I've kinda been running low on ideas for future chapters so it would be great to hear some of your ideas!

Stuff I will do:

Cute fluff

Sibling/parent bonding

Cute sibling bonding between Sonic and Tails (and maybe sometimes Knuckles)

Angst

Silly shenanigans between Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles (others can be included like Tom, Maddie, Ozzie, and Unit, etc)

Stuff I won't do:

Lemons/smut

Fetishes

Suicidal or sexual themes

Requests are open! So if you have any, please leave it in the reviews or message me and I will consider it.

P.S, I'm pretty bad at keeping a consistent schedule, so don't expect chapters to be released at a predetermined time.

With that out of the way, let's begin!

Chapter 20: Karaoke

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles sat on the couch with Ozzie, the windows outside displaying the total darkness of night.

At the front door, Tom and Maddie were dressed up nicely as they got ready to head out.

They had told them earlier that evening that they would be going out to spend some time with friends for the night, which meant leaving the kids in charge of the house.

Admittedly, Tom and Maddie had considered having Wade come over and babysit them, but decided against it as they knew Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles could take care of themselves and any poor burglar who decided to break into the house.

"Alright, we're going out." Maddie announced, getting the boys' attention. "Ozzie's had his dinner so don't worry about feeding him."

"And if you need anything, you can always call Wade." Tom added. "We should be back in a few hours. Just… try not to trash the house before we get back."

"You got it, Donut Lord!" Sonic grinned, giving his adopted father a salute. "Trust me, this place will still be spotless by the time you get back, right guys?" He turned to his brothers.

"Yep! You can count on us!" Tails smiled, nodding eagerly.

"I swear on my honor, that no harm shall come to this house or this family until you return." Knuckles vowed, wrapping his arms protectively around Sonic and Tails and pulling them close to his chest.

Tom and Maddie both smiled, amused by their children's antics. "Alright, well, we'll see you later tonight." Maddie said, walking over and giving Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles each a kiss on the head. "Love you."

"We love you too, Mom!" Sonic and Tails both beamed happily while Knuckles simply nodded.

The three mobians watched as their human parents went out the front door, closing it behind them and leaving the three of them in silence.

For a while, they simply sat there on the couch, idly shifting around to get more comfortable on the cushions while Ozzie simply wandered around the halls aimlessly.

Eventually, Tails pulled out his miles electric and checked the time. "It's 10:30 right now." He stated, putting the device away before turning to his older brothers. "We should probably get ready for bed. We probably have school tomorrow."

Knuckles nodded in agreement. "I agree with the fox. Our parents have expected us to be responsible with the house." He stated, him and Tails standing up from the couch.

Sonic nodded, folding his hands behind his quills. "Yeah, we could do that. We could be responsible…" He then turned to Tails and Knuckles, a grin on his face and a mischievous look in his eyes. "... Or…"

Tails grinned back widely while Knuckles immediately shook his head, both knowing what the blue hedgehog was thinking.


"Can't hold oooonnn muuuuch longer…!" Sonic sang into the microphone while he, Tails, and Knuckles were jamming out to blaring rock music, the main lights turned off while a disco ball hang from above.

"But I will never let it go!" Tails and Knuckles chorused while snacking on several chips, mints, cookies, and grapes.

"I know it's a ooooone waaaay traaaack…!" Sonic sang before stuffing his mouth with a handful of oreos-minis. His singing voice was high-pitched, which made attempting to do a low note a bit difficult, but Sonic persisted nonetheless.

"Tell me how long this will last!" Tails and Knuckles both sang, with Tails having a mouthful of mint candies in his mouth while Knuckles was in the middle of drinking a soda.

"I'm not gonna think this way…!" Sonic sang, standing up on the couch like it was some sort of stage.

"Nor will I count on others!" Tails and Knuckles sang, both of them climbing up onto the couch and joining their brother.

"Close my eeeyes and feel it buuuurn…!" Sonic sang, dramatically closing his eyes and clenching his fist.

"Now I see what I gotta do!" Tails and Knuckles sang, both of them striking a ridiculously dramatic pose, with Tails mimicking something akin to Dragon Ball while Knuckles mimicked something akin to Sailor Moon.

"OPEN YOUR HEART, IT'S GONNA BE ALRIIIGHT!" Sonic sang before he and Tails stood back to back, both of them air-guitaring and laughing like crazy while Knuckles grinned as he made subtle drum movements.


"Live and learn!" Sonic and Tails both sang into the microphone, bobbing their heads while Knuckles air-guitared to the music.

