Touch of the Trachemys 2
{Mated Pair}

This is certainly not the first time they have made love, but it is very different this time. This time, there is no need to hide. No shame, no need to be reserved in the calls out for each other. There is no fear of being interrupted. Tonight they can take it as slow and as long as they want and as passionately as they need. There will be no hurry to be dressed and back somewhere in time. It's perfectly alright to fall asleep to later awaken naked in each other's arms this time.

Raphael lays his naked mate out on their new bed. A lovely pile of soft padding for her human body, but sturdy enough for his heavy weight. Long enough for him to stretch out completely, and wide enough he doesn't have to worry about crushing her in his sleep.

April tugs his mask aside and he drops the belt to the floor. A circle of moon light illuminates their bed. Donatello had Solartubes installed to help with natural lighting because they are well underground. Not just to cut down on the electrical use, but also because they could use the natural lighting to bring the place more alive. On a full moon night, it also brings in that light.

Raph's eyes go dark to seeing his gorgeous mate illuminated by the moonlight in their sanctuary. "Perfect."
"Yes you are." It's no tease and she grasps the front of his plastron to pull him down on top.

Lips, fingertips, and palms map each other taking advantage of all the time they have to make love. He nibbles on her freckles. She strokes his scars. He licks the veins in her limbs, and she trails her tongue through seams of his scutes.
"April…," the rather brash one is losing his patience once again.

There is a wicked look on her face as she gives his shoulders a shove and he finds himself seated up against the wall in a slight slouch. April slides her body down against his and then is playing over what is dripping in need of desperate attention.
Now her name is snarled and then hissed as she keeps her eyes on his and wraps her mouth around his very needy erection. This is an image he can never get out of his head. How she loves to just nibble, lick, tantalize and play with him down there. Not just the erection, but his small tail and thick thighs, too. She's not teasing him, she's savoring him.

April loves all those soft and needy sounds he lets off at her attention. He keeps his emotions in check so often. Well, the softer ones at least, or so he thinks. Anger and frustration he has no problem letting off at both enemy and family alike. But the emotions that truly drive him he keeps safely tucked away. Devotion, love, and …need. Gosh how he needs her.

The change in his sounds is no longer in elation. It's the fact he needs more of them together. Once again she is sliding against him. This time she is hooking her wrists around his neck and sinking down around him. His jaw drops and grips her hips firmly. Once she has taken him fully in, he's not going to let her move. He just needs to hold onto this moment of them being fully connected.
"My mate," she whispers to him.
"Always and forever," he pants back softly and then he is ready.

Those large muscular arm of his come in quite handy when she is becoming weak with passion and her rhythm starts to waiver. Soon he is just holding her in position and he is the one to move his hips.

She's already gone over the edge once, and barely came down when he is bringing her to the abyss once again. This time, he is going to go over the edge with her. And he does just that with a delicious moan.

Spent, April goes limp but not unconscious against him. He wriggles himself down under the covers keeping her firmly against himself. "I could get used to this and never want to move again," she murmurs.
He chuckles nuzzling her forehead, "Well you might want to when I need to take a leak." April giggles tiredly yet heartily against him.

From here, with the moon lighting the room, he can see their little home. Every den got it's own bathroom. Every den got it's own mini fridge, but they also got a small stove. Their den is larger than any of the others making it a mini studio apartment inside this huge basement. They could easily be in here for a whole week and not need to surface.

He taps her head, "You're thinking."
"I so don't want to move from here. I know I'm going to have to start my duties as manager in a couple of days, but…"
"April, look at me."

She lifts her head and looks into his soft amber eyes. "Not much is going to change with my brothers. The only thing that will change, is that I don't have to sneak around wanting to kiss the living daylights out of you any more and I can hold you all night and not have to leave you. If they want me, they can come knock on my door and I can tell them to buzz off because I'm pleasuring my mate."

That does bring ease to her heart and she plays with his chest. "Just… no fair making them jealous that you have a mate and they don't."

That does make him grimace a little. Yeah, as much as he is happy, he can't help but be a little sad for them. "Man, for the first time in a long time, I wish there were more of us that got mutated."
She scoots herself up so she can press her nose to his face. "You are the sweetest guy I have ever met."
"You have not met enough guys," he smirks.
She tugs at the ring she put on his hand and beams, "I have met just the right amount, and found the perfect one."
Raphael's cheeks flush deep to that and kisses her soundly.

~~0~~
The couple sleeps well and deep. For the first time in their memory in fact. They are awakened by the sound of the Turtle Truck arriving and then Mikey skateboarding on in to the basement home. He pounds on their door, "Wakey wakey, horny toads!"
"MIKEY!" Leo bellows. "Get back here and pick up those boxes you knocked over."

April groggily leans up. "I think your family arrived."
Raph doesn't open his eyes, "They're your family too now."

Another burst of yelling is heard and Raph pulls the blankets over their heads hoping to block out their arrival.
But even that doesn't last forever. Donatello is the one to knock on his door this time though. "Hey guys, I'm sorry to bug you, but I could really use your help. Raph, I don't trust Mikey to move my equipment and April, I need you to help me get it all hooked up right again."

Raphael rolls onto his back and April sits up, resting her back to the wall, feet over his waist. The shell on her ring sparkles in the light, just like Raph's eyes do looking up at her. Neither responds to Donny just yet, though. They need these last few moments for just them.

