PoV: Fleetaway

  It almost felt like an illusion, that Sonic spoke. He hasn't done it since. He went. Back to his barks and whines like before. That didn't stop me from trying to get him to talk again.

"Sonic, say my name first," I was hold his breakfast away from him. He growled, "No, you'll get it when you say my name again."

  His cheeks puffed up, he was not enjoying this new rule.

"...e-ee... ay..." he snapped.

"Good boy," I put his food down and he ate.

  He only knew the vowels to my name, but his was enough. I knew a word to describe how he said my name in the back of my head, I just couldn't remember what it was.

"Childish? That seems right, but what the hell is that other word? Immature? Whatever," I ate my own fruit salad for breakfast, "Oh shit, I'm running low on food."

"Mm~" Sonic was by my feet, he had is bowl in his mouth.

"What?" I took the bowl from him.

"Aa~" he was getting more vocal now that I had gotten the message in his head that he needed to talk to get what he wants.

"You want water or juice?" I asked him.

  His head tilted to the side.

"Have I ever given you juice? I gave  you a smoothie once," I looked in the fridge and only found milk, "How about milk?" I looked at the expiration date, it was a week old, "Never mind. Time to buy food I guess... I can't take you out like this."

  He still couldn't walk upright, I couldn't, I couldn't take him anywhere with me.

"Fuck..." he wasn't healed enough for that day with Infinite either... "What the hell do I do with you?"

"...ee... ay..." he called me and bit my glove.

"All you want is to be carried all day," I picked him up and he purred in my arms, "that still doesn't solve our food problem- hm... Maybe that'll work.

  I opened my garage and I found exactly what I was looking for. If I pulled this off right, no one would notice Sonic, and all they would hear is the little dog cat animal he was imitating with his yelps and purrs. It was obviously going to take some construction, but hopefully it would turn out perfectly. I started by picking up all the backpacks I had and give Sonic a piece of beef jerky to chew on as I measured him.

"Alright, let's hope this works."

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