Also, for fun, I've decided chaos can make a few basic sounds, since it's not very clear in the game if they can ever speak or communicate in any way. So they're like little pets in this fic, with cute 'blurr bur' sounds.
WARNINGS: contains ANGST!!!, language, yaoi/slash, and MPREG.
I don't own 'em, but please review anyways.
Tails' workshop was at the back of the building, nestled between the spare bathroom and laundry room, and it encompassed both the garage and the storage room. Only a flimsy wooden door seperated it from the rest of the house, and there was no lock barring this door, but the small fox slammed it shut anyways as he fled through the doorway. Still not content with small, but sharp noise that caused, he opened it and slammed it again, harder this time, as tears slipped noisily down his cheeks. "I hate this. I hate it!" he whimpered bitterly as he sank slowly to the floor, the door a solid support behind his back, and his tails wrapped protectively around his face and arms like a cocoon. A coccoon he never wanted to leave again.
After a few minutes of crying, he peeked back up, over his damp, tear-soaked arms and tails. His fur was matted where the tears had travelled, his throat felt hoarse from sobbing wordlessly, and his eyes were reddened and sore. The boy sniffled piteously and rubbed a fist across his face as he unwound his tails. The feeling of the door behind his back was no longer comforting- when he had first dropped to the floor he had trusted it to keep his friends out so they couldn't witness his childish tears, but now that the was door remaining undisturbed from the outside, and he began to believe that Sonic and Knuckles -weren't- going to come to check on him, his tearducts began to well up again. The door wasn't barricading the others out, it was barring him in. They weren't coming to get him because they were glad he was gone.
Trapped in this deluded cloud of sadness and self-doubt, the small boy rose and stepped away from the door, glaring at it furiously through red eyes. His anger was misdirected, he knew, but he also knew he could never bring himself to show such fury to the person who really deserved it. Even though he couldn't show it, he realized slowly, that he also couldn't bare to suppress his anger any longer. Living with Sonic was too much to bare when there was so much hurt bottled up inside him.
"I need to get away."
It took Tails a moment to realize the words had been spoken in his own voice. He blinked, shocked at what he had said. How could he leave Sonic?! The very thought made his hands and knees shake, yet, at the same time, he felt his back and shoulders straighten to compensate for his unstable limbs. It only took him a moment to make his decision.
Sonic and Knuckles were still standing in the hallway outside the kitchen when Tails approached. His eyes were teary and pained, but he kept his voice more or less steady as he spoke. The words were heard by both his friends, but it was clear who they were directed at.
"I'm leaving. I need to spend some time by myself. I---" Tails faltered as he saw the shock and disbelief flash across the hegdrhog's face. Sonic opened his mouth to speak, to protest, but Tails cut him off before he could utter a word. "No, let me finish. You can't talk me out of this, and...." He faltered here, the tears finally breaking free of the lash barrier and coursing slowly down his cheeks as testament to the pain he suffering having to say such cruel things to his friends, but, he reminded himself, the words had to be said. He had to do this, even if it hurt. It would hurt more in the long run if he didn't. Clearing his throat, he continued, his voice weaker but more determined. "...and you can't follow me. I need to be alone for a while. I'm sorry."
"For how long?" Sonic asked, his voice distant and heavy with shock. He couldn't understand; he heard Tails' words and recognized them, but he just couldn't seem to make himself understand what was happening here. They were supposed to be going to the beach. Why was Tails leaving? Why--
"I'm sorry, Sonic," Tails repeated, as he lowered his gaze to the floor then slid silently past his two best friends and walked down the hall. His tails dragged sadly behind him as he disapeared through the doorway without another word.