Samuel whimpers in fear and feels his cheeks start to get wet from tears as the figure's shadow is now over him. He grits his teeth and starts to shiver as the shadow's hands reach down and touch him.
Sammy feels the shadow pick him up and starts to cry out loud whilst kicking his legs, trying to break free from the shadow's grasp.
"MAMA, DADDY... HWELP ME!!"
Soon Samuel slowly looks up at the shadow but he is unable to tell who it is due to the darkness. Sammy soon sniffs the shadow and a familiar smell of chili helps him to identify the figure.
"...daddy?"
After hearing his name being called the figure cuddles his son close to him and gently rubs his back as Sammy starts sobbing and holding onto his scarf.
"Shh... it's ok, son. Daddy's here now..."
Sammy continues to sob and shivers in fear from the experience of the event. He soon looks down and notices that his father was looking down at his wet shorts and diaper. Sammy rubs his eyes with his hands to try and get rid of his tears.
"M-me sowwy daddy... me dwidn't mwean to hwave an accidwent!"
The figure, who turned out to be Sonic, soon kisses his son's cheek and puts him on his shoulder.
"It's ok... it wasn't your fault. Besides, I'm just thankful that you're safe and I'm sorry that I scared you, little buddy."
Soon another howling sound is heard. Samuel yells and starts crying whilst holding onto Sonic's shoulder.
Sonic rubs his nose against his son's muzzle in order to comfort him and soon looks down at Sammy's leg. He notices the cut and gently lays Sammy down onto the ground before lowering his ears.
"I'm so sorry, son... it's all my fault, all of this was caused by me!"
The blue blur takes off his scarf and uses it to wipe away the blood from the cut. Sammy winces from the pain but watches as Sonic takes off a bit of the bandage from his leg and gently wraps it around his cut.
"Me dwon't bwame wou, daddy... it was all mwy fwault anyway."
Sonic kneels down in front of Samuel and starts to change his diaper and shorts.
"Why do you think that, son?"
"Cwause all me ever dwo is mwess things up... me jwust wanted to mwake wou pwoud bwy proving that I'm fwast."
Sonic smiles and gently rubs his ear.
"We're both proud of you, son. You're the best thing that ever happened to us. You've ALWAYS made us proud."
Samuel sniffs and rubs his eyes.
"B-bwut me always gwet in the way of you and mwama... ever swince mwummy has bween pwegnant she's hwated me."
Sonic helps Sammy up before putting a hand on his shoulder and pulling him into a hug.
"You haven't been in the way, son... your mother's just been stressing out about the baby, she doesn't mean to be angry."
Sammy looks down in a guilty way before his ear twitches from a rustling sound. Sonic feels his ear twitch too and stands in front of Sammy as he grips onto his father's leg.
"D-daddy? W-what's that noise?"
"I don't know, son... stay behind me."
The rustle gets louder until a figure emerges. The figure soon turns out to be Kira. She gasps as she sees Sonic and Samuel.
"Mama?"
"Honey, what are you doing here?"
"I was worried... there's meant to be a storm later and I wanted to make sure that you were ok."
The young female soon runs over and kneels down slowly before opening her arms out to Sammy.
"Sammy... I was so worried! Are you alright?!"
The little hedgehoglet lowers his ears and looks away from her, worried that she was still angry at him.
"Sammy?"
Kira soon lowers her ears too and turns to Sonic before turning back to him. She understood why he wasn't responding and sighs a little.
"I'm really sorry about how I've been acting lately, sweetheart. I know I've been getting angry a lot, but mummy's just stressed at the moment. Can you forgive me?"
Kira looks at Samuel with a sincere facial expression and holds her arms out. Sammy looks down them back up before smiling a little and running over to his mother. He wraps his arms around her neck and cuddles her.
The young female smiles and cuddles him back before kissing his cheek.
"I love you, sweetheart... don't you ever think that I don't. You're precious to me. Are you hurt at all, my darling?"
Samuel lowers his ears as he looks down at his leg.
"Me hwave a bwad knee... me scratched it when me fwell over."
"My poor angel... here, let mummy kiss it better for you. We can put a band-aid on it when we get home, ok?"
Sammy watches as Kira gently kisses his knee. She then strokes the back of her hand against his muzzle before kissing his nose. Sammy giggles and gently touches her muzzle.
All of sudden Kira gasps as the baby kicks her. Sonic looks over, worriedly.
"A-are you ok, honey?!"
Kira smiles and nods before gently placing Samuel's hand on her tummy. She watches as Samuel makes a surprised facial expression.
"Did you feel that, sweetie? That's your little brother or sister..."
Sammy smiles widely and wags his tail.
"Wow! Weally?"
"Mmm hmm, I think he or she is trying to say hello."
Sonic smiles as he kneels down on the ground and feels Kira's tummy. He wags his tail and looks up at Sammy.
"You know, son... earlier you showed a lot of instinct."
Kira looks down at Sammy and smiles.
"Really?"
Sonic smiles too and kneels down before ruffling his hair.
"Yeah, he was pretty brave. He marked his territory and got into a defensive position... pretty much like an adult hedgehog protector."
Kira smiles and gently ruffles Sammy's hair too before looking back up at Sonic.
"Well... he had a good teacher."
Sonic blushes and rubs the back of his head with his hand.
"Aw shucks..."
Kira giggles and picks Samuel up before kissing his cheek once again.
"I bet the next lesson will be learning how to spindash!"
Samuel smiles widely.
"Yweah, yweah... me wanna be way pwast cwool wike daddy!"
Kira smiles and shakes her head at Sonic.
"I see he's been learning your language too..."
"Hey, the kid's gotta learn these things for future reference..."
Kira and Sonic continue to talk to each other as they walk home. Samuel, on the other hand, is now snuggled into his mother's chest, listening to her heartbeat.
"Mama? Daddy?"
Sonic and Kira both stop talking and smile down at Sammy.
"Yes, sweetpea?"
"What's up, son?"
"Me dwidn't mean what me swaid before... me dwon't hate wou, me wove you."
Kira and Sonic smile at each other before both kissing his cheeks at once. Samuel giggles.
"We love you too, sweetheart."
"And we'll always love you, son... never forget that."
