Hello, everybody! Yes, it's finally here! Chapter Two of My Rival's Brother has arrived! Who's excited? I know I am! I know it's been a long time since I last updated this story, and I'm sorry about that, but the wait's over, and you guys get the reward of an extra long chapter! Enjoy!

Chapter Two: Twinkle Park

Wow… Fireworks are seriously going off in my mind right now! So many of them are going that I think my brain and heart could explode! But… I seriously thought Tails was the straightest fox ever. With the major crushes he had on both Cosmo and Cream, I could swear he's straight. I guess not, though. Oh, well! Who cares? I'm kissing Tails! I wrap my arms around Tails' neck, and he does the same around my torso as we pull each other deeper into the kiss, but we soon run out of breath, and we have to pull away.

"Whoa…" I mutter, and the little orange fox smiles.

"I've never kissed anyone before," he starts, "so I didn't know if I did a good job or not, but judging from your reaction, I'd say you definitely felt the same thing I did! Wanna do it again?"

Without even bothering to reply back with words, I kiss him right away, and I almost end up knocking him back onto the armrest, but he regains his balance and kisses me back with all his might. When we let each other go again, we're both smiling contently.

"Umm… Guys?" says a voice from behind me in the form of a question. "I'm still here." Crap! Sonic is still here, isn't he? I completely forgot about him! Tails glares at him, and he backs off a bit. "All right, all right… I can take a hint… Jeez… I'll go for a run. Just don't go getting laid, Tails," he jokes, and the fox's face turns red as a tomato.

The cobalt hedgehog gets up and smirks as he dashes out the front door, closing it behind him. "Now…" starts Tails. "Where were we?"

Oh, I don't really know where we were, but I know where I wanna go. Let's test something out… I start dancing my fingers along the back of Tails' neck, and sure enough, he starts laughing and squirming. "Oh, God! Silver, stop it! Please!" Nope! I'm not gonna be that merciful! I start tickling his sides and his stomach, and he kicks and everything, and tears start gathering in his sky blue eyes. "I'm begging you, stop! STOP!" After a few more seconds of making him suffer, I comply with his wishes.

"Hehe…! You're one cruel hedgehog…" he jokes.

I crack a smile. "I know!" I lean down and plant a small kiss on his lips. Now what to do…

Tails looks nervously at his hands as he sits up and says, "Hey, Silver, I was wondering… They're having that special at Twinkle Park again… Y'know, the one where cute couples get in free… So, can you… Um…" I guess his nervous side is returning after that little burst of courage he had when he kissed me.

"Go with you?" I finish. He looks at me pleadingly, his blue eyes staring right into my golden ones. How can a pair of eyes look that mesmerizing? I want to go anyway, but who could refuse a face like that? He's so cute! "I'd love to, Tails. In my mind, we're definitely a cute couple. I just hope they'd accept gay couples as cute…" I'd still want to go even if they didn't. There's nothing that they can do to stop us from getting in if we pay, but I'd honestly rather not pay.

The orange kit cuddles up against my side, and I wrap my arm around him. "Of course they'll think we're a cute couple. Besides, one time, I got in because I was cute! The girl at the counter said I was the most adorable thing in the world." He looks at me once again. "Do you think I'm the most adorable thing in the world, Silv?" How could I possibly say anything but yes to him? He's the cutest boy I've ever seen in my entire life!

"Of course. You're the cutest thing that's ever existed on Mobius. You're even cuter than a baby. Although, seeing you as a baby would have been the most adorable thing imaginable." He smiles as he runs upstairs for a second before coming back down with a photo album.

"Well, then, I'll have to show you that before we leave!" Oh, this is gonna look so freakin' cute! He looks through the album before finding a picture of his baby self looking curiously at the camera with big and beady blue eyes. Oh, my God! I'm about to die from overexposure to cuteness! There's a small smile on his tiny muzzle, and he's reaching forward with already gloved hands, as if trying to get the camera.

