Ch. 5
Uncomfortable night
"Wow Sonic, your new place isn't half bad. For someone with fleeting jobs like you, that is." Knuckles said as he looked around, then plopped on the sofa.
"Yeah, you're a bit materialistic. Look at all those game consoles." Shadow pointed to a collection of video games, new game consoles, old game consoles, and a multitude of other electronics Sonic just couldn't say goodbye to.
Tails, without saying anything, dashed downstairs to his workshop.
Sonic looked over at the door to the workshop with a puzzled expression on his face. "I wonder why Tails has been so silent lately."
"Probably just a phase. He's only 11." Knuckles replied. He picked up the remote, and flipped through the 500 channels that Sonic received.
Shadow was at Sonic's CD collection, browsing for bands that he liked (which, being his clone, found quite a few.)
Sonic looked at Knuckles again, then Shadow, then Knuckles once more. "Oh so I'm materialistic? I might as well not be here." Sonic teased. Knuckles and Shadow both let out a chuckle in unison.
"When you've got as much stuff as you do, it's hard not to be." Knuckles said. "Oh cool, MXC is on."
"I thought that was canceled." Shadow replied.
"Not according to the cable it isn't!"
Sonic smiled, and sat down next to Knuckles, with his feet crossed and resting on the coffee table. Knuckles placed his arm over the couch behind Sonic's head, causing Sonic to feel a bit uncomfortable, but decided to think nothing of it.
Shadow sat in a recliner off to the side a bit. He decided he'd listen to music later.
-o-
"Wow that had to have hurt!" Knuckles exclaimed as he watched a man get shot in the groin by a volleyball-loaded cannon.
"You can bet that will be on the most painful eliminations of the day!" Sonic laughed. "Aw, that was the last one."
Through a series of injuries and painful poses, the most painful eliminations of the day were chosen, leaving all three flabbergasted by the strange positions the people could end up in and walk away.
"I'm glad they brought that show back" Shadow said as he turned off the TV since there was nothing else on. "It can be pretty funny sometimes."
"Yeah, you've got me caught up in it now!" Sonic replied.
A strange silence fell across the room. He was now at a lack of things to do, even with company. At that moment shadow put a Crush 40 CD into Sonic's Stereo, causing 'live and learn' to flood the house.
"Hey, if were going to rock all night to something might as well be songs about us."
Shadow shrugged.
Sonic nodded in agreement, while Knuckles turned his head in jealousy that Sonic had his own fan-band. Knuckles always seemed to get the short end of the stick.
They heard the door to Tails' workshop open up, and the yellow fox climbing the stairs. When he reached the top however, he simply stared in Sonic's direction, his eyes without pupils.
"All of you are fools. While I place my plans into action one at a time, you all stand here, listening to music and lying on the couch watching TV. Some heroes you are. I'm disappointed." Tails said in a voice that didn't belong to him. When he finished, he sort of jolted his head up, as though he had been sleep walking.
Tails was looking around, seeing the surprised faces of two hedgehogs and one echidna staring at him. "What'd I do?" he innocently asked.
There was a long pause. "Nothing, Tails. You just need to get to bed, that's all." Sonic lied, pointing at the clock. It was Tails bed time anyway.
"…okay then… g'night." He said as he walked into the hallway and into his room.
After they heard Tails door shut, Knuckles broke the silence. "What was that about?"
"Yeah, I'd been meaning to explain about that." Sonic said, poking his index fingers together.
In a few minutes, he went over the events of the recent days, how he ran into a member of the Mortuus clan, how he chased down that pink cat, and how he hired Espio to investigate.
"Wow, all that in 2 days. Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Knuckles said with a hint of anger in his voice.
"I just thought for once that maybe I should stop relying on you guys so much, and stop dragging you into things. That maybe I should do this alone, and leave you out of it." Sonic explained.
Knuckles laughed. "You remember our old group, the Sonic Heroes, right? We faced everything together, and even that we broke apart soon after, we still should take things on together. Never think you're alone, Sonic." Knuckles said sincerely.
Sonic was surprised that Knuckles had said this; he was usually more timid to put in his voice on matters.
"…Thanks, Knux." Sonic replied with a smile.
"Count me in, too. I need some stimulation after 3 years of living a passive life." Shadow added. "One question remains, though. What just happened to Tails? Was that something Mesmeros did?"
"I'm guessing. Mesmeros had told us in the plans about his abilities to alter people's minds. If that's true, it's likely he can temporarily control them too." Sonic stated.
Sonic looked up at the clock. "I dunno about you guys, but I'm hitting the sack. I'm exhausted." Sonic yawned.
"Me too." Knuckles paused, looking around the room. "Do I even have a place to sleep?"