"Hanging on the edge of tomorrow!" Tails sang, holding up his hands in the victory and peace sign. Despite his young age, his singing voice was actually quite good. And it

"Live and learn!" Sonic and Tails chorused, jumping up and down on the couch.

"From the works of yesterdaaaaay!" Tails hollered, clutching the mike with both his hands this time.

"Live and learn!" Sonic and Tails chorused again.

"If you beg or if you borroooow!" Tails sang while Sonic wrapped his arm around his baby brother's shoulders.

"Live and learn!" Sonic and Tails sang again while Knuckles juggled between air-guitaring and playing the drums.

"You may never find your WAAAAAAAAY!" Tails screamed into the microphone as loud as he could while Sonic and Knuckles cheered for their little brother.


"Here I come. Rougher than the rest of 'em. The best of 'em." Knuckles rapped solo while Sonic and Tails bobbed and danced to the music in the background.

After some of the hard rock songs, the three of them had decided to take a little break and go for something a little more mellow. Since Sonic and Tails chose the last few songs, Knuckles got to choose the song this time, with the echidna actually improvising the lyrics.

"They call me Knuckles. Unlike Sonic, I don't chuckle."

Sonic briefly paused in his dancing. "'Unlike Sonic, I don't chuckle'?" He asked incredulously as he chuckled.

Tails snickered. "Yeah, we all know that's a lie."

"I'd rather flex my muscles!" Knuckles rapped, before flexing his arm in a smug fashion.


"I'm hanging on to the other side…" Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles all sang together as the next song came up. "... I won't give up 'till the end of me!"

Sonic and Tails began air-guitaring like crazy while Knuckles air-played the drums, the three of them attempting to mimic the band playing the song.

"Welcome to the mind of a different kind, where we've been growing slowly!" Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles chorused, bobbing their heads wildly to the beat. "Think I'm on eleven but I'm on a nine! Guess you don't really know me!"

"Running from the past is a losing game! It never brings you glory!" Sonic and Tails sang together while Knuckles broke off to go back to air instrumenting. "Been down this road before, already know this story!"

"FACE YOUR FEAAAAAAAAAR!" Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles all screamed into the mike.


Sonic and Tails lounged on the couch while Knuckles did a little solo of 'Stars in the Sky' by Kid Cudi. The young hedgehog and fox were both exhausted from so much singing as they drank some water to refresh themselves.

"Man, only Sonic the Hedgehog could host a karaoke night this epic." Tails remarked, taking another sip of his water.

Sonic sighed contently, wrapping an arm around Tails' shoulder and pulling him close. "Gotta say, for a baritone, Knuckles can sing really well." He gestured to the red echidna, who was still singing to the song.

Tails giggled as he nuzzled his head into the crook of Sonic's neck. "Maybe we could form a band sometime." He suggested.

Sonic laughed, holding his little brother closer to him. "Oh, that would be awesome! We could call it something like… Sonic Underground!"

Tails rolled his eyes. "'Sonic Underground'. Wow, ego-centric much?" He said.

Sonic quirked his eyebrow at his brother. "Oh yeah? Well why don't you come up with a name, Dr. Name-einstein?"

Tails tapped his chin in thought. "What about… Duditude?"

Sonic nodded slightly. "Huh… pretty good name. Although I feel like that name fits more with a heavy metal band."

Tails scratched his head as he brainstormed once again. "How about… Dreamboat Express?"

Sonic scoffed. "Ew…" He then grinned. "It's perfect."

Tails laughed at his brother's antics. "Hug attack!" He yelled, pouncing on the blue hedgehog and wrapping his arms and legs around his blue hedgehog brother and nuzzling his head under Sonic's chin while his tails wagged happily.

Sonic fell back on the couch with Tails clinging to him. "Oh! Too much cuteness! My he-art!" He dramatically, letting his limbs go limp as he closed his eyes.

Opening his eyes again, Sonic looked to see Tails gazing up at him with a beaming smile on his cute face.

Sonic smiled back, finding Tails' expression just oh so adorable. "Anyone ever told you how stinkin' cute you are, bud?"

Tails giggled while his cheeks blushed red slightly. "Well, you and everyone in this house has." He said, his heart swelling with brotherly love. "It's a little embarrassing."

Sonic grinned. "Well too bad, because you're gonna hear it from all of us all the time!" He then pulled Tails back into his chest, giving him an affectionate noogie.

Tails laughed cutely as he struggled to get out of his big brother's grip.

"Brothers, come! There are still many songs left to sing!" Knuckles declared, having finished his song.

Sonic and Tails sat up on the couch, breaking their little hug as the red echidna approached them.

"What song should we do now?" Tails asked, idly kicking his feet over the edge of the couch.