"Dang, you were such a cute baby that I could die!" I exclaim in glee. He chuckles and gives me a quick peck on the cheek, making me blush.

"Thanks!" He sets the album down on the coffee table. "Now, are we gonna go to Twinkle Park or not?"

I nod and smile. "Okay. Let's go!" We both leave the house, and Tails doesn't lock the door.

When I look at him funny, he replies, "I don't need to lock it. Sonic doesn't have a key, and no one would dare steal from us, anyway. Not since Eggman dropped off the face of Mobius." Makes sense… I start to walk toward the train station, but Tails grabs my hand, causing me to blush once again. "Nope. We're not taking the train. We're flying there!" He starts hovering above me. "Grab onto me." I hesitate to do so. "What's wrong? Are you afraid of heights?"

Right on the nose… "Yes… A lot…" I get to thinking, though… There's no way Tails would drop me. He's too strong and too caring to even do something like that involuntarily. "…But I trust you…" I say after a few seconds.

I grab his dangling hands, and he starts spinning his namesakes faster, giving us more lift, and soon, I'm off the ground, squeezing Tails' hands for dear life. "Silver, how can you be acrophobic when you could just catch yourself with your kinesis? I've even seen you hover before!"

I can feel the blush rising up to my cheeks again. "I just am, okay? It's irrational, I know, but I can't help it."

Tails smiles and starts flying in the direction of Station Square. "Whatever you say." As we start to get higher up, the ground starts to appear smaller and smaller, and I whimper and close my eyes. "C'mon, don't be scared. It's exciting and fun to fly! Open your eyes!" When I don't do so, he leans down and kisses me on the forehead. "Just open your eyes for a quick second."

I hesitantly do what he says, and when I do, I find myself looking at one of the most beautiful scenes of my life. "Wow… The Ruins look so beautiful from up here!"

"Yeah. Sonic and I go flying around here just to look at the gorgeous scenery." And I can see why! Suddenly, my acrophobia leaves me, and I find myself looking at the amazing view as we fly to Station Square. However, as the beautiful scenery starts to recede, I find myself starting to get scared again. "Don't worry, Silver, we're almost there," coos Tails.

Within a few minutes, we're thankfully at the park entrance, and the person working the counter is… "Amy?" I exclaim in surprise. "Since when do you work here?"

The pink hedgehog snaps out of her extremely bored look and scans around for the person who just spoke to her until she sees the two of us. "Silver! Tails! How nice to see you guys! Finally, someone I can talk to!" We both walk up to her, and Tails starts to hold my hand. Should I pull it away? No, I shouldn't. Tails wouldn't like to keep our relationship a secret. He's not that type of person. It feels nice to have him hold my hand, though.

"So, how have things been going, Amy?" asks Tails.

She slightly shrugs. "Besides getting a job here, it's been the same old stuff. I'm glad I finally gave up on Sonic. I feel a lot happier all the time now!" And then, her gaze falls to our clasped hands. "Why are you guys holding hands? Silver, you do know that Tails isn't a little kid anymore, right?"

Tails' muzzle turns slightly pink before he replies, "Th-that's not what's going on. Y'see, Silver and I are here on a date together." He pecks me on the cheek, and out in public, it makes me blush even more.

It takes Amy a few seconds to process everything. "So wait, Silver, you're gay?" I nod. "And Tails, you are, too?"

Tails shakes his head. "Nope. I'm bisexual." That explains his crushes on Cosmo and Cream… "Anyway, are we a cute enough couple to get in for free?"

The pink hedgehog smiles. "Are you kidding me? You two are adorable together! Of course I'll let you in for free, but…" Oh, great… What's she gonna have us do? "I want you two to pose for a picture first!" Of course… She takes out her phone. "Okay… Silver, let's have you hug Tails while he gives you a cute little kiss on the cheek!" Ugh… I don't wanna! Trust me, you don't know how embarrassing it is to do almost anything for Amy… but I'm being paranoid. It's just a harmless little picture.

