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Wiping his claws on his apron, he returned behind the counter and adjusted his bolas tie as the trio thanked him and took eager sips. As the lizard pecked away at the vintage cash register, a comely gray she-wolf with long, flowing hair emerged from the rear of the old store, her arms full of paper goods.\n\n “Venge honey, don’t tell me you’re gonna make Sonic and his friends pay for those?” Bumping her hip playfully against the lizard’s, the wolf began to restock cup and napkin holders around the old soda fountain.\n\n The lizard chuckled and scratched his head, momentarily distracted by his shapely partner as she tiptoed to refill a tall ice cream cone dispenser. “Well, that’s how a business usually works, Serenity,” he shrugged. “Unless my sweetie-gal’s behind the till.” Venge smiled at the trio enjoying their treats. “You heard the lady, it’s on the house! You know Sonic, Eggman almost wiped out Fern Forest back in the day. Drilling under the volcano, trying to turn it into an underground base or some such. Crazy sot! We owe you big time.”\n\n After a long, satisfied sip, Sonic licked his lips and grinned proudly. “My pleasure guys, and thanks for the treats. To be honest, I had a lot of help with Eggman. Almost everyone pitched in at some point, I was just there when he cracked. The final straw.” Sonic stirred his shake thoughtfully. “I’m just glad he’s where he can’t hurt anybody anymore.”\n\n “Nuthouse!” coughed Rock, the jovial red bull taking an innocent sip.\n\n “You’ll make me spill,” snickered Tide, the graceful aqua tigress placing fingers to her lips as Rock winked. “It’s true, though. I almost feel sorry for him. Almost.”\n\n “I don’t!” chimed Serenity, grinning as she cleaned the glass case above the buckets of ice cream. “He’s lucky to be alive after what he did. My thanks too, Sonic. We lost our home because of Eggman. At least we still had the store, it took months to rebuild. I’m told G.U.N. found a nice hole to stick him in.”\n\n “Yeah, he got off lucky,” nodded Venge grimly. “If they had their druthers, I think the whole village would’ve been happy to just drag his butt up to the volcano and toss him in.”\n\n “Never hurts to have a backup plan,” chuckled Sonic. “But we probably won’t need it. My friend Shadow says G.U.N. is taking good care of him.” The hedgehog took another sip. “I don’t really know much about the place, they keep it all hush-hush. Tails and I only got to see it once and that was plenty. All that hollering and padded walls…” Sonic shuddered. “Gave us the creeps.”\n\n “He’s comfortable, I can say that much,” offered Tide, elegantly stirring her smoothie. “But there’s little else we can do for an insane person. Rock and I helped test the security. None of us were able to escape, even when we were given tools, key cards, guard uniforms, explosives, you name it. Ironically, some of the materials were invented by Eggman himself from plans G.U.N. confiscated.”\n\n “Yeah, the news got hold of that,” nodded Rock. “Some type of heavy duty chaos-proof holding capsule. We found several prototypes. Best guess is, old Eggy finally figured he and his clowns couldn’t take out our pal Sonic here. Or Shadow, for that matter. So, he figured he could seal them inside unbreakable jars. Then just bury ’em and forget ’em, you know?”\n\n “Ugh,” sneered Serenity, refilling silverware. “Cruel [i]and[/i] cowardly. Good thing he failed, he deserves to be crazy now.”\n\n “One had Tails’ name on it,” glowered Sonic, rolling his straw pensively in his fingers. “There were parts for dozens more. If he’d so much as [i]touched[/i] him...” Lost in thought for a moment, Sonic shrugged and smiled as Tide patted his shoulder. “Bah, what’s past is past. Eggman’s beaten and that’s that!”\n\n “Sonic the hedgehog, egg beater extraordinaire!” chuckled Rock, clinking his glass with Sonic’s and turning to the shopkeepers. “And trust me guys, it’s not a fun place. Most of the time he just jibbers and finger paints. Naked.” Silenced for a moment, the group shuddered collectively. “With like, that edible paint for babies? Must be, he eats half of it. All soothing colors everywhere, soft music, nothing hard or sharp around… classic loony bin.”\n\n Tide sipped and nodded. “And even if you do have access, you can’t actually open the doors or gates yourself. The guards have to verify you on camera. Every time, coming or going. Face, fingerprint and heat signature. It took me forever just to reach the cafeteria. The tea was decent, so I guess there’s that.”\n\n Wiping a tray, Venge cocked an eye. “Eats finger paint, huh? Well, between you and me folks, Eggman can eat my big ol’--”\n\n “Venge honey,” chimed Serenity, kissing the lizard’s snout and holding up a key ring, “why don’t y’all go turn the gas pump back on, hmm? Oh, and see if you can do anything with the produce cooler, thermostat’s sticking again. Don’t want a spoilage, a couple delivery guys have already canceled ’til later this week.”\n\n “All right m’lady,” chuckled Venge, taking the keys and retrieving a worn metal toolbox from behind the counter. “Gonna cost you a kiss, though. Folks, I am tasked. Good to see you and please come back soon!” Curling his spiky tail with the wolf’s as he collected the kiss, the lizard excused himself, a bounce in his step. \n\n “Just holler if you need anything,” smiled Serenity, gathering up a crate of empty milk jugs and excusing herself as well, clinking into the back room as her flowing tail followed.\n\n Sonic polished off his milkshake and reached for a napkin. “We need to come up here more often, this place is awesome! Sure you guys don’t want to stop by the house? I know Tails would love to see you.”\n\n Glancing knowingly with Tide, Rock stirred his shake thoughtfully and smiled. “Thanks dude, but we’ll pass. Much love to you and Tails, but Shadow’s one of our bosses and I prefer to steer clear of any fresh G.U.N. business this week. Me and Tide got a whole week off planned.” Rock raised Tide’s hand and kissed it. “And my phone’s already off, hehe.”\n\n The tigress purred gently at the kiss. “We’ll catch up with you very soon, Sonic. I promise. Give Tails a hug for us.” The tigress’ sparkling eyes met with the hedgehog’s as her voice lowered. “And this is from me.” Tide leaned in and kissed Sonic on the cheek, which instantly blushed red.\n\n “Wait, you guys kiss?” winked Rock, patting Sonic’s back. “Seriously, just text or come by, next chance you get. Or we’ll come up here,” grinned Rock, rubbing his belly. “I see they got something called the super noodle teriyaki bucket. I must have one!”\n\n “You and me both,” chuckled Sonic. “I’m gonna walk to Shad’s then, it’s just down the road.” The blue hedgehog smiled and rose, hugging the tigress and bull tightly. “Thank you for the ride up and for watching my place, guys. Drive safe, I’ll see ya soon!” Slinging his well-traveled, patch-covered bag over his shoulder, Sonic exited to the store’s worn plank entrance and deeply drew in the cool, sweet rainforest air. It was a damp midday, alternating between sun and drizzle coming from tattered remnants of the storm. The hedgehog hummed happily as he made his way down the narrow roads, passing quaint homes, overgrown orchards and thickly forested tracts. Apart from water-swollen ditches and the odd broken branch, the old village seemed unimpressed by the tumult of the previous night. Peeking between the clouds, the tall volcanic peaks to the west showed off a rare mantle of fresh summer snowfall as myriad birds flitted and called amongst the treetops. The sun, when it did show, felt lovely on the hedgehog’s face.\n\n Sonic’s heart quickened as he drew close, sending an anticipatory lump to his throat. “Almost there,” he whispered to himself, his bag the only thing keeping the young hedgehog from sprinting the rest of the way. Even at the relaxed pace, it did not take long to find the spot, a nearly hidden driveway leading upslope into a large, thickly forested lot.\n\n Tittering birds, dripping rainwater and a hushed breeze joined the gravelly crunch of Sonic’s footfalls as the long driveway took him to the restored brick-red bungalow. The house’s porch, gardens and darkened windows showed no signs of activity as they came into view. The tranquil property was inviting enough, but its palpable solitude put the hedgehog on edge. Pausing near the detached garage, he peered silently about, unsure whether someone was watching. Knowing Shadow, at least one camera was peeking over the place; likely more. The hedgehog’s nose told him the fireplace had been used last night, but no smoke curled from it now. He could also make out fresh motorcycle tracks in the damp driveway, but neither Dark Rider nor its owner were evident. A walk to the back of the house found nothing of note but for a cup of coffee sitting by the woodpile; it was ice cold and the kitchen was dark. \n\n “They probably just went into town,” shrugged Sonic, stepping onto the porch and gently trying the door. “Yup--locked.” A halfhearted knock failed to summon anyone, but through the window Sonic could see Tails’ shoes and overnight bag sitting neatly in an alcove. Smiling warmly at the sight, he turned and stretched, eyeing the two comfy-looking porch rockers. “Welp! I’ll just crash here until they get back,” he yawned, not really minding the prospect of a cool doze. Setting his bag on one chair, he fished out a jacket, then an unread book Tails had loaned him, then turned to the other rocker to make sure the seat hadn’t been rained on. Hearing a hollow ‘clunk’ from behind, he turned to see what had fallen out of his bag, only to collide face-to-face into the arms of an obsidian and red hued hedgehog grinning wryly. The startled blue hedgehog gasped and jumped, his jacket and book tumbling from his hands as he was grabbed. “Sha--MMMPH!?!” \n\n Embracing Sonic tightly, Shadow gave a long, firm, commanding kiss, the greeting as unexpected as the greeter. The blue hedgehog blinked in open-handed surprise, but gradually relaxed as his wits returned and lips were warmed. Yielding, he closed his eyes and slid his hands around Shadow’s shoulders, the pair pulling one another close as they savored the kiss and rebonded. Clad in his signature hover shoes, gold bands and immaculate white gloves, the onyx hedgehog’ spicy, freshly showered scent mingled with the subtle sweat of Sonic’s youthful post-walk warmth. Breaking the kiss, the pair nuzzled, amber and emerald eyes dancing brightly across from one another. Shadow smiled gently and lowered his hands to the other hedgehog’s hips, the pair wagging bashfully. “You’re incredibly heavy-footed, Sonic. But I always like knowing where you are.” Shadow playfully patted Sonic’s rump. “Welcome back, blue butt.”\n\n “Wow,” exhaled Sonic, blushing brightly and wobbling a bit. “I-- er, thanks, TDH!* It’s good to be home. Especially with a welcome committee like that. Sorry about the mix-up, I guess no one got my flight info in time.” [i]*TDH = Tall, Dark and Hedgehog, see TMS 1 -ed.[/i]\n\n “Entirely my fault,” offered Shadow. “I apologize. I had planned to send someone for you if Tails and I could not make it, but thanks to the outages and cancellations you arrived before your texts did. I just decided to wait.” Shadow gave the other hedgehog a cursory inspection and smiled. “I can tell you got some sun and kept up your running. Good! Those festivals are detest--” Shadow caught himself and cleared his throat, smiling. “I hope you enjoyed your trip. You look well.” \n\n “Thanks Shads, you look great too,” giggled Sonic. “I know, I know, it’s not your thing. But it really was a good time. Knuckles and Amy and Dex are still at it, going up the coast to Rouge’s, they’ll have blast. I just wanted to come home. The nice guy who sat next to me on the plane drove me home, but I didn’t know you guys had gone. Rock and Tide almost went all kung fu on my butt, but we got it all sorted out.” Sonic gently ruffled Shadow’s chest ruff and winked. “Just what is G.U.N. coming to these days?”\n\n “House sitting duty,” snickered Shadow, watching Sonic’s hand. “Tails and I found the hot weather before the storm to be…” Shadow thought for a moment. “Disagreeable. And I wanted to keep an eye on my place when it hit. So I assigned agents to yours. I trust they were professional and did not damage anything?”\n\n “Well, I have a bunch more surfboards now for some reason,” shrugged Sonic. “I guess they washed up during the storm? But nah, none of my stuff was damaged. The house is actually cleaner than when I left it. At least until Knuckles gets back.”\n\n “Excellent,” beamed Shadow, straightening a couple of Sonic’s quills with his fingers. “Oh, and no unauthorized guests or partying? Any drinking whilst on official G.U.N. duty?”\n\n “Nope!” grinned Sonic, the other hedgehog casting a skeptical smirk. “Tide did make an awesome breakfast, though. They drove me up here after I had a chance to shower and stuff. So where’s Tails?”\n\n Finger to lips, Shadow gestured for lowered voices and tilted his head towards the house. “Sleeping. The storm was rough on him, but he fared better than expected. I suggested he nap while I tend to some work matters.” Shadow slipped a key from his glove and placed it in Sonic’s hand, squeezing it. “My home is yours. Get settled in, I shall return tonight with a nice welcome home dinner.” The onyx hedgehog smiled as he turned to go, but Sonic held him fast.\n\n “Shadow?” Sonic looked into Shadow’s vivid eyes, “You don’t really have to go, do you?”\n\n “I’ll return by eight or so,” reassured Shadow. “I have field agents and technicians assisting with storm recovery all over South Island.” Shadow’s eyes became gentle. “Sadly, not everyone was as fortunate as we were.”\n\n Sonic frowned, thumbing Shadow’s palms anxiously. “Oh, no. Is it bad? It’s bad. I can see it in your face. We can help! I mean, Tails can sleep while I come with you, a few more hours isn’t going to--”\n\n Shadow raised Sonic’s hand and squeezed it to his chest. “We are taking care of it. That’s all I prefer to say right now. There will be other ways to help out this week, trust me.” Nodding solemnly, Sonic hugged Shadow tightly as the onyx hedgehog hugged back and spoke softly in his ear. “You know how I feel about you. Tails as well. I am there for you both, always.” Shadow cleared his throat and smiled, adjusting his gloves. “Now, go rest with your fox, he’s missed you terribly. That’s an order. Oh, and we picked up your favorite soda, too. The ones in the fridge should be cold.”\n\n “Thank you, Shads,” grinned Sonic. “For everything. Be careful, okay?” After a parting smooch to Shadow’s cheek, Sonic turned and bent over to retrieve his jacket and book, the blue hedgehog grinning over his shoulder as he wiggled his rump. “Later!”