Love Me

Chapter 41: Secure Me

The sounds of the airport, the hustle and bustle of Heathrow. It was time for the four of them to go to Japan, since their showdown not too long ago, Nine has had time to calm himself down, he never thought in a million years he'd hear himself call Sonic and Tails his family. While Sonic is at the check-in desk talking to the attendant there, Tails and Nine hold hands while Mangey just stands with Sonic, curious to see what he's doing.

"How are ya?" Tails asks Nine.

Nine grumbles, "Better..."

"You sure?"

"Mm"

"Alright"

"I-I still have goosebumps from what I said last night"

Tails looks at Nine who briefly makes eye contact with him, a smile appears on Tails face and he embraces him.

"I love you too... Little bro"

"Stop it, that's embarrassing"

Tails giggles and squeezes him tighter, Nine without hesitating embraces Tails back.

"Say it" Tails says.

"Say what?" Nine responds, not understanding what he wants him to do.

"You love me too" Tails responds, nudging him with his elbow.

Nine wants to punch him, but he can't deny he does indeed care about Tails too, so he sighs and...

"I love you too-"

Tails shouts excitedly and kisses his cheek, funny enough it makes Nine smile and he moans calmly.

"Hey, Cuddly and Snuggly! Let's go, we got a plane!" Sonic shouts.

"Shut up!" Nine and Tails shout in unison, separating from eachother when they hear Sonic call them that.

Sonic and Mangey start laughing, the two fire exasperated glares at them and grumble as the two pick fun at them for getting mushy with eachother. Even though Sonic and Mangey continue to laugh at them, Tails and Nine continue to hold hands... Just a bit tighter too.

When it was just Sonic and Tails at Dulles Airport in Washington DC they didn't have much of an issue getting passed security, but now that they had Nine and Mangey however...

"Why can't we go through security again" Nine grumbles.

"We can't because Tails' stuff could get taken, and we need his stuff," Sonic says.

All four of them are huddled under the blanket, the same one Tails used to sneak him and Sonic passed security back over in DC... And let's say... It wasn't big enough to cover all four of them, because they were all crammed together and were trying to go through a turned-off metal detector, and the fact they had bags wasn't making the situation any more comfortable at all. No one can see them thanks to the nanotech stitched into the fabric, but it is not comfortable for any of them as they stumble around and whisper and shout at each other.

"Gah! Come on! Take it easy back there!" Tails shouts.

"Hot" Mangey moans, visibly uncomfortable.

"Are we threw yet?" Nine grumbles.

"A-Almost" Tails responds.

Though they keep teetering around and bumping into piles of containers, they eventually make it through the metal detector and once they're far enough, Tails whips the blanket off and all take a moment to catch some fresh air.

"You need to find a better way to do that," Nine says.

"I'll work on it..." Tails answers with a sigh.