"You like it?" Raph finally asks her as he soothes her shin.

She nods. "He's so cute and got red just like you. Even his slider marks."
Raph thumbs to the door. "I asked Donny to help me make something special for you. He suggested the red eyes."

April giggles lightly looking at the way he is playing with his own ring over her legs. "I asked Splinter for help and I'm sure he went to Donny, too."
Raph sits up tugging her closer and over his lap, "Then I guess we owe it to Donny to help him out?"
She nods, "Yeah."
"Okay." He covers her ears and bellows. "Just give me a freak'n minute to find my belt, Donny!"

April laughs at the supposedly angry bellow which has a huge grin to it. Donny babbles something about being embarrassed for interrupting them, which makes her slap her mate in the chest for a moment and scoot off his lap. In nothing, flat she has clothes on and is tugging her Vans on as she hops out of their den. "Wait for me, Donny!"

After securing his belt, Raphael leans on the door frame tying on his red mask watching them both head off to the truck. The stealthy old rat comes up nearly under his elbow. "Did you rest well?"
"Um, right up until Mikey skated in."
"Not Donatello?"

Raph holds his hand out to show Splinter how the ring lays on his hand. "Never. Donny could never interrupt us." Splinter pats his son's shoulder right on the tattoo that says 'family' and then just lays his hand there. Raph lays his ringed hand over the top of the rat's paw. "Thank you, Father."
"Always, Raphael. To be honest, I was very worried that you ever have someone to lean on, when my time comes."

Raphael lowers himself in worry but Splinter gives him a huge smile. "No, no my son, you miss understand. I am as well as this old rat can be, it's just that we do not live forever, do we?"

Raphael swallows the knot in his throat, and then nods softly. It's a fact he has not wanted to deal with. Sure it's something Mikey and Leo have talked about but it's something he has viciously shoved aside time and time again. Even to the point of leaving the room to beat the crap out of some thug. But he can not avoid the conversation this time. Certainly not when Splinter is giving him his love and blessing.
"I love the way your eyes sparkle when you look at her. That's how I knew your heart had found it's soul mate."

Raph jerks his head away and blushes, "My eyes don't sparkle. Bah, that's for girls."
Splinter laughs heartily and pats the young man's head again. He gives his best Mikey impression and flick of the hand, "Whatever."

"RAPH! Help!" Donatello screams in fear and Mikey's squawking is heard. Raph dashes away and makes it to the van to catch equipment just as it tumbles out of the back.
"Oh thank goodness!" Donny gasps as Raph catches a crate of electronics before it can strike the ground. Then he snaps at Mikey. "THAT was not the crate of your video games!"

With a beaming grin, Mikey holds up the one that had been under Donny's precious crate. "Nope, this one is though!" And saunters off to start hooking it up to the TV in the main room.
"Next time, I think we should drop him on his head," Donny huffs.
Raph hefts the crate up and shakes his head, "Donny, I think that's the problem, he already has been. One too many times."

It's good to see their romantic relationship has not effected the household at all. Still the same old bickering and jabbing. Just like a family April's mother had always wanted. As she hefts up her own box, she catches a look between Donny and Raph. Donny really is happy for his brother. If anything, he looks elated for his brother.
Donny grabs his own crate and they walk down to his den together. "So what do you think of the Solartubes?"

Raph is relieved that Donny's question is not too personal, but is asking about how their night went. He gives April a delicious smile then flicks his attention back to his brother. "Beautiful, thank you Donny. It's a great idea to have the natural light. Makes the place feel less like we are hiding and more like a home."

It's a lot of sentimental words for the rough guy, but he knows Donny's had a crush on April for such a long time. It was hard for him to let April know his feelings without hurting Donny, but when Donny gave him the nudge to stop being a fool and hurting April, something changed for them. They became even tighter in their own way that no one else can understand.
"I'm looking forward to finding out how we can use it for our natural UV needs too. AND, we might even be able to use it to solar power some of our back up equipment!"

Raph's heart lifts seeing Donny get all nerdy about a little thing that had originally been installed for their human friend living underground with them, but becoming so much more useful.

At Donny's den, they carefully set the crates down, and April reminds both of them, "Don't forget, we do have the nature preserve out back. I was giving permission to access the place anytime I like as long as I do not harm the animals. So there is going to be this huge pond, almost a lake for us to swim in, and several basking areas." She tightens up her pony tail and smirks, "I know I sure hope to do a little sunning myself after these cold snowy winters." She fans her hand out so her little turtle can catch the light from Donny's own Solartube. "I think he might like it too, won't you little guy?"

Donny shoots Raph a smirk, "Yup, Raph, she's defs your mate. Little coo-coo upstairs. You two were made for each other."

Raph tries to give a menacing scowl to his brother for the jab, but it so doesn't work. Because just then April is teasing by calling the turtle on her ring 'little Donny'.

That has Donatello scowling at April, and Raph covering his face in shame. Their combined expression is too much for April and she erupts into a fit of giggles.
"Hey, we going to stand around all night or get the truck unloaded?"
Leave it to Leo to get things back on task. Both Donny and Raph pinch April's sleeves dragging her back to the truck. Yeah, just because they are now a mated pair, nothing is going to change around here.

For now.