Your POV
"Please?" Leo asked one more time driving me almost to insanity! He won't leave me alone! All he does is pester me about forgiving him and getting back together. It has been six months since he cheated on me with April, and she hardly shows her face around here anymore since she's just so ashamed.
"Leonardo, Just because I forgave you doesn't mean I want to try again!" I yelled at him again. You're probably thinking I'm stupid of forgiving him, right? Well, it's pretty hard not to at least pretend when you live with him and he won't leave you alone about it. Now you're asking why I all of a sudden moved in with them? Right? I'm right, aren't I? Anyway, right after our break-up, I was obviously distraught. We went back to April's and I packed my stuff right away. Irma asked what was wrong, and Casey had a genuine look of concern. Without ever answering them, I slung my bag over my shoulder, and ran out, tears starting to refill my eyes. On my way home, I saw a lot of people running away from my apartment. I didn't really take much notice, I mean, hello? Eyes filled with tears here? Well, I kept going, and saw Purple Dragons. Not like every story doesn't have them in it, but the threat is real! At least, where I live. Anyway, they had a knife to (Sibling name)'s throat, and was charging protection money from my parents. I wiped my eyes, and watched as (Sibling's name) had the knife pushed further and further into her neck. Just once there was a little trickle of blood ooze done to her collar bone, the one and only Leonardo showed up. He was alone, and he took them down. My mother screamed, and my father hid (Sibling's name) behind him. I could tell Leo just rolled his eyes and left. My dad was insistent on moving, and my mother was just going along with it. There was no way they could get me to leave New York! I couldn't leave my life behind! He made sure I was fine with living at April's, and set that whole living situation set up. Now I live with the turtles, not April. He just doesn't know that. Anyway, done with my flashback.
"I understand that, and I understand I made a mistake." He pleaded with me even more.
"Leonardo! I said no!" I said storming off to Donnie's lab. After the break-up, I had been spending more time with the genius of the group. He wasn't really the one I thought I'd fall back on, I would've expected Mikey, but you should have seen Donnie pissed at Leo! He cussed him out, and any time Leo's near me, so is Donnie. He's been really protective of me, and I didn't know why until recently. Donnie, according to Mikey and Raph, has a small crush on me. He just got over the fact that April may never like him, but then he fell for me. Slightly, I guess. Now, I know what you're thinking. Why trust Raph and Mikey on this? Well, simple. They saw how distraught Donnie was over April, so they were in protective brother mode. They wouldn't do anything to hurt him right now. I think Leo has noticed the little crush though.
"Everythin' okay (Y/N)?" Donnie asked as I entered the lab with a pissed expression on my face.
"Well, Donnie, what do you think?" I asked him obviously sarcastically.
"Wow, calm yourself, Ace." Donnie said. Every time I get mad anymore, he calls me Ace. I hate it, but at the same time, I love it! It usually makes me laugh even in my worst moods. I punched him slightly on his arm, and almost immediately after, Leo entered. He hardly ever follows me where Donnie is. I never even want him too. They are having sort of a silent brother feud right now. They don't think I notice, but obviously, I do.
"Can I help you?" Donnie asked turning completely around to glare at the eldest turtle. Leo narrowed his eyes at Donnie, and I backed up.
"Only if you left." Leo growled out.
"You just invaded my space, and you expect me to let you invade?" Donnie remarked back standing up.
"Yes, Donatello, I do. Because, you invaded mine." Leo answered. I gave a questioning look understanding he meant that I was his, and Donnie invaded his space by being near me. I could just see a fight breaking out soon between the two ninja turtles, so I tried to pull them back, I know I'm not as strong as them, but I tried.
"Donnie, Leo, stop!" I said as Leo pushed Donnie back causing him to stumble into his chair. He got back up in an instant with a look on his face, that if he didn't have his purple mask on, I would've mistaken him for Raph.
"Get out Leo." Donnie rumbled out. The one thing I was NOT wanting to hear from the blue clad turtle was the famous phrase, "Make me." Leo just narrowed his eyes even more, if possible, and left without breaking eye contact with Donnie. Just as he left, I could hear a low grumbling sound. It was coming from Donnie, and he wasn't hungry. I could tell this was going to be bad.
The next day, I woke up to Mikey shaking me continuously. I pushed him away, but he just started again.
"What?!" I yelled at him. I don't really enjoy being awoken from my sleep.
"Dude, you need to hurry! Go to the lab! Like ASAP!" Mikey said running towards said destination. It was just then that I realized the muffled yelling coming from the lab. I realized the yelling to be Leo and Donnie. I jumped up and ran to the lab, just to find the mentioned two turtles yelling in each other's face, plastrons together as close as possible, and punches flying every so often.
"Oh, my God guys! Stop!" I said. They didn't, and I ran up to them. Before I got all the way up to them, Raph grabbed me.
"Hey, they've socked me pretty good, more than once when I got too close to them. Don't risk it." Raph said. Even if it was in good intentions, I made him let me go, and advanced towards them.
"Guys, seriously, stop!" I yelled, just as I expected, and apparently Raph did too, one of them hit me. I fell back, not really surprised. I knew it would happen. The arguing stopped right then.
