Sonic sighed as he was slowly carried back to his shack by his small boyfriend. Out of all the injuries he could've gotten, he hurt his leg of all things? Fastest thing alive hurting one of his legs; sounded like a bad joke. At the very least, Knuckles was able to get him away from Eggman, but that was only because the guy had been laughing at Sonic so hard that he couldn't do a thing.

"I'm not too heavy, am I?" Sonic asked, though he already knew the answer.
"You're talkin' to the strongest guy on the island," Knuckles replied with a wink. "I'll getcha home in no time!"
Sonic chuckled, feeling a little more at ease from his words. "No time for you is like, a million years for me," he joked.

"Oh look, we're home!" Knuckles said soon after.
He entered the shack, still carrying Sonic. Pretty soon the hedgehog was lying down on his hammock.
"Take it easy, buddy," Knuckles said, smiling softly.
Sonic crossed him arms. "Do I gotta?"
"Don't you wanna get better?" Knuckles asked.
"Well, yeah, but…" Sonic pouted childishly, squirming slightly in his hammock. "Just don't like sittin' still for forever."
"Well, it's gotta be better than hurting yourself even more," Knuckles pointed out.
"W-well, I'm a tough hedgehog!" Sonic boasted, starting to get off a hammock. "It's probably better by now any–ACK!"
A sharp pain from his leg caused him to fall, landing on Knuckles. "…O-okay, maybe not, ow…"
Knuckles blushed at having Sonic on top of him.
"Y-you okay?" he asked, frowning in concern.
"Y-yeah." His pride was hurt worse than anything else.
"Can we at least do somethin'?" he asked, sitting up while being careful of his injured leg.
"Hmmm…" Knuckles put a hand to his chin in thought. "Video games?" he suggested.
Sonic nodded, then shifted slightly, moving across the floor so he was in front of the TV. "All right, c'mere then," he said, patting his good leg with a grin.
Knuckles smiled, carefully sitting down on Sonic's lap as to not hurt his bad leg.
Sonic handed him a controller, then started a random game. "Loser has to kiss the winner!" Sonic joked with a teasing wink.
Knuckles blushed. "You're on!" he said with a grin.

Sonic nudged him playfully, then the round started. Knuckles was doing better at first, but his smaller hands didn't fit the controller as well and he slipped up at the last second, earning Sonic the victory.

The blue hedgehog just grinned and looked down at Knuckles. "All right, get to it!"
Knuckles blushed again. He got up from Sonic's lap and stood face to face with him. Since Sonic was sitting down, this made it much easier for Knuckles to reach him. He stood slightly on his tip-toes and gave Sonic a kiss on the cheek, smiling shyly.
Sonic giggled; Knuckles was still a little shy about their relationship, it seemed. "And I bet you'll be giving me a lot more, heh."
However, as he went to start another round, his stomach starting growling. "N-nn…"
"Hungry?" Knuckles asked.
"Hehe, a little," Sonic admitted with a slight blush.
"Nacho break?" Knuckles asked hopefully.
"Sure!"
Sonic glanced over to where all his food supplies were, then frowned. Normally, it'd be no problem, but with his leg hurt, it looked like a mile away.
"I'll get it!" Knuckles offered. He went over to the table. He reached up, but quickly realized that the table was too high up for him. He paused for a moment, then climbed onto a chair and stood. Now he could reach things more easily!
Sonic watched him, finding it adorable. He didn't like feeling useless, what with his hurt leg, but it was cute seeing Knuckles care for him.

Knuckles came back with some nachos and cheese dip, smiling proudly.
Sonic smiled, turning off the game system so they could watch something on TV. "Hehe, and no couch for us to ruin!"
"Yeah," Knuckles chuckled, remembering the chaos that had ensued that day.
Sonic picked up a nacho, watching TV as he eagerly ate to quell his hunger; he usually rushed for a chili dog after a big fight with Eggman, but that wasn't an option right now; still, this was nice too.
"If I hear Eggman callin' Amy my girlfriend ever again, you're gonna have to hold me back to stop me from slappin' him," he said.
"I'd punch him for you!" Knuckles said with a laugh.
Sonic laughed in return. "Good! We'll work on a new move for that just in case," he joked.
"The 'He's-Not-Her-Boyfriend-He's-Mine' move?" Knuckles smirked.
"Perfect!" Sonic said, eating another nacho. "We'll get it patented and everything!"
Knuckles chuckled. "Sounds good to me!"

