Tails stretched as he placed down the last of his boxes in his new dorm room, taking a second to take all of it in as he took a step back, his room was spotless and filled with various gadgets and gizmos of his own creation made by Tails in his abundance of free time, everything from the clock to even his desk chair was built with his own two hands to serve its purpose, and that thought made him feel a little proud of himself. Though he knew that the free time he used to have in high school would dissipate quickly now that he was once again a freshman, but this time it was in college, where he hopes to study Mechanical Engineering to pursue his one true ambition to become an engineer and be able to take his creations and show them to the masses, but until he got a degree that would have to wait.

But weirdly his degree was not the first thing his friends had focused on with the youngest member of 'The Guys', instead they had been giving Tails a rundown of the social atmosphere at Station Square University, or SSU for short. They'd been telling Tails about every event on the calendar, from the parties to the football games and everything in-between for good measure to make sure the fox could plan his studies around them, and there was also girls, they knew that whilst 'The Girls' wanted him to advance on Cosmo, both groups knew that it could be possible that one of them starts dating someone else, and they had warned Tails off a lot of girls, like a girl called 'Julie-su' who Knuckles went into an extended rant about after she'd been mentioned, some girl called 'Tangle' because then another girl called 'Whisper' would kill him, and a 'Fiona', who Sonic kindly described as a 'selfish bitch' who was to be avoided at all costs.

Then there was the question of his course, the only one who proved useful here was Shadow, who actually told him about the teachers and where the classes were whilst the other three rattled on about girls some more. Apparently he was to be taught by a Dr. Starline, a platypus professor who'd recently taken up the role after the retirement of a Dr. Robotnik. Additionally Shadow actually informed him if where his classes were meant to be, which was over in the S.T.E.M building, Shadow also voiced how he was the only one of their friends doing a S.T.E.M subject at all, a fact which actually surprised him a little bit.

"Pizza's here guys!" bellowed Knuckles as he stomped in, balancing a tower of pizza boxes in his arms as the other four waited patiently for the echidna to set them down and sort them out.

"Okaaaay, Meat Lover's extra large, that's mine. Hawaiian medium for Silver, an extra large Pepperoni for both of you two, and a small Margarita for you Tails." Knuckles rattled off as he handed each person their own respective orders and sat down with his own meal to tuck in.

"So Knuckles," Sonic started, "when's that first game of the season?"

Knuckles swallowed a mouthful of pizza before he answered "Uhh, well it's like what, the 18th today? Sooo, like next week actually!"

"Aight sick!" the blue hedgehog replied "So I'm gonna take it that the watch party's not changing?"

"From what?"

"Y'know Knux, the four of us, Mighty, Ray, and Manic ya dope!"

"What about him?" the echidna asked as he jerked a thumb at Tails, who was engrossed in something on Tumblr as opposed to listening to their conversation.

"Nah, you don't care about that do ya bud?" Sonic asked the fox, who looked up from his phone to shake his head. "Anyway, he'll be busy anyway," Silver piped up "Mechanical Engineering is a big degree, lots of study, so he probably won't be available to watch any with us."

"Wasn't that why you never hung out with us in Freshman year Silver?" Knuckles probed.

"Yeah, but he was lying Knuckles." Shadow responded eliciting a glare from the albino.

"I was not!"

"Yes you were."

Tails continued scrolling absentmindedly as he listened to the bickering of his friends in the background, fighting like children despite being grown men. Tails mulled over SSU, it was a big place with a lot of people, he could maybe try and expand his horizons a little bit more to try and make more friends, friends who didn't turn into 5 year olds whenever any form of adversity came up.

1 Week Later

Tails yawned as he wandered sleepily into the library with his laptop under his arm, and a few cans of Monster in his bag as he sat down to do his first bit of coursework. The fox would've been less tired if his friends hadn't twisted his arm into coming to the first game of the year, as apparently coming to the first one was a yearly tradition at SSU, so he'd been forced to look at his phone as people cheered and ate hot dogs around him whilst watching a bunch of dudes throw an egg-shaped 'ball' around with their hands and call it 'football'. And surprisingly this boring activity lasted so much longer than it had any real right to, lasting well into the early morning till the student RA, a nice red-head called Sally Acorn, came down and told all of them to quote 'Go to fucking bed', and hence the party disbanded leaving a very sleep-deprived Tails with some coursework to do and only some energy drinks to keep him awake and active enough to actually do it.

The fox sat down at the nearest table and got to work, the presence of his energy drinks earning him a dirty look from the librarian as he worked, getting up to grab the occasional book to use as a reference for his coursework, which in this case was designing what he intended to make for his winter grade, and Tails' had settled on something pretty simple, a little communicator watch that didn't even need signal to contact people, making it highly useful for emergency situation. However Tails was then suddenly faced with a very different emergency situation for him, talking to a woman.

