Leo had stumbled after Raph, but Raph ran too far ahead. Leo couldn't catch up. He stumbled and fell, panting. He looked up and faced the darkness of the woods, sighing. 'I've got to give Raph some time,' Leo thought to himself despite wanting to drop everything and go search for Raph no matter how long it would take. He slowly got up and walked back over to April, who was being helped inside the farm house by Mikey and Casey. Casey wasn't mad, he just wanted April to be okay. Leo followed behind them, walking with Casey inside the living room to set her down on the couch. Mikey rushed to the kitchen and grabbed her a glass of water and an ice pack, handing them to Leo and running upstairs to get Donnie's first aid kit.

April clutched onto her waist, letting out little pained cries. Her sides felt so tender, her body hurt all over, her cuts stung- she was battered. Leo laid her down and placed the ice pack on her right side, getting up to get another one but was pulled back down by April. She tightly grabbed his hand, looking up at him, her eyes telling him, please stay by my side. He nodded, bending back down beside her, letting her hold his hand. Casey went to go fetch some ice packs since Leo couldn't and met Mikey at the steps. They walked in together and bent in front of her, opening up the kit. Mikey pulled out the white bandage wrap and started wrapping her leg, where her tights were cut and there was a big cut. It wasn't very deep but it was oozing blood. Casey attended to her arms, placing bandages on her cuts and dabbing her with a wet cloth. She yelped with every dab of alcohol and peroxide that was applied to her cuts, gripping Leo's hand tighter every time. Leo held the ice packs to her side, then grabbed a wet cloth and gently wiped away the dried blood and dirt on her face. Her eyebrows furrowed into a pained angle, her eyes tightly shut. Leo's lip pouted out a bit, seeing his close friend in a very bad state. After Casey and Mikey attended every cut on her and dabbed her clean where they could, they gave April sad but supportive looks and walked out, leaving Leo and April alone.

Leo finally curled his hand around April, holding her hand. He slowly stood up and pulled a chair over to him, sitting down so his leg wouldn't give out on him. He needed to be there for April, but was also worrying about Raphael. But right then, his attention was devoted to April. Every time she tried to move, she groaned and let out a little cry. Leo couldn't stand it. He let go of her hand and, with much caution, scooped her up in his arms. She arched her back in pain as Leo placed her in a comfy position. He sat down on a side of the couch, getting two pillows and placing it on his lap, then laying April's head down on it. She kept moving her head around, a discomforted look on her face. Leo massaged her neck instantly. Leo used to do that when he was little and his neck was stiff from sparring, and Splinter massaged it and made it better. She shuddered a bit, pleased by the neck massage. It only helped her a little, but it eased her a lot. She let out a pleased sigh, making Leo chuckle a bit. She heard this and giggled a bit, her ribs hurting her as she did, so she went back to groaning. Leo brushed the bangs out of her eyes, trying to ease her.

"Leo," April whispered, her voice hoarse. "Th-thank you."

"For the neck massage?"

"Yeah, but not that. Thanks for setting up the sparring sessions. I know it must have been kinda hard to accept; I could tell you and Raph were worried that he'd hurt me. But I learned, and I used Mikey's techniques and bits of moves from Donnie in Raph's session, and it made me stand longer than I would have before in a fight."

"You're not upset?"

"No; this is what I wanted. Now I know moves and techniques to practice. I can use those leg swipe moves, the leaping, the backflips- I have a lot to learn and it will benefit me. I know it was a risky call, but thanks for letting me legit spar."

Leonardo spoke no words; he just nodded and looked away. He brushed his thumb over her cheek like Donnie sometimes did. He guessed it soothed her and he assumed right. Leo didn't even notice that April had let go of his leg when he re positioned her to make her more comfy until she laid her hand on top of his just like earlier and gave his hand a light squeeze. He looked down at his big hand and her little hand and gave her a light squeeze back, sliding his hand out from under her palm and placed her arm on her torso. She breathed out deeply, closing her eyes.

"Hey, Leo?"

"Mhm?"

"Did you happen to say 'see you in a few, sis' out in the woods this morning?"

"No, I whispered it when I was about to leave you alone to nap after I carried you back here."

"Hm," she hummed, smiling a bit. "Well, see you in a few, bro."

"Do you want me to get up?" Leo asked. "I could leave you alone to rest and heal up."

"Nuh uh," she said, shaking her head a bit. "None of us left your side, so you're not leaving mine. I don't care if you're uncomfy, you're gonna suck it up, Leo."

"Okay," Leo laughed, nuzzling his head into the couch. "Okay. Well I'll just watch Crognard."

"You nerd," April laughed, closing her eyes. "Night, Leo."

"Mm, night April," Leo yawned, his eyes starting to close. "No, I can't sleep; I gotta change all your bandages soon."

"Have fun with that," April teased, giving him a smug look before she fell into a deep slumber.

[Yikeskees! I hope this was a good chapter and I hope you didn't mind the fluffy moments.]