The azure hedgehog woke bright and early as the sun rose into the blue sky and he was feeling great, there was just a pleasant feeling he felt today and it left him feeling very energetic and generally just in a good mood. Sonic decided to go take a relaxing hot shower.

After showering Sonic stepped out of the shower with a towel and began drying himself and after a minute paused he paused after glancing in the mirror after seeing something catch his attention in his reflection. It was himself, of course he wasn't admiring himself no he was merely observing himself.

There was something...just off and Sonic felt his good mood diminish. He couldn't tell what was off, what was bothering him, thinking because his quills were slightly mussed up he took his Quill-brush, (a certain type of brush made just for hedgehog quills that Sonic was fond of,) and began to brush his quills into his classic brushed down style. Setting the brush aside he stared into the mirror and his reflection stared back with the same emerald eyes.

A frown settled on his lips, he began to search to see what was wrong with him. Yet there was nothing, just this sickening feeling that made him feel drained and exhausted. "What's going on? I'm still the same guy." Sonic wondered aloud, "I'm still everybody's hero." Shaking his head to where his quills bounced from side to side Sonic forced out a weak laugh. "Come on, I'm just being silly. There's nothing wrong." Saying that left a bitter taste in his mouth and a empty hollow gaping hole in him.

Sonic attempted to shake off the feeling with a smile, his lips curled up into a forced smile that strained his face at first. Sonic jolted in his spot after the bathroom door was knocked on with quick sharp raps. "C-chaos." Sonic muttered and placed a hand over his chest. Moving over to the door he opened it to see Tails standing impatiently by the door. "What's up?" Sonic asked.

"You were taking a long time and you aren't the only one in this house you know." Tails said disdainfully. Sonic blinked.

"Jeez I'm sorry little buddy. I just got distracted, that's all." Sonic apologized. Tails rolled his eyes.

"Yeah whatever. You're always getting distracted by stupid things. You're a hero, you're supposed to always be alert and never let your guard down." Sonic clicked his tongued and raised a brow. Lately Tails had been criticizing Sonic about everything or being very snarky and snide, and Sonic was starting to get sick of it. So Sonic decided he had enough of it and he was going to use his authority as big brother.

"Look little brother." Sonic began, "I don't know what's going on with you but you can't just keep acting disrespectful like this." Tails looked at Sonic dismissively and scoffed.

"I'm not being disrespectful, I'm only stating the facts. You can't keep slacking off like this, being a hero is a huge responsibility and honestly those people look up to you." Sonic blinked and tried to keep calm.

"You're making it sound as if I absolutely have to change myself just to please everyone." The hedgehog blinked when Tails nodded his head vigorously.

"Duh! There are so many things you need to change about yourself to be a perfect hero for people. And if you keep doing dumb things like getting distracted your status as a hero will fall." It concerned Sonic by how much Tails looked afraid of the thought of 'status' and it confused him greatly.

"We don't have to care about status's or whatever those are. And beside this hero nonsense I'm being serious here. There is no need to be sulky and I don't like that attitude you've been having recently." Sonic expressed. "Hey! I'm talking here." Sonic said as Tails turned around and left in a huff, he ignored Sonic and left him alone. Frustrated Sonic cursed and was about to storm after Tails when a thought struck his mind.

'He does make a point. Being a hero has it's ups and downs and who knows, changing myself won't hurt me.'