Sonic finally arose from his unconsciousness, groggily, the hedgehog sat up. He looked at the clock, it read 3:10pm.
"Ughh, What happened?"
He took a minute to get his barings and with that, he hurled himself onto his feet, stumbling a little losing his balance. He went to sit on the sofa. For a moment Sonic sat here, wondering what had happened.
"Gee. I must've passed out again." Sonic groaned. It had been happening all too often for his liking recently.
Then, his mind clicked. He was tidying his house up. Tails was due to come over at 1. Sonic looked at the clock, which now read 3:15pm.
"WHAT?! Oh no, please tell me this can't be." the hedgehog whimpered, tear stung in his eyes.
He rushed around like a headless chicken, panicking, trying to gather his thoughts.
Had Tails come and gone already? Did he see him flaked out? Man, the fox would be angry with him. He had to do something... had to apologise before Tails hates him forever...
"IT'S NOT FAIR!" He screamed, tears started streaming face.
"It's just, not fair..." Sonic repeated, in the most chocked up voice, almost breaking down to the floor.
The poor hedgehog had been through so much and yet still, he could not see the little fox. What could he say to him? Oh hey, Tails! Sorry I didn't answer, I flaked out! No, he could never say that. He wouldn't ever worry him with such a thing, Sonic hated worrying people, but not as much as letting people down.
Sonic had to lie. Had to say something came up and it completely passed his mind. He hoped Tails would understand, and not get angry.
Siking himself up, the hedgehog walked over to the phone, and dialed out Tails' number.
It rang once, twice, three times and on he fourth ring, Tails picked up.
"Hello?" Tails spoke.
"Tails, buddy, it's Sonic. Look, I'm-"
"Where WERE you? We had traveled all that way, waited over HALF AN HOUR, and you never answered!" Tails said, angrily.
"Look bro, I'm sorry..."
"DON'T CALL ME BRO! I have a new family now!" Tails screamed, in obvious anger.
Sonic nearly dropped the phone at this statement. How could Tails be so cruel? The hedgehog's bloodshot eyes once again filled with tears.
"Hey, chill out! Besides, YOU weren't there when I turned up! After I traveled all those miles."
"So this is what it's all about, revenge?! Sonic, you disgust me, you're no friend!"
"Tails, I got sidetracked! I would've been there, but something held me up."
"REEEALLY?
"Yes, really!"
"Well sorry Sonic, but I don't believe you."
"Fine! believe what you want."
"I will! Oh, and enjoy spending Christmas on your own! I only gave you presents out of pity- I shouldn't have bothered!"
That was it. Sonic burst into tears.
"Tails, how can you sa- look, I've got to go..." Sonic spoke, in a tear-choked voice. He didn't slam the phone down, only placing it back carefully.
Sonic collapsed to the floor, curling himself up. He cried and cried, more than he ever had in his life.
Later, he arose from the floor, and picked up a picture of him and Tails on the windowsill. He stood there, staring angrily and suddenly, threw the picture with great might.
Sonic was in a frenzy. He started running around, destroying his own home. He threw chairs, pulled the cloth off the table, through another pictures at his TV screen. His house was destroyed, he had barely anything left intact.
"I HATE THOSE PEOPLE! I HATE THEM!" Sonic screamed, derranged.
A wave of dizziness washed over him again, the hedgehog stumbled.
"THEY STOLE HIM FROM ME!"
"ARGHHH!" He shrieked.
Sonic was still going around, smashing everything in his way. The poor guy was having a breakdown, he couldn't take much more... He was getting ill, thin, and was starting to lose his mind.
He had a sudden sharp pain in his chest, he clutched it tightly.
"Oh man, go away pain!" Sonic asked, in a calmer tone.
The pain consisted. He was in such pain... Sonic was hunched over, still clutching his chest, the pain was unbearable. He needed to start calming down before he does his body some serious damage.
...
Tails felt guilty after his big outburst to Sonic. He felt he had taken it too far and felt bad for the things he'd said. In a way he wanted to pick up the phone and apologise, but no, he was going to leave it. He would ring up next week on Christmas Day, to thank him for the presents, as Tails was still pretty angry.
He made his brother cry... It took a lot to make Sonic cry, and Tails felt bad for hurting him this much. He never meant what he said, after all.
He was led in bed, staring into thin air. Tails would do this a lot lately... He wasn't fully happy, not really. Sure he did love his new parents, but things just weren't the same.
Sonic was probably right, he thought. Something probably DID come up, as there was no way the hedgehog would have missed a chance to see his best friend. And for Sonic not to answer out of spite, he just wasn't like that.
Tails was told he had a life-changing surprise this Christmas. And he had to admit despite his worrying about Sonic, he was excited about what it could be...