone." he smiled, leveling his head to hers.
"Please don't quit on me now, Cream. Not when I was excited to share my perfect home with you!"
She blushed, her eyes widening.
It took him a moment to realize what he said didn't sound right, and he immediately flipped out when it clicked, leaning back and shaking his hands out. "No-no-no! Wh-What I meant was-! Uhh… working on it with you! Oh! I'm so sorry!" he bowed, apologetically.
She giggled, and shook her head. "It's alright. I know what you mean." she giggled again, not being able to help it.
He was so charmingly cute… sometimes.
She looked away, blushing again.
He was flustered, and leaned up, scratching behind his head with his hand, and laughing nervously…
On their way home, they talked and continued to enjoy the others company.
Cream used the skills she was good at, and baked him some food, sewed up his apron, and kept him company every day~
(So cute~ I love Tails! XDc precious baby!)