Ironic, how the teacher's pet seemed to stray from the "right path" as the months trickled by.

Leonardo had been unfocused, not paying attention to his surroundings or the task at hand. He was becoming less like the leader that his brothers all knew he was. And technically, it was all your fault.

How were you supposed to know that you would be the one to lure away the leader in blue? You couldn't help it. For a turtle, he was charming.

So, you kept seeing him. It was supposed to be only monthly visits, making sure that you were okay after the Purple Dragon attack. Just innocent little check ups on the human girl that Leo had saved one night. Nothing more.

But somehow, it did bloom into something more. He soon developed feelings for you, and you, him. From a puppy-love crush, to full on butterflies in your stomach whenever you see him. The day you admitted to yourself that you liked the turtle was the day you confessed to him by accident. To your great surprise, he felt the same way. You two had started dating after that. Your first kiss together was lost amongst many other kisses.

The amount of times he visits gradually began to increase, up to the point that he was visiting almost everyday. You did not mind the company, even though most of his visits were at night.

Having a boyfriend who comes to your home at night has turned you from an early bird to a night owl. That slightly annoyed you, seeing as you loved to watch the sun rise but now couldn't, since you kept waking up late.

But Leo made up for that by showing you the stars, the twinkling little balls in the sky that seemed to go on forever.

Now, you two would go star gazing almost every night, exchanging stories about your lives and some dreams that you wanted to accomplish. You told each other everything.

The only thing that Leo forgot to mention was that he had three brothers and a rat father, all of whom did not know about you. When he did tell you, you decided that you wanted to meet them. It was unfair that he had a whole other life that his own family didn't know about.

But he begged you not yet. He told you he didn't want his brothers to know about the things they do. He didn't want them to know about your star gazing and all nighters and the "I love you"'s. He told you he didn't want them to know about you yet. He told you he wanted it to be between him and you, your little secret.

You admit, the way he way he wanted you all to himself was sweet. It was heart warming, in fact. But you wanted to know why.

He explained that his brothers probably wouldn't be supportive, that they'd say they shouldn't be together. They'll try to break them up, because they'll just be jealous. You try to tell Leo that they are his brothers, and that they'd never do that. He told you that you didn't know what his family was like. That marked your first fight.

So for now, you agreed. You secretly liked all the attention he gave you, but you know that someday he'll have to tell him family about you.

The day Leo did, he told you that his brothers exploded. Two of them in a good way, the other...not so much. His father had been accepting of this, but grounded him because of the sweet time he took to explain to them why he had been out of his game.

Donnie had been easy enough to befriend, but he always seemed distracted by something every time you tried to talk to him. Leo says it's just that you reminded him of his ex-girlfriend who turned out to be a bad influence to the genius. You didn't know how to respond to that.

Mikey was a bundle of energy, always smiling and jumping around you. At some point, he had asked how it was like to be dating their "stick-in-the-mud" leader in blue, and Leo had spent a good five minutes cursing and chasing him around the lair. In the short time you knew Mikey, he had always managed to put a smile on your face.

Raph, however, was much harder to crack. He was not trusting of you the first few weeks, but, when you two spent some time together in insistence of Master Splinter, he had confessed that he thought you were part of their enemy's clan, in a plan to lure them all away one by one. You quickly assured him that that was not the case.

Overall, Leo's family had turned out to be pretty awesome, and you were looking forward to spend time with all of them, even if their home was in a sewer.

And, from then on, the whole family had been open to you, and Leo didn't have to sneak out anymore to go stargazing with you. And personally, you liked it this way. But, a small part of you, the rebellious part, liked it a whole lot better, when his family didn't know about "us".