14 Days of Love (Sonic Style)

Chapter 10: This is a title. I swear.

Krissie: Today's ship is whatever ship I put here. It's Tails X Cream! I finally got it done at 10 at night. So you're all going to get this early I'm sure. Unless I pass out soon.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

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Tails was hutched over his workbench working on his latest invention. Tails heard the small wings of the chao fly into the room. He could tell that the chao was trying to be sneaky, so he stayed silent. He went back to working. The chao landed on his head and began playing with his ears.

Tails chuckled as he looked up at the chao. "Hey Cheese." He put down his tools. "What are you doing here?"

Cheese merely moved Tails' ears as if he were piloting the Cyclone.

Tails laughed as he washed his hands. "Is it just you today Cheese?" His response was the normal chao chirp, but Cheese didn't make it. Tails looked up and saw Chocola at the door. "Hey Chocola! I haven't seen you in a while."

Chocola gestured for the fox to follow him and Tails did.

"What have you guys been up too?" He asked. He listened to the two chao talk as they walked to the kitchen. He didn't understand much of what they were saying. He wondered how Cream had learned their language so easily. Tails stopped as he noticed the cream colored rabbit was standing in his kitchen. The first thing he noticed was that her hair had grown out.

Cream turned around and smiled at Tails. "Hey Tails!" She smiled.

"Hey Cream. What brings you here?"

Cream shrugged. "I was just in the neighborhood."

Tails arched an eyebrow. He lived in Mystic Ruins. There was nothing but ancient ruins for miles. But there was a chao garden or two hidden within the ruins. She must've taken Cheese and Chocola there to play with the other chao.

"I made some food!" She grabbed a plate. "You hungry?"

"Yeah." Tails grabbed a plate and put some food on it.

Cream made a face at the orange fox. The portions on his plate were so small. "Tails, you need to eat more than that!"

"Oh, this isn't for me. This is for Cheese." He pointed to the chao on top of his head. He placed the plate on the table. He smiled up at Cheese. "Time to eat, buddy." He grabbed the small blue creature and flipped him over his head and into the seat. Cheese laughed with joy. Tails gave him a fork and picked up another plate. "Chocola is there anything you don't want?"

The brown chao sat in the seat next to his brother and shook his head.

"A little bit of everything coming up then." Tails made the plate and put it in front of him. Chocola chirped with joy as he ate his meal.

Cream giggled. The 34 year old fox almost looked like a father. Though Cream was sure Tails would make a great father, the fox had just never got into a serious relationship. He was kind, considerate, and knew when it was time to be silly and when it was time to be serious.

"What's so funny?" Tails asked, knocking the rabbit out of her thoughts.

"Nothing." Cream answered, feeling her face flush.

Tails' eyes narrowed. "No it's not." He began making his plate. "Tell me what's so funny."

"I said it was nothing."

"Cream. Cream. Cream." Tails shook his head. "You know it's not nice to lie to people."

"I'm not…" She froze when she saw the fox's stern look. He really knew how to read people.

"What was so funny?" He asked again as they sat down to eat.

Cream sighed. She had been defeated and she didn't like it. She took a bit of her food as she gathered her thoughts. Tails doing the same. "You were." She finally said.

"I was?" Tails mused. "How so? Am I covered in grease again?" He checked his reflection in his spoon. Last time he was covered in grime from working on his inventions and hadn't noticed, people thought he was a chimney sweep. Hearing the song chim-chimney grew old after that day.

"No." Cream shook her head. "You're clean."

"Then how was I funny?" Tails put down his spoon and went back to eating.

"With Cheese and Chocola." Cream answered after another bite. Tails arched an eyebrow demanding more clarification. "You looked…" Searched for the right word, "Almost paternal towards them earlier."

Tails nodded. He couldn't eating his food. Cream went back to eating and the four ate in silence. Until Tails spoke again. "How is me being parental funny?"

Cream looked up at him and realized he wasn't even looking at her. He was staring at his food and had a tight grip on his fork. Had she said something that upset him? She recalled Tails got upset with Sonic's concern about him not settling down with anyone, but that was more like family teasing. Had she touched a nerve with him? She felt bad about it now. She fiddled with her hands as she tried to figure out how to make him happy. "It wasn't really funny. It was more… Cute, I guess?" She told him. "Kind of picturesque? Yeah that's it."

Tails smiled to himself as he continued eating his food.

"Tails? Are you okay?" Cream asked when he didn't speak. "Are you upset with me?"

Tails finished his food and set his fork down. "Nah. I'm not upset." He smiled at her. He patted the chao's heads, causing their orbs to turn to hearts. "Maybe Sonic's right. Maybe I should get a pet."

Cream tilted her head and gave him a questioning look.

"Last time I saw Sonic, he was nagging me." Tails explained. "He keep saying I either need a pet of sorts or find…" Tails paused. Sonic had told him to find a wife, but Tails didn't want to tell Cream that. "Someone to put up with me. He's really just worried that I'm becoming a shut in. And with his kids and running a kingdom and all, he's just too busy to come poke me every day."

Cream laughed. That certainly sounded like the blue blur. "If you want, I can come poke you more often. Cheese and Chocola will come with me of course!" The chaos cheered at this.

Tails let out a hearty laugh which cause the rabbit to jump at first. She hadn't heard such hard laughter from him in what felt like years. She smiled as she watched him. "That sounds nice. I'll have to put a key under the mat for you guys." Then a realization hit him. "How did you get in my house?" He had a security system around his house and he was pretty sure he locked the door earlier. How come he wasn't alerted when she entered the house?

"Oh." Cream blushed. "Big showed me in. You never lock the side door."

Tails tsked. He always left that door unlocked because he got tired of the purple cat breaking his door down trying to find his frog. "Did he find Froggy or did he go elsewhere looking for him?"

