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Patience – Chapter 9

Blue Sweater


Leo couldn't believe what he was hearing. His father, the one that ran away, wanted to take them back? Now?

It was too late for that.

Too fucking late.

"Leonardo, I know you may not like hearing this, but this is the message I must give you. Your Uncle would tell you, but with everything in the court happening, it might take some time for him to prove he has more right to raise you then your own father." Usagi, an old friend of their Uncle, told Leonardo. He had greying black hair, with shining, but somehow still somewhat dull, green spring eyes.

Unlike their Uncle who had completely grey hair in an ancient Japanese style with light brown eyes, almost grey.

Usagi was right, the seventeen-year-old boy didn't want to hear any of this. At all.

Leo ran a hand through his chin-length black hair, as he did so the sleeves of his blue cotton sweater rolled back a bit.

"T-thank you for the news Usagi. But my brothers and I refuse to leave. And he only wants to take back Raph and me, not all of us. The only way any of us would ever even consider going with him would be if he took all of us. This proves to us that he hasn't even changed; not in the slightest!" Leo nearly yelled, his voice raising without him realizing.

Usagi frowned and Leo realized what he did.

"I'm so sorry Usagi-san. I just... I can't take how selfish our father is. I don't mean to yell." Leo bowed his head slightly.

"It is fine Leonardo," Usagi smiled as he begun, "I understand you are under plenty of stress."

When Leo had to answer the door that night to his biological father, saying he was angry was an understatement.

"Uncle Yoshi! We have a stranger at the door!" Leo called, his eyes colder than ice and his voice harsher than winter weather.

Needless to say, it wasn't a pleasant talk that night.


Don didn't hear the first door ring, no not at all. It was probably best if he hadn't heard the second, or third one either.

He had been home alone all day; Mike went to school, Raph went to work, as Leo did. He was in complete silence, working on a project for one of his courses.

And then he heard the doorbell the third time. This time, it finally registered to him that someone was requesting to speak to him.

'Oh... I guess this is what Raph meant by "I'm absorbed into my work" ... and that was the noise I had been hearing...' It was just then occurring to Don that the noise his mind had faintly noticed but pushed away was that doorbell.

Getting up, Don stretched his muscles. He could hear his joints pop painfully before the strange after relief. He made his way quickly to the door.

Upon opening it, Don felt his eyes widen and his glasses (which had been slowly sliding down his nose) fall to the floor, but he hadn't paid any attention to any of this.

All he saw, all he heard, all he could register right now, was those dark brown eyes, piercing and full of manipulative energy.

"Hello, Donatello. How I've missed you, my son." He smirked deviously.

'No, no, go away. Leave us alone! W-why...' Don couldn't even comprehend what was going on.

"I see Leonardo gave you that shirt, hmm?" Don could only nod dumbly, he was wearing Leo's old blue sweatshirt, the cotton one he had loved so much.

"May I come inside?" Don couldn't speak, he could only open his mouth like a dumb fish and his vocal cords wouldn't work properly.

Their 'father' took this as a silent invitation. Don didn't have the chance to stop the man as he strode confidently into their own fucking home.

"I see you boys have gotten yourselves in quite the rut, eh?"

"Uh-um, well, erm, yo-you can't be here!" Don blurted after stammering over his own tongue for about half a minute straight.

"And why not? After all, you are my children." The man smiled, but it wasn't one of love or care; it was one of malice.

"L-Leo'll be home an-any minute! Y-you better go, before he-"

Someone cleared their throat.

That someone was Leo.

Don never felt so relieved to see his eldest brother, standing there in the still open doorway.

"Don, what is he doing here?" Leo's eyes were narrow slits, the same as when he was a teenager, except they were much more frightening now, considering he had grown; in height, size, and muscle mass. Everything about Leo scared Don himself.

"H-he just c-came in..." Don squeaked, his heart was gripped by fear and he felt the need to be protected. He remembered what their father had done to him and Mikey as kids. The memories that flood his mind made it, so he couldn't move. He was frozen in fear, his face inches away from their father's.

He never felt so terrified in his life.

"Get away from my brother. Get away from all of them; get the fuck away from my apartment! I don't ever want to have to see you in my entire life again! Now get the hell out!" Leo never cussed. Don was now starting to become more afraid of Leo more than anything now.

The pure look of hatred on Leo's face made Don's head spin.

Leo strode forward, his form stiff and tight, as he grabbed their father by his shoulder and shoved him away from Don.

"STAY the hell away from him! Do you hear me? GET OUT!" That's when Don heard it; Leo's voice was shaking.

And Don was surprised to hear his brother's voice shaking with so much anger, rather than fear. He hadn't even seen Raph muster that much anger in his lifetime.

Their father, James, just smiled before turning and making his leave.

"You still are my pride and joy, Leonardo. Such a shame you choose that deceased old man over me." Cleary rubbing their Uncle's death in their faces, Don gave Leo every right to do what he did next.

Get right in their father's face and grab the man by his shirt.

"You stay away, and you stay away for good. Do you understand?" Leo seethed, but the man still seemed unfazed.

