Ryu
Ryu belongs to Niano. Thanks! Hope you like this!
Urgent banging rattled the dark wooden door, waking Sonic from his mourning. A silent curse passed his lips as he shouted hoarsely: "It's open!"
The door flew open. Sonic heard panting and slowly got off the floor. "Sonic? Where are you?" It was Aero! Sonic transcended into speed so he was instantly beside his friend. "I'm here, Aero," he answered dreamily, resisting the urge to hug his dear friend. His heart beat in his chest. It was a long time since he'd seen any friends.
"Good, because we've got a problem." Aero balanced the other hedgehog in his arms, a chocolate brown male whose unusually small ears were almost microscopic. His arms and muzzle were a deep tan, lips slightly parted to allow his breath, closed eyes squinting in pain. He wore a blue sleeveless tee coupled with a silver cross which hung at his chest, blue shorts high on his legs. His shoes were blue and white and looked heavy to wear. The tip of his tail was a teal blue. The gloves he wore on his hands were as white as snow.
"Oh." Sonic grinned. "He's going with you like that?" The blue hedgie indicated to the way this chocolate hedgehog held onto Aero's clothing.
"Ew, no, Sonic!" Aero hissed. "We're old friends."
Sonic sniffed. "He's fast asleep, surely, which means he probably doesn't know he's holding you. He can feel your movements and knows that you hold him, but has no control over his own motions." Blue ears pricked. "I think I hear a stomach growling, but it could well be my own."
"All that from a sniff?" Aero quizzed, chocolate eyes wide.
"Of course." Sonic seemed surprised that Aero, a hedgie himself, would've never been able to sense this. Then, he laughed. "Oh! Of course! I'm able to sense it because I'm a starved predator. You, being the spoiled rotten brat you are, have never suffered."
"Hey!" Aero hissed indignantly.
"We're even." Sonic reminded him of the day in the café when Aero had gone too far with a joke.
"Okay." Aero shrugged, figuring that was fair enough. His arms were getting tired, though the chocolate hedgie wasn't very heavy at all. "What should I do with him?"
Sonic huffed. "Put him on the couch and I'll see what I can do for him."
Aero did so, but as he passed Sonic, he noticed the lifelessness in the hedgie's emerald eyes and the way he was too pale to be healthy. Come to think of it, light blue hedgie hadn't seen Tails around. "Where's Tails, Sonic?" He asked, perching on the arm of a nearby chair.
Sapphire ignored him and bent to the level of the couch. Instantly, Aero saw him become the starved predator he really was. Eyes were wet and hands trembled, body was rigid at all points, even his tail and quills seemed to stand straight. He worked quickly, so that Aero was forced to stand to watch him.
Sonic moved his hand gently under the shirt, feeling the chocolate hedgie's chest. At this, the latter yelped and twisted upward. Sonic's hands were apparently very cold to the touch. Gently, Sonic soothed him by rubbing the side of his neck with the other hand and purring madly, sending the calming vibration straight to the other hedgie's spinal cord. This had the best effect possible and the other hedgie was still, except for breathing. "What's his name?" Sonic asked, tracing the jagged rib lines on the hedgie's chest.
"Ryu." Answered Aero patiently; afraid of what Sonic could do if he got a mind to do it.
"Don't be afraid of me," Sonic's Alpha gaze turned on Aero. "I wouldn't hurt Ryu if my life depended on doing so. I'm not going to kill him or rape him, so relax and trust me." His ear went against Ryu's chest to check for a heartbeat. "Hmmm. It seems healthy enough. By his thick rib lines, I'd say the poor thing has been denying himself for over ten days. It's probably his twelfth day by his jagged breathing. The poor thing needs food right away." In an instant, Sonic was no more beside Ryu, but in the kitchen. "What does he eat?"
"Um…" Aero thought a moment. "He's pretty picky. I guess pizza will do."
"Mmmm," Sonic murmured. Aero came to a sudden realization as he watched Sonic speed around the kitchen.
"You must be starving too, huh?"