\n\n “Later indeed,” grinned Shadow, gently swatting the blue posterior with the back of his hand. Smiling confidently, he strode to the garage, slid the door aside and pulled out Dark Rider while Sonic unlocked the door. The hedgehogs waved as Shadow walked the bike down the long drive to the main road, kick starting it there so as not to wake the sleeping fox. In a matter of moments, the deep, throaty rumble sped up and faded into the distance.\n\n “Whoa,” whispered Sonic, peeking around the large front room as he entered and set down his bag. “Shad’s doin’ all right for himself. This is even nicer than I remember.” Sonic surveyed the classy yet cozy confines as he removed his shoes and set them next to Tails’. Doffing his gloves and stuffing them in his bag, he felt a nervous twinge in his stomach, his face becoming flushed and tingly as he peered down the hallway. Squinting through the two-sided fireplace, he could just make out an orange tail and a sock-covered foot curled on the large bed amongst rumpled sheets and piled pillows. Sonic’s heart jumped. “There he is...” The young hedgehog swallowed hard against the lump in his throat as he quietly padded around the corner and down the few steps leading into the bedroom, his heart quickening as the fox came into view. \n\n Fast asleep, Tails lay on his side, clad only in socks and hugging a large pillow, his rump protruding with his namesakes draped elegantly behind. Mouth slightly open, his blissful expression was flecked with a tiny strand of drool as his ruffed chest rose and fell peacefully. Tiptoeing to the other side of the bed, Sonic stealthily slipped under the covers and across the mattress, gingerly lifting the twin tails out of harm’s way. Cuddling close, Sonic spooned with the soft, warm fox, curling his arms around and hugging tight as he nuzzled in gratefully. The relieved hedgehog shed a tear, happier than he had been in many a day. “Hi beautiful,” he whispered, nibbling the sleeping fox’s soft, velvety ear.\n\n His voice soft and drowsy, Tails awoke partway into the warm embrace and nibbling lips. “Mmmruhh… Shad? I thought you hadda go… hnnn… help with storm stuff…” Tails yawned, eyes still shut as he cuddled back against the hedgehog. “Hope everyone’s okay… me and Sonic can help too, when he gets back… soon…” Curling his arms with Sonic’s, the young fox began to drift back to sleep.\n\n Sonic planted small kisses on Tails’ shoulder, nape and neck as Tails cooed appreciatively. When at last he spoke, the hedgehog’s voice was relaxed. “Of course we’ll help. But Shads says he and his crew have things covered for now.”\n\n Tails gasped, his big blue eyes flying open. “SONIC!” Awake in an instant, he rolled over face-to-face with the blue hedgehog grinning impishly from across the pillow, the blinking fox pressing a hand to the hedgehog’s chest to make sure he wasn’t dreaming. \n\n “Surprise,” chuckled Sonic, taking Tails’ hand and kissing it. “Did you miss me?”\n\n His eyes watering, Tails pounced, throwing his arms around the hedgehog and squeezing as tight as could be. “Of COURSE I missed you!” he cried, kissing Sonic sweetly, then again, then deeply, the fox curling limbs and tails alike around his blue beau. “Mmmmmph!” Sonic kissed back eagerly, sliding his hands down the fox’s soft sides and back, pulling him close as the pair sniffled away joyful tears. “I missed you so much!!”\n\n “Missed you too lil’ guy,” nuzzled Sonic, sweeping Tails’ bangs aside and nuzzling. “From the moment I left. Never again. Next time I go on a trip, my boyfriend comes with me.”\n\n “Boyfriend?” blinked Tails, his heart jumping into his throat and thumping hard. He could feel his face and ears reddening, the tingly heat spreading like grassfire through his skin. Taking Sonic’s hands, he looked searchingly into the hedgehog’s sparkling green eyes, the lump in his throat making it hard to speak. “So… so we can be together now? I mean, [i]really[/i] together?”\n\n “Really really, Tails.” Sonic nodded, his face scrunching from the lump in his own throat. “If you’ll have me.” Caressing Tails’ cheek, Sonic kissed him sweetly. “I love you and I want you. My smart, sweet, sexy fox. You mean the world to me. You know that, don’t you?” His blue eyes watering, Tails nodded and squeezed. Sonic’s eyes dampened as well, the hedgehog finding it hard to keep his voice steady. “It’s true. In my heart of hearts. I know I haven’t always shown it. Even been a total jerk to you, sometimes…”\n\n Shaking his head, Tails flattened his ears and smiled apologetically. “Aww, you were never a jerk to m--”\n\n “Ditching you on missions?” Sonic sheepishly thumbed Tails’ palms. “Ditching you for a… a festival? Hiding you? Setting you up on dates just to throw people off? Jerking Amy’s chain? Sally’s too? Lying? Trust me, Tails. There’s been a [i]lot[/i] on my mind the past few weeks. I won’t hide it anymore. I refuse.” Sonic wiped his eyes, unable to stifle the hot tears. “Fiona?” \n\n “But that’s the past,” offered Tails, kissing the hedgehog’s hands. “We made it [i]through[/i] all that. Together! Oh, Sonic...” Tails slipped his hands around the hedgehog’s neck and gazed at him with moist, sincere eyes. “We all fall down or take wrong turns sometimes. But we should keep going and never give up. You taught me that.” His tears welling fast, Tails kissed Sonic and nuzzled tenderly. “I love you, Sonic. With all my heart and no matter what. I’ve never wanted anything more. Don’t you know? You’re…” A sob escaped as Tails’ ears flattened, sending tears tumbling down his reddened cheeks. “You’re what makes me fly inside.”\n\n Caressing the fox’s cheek as he listened, Sonic nodded and smiled tearfully. “You’ve always lifted us both, Tails,” he trembled softly, the pair hugging each other tight. “Let’s never let go.” Sniffling through many small kisses, the hedgehog and fox held and soothed one another as midday arced to afternoon. A shaft of yellow sunlight unfurled through the window from a passing break in the clouds and warmed the couple, serenaded by birdsong in the breeze. \n\n Once their tears had long dried, Sonic kissed Tails’ cheek and carefully rolled over to the nightstand to blow his nose. “Need a tissue, foxy?” \n\n Tails sat up and stretched before climbing out of bed. “No, thank you. Gotta pee, though!”\n\n “Gotta go fast?” snickered Sonic, tossing the tissue into an ornate umbrella stand as the fox giggled and dashed to the master bath. \n\n Tails called out as he relieved himself. “Hey, there’s a really big hot tub in here, we should try it!”\n\n “You bet,” nodded Sonic, pulling off his socks and tossing them aside. Stretching out on his back, he wiggled his freed toes and took a deep breath. “Man, that forest smells nice. I forgot how awesome it is up here! Shads wants us to stay a while, may as well make the most of it. I wouldn’t mind cooking my bones after bit.” As Tails crawled back over the mattress, Sonic smiled and patted the spot by his side. The fox happily cuddled close and draped his leg over the hedgehog’s. “You didn’t miss, did you?” winked Sonic. “Shad’s a bit of a neat freak.”\n\n “No, I did not [i]miss,[/i]” smirked Tails, playfully groping the hedgehog. “It’s true, though. Back at the house, he washed all our clothes, threw away the junk box and cleaned out the fridge. We even spent a whole day just organizing my tools. The shop looks amazing! Poor Knux won’t know where anything is.”\n\n “We got a week or so. Don’t worry, I’ll mess the place up a bit so he doesn’t go into shock,” chuckled Sonic, kissing the top of Tails’ head and squeezing his rump. “So, Shads took good care of you?”\n\n “Shadow’s been great,” smiled Tails, laying his head on Sonic’s shoulder and rubbing the hedgehog’s belly. “We went all over the island, hiking, the beach, he taught me some cooking, self defense… he loves to read, same as me. I mostly liked just talking with him, though. I never knew he was such a good convra-- converse--”\n\n “Conversationalist,” smiled Sonic, petting Tails’ soft back and buns. “I know, right? People freak when I say that. All they see is Mister Moody. But if you hang with Shads long enough, he opens up. It’s like a secret level or something. I’m glad you guys got along, I was worried for a bit.”\n\n “Well, we didn’t always agree on stuff,” mused Tails, drawing little figure eights on Sonic’s skin, the hedgehog moaning softly at the feathery touch. “He hated most of movie night. He likes dry red wine, but I thought they all tasted gross.” Tails looked over Sonic’s body thoughtfully for a moment. “We… we kinda had an argument, too. Over baking.”\n\n “Baking?” Sonic raised an eyebrow at Tails. “Neither of you said anything about it. I assume it wasn’t serious? No pies thrown, no cakes got punched?” \n\n “Nah, nothing like that,” chuckled Tails, blushing as he shook his head. “We made up afterwards, it was silly. He was more worried about me not doing dangerous stuff, like flying or welding.”\n\n “I told him that,” bragged Sonic, thumbing his chest. “Didn’t think you guys would actually comply, hehe.”\n\n Tails’ face scrunched. “That list was dumb! I would’ve been just fine,” chided the fox, poking Sonic’s chest as the guilty hedgehog giggled and squirmed. “Exceeeeept…” Tails grinned proudly as Sonic caught his hand and kissed it. “It [i]didn’t[/i] say Shadow couldn’t teach me to drive Dark Rider. And it was awesome!”\n\n “He let you drive his baby? Cool! He’s never let me near that thing, I’m jealous,” chuckled Sonic. “Speaking of which,” the hedgehog smiled wryly and tickled Tails’ perky buttocks. “I understand he gave you some [i]other[/i] lessons? Some extra private ones?”\n\n Tails nodded bashfully, giggling as his buns pursed against the hedgehog’s tickly touch. “A-at first we just cuddled. I didn’t know he was like that. Affectionate, like holding hands or kissing you goodnight. But it felt really nice. And his backrubs totally turn your body into mush. You gotta try one!”\n\n “I have, silly.” Sonic nuzzled Tails’ ear, idly tracing circles over the fox’s rump. “We go running and use his gym at G.U.N. all the time, remember? You always make up excuses. When I come home, there you are, reading or in the shop.”\n\n “I’d go if I knew there’d be backrubs,” grinned Tails. “After that, we found we… we really liked each other.” Blushing as Sonic listened, Tails traced his fingertips delicately over Sonic’s thighs, reposing member and soft orbs. “He… he wanted to show me. About how guys can make out, make each other feel good. He knows about you and me, but he’s really experienced and said there’s a lot he can teach us.” Ears flattening, Tails paused his caresses and looked anxiously at the patient hedgehog. “Are… are you mad at me? I didn’t think any of that was gonna happen, Sonic. Honest! When he kisses you, you just… and when it started, it’s like I couldn’t help it! The next thing I know, he’s--”\n\n “Hey,” reassured Sonic, patting the worried fox’s rump. “I am not mad at you. Okay?” Sonic nuzzled the relieved fox and kissed the bridge of his nose. “I was still distracted and figuring things out when I asked him to stay with you. I wasn’t even totally sure he was into guys, to be honest. I thought he was just flirty with me. After I met Dex, it all sort of clicked. I get it now.”\n\n “Dex? Oh! The guy from the photo out front,” nodded Tails. “Shad talked about him quite a bit. He said they used to be boyfriends, though Dex mostly likes girls. Then he got promoted and moved to the mainland. Kinda weird that he’s with Amy now.”\n\n “Small world,” chuckled Sonic, nodding. “Seems meant to be, though. You need a garden hose to separate ’em now. I was actually kinda jealous ’til I saw how happy Dex made her. He’s something else. He’s kind and generous. Good listener. Great bod, snappy dresser. A wine and roses kinda hedgehog. Don’t know if he’s really a match for Amy, you know? But she’s going for it so he better watch out.” Sonic thought for a moment and rubbed Tails’ soft back. “Anyways, just so’s I can put it out of my mind, let me ask. Did Shadow make you do anything you didn’t want to do?”\n\n Tails shook his head. “No, not at all. He explained things first and said we’d only do what I was comfortable with. And if I said stop, we’d stop. That’s how the lessons work.” Tails sighed and softly rubbed Sonic’s chest. “I think [i]I[/i] was kinda being the pushy one. It all felt so good, I wanted to try more. But Shadow kept telling me to be patient.”\n\n Sonic chuckled softly and nibbled Tails’ cheek ruff. “Well, you are a fox. A cute one. The cutest, in fact. You’re my little sexy nerd-butt. And Shad’s a handsome guy. Always so damn sure of himself, hehe. And that voice! But don’t tell him I said any of that,” winked Sonic. “I don’t blame you guys. So long as he treated you right, we’re cool. Did you see our chat?”\n\n “You mean the one where you showed each other your stiffies?” snickered Tails, humping teasingly against Sonic. “And you selfied your butt?” The fox boy mimiced his hedgehog’s nasally tone. “OMG Shads, your cock is so sexy, I [i]want[/i] it!”\n\n “Ah-ha, so you DID see it,” laughed Sonic, tickling the fox’s balls from behind. “Knuckles did too. Oh, man! I kinda partied a bit too much that night, I’ll [i]never[/i] hear the end of it. My point is, Shadow asked me for permission to play with you and I said yes. To most of it, anyways.” Sonic smiled softly and caressed Tail’s cheek. “I trust Shad with my life, Tails. Yours too. I don’t mind us guys exploring and he’s really taken with you. So no bad feelings, no regrets. All right?”\n\n “Okay,” nodded Tails solemnly. “He--he’d like to teach us both now. What should we do, Sonic?” \n\n “That depends,” offered the hedgehog, his eyes glinting. He playfully prodded inside Tails’ crack with a finger, causing the fox to gasp and giggle. “There’s a couple rules I need us to nail down. First, we don’t make out or sleep with anyone else. Not Shads, not girls, nobody. Not unless we both consent AND it’s both of us together. We come as a set, you and me. Agreed?”\n\n “Agreed!” nodded Tails happily, sitting up and straddling Sonic’s thighs, their loins pressing softly together. \n\n “Then let’s give it ten!” cheered Sonic, holding up his hands, which Tails eagerly slapped. The pair smiled at one another, Sonic caressing Tails’ hips as the fox slid his hands up and down the hedgehog’s belly and chest. “Awesome. Okay, second thing. Did you and Shads keep that promise?”\n\n “Yes we did,” blushed Tails, lacing his fingers with the hedgehog’s. “You get to be my first. Well, not counting Amy’s old toy, hehe.”\n\n “That hunk of rubber’s gonna get awful lonely now that [i]I’m[/i] here,” smirked Sonic, his free hand slipping in to pet and tickle under the fox’s soft, velvety balls. “Tell me again? I’m gonna be your first how, exactly?”\n\n “You’re…” Tails reddened behind a coy smile and fondled Sonic’s soft member. “You know already.”\n\n Blushing himself now, Sonic reciprocated, gently tugging and fondling Tails’ warm foxhood as it began to grow at the touch. “Mmmaaaaybe. But I wanna hear [i]you[/i] say it, hehe.”