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"Damn it Raph! You can't just come and go whenever you want! How many times do we have to do this until you can get it into your thick skull?"

"Gee, I don't know Fearless, I never asked you to butt in and boss me around!"

"I "butt in" because I am the leader. This bad habit of yours can get you and others hurt! You might didn't even think about that, all that matters to you is you."

"Whatever. Fuck off, Leo. I'm not in the mood for this." Raph walked pass Leo, bumping hard on Leo's shoulder, earning a glare from Leo.

"Where do you think you're going?!"

"Fuck off Leo." Raph simply said, still walking away from his eldest brother.

After Raph had left the living room, Leonardo rubs his temples and sighes, "How can he never understand the consequences of his actions? How hard is it to understand that?!" Leo felt like he wanted to punch something. He fisted his hands, "No. No…" He shakes his head, trying to clear his head, "This won't do me any good. Maybe tomorrow I'll speak to-"

"Leo?"

Leo suppressed his flinch, he knew their talk might draw some attention, thankfully it wasn't Sensei. He turns to look at the turtle behind him. Michelangelo's eyes never fail to calm his own building temper. It may be kinda wrong, but seeing those eyes filled with concerns, it just adds more beauty in them. Suddenly he felt his heart quicken its pace. Shell, it's already wrong to feel this way towards his little brother. "You okay, dude?" Mikey asked, snapping Leo out of the trance.

"Mikey? I thought you're already in drooling land." Leo said and smiles as his Mikey grins.

"Nah, dude. Can't sleep. I was minding my own biz (comics) when I heard you guys. Just checkin' you two to play nice."

Leo smile turns into a frown, "Great." He thought, "Now I disturbed his sleep. Great job Fearless." That last part sounded like how Raph usually mocks him.

"Hey, Hey. Where did that smile go? Y'know you can always talk to me about anything, bro. I'm all ears!" Mikey smiles and nudged his shoulder, "I know Raphie can be a douche, got many experiences in this, dude. The noogie is the worst." Mikey rubs his head, remembering all of the ultimate noogies. Leo clears his throat, telling Mikey to continue,

"Oh, Sorry, Ahem... My point is that he might be a big dumb douche gorilla… But we all know that Raphie means well, he must have a pretty rough day, y'know? We all have that sometimes. Y'know?"

As simple as that… Mikey easily put back the smile on his face. Leo patted his head, "Thanks Mikey. And try get some sleep, it's getting pretty late." And with that he turns to head back to his room, trying hard not to look back at his perfect little brother. It was easier when Mikey stayed quiet as he made his escape, yes, escape.

His heart have been drumming hard. It still is even when he's already far away from his little brother. Leo can't hold himself if he stayed there for another minute, especially after Mikey be that cute. Even simple and friendly gestures like that, already gave him a burning sensations in both of his heart and stomach... At the same time.

Inside his room, Leo quickly closes the door and took a deep breath, trying to relax. He goes and lays down on his futon, still trying to slow down his drumming heart. He unmasked himself and put the mask next to the futon. Without his mask, the feelings are even more intense, absurdly intense.
Mikey has always affected him like this ever since he was 8. It was confusing at first, nearly made him loses his mind which still is, sometimes. Yep, it's true, it's just that crazy.

Believe it or not, it all started so innocently really, despite the troubles he got from it. The four of them were role-playing in the living room, Raph the Paladin, Donnie the Wizard, he was a Samurai, and Mikey is some Superhero. He didn't exactly remember the name, Turleboy…man maybe, but that's not important. They are about to fight a sewer monster, a huge mutated half crocodile half alligator monster, not disrespecting Leatherhead of course and to their defense, they just saw a movie about it which was a bit ridiculous, how can they kept tripping on stuff? Ridiculous.

Anyway, they were playing just fine until Raphael told them to play in the sewers, he sounded so confident with it, like there's nothing wrong with that idea. They all knew that father forbid them to go to the sewers and Leo knew well enough of the reason, the sewer was too dangerous for young ones.
He was about to tell Raph, but then Mikey agreed to his idea, jumping all excitedly… And then it happened, Mikey moved closer to him, looking at him with those big baby blue eyes, asking him if they could play in the sewers.

Those eyes just mesmerized him, he felt his face started to warm up, and when he managed to get the words out, it came out to stutter a bit. In the end, he let them all play in the sewers, and that was the very first rule he broke. But it was worth it, seeing Mikey smiled, seeing him happy.

"Damn. I have it pretty bad… haven't I?" He asked the ceiling.

Growing up with the newfound feeling was hard on some days, and the changes in Mikey didn't help either. He is beautiful, inside and out. His bubbly personality and a gold heart, then those eyes he loves and his… lithe flexible body… With all the right curves… And those perky ass…

"S..Shell…" Leo flushed when he felt himself getting hard. It always ends up like this.

