Sonic woke up to the whistling of the wind outside.
Grumbling he turned over in his bed trying to get back to his peaceful slumber.
He heard a loud bang of thunder as well as a slight whimpering sound made by the wind.
Wait a minute...whimpering.

Blinking his eyes he looked around and saw a trembling lump curled up on Tails' bed.
A yelp as well as a bit of a orange and white tipped tail confirmed the lump was Tails.

Sonic got up and tiptoed over to Tails' bed.
"Tails, you okay bud?" Sonic whispered.
Tails peeked out from the blanket covering his small body and looked at Sonic.
"It's scary." Tails mumbled.
"What is bud, the rain?" Sonic asked.

There was suddenly another loud bang of thunder as well as a bright flash of lightning and Tails squeaked in fright hiding under the blankets.
"Oh, the thunder is what's scaring you." Sonic and and Tails nodded.
"I know it's silly but it just scares me." Tails said

Sonic gently put his hand under Tails' chin and glassy cyan eyes met emerald green.
"Hey, it's not silly to be afraid of something, I'm afraid of deep bodies of water remember." Sonic said.
"But you still saved Knuckles from drowning, yet I can't even ignore a storm." Tails said miserably.
"That doesn't mean I wasn't scared, heck I was terrified, I saved him before it was the right thing to do not because I was trying to be brave." Sonic said.

"Oh." Tails mumbled looking down again.
Sonic gently stroked behind Tails' ears the comforting action getting a small purr out of the kit.
"Cmom, let's go downstairs and camp out in the living room, it's less loud down there." Sonic said scooping up the very small and very light fox kit in his arms.

They headed downstairs and Tails was thankful to find the storm was less loud than it was in the attic.
The two cuddled up on the couch and Sonic was about to drift off again when Tails spoke again.

"Thanks Sonic." Tails mumbled eyes closed and one of his ears resting on Sonic's chest listening to his heartbeat.
"No problem little bro, now sleep." Sonic said stroking Tails' bangs affectionately.
Sonic stayed awake until he heard Tails' breathing evened out as the kit drifted off, a soft snoring sound confirming he was now in a deep sleep.
Chuckling Sonic fell asleep himself, determined to shield his little brother from the storm outside.