Yeah, I know. It's not Monday yet, but I'm in a really good mood, so here's an early story :).
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For now I have a request from rascalblack12, who wanted a story with Raph and Leo. Have fun!
The Things You Can't Say
His heart was racing in his chest and it felt like his breath got stuck in his throat. It was a long time ago he ran so hard from something. Most of the times they could fight it off, which he totally prefered, but this time… This time they had to run, there was no other choice. He dared to sneak a look back, seeing Leo run right behind him. They locked eyes and without saying something they slowed down, but didn't stop completely.
"You think we're far enough?" Leo asked, looking back. Raph followed his gaze and didn't see anything. "I hope so," he answered. He let out a well deserved calming breath and let his heart rate go down. For a few minutes they jogged in silence over the roofs, taking easy routes just to calm themselves and to think things over.
"We need to go back," Leo suddenly broke the silence. Raph stopped dead in his tracks, looking at him in disbelief. "Are you freakin' kiddin' me? We ain't goin' back!"
Leo turned around, facing his brother. "Raph, it's the only right thing to do. If we -"
"No way, Fearless. No friggin' way." Raph shook his head. "I'd rather jump off this roof than goin' back there."
Leo put his hand awkwardly in his neck. "I know it's not fun, but sensei taught us better. If we make a mistake, we have to fix it ourselves."
"Ya call that a mistake? Mistake is the understatement of the year! We just called a damn apocalipse on ourselves."
"Basically that was all you," Leo replied thoughtfully as he raised an eye ridge.
"Don't gimme that, Fearless! You were there too!" Raph warned, raising his fist. In response Leo pointed his finger to his brother's chest. "Well, you shouldn't have said anything!"
"You shouldn't have laughed!" countered Raph angrily. Leo looked at his brother and dropped his hand, not in the mood for a fight. "Fine, you're right, alright. But we're in this together."
Raph followed his brother's movement, also lowering his hand. "We messed up big time."
Leo nodded. "Yeah, and now we need to fix this."
Raph snorted. "Pfft.. I call you when I have a death wish." Raph waved his arm and started to walk away, until he felt Leo's hand on his shoulder. "Raph, please. Let's do the right thing here." Leo sighed and looked at his brother with light pleading eyes, as Raph turned around. "Argh, come on, Leo. Don't pull a Mikey on me with yer puppydog eyes," he huffed, looking away. "It ain't gonna work."
Leo grinned. "You look like you're feeling guilty, so I guess I'm succeeding."
"That has nothing to do with ya," Raph answered quickly. Again it was silent. Suddenly Raph turned his body and slammed his fist to the wall next to him. "This sucks!"
"Raph, calm down. Hurting yourself doesn't solve anything," Leo said as he grabbed Raph's hand and pulled it back from the wall.
"Well, I feel a lot better," growled Raph and he jerked his arm back. Leo shook his head. "Sure," he said flatly. "Now come on. Let's head back."
Raph sighed miserably. "If we die, I hold you responsible," he said as he followed Leo, who snickered. "Deal, bro."
Slowly they made their way back the way they came, tension filling the air. Suddenly Raph felt something buzz against his side. A little surprised he grabbed his phone and flipped it open when he saw Casey's name on the screen. "Casey! What's up? Everything alright?" he asked. He heard some rummaging through the phone, followed by a male voice, saying, "Dude, you guys are so screwed!"
Raph's eye ridges narrowed. "Yeah, we know… And what about you? You were there too!" he countered. Casey barked out a laugh. "Yeah, but I'm married to her, dude. I got advantage points." For a second he was silent. "And I know when to shut my mouth."
"Screw you, Casey! Are ya gonna help us or not."
"No way, dude. You're on your own here. I'm not so stupid to fall for the oldest trick in the books."
Raph growled. "If yer not gonna help out, why the heck did ya call, numbskull?"
"Telling ya you guys are screwed. And for the laughs, I guess," Casey said amused. Raph's eyes narrowed. "I'll give ya something to laugh about, you son of a -" Before Raph could finish his sentence, hang up or smash the phone to a wall, Leo quickly grabbed the device out of his hand. "You gotta help us. We've no clue what to do," he said with a pleading voice in the phone. He heard their human friend think for a bit. "For now, just stay away from here. For the future… Never, ever say 'just your butt' when a woman asks if she looks fat in a new dress. Ever!"
Leo sighed. "Yeah, I guess Raph knows that now," he said with a side glance to his brother, who looked rather pissed off. "I was just joking!" he called out, throwing his hands up in frustration.
"Doesn't matter, dude. You know women…" Casey said, who heard Raph in the distance. Leo sniggered. "Apparently, we don't know enough. Guess that's the downside of being a mutant turtle."
At that comment Casey started to laugh. "That sucks indeed, dude. Oh wait..." Leo heard some movement, followed by a slamming door, and then, "Is that Raphael?" April's voice sounded far away, but at the same time it was hard enough to hear it clearly.
"If so, tell him to stick his comments up his -" At that moment the connection was cut off. Leo lowered the phone and looked at it, processing an occurrence he had never seen before tonight: a serious angry April. He looked up, seeing his exact thoughts reflected in his brother's eyes. "So…" he started, fidgeting with the phone. "Shall we go home then?"
Raph nodded. "I guess…" Both of them started to walk the other way again.
"Let's keep this quiet fer some time," Raph started. "Don and Mike are never gonna live us down if they knew."
Leo nodded. "Good point. We keep this a secret for as long as we can," he said smiling. "It won't be long, but still… We could try."
"Yeah," Raph answered with a matching smile. He hold out his fist. "Deal?"
"Deal," Leo said grinning as he bumped it with his own.
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