"Well… It might help me sleep better later…" He shrugs, then sit up, giving in to his desires.

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"Good morning!" Mikey cheerfully said to Leo while serving Donatello his usual mug of coffee at the table. Don grunts at the loud voice, "Keep it down, Mikey…" he mumbles. "Morning." Leo replied, taking a seat at the table.

"Drink up Donnie, I made your faves." Mikey said, but then quickly went to the kitchen.

Leo feels like there's something strange with his cheery brother's behavior, or it could be nothing. Probably doing his usual morning routines with an empty stomach is starting to backfire.
He's always the first to awake, well after father of course. A quick wash and then off to the dojo, perfecting his katas since he had some time before the actual training session. Father always there with their tea every single morning.

"I heard you guys last night."

Leo looks at Donnie, who's sipping his coffee with some bags under his brown eyes.

"What do you mean, Don?" Leo asked, but he got a good guess at what he's aiming. Morning Donnie is a bit unnerving for Leo, he's very different with their calm, gentle and kind Donatello. Don put down his mug and rolled his eyes, "You and Raph. I hope you guys get on good terms soon." Don then whispers, "Both of you are wrong anyways."

Leo catches that, how can Don think that he's also wrong? He was reminding Raph at the danger of his actions, where's the wrong in that?

"In what way am I wrong, Donnie? Last night I was-"

"Leo," Don cuts in, "You should see it in… his perspective. Perhaps Raph did it because he needed to cool off. He possibly had some problems and was having a difficult time because of them. I'm not saying that going out alone and getting back late is the wisest course of action, but it could be the only way he can think of with all the pressure and stress the problem was or is giving him. Like you with your "alone and locking yourself in your room" time."

"I was meditating in my room and I didn't want to be disturb, so I locked the door." He defended, but in truth he was trying to calm himself after he literally ravished his little brother with his eyes at training. Mikey was very showy and thank god he's subtle.

"Suuure…" Don takes another sip. Leo was going to question Don's tone, but suddenly a plate of pancakes and scramble eggs is served in front of him.

"An awesome breakfast for my favorite brothers to start the day!" Mikey said while serving Don's breakfast. "Where's Raphie? That fat turtle is getting lazier and lazier. How irresponsible." Mikey said, using Leo impression. Don chuckled at that while Leo smiled at his goofiness.

"Maybe I should go and get him." Mikey thinks out loud, which gives Leo an idea. He stands up from his seat and, "Let me. I'll go and wake him." That earned him a look from his brothers.

"You sure dude? You do remember what happened last night, right? Bro, I can tell you now that it was not a dream. I had that kind of dream before, the kind of dream that seemed so real like it's not a dream it-"

"I'm sure Mikey. Don't worry." Leo said and head to Raph's room. Since Mikey and now Don had told him to be more understanding with Raph, he'll try to make it right with Raph. He agrees with what they said, Mikey had convinced him last night, but Don's words had pushed him to act sooner.
When he thought back about last night or any other nights he caught Raph in similar situations, he felt that he was too hard on him.

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Right in front of Raph's room, Leo prepares himself on how to handle Raphael, he was not a morning person like Leo and Mikey. Leo smiles at the thought that he and Mikey enjoys morning, it makes him feel happy to think that they had something in common.

"Wait. Now is not the time." Leo cleared his stray mind and focus back on Raph. And so he knocks, once and no answer. Twice, still nothing. He knocks harder, until he heard him shout, "Alright! Alright!" on the fifth attempt. Leo smirks at the victory.

The door swung open and Leo was greeted by Raph's grumpy face.

"Oh great. It's you." He said, the sarcasm is thick in the air. Leo narrowed his eyes, amazed at how fast this brother of his to get on his nerve. But he's here to set things right, not making it worse.

"Look Raph," He said with a leveled voice, "I realized that I was too harsh about last night. I should have hear you out, I'm sure you got a good reason for your actions, you always do." Leo spontaneously rubs the back of his neck due to the uneasiness, it was harder than he thought it'd be, "So, I'm sorry for butting in."

Raph's expression turns from a grumpy frown to a confused frown and finally a suspicious frown. "Are you okay Leo? Did someone spike your tea with something?"

"W..What? No!"

"Ya sure? You might not realize it, hell, you might not know how far gone you are right now."

"What are you talking about? My tea is fine, and I am fine!" Leo started to get defensive, he was being kind and open to him. He's not high. Is he?

Raph suddenly laughs and gave him a light punch on Leo's shoulder, "Just messing with you bro. But honestly Leo, I really didn't see this coming, not in a million years, unless someone is spiking your tea."

"Ha. Ha. Very funny, Raph." Leo said, making Raph smirks, but quickly faded when he said,

"To make this fair, I am sorry too for being a pain in the past few nights, Fearless."

