To say the atmosphere was awkward, would have been an understatement. The group of friends had decided to have their meetup in the local park, under a large oak tree. The sound of birds chirping and the feeling of the cool shade did nothing to lighten the mood.

Sonic sat with Tails, both looking nervous. Amy sat huddled against Shadow on the far side of the large checkered blanket, her eyes not meeting anyone as Shadow glared daggers at Sonic. Rouge was near the center, her eyes shifting between Sonic and Amy mischievously as she sipped her drink. The red plastic cup did well to hide the little grin that tugged at her lips.

Knuckles was off to the side, hogging down sandwich after sandwich as if he were completely oblivious to the tension in the air. Blaze and Silver were leaning against the tree, talking amongst themselves as they tried to ignore the others' drama.

And finally, the Chaotix were chasing each other in the background, screeching and making a mess as they seemingly tried to kill each other. Their shouts were distant enough so that they didn't quite disturb the awkward silence.

"So," Rouge finally piped up, failing to hide the glee in her voice. "Who cheated on who?"

Sonic spat out his drink, Tails cringed, Amy shut her eyes and Shadow snarled. Knuckles just froze mid bite and stared at the bat.

"What? Someone had to ask!" Rouge said, shrugging.

"Why are you so happy?" Amy asked in a raspy whisper.

"Oh don't get me wrong hun, I feel for you, but I do love me some drama~" Rouge took another sip of her drink.

"Nobody cheated on anybody." Amy said, still keeping her eyes on the grass as she snuggled into Shadow's chest fluff.

"Then why are you so comfy with Shadow, like that?" Rouge asked as she raised a brow.

Amy shot up and scooched away from Shadow, who just looked at her with concern.

"Actually," Sonic started, counting the checkers on the blanket as his ears drooped. "I kind've, maybe, sorta cheated on Amy last night."

This time it was Knuckle's turn to spit, but it was a lot more gross since it was a glob of sandwich instead of fruit punch. "What the fuck!?" He said, shooting Sonic a glare.

"It was an a-accident!" Sonic held his hands up defensively, "I was really drunk last night and the party went on for so long and we were left alone and-" Sonic inhaled deeply, then shut his mouth as he felt Shadow's eyes boring into him.

"Enough of your pathetic excuses!" Shadow said, "I always knew you were an idiot, faker, but I didn't think you would stoop so low!" He placed a hand on Amy's shoulder, the girl shaking softly since she'd started crying again. "You cheat on your girlfriend, break up with her, and then dare show your face here like everything was peachy!? You disgust me! Amy is a sweet girl, she never deserved a guy like you!"

Amy sniffled, she brought herself closer to Shadow and leaned her head on his shoulder, closing her eyes as he rubbed her back.

"I'm not mad," She said, "I'm just disappointed, I'm hurt that you broke up with me, but I'm glad that you did the right thing."

Sonic gulped, "Amy, I'm sorry! It was an accident, I didn't want to continue our relationship knowing that I'd found someone I liked better."

"Who is it, Sonic? Who did you cheat with?" Amy lifted her gaze, her eyes finally meeting Sonic's for the first time since the breakup.

Sonic cringed under her eyes, he felt a bit better as it was obvious that she wasn't angry, but it still felt really weird having this conversation.

Tails placed his hand on Sonic's, and said: "It was me."

Knuckles spit again-

"Will you quit doing that!" Rouge shouted, slapping the echidna on the shoulder.

"Ow, what the hell!?" Knuckles glared at her.

Rouge looked sweetly back at Sonic and Tails, "Oh really? Is that true, blue?"

Sonic looked around. Tails was looking at him with a hopeful expression, Amy was smiling softly at him, Shadow was still glaring, and to his misfortune even Blaze, Silver, and the Chaotix were listening in now.

Sonic sighed, "Yes, it's true. Tails and I talked it out last night, we were both extremely drunk so making out seemed like the right thing to do… And we've decided we want to be together, we've loved each other for a really long time now."

Sonic squeezed Tails' hand.

"So that's that, we're gay!" Tails said, a big smile stretching across his face.

"Erm, well, I'm pansexual." Sonic cringed.

Tails blinked at him, then he giggled: "Okay technically I'm bisexual, but who fucking cares WE'RE GAY!"

"That's the spirit!" Rouge said, raising her hand in cheer- She was also holding Knuckle's hand, to which he looked up at their raised hands in confusion.

"Okay, so they're gay, what's the big deal?" Knuckles asked.

Shadow shook his head and sighed, Amy giggled next to him.

"Well, I'm glad you two are happy, though it'll take me a while to get over the hurt." She gave Sonic a warm smile. "But it's okay, because I've wanted to do this for a while," She then leaned over and pecked Shadow on the cheek, causing his face to go beet red.

"This is lame, let's go back to your place." Blaze said to Silver with a roll of her eyes.

"Oh, o-okay!" Silver said, blushing as he followed her away from the party.

"So when's the wedding?' Vector asked as he and his two goons ran up to the group.

"We're not getting married, er, at least not in the near future." Sonic said.

"Aw man!" Charmy whined.

"Hey, I think this calls for a celebration! How about drinks on me?" Rouge said with a wink.

"NO!" Everyone shouted.

There was silence for a moment, then the friend group shared a giggle.

"What?" Rogue asked, faking innocence even as she smirked.

And that was the end of the drama, the rest of the day went on like normal as the friends chatted and shared a picnic. Though, they very quickly ran out of sandwiches for unknown reasons. The whole time Sonic and Tails couldn't stop smiling at each other, both feeling a soothing warmth fall over them as they felt free-er then they had in years.

Until Eggman attacked the city and they all banded together to kick his fucking ass.

THE END.