You'll Be In My Heart (2003)

By: AndiKaneUnderwood

This is for Skye7Diamond. For your prompts "Raph and Don bonding more off" and I swear, the rest of the prompts are coming, I just haven't had much tine recently and I'm struggling to put it into words. I am working on then though and figuring things out and fitting them into place, I'll try to have them out soon now that I have more time.

"Don? Donny?" Yelled Raph as he landed on another building.

"Donny!" They'd been searching for hours by rooftop, Raph leading them anywhere Don would've gone to be alone.

No one was quite sure what happened, but Raph got the feeling that someone at school had been going beyond simple teasing and settling more into the bully/jerk category.

Raph knew it was about the bond between himself and his twin. Otherwise, Don would've come and talked to Raph about it. He never came to Raph to talk about the bond between them because it hurt too much to think of Raph's rejection if he did.

Raph wasn't sure where those thoughts had come from, but he was always quick to put a stop to them whenever he could.

"Leo! Get Mikey and go around the docks a few times, then head home. I'll try West Street and Main." Raph spoke into the T-Comms Don had been tinkering with the day before.

"Got it. Good luck." Leo replied through the slight static.

"You too." Raph sighed, then he looked out over the city and sighed again. "Come on Donny, where are you." He asked himself. Then he rushed to the edge and flipped to the other side of the alley way.

Donatello, as it turned out, was closer than Raph thought. Up high in the old bell tower on the corner of West and Main, he gazed out over the horizon and sighed, tears running over his face every time he blinked.

He didn't understand why May Bell thought and said what she did, but he did know that it hurt. It hurt bad.

A boy can't love another boy, Donatello. Not even brothers. It's common knowledge, brothers hate each other. Always do. My brothers would gut each other with forks if they thought they could get away with it.

In May Bell's family, all the men absolutely hated each other. Didn't matter what they said or did, all the men just hated each other. They tolerated each other at best. And just barely.

Raph constantly reminded Don that the ginger did not by any means hate the brunette boy, but given that May Bell's brothers hated each other who's to say that it wasn't just a ruse.

"Donny?" Called a familiar voice. "Donny!"

Don looked up. His redheaded brother was on the roof top of the adjacent building. He cupped his hands around his mouth and called the brunette's name again.

Don didn't move, only gazed fearfully at his older twin, looking like he wanted to run, but was frozen to the spot.

Then the red head spotted him and looked excited. He put a hand to his ear and spoke into the open air. "I found him!"

Taking a running start, Raph jumped to the balcony of the bell tower and the up to the hollowed alcove Don was perched in.

"Donny!" He exclaimed, looking excited as he looked down at the younger twin. "Thank goodness, you're okay!"

"Bien sûr, je suis d'accord. Je suis allé pour obtenir certains air pendant un moment." Don replied, not caring that he was speaking a language Raph didn't understand in depth.

Raph sighed. "English, Donny, I only caught half of that." He sat next to the brunette boy, easily reading his body language to know exactly what had Don so upset, but patiently waiting for Don to explain.

"I said, "of course, I'm okay. I just went to get some air for a while." I'm fine. Tres bien." Don replied.

Raph sighed. "Alright. Out with it. What's going on in that genius brain of yours?" He demanded. Don knew him well enough to know that Raph wasn't demanding anything, just asking if the younger was okay while sounding gruff.

"May Bell Harper said that boys can't love each other. She told me that all brothers hated each other. And that her own would gut each other with forks if they could get away with it." Don stated blandly.

"Don, do you really believe that?" Raph asked him.

Don shrugged, then more tears fell down his face.

Raph reached over and took Don's hand, prepared to comfort his brother the way he knew that the brunette would only accept from him.

"Come stop your crying, it'll be alright. Just take my hand, hold it tight. I will protect you from all around you. I will be here don't you cry."

Raph rubbed away Don's tears with his free hand. Don looked up with watery chocolate eyes.

"For one so small, you seem so strong. My arms will hold you keep you safe and warm. This bond between us, can't be broken. I will be here don't you cry." Raph pulled Don into a hug. Don held on to the ginger's arms tightly.

Raph pulled him even closer as he continued to sing to the younger twin. He knew Don would understand the meaning. I'm here, I won't leave, and I'm nothing like the others.

"Cause you'll be in my heart. Yes you'll be in my heart. From this day on, now and forever more." Don was always deceptively perceptive and observant. He often knew what was going on before others even knew it would happen. Don knew exactly what Raph was trying to convey to him, and he was grateful that Raph was doing so, it was helping ten-folds. He didn't feel like he was spinning anymore and that was a definite improvement.

Raph smiled when he felt the tension bleed from the brunette's shoulders. Don was calming down, that was a good sign. He kept going. "Why can't they understand the way we feel. They just don't trust what they can't explain. I know we're different, but deep inside us. We're not that different at all."

Don finally wrapped his arms around Raph's shoulders, tears sliding down his pale cheeks. Raph rubbed his hands down Don's arms. Yes, this was much better, Don wasn't so upset anymore.

"And you'll be in my heart. Yes you'll be in my heart. From this day on, now and forever more." Raph sighed, allowing himself to relax now that Don wasn't in danger of running off and getting himself hurt. For all his genius, sometimes he could be pretty dense.

Don breathed in the smokey leather scent of his twin brother and let that ground him to the Earth. He felt so much better now. He sang along softly as Raph's voice met the bridge of the song.

"Don't listen to them, cause what do they know? We need each other, to have, to hold. They'll see in time, I know." Raph smiled as he heard Don's voice join his. If Don was singing, then he was feeling better. The brunette would be fine.

"When destiny calls, you must be strong. I may not be with you, but you got to hold on. They'll see in time, I know they will. We'll show them together, cause," Don's voice rose in volume, uncaring if anyone else heard. For once, he didn't mind.

"You'll be in my heart. You'll be in my heart. From this day on, now and forever more. Always, I'll be with you. I'll be there for you always, always. Just look over your shoulder. Just look over your shoulder. Just look over your shoulder. I'll be there always." Raph closed out the song and Don pulled back.

"Thank you, Kaen." Don whispered.

"You're in my heart, Ai, always. I don't care what May Bell Harper's family does, or even what she says. You're my brother and I love you and that's never gonna chance. You'll be in my heart. Always." Raph whispered.

Don smiled, burying his face in Raph's chest and wrapping his arms around his twin. "Thank you."

You'll be in my heart. Always.

*Kaen- Flame

*Ai- Love