April rolled over to Raph's side of the bed being empty. It was cold and vacant. He had been up for a while. She moved to his pillow and groaned in annoyance to being left so unsatisfied the previous night. She inhaled his scent on his pillow. He always smelled of leather and she loved it. She rolled off the bed ready to eat. She situated her cotton shorts on her hips and her t-shirt was hung up around her stomach, slipped on her extremely bright orange fuzzy slippers and made her way towards the kitchen. As usual, all the guys were at the table except for her hot tempered boyfriend.
"Morning, guys." April greeted with a sleepy smile.
Mikey tried not to stare at her midriff baring shirt and her messy hair, "Morning, angel cakes."
"Here you go." Leo turned from the counter and handed her a bowl for cereal.
She smiled sweetly at Leo and kissed his cheek, "Thanks for not being too hard on him."
And before Leo could help himself, he smiled and gave her a nod. April sat down next to Donnie, who as usual, didn't notice she had come in since he was busy with a project.
"Where is he?" April asked while she mixed her cereal in the milk and then she heard the weights clanging in the gym, "Never mind. Have you guys heard anything new?"
Leo shook his head as he sat at the table, "Not yet, Ape."
"Leo, I've gotta get back to work sometime." She reminded the blue one.
"Doing the news right now will get you killed." He pointed out, "And your boss wants you to stay hidden after what happened. I think he feels guilty."
She chewed her cereal and eyed Leo, "You know what I mean."
He smirked, "Oh, I know, April. Just bare with me, please."
She sighed, "Fine, but I want a scheduled bath time."
Mikey tried to keep from blushing at the table and he began laughing awkwardly out of shear embarrassment, which just made the rest of the table stare at him and that increased the laughing. Then Raph came into the kitchen wiping his brow and he eyed Mikey like everyone else.
Leo shook his head, "Well, okay then."
"Weirdo." Raph mumbled and he leaned down to kiss April, "Morning."
"Morning." She replied and he wiped the sweat off her lip that he left behind, "When did you get up?"
"A couple of hours ago. Needed to work out some tension," He stated as he eyed Leo from the counter, "you know, before I stuck a sai up someone's-"
"Got it!" Donnie exclaimed as a little machine came blinking to life and died again, "I don't got it. Damn it."
Casey came bursting in the lair full of excitement, "Good, you're all in here!"
"What's the jam, Case?" Mikey asked.
"They found one of the Foot members that attacked the van last week!" He revealed tossing the New York Times down on the table.
"What!?" April asked in shock.
"Yeah, he's in really bad shape from getting his ass kicked and then tumbling out of a moving van. Apparently, he was dropped in front of the hospital. The news is assuming it's because his injuries were so severe that he couldn't be saved without medical attention." He explained.
"Cracked ribs and head injuries…" She read aloud and then she looked at Casey with guilt in her eyes, "It's the guy I hit, isn't it?"
Casey hesitated, but he nodded, "Yeah, it is."
She continued to read the paper, "And his chances aren't good that he'll make it." She stared hard at the paper and everyone stayed quiet. April laid the paper back down and walked out of the kitchen.
"Good job, Casey." Raph popped off sarcastically.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt her feelings. I was just wanted you guys to know the authorities may have someone to question in a few days depending on this guys recovery." He said.
Leo sighed sympathetically, "She's not like us. She's never hurt someone before and it's going to hurt her if he dies."
"I'll talk to her." Raph said.
"Is that a good idea?" Mikey asked without thinking.
And Raph snapped his head around to glare at Mikey, "I know I'm not the smart one, or the leader, or the funny one, Mikey. But I'm good at one thing and that's being there for April. And I know that without a doubt." He left the kitchen.
"This is turning out to be a great morning." Donnie sang sarcastically as he tinkered away.
Raphael tapped on the bathroom door. He heard the tub faucet being turned off, but April said nothing. He cracked the door open and peaked in. She settled into the tub, but she didn't acknowledge Raph for fear of falling apart.
He entered and shut the door behind him, "You didn't do nothin' wrong, April. You did what you had to do for you and your friends to stay safe."
April shook her head, "It's not that, Raph." She twirled her fingers in the warm water as Raph sat next to the tub, "I know I was protecting myself, Vern, and Casey, but for some reason it never crossed my mind that I could kill a person in the process. Because regardless of the situation and what he was trying to do to me, he was still a living being and I may have killed him. That's a lot to digest when you've never been in that situation before. He wasn't born a bad person, he was taught to be that way. He was a good human at some point in his life. I don't know, I guess reality just slapped me in the face in a bad way. And this is all because of that damn trip. I can't stand the domino effect that is happening here."