Sonic stopped at the refrigerator; hand irresolutely on the door handle. "Sure." He answered carelessly. "So?"
"You're pretty scary when you're hungry, Sonic." Aero answered, leaning against the wall casually. "Like a monster."
Sonic tossed his gloves aside and began to knead the pre-made pizza dough. "Ah? A monster, am I?" And he chuckled. "I'm no monster, Airhead. You ought to know that."
"Ugh," Ryu rubbed his head and limply sat up. "Who was touching me? Where the hell am I, Aero?"
"He's awake," Sonic and Aero laughed together as the light blue hedgie went over to comfort him.
"It's okay," Aero told him as Sonic's laughter died down again to the mournful silence. "You're at my friend Sonic's house. He was touching you to see what was wrong with you." Then, he slapped him hard on the arm. "Damn you! I was so worried! You come to my house and faint in my arms and expect me not to freak?!"
Ryu rubbed his arm. "Aero, dude, you gotta calm down."
"Calm down?! Yeah as hell I'll calm down! When you get some food in you, then maybe I'll calm down!"
"Oooo, I'm a bit jealous, Aero," Sonic teased affectionately. "You don't freak out like that when I starve myself half to death!"
"You want me to yell at you, too, Sonic?" Aero answered as Sonic placed the pizza in the oven. "I've still got the voice for it."
Cobalt chuckled. "No need. I yell at myself constantly." He stretched and yawned, facing his friend, his ribs stretching against his skin. They were before covered by his fur, but could be seen now.
"Bulimic," mumbled Aero impatiently, "I ought to take you to a doctor."
"I haven't thrown up in hours." Sonic answered. "I'll be all right."
"Yeah, yeah." Aero waved a hand.
"So, this is Sonic the speedster, huh?" Ryu struggled into a sitting position. "It's a pleasure to meet you. Aero's told me so much about you."
Sonic raised an eyebrow at Aero. "Did you tell him about…?"
"Did you want me to?" Aero asked.
"Tell me what?" Ryu interjected.
Sonic sighed. "Tails, another one of my friends, and I are dating."
"Oh, I think I heard that, then." Ryu shrugged. Sonic eyed the cross sparkling on his chest. "Oh! It's okay, I don't care. What you guys do is your business." Ryu shrugged.
Sonic offered a small smile. "Thanks man." He sniffed. "Mmmm. That smells good." He licked his lips. "Your pizza should be ready soon, Ryu."
"You can have some, too." Ryu told him. Sonic cringed. "It's okay, I don't eat much anyway."
"No," Sonic heaved a long sigh.
"Why not?" Aero asked.
"What's the point?" Sonic took a coke from the refrigerator and snapped it open. "It'll just come back up, anyway." With that, he downed the coke and tossed it into the recycling bin at the far end of the kitchen. "Pizza is…unpleasant to me, anyway." He grinned. "I'm not a fan of cheese, unless there's meat involved."
Aero and Ryu shared a glance, then Ryu leaned on the arm of the couch and Aero yawned, flopping down against the couch beside him. "Well," Aero sighed deeply.
"Well." Sonic crossed the room and took the pizza from the oven. "It's still hot," he told Ryu as he cut it. "Be careful."
Aero leaned his head on his knees. "Sonic?"
"Hmmm?"
"I can hear your stomach growling."
Sonic pressed his free hand against his midsection, but took it away as he served Ryu and went to fetch his gloves, which he put back on his hands and cuffed them as he saw fit to do. "It is?" He replied brightly. "I hadn't noticed."
"What a martyr!" Ryu exclaimed, taking a huge bite into the second slice of pizza, for he'd already finished off the first.
"Where's Tails anyway, Sonic?" Aero asked again, searching his friend's eyes for the answer.
Sonic cringed. "Gone." And, he fled to the bathroom.
"…I could fight the feeling…resist it over time. But when it's just too much to take, you sneak up from behind. Is it me, you say, you're looking for? Let me show you…what I'm here for…"
-Crush 40, What I'm Made Of
I uploaded it anyway, Niano. I'm impatient. Hope it's good enough for ya. :)