*I was thinking about the ONLY episode of The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog that had feelings in it when I wrote this story.....Geez, in that show, there was no emotion. Just Sonic and Tails running from Scratch and Grounder all the time. Over and over. Blah blah blah. Ugh.*

Deticated to FoolySonicMosterEddy, my fan ^.^

Good-Bye~

Sonic sighed. God, he'd been dreading this day for over a week. Tails waited hopefully for his good-bye. Good-bye...Sonic never thought he'd be saying that to Tails. He'd always assumed the little fox would always be with him...But sure as hell, that day had come. Sonic forced himself to look at the little one again. It was nearly sunset.

"Can I have a hug before I go?" Tails asked softly.

"Of course you can, ace," Sonic replied. "It wouldn't be 'good-bye' without one, huh?"

He knelt down and hugged Tails close to him. He didn't want to have to let go. He loved him too much. Tails snuggled against Sonic, and it made Sonic hug him tighter still. Why do they have to take him..? Sonic thought hopelessly. I need him, too...

Tails pulled back from Sonic's hug after probably several minutes. He looked confused with what emotion he was supposed to show; he was sad to leave Sonic, but he was happy that he'd been adopted by really nice people who would look after him well..."Sonic I'm gonna miss you," Tails whispered. "Bye..."

Sonic forced himself to smile for Tails' sake. "I love you, Tails...Take care..." He kissed the little fox on the forehead. Seeing Sonic's smile, Tails assumed it was alright, smiled back, waved briefly, then ran to the blue shiny mini-van that his new parents owned. The second Sonic was completley sure Tails wouldn't see, it happened. Tears stung in his eyes. He blinked several times to keep them back, but that did no good. He drew a soft sad trembling breath, and some tears spilled down his face.

Tails was no longer with him.

Unable to watch the car pull onto the road and leave, Sonic turned heel and shoved open his front door. He couldn't stand this; he already missed Tails somehow. Just knowing he wasn't coming back made him horribly depressed. Hey, it was a selfish thing to wish for, but, dammitt, Sonic wanted Tails to be with him. He loved the kid alot. That had been his little brother almost, and losing him was hurting like hell.

Night fell into place.

((to be continued...))