"It's hard to take when it's not the life you were born for." He agreed, "Splinter brought us up teaching us to be protectors and do what was necessary to keep the innocent safe and well, innocent. But that's all you did, April. You had no choice and you had every right to do what you did. I'm proud of ya and you should be, too. Ya kept yourself alive."
April smiled at him, "You know, you continue to surprise me, Raphael."
He grinned, "Yeah?"
"Yeah. When I first met you, you seemed so one dimensional. You were all hard and tough and brooding. But underneath all of that you really care about the ones you keep close. I never would have thought a few months ago that you would be able to turn my mood right around." She went on, "It's just a nice surprise whenever you do something like that. It makes me love you more."
"You're the one who made me see that I could be like this in the first place."
"And there you go. You just did it again."
April didn't ever mean to sound ungrateful for anything the turtles did, especially bringing her into their home to keep her safe. And as much as she wished she could go up top to her apartment every now and then, she was undeniably giddy at the fact that she got to go to bed with Raph without fear of anything… Other than Mikey busting into the room.
Raph really did make April feel better, but she still had this gnawing feeling in her gut about the guy in the hospital. She wanted to talk to him and see if she could figure out anything. On the other hand, she thought what was the point in any of it? He was there to kidnap her or kill her. Her conscience couldn't get a grip on the reality of what he was attempting to do.
Leo, Raph, Mikey, and Donnie were in the dojo sparring. It was late, but their schedule had been off since April had arrived. They were all a little concerned that April was a flight risk. Raph knew she was trying to deal, but she wasn't used to this life. But Raph couldn't take it much longer, he had to spar and work out. He was worked up and ready to ravish April, sparring kept him somewhat level headed. She never said anything because she knew it made it harder on Raph, but he knew her issue was one in the same. She ached for him every night.
Leo was expertly twirling his katana in seamless, swift motions. Raph focused intensely on him with his sais in hand ready to attack when he got an opening. Leo was moving so fast he was creating a breeze Raph's face. He lunged towards Leo, hooking the katana in his right sai. Leo turned promptly around Raph and pulled the katana loose. Raph grunted in annoyance, then he stuck his leg out behind him and tripped Leo as he continued making his way around Raph. He hit the ground, then he popped his legs out and up and was back on his feet as quickly as he was down. He knocked a sai to the ground. Raph glared at Leo and the rage rose in his eyes. He went after his blue brother with rapid movements. Leo danced around his attacks until they made almost a full circle around the dojo. Raph slid passed his brother and grabbed his sai from the ground. The red turtle came up back up and Leo's katana made a slice in Raph's arm drawing blood. Raph sucked in a breath.
Leo dropped his katana, "Shit, Raph! You okay?"
Raph covered the wound under his hand, "Yeah, man, it's okay. I'm just not focused tonight."
"Call it quits?" He asked.
"Sure, let Donnie and Mikey have at it for a while. I need some sleep." He decided and headed out.
"Get April to bandage you up." Leo requested and Raph half way nodded.
Raph crept into his room. The lighting was dim where April had fallen asleep reading. He didn't want to wake her, so he grabbed a towel from his chair and wiped at his wound then slid into bed quietly as possible. She looked so peaceful and he hoped that had something to do with him. He scooted around carefully trying to get comfortable. April opened her eyes slightly and smiled at him.
"Hey." She said sleepily.
He smiled back, "Hey, babe. I didn't mean to wake you."
"It's okay. I wanted you to kiss me goodnight." She scooted over to him and leaned in. Raph kissed her deeply and she grazed her hand down his arm until she hit the towel.
She pulled back, "What's that, Raph?"
"It's just a scratch." He said nonchalantly and he tried to go back to his kiss, but she pushed his lips back and began peeling the towel back.
"Babe! That is gushing blood!" She exclaimed and hopped up from the bed and grabbed the first aid kit.
"It's okay, April. It's just a little cut."
"Yeah, with a katana." She rolled her eyes, "It's funny when Casey to uses it to cut up carrots, but Leo cutting your arm open is another story." She opened the kit and got the antiseptic out.
Raph shook his head, "He didn't mean to. I jumped up at the wrong time and it just happened."
"Nonetheless, you were just going to go to bed without cleaning it and bandaging it. I don't think so." She replied giving him a mothering tone.
"I like it when you're bossy." He said trying to be sexy.
April poured antiseptic on the cut and Raph growled under his breath, "What was that?"
"If you think that killed the mood, you're wrong." Raph smirked and April tried not to grin at him. She delicately cleaned the wound, but she could feel Raph wince every now and then.
"This is deep. You may need stitches. You have the worst luck when it comes to your arm getting sliced open." She commented as she stuck the butterfly bandages to his arm.
He chuckled a little, "I really do."