"Just like your old man." He smiled, it seemed innocent enough, but Don saw the pure evil smirk it held. So did Leo.

That's when Leo just threw the man out the door, getting ready to shove him down the stairs but deciding against it.

"Go." He breathed, his voice sending chills up Don's spine.

Once the man left, that grin still on his face, Leo turned sharp on his heel and went inside, Don following like a lost puppy.

When they got inside, Leo grabbed Don by his shoulders and made him lock eyes with him.

"What happened? What happened precisely?" He asked, his voice still dripped venom, but Don knew it wasn't towards him.

Didn't make it any less frightening though.

"I-I" Don couldn't speak again. His eyes were wide, and his glasses were still on the floor, he was just seeing blobs of color which let him know it was Leo.

Leo finally realized how much he had scared his little brother, without even meaning to.

He took a step back and sighed, running a hand through his own hair before pulling Don into a hug and doing the same to Don's hair.

"I'm sorry I scared you, Don." He whispered. His voice was calm and still, just like the Leo Don knew. Not whatever had just possessed him then.

"I-it's okay. I'm glad you came. H-he was creeping me out, big time."

Leo stepped away and took in the shaky form of his little brother before bending over at the doorway area and picking up his glasses. Coming back over to Don, he gave them to the half-blind teen, who knew the feel of the glasses immediately and put them on without a single word.

"So, did he do anything to you? Did he hurt you? I swear, if there is one mark on your body, I'll press char-" Don smiled shakily before reassuring his brother.

"I'm fine Leo. All he did was talk to me and get in my face. I'm glad you came when you did. I was so helpless... I ju-just let him come in. I didn't- I couldn't say anything, Leo. I was so damn terrified. I'm such an idiot! A coward! I just let this- this- this monster waltz straight into our home!" Don cried, he didn't realize he had actual tears coming from his face until he felt gentle, cool fingers lift his glasses so that another finger could wipe his tears.

"Don, you were terrified of that man because of what he did to you and Mikey. You had every right to be that scared. I would be too. In fact, I kind of was. When I saw him, I almost had a heart attack right then and there. Seeing him, right next to you again... My mind couldn't take it..." Leo sighed as he looked Don in the eye instead of letting his eyes stay on the floor before continuing, "I'm just glad you're okay."

"Same. Thanks for saving my ass." Don smiled sheepishly, and Leo just chuckled before hugging Don again. This hug was long though, Leo just took the hug as a chance to express his love wordlessly for his brother.

"Anytime Donny."


An hour or so after the fiasco went down, Raph and Mikey walked through the door. After the welcome wagon, Leo took Raph away to privately discuss what happened. Leo and Don had both agreed that Mikey would not catch wind of the situation at all. Mikey was too fragile to know that one of his abusers was looking to hurt him again soon. It would break Mike down, ruining all the recovery progress the young teen had made so far.

Don went to keep Mikey company and occupied.

"What's up, bro? An' why are ya home so early?" Raph searched Leo up and down for any clues, but he found none.

"My boss was happy with my work, he decided to let me come home early. I was supposed to be a surprise for Don, then you and Mike but something... something occurred." When Leo trailed off, it was a bad sign. That was the minute Raph searched Leo's eyes, he knew something was up.

"Leo, what tha hell happened?" Raph asked, growling. He was growing impatient and his worry was biting at him, anxious to know what happened.

So, Leo recounted everything. Moment by moment.

By the end of it, Raph was seething, just like Leo had earlier.

"Tha bastard did what!?" Raph exploded, standing up obnoxiously and nearly knocking the little, weak table in the 'kitchen/dining room' sideways and the chair beneath him was knocked down by his violent outburst.

"Raph, Shh! I know you're mad, but we got to keep this from Mikey! He can't know!" Leo warned, eying the living room and silently thanking that Mikey hadn't come to investigate.

"No fuckin' shit Leo!" Raph's voice was noticeably quieter, but his voice was still booming in its own way.

"Look, I was- no am -pissed too. But we have to act like everything's fine around Mikey and support Don. I know he's taking it hard." Leo calmed his pissed brother slowly but surely.

"Let's just be thankful he did no real, physical damage to Don." Leo sighed.

"Yeah, but we still gotta worry 'bout-"

That's when the phone rang.

Leo sighed once again before standing up and going to answer the phone in his back pocket. The 23 years old man was having a horrible day it seemed.

"Hello, yes this is-"

Raph became worried when Leo stopped talking, his eyes wide.

"I-I am so sorry." Leo seemed to be... choking on his words?

"I promise to tell Mikey... I don't know how he'll handle this, but... but I'll talk to him about it. I am so so sorry for your loss. She was a great, talented girl." After some more of this kind of talk (which was scaring the crap out of Raph), Leo was finally off the phone. But with wet eyes.

"Leo, talk ta me bro. What happened?"

Leo looked up with eyes that told Raph everything but nothing at all. It told him something happened to someone, but not what happened.

It told Raph something was seriously, horribly wrong.

"Angel... she-she died. In a car wreck."


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