As the two finished their nachos, Sonic glanced over at Knuckles, noticing some stray cheese sauce right beside his mouth. He smirked, then pulled Knuckles close, licking the cheese sauce off.
Knuckles squeaked in surprise, blushing heavily.
"T-thanks," he giggled.
"No problem," Sonic said.
He then looked around, not feeling like playing anymore video games. "Anything you wanna do now?" he asked.
Knuckles shrugged. "We can just watch TV I guess."
He leaned against Sonic slightly, trying to hint that he wanted cuddles too.
Sonic, thinking that Knuckles was cold, wrapped an arm around him and pulled him close. "We have a bunch of blankets if you're cold, y'know." Since the echidna was as small as he was, he got cold easily.
Knuckles frowned a little. Sonic hadn't understood his hint…

Then an idea popped into the little echidna's head.
"Hey, we could make a blanket fort!" he suggested.
"A blanket fort?" Sonic asked. He glanced over to the table and saw how many chair he had. "Yeah, I guess we could, and we can use the table if we wanna cheat," he said.
Knuckles grinned excitedly, jumping to his feet. "So can we then?"
"Sure! Don't think I'll be much help though," Sonic admitted, trying to stand.
"Aw, it's okay," Knuckles replied. "I'll do it!"
He spent the next several minutes rushing around, climbing on tables and chairs, and sometimes having to detangle himself from the blankets.

Then finally, it was finished! He stepped back to admire his handiwork. He was rather tired out from all that, but proud.
"Hey, look at that!" Sonic said, shuffling over and laying down in the fort, relaxing back on one of the pillows. "Know what it's missin' though?"
"What?" Knuckles asked, tilting his head.
Sonic reached over, pulling Knuckles onto him and giving him a quick peck on the lips.
Knuckles blushed, squirming a little as he became flustered.
"Y-you know…th-they say blanket forts are good for cuddles…" he said shyly.
"Oh yeah?" Sonic grinned, wrapping both arms around Knuckles and giving him gentle cuddles. "Like this?"
"Y-yeah, l-like that," Knuckles stammered, his face flushing. He giggled softly, nuzzling Sonic affectionately.
Sonic nuzzled him back, yawning slightly. "You wanna just sleep here?"
"Mm…mmhmm…" Knuckles murmured, his eyelids already drooping.
Sonic lightly stroked Knuckles' back, wanting to calm him further into sleep.
Knuckles leaned his head against Sonic's chest, smiling softly. It didn't take long for him to drift off.

Hours later, well into the night, Knuckles was suddenly awoken by the sound of rain outside. At first, he thought it was just that, but Sonic was making a few small noises in his sleep as well.
"Sonic?" he said softly.
The noises continued, Sonic beginning to look distressed. He gripped Knuckles' tightly, shuddering.
"H-help… nnn… someone, help…!"
Knuckles was really worried now. "S-Sonic, wake up!" he said in a loud whisper.
Sonic didn't hear him, continuing to squirm in a panic.
Knuckles began to shake him lightly by the shoulders. "Sonic!" he said more loudly this time.

Sonic jolted awake, letting out a loud gasp. "A-ah…" He glanced over to Knuckles, blushing slightly. "Knux?"
"Are you okay?" Knuckles asked, a worried look on his face. "Seemed like you were having a bad dream…"
Sonic blushed further, looking away in embarrassment. "I-it was nothing…"
"You sure?" Knuckles frowned. "'Cause that didn't seem like nothing to me…"
Sonic sighed, knowing that Knuckles wasn't going to buy it. "…I was drowning, okay?"
"Drowning?!" Knuckles echoed. "Aww, that must've been a really scary dream…"
He cuddled into Sonic and nuzzled him, hoping it might comfort him a little.
Sonic stammered slightly at the sudden affection. "Y-yeah, you know I can't swim well…"
Knuckles nodded in understanding. "…anything I can do? To make the bad dreams go away?"
"…You're not gonna laugh at me?" Sonic asked sheepishly.
"Why would I do that?" Knuckles asked, shocked that Sonic would think that way.
"W-well, I mean… just with my huge fear of water and stuff… I sink like a rock."
"Well, with my height and stuff, I can barely keep my head above the water, even in the shallow end," Knuckles chuckled sheepishly. "So yeah–I can't really swim either."
Sonic frowned. "Yeah, but at least you don't cower in fear of goin' into deep water…"
"Wellllll…maybe I don't actually have a fear of water, but it's still kinda scary when you're as short as me," Knuckles replied. "I mean, can you imagine how easy it would be for me to go missing?" he added, shuddering slightly.
Sonic laughed. "Not really." He lightly pet Knuckles' head. "Heh, mostly 'cause why would I ever let you outta my sight?"
Knuckles blushed lightly, smiling.
"Well, what I'm trying to say is, you don't need to be embarrassed about that–especially around me," he added with a wink.
"Heh, thanks," Sonic said with a small smile, pulling Knuckles closer and cuddling with him.
Knuckles relaxed into Sonic's warm fur. "Feel any better now?" he asked hopefully.
"Yeah." He affectionately scratched Knuckles head. "You're a dork, sayin' all that comforting stuff."
"Well so are you…" Knuckles mumbled, already starting to fall back asleep.
Sonic smirked. "You got me there." He yawned, then light kissed Knuckles' forehead. "Night!"
"Night…" Knuckles murmured, just before drifting off once more.