Tails sees herself in the mirror everyday and hates herself. She goes to school and lives at her house feeling like she's living a lie. Distractions can only go on for so long before Tails remembers who she is. She has good friends who will support her but sometimes she doesn't want to be a burden. Tails knows she isn't but she can't help but feel so. Trying to reaffirm herself most of the time is harder than throwing a pity party. She tries but sometimes she fails. She hates herself and everything her body puts her through. So when she finally feels love she feels undeserving of it, especially when…
"I have two different crushes on two different people." Tails explains to Amy, Blaze and Knuckles.
"Oh I've felt that before!" Amy says
"Well how do you deal with it?"
"Well……" Amy pauses that for a moment, Tails hits her head on the table in frustration
"This is hopeless!"
"Have you asked Marine and Cream about this? They could probably help too." Blaze asks.
"…That's kinda the thing?"
"The Thing?"
"I like Marine and Cream."
Blaze is stunned into silence.
"You have got to be kidding me!"
"Blaze, it's fine."
"This is my sister and my best friend we're talking about. Even if they do like Tails, it will take them forever to confess. Not to mention how dense they are!"
"Haha, you're screwed." Knuckles says laughing his butt off
"Wow, guys, thanks for the help." Tails says extremely obvious sarcastically.
"Guys! Tails, just ask them out, the worst they can do is say no! Trust me" Amy says, grabbing Tails hands and encouraging her and shaking her a bit.
"They can do a lot worse than saying no." Blaze states.
"That's true" Knuckles confirms
"Wow, thanks for giving me motivation you two."
"You're Welcome." Blaze says while Knuckles gives Tails a thumbs up
"Amy, how do you know they could even like me?"
"Why wouldn't they like you?"
"I'm way too organized. Autistic, Transgender, probably way too overbearing. I make everything into a project and most would say I'm kinda a bummer."
"Wow, that's a lot. We do not have enough time to work that out." Blaze simply states, Amy bumps her with her shoulder
"Tails, those aren't good reasons."
"Yeah, Cream would probably love the first one." Blaze says, getting another elbow.
"What I'm trying to say is…" Amy gives Blaze a stern look
"Sorry." Blaze says, rubbing her arm.
"…Would you not date Silver because they're trans?"
"No, I wouldn't date them because he's annoying."
"See? That's not a problem. Neither is being autistic or any of those other so called problems. You'll be fine, trust me"
"Alright, I'll tell them!"
"Where are they anyways?"
Suddenly Marine and Cream rapidly approach the table. Marine reaches it first, grabbing it very feral like.
"Sorry we're late! Tests and stuff! You know! All that!" Marine says very nervously, spazzing out a bit.
"Marine got stuck in the toilet." Cream says after she gets to the table.
Tails blushes bright red. To Amy, Blaze and Knuckles' confusion.
"So what's going on here?" Marine asks trying to divert the conversation
"Nothing much." Tails manages to squeak out.
"What? It couldn't have been nothing!"
"Tails was talking about her crushes." Blaze says. Tails turns to her with the most heartbreaking and terrified expression ever.
"Oh really?" Marine says with a smirk on her face
"Who is it?" Marine asks
"Nottellingyou." Tails quickly says.
"Why not?"
"I don't want to tell you."
"What? You told them!" Marine waves her arms to the other three
"No I didn't."
"Yes you did." Blaze says smugly. If Tails could she would absolutely kill Blaze in a heartbeat for this.
"I'm leaving." Tails gets up and starts to walk away from the table.
"Nope, not until you tell us!" Marine says, grabbing her and pulling her close. Tails blushes harder.
"Yeah, c'mon tell us Tails!" Cream says
"Nope!" Tails runs for it. Cream and Marine watch in shock as Tails runs faster than they ever knew the girl could.
Tails hides in the bathroom. Cream and Marine follow her to the room. Standing outside the stall the other girl locked herself into.
"Tails?" Cream asks
"Go away."
"Let us in!" Marine says and tries to pull the door open to no avail
"Go away." Tails says through tears
"Marine! Tails, please talk to us."
"No."
"By doing that you're still talking too us" Marine teases, getting a glare from Cream
"Tails, please, we won't ask you again."
"Sorry, I can't."
"Why not?"
"I can't face you two."
"…What are you saying Tails?" Marine asks, stopping herself from banging on the door more
"Because I'm a freak!" Tails yells.
"Tails… who told you that?"
"I told myself, because I am."
"Nope. Not letting this happen." Marine goes under the bathroom door and unlocks the door and looks at Tails.
"Tails, stop saying that to yourself."
"Marine, get out."
"No, not until you tell me what's going on."
"Fine! You really want that? Fine! I like you. You and Cream! I'm in love with you two! I feel lovesick whenever I look at you two! I'm sorry! I felt that a trans, autistic, piece of crap like me wouldn't be anything to you and probably I will be now since all I'm doing is yelling at you."
"Tails…"
"I'm leaving."
"Oh no you're not" Marine grabs Tails
"Let me go!"
"Tails, still we like you, okay? As friends, but still, we are okay you, you're our friend. Stop saying those things about yourself." Cream says, Tails stops.
"Yeah, now stop freaking out!" Marine says, after Tails stops, she lets her go.
"You still do?"
"Yes!"
"Oh."
Tails slaps herself on her face. Cream and Marine laugh for a bit then take Tails and hug her. Tails hugs them back. All in a crummy public school bathroom. Disgusting but seemingly necessary to go past all of this.
"Can I hug you two?"
"Sure!" Cream says opening her arms
"Yup!" Marine says and immediately hugs Tails, to the annoyance of Cream. They eventually finish, then Cream hugs her friend.
"That felt great." Tails says, crying. Both Marine and Cream agree. They stand in silence for a bit before Tails says something.
"We should probably head back now."