Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic The Hedgehog or any of the characters, they are owned by Sega and Sonic Team.
Mina's House.
Tails and Mina had arrived at her house at midnight, both exhausted from the trip.
Tails made it to the living room, dropping the bags and collapsing.
Mina laughs then lets out a yawn.
"I think I'm gonna call it a night." Mina says.
"Yeah me too." Tails says, as he heads for the door.
"Tails, it's pitch darkness out there." Mina says.
"I know, but I don't want to impose." Tails says.
"Nonsense, besides tomorrow we're gonna find you a date, may as well stay here." Mina offers.
Tails smiles at her generosity.
"Alright, Mina you win." Tails says, raising his arms in defeat.
Mina smirks, the two say goodnight and Mina heads up to her room.
Four Hours Later.
All was quiet in Mina's home, Tails remained asleep on her couch.
All of a sudden, whimpering and sobbing could be heard.
Tails' eyes slowly opened upon hearing the sounds of sadness.
"Mina?" He says, softly.
He hears the sounds again and begins to grow worried.
He heads upstairs and knocks on Mina's door.
"Mina?" He says, but receives no answer.
He knocks again and still nothing.
His worry grows stronger as he hears the sobs and soon enough he can't take it anymore and opens the door.
He slowly steps inside to find Mina still asleep, tossing and turning with tears in her eyes.
"I gotta wake her up." He thinks, as he nudges her shoulders.
"Mina, Mina, come on wake up please." He says.
But she remains asleep moving frantically as she begins to speak.
"Please Ash, please stay away, no please, get away, get away, No!" She yells out.
"Oh no, she's having a nightmare." Tails says.
He decides to take drastic measures and embraces her in his arms, whispering into her ears.
"It's okay Mina, he can't hurt you, you're safe, everything's fine." He whispers.
Mina begins to calm down, and eventually stops moving, her breathing goes back to normal and once again is in her peaceful slumber.
Tails breathes a sigh of relief and lays her back down, only to have two arms wrap around him.
"Please Tails, stay with me." She whispers, in her sleep.
Tails looks at her surprised but she'd been through a lot and he'd love to comfort her.
"As you wish Mina." He says, getting under the covers and returns the embrace.
He eventually drifts off to sleep as they lay their in each other's arms.
Morning.
Mina was first to wake up, for some reason she felt amazing but didn't know why.
Her vision was blurry but she could feel something next to her.
She rubbed her eyes to see more clear and let out a gasp as she saw what it was.
"Tails?!" Her mind screamed.
"How, how did, I mean…what?!" She thought, not understanding how this happened.
Sure enough, Tails woke up to see the startled Mongoose.
"Good morning." He says.
"Uh, yeah, good morning." She says, nervously.
Tails noticing this, tries to explain the situation.
"You were having a nightmare, I came in to see if you were okay, I comforted you and then you asked me to stay." He explains.
Mina blushed at her friend but quickly shuddered as she started remembering her nightmare.
Tears dropped as Mina shook in fear.
"No, it's alright, it's okay." Tails says, taking hold of her again.
Mina settles down once more and looks at him.
"I'm sorry I'm like this." Mina says.
"Don't be, you're going through a lot, it's alright." Tails reassures her.
Mina smiles putting her arms around him and snuggling her face against his chest.
"Thank you." She whispers.
The two stay like this for another hour, neither one letting go.
"Feels nice to be needed, I just wish I could help Mina more." Tails thought.
"He's so sweet, I'm lucky to have him around, feels nice to have someone I can trust." Mina thinks.
Tails was the first to snap out of it.
"Hey Mina, why don't we go get breakfast and then we can start our mission?" Tails offers.
Mina nods in agreement, the two get ready and head out.
Meanwhile.
Amy and her boyfriend were heading into town to find a wedding present.
"What do you think, something fancy or something creative?" Amy asks.
"Knowing the groom, he'll probably want everyone to bring chili dogs." He says.
Amy giggles at his joke and spots a few familiar faces, meanwhile at the same time, he sees an old friend of his own.
"I'll be right back." They say in unison, heading off in opposite directions.
With Amy.
"Tails, Mina!" She shouts.
They both turn their heads to see the energetic pink Hedgehog.