We get in the pose that she wanted us in, and she quickly snaps the photo. "Aww! How cuuuuute!" she exclaims as she looks at the picture. We walk over to her, and she shows it to us.

Tails smiles widely. "We do look cute! What do you think, Silv?"

"I guess…" I'm really not sure how to respond to the picture. I agree with Tails; we look cute, but I'm kinda nervous about saying that aloud. After all, I only just came out…

"What's wrong with him?" asks Amy.

"He's just nervous, that's all." He looks at me, his blue eyes full of calmness. "Silver, there's no need to be embarrassed or nervous or anything. If anyone thinks badly of us, it's their problem, not ours. Besides, everyone who knows so far has accepted you. Knuckles even apologized last night after you left. Be proud to be gay, Silver!" He hugs me, and all of my worries seem to dissipate while I'm in his embrace.

When he releases me, I say, "Thanks, Tails."

He smiles. "What kinda boyfriend would I be if I couldn't comfort you? Now, let's head into the park! I wanna go on the rollercoaster, and maybe the go-carts, too!" R-r-rollercoaster? Oh, boy… More heights… That's just awesome… "Or judging from your face, we might want to start out with something more relaxing, like mini golf."

I smile. "That sounds good… Tailsy." Oh, man, I hope I didn't make a mistake by calling him Tailsy…

"Tailsy, huh? I like that nickname!" He takes my hand once again, and we walk out into the park. I've never been here before… The park definitely lives up to its reputation even from just looking at it. "All right, the mini golf course is this way!" Tails starts dragging me along as he runs in the direction of the mini golf course. When he arrives there, he grabs us both a club and a ball. "Okay, Silv, how 'bout you go first!"

Well, this is embarrassing… I was hoping to watch him do it first… "Um… That's not a good idea… I've never played mini golf before…"

Tails' eyes widen out of surprise. "Really? Well, then, I'll have to show you!" He takes my golf ball and puts it on the ground at the start of the hole before he takes me over and positions me to the left of it. Then, he gets behind me as I start gripping the club the way I've seen others do it before his own hands wrap around mine. Oh, it feels heavenly to have our two bodies this close together! "Okay, so, all you do is bring the club back just a bit, keeping it at the same angle, and then you hit it, but you can't hit it too hard or too soft. And if you hit it right…" he brings the club back and hits the ball, after which it goes right in the hole, "it'll go straight into the hole."

He unwraps his hands from my club and steps away from me before he goes and retrieves my ball from the hole. "Okay, now you try." He sets it down on the ground, and soon after, I hit it the exact way he did, or as much like it as I can, and it goes into the hole on my first try. "All right, Silver!" he exclaims. We then do all of the eighteen holes, and in the end, despite my inexperience, I actually ended up beating him by about two strokes.

"I actually did pretty well, didn't I?" I ask.

"You kidding me, Silv? You did great!" We start walking away from the mini golf course when something near it seems to catch Tails' eye. "A love tunnel? I've always wanted to go on one of those! And now I've got someone to go on it with! Do you wanna go on it?" He starts looking at me with pleading eyes.

"I… dunno…" I'm really not sure about that one… I mean, we did only just start dating… but… those eyes…! How could anyone refuse those eyes? They're just so cute! "I guess…"

He smiles and exclaims, "Yes!" He once again grabs my hand and starts pulling me along. When we arrive at the ride, Tails says to the attendant, "We'd like to go on the ride, please."

The female mink smiles at him and replies back with a southern drawl, "Why, sure thing, sugar, but it looks like you don't have a proper date for it!"

Tails looks back at me. "Well, ya see, that's not—"

He's interrupted, though. "Would you want someone to actually go with you?" Well, someone's being rather pushy…

"Look, I already have—"

"No, you don't, silly! If you do, where's the lucky gal?"

