A Time For Two

Chapter 6

A Bad Dream

"It's ready now!" Tails smiled happily as he watched Shadow walk into the small dinning area. He had gone and decorated it for the both of them. On the table he had ice-cream his apple pie and a cake he had made. "Happy Anniversary Shadow!" Tails cheered happily. Shadow smiled as he pulled out the small wrapped up box. He held it out to the fox.

"Happy Anniversary Miles." The fox blushed softly s he looked at the box. It was wrapped in green paper with a blue bow on it. "I got this for you. I hope that you like it." He gave the box to the kit and watched him examine the box. After a while the fox goes and takes the ribbon off and then he opens the box. He gasped as he saw the small stuffed animal of Shadow inside.

"It's so cute!" He smiled as he pulled it out and hugged it. "Thank you so much. This is the best. Now when I am home and thinking of you I have him." He grinned happily. Shadow smiled.

"I'm glad you like it Miles." The kit hugged the small animal tightly for a long time; he was never going to let it go. It would be his special friend besides from the hedgehog himself. He then put the small plushy on the table and looked at Shadow.

"Come on lets eat some of the pie." Shadow smiled as he sat down at the table. The kit then went and got a couple of plates and forks. He then got a bigger knife so he could cut the pie with. Shadow looked at him worried.

"Are you sure you have that Miles?"

"Yes I used it to cut the apples with. I can handle it don't worry about it." The kit smiled softly at him before going to start and cut the pie up that he had worked on for his friend. The smell of apple cinnamon rushed through the room the minute the kit cut into the pie. The hedgehog found his mouth wanting to taste this pie Tails had made. The little kit was a good cook he knew that much. Soon Tails held out a pie of the still heated pie to the hedgehog face. "Here you take the first piece." He smiled happily at him and Shadow happily took it. Seeing the happy look on the kit face made him happy as well and he was glad that he had become great friends with him.

The black hedgehog sat at the table with the pie and enjoyed himself with the small kit as they both ate happily. He then allowed the flavor sit in his mouth for a while before going and swallowing it. He loved the taste of the pie.

The kit watched as the black hedgehog ate the pie. He giggled softly seeing some of the crumbs on his face. He then reached over and softly brushed some of the crumbs off his face. He then stopped.

"Wait Shadow you don't have ice-cream." He jumped up leaving out and grabbed the container of ice-cream and pulling out a ice-cream scoop from the cabinet. He soon came back in and smiled. "Here." The kit soon scooped the ice-cream out and put it on the small pie. As Shadow was about to go back to eating he stopped as he looked over at the kit.

"Miles, you should have some pie and ice-cream too." Tails smiled softly as he looked at him.

"No, I made the pie just for you. I want you to eat it." Shadow looked at him as he sighed softly. He sometimes felt very spoiled by the young fox. He then stood up and turned to walk away. The kit looked at him. "W-Where are you going.. Shadow?" The hedgehog did not say anything. Soon the kit was about to whimper and cry when Shadow appeared with another fork. He soon sat down and broke off some of the pie and held it to the kit's mouth. "S-Shadow?" He found himself turning a soft pink as he blushed.

"Come on Miles, I want you to eat some with me." The kit felt his ears burning softly as he soon opened his mouth and allowed Shadow to feed him. He was glad that Shadow was giving him so much attention. He really needed it sometimes he just felt so alone like no one cared, but he knew now that was not the case. Shadow smiled as he kept feeding the kit the pie. He found him to be cute and his blush made it worse. He liked having him around Tails really did make his life more exciting.

After finishing the pie the kit soon went to take the plate into the kitchen and placed them in the small sink. When he came back out into the small living area he saw that the hedgehog had retired to his favorite chair near the T.V. He turned and looked at him.

"Come on and sit with me Miles." The fox soon walked over and sat on the floor putting his head in Shadow's lap. He closed his eyes as he felt the hedgehog starch behind his ear causing him to purr softly. He liked the feel of it and it made him happy. Shadow looked down at the kit and smiled softly. He then reached over and grabbed the small remote turning the T.V on. He never owned one of these before Tails had came to visit him a lot.

