Sorry not sorry. I love this chapter.

Easy Raph, You can do this

Sweat trickled gradually down his determined face. His eyes squinted in concentration as he let out a massive breath, trying to ease his muscles.

I can do this. I just need to focus.

Easy now. Eaaasy.

*Crack*

Yes!

Raph smiled as he split the egg cleanly in two, yellow goop plopped into the bowl. Who said cooking was hard? He's seen Mikey do it so many times that this would be a piece of cake. Then again, it did take him four tries to correctly crack open an egg. They were either cracked too hard and shattered or the eggshell mixed with the yellow yolk. Not this time though! No! he conquered cracking the egg.

He was obviously not the cook of the family, the master chief was Mike. However after the stunt the little brat pulled the other day Raph refused to acknowledge his brother. Even when he was hungry, he would not go crawling to the hooligan asking for breakfast. No way is that happening. He would have made do with cereal, but unfortunately they were all out.

Now what?

Raph tried to remember all that Mikey did when he made scrambled eggs, maybe he used cheese? Raph moved to the fridge and scanned for cheese. He heard footsteps enter the kitchen, without turning around he knew it was Mikey. Just ignore him. He walked over to the bowl and threw some cheese in, then he whisked the mixture with a spoon. Satisfied he poured it into a pan. Perfect.

"You need help?" Mikey's sweet yet not as innocent as he thinks voice crackled through the air.

"Not from you!" Raph snapped. Way to ignore him He couldn't help it, snapping at Mikey, it's fun. Mikey chuckled and sat on the countertop, swinging his legs absent mindedly.

"Wow, you're still mad at me? Mad enough to go on a hunger strike?" He smirked.

"I can make my own food!" Raph growled and looked down at his eggs. Well what was left of them, how did they burn that fast? Maybe this is Mikey's doing, maybe he has super powers to annoy Raph in any way possible.

"Or maybe I can't." Raph sighed and took out the carton of eggs for the sixth time. Mikey laughed and the sound just pissed off the red clad turtle even more. This is just embarrassing, not being able to correctly make scrambled eggs. Well, at least it's not as bad as what happened with Leo. The poor guy was banned from the kitchen for a week. He felt his anger pounce again as he stared at Mikey's smug little face.

"Get out of here before I crack!" He growled out.

Mikey's eyes lit with amusement to Raph's surprise. He stopped swinging his legs and just glanced from Raph to the eggs in his hand.

"Did you just make a pun?" Mikey asked with disbelief. Raph was taken aback and thought about what he just said. He didn't even realize it but it was somewhat funny.

"Not intentionally." He admitted.

"so that was …pun-intentional?" Mikey grinned as he tried not to laugh at his own awful pun. Raph glared at his brother with a disapproved face.

"Why am I related to you?"

"Oh come on! Learn to take a yolk." Mikey giggled.

Raph wanted to be annoyed, but the temptation was too much and he smirked with delight.

"I'll scramble you if you don't stop."

Mikey looked surprised but pleased that his brother decided to join in on the Pun fun. He folded his arms and prepared for a battle of wits.

"You're very sunny-side up today!" He said sarcastically but still smiling like an idiot.

"Eggscuse me, what does that mean?" Raph pointed a finger at him but couldn't stop the smile that was spreading to his face.

"It means you're hard boiled!" Mikey giggled. Raph held up a fist jokingly and said,

"You wanna Fry that again?"

"Ah! Don't poach me!" Mikey yelled as if in fear and held up his hands to block the oncoming blow. He was still smirking. Raph shook his head and dropped his arm, turning to crack his sixth egg.

"Eggsactly." Raph said.

"Omelet that slide."

"Okay enough with the egg puns" Raph smirked. He focused on the breaking the egg without messing up but found it easier than they first five times he did before. A new thought came into his head and he couldn't help himself,

"Stop it now, I'm cereal."

Mikey scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"Egg puns are butter than breakfast puns."

"Yogurt to be kidding me." Raph shot him a glare but it didn't have the same effect when he too match Mikey's wide smile. Still the youngest turtle played along,

"Don't scone me!"

"You're toast now!" Raph grabbed his brother playfully and wrapped an arm around his neck, putting him in a headlock. Mikey didn't even attempt to escape, he just accepted it.

"You ain't got muffin on me." Mikey yelled out in triumph even with his head securely in the nook of his brothers arm.

"You are bacon my heart Raph!"

"Donut worry about it." Raph too couldn't suppress a chuckle,

"I pancake it anymore!"

"I uh I don't-"

"Ha too slow. I win." Mikey pushed Raph away gently and was released from his hold. He grinned and crossed his arms, jutting his chin out slightly.

"Didn't know it was a contest." Raph mumbled as his gazed at his brother with a loving expression.

"Everything's a contest Raphie." Mikey winked and grabbed the bowl of eggs, "now move over and I'll show you how a pro make's scrambled eggs!" He grabbed a handful of cheese and threw it in, then made his way to the fridge for some milk.

"Really Mike I can-" Raph began to protest. But Mikey shook his head and pointed at his brother, looking serious but his eyes were silently laughing.

"Uh huh! No more eggs will lose their lives to your terrible cooking. I mean come on, how do you burn scrambled eggs? You just have to remember to keep moving them around." Mikey said as he whisked the mixture together then poured it into the hot pan.

He hummed to himself and was basically almost in song while he tormented the eggs with his cooking utensil. Raph leaned against the counter and sized up his little brother. Only minutes ago was he furious with him and refusing to let the little goofball even make him breakfast. Yet in a short time, they both were laughing like goon. Raph was trying to hold a grudge but it seemed to have failed miserably. He didn't even want to try to remain mad him. Especially after Mikey's yummy scrambled eggs! He was sure of it now, either Mikey was secretly a genius, or had superpowers.

"How do you do it?" Raph finally asked. Mikey glanced up and looked at his brothers serious face.

"Do what?"

"Yanno, make me forget all about how angry I am with you within a matter of minutes."

Mikey seemed to actually give it some thought, he made a little humming sound and his face scrunched up.

"I don't know. I don't really have a secret, I just know how!" Mikey said thoughtfully and turned off the stove. He grabbed a plate and shoveled the eggs on it. He turned and handed it to Raph. Raph took the plate but didn't seem to notice he did; he was still deep in thought.

"Huh." He eventually sounded out.

"But it can't only be me! I mean you gotta love me a little to be able to put up with me for so long." Mikey grinned wickedly, trying to tease both his brother and himself. Rash's eyes soften and grew serious again.

"I love ya more than a little ya knucklehead!"

Mikey looked surprised. He knew Raph loved him, but it's not like he said it often. It was just usually implied. Raph normally says it when things get heavy, but not in situations where Mikey pulled a, what he thought was, a harmless prank. Mikey didn't exactly know what to say to that.

"Besides," Raph continued as he sat down at the table he grabbed a fork and dived into the delicious eggs. "I'd starve without you."

"Oh so you only love me for my cooking?" Mikey smiled at first but then tried to pout.

"Well, I certainly don't love ya for those terrible puns!" Raph sneered.

"Maybe I'm spending too much time around Leo."

Raph let out a burst of surprised laughter.

"No kidding, that turtle is punny!"

"I think I could give him a run for his money!" Mikey sounded confident in his abilities to play on words.

"Yeah? Think you could out pun him?"

"Raphael…Don't make me Sai." Mikey smiled. Raph stopped mind chew and did indeed sigh.

"Why am I related to you?"

Hehehehe Am I the only one who finds Puns amusing?