Yay you guys liked my Donnie/Mikey fluff ^^ Thanks for everyone who reviewed and here you go with the new chapter.
Raph's p.o.v
"No way! No friggin' way!"
I fume at my two younger brothers who stand a little uncomfortable on the other side of the room. Donnie has taken a few steps back and Mikey is cowering behind him. Well, good. Are they totally out of their minds?! Especially Donnie. How can he ask us to dig our little brother up! I don't care that Mikey is standing right in front of me as we speak. It's still his grave and you don't dishonour someone's grave. You just can't do this. Not to family.
"I don't know where you guys got this insane idea from but you better just keep your mouth shut and walk away right now! No one's touching that grave; not on my watch!"
With that I stalk off and slam the door of my room closed. I hope Leo can get some sense into those two morons because if they get anywhere close to that collapsed sewer, I'm gonna get violent. I lay down on my bed and look up at the ceiling. I'm not really in the mood of hitting anything so I just lay there. It's strange because usually when one of my brothers ticks me off I just want to kick their ass. It just feels different now.
"Raphie?"
I don't answer. I don't wanna see any of my brothers right now. He keeps knocking though. Luckily he never actually went into my room without any permission. He does that with Leo and Don but never did he go into mine without asking first.
The door slowly creaks open. Okay, up until now.
I don't stand up from my bed and wait for my brother to come over. He doesn't get too close and sits down on his knees in the middle of my cluttered room. He's very quiet which makes me feel weird.
"Why, Raphie?"
"Stop calling me like that," is the automatic response. I pull my head up and look into the bright baby blues of my youngest brother. My much younger youngest brother. He doesn't look like his happy self but that is kinda understandable. He just learned about sensei and April. Does he even want to know what happened to Casey after hearing that? I should probably safe him from that.
I lay my head back down and stay silent. But so does Mikey. He just stays there, kneeled on my dirty floor. Suddenly I snap my head back up. Kneeling? Mikey never kneeled before me. Before sensei we did it millions of times and only a couple of times did my two younger brothers kneel in front of Fearless. But never with me. It's a sign of respect. Respect for elder, wiser people than yourself. Your teachers or protectors.
Mikey's head bows slightly when I look at him. I follow his gaze towards the empty space in front of him and sit down. The hell? Since when did Mike actually start to care about Japanese customaries. I thought he found them as boring and stupid as I do. Only Lame-o-nardo cares about those traditions.
However, I still sit in front of him, kneeling as well. I'm actually a little curious what's up with him. Often he just jumps around like a hyper-active bunny on steroids or something but now he manages to sit still for more than fifteen seconds! I quickly find out that I've spoken too soon though. Mike starts fidgeting nervously and I sigh. What is this all about anyways?
"What's the thing doofus?" I ask him.
He shrugs his arms innocently and looks up at me. "It's you who just screamed at us Raph," he says with a slight smile. I ignore him and shift my gaze towards one of my magazine-collections.
"I just don't understand what the problem is," Mikey continues. "I don't care so why do you?"
I turn back towards him and suddenly get why he just came in here and kneeled. He wanted to show his respect of me being angry about this. He wants me to give my opinion. To explain this to him. Does he understand how mad this makes me? I don't need the kid's permission to speak up about this. I think I gave my opinion loud and clear thank you very much. I'm done with this.
But isn't this the reason why Splinter always called me stubborn? Or why Don never really asks me to help him out with anything? Or why Fearless Leonardo never wants my opinion as second-in-command?
And just there and then, I decide to show some respect back. Maybe they will actually listen to me for once if they get it. Maybe they will understand what I'm trying to say and not open the grave after all.
"Because this ain't about you," I answer him. I can see the confusion in his eyes and it takes all my will power to open up. It's not something I'm used to.
"I just don't wanna see what there's in there. 'Cause if it's a body, than you ain't my baby bro. And if there isn't, the one sittin' here in front of me has died three friggin' years ago."
I lock eyes with Mikey and see nothing of understanding. Just a blank look. He doesn't get what I'm sayin' at all. No one gets what I'm sayin' like ever!
"I don't understand, Raph," Mikey quietly says. "Are you afraid I'm not your brother?"
I stand up and walk away. I throw my bedroom door open and run towards the dojo. They don't get it, they don't get it, THEY DON'T GET IT! I tell myself that over and over again and start throwing punches at everything I can find.
After only God knows how long, I'm sitting there with ripped open knuckles on the floor.
"They just don't get it."
So this is the chapter in which there is a lot of Raph/Mikey fluff and in which we find out about what happened to Casey! Or that is what it was supposed to be. Instead I got this. Hmm maybe it was a bad idea to start writing a chapter after fighting with my little brother… At least I hope everyone liked it and next time I'll try to get something a little bit sweeter