\n\n “Fine,” huffed Tails, swatting Sonic’s legs with his namesakes and locking eyes with the hedgehog. “You’re gonna be the first to do my… my butt, Sonic. I want you to put your big ol’ thing in... inside... hnnnggg… my boyfriend’s gonna... gonna [i]fuck[/i] me!\" As Sonic guessed he might, Tails hid his face in his tails, his blush maxing out as the hedgehog giggled. “You happy now?” snickered the muffled fox. \n\n “I am!” laughed Sonic, holding Tails’ hips and using his own to playfully buck the straddling fox. “Shads is right, you CAN talk dirty if you try. You’re so cute when you blush, nerdy-butt.” Gazing up happily, Sonic gently took Tails’ hands and kissed them. “Still can’t believe you’re mine.”\n\n “All yours,” smiled Tails, tilting his head bashfully. Leaning in, he kissed Sonic sweetly before sliding his hands down the hedgehog’s chest, then belly, then lower still, biting his lip as Sonic’s sizable rod filled his fingers and slowly began to harden. Admiring and squeezing, he began to stroke it slowly, his own semi-hard foxhood draped over the hedgehog’s handsome blue balls. “You know, Shadow’s gonna be gone a while…”\n\n “Yeah, so he said,” grinned Sonic, folding his arms behind his head and watching Tails intently as the blood began to divert, swelling and extending his shaft inside the fox’s attentive hands. “Mmm… he’s taking care of dinner too. I was just gonna kick back and do nothin’. But looks like my fox might have other ideas.”\n\n Tails smiled and nodded, licking his lips and sliding closer so his own growing, curved cock could press and rub the underside of Sonic’s. “I was kinda thinking…” Tails’ blush returned. “Maybe my boyfriend wants to do me now, since I saved it for him.”\n\n “Wow,” blinked Sonic, momentarily surprised. “Like, [i]now[/i] now? The big chili dog? Your buns, my sauce? Hmm… I haven’t slept for about two days. Dex took us out for drinks at like midnight. The flight was way long. I got jetlagged, then I almost got judo-chopped. Then I had to bum another ride up here. Oh, and Shadow ambushed me. With his mouth. And now you want to mess around?”\n\n Tails’ ears drooped, the fox slumping a bit as he held their cocks still. “Well, I--maybe that is a bit much, huh? You’re probably exhausted. I’m sorry, Sonic. I’m being pushy again.” Embarrassed, Tails looked away.\n\n Sonic smiled up at the fox as took his hands and kissed them. “Tails?” The bashful fox glanced at him as Sonic thumbed his palms. “Every single day I’m in this world with you is amazing. There’s no one I’d rather be, and no one I’d rather be with. And if my fox wants to play, then we’re gonna play. All I care about is making you smile. Because, just like you,” reaching out, Sonic innocently slipped his fingers under Tails’ armpits--and began to tickle. “I’m a horny HERO!”\n\n “GAHHH!! Hahahaha!! Hey, you’re the one who--heeheehee!!--got hard first!” chortled Tails, the fox squirming as he tried to tickle back, but the hedgehog’s longer arms made this nearly impossible.\n\n “I got hard first!?” snickered Sonic, tickling faster and keeping the giggly, squirming fox off balance. “[i]You[/i] keep playing with it! I feel like your tool chest, you’re always grabbing something. Admit it, Tails. You just can’t keep your hands off me!”\n\n “Oh, yeah!? Well--EEEEK!--you made me talk all dirty! About poking my bu--AH! Hahahahahaa!! Aww, c’mon, Sonic! RRRGH!!” Clamping his legs around Sonic’s for leverage, Tails managed to grab the hedgehog’s arm and bring his twin tails forward to shield himself. Earning a fleeting reprieve, the fox snuck his hand down to Sonic’s ribs and counter-tickled.\n\n “Oh HO, gonna be all--HEEHEE!!--all sneaky, huh fox!? You can’t--GAHH! [i]Not my ribs[/i], hahahahaha! YEEK!! NO!! Hahahahaha! You know that’s my weak spot, hahahaha! Truce, truce!” Sonic’s eyes watered as he panted and laughed, the young fox now tickling with both hands. Sonic clamped his forearms tightly to his sides, finally blocking the nimble fox fingers. The tickle stakes now raised, Sonic rolled, suddenly pitching Tails off to the side.\n\n “Whoooah!!” Arms flailing, the surprised fox flopped sideways into the sheets. From the corner of his eye, he saw his opponent pivot away and lunge for his foot, which was quickly immobilized in the crook of Sonic’s arm, the hedgehog ominously turning his back to block any interference. “Wha--? Hey! Let GO, Sonic! That’s not--”\n\n “Time to shut you down, nerd-butt,” grinned the naked hedgehog. “SECRET MOVE!” Sonic pressed his fingers firmly to the middle of the fox’s large, sensitive sole and tickled hard. The effects were immediate and devastating.\n\n “GAAAAHHH! HAHAHAHA!! Sonic, NO! No way!! AAAHHGGH!!” Trying to rear up, Tails frantically probed for vulnerable spots along Sonic’s ribs, armpits and neck, but none presented themselves, the hedgehog’s long quills and tightly clamped arms forming a superb tickle shield. Tails went rigid, squirming and laughing helplessly as his eyes watered and screwed shut, allowing Sonic to effortlessly capture his other foot and tickle it as well.\n\n “Ha! Now you're boned,\" snickered Sonic, reveling in his advantage as each counterattack failed, the hedgehog tickling the fox’s struggling feet with unmerciful precision. \n\n The howling fox clutched the sheets, his belly convulsing as his head thrashed side to side. “Sooooonnniiiiic! Nyaaaahhhaaahhh!! STOOOOOP! I give up! I surrender!! Pleeeaaaase!! AAAHHHGGHH!!” Approaching wits' end, Tails made a desperate gambit, landing an open-handed smack on his tormentor’s firm, blue butt-cheek as hard as he could muster.\n\n “OW!!” barked Sonic, reaching behind to rub his stinging, reddened rump. It was just enough for Tails to free one foot, which he placed on Sonic’s back, the fox pushing to extract the other. His captive squirming free, the vengeful, grinning hedgehog rose to his knees. “That’s totally cheating, dude!”\n\n “All’s fair in love and war!” giggled Tails breathlessly, the fox making good his escape and worming his way into the pile of pillows and quilts at the head of the bed. \n\n “Oh, you are SO gonna pay for that!” Hands outstretched and ready to grab, Sonic went after the naked, panting, tittering fox, now desperately trying to pull pillows and covers over himself. The hedgehog would have none of it. Growling, he dove after Tails, tossing pillows aside and yanking the covers down faster than the fox could bury himself. Sonic seized Tails’ torso, the giggly, panting pair wrestling face-to-face for a decisive victory. The mattress creaked and shifted. A lamp knocked from one nightstand went ignored. Keys and coins jingled off the other. His options against the stronger, faster hedgehog dwindling fast, Tails made a play for Sonic’s wrists but instead found his own gripped fast. A gleeful grin crossed Sonic’s face as he pinned the fox on his back with an audible ‘whump’. “GOTCHA!” Sonic panted triumphantly over his catch. “Well played, O crafty one. But I win! And I shall now collect my prize.”\n\n “I didn’t hit you that hard!” pleaded Tails, struggling fruitlessly against the pin. “And I totally would have won if I’d only--”\n\n Not bothering to hear out his captive, Sonic took a victory lap in the form of a string of raspberries blown directly into Tails’ soft, vulnerable belly. “NO! Hahahahahahahaaa!! Aww, c’mon, n-not THIS again! Heehee! Sonic!! OKAY, you win! You win, you win!!” Tails curled his small frame and arms around Sonic’s head, his belly heaving as he tried to catch his breath. \n\n Relenting, Sonic began to kiss all over Tails’ quivering stomach, then the sensitive creases where legs joined torso. Smiling at the fox’s semi-hard cock, Sonic pressed his warm, flushed face against it. “Mmm…” nuzzled Sonic dreamily. “It’s a sweet prize, too. So warm and cute… smells so good. I’ll bet it’s tasty, too. Can’t wait to try it out.” The hedgehog kissed up and down the underside of Tails’ cock, causing it to spring rapidly back to life as the fox’s face brightened. “This is my favorite game of all. Better start at level one though, I don’t wanna miss anything.” Sonic nibbled and pecked his way over Tails’ cock and balls, then up over his belly, then chest, the hedgehog luxuriating in fox boy’s cottony ruff and warm, soft neck, his ‘prize’ moaning appreciatively. Laying nose to nose and cock to cock, the softly panting duo gazed at one another, bright green eyes peering down into limpid blue ones. “You ready, player two?” winked Sonic. “We’re gonna go all the way.” Sonic nibbled Tails’ large, soft ear, exhaling into it hotly.\n\n “Uhhhhhnnnnn...” moaned the young fox, his eyes drawing to dreamy slits as he curled his arms around Sonic’s shoulders, the hedgehog nuzzling and rumbling into his neck. “Let’s go, Sonic. [i]Take[/i] me.” \n\n With that, Sonic pressed his lips warmly to Tails’, kissing slowly, then deeply, the pair closing their eyes as their bodies merged. Tails’ heart fluttered as he felt Sonic’s tongue slip in, the fox opening wider to admit more of the wet, exploring, masculine muscle, the forceful kiss sending warm shivers bouncing from head to toe. Taking turns, Tails pushed in too, surrendering his tongue and letting the hedgehog suckle, lick and wrestle with it before plunging his own back in, nearly to the fox’s throat. Whimpered loudly into Sonic’s mouth, Tails curled his legs around his love, the hedgehog’s cock pressing and grinding slowly into his. Caressing widely over Sonic’s sides and chest, Tails found the hedgehog’s erect nipples, gently rolling and tugging one fleshy nub, then both. A deep, enthusiastic rumble arose from Sonic’s chest into their kiss, which broke with a gasp. “That’s new,” exhaled Sonic, peering lustfully at the nipple-tugging fox as they slowly frotted, both males now fully hard and leaking. “I [i]like[/i] it.”\n\n “I’m a quick learner, you’ll see...” Tails’ eyes drew to naughty slits as he released the hedgehog’s nubs and took his hand. Looking him in the eye, Tails opened his mouth wide, flashing his long, pink tongue and beckoning throat before closing his lips around Sonic’s first two fingers, sucking them lasciviously. “Just imagine, Sonic,” he licked, recalling how Shadow had reacted to pillow talk. \"All the naughty things we can [i]do[/i] now… what I could do to you… with my mouth.” Tails downed the digits again, letting them slip slowly from his lips and licking the tips in slow circles. “Everyone knows foxes [i]love[/i] to suck... I sure do. And Shadow says I’ve gotten sooooo good at it…”\n\n Riveted by the demonstration, the red-cheeked, wide-eyed Sonic breathed heavily and licked his lips. “Oh, did he, now? So, got some practice in, horny fox?” Sonic groped Tails’ curved, leaking erection. “Then let’s put your money where your mouth is.” Gently rolling onto his back, Sonic lay slightly splayed, his cock jutting upwards and leaking needfully as he reached for Tails with both arms. “Get that sexy butt over here. I wanna suck yours too.” Getting on all fours, Tails carefully hoisted his leg over the hedgehog’s head and lowered himself, his twin tails curling gracefully over his back. “Oh, man, that’s a great view,” grinned Sonic, the base of his fat, spongy rod throbbing hotly in Tails’ grip as he watched the young vulpine’s lovely nethers nestle into his face. \n\n “Like this?” Tails felt his cock press warmly against Sonic’s cheek and neck, the hedgehog nuzzling and kissing the underside and drinking in his warm, slept-in scent. A tongue emerged, lapping circles around Tails’ cockhead, licking away the precum, followed by eager hedgehog lips slowly snaking their wetly way over his shaft. A moment later, every inch of Tails’ erection vanished to the hilt in Sonic’s mouth. “Hhuuuuaahh!! Sonic!” quivered Tails, rubbing his boyfriend’s erection against his face. “I’ll t-take that as a yes…” \n\n The young fox plunged his mouth onto the large, leaky hedgehog pole and suckled hungrily. He could feel Sonic’s lips and tongue wrapping lustfully around him, the hedgehog’s nose exhaling hotly against the fox’s velvety balls. Tails surrendered to the pleasure of sucking, his mouth watering as he steadily pumped Sonic’s rod with lips and fist. Echoes of salty sweat and slept-in skin thrilled his tongue and nose. He [i]craved[/i] this. Focusing on the tasty, bulbous head, he licked under Sonic’s satiny foreskin, nipping and licking into its folds, thrilling as he felt his partner’s body tremble and thrust towards the pleasure he was giving. Pausing to catch his breath, Tails swallowed the excess fluid, stroking and admiring Sonic’s cock. Eager to please, he swallowed as much length as he could, cheeks bulging as the hedgehog’s tip pressed into his throat. It tickled terribly. Eyes watering, Tails stifled his reflexes, holding his breath and letting a bit more snake in, then a bit more, until his nose managed to bump Sonic’s balls. Needing air and having no inches left to swallow, the fox boy slowly pulled up and off Sonic's cock, a long, clear strand briefly connecting it to his chin as he gulped for air. “I did it!” beamed the horny fox proudly. “I swallowed it all, Sonic!” \n\n “Did... did Shadow teach you that!? Nice!” panted Sonic, gripping the fox's bubble butt and squeezing. He licked eagerly up and down the underside of Tails' tasty, wet shaft, the fox's silky, yellow-orange balls bumping and brushing his nose. Sonic slid his thumb down into Tails’ crack, petting the fox’s petite pink ring in firm, pressing circles. Ears flattening, Tails whimpered loudly at the probing hand and started to suckle Sonic once more. “E-easy there, Tails,” implored Sonic bashfully. “You [i]have[/i] gotten good. R--really good. But I don’t wanna come just yet. Let me spoil you for a bit.” Pausing to stuff a pillow under his head, Sonic licked up the underside of Tails’ cock to his balls, suckling each in turn, then in unison, the wet noise of joyful slurping filling the room together with the fox’s appreciative moans. Sonic tugged the tender orbs with his lips, letting them pop out wetly, only to be licked and suckled in once more. The hedgehog licked higher still, across Tails’ feather-soft taint, kissing and nuzzling into the petite fuzzy triangle. “Mmmff… gorgeous little bod. I could just eat you,” rumbled Sonic softly. “In fact, I think I will.” Firmly gripping each mound, Sonic spread the fox’s cheeks and licked over his pink ring, his tongue pressing firmly up and down over the delicate, radiating folds. \n\n Tails gasped, his eyes widening as the intense new pleasure radiated from his tongued, targeted foxhole. “Oh, Sonic…” he whispered, his mouth hanging open as he slowly slumped against Sonic’s torso, eyes drooping to pleasured slits. The hedgehog used his strong neck to help push and prod firmly, the tip of his tongue wiggling deeper into the fox boy’s smooth, tight folds. Electrified, Tails’ cock throbbed hard, oozing precum anew onto Sonic’s chest, the fox boy’s arms going limp. Tails panted dreamily, his small, pleasured moans nearly nonstop. “Suh… so naughty,” he drooled. “Uhhhnnn…. you’re… you’re licking it… extra funny kiss… feels so [i]good[/i], Sonic!” Feeling the fox melt atop his body, Sonic playfully whacked the fox’s buttock and squeezed it. “AH!!” yelped Tails, nuzzling into Sonic’s groin. “More...” Whacking the other cheek, Sonic used his thumbs to spread Tails’ wider still, stretching the fox’s pinkness as he licked, rimmed and suckled, his arousal billowing as he eagerly pleasured and prepared his boyfriend’s back door. \n\n “I think someone’s ready,” panted Sonic, spitting on his fingers and smearing the wet, freshly rimmed ring. Reaching between their bodies, the hedgehog swabbed the precum Tails had leaked on his chest and added it, pushing in the slick mixture. Tails grunted softly, biting his knuckles as Sonic’s finger turned inside him, slickening his passage. “Okay, cutie. On your side.” Sonic gently rolled Tails off and spooned behind him, being careful to lay the fox’s namesakes over his hip. “I thought maybe like this,” offered Sonic, kissing Tails’ cheek. “It’s comfy. And we can both control how we move. There’s all kinds of positions, but…” Sonic paused and blushed. “This the one Dex said we should try first.” \n\n “You asked Dex?” giggled Tails softly, snuggling back and helping Sonic guide the tip of his cock to his wet ring. “Did he show you when Amy wasn’t looking?”