Sonic woke and stretched, hoping that it had all been a really bad nightmare. But when he saw the leashed Tails sleeping right next to him, he got mad as he realized that it couldn't have been more real. 'This is stupid!' Sonic thought. He shook Tails awake, and Tails said,

"Wa-what-what's up, Sonic?"

"Nothing. I was just kinda lonely."

"Oh."

Sonic stretched like a dog, and Tails giggled while scratching his ear.

"What's so funny?" Sonic asked.

"You. You still act like a puppy."

Sonic paused and quickly stopped stretching. Tails busted up laughing and Sonic stuck out his tongue. The geek, Cream, and Amy went to them. and the geek said,

"How're ye two feeling?"

"Fine." Sonic and Tails synchronized.

"Good, I'll get ye two dinner, then and we'll see what happens."

"Whatever." Sonic said, folding his arms. The geek laughed, pet him on the head, and left.

"Chill out, Sonic! You'll be fine, I promise!" Amy said.

Sonic groaned in obvious irritation, and muttered,

"Things couldn't get any worse than this torture..."

Tails' sensitive ears caught wind of that and he looked down.

"At least you're not going through this by yourself. I had to, and it wasn't fun." he said, quietly.

Sonic heard the sadness in Tails' voice and looked at him.

"It's better when somebody knows what you're going through." Tails finished flashing Sonic a small smile.

"Yeah, I guess so..."Sonic said, feeling a little guilty Tails had heard him.

"Don't worry, Tails. I'll help you through this like I did last time, too." Cream said, scratching his ear. He smiled at her.

"Thanks, Cream."

Five minutes later, the geek came back with two bowls. One said 'Miles' and one said 'Sonic'.

"Heck no, man. I put my foot down, here. I let you pet me, leash me, and all that other stuff, but I got news for you, buddy; I am NOT eating dog food." Sonic said rebelliously.

Tails looked in the bowls and said, "I am!"

"Fatty." Sonic muttered.

"Come on, Sonic. Et's yer favorite!" the geek said.

Sonic looked in his bowl and saw a stack of chili dogs. He tried to resist, but the sroma got to him, and he found himself devouring the chili dogs. When they were done, the geek took their bowls and they groaned, getting stomach cramps. Amy giggled.

"What?" Tails asked.

"You two are so cute! You share everything together! You both got stabbed by the same needle, and stomach cramps and all that other fun stuff. You guys are so close, it's cute!"

"Hey, what else are best friends fo? We share everything!" Sonic said putting Tails in a headlock, and noogying him.

"Careful, Sonic." Cream said, gently separating them.

They sighed.

"How much more of this do we have?" Tails asked.

"Three weeks."

"This sucks."

"Well, Tails. You were right, earlier. At least we aren't going though this alone."

Tails smiled at Sonic, as he continued.

"I wouldn't rather be tied to a tree with anybody else. I'm glad we're doing this together, little bro."

"Me too."

They did their little handshake and everybody sighed, watching the sunset.

"There truly is no place like home." Tails said.

Everybody agreed, and eventually fell asleep. Happy they had each other.

Rated "S" for Stoopidafied