When he turned the T.V on it was turned to the local news. Even though he happened to be a loner he liked to keep up with what was going on in the world and the weather. Though more importantly if the kit happened to be with his blue friend and something was on the news about him it was the only way to keep tabs on him without worrying too much. By this time Tails had his eyes closed as he purred deeply snuggling into Shadow's lap

"In local news Sonic The hedgehog has once again saved the world from the evil clutches of Dr. Eggman.." The black hedgehog looked down and saw the fox ear twitch a bit most likely from hearing the name. He then heard the kit sigh softly.

"Something the matter Miles?" The kit sat up and looked at Shadow a bit upset.

"I didn't even know something was going on. Sonic would have usually found some way to get in contact with me but he didn't."

"Maybe he did not get a chance to do so because it came up so quickly." Tails' ears dropped down sadly. He felt that Sonic didn't care for him as a friend like he used to. He wasn't sure if it was because he was spending so much time with Shadow or not but it still made him a bit upset just because he really liked to help him when it came to saving the planet. Shadow then ran his hand through his hair as he went back to starching the fox ear. "Miles you should not get so upset over this. It is just one incident." He soon lifted the chin of the kit up because he could hear her sniffling. "It is alright. Shh." Soon the kit weakly cried softly feeling a bit sad. "Come on your getting yourself worked up for no reason. Come on you need some sleep its getting late." Tails rubbed his eyes softly trying to get rid of the tears. Shadow then turned the T.V off as he picked up the kit holding him in his arms. The kit then snuggled into Shadow softly as his tears fell. He could not understand why he was so worked up but he was glad that Shadow was there to comfort him.

As Shadow was about to head to the bedroom he heard a loud whimper come from the kit. He turned and looked at Tails a bit worried.

"What is it?" Tails pointed t the small stuffed plushie on the table.

"I want my plushie." Shadow smiled softly as he walked over to the table and picked up the small creature handing it over to the fox who seam to get really happy once it was in his arms.

"Are you ready to go to bed now?" The kit nodded his head softly as he rested his head on Shadow's shoulder. As much as he wanted to cry being in Shadow's arms it was hard to do so. He had never felt so safe and care for in his life then how he was right then. Shadow just looked at the kit heading to the bedroom hearing the kit purr from happiness. "Happy Anniversary Miles.."

The little kit found himself running to try and catch up with his blue hero. He was speeding way in front of him and pulling away fast.

"Sonic! Please wait for me! Don't go!!" The kit was surprised to see the hedgehog stop and turn to look at him.

"Tails, I don't need you anymore. I was always able to work alone and that is how it is going to stay." Tails looked up at him.

" But Sonic, I don't understand. I thought we were friends? I want to help you."

"I don't need your help so just get away from me!"

"But Sonic!" He was about to walk over to the blue hedgehog when he was tackled hard by him being knocked into a wall. Tails slowly fell down to the ground. He then looked up with tears in his eyes. "Sonic, please I want to be with you." He looked to see Sonic sneering at him. He shivered in fear as he walked over to the fox and picked him up by the collar of his fur.

"I don't need you. I never want to see you again." Tails cried out weakly as he saw Sonic about to punch him hard. "Goodbye Tails." Tails screamed as he hit hit hard. While feeling the burn of the hit his eyes flashed open as he scream out again.

As he looked around he saw that he was in bed. The sun had not come up yet and the black hedgehog that was sleeping beside him was now up right from the scream of the little kit. Tails was shaking all over as he breathed out. His vision was doubled as it came into view. It was a dream he had; though not really a dream a nightmare. By this time the hedgehog was holding the kit.

"Miles are you alright? Did you have a bad dream?" Tails was still shaking and he felt his eyes water. The nightmare he had was it trying to tell him something. He then looked up at Shadow. He looked concern and worried about the kit. Tails then started to cry holding onto him.

"I had a bad dream Shadow." The black hedgehog held onto Tails and petted him softly. He was very worried about the kit. For a while now he had been having these nightmares. The strange thing was that the kit did not tell him what they were about. He did not want to force it out of him so he never bugged him about it.

"Calm down Miles, it was just a bad dream. I'ts over now." The kit held onto Shadow tightly. He was not really sure if that was the case. He felt that it might get much worse before it gets better.