\n\n “What!?” stammered Sonic, the hedgehog playfully spanking the fox and laughing heartily. “No, Dex did not [i]show[/i] me, silly. He’s into Amy. And Amy would’ve killed us. No, I asked because he used to be with Shadow. I figured he’s gotta have some pointers, right? Turns out he did.” Licking his lips, Sonic slicked his bulbous cockhead up and down Tails’ crack, swabbing the fox’s tight, pink star in the slippery mix of spit, saliva and precum. “There, we’re niiiiice and wet,” exhaled Sonic excitedly, feeling his tip pushing into Tails’ hot, tight ring. “This is it, foxy,” he whispered. “Ready?”\n\n Drawing a deep breath, Tails let the anticipation tingle through his skin and limbs, relaxing as best he could. “I’m ready. Just… just go slow, okay?” Sonic nodded, kissing Tails’ shoulder before pushing in. The hedgehog’s fat member slid and pressed firmly against the fox’s tight pucker, which resisted at first. But as Sonic applied himself, the slickened boi pussy slowly gave way, opening and sliding over the tip. “NNNnnnfff!” moaned the fox, his brow furrowing as the sensation of hot, slick stretching overtook him. He could feel Sonic’s hardened girth, slowly but surely entering and prying open his ring, snaking past into his tight, virgin walls. Tails bit his lower lip as the stretchy, almost burning sensation intensified, the fattest part of Sonic’s cock suddenly popping in. “AH!!” Tails’ ring began to spasm and clench, occupied now by thick, unyielding hedgehog cock. \n\n Sonic felt Tails’ body tense, the whimpering fox’s eyes watering as he bit his fist and gripped Sonic’s hip. The hedgehog halted his advance, gently caressing the fox’s chest ruff as he nuzzled his ear. “Easy… easy… I’m not moving. Just relax, let your body adjust for a minute. Do I need to pull out?”\n\n “No,” grunted Tails softly, clutching Sonic’s hand tightly to his chest. “I… I’m okay. Just… you’re way bigger than the toy, hehe.” he sniffled softly, a few tears leaking down his face. “I can do this.”\n\n Thinking back, Sonic calmly pried Tails’ buttock upwards with his fingers, stretching the impaled ring as he had moments earlier. The relief was immediate; he heard Tails sigh deeply as the fox’s clenching abated. “What else did Dex say?” muttered Sonic under his breath. “First timers… oh!” Sonic smiled and kissed Tails’ neck. “It’s only gonna hurt for a little bit, then it feels really good. Try pushing a little. Like, from inside.”\n\n “Okay,” panted Tails, wiggling back softly and pushing. The difference surprised both as the rest of Sonic’s cock began to slide in easily, bringing forth a loud, mutual moan. “Whoa! OOOHHHhhhh..! It’s going, Sonic. So thick!” Tails’ mouth hung open as he gripped the hedgehog’s arm for dear life.\n\n Sonic hoisted the fox’s leg, allowing him to penetrate steadily until the hedgehog’s big blue balls were pressed warmly to Tails’ taint, there being no length left to give. The fox’s wonderfully tight tunnel felt like a hot, wet, velvet glove. “Ohhhhh… foxy, foxy, [i]foxxxyy!”[/i] hissed Sonic, throbbing intensely as his eyes drew to lustful slits. “You feel so [i]good[/i] around me!” Hooking his arm under Tails’ knee to keep it aloft, Sonic caressed Tails’ soft inner thigh. “All inside now. Still doing okay?”\n\n Tails nodded, his mouth hanging open as a fleck of drool appeared in the corner. “Yeah… I feel it... your girth, the head, the--AH!!” The fox groaned pleasurably as Sonic throbbed inside him. “...and when you do that, hehe. T-try moving now.” Releasing Sonic’s hand, Tails slipped down to stroke himself, causing his anus to grip tighter still around Sonic’s hilt.\n\n “Niiiiice and slow for starters,” nodded Sonic, little beads of sweat forming on his brow and temples. Gingerly pulling most of the way out, he pushed back in with a deep, pleasured sigh that mixed with Tails' moaning. Thrusting slow and gently at first, Sonic savored every bit of Tails’ compact, hot body slipping and sliding over his cock, the fox’s walls hotly gripping it. Seeing no further signs of discomfort, Sonic licked his lips and fucked just a little faster, heart racing as the wet heat from Tails’ body fed into his veiny organ. The young hedgehog gyrated his hips slightly, feeling his cock pivot inside the gasping fox boy’s belly. “Uhhhnnn!! Ohhhhh… filling my fox… I-- I don’t think I’m gonna last too long, Tails,” pleaded Sonic, notching his pace faster still as he leaked copiously inside the young fox’s box. “You’re so dang tight, so hot! Nnnnfff… taking me….” Sonic felt his cockhead begin to bump into a firm, subtly raised area to the rear of the fox’s tunnel, the hedgehog’s aching, full balls beginning to draw tight.\n\n “Ohhhh!!! Suh-- Sonic!” Tails jerked his curved cock rapidly, his bouncing, yellow-orange orbs slowly drawing up as well. “You-- you’re hitting something! UUUHHH!! Like some kinda button, it’s-- OOOHHH!!!” Tails’ eyes went big, the fox starting to buck his slender hips in time with the hedgehog’s quickening thrusts. “It’s-- Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!! It’s like a secret spot! Feels like lightning when you bump it! Ohhhhh…. DO me, Sonic! Go faster!” Dropping his cock, Tails gripped Sonic’s thrusting ass, helping to pull their bodies together, his insides alight with intense, stretchy, tingling, hot, squishy pleasure.\n\n Smacking into Tails’ ass with increasing abandon, Sonic’s hips began to blur as his full, tightened nutsack smacked loudly under the fox’s, the duo nearing release. “Ohhh, sweet, sweet foxy… muh-- maybe that’s the prostrate? Prostate? I heard about it, it helps guys cum...” Sonic nuzzled in and kissed the panting fox wetly, the pair licking and suckling lips as the pleasure mounted. “Like… like I’m gonna--uh! UH! Oh, Tails!” Sonic shifted his hips slightly to allow unencumbered motion, his fat prick coursing heedlessly in and out of the fox from head to hilt, the hedgehog hissing as a long, intense pulling sensation began deep within his body.\n\n Leaking freely, Tails toppled towards climax from the hedgehog’s adamant thrusts, filling and stretching him with rock-hard hedgehog. The red-faced fox clutched Sonic’s hand and hip for dear life, his now untouched fox-cock bobbing wildly in time with Sonic’s pounding hips. “Uhhh! UHHH!! UHHH!!! Sonic!? I… I’m gonna SQUIRT!”\n\n “You’re nuh--not even touching it?!” panted Sonic. “How’s that wor--”\n\n “That tingly spot! You’re hitting it!!” cried Tails, his eyes screwing shut as his straining erection started to jump and pulsate. “UHHHNNNN! Oh, SONIIIIIC!!” As the thrusting, sweaty hedgehog watched in open-mouthed fascination, white, splashy jets of seed shot from Tails’ throbbing cock, one after another, spattering audibly far out across the bed covers.\n\n “Whoa! Yeah, GO, Tails! Come for me baby!\" Feeling the vocal fox’s ring and body contract rhythmically around him, Sonic clutched Tails close, giving him his final, fast, furious thrusts. “Oh, Tails… I’m-- I’m there! Tuh--TAILS! AAAAHH! HAAAAHH!! HHHRRRRGGGHHH!!!” Sonic crammed himself balls deep into his fox, his cock jumping and bursting inside, filling him with hot, thick jets of pent-up cum. Tails moaned loudly throughout as he felt the hot pool of hedgehog seed fill him and envelop the hedgehog’s pulsating, deeply buried bone. It was some time before either of them moved or spoke, the sweaty, interlocked duo panting contently as they held one another. Gently wiggling his impaled butt backwards, Tails made sure as much of Sonic stayed inside him for as long as possible.\n\n “Mmm…. I put all my stuff in you,” murred Sonic softly, caressing Tails’ belly in long, slow, loving circles. “Did you really feel it?”\n\n Tails smiled dreamily and nodded. “I did. I still feel it, it’s really warm. My butt’s all hot and squishy now. And sore, hehe. But it’s a good sore. Because you gave it to me.” Mated and merged, the pair cuddled and snuggled for quite some time, until Sonic had eventually softened.\n\n “I could stay like this all day, but I gotta pee now too,” chuckled Sonic softly. He gingerly began to pull out, his softened cock followed by a copious helping of his seed, which flowed obscenely over Tails’ rump and onto the bed. Suddenly aware what was happening, Tails tried to clench but was already soaked. Blushing hard, the fox placed his fingers to his mouth. “Ooops! Oh, no. Umm, Sonic?”\n\n Looking down, Sonic stifled a chuckle, not wanting to further embarrass his post-coital fox. “Wow, I [i]did[/i] blow hard, huh? You're just too hot for me. Stay put.” Sonic kissed Tails’ beet red cheek and dashed into the bathroom, returning with a washcloth and cleaning the the fox’s glazed rump and the sheets with a smile. “It’s natural Tails, don’t worry about it. Happens to girls too. If it can go in, it can come out.” Sonic kissed Tails’ hip and returned to the bathroom. Once relieved and tidied, he returned to bed and pulled Tails close. “I already wanna do it again,” giggled Sonic, bathed in afterglow and rubbing his lover's spent cock.\n\n “I actually like having your stuff inside me,” blushed Tails. “But I’d also like to know if there’s some way around it, in case we're needed somewhere.\"\n\n Sonic snickered. \"How about a cork?\"\n\n \"That's not funny!\" giggled the fox, smiling in spite of himself.\n\n Sonic winked and kissed him again. \"Maybe I’ll just pull out next time, shoot it all over your back or your tummy or something. That way I don’t fill you like a water balloon, hehe. What I wanna know is, what’s up with that tingle spot, that was cool! Oh, almost forgot. If Shad’s as good as you say, I vote you and me do those lessons with him. If you still want to. It’ll be you and me, Team Steadfast versus Mister Ultimate. I’m sure he’d appreciate a nice big thank-you from both of us. And who knows? Maybe [i]we[/i] can teach [i]him[/i] a thing or two. What do you say, foxy?”\n\n “I vote yes!” nodded Tails excitedly.\n\n “The motion carries. It’s a deal, squishy-butt!” Sonic squeezed Tails close and kissed deeply. “We’ll give him had the best thank-you he’s ever had!”\n\n[i]Later that evening, circa 8 pm...[/i]\n\n Shadow rumbled into his driveway, the stiff, road-weary motorcyclist glad to see his house lights on. The afternoon and evening had been long, hard, and, in some places, unpleasant. But as he killed Dark Rider’s engine and dismounted, the thought of a relaxed dinner with his two special houseguests brought forth a smile. Straightening his jacket, he pulled a large, carefully packed box of catered food from the rear of the bike and walked towards the porch past serenading crickets. The perennial nighttime drizzle of Fern Forest felt lovely on his face. He inhaled deeply, meditating for a few moments before going up the stairs, the day’s un-pleasantries neatly ushered from his practiced mind. Opening his piercing amber eyes, he noticed nearly [i]all[/i] the lights were on. Thick, aromatic smoke billowed from the chimney, the fireplace roaring with a fresh fire. There were odd noises. Unsure what the state of affairs were inside his house, he silently hovered the rest of the way up the porch, careful to make no noise as his shoes lit upon the doormat. He set the box aside and peered inside. \n\n Clothes lay scattered throughout the house. Many of his prized quilts were now festooned into a crude blanket fort draped haphazardly over chairs, bookcases and tables. Loud, hideous, thumpy music blared from his vintage high-end stereo. Bags of half-eaten snacks lay scattered about, a few trampled into the antique rug, evidence his guests had walked to the store for unhealthy provisions. Books lay pulled out or open everywhere. Soda cans festooned the kitchen counter, next to a potted plant that appeared to have been repaired with duct tape. Peering peevishly to the other side of the room, Shadow glimpsed Tails perched naked atop a comically high stack of couch cushions--all of them, by the looks if it--watching anime on a laptop, pausing only to snap pictures of Sonic with his cell phone. For his part, Sonic had pulled some of the antique war clubs down from the fireplace mantle. Naked too save an old theater cape he had found, the smiling blue hedgehog posed seductively in front of the fireplace, occasionally pausing to change artifacts or fondle his erection, presumably to keep it readied for the impromptu cell phone photo shoot.\n\n Closing his eyes and leaning his head against the door, Shadow sighed deeply as he heard one of the clubs predictably clatter to the floor, followed by raised voices and muffled laughter. His phone vibrated in his jacket. Pulling it out, Shadow glimpsed the new notices:\n\n[Connected to Network - U1t1m4t3Lyf3F0rm]\n[53 New Photos Downloading] \n\n Raising his head, Shadow smiled wearily and took a deep, practiced breath. “Ah, youth. Wasted, as it always is, on the young. I see some house rules shall have to be implemented.” He retrieved the box and opened the door, his hover shoes clonking loudly on the foyer as he set the box down again and folded his arms. “Good evening, gentlemen. I see you have made yourselves very [i]much[/i] at home. I would like some explanations, though I suppose at this point it might be better just to have dinner.\"\n\n His cock bobbing comically, Sonic stood frozen in place in his cape in front of the fireplace as Tails sheepishly leapt from his perch and killed the music. The blue hedgehog’s mouth hung open for a second as Shadow’s eyes drew to narrow, smirking slits. “Uh… Tails made me do it?”","writing_bbcode_parsed":"Ten Miles of Shadow