Leo didn't expect him to apologize too, and the sudden change in his behavior is odd. Leo can tell that he's serious, "Is everything okay, Raph?" Leo saw the uncertainty in his eyes when he asked that. Raph seems like he's stuck on giving Leo an answer, this problem must have been pretty severe to make Raph looks this lost. "Raph?"

"Uh… N..Nothing Leo. I'm okay, bro." Raph finally said, giving him a smile which failed to convince Leo. Leo wanted to help his brother, but he didn't want to force him, not wanting to ruin the moment of truce they just had. But still, Leo wants Raph to know that he isn't against him, "You know that I will always back you up in any troubles you have, Raph." Leo said, resting a hand on his right shoulder, trying to show him support, "So never hesitate to tell me, bro."

Raph grin, "I know, I know. Show off." Leo takes away his hand when Raph walks outside and closes the door to his room. "Let's go get breakfast before they think that we're already killing each other." Raph jokingly said. Leo smirks and agreed on that.

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"Today is a good day." Leo mused.

He's watching his favorite show in the living room, Raph is most likely with Don at the garage and Mikey probably somewhere around the lair, hopefully not planning any pranks on them, especially on Raph.
Speaking of Raphael, when they got back to get breakfast, Mikey had almost finished his big combo sized breakfast, Don was watching him in amazement as Mikey munched down all those pancakes. Sensei was already there and finally scolded Mikey to eat properly.
Leo chuckles at the memory, he likes the way Mikey eats, not that he's watching him eat that is… that would be creepy… "Okay, maybe… once or twice, or sometimes more when I just can't help it." Leo reasoned to himself, but then sighs in defeat, "I am such a creep."

After having breakfast, they did the usual routine, training. Leo trains longer than his brothers, at lunch his brothers already left the dojo, but not Leo. Raph always told him that too much time in the dojo can make him too uptight, turn him into a control freak… sometimes Splinter's junior.
Fortunately today, Raph hasn't tried to get on his nerve, not once! It's a miracle.
But that makes Leo wonder though, about what's been bothering him. He obviously got one from the way he reacted when Leo asked him this morning. Even Mikey and Donnie saw it too.

Suddenly he heard a door open, followed by heavy footsteps… Speaking of the devil. Leo checks to his left and sees Raph heading his way. He looks a little tired, probably a tiring day fixing their rides?
Leo gives him a smile when Raph decided to join him on the couch.

"Goddamnit Leo, not this show again." Raph whined, there was a little bored yawn in it.
"Yep. This show again. And then the next day, and so on." Leo countered, Raph snorts in amusement and gives in to his brother's lame show in which Leo deemed awesome.
Raph slumps down in his seat, trying to make sense of the show. Leo wanted to focus back to his show, but his thoughts about Raphael before, pushed him to investigate his brother's trouble.

"Hey Raph." Leo started, looking slightly at Raph, "About this morning, what's really troubling you?"

Raph smirks, "Like I told you before bro, nothing. Now shut up for a second, I'm missing the show." Leo thinks that he's making it harder for himself, "Then what made you snuck out?" Leo pushed, he can hear Raph groaned at that, "You're pushing it, Fearless. It's nothing, I just wanted to do some solo patrols, practicing on my own." Leo fully turns and look at him with the very look Raph hates the most, the "I know better and you know shit" look.

"I don't believe you Raphael."

Raph is okay with the truce they made this morning, and he might regret that he almost spill his secret to Leo. They were best friends once, when they're still kids. Raph used to tell Leo about anything and vice versa, so it was an old habit that showed up in his moment of weakness. It was funny how time flies and changes everything for the both of them.

"Raph." Leo said, waiting for Raph to tell him what's been bothering him. From the way Leo is looking at him, Raph knows that he will never drop this, shell, he'll even take this to Sensei.

Raph threw his arms up and groan in frustrations,"Fine!" he pinched the bridge of his beak, "Fine, okay, I'll tell you. Just give me one fuckin' minute here."

Leo is surprised to hear him like this, it's not like Raph at all. Whatever this is, It must have been bugging him hard to make him gave up this easily. "I've said it before Raph and I'll say it again, I got your back, bro."
Raph smirks. And then takes a deep breath before saying, "Okay, so I'm gonna say this once, and I don't wanna others to hear or know bout this. I'm gonna tear you apart if they know anything 'bout this!" Leo rolled his eyes, "I promise I will keep this to myself." "You'd better."

Raph groaned, "I probably gonna pick you anyways if I was gonna confess this to anyone." That made Leo curious, "Not Mikey or Donnie? No offence, but you got along better with them than me."

"Nope. Not telling that shit for brains any of my secrets. And not Donnie… Just not him."

That sounded a little sad, more in the Don part, "Sensei?"

"What?! Shell no!" Raph looked mortified at the idea, "You wanna hear me out or not?!" Raph glares at Leo, "Starting to sound like you don't want to hear it."

