New Life and New Feelings Chapter 8

Two weeks have now passed since Leonardo confessed to Raphael that he loved him but none of them had let anyone else know, Leo was scared of thinking what his family would think and Raph had agreed to keep their relationship a secret if that is what Leo wanted. Both of them were surprisingly good at keeping the secret although there were moments when Leo just wanted to let his brothers know since he hated to keep secrets from them and because he knew that out of his brothers Leo is the one who is the worst on keeping a secret. But since no one seemed to have noticed they continued to hide it. In school they acted as if though they are just friends and after school they try to be with each other as much as possible but since both of them have homework and their ninja training to do they didn't get to see each other that often.

"I want summer to come…." Leo complained as he was leaning against a tree in the park and looked at his brothers.

"Well see it like this Leo, summer is only a few months away and we are soon done" Donnie told Leo as he continued his training.

It wasn't that often that Leo and his brothers decided to train outside but since the weather was perfect they had decided to let sensei rest while they do their training outside. The three of them trained for over 5 hours and now they were finishing up the last of their training by racing around in central park. Leo just wanted this training session to be over so he could see Raph again, they had decided to meet up in the park and then make up their minds on what to do since it was a weekend and both of them had finished up their homework.

"You guys can go ahead without me, I'm going meditate for a while" Leo said when he saw his brothers on their knees gasping for air.

"Meditate here? You know what Master Splinter is going to say about that" Mikey said once he had gotten his breathing under control.

"I know Mikey but this place is so quiet, it's like the perfect place to meditate on" Leo said and looked around.

And indeed the place was very quiet and there were almost no one around. Leo knew that his father wouldn't approve of him meditating in public but Leo knew that if he would meditate back home his concentration would soon be broken because his brothers would be too noisy. Donnie and Mikey were of course not willing to let their brother stay but they knew that once Leo had made up his mind, it wouldn't be easy to make him change his mind so both of them just looked at each other before both of them let out a sigh in defeat.

"Whatever you say Leo just don't be gone for too long. You know how our father is like" Donnie said and looked at older brother.

"I know Donnie, just head back home and say I'll be home in an hour or so" Leo said and smiled at his brothers.

When Leo was finally alone he walked over to a tree and sat down under it in the right position and began to meditate. For more than an hour Leo didn't move from the spot but when he finally did open his eyes again he almost jumped out of his shoes.

"Raph! What are you doing here?" Leo asked in a very surprised tone as he stood up.

"We did agree to meet here or have you already forgotten?" Raph asked and raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah I did…." Leo admitted and rubbed the back of his head and let out a nervous laugh.

"What were you doing anyway?" Raph asked as a smirk appeared on his face.

"I was meditating…. Me and my brothers had finished our training but I decided to stay behind and meditate" Leo answered and looked around.

"And how long have you been here?" Raph asked and crossed his arms over his chest.

"An hour ago…. Maybe longer" Leo said and when he realized that his eyes widen.

"I was supposed to be home by now…. My father is going to kill me" Leo said and he had to force himself not to say the old curses he and his brothers made up since they weren't allowed to curse at home.

"Then come on, I'll follow ya" Raph said and smiled at Leo.

"You don't mind?" Leo asked a bit confused.

"Nah not really, besides if we are going to do something together today don't ya think it might be best if we talk about on the way to the apartment you live in?" Raph said.

"Well I guess so" Leo answered and started walking towards the apartment he and the rest of his family lived in.

Leo and Raph were walking hand in hand down the street while talking about different things they could do but they were unaware that almost everyone they passed stared at them. Leo could feel them staring at him but he ignored it since he was far too used to it to care, Raph ignored them as well since he simply knew that what others thought about him and Leo being together were none of their business. They both said different things they would want to do and in the end they both thought that they first should go on a ride on Raph's motorcycle since Leo wanted to ride one and of course he didn't let Raph know the real reason why, he just lied and said that he had been too scared. Since Leo wanted to do that Raph had suggested that he would take him to one of his favorite places that would be a good spot for a picnic as long as it doesn't start to rain and after that they would go back home to Raph's house to watch a movie, Leo knew that his family wouldn't leave them alone and since he wasn't ready to let them know yet about his relationship with Raph he thought it might be best if they went to Raph's house since it would most likely be empty.

After a few minutes of walking and planning they finally reached Leo's apartment and before they walked inside Leo let go of Raph's hand and opened the door, the moment the door opened Leo saw his father and from the looks of it he didn't look happy at all but when he saw Raph behind Leo his eyes softened a bit and a smile appeared on his face.

"Welcome home my son. Who is this you have brought to our home?" Splinter asked and looked at Raph.

"Hello father, this is my friend Raphael Ikeda" Leo said and even though it pained Leo to say that Raph was just his friend Raphael understood and he didn't take it too seriously, he knew Leo said it because he wasn't ready to let anyone know.

"Ah so this is the Raphael I've heard so much about. It's a pleasure to finally meet you. I am Hamato Yoshi" Splinter said and bowed to Raph like he always did when he greeted someone.

"It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Leo has told me a bit about you as well" Raph said and bowed as well.

"I'll be right back Raph, just need to take a shower and change into some clean cloths" Leo said and disappeared into the bathroom.

"Come Raphael, you can wait in the living room along with my other sons. I'm sure they wouldn't mind" Splinter told Raph before he walked into the kitchen to get himself a cup of tea.

Raph didn't say no to that so he took of his jacket and his shoes and walked into the living room and like Splinter said on the couch Raph saw Leo's two younger brothers playing a videogame and from the looks of it Mikey were winning. Raph couldn't help but to smile as he watched them, he was the only child in his family after all and he knew that there were times when he wished he had a brother but he never got any siblings.

"Ha! I win again!" Mikey cheered as he looked at Donne with a big smile on his face.

"Aw man! It's impossible to beat you!" Donnie complained and put down the controller on the coffee table.

"Nothing is impossible" Raph said and crossed his arms over his chest, when Donnie and Mikey heard Raph say that they both turned around and looked at him.

"Hey Raphael! How have you been?" Mikey asked as he got up from the couch.

"Well if you count away I've had so much to do, I've been just fine. What about you two?" Raph responded and looked at both Donnie and Mikey.

"I've been just fine bro" Mikey responded.

"I'm good but what are you doing here?" Donnie said with a confused look on his face.

"He was waiting for me" Leo said before Raph could say anything as he walked into the living room.

"Since I don't feel like staying here when April and Casey arrive I thought I could spend some time with my friend" Leo said and even though he tried to make it sound like they were just going to hang up as friends it sounded like he failed.

"What about Casey and April? Are they not your friends too?" Mikey asked and looked a bit disappointed.

"You know as much as I do that I almost never hang out with them. You and Donnie however do which is why I don't see them as my friends" Leo answered before he walked into the hallway and put on his jacket and shoes.

When Leo and Raph had left both Donnie and Mikey looked at each other with confused looks on their faces. What Leo had just told them sounded suspicious but they didn't think too much of it since they knew that Leo did have a point. Whenever April and Casey visited them Leo would be alone but after he met Raph Leo had always had someone else to talk to beside his brothers. Both Donnie and Mikey didn't want to ruin that for their brother so they dropped it for now and went back to playing videogames while they waited for April and Casey to arrive.

::Note::

Okay it took me way too long to finish and upload this chapter but I'm sorry, school have started for me again and I'm busy with that but I'll try to upload more chapters as soon as I can. Luckily this is my final year in high school and after that no more school.