by Valdisfoxy

Disclaimer and warning.  This story is entirely fictional and for entertainment purposes only.  I do not own the SEGA / Sonic Team / Archie characters or any guest characters (OCs) and no monetary gain was made or sought.  Chapters contain adult themes and may include explicit depictions of sex (e.g. gay, anthropomorphic and adult/teen).  If you are under the age of eighteen, live where such material is not legal or find such themes offensive, read no further.  The author accepts no responsibility to any who ignore this disclaimer.  This work is free to share, in whole or in part, unaltered and with proper credit.  Enjoy!  -Valdisfoxy, October 2016

Chapter 6 - Homecoming

       The lanky armadillo lizard grinned as he brought out milkshakes for Sonic and Rock and a mango smoothie for Tide.  “I didn’t expect business to perk up so soon after the storm, much less have a celebrity customer!”  The cheerful storekeeper winked at the smiling blue hedgehog as he set the glasses down from his tray.  Wiping his claws on his apron, he returned behind the counter and adjusted his bolas tie as the trio thanked him and took eager sips.  As the lizard pecked away at the vintage cash register, a comely gray she-wolf with long, flowing hair emerged from the rear of the old store, her arms full of paper goods.

       “Venge honey, don’t tell me you’re gonna make Sonic and his friends pay for those?”  Bumping her hip playfully against the lizard’s, the wolf began to restock cup and napkin holders around the old soda fountain.

       The lizard chuckled and scratched his head, momentarily distracted by his shapely partner as she tiptoed to refill a tall ice cream cone dispenser.  “Well, that’s how a business usually works, Serenity,” he shrugged.  “Unless my sweetie-gal’s behind the till.”  Venge smiled at the trio enjoying their treats.  “You heard the lady, it’s on the house!  You know Sonic, Eggman almost wiped out Fern Forest back in the day.  Drilling under the volcano, trying to turn it into an underground base or some such.  Crazy sot!  We owe you big time.”

       After a long, satisfied sip, Sonic licked his lips and grinned proudly.  “My pleasure guys, and thanks for the treats.  To be honest, I had a lot of help with Eggman.  Almost everyone pitched in at some point, I was just there when he cracked.  The final straw.”  Sonic stirred his shake thoughtfully.  “I’m just glad he’s where he can’t hurt anybody anymore.”

       “Nuthouse!” coughed Rock, the jovial red bull taking an innocent sip.

       “You’ll make me spill,” snickered Tide, the graceful aqua tigress placing fingers to her lips as Rock winked.  “It’s true, though.  I almost feel sorry for him.  Almost.”

       “I don’t!” chimed Serenity, grinning as she cleaned the glass case above the buckets of ice cream.  “He’s lucky to be alive after what he did.  My thanks too, Sonic.  We lost our home because of Eggman.  At least we still had the store, it took months to rebuild.  I’m told G.U.N. found a nice hole to stick him in.”

       “Yeah, he got off lucky,” nodded Venge grimly.  “If they had their druthers, I think the whole village would’ve been happy to just drag his butt up to the volcano and toss him in.”

       “Never hurts to have a backup plan,” chuckled Sonic.  “But we probably won’t need it.  My friend Shadow says G.U.N. is taking good care of him.”  The hedgehog took another sip.  “I don’t really know much about the place, they keep it all hush-hush.  Tails and I only got to see it once and that was plenty.  All that hollering and padded walls…”  Sonic shuddered.  “Gave us the creeps.”

       “He’s comfortable, I can say that much,” offered Tide, elegantly stirring her smoothie.  “But there’s little else we can do for an insane person.  Rock and I helped test the security.  None of us were able to escape, even when we were given tools, key cards, guard uniforms, explosives, you name it.  Ironically, some of the materials were invented by Eggman himself from plans G.U.N. confiscated.”

       “Yeah, the news got hold of that,” nodded Rock.  “Some type of heavy duty chaos-proof holding capsule.  We found several prototypes.  Best guess is, old Eggy finally figured he and his clowns couldn’t take out our pal Sonic here.  Or Shadow, for that matter.  So, he figured he could seal them inside unbreakable jars.  Then just bury ’em and forget ’em, you know?”

       “Ugh,” sneered Serenity, refilling silverware.  “Cruel and cowardly.  Good thing he failed, he deserves to be crazy now.”

       “One had Tails’ name on it,” glowered Sonic, rolling his straw pensively in his fingers.  “There were parts for dozens more.  If he’d so much as touched him...”  Lost in thought for a moment, Sonic shrugged and smiled as Tide patted his shoulder.  “Bah, what’s past is past.  Eggman’s beaten and that’s that!”

       “Sonic the hedgehog, egg beater extraordinaire!” chuckled Rock, clinking his glass with Sonic’s and turning to the shopkeepers.  “And trust me guys, it’s not a fun place.  Most of the time he just jibbers and finger paints.  Naked.”  Silenced for a moment, the group shuddered collectively.  “With like, that edible paint for babies?  Must be, he eats half of it.  All soothing colors everywhere, soft music, nothing hard or sharp around… classic loony bin.”

       Tide sipped and nodded.  “And even if you do have access, you can’t actually open the doors or gates yourself.  The guards have to verify you on camera.  Every time, coming or going.  Face, fingerprint and heat signature.  It took me forever just to reach the cafeteria.  The tea was decent, so I guess there’s that.”

       Wiping a tray, Venge cocked an eye.  “Eats finger paint, huh?  Well, between you and me folks, Eggman can eat my big ol’--”

       “Venge honey,” chimed Serenity, kissing the lizard’s snout and holding up a key ring, “why don’t y’all go turn the gas pump back on, hmm?  Oh, and see if you can do anything with the produce cooler, thermostat’s sticking again.  Don’t want a spoilage, a couple delivery guys have already canceled ’til later this week.”

       “All right m’lady,” chuckled Venge, taking the keys and retrieving a worn metal toolbox from behind the counter.  “Gonna cost you a kiss, though.  Folks, I am tasked. Good to see you and please come back soon!”  Curling his spiky tail with the wolf’s as he collected the kiss, the lizard excused himself, a bounce in his step.  

       “Just holler if you need anything,” smiled Serenity, gathering up a crate of empty milk jugs and excusing herself as well, clinking into the back room as her flowing tail followed.

       Sonic polished off his milkshake and reached for a napkin.  “We need to come up here more often, this place is awesome!  Sure you guys don’t want to stop by the house?  I know Tails would love to see you.”

       Glancing knowingly with Tide, Rock stirred his shake thoughtfully and smiled.  “Thanks dude, but we’ll pass.  Much love to you and Tails, but Shadow’s one of our bosses and I prefer to steer clear of any fresh G.U.N. business this week.  Me and Tide got a whole week off planned.”  Rock raised Tide’s hand and kissed it.  “And my phone’s already off, hehe.”

       The tigress purred gently at the kiss.  “We’ll catch up with you very soon, Sonic.  I promise.  Give Tails a hug for us.”  The tigress’ sparkling eyes met with the hedgehog’s as her voice lowered.  “And this is from me.”  Tide leaned in and kissed Sonic on the cheek, which instantly blushed red.

       “Wait, you guys kiss?” winked Rock, patting Sonic’s back.  “Seriously, just text or come by, next chance you get.  Or we’ll come up here,” grinned Rock, rubbing his belly.  “I see they got something called the super noodle teriyaki bucket.  I must have one!”

       “You and me both,” chuckled Sonic.  “I’m gonna walk to Shad’s then, it’s just down the road.”  The blue hedgehog smiled and rose, hugging the tigress and bull tightly.  “Thank you for the ride up and for watching my place, guys.  Drive safe, I’ll see ya soon!” Slinging his well-traveled, patch-covered bag over his shoulder, Sonic exited to the store’s worn plank entrance and deeply drew in the cool, sweet rainforest air.  It was a damp midday, alternating between sun and drizzle coming from tattered remnants of the storm.  The hedgehog hummed happily as he made his way down the narrow roads, passing quaint homes, overgrown orchards and thickly forested tracts.  Apart from water-swollen ditches and the odd broken branch, the old village seemed unimpressed by the tumult of the previous night.  Peeking between the clouds, the tall volcanic peaks to the west showed off a rare mantle of fresh summer snowfall as myriad birds flitted and called amongst the treetops.  The sun, when it did show, felt lovely on the hedgehog’s face.

       Sonic’s heart quickened as he drew close, sending an anticipatory lump to his throat.  “Almost there,” he whispered to himself, his bag the only thing keeping the young hedgehog from sprinting the rest of the way.  Even at the relaxed pace, it did not take long to find the spot, a nearly hidden driveway leading upslope into a large, thickly forested lot.

       Tittering birds, dripping rainwater and a hushed breeze joined the gravelly crunch of Sonic’s footfalls as the long driveway took him to the restored brick-red bungalow.  The house’s porch, gardens and darkened windows showed no signs of activity as they came into view.  The tranquil property was inviting enough, but its palpable solitude put the hedgehog on edge.  Pausing near the detached garage, he peered silently about, unsure whether someone was watching.  Knowing Shadow, at least one camera was peeking over the place; likely more.  The hedgehog’s nose told him the fireplace had been used last night, but no smoke curled from it now.  He could also make out fresh motorcycle tracks in the damp driveway, but neither Dark Rider nor its owner were evident.  A walk to the back of the house found nothing of note but for a cup of coffee sitting by the woodpile; it was ice cold and the kitchen was dark.    

       “They probably just went into town,” shrugged Sonic, stepping onto the porch and gently trying the door.  “Yup--locked.”  A halfhearted knock failed to summon anyone, but through the window Sonic could see Tails’ shoes and overnight bag sitting neatly in an alcove.  Smiling warmly at the sight, he turned and stretched, eyeing the two comfy-looking porch rockers.  “Welp!  I’ll just crash here until they get back,” he yawned, not really minding the prospect of a cool doze.  Setting his bag on one chair, he fished out a jacket, then an unread book Tails had loaned him, then turned to the other rocker to make sure the seat hadn’t been rained on.  Hearing a hollow ‘clunk’ from behind, he turned to see what had fallen out of his bag, only to collide face-to-face into the arms of an obsidian and red hued hedgehog grinning wryly.  The startled blue hedgehog gasped and jumped, his jacket and book tumbling from his hands as he was grabbed.  “Sha--MMMPH!?!”  

       Embracing Sonic tightly, Shadow gave a long, firm, commanding kiss, the greeting as unexpected as the greeter.  The blue hedgehog blinked in open-handed surprise, but gradually relaxed as his wits returned and lips were warmed.  Yielding, he closed his eyes and slid his hands around Shadow’s shoulders, the pair pulling one another close as they savored the kiss and rebonded.  Clad in his signature hover shoes, gold bands and immaculate white gloves, the onyx hedgehog’ spicy, freshly showered scent mingled with the subtle sweat of Sonic’s youthful post-walk warmth. Breaking the kiss, the pair nuzzled, amber and emerald eyes dancing brightly across from one another.  Shadow smiled gently and lowered his hands to the other hedgehog’s hips, the pair wagging bashfully.  “You’re incredibly heavy-footed, Sonic.  But I always like knowing where you are.”  Shadow playfully patted Sonic’s rump.  “Welcome back, blue butt.”

       “Wow,” exhaled Sonic, blushing brightly and wobbling a bit.  “I-- er, thanks, TDH!* It’s good to be home.  Especially with a welcome committee like that.  Sorry about the mix-up, I guess no one got my flight info in time.” *TDH = Tall, Dark and Hedgehog, see TMS 1 -ed.

       “Entirely my fault,” offered Shadow.  “I apologize.  I had planned to send someone for you if Tails and I could not make it, but thanks to the outages and cancellations you arrived before your texts did.  I just decided to wait.”  Shadow gave the other hedgehog a cursory inspection and smiled.  “I can tell you got some sun and kept up your running.  Good!  Those festivals are detest--”  Shadow caught himself and cleared his throat, smiling.  “I hope you enjoyed your trip. You look well.”  

       “Thanks Shads, you look great too,” giggled Sonic.  “I know, I know, it’s not your thing.  But it really was a good time.  Knuckles and Amy and Dex are still at it, going up the coast to Rouge’s, they’ll have blast.  I just wanted to come home.  The nice guy who sat next to me on the plane drove me home, but I didn’t know you guys had gone.  Rock and Tide almost went all kung fu on my butt, but we got it all sorted out.”  Sonic gently ruffled Shadow’s chest ruff and winked.  “Just what is G.U.N. coming to these days?”

       “House sitting duty,” snickered Shadow, watching Sonic’s hand.  “Tails and I found the hot weather before the storm to be…”  Shadow thought for a moment.  “Disagreeable.  And I wanted to keep an eye on my place when it hit.  So I assigned agents to yours.  I trust they were professional and did not damage anything?”

       “Well, I have a bunch more surfboards now for some reason,” shrugged Sonic.  “I guess they washed up during the storm?  But nah, none of my stuff was damaged.  The house is actually cleaner than when I left it.  At least until Knuckles gets back.”

       “Excellent,” beamed Shadow, straightening a couple of Sonic’s quills with his fingers.   “Oh, and no unauthorized guests or partying?  Any drinking whilst on official G.U.N. duty?”

       “Nope!” grinned Sonic, the other hedgehog casting a skeptical smirk.  “Tide did make an awesome breakfast, though.  They drove me up here after I had a chance to shower and stuff.  So where’s Tails?”

       Finger to lips, Shadow gestured for lowered voices and tilted his head towards the house.  “Sleeping.  The storm was rough on him, but he fared better than expected.  I suggested he nap while I tend to some work matters.”  Shadow slipped a key from his glove and placed it in Sonic’s hand, squeezing it.  “My home is yours.  Get settled in, I shall return tonight with a nice welcome home dinner.”  The onyx hedgehog smiled as he turned to go, but Sonic held him fast.

       “Shadow?” Sonic looked into Shadow’s vivid eyes,  “You don’t really have to go, do you?”

       “I’ll return by eight or so,” reassured Shadow.  “I have field agents and technicians assisting with storm recovery all over South Island.”  Shadow’s eyes became gentle.  “Sadly, not everyone was as fortunate as we were.”

       Sonic frowned, thumbing Shadow’s palms anxiously.  “Oh, no.  Is it bad?  It’s bad.  I can see it in your face.  We can help!  I mean, Tails can sleep while I come with you, a few more hours isn’t going to--”

       Shadow raised Sonic’s hand and squeezed it to his chest.  “We are taking care of it.  That’s all I prefer to say right now.  There will be other ways to help out this week, trust me.”  Nodding solemnly, Sonic hugged Shadow tightly as the onyx hedgehog hugged back and spoke softly in his ear.  “You know how I feel about you.  Tails as well.  I am there for you both, always.”  Shadow cleared his throat and smiled, adjusting his gloves.  “Now, go rest with your fox, he’s missed you terribly.  That’s an order.  Oh, and we picked up your favorite soda, too.  The ones in the fridge should be cold.”

       “Thank you, Shads,” grinned Sonic.  “For everything.  Be careful, okay?”  After a parting smooch to Shadow’s cheek, Sonic turned and bent over to retrieve his jacket and book, the blue hedgehog grinning over his shoulder as he wiggled his rump.  “Later!”

       “Later indeed,” grinned Shadow, gently swatting the blue posterior with the back of his hand.  Smiling confidently, he strode to the garage, slid the door aside and pulled out Dark Rider while Sonic unlocked the door.  The hedgehogs waved as Shadow walked the bike down the long drive to the main road, kick starting it there so as not to wake the sleeping fox.  In a matter of moments, the deep, throaty rumble sped up and faded into the distance.

       “Whoa,” whispered Sonic, peeking around the large front room as he entered and set down his bag.  “Shad’s doin’ all right for himself.  This is even nicer than I remember.”  Sonic surveyed the classy yet cozy confines as he removed his shoes and set them next to Tails’.  Doffing his gloves and stuffing them in his bag, he felt a nervous twinge in his stomach, his face becoming flushed and tingly as he peered down the hallway.  Squinting through the two-sided fireplace, he could just make out an orange tail and a sock-covered foot curled on the large bed amongst rumpled sheets and piled pillows.  Sonic’s heart jumped.  “There he is...”  The young hedgehog swallowed hard against the lump in his throat as he quietly padded around the corner and down the few steps leading into the bedroom, his heart quickening as the fox came into view.  