The woman in question was a fox like him, and a very pretty one at that, with thick, auburn hair a bit similar to Sally's, shiny and well-kept crimson fur complimented by a very pretty face, with a creamy furred muzzle and a pair of striking ice blue eyes, and also complimenting her fantastic physique, with long, slender legs and a toned tummy, yet also holding distinctive curves that would catch any guy's eye. The vixen was clad in all black, tight leather trousers and a black crop top were the only things she was wearing, accessorized with a black leather belt and wearing thick black boots with steel-capped toes. "Hello," she said richly, her voice smooth and calm "how long have you been here cutie?" she asked with a grin, watching Tails blush at the compliment, "A week." Tails mumbled in response, kicking himself about how he couldn't bring himself to say anything else to her "Oooh, a new boy! How nice! And what is this little new boy studying?" she asked, curling her hair around her finger as she looked at him with a smirk "M-mechanical engineering." Tails managed to splutter out, "Ah, a little dork aren't cha'? I myself am doing Rehabilitory Psychology... oh actually I never caught your name, now did I? Now go on Blondie, enlighten me."

"M' Miles." Tails mumbled, his cheeks still pink from interacting with this girl.

"Miles is it? Nice, I'm Fiona by the way, Fiona Harper." the vixen crowed with a smile.

Tails' breath hitched slightly as she said this, this was Fiona, the 'selfish bitch' that Sonic had warned him about was now right in front of him and... making small talk? It was odd, he knew that he should've then and there just get up and leave but he couldn't, he was smitten by Fiona, how she looked, how she spoke, she was the epitome of 'bad bitch' but he kind of liked it, it was new for him, daring in a sense. So he, against his better judgement, stayed put and listened to Fiona.

And the more she said, the more Tails felt himself falling for her, Fiona seemed to be a far shout from Sonic's blunt, one-note description of her, and in a good way. Behind the wickedly pretty figure Fiona was a clever and astute girl with an eye for reading Tails and making sure her words were picked out carefully to butter him up, all to ask the big question.

Tails felt warm as Fiona laughed at a joke he'd told her, "Y'know Miles," she said softly, "you're kinda cute, d'you wanna go to the club with me tonight hon?" she asked him softly, caressing his hand with her own, Tails pondered this, he probably should say no, but something in him told him otherwise, something was telling him that Fiona was right for him, like she was the best choice.

"S-sure."

First Date With Fiona

Tails felt the warm hit him in the face as he stepped out into the very early morning, it was 3:17am, or so his phone told him, and a quick check of himself with the use of the camera app showed interesting results. Tails' hair was messy, probably thanks to Fiona running her hands through it and drunkenly saying how nice it was, and the vixen's affection was also shown by an abundance of red lipstick markings around his face and neck from the kisses his been lavished with by Fiona. Speaking of which he heard a tipsy yell of "Hey pr-*Hic* pretty boy!" as he felt Fiona hurl her arm drunkenly around his shoulder and slapping a sloppy kiss on his cheek, leaving yet another marking on his snowy fur "D'ya *Hic* wanna head back t' my place?" she slurred as she grinned goofily at a mostly sober, yet very bashful Tails, who nodded and allowed her to lead the way.

The journey back was surprisingly uneventful, save Fiona stopping to vomit in a dumpster and nearly falling into it, and having to have Tails haul her away and grab them both an energy drink to try and keep them both conscious long enough to actually reach Fiona's dorm room. They were finally near the door of Fiona's dorm room, when she turned to look at Tails "Yur' pretty." she said with a big grin on her face "T-thank you Fio-*Mff*!" Tails was suddenly cut off as Fiona planted her lips on Tails', wrapping her arms around him as she gently grabbed him and pushed him up against the door. Tails wasn't really used to this, it was the first time he'd ever made out with someone in his life, hence he wasn't sure what to do in this situation, was he using too much tongue? Too little tongue? Was he supposed to be being lifted up by Fiona? Tails asked himself these questions as he felt his feet leave the floor as Fiona lifted him into her arms, gently squeezing his thighs as she stuck her tongue down his throat, allowing him to run his hands through her hair as they made out.

Once the two split apart and Fiona managed to unlock the door (albeit after much fumbling) and she stumbled into the apartment, leaving Tails to stand outside the door, his legs shaking from what'd just happened to him. The blonde was sweating a little from that passionate experience, Fiona was one hell of a kisser in fairness, but he felt a slight stinging in his thighs where Fiona had grabbed him, and he was still worried about whether he'd ruined it with his novice-level making out skills? Was that even a thing? Who even knows at this point? Tails went to walk, but his legs were shaking so much that he nearly fell over immediately as he tried, meaning he staggered forward and collided with one of Fiona's chairs that was propped next to her kitchen table, which allowed him to stabilise himself as he looked around. The dorm was a fairly tidy place, save a passed out Fiona who'd face-planted straight onto the sofa and was now loudly snoring.

"Whozat?" came a groggy sounding voice from somewhere behind Tails, causing the fox to wheel around sharply to see yellow mongoose with pink and black hair, rubbing her eyes sleepily as she blinked in the bright light "Oh, hi there!" she exclaimed, suddenly picking up a concerning amount of energy for someone who'd just woken up at 4am "You must be Miles! I'm Mina!" she chirped bouncing over to shake his hand, her face split in a wide grin that clashed with her bed head wonderfully. Tails didn't even have time to get a word in edgeways with Mina as she babbled on about Fiona, before spotting the aforementioned vixen on the sofa "Ohhh, had too much to drink didn't she?" Mina asked, not even waiting for a response before she gestured for Tails to help lift Fiona to her bed. As Tails tucked her in Mina smiled at him "I think Fi's gonna like you."