"I do. Just didn't expect you to trust me this much."

"We were best friends once, if you bother to remember. Besides, you're honest and I don't need any mushy-pity talk. Like when I told you about the bug thing, you didn't make fun or judge me, instead you got my back. You always do." He whispered the last part. Leo is taken aback when Raph remembers about that, he felt guilty for forgetting that they were very close back then. And Leo can hardly remember when Raph told him about his fear of bugs, they were still kids after all. After Raph told him, he had encouraged him to face his fears and showed him that he could always use his shuriken to kill them, and if Leo was around, he'd throw them away before the others noticed how freaked out Raph was of the crawly visitor.

But nonetheless, aside the guilt, Leo felt a little proud that Raph thinks of him so highly. Raph caught up on that, "Don't let it fill your head, Fearless." Leo grins at that, "It already has." He jokes.

"No doubt bout that. Don't know how we gonna handle that big head of yours." And this time Raph laughs, feeling more relax now, thinking that this might not be so bad after all.

"So what is it that's been troubling you, Raph?" Leo asks, getting them back on track. Raph cleared his throat, this was it, he thought. With a small and forced voice, "I…I have a thing for one of our brothers."

Leo had to listen closely to hear him, but he definitely heard him, just can't believe if he heard him right. Leo had a guess of what he meant by that, but... "What?"

"Fuck Leo, I told you I ain't gonna repeat myself." Raph looks away with his arms crossed defensively. The gesture told Leo that his guess is right, "Well, this is awkward." Leo thought. With a whisper, Leo asks, "Who is it?" the next word Leo let out, he genuinely didn't want it to be true, "Mikey?"

To his relief, Raph shakes his head. Leo feels happy that it wasn't Mikey, it's like a crisis averted. Raph is on top of his list of potential Mikey's love interest, seeing that he's always the victim of Mikey's pranks. Mikey gave him way too much attention and that sickens him sometimes. Leo unconsciously smiles at the discovery that Raph isn't interested with his Mikey, so happy that he can't help but teased poor Raph,

"Don't tell me that you got a crush on me, Raphael?" he said in a husky voice.

If it was possible, Raph almost broke his neck when turning to look at Leo with that speed. "Dafuq?! I'd rather hump a Kraang!" He flushed and looked a bit disgusted by the idea, Leo was way too happy to be offended. Leo raised his hands to his chest, "I'm kidding, Raph." He laughs a bit, "The look on your face…"

"Not funny Leo!" He punches Leo shoulder. Leo holds his shoulder, instead of pain he just laughs more at his flustered brother. "Sorry. Sorry." Leo said and then stops himself, don't want to make Raph storms away in anger.

"So, it's Don, huh?" Leo finally asked, back to his serious voice. Raph became redder, but not in anger anymore, Leo literally sees himself when Raph flushed and look away again. Raph didn't say a thing, but Leo already knows the answer.

Leo slumps back in his seat, and sighs, "You think you had it bad? Try your older brother, sometimes it's torture."

Raph almost bulged his eyes out when Leo told him that. He didn't see that coming. He thought Leo will give him a lecture about how wrong his feelings are and then they go on their separate ways, forgetting this ever happen. But Leo confesses that he's in the same boat as he? "Shit." He thought. He kinda felt bad if Leo happens to really fancy him, "Leo, I didn't know you actually feel that way about me, well I…shit, I don't like you like-"

Leo looks bewildered at that, he punched him in the arm, "Ow! The heck?" Raph quickly rubs his shoulder. "Not you hothead!" Leo said, a little too loud.

Both of them stare at each other, there was a few seconds of silence before a little snicker escaped from them which quickly followed by a burst of laughter. Raph had cried a little from laughing too hard, "Never thought you had it in you, Fearless." Raph said in between laugh. "Same goes to you hothead." Leo replied, wiping a tear from his eyes.

After a while, the both of them stop laughing and now catching their breath. Today is a very good day, Leo mused.

"Looks like we had it pretty bad, huh?" We instead of an I, It feels comforting to know that he's not alone in this anymore.

"You can say that again, Fearless."

"Do you think it's wrong?"

"Maybe. But now that the mighty Fearless is in the same boat with me, I think it ain't that wrong." Raph smirks, Leo just shakes his head in amusement. Then the two of them stayed in silence, with only the sound from the tv echoing in the room.

"But just so we clear." Raph suspiciously whispers, "It's shells for brain, right?"

Leo rolled his eyes again, "Duhh…"

"Gotcha."

I like to see them in good terms, plus they're unstoppable when they're in the same team,
The Big brothers Team.

I might make this a two/three-shots, but it's all up to the readers, really. Maybe I already bored you guys in the first one, we'll never know until I have any review ;)

Thanks for reading and have a nice day.