April wrapped the gauze around his arm carefully, "Okay, think that's good… For now. You probably should let Donnie check it out tomorrow. You may need it to be stitched." She put the first aid kit back.
Raph was so distracted by the pain in his arm that he didn't notice his girlfriend was wearing just her underwear and a short t-shirt. He looked her up and down as she walked back toward the bed. She caught him looking and she smirked at him. He couldn't take it anymore. He wrapped his arm around her waist and threw her on the bed. She giggled in excitement. He crawled on top of her and took her mouth with his. April was happily shocked. It was different than their other kisses. There was something animalistic. It wasn't romantic, it was wild and instinctual. Like a confidence was taking over him. He was taking her as his and he didn't give a damn. She heard the tear of her underwear being ripped away from what he wanted. But then she felt him slow down and pull back from her.
"What's wrong?" She asked breathing deeply, lusting for him.
He shook his head, "I can't be so careless with you. I could hurt you."
"You didn't hurt me. You didn't hurt me at all, babe." She propped herself up on her elbows.
"Not yet, but I could behaving that way though." He lamented.
She gave him a devil may care look. Her fingers gripped his plastron and pulled him back down to her, "I'll tell you if you need to stop." She kissed him hard and it didn't take long for her to make Raph forget his fears. He moved his mouth down her long neck and bit at her collar bone. She moaned lowly and dug her nails in his neck. Raph reached under her ass and yanked her down to where he wanted her. Then he pulled up away from her and sat on his knees. She watched him in amazement, the way he was looking at her made her warm and tingly all over. It was such a dominant, possessive stare. He dug his nails in her thighs and roughly massaged his way up her knees and pushed her legs completely open. Her breath hitched in her chest as Raph entered her. The arch in her back came up higher the further he pushed. Her fingers clutched the sheets and he moved inside her. Every bad thought was pushed from their minds as they got lost in each other.
Raph looped an arm behind April and brought her up on his lap and she wrapped her arms around his neck as she moved up and down his length. The t-shirt was hindering Raph from feeling what he wanted. He pulled her arms up in the air and pulled the shirt over her head and tossed it to the floor. His fingers wove through her strands of hair and he pulled her head back so he could have full use of her neck. His teeth bit down on her making a thrilled squeal escape her mouth. He watched her chest bounce and he had such a tight hold of her ass, she was sure it would bruise. It hurt in the best way. She tickled his mouth with her tongue as she got closer. He could feel her tensing on top of him. He bent his head down and took her nipple in his mouth. The sensation pushed her over the edge and her moves became erratic. He took hold of her hips and pulled her down on him, even with the nagging reminder in the back of his head of how fragile she was, but he couldn't help himself. He wanted the feeling more than anything right now, so he continued. April moaned as she climaxed on top of him. Raph buried his face in her neck to keep from making sounds that would wake up the lair. He thrust upward until he was sure she was completely finished. She became butter in his arms. He laid them down on the bed and he gently pulled out of April and she quivered at how cold it felt without him inside her. He laid on top of her for a moment and then he jerked his head up and began feeling her hips and her stomach, checking to make sure everything was still intact.
April sleepily giggled, "I told you I would say stop. You didn't hurt me, Raph. That was absolutely incredible." She whispered in his ear and it was almost enough to make him want to go again.
"You are incredible. I love you." He whispered into her neck.
She yawned widely, "I love you, too, baby."
Raph again woke up before April with his arm throbbing him out of his peaceful sleep. He knew the sun had not risen because Leo was coming in from his patrol of April's block.
"You're up early." Leo commented, "I figured after that performance, you'd be sleeping for days."
Raph was too tired to argue, he just smirked, "Sorry, I thought it's what I needed to sleep, but my arm says differently. Everything okay at April's?"
"Yeah, it was clear, but there was a package at her front door, I opened it in case it was something from the Foot since it wasn't addressed." Leo explained pulling out the large envelope and handed it to Raph, "And it's not good."
Raph eyed his brother before digging through the envelope, "It's VHS tapes. Did you watch 'em?" Leo nodded and sat next to his brother, "So what's on 'em?"
Leo sighed, "They are the video's that were filmed of April in Japan, It's all the interview's she did about the Foot Clan. There are a lot of factual and revealing interviews on these tapes."
"Who are they from?" Raph questioned pulling the letter out of the envelope.
"It doesn't say, but Raph, someone is blackmailing April for a boat load of cash to keep the tapes hidden." Leo revealed.
Raph's cheeks became heated with anger, "Blackmailing her."
"The letter says if she doesn't show up with the money, the tapes will be sent to the media." Leo finished.
"And the Foot Clan will stop at nothing to kill her then." Raph continued.
"Exactly." He nodded.