       Fast asleep, Tails lay on his side, clad only in socks and hugging a large pillow, his rump protruding with his namesakes draped elegantly behind.  Mouth slightly open, his blissful expression was flecked with a tiny strand of drool as his ruffed chest rose and fell peacefully.  Tiptoeing to the other side of the bed, Sonic stealthily slipped under the covers and across the mattress, gingerly lifting the twin tails out of harm’s way.  Cuddling close, Sonic spooned with the soft, warm fox, curling his arms around and hugging tight as he nuzzled in gratefully.  The relieved hedgehog shed a tear, happier than he had been in many a day.  “Hi beautiful,” he whispered, nibbling the sleeping fox’s soft, velvety ear.

       His voice soft and drowsy, Tails awoke partway into the warm embrace and nibbling lips.  “Mmmruhh…  Shad?  I thought you hadda go… hnnn…  help with storm stuff…”  Tails yawned, eyes still shut as he cuddled back against the hedgehog.  “Hope everyone’s okay…  me and Sonic can help too, when he gets back…  soon…”  Curling his arms with Sonic’s, the young fox began to drift back to sleep.

       Sonic planted small kisses on Tails’ shoulder, nape and neck as Tails cooed appreciatively.  When at last he spoke, the hedgehog’s voice was relaxed.  “Of course we’ll help.  But Shads says he and his crew have things covered for now.”

       Tails gasped, his big blue eyes flying open.  “SONIC!”  Awake in an instant, he rolled over face-to-face with the blue hedgehog grinning impishly from across the pillow, the blinking fox pressing a hand to the hedgehog’s chest to make sure he wasn’t dreaming.

       “Surprise,” chuckled Sonic, taking Tails’ hand and kissing it.  “Did you miss me?”

       His eyes watering, Tails pounced, throwing his arms around the hedgehog and squeezing as tight as could be.  “Of COURSE I missed you!” he cried, kissing Sonic sweetly, then again, then deeply, the fox curling limbs and tails alike around his blue beau.  “Mmmmmph!”  Sonic kissed back eagerly, sliding his hands down the fox’s soft sides and back, pulling him close as the pair sniffled away joyful tears.  “I missed you so much!!”

       “Missed you too lil’ guy,” nuzzled Sonic, sweeping Tails’ bangs aside and nuzzling.  “From the moment I left.  Never again.  Next time I go on a trip, my boyfriend comes with me.”

       “Boyfriend?” blinked Tails, his heart jumping into his throat and thumping hard.  He could feel his face and ears reddening, the tingly heat spreading like grassfire through his skin.  Taking Sonic’s hands, he looked searchingly into the hedgehog’s sparkling green eyes, the lump in his throat making it hard to speak.  “So… so we can be together now?  I mean, really together?”

       “Really really, Tails.”  Sonic nodded, his face scrunching from the lump in his own throat.  “If you’ll have me.”  Caressing Tails’ cheek, Sonic kissed him sweetly.  “I love you and I want you.  My smart, sweet, sexy fox.  You mean the world to me.  You know that, don’t you?”  His blue eyes watering, Tails nodded and squeezed.  Sonic’s eyes dampened as well, the hedgehog finding it hard to keep his voice steady.  “It’s true.  In my heart of hearts.  I know I haven’t always shown it.  Even been a total jerk to you, sometimes…”

       Shaking his head, Tails flattened his ears and smiled apologetically.  “Aww, you were never a jerk to m--”

       “Ditching you on missions?” Sonic sheepishly thumbed Tails’ palms.  “Ditching you for a… a festival?  Hiding you?  Setting you up on dates just to throw people off?  Jerking Amy’s chain?  Sally’s too?  Lying?  Trust me, Tails.  There’s been a lot on my mind the past few weeks.  I won’t hide it anymore.  I refuse.”  Sonic wiped his eyes, unable to stifle the hot tears.  “Fiona?”

       “But that’s the past,” offered Tails, kissing the hedgehog’s hands.  “We made it through all that.  Together!  Oh, Sonic...”  Tails slipped his hands around the hedgehog’s neck and gazed at him with moist, sincere eyes.  “We all fall down or take wrong turns sometimes.  But we should keep going and never give up.  You taught me that.”  His tears welling fast, Tails kissed Sonic and nuzzled tenderly.  “I love you, Sonic.  With all my heart and no matter what.  I’ve never wanted anything more.  Don’t you know?  You’re…”  A sob escaped as Tails’ ears flattened, sending tears tumbling down his reddened cheeks.  “You’re what makes me fly inside.”

       Caressing the fox’s cheek as he listened, Sonic nodded and smiled tearfully.  “You’ve always lifted us both, Tails,” he trembled softly, the pair hugging each other tight.  “Let’s never let go.”  Sniffling through many small kisses, the hedgehog and fox held and soothed one another as midday arced to afternoon.  A shaft of yellow sunlight unfurled through the window from a passing break in the clouds and warmed the couple, serenaded by birdsong in the breeze.  

       Once their tears had long dried, Sonic kissed Tails’ cheek and carefully rolled over to the nightstand to blow his nose.  “Need a tissue, foxy?”  

       Tails sat up and stretched before climbing out of bed.  “No, thank you.  Gotta pee, though!”

       “Gotta go fast?” snickered Sonic, tossing the tissue into an ornate umbrella stand as the fox giggled and dashed to the master bath.  

       Tails called out as he relieved himself.  “Hey, there’s a really big hot tub in here, we should try it!”

       “You bet,” nodded Sonic, pulling off his socks and tossing them aside.  Stretching out on his back, he wiggled his freed toes and took a deep breath.  “Man, that forest smells nice.  I forgot how awesome it is up here!  Shads wants us to stay a while, may as well make the most of it.  I wouldn’t mind cooking my bones after bit.”   As Tails crawled back over the mattress, Sonic smiled and patted the spot by his side.  The fox happily cuddled close and draped his leg over the hedgehog’s.  “You didn’t miss, did you?” winked Sonic.  “Shad’s a bit of a neat freak.”

       “No, I did not miss,” smirked Tails, playfully groping the hedgehog.  “It’s true, though.  Back at the house, he washed all our clothes, threw away the junk box and cleaned out the fridge.  We even spent a whole day just organizing my tools.  The shop looks amazing!  Poor Knux won’t know where anything is.”

       “We got a week or so.  Don’t worry, I’ll mess the place up a bit so he doesn’t go into shock,” chuckled Sonic, kissing the top of Tails’ head and squeezing his rump.  “So, Shads took good care of you?”

       “Shadow’s been great,” smiled Tails, laying his head on Sonic’s shoulder and rubbing the hedgehog’s belly.  “We went all over the island, hiking, the beach, he taught me some cooking, self defense… he loves to read, same as me.  I mostly liked just talking with him, though.  I never knew he was such a good convra-- converse--”

       “Conversationalist,” smiled Sonic, petting Tails’ soft back and buns.  “I know, right?  People freak when I say that.  All they see is Mister Moody.  But if you hang with Shads long enough, he opens up.  It’s like a secret level or something.  I’m glad you guys got along, I was worried for a bit.”

       “Well, we didn’t always agree on stuff,” mused Tails, drawing little figure eights on Sonic’s skin, the hedgehog moaning softly at the feathery touch.  “He hated most of movie night.  He likes dry red wine, but I thought they all tasted gross.”  Tails looked over Sonic’s body thoughtfully for a moment.  “We… we kinda had an argument, too.  Over baking.”

       “Baking?” Sonic raised an eyebrow at Tails.  “Neither of you said anything about it.  I assume it wasn’t serious?  No pies thrown, no cakes got punched?”

       “Nah, nothing like that,” chuckled Tails, blushing as he shook his head.  “We made up afterwards, it was silly.  He was more worried about me not doing dangerous stuff, like flying or welding.”

       “I told him that,” bragged Sonic, thumbing his chest.  “Didn’t think you guys would actually comply, hehe.”

       Tails’ face scrunched.  “That list was dumb!  I would’ve been just fine,” chided the fox, poking Sonic’s chest as the guilty hedgehog giggled and squirmed.  “Exceeeeept…”  Tails grinned proudly as Sonic caught his hand and kissed it.  “It didn’t say Shadow couldn’t teach me to drive Dark Rider.  And it was awesome!”

       “He let you drive his baby?  Cool!  He’s never let me near that thing, I’m jealous,” chuckled Sonic.  “Speaking of which,” the hedgehog smiled wryly and tickled Tails’ perky buttocks.  “I understand he gave you some other lessons?  Some extra private ones?”

       Tails nodded bashfully, giggling as his buns pursed against the hedgehog’s tickly touch.  “A-at first we just cuddled.  I didn’t know he was like that.  Affectionate, like holding hands or kissing you goodnight.  But it felt really nice.  And his backrubs totally turn your body into mush.  You gotta try one!”

       “I have, silly.”  Sonic nuzzled Tails’ ear, idly tracing circles over the fox’s rump.  “We go running and use his gym at G.U.N. all the time, remember?  You always make up excuses.  When I come home, there you are, reading or in the shop.”

       “I’d go if I knew there’d be backrubs,” grinned Tails.  “After that, we found we… we really liked each other.”  Blushing as Sonic listened, Tails traced his fingertips delicately over Sonic’s thighs, reposing member and soft orbs.  “He… he wanted to show me.  About how guys can make out, make each other feel good.  He knows about you and me, but he’s really experienced and said there’s a lot he can teach us.”  Ears flattening, Tails paused his caresses and looked anxiously at the patient hedgehog.  “Are… are you mad at me?  I didn’t think any of that was gonna happen, Sonic.  Honest!  When he kisses you, you just…  and when it started, it’s like I couldn’t help it!  The next thing I know, he’s--”

       “Hey,” reassured Sonic, patting the worried fox’s rump.  “I am not mad at you.  Okay?”  Sonic nuzzled the relieved fox and kissed the bridge of his nose.  “I was still distracted and figuring things out when I asked him to stay with you.  I wasn’t even totally sure he was into guys, to be honest.  I thought he was just flirty with me.  After I met Dex, it all sort of clicked.  I get it now.”

       “Dex?  Oh!  The guy from the photo out front,” nodded Tails.  “Shad talked about him quite a bit.  He said they used to be boyfriends, though Dex mostly likes girls.  Then he got promoted and moved to the mainland.  Kinda weird that he’s with Amy now.”

       “Small world,” chuckled Sonic, nodding.  “Seems meant to be, though.  You need a garden hose to separate ’em now.  I was actually kinda jealous ’til I saw how happy Dex made her.  He’s something else.  He’s kind and generous.  Good listener.  Great bod, snappy dresser.  A wine and roses kinda hedgehog.  Don’t know if he’s really a match for Amy, you know?  But she’s going for it so he better watch out.”  Sonic thought for a moment and rubbed Tails’ soft back.  “Anyways, just so’s I can put it out of my mind, let me ask.  Did Shadow make you do anything you didn’t want to do?”

       Tails shook his head.  “No, not at all.  He explained things first and said we’d only do what I was comfortable with.  And if I said stop, we’d stop.  That’s how the lessons work.”  Tails sighed and softly rubbed Sonic’s chest.  “I think I was kinda being the pushy one.  It all felt so good, I wanted to try more.  But Shadow kept telling me to be patient.”

       Sonic chuckled softly and nibbled Tails’ cheek ruff.  “Well, you are a fox.  A cute one.  The cutest, in fact.  You’re my little sexy nerd-butt.  And Shad’s a handsome guy.  Always so damn sure of himself, hehe.  And that voice!  But don’t tell him I said any of that,” winked Sonic.  “I don’t blame you guys.  So long as he treated you right, we’re cool.  Did you see our chat?”

       “You mean the one where you showed each other your stiffies?” snickered Tails, humping teasingly against Sonic.  “And you selfied your butt?”  The fox boy mimiced his hedgehog’s nasally tone.  “OMG Shads, your cock is so sexy, I want it!”

       “Ah-ha, so you DID see it,” laughed Sonic, tickling the fox’s balls from behind.  “Knuckles did too.  Oh, man!  I kinda partied a bit too much that night, I’ll never hear the end of it.  My point is, Shadow asked me for permission to play with you and I said yes.  To most of it, anyways.”  Sonic smiled softly and caressed Tail’s cheek.  “I trust Shad with my life, Tails.  Yours too.  I don’t mind us guys exploring and he’s really taken with you.  So no bad feelings, no regrets.  All right?”

       “Okay,” nodded Tails solemnly.  “He--he’d like to teach us both now.  What should we do, Sonic?”  

       “That depends,” offered the hedgehog, his eyes glinting.  He playfully prodded inside Tails’ crack with a finger, causing the fox to gasp and giggle.  “There’s a couple rules I need us to nail down.  First, we don’t make out or sleep with anyone else.  Not Shads, not girls, nobody.  Not unless we both consent AND it’s both of us together.  We come as a set, you and me.  Agreed?”

       “Agreed!” nodded Tails happily, sitting up and straddling Sonic’s thighs, their loins pressing softly together.    

       “Then let’s give it ten!” cheered Sonic, holding up his hands, which Tails eagerly slapped.  The pair smiled at one another, Sonic caressing Tails’ hips as the fox slid his hands up and down the hedgehog’s belly and chest.   “Awesome.  Okay, second thing.  Did you and Shads keep that promise?”

       “Yes we did,” blushed Tails, lacing his fingers with the hedgehog’s.  “You get to be my first.  Well, not counting Amy’s old toy, hehe.”

       “That hunk of rubber’s gonna get awful lonely now that I’m here,” smirked Sonic, his free hand slipping in to pet and tickle under the fox’s soft, velvety balls.  “Tell me again?  I’m gonna be your first how, exactly?”

       “You’re…”  Tails reddened behind a coy smile and fondled Sonic’s soft member.  “You know already.”

       Blushing himself now, Sonic reciprocated, gently tugging and fondling Tails’ warm foxhood as it began to grow at the touch.  “Mmmaaaaybe.  But I wanna hear you say it, hehe.”

      “Fine,” huffed Tails, swatting Sonic’s legs with his namesakes and locking eyes with the hedgehog.  “You’re gonna be the first to do my… my butt, Sonic.  I want you to put your big ol’ thing in...  inside... hnnnggg… my boyfriend’s gonna... gonna fuck me!"  As Sonic guessed he might, Tails hid his face in his tails, his blush maxing out as the hedgehog giggled.  “You happy now?” snickered the muffled fox.  

       “I am!” laughed Sonic, holding Tails’ hips and using his own to playfully buck the straddling fox.  “Shads is right, you CAN talk dirty if you try.  You’re so cute when you blush, nerdy-butt.”  Gazing up happily, Sonic gently took Tails’ hands and kissed them.  “Still can’t believe you’re mine.”