"We helped him find Froggy. And Big didn't break anything this time."

Tails smiled. "Well that's a plus." He gathered the dishes and carried them to the sink. He turned on the water, preparing to wash them. He had expected the rabbit to leave shortly, but Cream wasn't that way. She stood beside him, ready to help. "You don't have to help me wash the dishes, you know."

"I know." She smiled up at him. "I want to and I'm going to."

Tails laughed. He looked at the two chao. "There are some Lego blocks and other toys in the room with light blue trim on the door frame. You two should go play in there while we handle the dishes."

The two cheered with joy before racing off to the play room.

Tails and Cream were left alone in the kitchen. They began washing dishes. Tails doing the washing, while Cream dried and put them on the dish rack. Cream began to hum a tune as she worked. Tails joined her after a while.

"You're very good at harmonizing." She complimented.

"You're very good at humming." Tails tried to repay the favor.

Cream laughed. "Isn't everyone?"

"No. Hamlet can't hum a tune." Tails finished the last dish and handed it over to her.

Cream dried it and placed it on the rack. She smiled. She turned and laughed at Tails shaking his hands over the sink. She wrapped his hand in the towel she hand been drying dishes with. "Let me give you a hand." She giggled.

Tails smiled down at her. Cream really was a nice person. He leaned forward and pressed his forehead against hers. Cream looked at him. Her face becoming a bright red. Tails smiled at that. They stared into each other's eyes for what felt like hours. Tails was debating on rather he should hug her or kiss her. He really wanted to kiss her. He had wanted to kiss for a few years now even. He just sucked at the asking her out part. Plus, she would probably be upset with him if he did. A hug seemed appropriate and his safest bet of maintaining his friendship with the rabbit. But a kiss was so tempting. Which to choose? Which to choose?

Both. A tiny voice in his head suggested.

Both? Both is good.

Tails wrapped his arms around her and leaned down. He was mere moments away from a kiss. Sadly, he forgot about the two chao in the other room, who decided at this pivotal moment to scream like they were being murdered.

The two jumped at the sound and Tails dashed off to the play room with Cream a few steps behind him.

"What happened?" He yelled as he entered the room.

Cheese was floating around Chocola, who was crying. The blue chao was trying to cheer his little brother up, but to no avail. On the floor beside them were several of Tails' tools. Chocola had a bumped on his head. From the look of things, Tails guess the two were trying to build something, but the tool was too heavy for Cheese to hold and it had fallen and it Chocola on the head.

Tails sighed as he walked up to Chocola. Cream had entered by this point as was asking a billion questions at once. Many of them directed at Cheese, seeing as he was the older of the two. Tails scooped Chocola up and rocked him while patting his back. Once the chao was calm, Tails rubbed his head, causing a heart to appear. He sat Chocola down on the couch in the living room.

"Cream, bring Cheese here please." He called.

Cream came into the room with Cheese, who looked very upset.

"Cheese, take a seat next to your brother. Cream," Tails looked around the living room. "Sit there please." He pointed to a recliner.

Cream sat down and took some deep breathes. "Is Chocola alright?" She asked.

"He'll be fine." Tails assured her. "Now," He sat on the coffee table and looked the two chao. "How did my tools get into the play room?"

The chao shifted uncomfortably. Cheese spoke, but sense Tails didn't completely understand chao, he looked to Cream.

"He says they were going to build something cool to impress you. They dragged the tool box form the hall closet in there."

Tails nodded in understanding. "I figured. Cheese probably picked up one of the tools, but it was too heavy and fell and hit Chocola." The two chao nodded that this was correct.

"You two know better." Cream became stern.

Tails sighed as he watched her switch into mommy mode. She did it often when handling chao. Tails let her lecture them for a while. He got up and placed a hand on her shoulder.

Cream looked up at Tails. "I'm so sorry for the trouble they've caused." She stated quickly.

"It's okay. But I've think they've been lectured enough for one day." He looked at the chao. They were cuddled up on the couch together. They looked like sad children who just dropped their ice cream cones. "Since you guys wanted to build something, why don't we build something with Legos. I have enough pieces to build planes, cars, boats, whatever you guys want. Sound fun?"

The chao nodded as they looked up at him.

Tails bobbed his head. "Go on to the play room. I'll be there in a bit." The chao raced off to the room leaving the two alone again. Cream felt her face flush as Tails kept his hand firmly on her shoulder and she recalled the moment they shared earlier in the kitchen. Tails propped his chin on her shoulder. "You're very paternal too. It was very picturesque." He complimented. Cream's face turned a brighter red. Tails peeked her on the cheek and smiled.

Cheese flew out of the room and called for them.

Tails snorted. "Time to go be paternal again. Come on Mama, I'm going to need help with them."

"What?" Cream asked following him.

"Simple. We're being paternal. You're the mama and I'm the daddy. Cheese and Chocola are our kids." Tails gestured to the chaos who already had the Legos out. "And it's playtime now. So sit down Mama, we're going to build something out of Legos. A picturesque moment, no?" He placed Chocola in his lap. "What do you guys want to build?"

The two chao chirped excitedly. Tails nodded and looked at Cream.

"What did they say Mama?"

"They want to make a plane." Cream blushed at the new nickname.

"Ooh. My specialty!" Tails laughed.

They happily began building a plane. Cream smiled to herself. It was a very picturesque moment. She would remember this for years to come.

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Krissie: So here is the Tails X Cream chapter! I really like this couple, but I can rarely think of ideas for stories for them. But yeah. Thank you for reading! Which ship would you like to see next? Also, I'm thinking of writing a 14 days of love story similar to this, but with original characters next year. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in reading it if I did.