"Amy, long time no see." Mina says.
"Yeah, feels like forever ago." Amy says.
"So what're you guys doing here?" Amy asks.
"We're here to find Tails a date to the wedding." Mina said.
"Oh can I help?!" Amy shouts, excited.
"Sure, the more help the better." Mina says.
"Great, let me just go talk to someone, I'll be right back." Amy says, running off.
With her boyfriend.
He had spotted Espio and Some girl he didn't know from afar, it had been so long since he'd seen them.
"Well, well, well, old friend, never took you as the type to date." He says, grinning.
Espio and Nicole look up to see him.
"No way." Espio says.
"I know, it's been awhile." He says.
Espio is at a loss for words.
"Pleasure to meet you ma'am." He says, before kissing her hand.
"Um, the pleasure is all mine, I'm Nicole." Nicole introduced herself.
"I'm…" He starts, only to be interrupted by Amy.
"Hey, I'm staying here to help a friend, could you please head over to Cream's house to feed Cheese, I promised her I would while she's away?" Amy asks of him.
"Sure thing, I'll see you guys later." He says speeding off.
Back with Tails and Mina.
Amy rushed towards them with a huge smile on her face.
"Alright Tails, let's find you your dream girl." Amy says, dragging both of them.
The three of them began their search around the city to no avail.
It seemed every girl was taken and the ones who weren't had no interest.
"Wow this is harder than I thought." Amy said.
"I know, Li Moon and Barby are taken, Blaze is with Silver and Cream won't be back until after the wedding." Mina said.
"Did everyone just pair up?" Amy says.
"Seems like it, don't worry Tails, we'll find someone." Mina says, patting him on the back.
Tails sighs, hanging his head.
"I appreciate you girls trying to help, but I just don't think it's gonna work out." Tails says.
Suddenly an idea pops into Amy's head.
"Tails, I was planning on getting a present for the wedding, could you go pick up something, I don't know what they'd like but maybe you will?" Amy asks, handing him her wallet.
"Sure." Tails says, walking into the market.
"Poor guy." Mina says.
"Yeah…" Amy trails off.
"I heard about you and Ash." Amy says.
Mina winced, remembering the nightmare she had.
"I'm sorry." Amy said.
"it's fine." Mina says.
"So, you don't have a date to the wedding either." Amy says.
"No, where are you going with this?" Mina asks.
"Well I'm just saying, you both don't have dates, why don't you just go together?" Amy asks.
Mina blushed as she thinks about what happened this morning.
"Blushing huh?" Amy says, teasing her.
"You hiding something?" She teases more.
"N-No." Mina stutters.
"I think someone has a crush." Amy says.
"No, I just think he's really sweet and kind, he was so nice comforting me in bed last night." Mina says.
Amy's eyes go wide.
"I'm sorry, what?!" Amy says, shocked from Mina's words.
Mina stutters, trying to get the words out over the misunderstanding.
"I w-was h-having a nightmare and Tails came in to comfort me." Mina says.
"Oh alright." Amy says, laughing.
"Look the point is, you hit bad luck with Ash, wouldn't it be nice to be with a guy who is genuinely nice to you?" Amy asks.
Mina contemplates this but her thoughts are broken when Tails returns.
"Hey, what'd you get them?" Amy asks, pulling out a rattle.
"Um, Tails?" Amy asks.
"No one knows yet, but I can tell by the way Sally has been acting." Tails says.
"Wait, you mean?" Mina says.
"Yep, the first royal baby is on the way." Tails says.
The two girls can only stare at the rattle in amazement.
"You think it's gonna be a boy or a girl?" Amy asks.
"Not sure, I'm wondering whether it's gonna be a chipmunk or a hedgehog." Tails says.
"Well I better get home, remember what I told you Mina." Amy says, walking off.
"I'd better head home too, thanks for the help today Mina." Tails says, as he flies away.
Mina heads back home, only to hear the phone ring.
"Hello?" She says.
"Hey babe, you miss me?" A voice says, on the other line.
Mina goes into a panic as she hangs up the call.
Her breathing becomes frantic between each word.
"No, no, please no." She thought.
On the other line is none other than Ash.
"How cute, girl thinks she can run away, don't worry babe, I'll take you back."