NB - Chapter 4: Sibling Reunion and Stage Fright?

“D.T.!” Tails exclaimed, running up to hug his dear twin-tailed brother.

Jacob Prower, also known as D.T. by Tails and his friends, is Tails’ older brother. He is a 14-year old 2-tailed red fox that is as tall as Sonic and part and lead vocalist of his band, called “The Mutation Effect”. Coincidentally, he will be performing today by the village grounds in Town Square.

“Oh, I am so excited to see you, bro!” Tails said happily.

“I’m excited as well, buddy!” D.T. said. “How’s it been?”

Tails hung his head low due to his depressed state and was quivering a bit because of 2 reasons: he’s mentally suffering right now and is at a point of crying.

“What’s wrong, dude?” D.T. asked

“Uh… nothing….” Tails responded quietly.

“You can tell me, bro… I’m your brother…” D.T. said.

“Um…. nothing, really….” Tails said quietly.

“Hey Sonic!” D.T. exclaimed.

“Huh?” Sonic asked idiotically.

“Has Tails been depressed lately?” D.T. asked.

“I don’t know…” Sonic said. “Tails, are you?”

Tails eventually started crying and runs back to his room, locks it up, and he even boarded up the door with objects that are around in his room. Luckily, D.T. is not an idiot, which Tails sees from him on occasion, and just goes around outside the hut and jumps in the open window to his room.

“Leave me alone, D.T….” Tails begged while laying down in bed, crying.

“Please Tails, tell me what’s wrong…. I want to help…” D.T. commented while rubbing his back gently to soothe his pains a little.

“*sniff* Alright…. you can tell that I’m depressed…” Tails said quietly.

“About what?” D.T. asked.

“I’d rather not talk about it….” Tails responded.

“Fine… but at least you were honest about being depressed…”

“Can you help me, bro? What can I do to control this negative emotion?” Tails begged.

“So far that I can think is think positive… That’s all what I have…” D.T. responded.

“*sigh* I’ll try…” Tails reassured D.T. with his advice. “But… I need advice for something else….”

“About what, Tails?” D.T. asked.

“It’s about Sticks…” Tails said shyly.

D.T. starts showing a very big grin because he thinks he knows what is going on with his younger brother.

“Let me guess… you like Sticks?” D.T. asked with a sparkly face.

Tails blushed in embarrassment at the face he’s making while asking the question. “Uh….. Umm…. Ye-yeah….” Tails said in embarrassment and kept his head low by blushing.

“Take her to my concert, then I will have you finish the concert on-stage while perfor-”

“WHAT?!?” Tails asked in a booming voice, while being embarrassed about the ideas D.T. has for him.

“But don’t worry, you will be fine, and I have the perfect song for you to sing…” D.T. commented.

-1 HOUR LATER-

Tails arrived to Sticks’ burrow in the forest and went inside to check on Sticks to see how’s she’s doing. So far, what he sees is that she’s still sleeping, beautifully… which made Tails blush. She starts waking up by being an obnoxious stretcher at first, but she started opening her eyes. Much to her surprise, she didn’t know Tails was standing next to her, which made her startle a bit, but they both blushed because the unexpected happened.

“Oh! Uh… Hi Tails. What are you doing here?” asked an embarrassed badger.

“I uh…. just wa-wanted to ch-check on you to see if you’re okay…” Tails replied.

“Oh, uh….. I’m actually fine. Thanks for asking. But what is the real reason that you’re here? Did you get your returned favor this morning?” Sticks asked.

Tails approached Sticks and gave her a tight hug, which made her blush. “Thanks Sticks. That was thoughtful of you for inviting D.T. here. Anyway, I actually wanted to ask you something…” Tails stated.

“Sure, what is it Tails?” Sticks asked in curiosity.

“Uh….” Tails monotoned while blushing. “W-Would you l-like to go to the c-concert with me…?”

Sticks just stared at him, smiling at the blushing kitsune, but accepted his invitation kindly. “Sure Tails. Wanna go now?”

“Alright, let’s go then…” Tails said, chuckling nervously.

-30 MINUTES LATER-

The Sonic gang arrive to D.T.’s concert while they were making the last minute preparations before the concert starts. Sonic purposely volunteered to help out make the last minute preps since he is the fastest hedgehog, and took advantage of his super speed. After 5 minutes, the concert officially starts with an introduction from D.T.

“ALRIGHT EVERYONE! WE ARE THE MUTATION EFFECT, AND I HAVE A QUESTION…. ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?!?!”

Everyone in the crowd cheered as the group started performing which seemed for hours. The Sonic gang just danced and “partied” to the group’s performance After almost 2 hours of non-stop music playing, D.T. started talking on the microphone, which made a specific person nervous at an instant, but was brave enough to start walking up.

“Alright everyone, so some of you know, this is my brother Tails. It’s better not to give a bio because I know all of you can be mean and fall asleep during the bio since you know what it’s about. Going off-topic, anyway, the reason he’s up here with me today is that he is going to sing a very special song for a very special girl in the audience…”

At that very instant, Sticks blushed extremely red because she knows that D.T. is referring to her and Tails. But also in another note, Tails is blushing because of that and he’s performing with his hidden talent in front of everyone, especially Sticks. The Sonic gang was also surprised that not only Tails was up on stage, but he’s performing live.

“H-Hello everyone…. *gulp* This song is called: Never Knew I Needed…” Tails said nervously.