[Requested by firecooking, who no longer has a Wattpad.]
[There's not really any warnings, just enjoy the angst.]

It was always a bumpy road ever since I decided to take Tails in. I was still a young teenager who didn't know what the first thing to raising a kid was, so of course there were multiple downfalls. Like that time when I tried to teach him how to cook.

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"Are you sure we should be making this much chili dogs at one time?"

"It's not that much!"

"Sonic, we have four things of chili on the stove."

"It'll be fine, Tails. Trust me!"

"Sonic! It's catching on fire!"

"Tails, Tails. You're too young to understand that this is good. Brings the flavor."

"SONIC!"

That's when I opened my eyes. "Oh…."

And that's when the fire department was called.

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Yeah, that wasn't the best time, but at least I got us out in time! … Before getting hit by Knuckles for my 'incompetence' or whatever. But, hey, it wasn't all bad! After all, we are still the best of friends. We traveled the world together, just the two of us! He was always the best companion; my journeys use to be kinda lonely before I met him.

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"Aren't the stars beautiful, Sonic"

"They sure are, little buddy."

"I remember when my dad and I would watch them every night… before he… you know…."

"Tails…." I had looked to him, seeing tears in those blue eyes of his.

"Y-Yeah, Sonic?"

"I will watch these stars every night with you if you if it gets you to smile."

"What?"

"You're not ever going to cry on my watch, kid."

And then, he smiled to me, happiness shining in his eyes.

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I always loved to see my little bro smiling....

It doesn't seem like he does it a lot anymore after the, uh, incident….

Cosmo's death shook him up a lot…. I wanted to help, but I didn't know how.

Uncle Chuck never really taught me how to deal with these kind of things. I was more of an oblivious child. Tails was definitely not me when it came to deaths as a child. I never thought anything of it, and Uncle Chuck never really helped me understand the concept of death.

Maybe that's where I got my bad parenting skills from….

I guess I feel disappointed in myself for not trying harder…. Tails deserves to hate me….

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"Why is it that every time I try to help you, you always toss me in the background!?"

"Tails, that's not-"

"You don't need to keep up those lies, Sonic! You don't trust me!"

"What? Tails, I do-"

"Just leave me alone!"

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Tears. Small but not insignificant.

I didn't know Tails felt that way about me….

I was trying my hardest….

I was trying my hardest….

"Tails, please just listen to me!"

"No! Just go away!"

"Tails, you're crying!"

"These tears aren't yours to dry!"

"Please, I want to he-"

"YOU CAN'T!"

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They way he yelled….

I was only trying to help….

The way he looked to me….

I was only trying to help….

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"Tails, please…."

"I thought I told you to leave me alone…."

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I only wanted to help….

The anger in his eyes….

The distrust….

The forsaken….

I only wanted to help….

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"Tails, please just let me help you."

"No! I HATE you! I DON'T WANT YOU ANYWHERE NEAR ME, YOU POOR EXCUSE FOR A BROTHER!"

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I had left after that….

Those words left wounds in me….

And I don't think that they'd ever heal….

I never wanted him to think he was put in the background; I was only trying to protect him from danger….

I don't know how I ever thought I could take care of him….

I'm just a 16 year old hedgehog who can't even take care of himself….

Tails has a right to hate me….

Tails has a right to hate me….