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"This is awesome!"
Mikey stood smack dab in the center of Times Square, seemingly oblivious to the people trying to move around him. He spun around in a circle, arms open wide until he got dizzy and fell into Raph. Raph had seemingly gotten over his aversion to the people and was standing, equally starry-eyed, next to him. When his view was disturbed, he growled and made a fist.
"No arguing!" April scolded, giving Raph a glare. "Look, I got you each a camera." It was disposable, the type Splinter had used when they were little. She passed them out, Leo taking his with a funny expression on his face. Donnie looked ecstatic.
"April, you didn't have to," Leo whispered to her, pulling her aside briefly when she finished handing them out. "We do have some money stashed away; I feel bad about all this money you're spending on us, especially if it's temporary."
"Leo, don't worry about it!" she said, patting him on the arm. "I wanted to do this! You guys are my friends. Besides, this is fun!" He mumbled his gratitude again, looking at her with earnest eyes, and she beamed at him.
"Whoa, April! You sure know how to show a guy a good time!" Mikey said, immediately holding it up to his face. He started taking pictures of everything: people, buildings, advertisements. He even got one of Raph glaring at him when the flash went off in his eyes. "Take my picture with that giant M&M over there!" He immediately started sprinting towards the M&M store.
"Mikey!" Donnie yelled. "Wait up!" The others started to make their way through the crowd after him, coming up on Mikey bouncing impatiently next to the statue. April giggled at his enthusiasm.
"What took you guys so long?" he whined, passing April his camera. She fumbled with it for a minute and happily obliged, taking several of Mikey pretending to take a bite out of it. He ducked inside, eyes growing wide at all of the candy. "This is the best place ever! Leo, can we buy some?"
"No!" Raph said, eyes wide and steering Mikey away from the huge trays.
"I'm sorry, are you Leo? Because I asked Leo! I want candy!" A tussle resulted, with Raph giving Mikey a noogie.
"Taking Mikey here was a bad idea," Leo whispered to Donnie as they watched their brothers argue. Donnie wholeheartedly agreed.
"Come on, guys," April said, looking a little embarrassed. "The Hershey store is across the street." The same thing resulted in the other candy store, and Donnie facepalmed. Leo scrounged together enough change to buy Mikey a candy bar. He gnawed on it blissfully as they walked back out, letting April lead them to their next destination.
As they walked out, someone bumped into Donnie hard and almost made him fall over, not yet completely used to the new balance of his human body. Leo caught Donnie before he could completely fall.
"Oops, sorry, I wasn't paying attention," Donnie said, smiling sheepishly, and a boy that looked to be their age whirled around.
"Watch where you're going next time!" he snapped, knocking Donnie's shoulder again. "And stay out of my way!" Leo and Donnie stumbled back, eyes wide in shock.
Raph, on the other hand, was not so surprised, and he clenched his fist. "Hey!" he yelled. "Back off, kid." He cracked his knuckles menacingly and lunged, but Mikey grabbed his arm and pulled him back. The kid's eyes widened, and he disappeared into the crowd without another peep.
"He's not worth it, Raph," Leo whispered. Raph let out a deep breath and nodded, fire still gleaming in his eyes.
That guy won't be messing with us again, he thought to himself with satisfaction.
Donnie rolled his eyes. Typical Raph.
April dragged them to Broadway next, with Mikey taking millions of pictures of the street signs. He had chocolate smeared all over his face, and was already shaking from excess sugar. After window-shopping some more, he began to complain about being starving.
"You know, I could eat, too," Donnie said, patting his stomach. "We didn't eat breakfast this morning, did we?"
"At least you had that candy bar," Raph snapped to Mikey. "Think about how the rest of us feel!"
April's stomach growled too. "What do you guys want?"
The four of them grinned, wide smiles that meant she was missing something.
"... What?" she asked.
"April, if you ever ask us that, just know the answer will always be pizza," Leo said to her, still smiling.
"PIZZA!" Mikey screamed, sugar rush in full effect. A few people walking by them gave him funny looks.
"Right, right," April said, smacking herself on the forehead for forgetting the obvious. Well, so much for getting them to try something new. "I know just the place!"
R&R!