       “All yours,” smiled Tails, tilting his head bashfully.  Leaning in, he kissed Sonic sweetly before sliding his hands down the hedgehog’s chest, then belly, then lower still, biting his lip as Sonic’s sizable rod filled his fingers and slowly began to harden.  Admiring and squeezing, he began to stroke it slowly, his own semi-hard foxhood draped over the hedgehog’s handsome blue balls.  “You know, Shadow’s gonna be gone a while…”

       “Yeah, so he said,” grinned Sonic, folding his arms behind his head and watching Tails intently as the blood began to divert, swelling and extending his shaft inside the fox’s attentive hands.  “Mmm…  he’s taking care of dinner too.  I was just gonna kick back and do nothin’.  But looks like my fox might have other ideas.”

       Tails smiled and nodded, licking his lips and sliding closer so his own growing, curved cock could press and rub the underside of Sonic’s.  “I was kinda thinking…”  Tails’ blush returned.  “Maybe my boyfriend wants to do me now, since I saved it for him.”

       “Wow,” blinked Sonic, momentarily surprised.  “Like, now now?  The big chili dog?  Your buns, my sauce?  Hmm…  I haven’t slept for about two days.  Dex took us out for drinks at like midnight.  The flight was way long.  I got jetlagged, then I almost got judo-chopped.  Then I had to bum another ride up here.  Oh, and Shadow ambushed me.  With his mouth.  And now you want to mess around?”

       Tails’ ears drooped, the fox slumping a bit as he held their cocks still.  “Well, I--maybe that is a bit much, huh?  You’re probably exhausted.  I’m sorry, Sonic.  I’m being pushy again.”  Embarrassed, Tails looked away.

       Sonic smiled up at the fox as took his hands and kissed them.  “Tails?”  The bashful fox glanced at him as Sonic thumbed his palms.  “Every single day I’m in this world with you is amazing.  There’s no one I’d rather be, and no one I’d rather be with.  And if my fox wants to play, then we’re gonna play.  All I care about is making you smile.  Because, just like you,” reaching out, Sonic innocently slipped his fingers under Tails’ armpits--and began to tickle.  “I’m a horny HERO!”

       “GAHHH!!  Hahahaha!!  Hey, you’re the one who--heeheehee!!--got hard first!” chortled Tails, the fox squirming as he tried to tickle back, but the hedgehog’s longer arms made this nearly impossible.

       “I got hard first!?” snickered Sonic, tickling faster and keeping the giggly, squirming fox off balance.  “You keep playing with it!  I feel like your tool chest, you’re always grabbing something.  Admit it, Tails.  You just can’t keep your hands off me!”

       “Oh, yeah!?  Well--EEEEK!--you made me talk all dirty!  About poking my bu--AH!  Hahahahahaa!! Aww, c’mon, Sonic!  RRRGH!!”  Clamping his legs around Sonic’s for leverage, Tails managed to grab the hedgehog’s arm and bring his twin tails forward to shield himself.  Earning a fleeting reprieve, the fox snuck his hand down to Sonic’s ribs and counter-tickled.

       “Oh HO, gonna be all--HEEHEE!!--all sneaky, huh fox!?  You can’t--GAHH!  Not  my ribs, hahahahaha!  YEEK!!  NO!!  Hahahahaha!  You know that’s my weak spot, hahahaha!  Truce, truce!”  Sonic’s eyes watered as he panted and laughed, the young fox now tickling with both hands.  Sonic clamped his forearms tightly to his sides, finally blocking the nimble fox fingers.  The tickle stakes now raised, Sonic rolled, suddenly pitching Tails off to the side.

       “Whoooah!!”  Arms flailing, the surprised fox flopped sideways into the sheets.  From the corner of his eye, he saw his opponent pivot away and lunge for his foot, which was quickly immobilized in the crook of Sonic’s arm, the hedgehog ominously turning his back to block any interference.  “Wha--?  Hey!  Let GO, Sonic!  That’s not--”

       “Time to shut you down, nerd-butt,” grinned the naked hedgehog.  “SECRET MOVE!”  Sonic pressed his fingers firmly to the middle of the fox’s large, sensitive sole and tickled hard.  The effects were immediate and devastating.

       “GAAAAHHH!  HAHAHAHA!!  Sonic, NO!  No way!! AAAHHGGH!!”  Trying to rear up, Tails frantically probed for vulnerable spots along Sonic’s ribs, armpits and neck, but none presented themselves, the hedgehog’s long quills and tightly clamped arms forming a superb tickle shield.  Tails went rigid, squirming and laughing helplessly as his eyes watered and screwed shut, allowing Sonic to effortlessly capture his other foot and tickle it as well.

       “Ha!  Now you're boned," snickered Sonic, reveling in his advantage as each counterattack failed, the hedgehog tickling the fox’s struggling feet with unmerciful precision.  

       The howling fox clutched the sheets, his belly convulsing as his head thrashed side to side.  “Sooooonnniiiiic!  Nyaaaahhhaaahhh!!  STOOOOOP!  I give up!  I surrender!!  Pleeeaaaase!!  AAAHHHGGHH!!”  Approaching wits' end, Tails made a desperate gambit, landing an open-handed smack on his tormentor’s firm, blue butt-cheek as hard as he could muster.

       “OW!!” barked Sonic, reaching behind to rub his stinging, reddened rump.  It was just enough for Tails to free one foot, which he placed on Sonic’s back, the fox pushing to extract the other.  His captive squirming free, the vengeful, grinning hedgehog rose to his knees.  “That’s totally cheating, dude!”

       “All’s fair in love and war!” giggled Tails breathlessly, the fox making good his escape and worming his way into the pile of pillows and quilts at the head of the bed.  

       “Oh, you are SO gonna pay for that!”  Hands outstretched and ready to grab, Sonic went after the naked, panting, tittering fox, now desperately trying to pull pillows and covers over himself.  The hedgehog would have none of it.  Growling, he dove after Tails, tossing pillows aside and yanking the covers down faster than the fox could bury himself.  Sonic seized Tails’ torso, the giggly, panting pair wrestling face-to-face for a decisive victory.  The mattress creaked and shifted.  A lamp knocked from one nightstand went ignored.  Keys and coins jingled off the other.  His options against the stronger, faster hedgehog dwindling fast, Tails made a play for Sonic’s wrists but instead found his own gripped fast.  A gleeful grin crossed Sonic’s face as he pinned the fox on his back with an audible ‘whump’.  “GOTCHA!”  Sonic panted triumphantly over his catch.  “Well played, O crafty one.  But I win!  And I shall now collect my prize.”

       “I didn’t hit you that hard!” pleaded Tails, struggling fruitlessly against the pin.  “And I totally would have won if I’d only--”

       Not bothering to hear out his captive, Sonic took a victory lap in the form of a string of raspberries blown directly into Tails’ soft, vulnerable belly.  “NO!  Hahahahahahahaaa!!  Aww, c’mon, n-not THIS again!  Heehee!  Sonic!!  OKAY, you win!  You win, you win!!”  Tails curled his small frame and arms around Sonic’s head, his belly heaving as he tried to catch his breath.  

       Relenting, Sonic began to kiss all over Tails’ quivering stomach, then the sensitive creases where legs joined torso.  Smiling at the fox’s semi-hard cock, Sonic pressed his warm, flushed face against it.  “Mmm…” nuzzled Sonic dreamily.  “It’s a sweet prize, too.  So warm and cute… smells so good.  I’ll bet it’s tasty, too.  Can’t wait to try it out.”  The hedgehog kissed up and down the underside of Tails’ cock, causing it to spring rapidly back to life as the fox’s face brightened.  “This is my favorite game of all.  Better start at level one though, I don’t wanna miss anything.”  Sonic nibbled and pecked his way over Tails’ cock and balls, then up over his belly, then chest, the hedgehog luxuriating in fox boy’s cottony ruff and warm, soft neck, his ‘prize’ moaning appreciatively.  Laying nose to nose and cock to cock, the softly panting duo gazed at one another, bright green eyes peering down into limpid blue ones.  “You ready, player two?” winked Sonic.  “We’re gonna go all the way.”  Sonic nibbled Tails’ large, soft ear, exhaling into it hotly.

       “Uhhhhhnnnnn...” moaned the young fox, his eyes drawing to dreamy slits as he curled his arms around Sonic’s shoulders, the hedgehog nuzzling and rumbling into his neck.  “Let’s go, Sonic.  Take me.”  

       With that, Sonic pressed his lips warmly to Tails’, kissing slowly, then deeply, the pair closing their eyes as their bodies merged.  Tails’ heart fluttered as he felt Sonic’s tongue slip in, the fox opening wider to admit more of the wet, exploring, masculine muscle, the forceful kiss sending warm shivers bouncing from head to toe.  Taking turns, Tails pushed in too, surrendering his tongue and letting the hedgehog suckle, lick and wrestle with it before plunging his own back in, nearly to the fox’s throat.  Whimpered loudly into Sonic’s mouth, Tails curled his legs around his love, the hedgehog’s cock pressing and grinding slowly into his.  Caressing widely over Sonic’s sides and chest, Tails found the hedgehog’s erect nipples, gently rolling and tugging one fleshy nub, then both.  A deep, enthusiastic rumble arose from Sonic’s chest into their kiss, which broke with a gasp.  “That’s new,” exhaled Sonic, peering lustfully at the nipple-tugging fox as they slowly frotted, both males now fully hard and leaking.  “I like it.”

       “I’m a quick learner, you’ll see...”  Tails’ eyes drew to naughty slits as he released the hedgehog’s nubs and took his hand.  Looking him in the eye, Tails opened his mouth wide, flashing his long, pink tongue and beckoning throat before closing his lips around Sonic’s first two fingers, sucking them lasciviously.  “Just imagine, Sonic,” he licked, recalling how Shadow had reacted to pillow talk.  "All the naughty things we can do now… what I could do to you…  with my mouth.”  Tails downed the digits again, letting them slip slowly from his lips and licking the tips in slow circles.  “Everyone knows foxes love to suck...  I sure do.  And Shadow says I’ve gotten sooooo good at it…”

       Riveted by the demonstration, the red-cheeked, wide-eyed Sonic breathed heavily and licked his lips.  “Oh, did he, now?  So, got some practice in, horny fox?”  Sonic groped Tails’ curved, leaking erection.  “Then let’s put your money where your mouth is.”  Gently rolling onto his back, Sonic lay slightly splayed, his cock jutting upwards and leaking needfully as he reached for Tails with both arms.  “Get that sexy butt over here.  I wanna suck yours too.”  Getting on all fours, Tails carefully hoisted his leg over the hedgehog’s head and lowered himself, his twin tails curling gracefully over his back.  “Oh, man, that’s a great view,” grinned Sonic, the base of his fat, spongy rod throbbing hotly in Tails’ grip as he watched the young vulpine’s lovely nethers nestle into his face.  

       “Like this?”  Tails felt his cock press warmly against Sonic’s cheek and neck, the hedgehog nuzzling and kissing the underside and drinking in his warm, slept-in scent.  A tongue emerged, lapping circles around Tails’ cockhead, licking away the precum, followed by eager hedgehog lips slowly snaking their wetly way over his shaft.  A moment later, every inch of Tails’ erection vanished to the hilt in Sonic’s mouth.  “Hhuuuuaahh!!  Sonic!” quivered Tails, rubbing his boyfriend’s erection against his face.  “I’ll t-take that as a yes…”  

       The young fox plunged his mouth onto the large, leaky hedgehog pole and suckled hungrily.  He could feel Sonic’s lips and tongue wrapping lustfully around him, the hedgehog’s nose exhaling hotly against the fox’s velvety balls.  Tails surrendered to the pleasure of sucking, his mouth watering as he steadily pumped Sonic’s rod with lips and fist.  Echoes of salty sweat and slept-in skin thrilled his tongue and nose.  He craved this.  Focusing on the tasty, bulbous head, he licked under Sonic’s satiny foreskin, nipping and licking into its folds, thrilling as he felt his partner’s body tremble and thrust towards the pleasure he was giving.  Pausing to catch his breath, Tails swallowed the excess fluid, stroking and admiring Sonic’s cock.  Eager to please, he swallowed as much length as he could, cheeks bulging as the hedgehog’s tip pressed into his throat.  It tickled terribly.  Eyes watering, Tails stifled his reflexes, holding his breath and letting a bit more snake in, then a bit more, until his nose managed to bump Sonic’s balls.  Needing air and having no inches left to swallow, the fox boy slowly pulled up and off Sonic's cock, a long, clear strand briefly connecting it to his chin as he gulped for air.  “I did it!” beamed the horny fox proudly.  “I swallowed it all, Sonic!”  

       “Did... did Shadow teach you that!?  Nice!” panted Sonic, gripping the fox's bubble butt and squeezing.  He licked eagerly up and down the underside of Tails' tasty, wet shaft, the fox's silky, yellow-orange balls bumping and brushing his nose.  Sonic slid his thumb down into Tails’ crack, petting the fox’s petite pink ring in firm, pressing circles.  Ears flattening, Tails whimpered loudly at the probing hand and started to suckle Sonic once more.  “E-easy there, Tails,” implored Sonic bashfully.  “You have gotten good.  R--really good.  But I don’t wanna come just yet.  Let me spoil you for a bit.”  Pausing to stuff a pillow under his head, Sonic licked up the underside of Tails’ cock to his balls, suckling each in turn, then in unison, the wet noise of joyful slurping filling the room together with the fox’s appreciative moans.  Sonic tugged the tender orbs with his lips, letting them pop out wetly, only to be licked and suckled in once more.  The hedgehog licked higher still, across Tails’ feather-soft taint, kissing and nuzzling into the petite fuzzy triangle.  “Mmmff… gorgeous little bod.  I could just eat you,” rumbled Sonic softly.  “In fact, I think I will.”  Firmly gripping each mound, Sonic spread the fox’s cheeks and licked over his pink ring, his tongue pressing firmly up and down over the delicate, radiating folds.  

       Tails gasped, his eyes widening as the intense new pleasure radiated from his tongued, targeted foxhole.  “Oh, Sonic…” he whispered, his mouth hanging open as he slowly slumped against Sonic’s torso, eyes drooping to pleasured slits.  The hedgehog used his strong neck to help push and prod firmly, the tip of his tongue wiggling deeper into the fox boy’s smooth, tight folds.  Electrified, Tails’ cock throbbed hard, oozing precum anew onto Sonic’s chest, the fox boy’s arms going limp. Tails panted dreamily, his small, pleasured moans nearly nonstop.  “Suh… so naughty,” he drooled.  “Uhhhnnn…. you’re… you’re licking it… extra funny kiss…  feels so good, Sonic!”  Feeling the fox melt atop his body, Sonic playfully whacked the fox’s buttock and squeezed it.  “AH!!” yelped Tails, nuzzling into Sonic’s groin.  “More...”  Whacking the other cheek, Sonic used his thumbs to spread Tails’ wider still, stretching the fox’s pinkness as he licked, rimmed and suckled, his arousal billowing as he eagerly pleasured and prepared his boyfriend’s back door.