"Oh my gosh, (Y/N)! Leo, you Dick, look what you did!" Donnie sputtered kneeling next to me. Leo knelt next to me on the other side, and looked terrible. Donnie did too. They must have gotten each other pretty good.
"It was your fault,s Donatello! If you'd've stayed out of my personal biz, we'd be fine right now!" Leo shouted towards the younger turtle. Donnie just scoffed.
"If you'd respect women, we'd be fine right now too, but not everything works out the way we want it to. Now does it?" Donnie said. If this was school, I would've yelled 'BURN', but this wasn't school, and they were literally fighting over the top of me. I tried to push Donnie back a little, but he put me back on the floor and stood up. This was starting to seem more like a dominance challenge than just a disagreement on how to have a tea party. Leo pushed Donnie to the ground, but he rolled away before Leo could pin him. They were flat out brawling all over the floor and everything.
"What has been going on in here?" Splinter bellowed through out the small echoey room. Donnie rolled Leo off the top of him, just to get on top of him. Now in a sitting position, Donatello raised his fist holding Leo by the neck. Raph and Mikey grabbed Donnie's arm, and Splinter rushed to Leonardo's aid. He hit the correct pressure points on his purple wearing son, and Donnie fell to the floor. Splinter helped his eldest son, who was now winded and wheezing for air, up from the floor. After Splinter talked to Leo, he let him leave the dojo, but I don't think he told the whole truth. But, who am I to talk, I don't even know the whole story. I left for the lab once Leo looked my way. This is just getting out of control! I entered his lab, and knelt behind the now unconscious genius. Leonardo came in behind me, and he had a pained look on his face.
"Why are you even in here? That's probably what started this, isn't it?" I asked not looking away from the third eldest. "Right?"
"Kind of." He answered in response.
"Yeah, that's what I thought." I said placing a hand on Donnie's plastron. I could tell it just teased Leo. I could see him refrain himself from actually pouncing on me. I've seen him do it before. If you, uh, arouse him, he has a very hard time holding back from anything anymore. He was jealous as of now of Donnie, his brother, but he wouldn't be if he hadn't lied.
"You want to know w-what happened?" He asked trying to regain composure he had lost in his attempt of holding back.
"Yeah, but, you've lied to me once already. Don't you dare do it again." I said finally turning to face him. I finally saw how bad he actually looked now. He looked more pained than Donnie. He was worse physically, but also, emotionally. He just looked destroyed.
"I'll tell the truth. You're already pissed at me how it is." He said rubbing my shoulder. I pulled back, but he just started his story. "Okay, last night, when you went to bed on the couch, Donnie pretty much laughed at me silently. I asked him what was so funny, and basically he said that I probably missed it when you'd come stay the night in my room. Obviously I did, and do, but he smirked at me and went into his room. He's just been messing with me since I made the mistake that I did. I never told you, but he's basically been teasing me and pretty much bullying me. I understand what I did was wrong. It was so wrong, but he won't let me hear the end of it. That's one reason I keep asking you to let me try again. He won't leave me alone until I prove that we've made amends. I know he's just doing it because he's pissed. He's so mad at me. I am too, though." Leo said. I thought to myself, thinking if I should believe this or not. I decided I would this time.
"Are you sure this isn't a ploy? I believe he's been messing with you, I've seen him do it, but is it really as bad as you are saying it is?" I asked.
"Times 10. (Y/N), I know how you feel right now. Being mad at me. And I know I most likely ruined the one chance I had at happiness by ruining yours, but Donnie's been making it harder on me than you are. I know I deserve it, but I should only deserve it from you, not him." Leo said his voice started to give out, and he kept taking in sharp breaths. Leonardo was trying not to cry. This had to be bad.
"Okay, so what started the fight today?" I asked still not really getting an answer from him.
"Just the things he said. I mean, you said you see pick on me, but I know you don't see the half of it. The half you don't see is the half I want you to see, but don't want you to see. I want you to see how he really acts, but I don't want you to be mad at him, so I never talk about it to you." Leo said now rubbing his arm still holding back tears.
"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked. Leo fell to his knees next to me and hung his head. I could see small droplets fall from his face, and, you probably guessed it… they were tears. He was crying over this.
"Because you seemed happy with him. I love to see you smile, even if it's not for me. I love to hear you laugh, even if it's not because of me. And I love to see you happy, even if it's not with me." He said. Now it was my turn to start crying. I tried to hold it back, but the tears kept coming. Leo looked up, and wiped his eyes. He saw me crying and he seemed to forget his own pain as he wiped away my tears. He held his hand cupped on my cheek, and I was scared. I was scared he was going to kiss me like he used to do when I cried. Like he used to when we're together. Like he used to before he lied. But, he didn't lie, I've learnt now. He always has loved me, and he had made one mistake. I mean, till this day, I don't understand why he was with her, but I almost don't care now. Everyone has bad ideas every so often, but that doesn't make them a mistake. It just makes them human. And I know that's what they want to be more than anything. But, the fact is. They don't need to be. They are just who they need to be, because nobody's perfect. And soon, Leo was going to learn that somethings are easy to forgive, while others, only take some time. Like 6 months perhaps?Leo