Sonic hummed as he scanned the playlist on his phone. "Well, we've done all our favorite songs from Crush 40, plus a few extra ones from some other bands…" His eyes then widened slightly as an idea came to his head. "Wait! I've got it! Why don't we just make up our own song?"

Tails and Knuckles glanced at each other before looking back at their brother in confusion.

"We put on the tune of some random song and we make up our own lyrics, like what Knuckles did with his whole 'unlike Sonic, I don't chuckle' song." Sonic explained, briefly chuckling in remembrance of Knuckles' song.

"Cool! Sounds like fun!" Tails smiled excitedly. "Let's do it!"

Knuckles hesitantly nodded. "Very well. What song shall we play?"

Sonic picked up his phone and scrolled through the playlist as he tried to pick out a song, but nothing specific came to mind. "You know what, I'll just put it on shuffle and see what we get." He finally said, tapping a button on his phone's screen and letting it randomly select a song.

The song that played was high energy, with a lighthearted guitar solo and followed by a set of drums, which immediately got Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles in the mood.

"Look out down below," Sonic sang first. "Sonic is on the go! Can't stop this party 'till we save the world!"

"This time we're not alone!" Tails sang next, standing shoulder to shoulder with the blue hedgehog. "We've got some friends along! And as a team we can become even stronger!"

"Together we can overcome all the odds!" Knuckles sang last. "It's never as hard as it seems, everyone can do something special, the secret is sharing your dreams!"

Sonic and Tails briefly paused to giggle at the cheesiness of the lyric, something that Knuckles could help but chuckle about as well.

"We can make it if we all stick together, we won't give up not ever, and everything's gonna be alright!" Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles all sang together, bouncing to the music as they stood together on the couch.

"We all bring out the best things in each other, together we are stronger than anyone else could be on their own, so much better than alone!" Sonic and Tails cheered while Knuckles let out a hearty laugh as they finished the lyric.

"Sonic's in the lead, giving us greater speed!" Sonic sang with a flashy grin, zipping around the room in a blue blur before finger-gunning at his brothers.

"Tails keeps us flying high to above trouble!" Tails sang, smiling as he propelled himself into the air with his tails.

"And Knuckles by our side, makes this a safer ride!" Knuckles sang last, flexing his arm muscles proudly, to which Sonic and Tails fondly rolled their eyes.

"We'll save the world and teach that Eggman a lesson!" Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles all sang together this time.

"Together we can overcome all the odds!" Tails sang first this time. "It's never as hard as it seems!"

"Everyone can do something special, the secret is sharing your dreams!" Sonic sang with a smile.

"We can make it if we all stick together, we won't split up not ever, it's easier with my friends by my side!" Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles all sang together once again, joining together in a somewhat group hug.

"We all bring the best out in each other, together we are stronger than anyone else could be on their own," Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles sang. "So much better than alone!"

"So much better than alone!" Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles yelled as the song ended before they broke down into laughter.

"Yeah-ha-ha!" Sonic laughed, striking a disco-esc pose.

"Wahoo!" Tails cheered, his tails whirling excitedly.

"To our tribe, brothers!" Knuckles grinned, holding out his fist.

Sonic and Tails eagerly bumped their fists with Knuckles in a similar manner to the vow they made after defeating Robotnik.

"Wachowski!" They cheered as they broke apart.

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles cheered and laughed like the children they were as they continued to dance and sing all throughout the night.


Tom and Maddie pulled the truck into the driveway before getting out.

"Well, that was a fun night." Maddie said as she and Tom walked up the steps to the front door.

"Yeah, but it's nice to be home." Tom replied as he fished out the keys from his pocket and unlocked the door. "Wonder what the boys have been up to."

Opening the door, Tom and Maddie entered the house and were slightly surprised to see tons of food from the kitchen spilled everywhere out in the living room.

On the couch, Tom and Maddie could see Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles sleeping on the couch, with the red echidna in the middle while Sonic and Tails rested their heads in Knuckles' lap.

Despite the mess, Tom and Maddie could help but smile fondly at the trio of sleeping kids.

"We're gonna have to clean all this up tomorrow, you know?" Tom said as he lightly scooped up Knuckles, making sure not to disturb Sonic and Tails as he carried the echidna over to the door leading to the basement.

"Yeah, but that can wait for now, right?" Maddie smiled as she scooped up both Sonic and Tails, her heart warming slightly as the hedgehog and fox unconsciously nuzzled into her shoulder while she carried them up to bed.

Got inspired by that one scene from Shang Chi and decided to do this after listening to a bunch of different Sonic songs.