       “I think someone’s ready,” panted Sonic, spitting on his fingers and smearing the wet, freshly rimmed ring.  Reaching between their bodies, the hedgehog swabbed the precum Tails had leaked on his chest and added it, pushing in the slick mixture.  Tails grunted softly, biting his knuckles as Sonic’s finger turned inside him, slickening his passage.  “Okay, cutie.  On your side.”  Sonic gently rolled Tails off and spooned behind him, being careful to lay the fox’s namesakes over his hip.  “I thought maybe like this,” offered Sonic, kissing Tails’ cheek.  “It’s comfy.  And we can both control how we move.  There’s all kinds of positions, but…”  Sonic paused and blushed.  “This the one Dex said we should try first.”

       “You asked Dex?” giggled Tails softly, snuggling back and helping Sonic guide the tip of his cock to his wet ring.  “Did he show you when Amy wasn’t looking?”

       “What!?” stammered Sonic, the hedgehog playfully spanking the fox and laughing heartily.  “No, Dex did not show me, silly.  He’s into Amy.  And Amy would’ve killed us.  No, I asked because he used to be with Shadow.  I figured he’s gotta have some pointers, right?  Turns out he did.”  Licking his lips, Sonic slicked his bulbous cockhead up and down Tails’ crack, swabbing the fox’s tight, pink star in the slippery mix of spit, saliva and precum.  “There, we’re niiiiice and wet,” exhaled Sonic excitedly, feeling his tip pushing into Tails’ hot, tight ring.  “This is it, foxy,” he whispered.  “Ready?”

       Drawing a deep breath, Tails let the anticipation tingle through his skin and limbs, relaxing as best he could.  “I’m ready.  Just… just go slow, okay?”  Sonic nodded, kissing Tails’ shoulder before pushing in.  The hedgehog’s fat member slid and pressed firmly against the fox’s tight pucker, which resisted at first.  But as Sonic applied himself, the slickened boi pussy slowly gave way, opening and sliding over the tip.  “NNNnnnfff!” moaned the fox, his brow furrowing as the sensation of hot, slick stretching overtook him.  He could feel Sonic’s hardened girth, slowly but surely entering and prying open his ring, snaking past into his tight, virgin walls.  Tails bit his lower lip as the stretchy, almost burning sensation intensified, the fattest part of Sonic’s cock suddenly popping in.  “AH!!”  Tails’ ring began to spasm and clench, occupied now by thick, unyielding hedgehog cock.  

       Sonic felt Tails’ body tense, the whimpering fox’s eyes watering as he bit his fist and gripped Sonic’s hip.  The hedgehog halted his advance, gently caressing the fox’s chest ruff as he nuzzled his ear.  “Easy… easy…  I’m not moving.  Just relax, let your body adjust for a minute.  Do I need to pull out?”

       “No,” grunted Tails softly, clutching Sonic’s hand tightly to his chest.  “I…  I’m okay.  Just… you’re way bigger than the toy, hehe.” he sniffled softly, a few tears leaking down his face.  “I can do this.”

       Thinking back, Sonic calmly pried Tails’ buttock upwards with his fingers, stretching the impaled ring as he had moments earlier.  The relief was immediate; he heard Tails sigh deeply as the fox’s clenching abated.  “What else did Dex say?” muttered Sonic under his breath.  “First timers…  oh!”  Sonic smiled and kissed Tails’ neck.  “It’s only gonna hurt for a little bit, then it feels really good.  Try pushing a little.  Like, from inside.”

      “Okay,” panted Tails, wiggling back softly and pushing.  The difference surprised both as the rest of Sonic’s cock began to slide in easily, bringing forth a loud, mutual moan.  “Whoa!  OOOHHHhhhh..!  It’s going, Sonic.  So thick!”  Tails’ mouth hung open as he gripped the hedgehog’s arm for dear life.

       Sonic hoisted the fox’s leg, allowing him to penetrate steadily until the hedgehog’s big blue balls were pressed warmly to Tails’ taint, there being no length left to give.  The fox’s wonderfully tight tunnel felt like a hot, wet, velvet glove.  “Ohhhhh…  foxy, foxy, foxxxyy!” hissed Sonic, throbbing intensely as his eyes drew to lustful slits.  “You feel so good around me!”  Hooking his arm under Tails’ knee to keep it aloft, Sonic caressed Tails’ soft inner thigh.  “All inside now.  Still doing okay?”

       Tails nodded, his mouth hanging open as a fleck of drool appeared in the corner.  “Yeah… I feel it... your girth, the head, the--AH!!”  The fox groaned pleasurably as Sonic throbbed inside him.  “...and when you do that, hehe.  T-try moving now.”  Releasing Sonic’s hand, Tails slipped down to stroke himself, causing his anus to grip tighter still around Sonic’s hilt.

       “Niiiiice and slow for starters,” nodded Sonic, little beads of sweat forming on his brow and temples.  Gingerly pulling most of the way out, he pushed back in with a deep, pleasured sigh that mixed with Tails' moaning.  Thrusting slow and gently at first, Sonic savored every bit of Tails’ compact, hot body slipping and sliding over his cock, the fox’s walls hotly gripping it.  Seeing no further signs of discomfort, Sonic licked his lips and fucked just a little faster, heart racing as the wet heat from Tails’ body fed into his veiny organ.  The young hedgehog gyrated his hips slightly, feeling his cock pivot inside the gasping fox boy’s belly.  “Uhhhnnn!!  Ohhhhh… filling my fox…  I--  I don’t think I’m gonna last too long, Tails,” pleaded Sonic, notching his pace faster still as he leaked copiously inside the young fox’s box.  “You’re so dang tight, so hot!  Nnnnfff… taking me….”  Sonic felt his cockhead begin to bump into a firm, subtly raised area to the rear of the fox’s tunnel, the hedgehog’s aching, full balls beginning to draw tight.

       “Ohhhh!!! Suh-- Sonic!”  Tails jerked his curved cock rapidly, his bouncing, yellow-orange orbs slowly drawing up as well.  “You-- you’re hitting something!  UUUHHH!!  Like some kinda button, it’s-- OOOHHH!!!”  Tails’ eyes went big, the fox starting to buck his slender hips in time with the hedgehog’s quickening thrusts.  “It’s-- Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!!  It’s like a secret spot!  Feels like lightning when you bump it!  Ohhhhh…. DO me, Sonic!  Go faster!”  Dropping his cock, Tails gripped Sonic’s thrusting ass, helping to pull their bodies together, his insides alight with intense, stretchy, tingling, hot, squishy pleasure.

       Smacking into Tails’ ass with increasing abandon, Sonic’s hips began to blur as his full, tightened nutsack smacked loudly under the fox’s, the duo nearing release.  “Ohhh, sweet, sweet foxy… muh-- maybe that’s the prostrate?  Prostate?  I heard about it, it helps guys cum...”  Sonic nuzzled in and kissed the panting fox wetly, the pair licking and suckling lips as the pleasure mounted.  “Like… like I’m gonna--uh!  UH!  Oh, Tails!”  Sonic shifted his hips slightly to allow unencumbered motion, his fat prick coursing heedlessly in and out of the fox from head to hilt, the hedgehog hissing as a long, intense pulling sensation began deep within his body.

       Leaking freely, Tails toppled towards climax from the hedgehog’s adamant thrusts, filling and stretching him with rock-hard hedgehog.  The red-faced fox clutched Sonic’s hand and hip for dear life, his now untouched fox-cock bobbing wildly in time with Sonic’s pounding hips.  “Uhhh!  UHHH!!  UHHH!!!  Sonic!?  I… I’m gonna SQUIRT!”

       “You’re nuh--not even touching it?!” panted Sonic.  “How’s that wor--”

       “That tingly spot!  You’re hitting it!!” cried Tails, his eyes screwing shut as his straining erection started to jump and pulsate.  “UHHHNNNN!   Oh, SONIIIIIC!!”  As the thrusting, sweaty hedgehog watched in open-mouthed fascination, white, splashy jets of seed shot from Tails’ throbbing cock, one after another, spattering audibly far out across the bed covers.

       “Whoa!  Yeah, GO, Tails!  Come for me baby!"  Feeling the vocal fox’s ring and body contract rhythmically around him, Sonic clutched Tails close, giving him his final, fast, furious thrusts.  “Oh, Tails…  I’m-- I’m there!  Tuh--TAILS!  AAAAHH!  HAAAAHH!!  HHHRRRRGGGHHH!!!”  Sonic crammed himself balls deep into his fox, his cock jumping and bursting inside, filling him with hot, thick jets of pent-up cum.  Tails moaned loudly throughout as he felt the hot pool of hedgehog seed fill him and envelop the hedgehog’s pulsating, deeply buried bone.  It was some time before either of them moved or spoke, the sweaty, interlocked duo panting contently as they held one another.  Gently wiggling his impaled butt backwards, Tails made sure as much of Sonic stayed inside him for as long as possible.

       “Mmm….  I put all my stuff in you,” murred Sonic softly, caressing Tails’ belly in long, slow, loving circles.  “Did you really feel it?”

       Tails smiled dreamily and nodded.  “I did.  I still feel it, it’s really warm.  My butt’s all hot and squishy now.  And sore, hehe.  But it’s a good sore.  Because you gave it to me.”  Mated and merged, the pair cuddled and snuggled for quite some time, until Sonic had eventually softened.

       “I could stay like this all day, but I gotta pee now too,” chuckled Sonic softly.  He gingerly began to pull out, his softened cock followed by a copious helping of his seed, which flowed obscenely over Tails’ rump and onto the bed.  Suddenly aware what was happening, Tails tried to clench but was already soaked.  Blushing hard, the fox placed his fingers to his mouth.  “Ooops!  Oh, no.  Umm, Sonic?”

       Looking down, Sonic stifled a chuckle, not wanting to further embarrass his post-coital fox.  “Wow, I did blow hard, huh?  You're just too hot for me.  Stay put.”  Sonic kissed Tails’ beet red cheek and dashed into the bathroom, returning with a washcloth and cleaning the the fox’s glazed rump and the sheets with a smile.  “It’s natural Tails, don’t worry about it.  Happens to girls too.  If it can go in, it can come out.” Sonic kissed Tails’ hip and returned to the bathroom.  Once relieved and tidied, he returned to bed and pulled Tails close.  “I already wanna do it again,” giggled Sonic, bathed in afterglow and rubbing his lover's spent cock.

       “I actually like having your stuff inside me,” blushed Tails.  “But I’d also like to know if there’s some way around it, in case we're needed somewhere."

       Sonic snickered.  "How about a cork?"

       "That's not funny!" giggled the fox, smiling in spite of himself.

       Sonic winked and kissed him again.  "Maybe I’ll just pull out next time, shoot it all over your back or your tummy or something.  That way I don’t fill you like a water balloon, hehe.  What I wanna know is, what’s up with that tingle spot, that was cool!  Oh, almost forgot.  If Shad’s as good as you say, I vote you and me do those lessons with him.  If you still want to.  It’ll be you and me, Team Steadfast versus Mister Ultimate.  I’m sure he’d appreciate a nice big thank-you from both of us.  And who knows?  Maybe we can teach him a thing or two.  What do you say, foxy?”

       “I vote yes!” nodded Tails excitedly.

       “The motion carries.  It’s a deal, squishy-butt!”  Sonic squeezed Tails close and kissed deeply.  “We’ll give him had the best thank-you he’s ever had!”

Later that evening, circa 8 pm...

       Shadow rumbled into his driveway, the stiff, road-weary motorcyclist glad to see his house lights on.  The afternoon and evening had been long, hard, and, in some places, unpleasant.  But as he killed Dark Rider’s engine and dismounted, the thought of a relaxed dinner with his two special houseguests brought forth a smile.  Straightening his jacket, he pulled a large, carefully packed box of catered food from the rear of the bike and walked towards the porch past serenading crickets.  The perennial nighttime drizzle of Fern Forest felt lovely on his face.  He inhaled deeply, meditating for a few moments before going up the stairs, the day’s un-pleasantries neatly ushered from his practiced mind.  Opening his piercing amber eyes, he noticed nearly all the lights were on.  Thick, aromatic smoke billowed from the chimney, the fireplace roaring with a fresh fire.  There were odd noises.  Unsure what the state of affairs were inside his house, he silently hovered the rest of the way up the porch, careful to make no noise as his shoes lit upon the doormat.  He set the box aside and peered inside.

       Clothes lay scattered throughout the house.  Many of his prized quilts were now festooned into a crude blanket fort draped haphazardly over chairs, bookcases and tables.  Loud, hideous, thumpy music blared from his vintage high-end stereo.  Bags of half-eaten snacks lay scattered about, a few trampled into the antique rug, evidence his guests had walked to the store for unhealthy provisions.  Books lay pulled out or open everywhere.  Soda cans festooned the kitchen counter, next to a potted plant that appeared to have been repaired with duct tape.  Peering peevishly to the other side of the room, Shadow glimpsed Tails perched naked atop a comically high stack of couch cushions--all of them, by the looks if it--watching anime on a laptop, pausing only to snap pictures of Sonic with his cell phone.  For his part, Sonic had pulled some of the antique war clubs down from the fireplace mantle.  Naked too save an old theater cape he had found, the smiling blue hedgehog posed seductively in front of the fireplace, occasionally pausing to change artifacts or fondle his erection, presumably to keep it readied for the impromptu cell phone photo shoot.

       Closing his eyes and leaning his head against the door, Shadow sighed deeply as he heard one of the clubs predictably clatter to the floor, followed by raised voices and muffled laughter.  His phone vibrated in his jacket.  Pulling it out, Shadow glimpsed the new notices:

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       Raising his head, Shadow smiled wearily and took a deep, practiced breath.  “Ah, youth.  Wasted, as it always is, on the young.  I see some house rules shall have to be implemented.”  He retrieved the box and opened the door, his hover shoes clonking loudly on the foyer as he set the box down again and folded his arms.  “Good evening, gentlemen.  I see you have made yourselves very much at home.  I would like some explanations, though I suppose at this point it might be better just to have dinner."

       His cock bobbing comically, Sonic stood frozen in place in his cape in front of the fireplace as Tails sheepishly leapt from his perch and killed the music.  The blue hedgehog’s  mouth hung open for a second as Shadow’s eyes drew to narrow, smirking slits.  “Uh…  Tails made me do it?”","pools_count":1,"title":"TMS Chap. 6 - Homecoming","deleted":"f","public":"t","mimetype":"application/msword","pagecount":"1","rating_id":"2","rating_name":"Adult","ratings":[{"content_tag_id":"4","name":"Sexual Themes","description":"Erotic imagery, sexual activity or arousal","rating_id":"2"}],"submission_type_id":"12","type_name":"Writing - Document","guest_block":"t","friends_only":"f","comments_count":"6","views":"1012","sales_description":null,"forsale":"f","digitalsales":"f","printsales":"f","digital_price":""}