So called lovebirds
Sunrise in New York City. Leo cracked his eyes open. It was hard to tell that it was sunrise, though, living in the sewers can't really be the best thing in the world. Leo sighed and sat up. He rubbed his eyes with his fists. He got up and put on his mask, tapes, and gauze (A/N: I don't know what they call the things around their ankles and wrists). He was about to put his pads and belt on. *I don't need to wear much. It's just morning meditation,* he thought. He exited the room, wearing nothing but his mask, tapes, and gauze. He looked around, his eyes turned to see the guest room, where Jel and Tash were sleeping. *What are the chances that they'll be awake at this hour?* Leo asked himself. He walked over to the kitchen and made himself some tea. After putting the kettle on the stove, he sat on the stool, put his cheek on his hand and waited.
Tash opened her eyes. They slept late last night, but she had no idea why was she awake at this hour. The guest room was dark at the moment, but if the light was on, you could see the interior. The walls were made of concrete as well as the floors. There was a bed, but another one came in when Jel came in. Both beds were plain brownish green with blankets and pillows of the same color. By each bed, there was a wooden nightstand with two drawers with gold colored knobs. There was a table lamp on each one. By each nightstand, there was a wooden chair. She tried to go back to sleep, but nothing. "Fudge," she murmured. She grabbed he glasses off the nightstand but left her hoodie on a chair nearby. She left her hair down, too lazy to tie it. She heard a door creak. Through rice paper doors, she could see a silhouette of one of the turtles. She opened the door by a crack and she saw Leo's back at her as he entered the kitchen. *Man, he wakes up early,* she thought to herself. She glanced at Jel, who was snoring softly. She looks back at the kitchen, and decided to go there and see if they had cereal or something.
Tash peeked through the curtains of the kitchen and saw Leo, cheek in hand, kettle on stove. He didn't wear his belt nor his pads. Tash tried to hold in a laugh or giggle...or laugh at her plan. She crept up behind Leo, and... "Peekaboo!" Tash exclaimed, popping up behind Leo. Vines quickly emerged from the floor and around Leo, small white flowers blooming. Leo yelped both at the surprise and at the touch of the vines. Tash started laughing her head off, putting her head and fists on the table. "Tasha!" Leo exclaimed, part irritation, part shock. "Haahhahahaha! Y-you should see your face! Oh my gosh, Haahahahaaha!" Tash said, laughing. It took a while, but the laughter died down. "I can't breathe," Tash said, softly laughing and panting. Leo's head slowly decended into his shell. The kettle wistled. "I got it," Tash said, fully recovered. She walked over to the stove and turned it off. The vines disappeared. Leo walked over to the stove and took the kettle. "Do you have cereal in here?" Tash asked, tiptoeing to try and reach what she thought was a cupboard. "I-I don't know," Leo replied. "How come?" Tash asked. "I usually have tea for breakfast," Leo replied, pouring tea into a cup. "Aren't you fifteen?" Tash asked. "Yeah...why?" Leo asked. "Tea has caffeine doesn't it?" Tash asked. "Yeah... I think so," Leo replied. "Your fifteen and you drink a lot of that," Tash said. "At least I'm not like Donnie, drinking coffee eight times a day," Leo said. "That's like, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and midnight snack times two," Tash replied. Leo sat on a stool, tea cup on the table in front him. The was a silence, the only sound was Tash grunting to reach the imaginary cupboard. Leo sighed. He got off the chair and stood beside Tash, leaning on the sink. "You need any help?" Leo asked. "No thanks," Tash replied. "You know, you could just use your powers...Right?" Leo said. "Easy for you to say," Tash said. "You don't have to panic about destroying the lair," she replied with a grunt. "Well..." Leo started. "Well what?" Tash asked, stopping to reach for the "cupboard" to look at Leo. "Uh...we don't *have* cupboards," Leo replied. "What?!" Tash exclaimed. "Yeah, your reaching for the compartment where we clean the chute," Leo said. "What?! Why didn't you tell me?!" Tash asked. "Because..." Leo found himself speechless. *Yeah, Leo why didn't you tell her?!* Leo scolded himself as he nervously sweats. "Let me guess, you didn't know, or because I looked funny," Tash said. "Uh..." Leo's head slowly decended into his shell, soon you could only see his eyes, upwards.
"You two are flirting with each other?" Mikey asked, suddenly across the table. Leo's head shot up like lightning and he and Tash turned to see Mikey. "W-what?" Leo asked, blushing. "That's adorable!" Mikey commented, squishing his face into his hands. "No! S-Shut up!" Leo ordered. "Since when was this flirting?" Tash asked. "I gotta let the others know!" Mikey excalimed, running off. "Mikey, wait!" Leo excalimed, running after him. "DUUUUUUUUUDDDESSS, ASHER AND LEO ARE FLIRTING!" Mikey called out. "Don't call me that!" Tash exclaimed. "LEO AND ASHER SITTING ON A TREE, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Mikey chanted. "Mikey!" Leo shouted. "DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Tash exclaimed.
At school, Rose, Violet, Vikie, Rili, and April were sitting on a lunch table, eating lunch. Rose had rice and chicken, Violet had rice and veggies, Rili had rice and fish, Vikie had rice, fish, and sinigang (It is a Filipino soup that is sour), and April had a tuna sandwich. "So...TP isn't back yet?" Violet asked. "Nope," Vikie replied. "My mother and brother are going back to the Philippines tomorrow morning," Rose said. "They're going back to the Philippines? Does that mean your mom's giving her apartment to *us*?" Vikie asked. "Yes!" Rose replied with a grin. "Yeah!" The girls excalimed. "You girls have your own apartment now?" April asked. "Yeah!" Vikie replied. "Wow, that's...that's great," April replied. "We gotta let Jel and Tasha know!" Rili excalimed. "Wait... Where *are* they staying anyway?" Violet asked. "They're staying at Leo's place," Rili replied. "Who's Leo again?" Rose asked. "Leo is Donnie's older brother, he's letting them stay at they're place until they get better," Rili replied. "Better?" Rose asked. "Donnie's a doctor who graduated college at... Thirteen... I think," Rili replied. "Woah, that guy's really smart," Rose commented. There was a ringtone of 'by the seaside.' "Oh, that's mine," Vikie said. She brought out her phone. Her phone had a pink case and light blue and purple that blended together as her wallpaper. "It's a call from Mikey," she said. "Mikey?" Rose and Violet asked. "Jinx, you owe me a soda," Rose said quickly. "Leo's little brother," Vikie replied. She answered the phone and put it on loud speaker. "Hey Brownie, guess what?" Came Mikey's voice. "What?" Vikie asked. "Asher and Leo sitting on a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Mikey chanted. "DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Tash excalimed, annoyed. "Help!" Mikey excalimed. "Mikey, what's wrong?" April asked. "I'm hanging upside down! Ahhhhhhhhhh! Somebody help me!" Mikey screamed. Vikie, April, and Rili laughed.
