DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS OF TMNT AND GET NO MONEY FROM ANYTHING. THEY ALL BELONG TO EASTON AND LAIRD.
1: Something There?
"Hey Raph? You doing ok?" Mikey asked as he walked in whirling his nunchucks around.
"Whada ya think Mikey?" He snapped as he sucked snot back in his nose.
Raphael definatley wasn't his normal self. His nose was clogged and sometimes dripped snot. His throat hurt and so did his head. He felt sore all over and hated being unable to fight or move at that.
"Oh gross dude. You look hideous!" Leonardo added crashing in beside the youngest brother.
"That makes me feel better. Do me a favor and get lost, before I get outta this bed and WHOOP BOTH YOUR ASSES ACROSS NEW YORK!"
"Your too sick.." Mikey teased as Leonardo and him stuck their tongues out at their sick brother.
Raphael growled, and with that they both pushed each other trying to get out of the room. Rahpael just laughed. Even when he was sick he still intimidated his brothers. It felt good to smell their fear….well technically he couldn't smell right now. But seeing them was better then nothing.
'AAACCCHHOOOOOO' It went all over his red ninja mask. "Dammit!" He mumbled to himself as he set it beside him on his night stand. He rolled over and fell asleep. An hour passed before someone came crashing in and interrupting him.
"Raphael!" A sweet voice sang as she came in and sat beside him rubbing his head. It felt so smooth and warm. She frowned a little.
"Whada ya want! I told you dweebs to GET LOST!" He screamed as he realized it was April. "Oh sorry April. I thought you were Mikey and Leo."
She laughed, not at all trying to hide it and replied, "No. They went out for pizza. Well at least those too. Donny is in his room trying to make a cure."
"Typical Donny, and man pizza sure sounds good right now." A grogy cough escaped from his mouth and he held his hand to his mouth.
"Too bad. No pizza for you Raph. Your too sick." April placed a kiss on his forehead.
He finally took the pillow off his head to reveal his maskless face and his bright green eyes. April has never seen any of the turtles without their masks. Seeing Raphael without his made her feel, warm. His eyes were so gorgeous, the green reminded her of a neon green color. He actually looked handsome. Well not saying that with his mask he wasn't, but without it….opened his face more.
"Wow…" April said forgetting that she was staring at him.
"April?" Raph was kind of weirded out by the way she was looking at him. No one, not even a human girl ever looked at him like that and he didn't like it. "WOULDYA STOP STARING! I KNOW I AIN'T GOT MY MASK ON YEESH!"
April quickly snapped back to see a not so happy Raphael.
"I'm sorry Raphael. It's just….I've never seen your eyes before."
"What about em?"
"Their….wow." She exhaled.
Raph just turned back over more grumpy then ever. He didn't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult. He growled to himself as he let out another sneeze. April's smile turned into a frown. She hated seeing any of the turtles like this but mostly Raphael. Every since she's met them she's had feelings for the tough guy. They way he seemed fearless, his raging temper, his fighting, just everything about him was so adventurous. She climbed in bed beside him and tapped him on his shell. He rolled over and they were face to face. She could feel his warm breath crawling down her chest. It gave her chills.
"Raphael…"
He could see the thoughtfulness behind her eyes. He tried not to show that he wasn't mad anymore but April could sense he wasn't. She moved closer to him and buried her head underneath his chin. Raph felt the warmth of her body radiating off of her and onto him. She didn't seem to mind the hard barrier between them. As long as she was close to him, she didn't care. She felt safe laying there as she brought her arms up to his chest. Raphael was confused for a minute. He didn't know what she was trying to accomplish here, but eventually he wrapped his arms around here and fell back asleep.
"I love you Raphael." April whispered as she snuggled against him and fell asleep.
Raphael had the biggest smile on his face. He couldn't help but have sweet dreams with April in his arms.
"Hey dude, we brought back so….woah ho ho." Mikey laughed as he motioned Leonardo in to see what he was seeing.
"You think they…you know?" Leo asked.
"You know what?"
"You know!"
"Oh…sure dude I mean look at them." Mikey teased making kissy faces and sounds.
They turned into their rooms and the sewers were quiet for the rest of the night. Raphael woke up to see April still laying in his arms.
"GYAAAAHHHH!" He screamed waking April.
"Raph, are you ok?" She asked.
"Why are you…my bed? Beside me?" He freaked out trying to catch his breath.
April put her finger to his lips making some what calm down.
"Don't worry, nothing happened." She assured him. "I layed beside you. That's it Raph. I swear."
She moved closer to him and fell back asleep. He wanted to shove her off the bed and return to slumber….but she seemed so innocent and comfortable. He just couldn't do it. He closed his eyes and could feel her squirming to get closer to him. 'Wow, this feels nice. She feels nice.' Raph thought to himself. It was twelve in the afternoon when they both had woken up. April planted a sweet and gentle kiss on Raphael's face and gently touched his cheek and let out a faint smile.
"You don't feel hot anymore."
"Good. Maybe I can kick someone's ass now." Raphael sprung out of bed and strapped his utilities belt on. He had forgotten his mask was enflamed in snot. So he quickly washed it before tying it onto his face.
"I take it your feeling better.." She teased.
"A lot better. Thanks April." Raphael was a little unsure at first but he thought since she did he could too. He put his hand on her shoulder and gave her a firm kiss on the cheek.
When he pulled away he noticed April was blushing a deep red. He grabbed his sai, twirled them around and tucked one on each side of his belt. He walked out to see his three brothers waiting for his arrival. They all rushed to him like a bunch of hungry paparazzi.
"So, what happened between you and April?" Mikey asked curious as the other two creeped in closer.
"Nothing alls we did was talk. Why?" He asked a little confused. "Oh…no no no." He said soon realizing what exactly they were asking. "Nothing like that, GOT IT?" Soon he became enraged.
They backed off and went back to what they were doing. April came out and tied her long hair up into a messy bun.
'Wow, she looks so beautiful.' Raphael thought as he watched her walk up behind him and put her arms on his shell. 'What am I crazy? Snap out of it Raph, she's just a girl.'
She smiled at him and disappeared into the kitchen.
"What was that about?" Donny asked waiting for an explanation.
"Like I'd know. She's been acting like that ever since yesterday. Kinda weird if you ask me. Now, no more questions! I'm going to punch the dummy around for a little bit….come on Mikey." Raphael said as he took his sais out ready to fight.
"Oh man! Why do I always have to be the dummy?" Mikey whined as he got his nunchucks out swinging them about.
Leo and Donny rolled their eyes and decided to go interrogate April.
"Hey April." Leo said as he winked at Donny.
"Oh. Hi leo, Donny.." She trailed off as she began to scramble the eggs.
"So, what's up with you and Raph?" Donny asked smiling to her back.
"Nothing. We just talked and fell asleep I guess."
"You expect us to believe that when your eyes were all over him this morning." Leo added.
"Yes, I do. He was sick….I felt bad you guys. So I kept him company." April explained.
Raphael looked over to see them questioning April. He threw Mikey at the wall and made his way towards the other two.
"WOULDYA LET IT GO ALREADY! NOTHING HAPPENED BETWEEN US, NOTHING EVER WILL. SO GO AWAY BEFORE I PEEL YOU BOTH OUT OF YOUR SHELLS!" He huffed trying to catch his breath from screaming at the two. They smiled and quickly fled the scene. "Fucking pests.." He mumbled under his breath.
"You shouldn't have yelled at them lie that Raphael, they were just curious." April said as she poured a glass of milk.
"Well they can go be curious some where else." Growled Raphael as he left and went into his room. He crawled under his covers and sank into his bed.