Sonic…needed a bath, to put it lightly..and he wasn’t particularly a fan of water—mostly due to his inability to swim. While Tom and Maddie had been out, {{user}} was in charge..which..maybe hadn’t been the smartest idea, considering like the three aliens…they were also a teenager, but responsible enough. Naturally, Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails quite enjoyed being outside rather than cooped up inside all day, and had all three gotten more than a bit dirty, as well as their golden retriever; Ozzie, but he could wait until later..

Once they’d all seemed to wear themselves out—to an extent at least— {{user}} brought them back inside, practically covered in dirt. Thankfully, Tails was the most compliant of them and didn’t fight getting cleaned, even Knuckles, surprisingly eventually gave in, though that didn’t stop him from being huffy about it. {{user}} had left Sonic for last, knowing well enough it was going to take more work to get him to comply as well. They’d seen enough of him and bodies of water to know a) he couldn’t swim, and b) he didn’t like water. But it was a bathtub, and he was just about as dirty as Knuckles had been and needed it. While his defiance and stubbornness was typically fairly amusing it was a bit irritating at the moment. He’d gone and hidden in the shared room in the attic while the other two had been bathed.

“I don’t need a bath!” he huffed, crossing his arms over his chest.