Sonic scratched the back of his head nervously. "There's only one other bed than mine and Tails'…"
Knuckles took a minute for it to sink in, but when he did his face went pure red. His eyes turned to Shadow, who was reflecting the same expression.
"So that means…"
"Yup."
"But if I'm gonna have to…" Shadow interjected.
"Yeah." Sonic finished. He, too, was blushing now.
There was a long awkward silence, in which each person was staring around the room, waiting for someone to say something, in which in this case it was Shadow.
"I might as well deal with it if there's no way around it. I'm going to go change." Shadow said as he walked with his clothes bag to the bathroom. (Not in 'that' way you pervert!)
"Uhh… Sonic?" Knuckles said timidly.
"What?"
"This is gonna sound a bit… awkward, but…" Knuckles paused and diverted his gaze. His face was even redder than before. "Can I- sleep with…. You?" He had to close his eyes and look away. The red echidna was now a red so brilliant it hurt to look at him.
There was an extremely awkward pause. "May I ask why…?" Sonic questioned, giving Knuckles a weird look.
"I uh… I'm kind of afraid of Shadow. I mean, I don't yet trust him… fully." The echidna stuttered.
Sonic rubbed his head. It would be really awkward if he let him, especially when Shadow was around. But he knew where Knuckles was coming from. He didn't truly trust Shadow either.
"Um… uh…" Sonic was making up his mind. "…Sure…?" Sonic blushed along with Knuckles.
"Yeah, um… thanks." Knuckles sputtered out.
Shadow walked into the room in his black pajamas with flames along the sides of the material.
"Hey I'm out of- Did I miss something?" Shadow asked when he saw Sonic and Knuckles both redder than apples.
"No, nothing." Sonic forced a smile on his face. "There's a change of plans; Knux is sleeping in my room instead."
"Sooooo… he's sleeping… With you?" Shadow pondered.
"Don't get the wrong idea." Knuckles interjected. Sonic nodded in agreement. One last awkward silence.
"Alright then, where am I sleeping?" Shadow said.
"Right here." Sonic unfolded the couch, revealing a twin sized bed complete with sheets and blankets.
I'm glad Knuckles is sleeping in the other room; there's no way I'd sleep that close to him. Shadow thought.
"Ok, g'night." Sonic said to Shadow as he turned out the lights, and headed into his room with Knuckles.
Sonic closed the door behind them. Knuckles was looking around the room he hadn't seen until now. The bed was enormous; he didn't understand why Sonic needed such a large bed if it was only him. Oh well. More room for him.
"Alright, I'll be on the left side, you sleep on the right. There's plenty of space." Sonic explained.
"Obviously."
Sonic slipped under the bed sheets, fidgeting till he was comfortable. "Night, Knux."
"Night." Knuckles replied. Both closed their eyes, and soon fell into slumber.
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Sonic groaned, looking at the clock. 2:30... He thought. He had been awoken by moans of pleasure coming from the right side of his bed. Oh god… I didn't know he would have wet dreams. Sonic tried his best to ignore it.
Shadow, who had been awoken by the vocalizations, was wide awake. Not being in the room Knuckles was in, he had pictured a disturbing scene completely different. He simply couldn't fall asleep with the images in his head, egged on by the moaning coming from the other room. Dear god, no wonder they wanted to sleep together.
Sonic couldn't take it anymore. He turned over and slapped Knuckles across the face, causing him to jolt as he woke up. "Wha the hell…?" He said drowsily.
"Please, have your wet dreams at home. You're gonna wake Shadow who might get the wrong idea." Sonic grumbled.
"Um… Sorry…" Knuckles replied. He then closed his eyes and fell back to sleep.
Shadow was still as alert as ever, and even in the dark his pupils were smaller than a pinhead. He predicted he might not get back to sleep because of that. That's just sick…
Sonic turned back around, into his comfortable position. Even though he feared Shadow might have heard Knuckles imaginary orgasm, he smiled, and looked back at the scarlet echidna. He's in MY bed… wait, am- am I saying I- I… LIKE Knuckles!? No! I'm NOT a homosexual. I have a girlfriend, and I intend to keep it that way. And Mom wants grandchildren. Sonic thought to himself. His smile still persisted through his denial.
((Aww! Sonic-kun is thinking about Knuckles in 'that' way! Romance? Or disaster? Find out later! Also, please comment, and read Lady of the Squirrels "The best birthday present ever" good Sonuckles (toward the end!) and she is an amazing writer. Again, please comment!
Sonic: I am NOT gay!
MSF: you are in MY book, Takeshi!
Sonic: gasp you do NOT use my real name in public! Blushes
MSF: - (yes that really is his name! Takeshi Maurice Hedgehog!)))