"There's no lucky 'gal'!" I snap. "Instead, there's a lucky guy, and I'm the lucky guy! Now stop flirting with my boyfriend!"

She blinks twice. "I'm sorry, but did you just say he's your boyfriend?" I nod. "That can't be true! Everyone knows Tails the Fox isn't gay!"

"But I—" but Tails is interrupted again… Man, just how rude is this girl?

"Is he your boyfriend, Tails? I don't think he's tellin' the truth!"

"Stop making stupid accusations!" he exclaims. "Silver is my boyfriend, and while you're right that I'm not gay, I'm certainly not straight, either! Now let us onto the ride and stop flirting with me!"

"…Okay, okay, no need to get feisty there…" She stays silent the rest of the time as she opens the gate and lets us into the car before closing the safety bar on us. She then sends us into the tunnel, and we're plunged into darkness. I hate the dark… It reminds me of the bad future… and how it was always dark…

"Silver, are you okay?" I guess I'm shaking a bit… "You don't need to be scared. Nothing's going to happen to us. It's a love ride, not a frightening one." Before long, the lights come on, and we're surrounded by blue water and waterfalls along with beautiful lights. There are also patches of grass and flowers. "Wow! This is so romantic!"

He's right. I expected it to be all hearts and everything, but this is actually a legitimately romantic ride. "Yeah. It's beautiful."

"Yeah, but you're more beautiful."

I blush. "I-I am?"

Tails nods. "Yup. I… have to admit something. I've had a crush on you for a while, too. Probably since we first met. Yeah, I've had some crushes on other girls and guys, even Sonic, but none of them have lasted this long." He's had a crush on me for almost five years? "Over the years, that crush started to turn into something more. I was falling in love with you. That's why I defended you so often, even at dinner the other night, because I didn't want anyone to hurt you. That's why I was so excited to kiss you, because I finally knew that you felt the same way about me. That's why I acted this way in public, because I wanted everyone to know that there's no shame in this, and so I could show you that it's good that we love each other. Silver, I love you, and you're the most beautiful person I've ever laid eyes on."

Wow… "I wish I had something that heartfelt to say…"

"You don't need to." He presses his lips against mine, and this time, it feels even better when I return the kiss as Tails wraps his arms around my neck, and then I do the same around his torso. I even lose track of time because I'm so entranced by this kiss. Eventually, I hear a squeal and break the kiss, and I look around to see that we're out of the tunnel, and that Amy is standing by the exit, once again with her phone out.

"You two are just so adorable!" Both Tails and I give her a nervous smile as she flips her phone around and shows us the picture.

"Did you really have to take a picture of us while we were kissing?" I ask, and she nods.

"Of course! How could I let such a cute moment go to waste! You know you guys kept kissing for like a whole thirty seconds after the ride was over, right?" And we both blush as she releases our safety bar. "Do you guys mind if I post this up on Facebook?" Our faces flush even more.

"O-o-o-o-o-f course we'd mind, Amy!" I manage to stutter out.

She folds her arms and makes an exaggerated pout as she pretends to be mad at me. "You're so mean, Silver…" But her face immediately lightens up. "All right, all right, I won't post it, I promise."

After that little event, Tails and I go and spend the rest of our time at the park riding thrill rides and just having fun.

That was Chapter Two, everybody! I hope you all liked it!

Silver: I know I did, 'cause I got to kiss Tails three times!

Tails: …And I had to spew out some romantic and heartfelt stuff… Oh, well! If it means I get to spend more time with Silver, then I'm up for it!

That's good to hear! ^_^

Silver: Aww! That's so sweet! I love you, Tailsy!

Well, that's that! Chapter two of Cyborg Hedgehog should be out really soon! Stay tuned, and keep on the lookout for updates on Dark Embrace, too! Until next time, everyone!

-Tails Luv-er