(Molly's POV)

I was writing in my journal and I just didn't get anything.

I've been out of my mind since Kaito kissed me last week. I haven't seen him since then either. Nothing made sense to me. One second he was like a leech and the next he just cast off.

I'm just so confused. I have no idea what to feel. Especially when mom called him my crush.

I barely told her anything about him. Not about the Foot Clan thing or his name or anything if I want to remain alive.

In fact, I have no idea what to feel about him. Do I like him? Ugh, why did he ever have to freaking show up?! Kaito just sets me on edge in a way I never expected. He was irritating but mature, kind of dangerous yet interesting.

I hate boys. They just over complicate things.

But still… why did he just start ignoring me all of a sudden?

(Leo's POV)

I was taken by surprise last night, by Karai.

All she told me was that Kaito wanted to talk to me. I'm still in shock. My son actually wants to see me.

I wanted Karai to stay and talk with me but she just ran off after she had her say. That woman is still the most bullheaded and beyond stubborn person I know. That's saying a lot coming from the guy with Mona Lisa and April O'Neil, who are also both entirely stubborn, as sisters-in-law.

Why is this so difficult for her? I love her… and I know that she feels the same way too deep down about me. So why is this so hard for her just to admit that she feels that way about me?

But, I'll have to put that in the back seat right now.

Karai told me that Kaito will meet me on the Biarly Building tonight. A place I knew all too well. The place Karai first told me to meet her 17 years ago that first night I met her.

I was on my bike as I was trying to clear my head on my way over to Mikey and Irma's. They invited me over for dinner and the Knick's game was on this afternoon and I was going over to watch it, which I am bracing myself for the barrage by my nephews.

It's not that I don't love them or think they are bad. They're actually really good boys… They're just really, really crazy.

Those boys are definitely more like Mikey than Irma. Well, Tommy is actually really smart like his mother but all three of those boys are just these loud, insane balls of energy like my brother.

I'm not saying Tony or Benji aren't smart, they just have an even higher inability to sit still and pay attention like my brother when he was younger. I just hope they calm down later on like Mikey did; however, he's still the same guy deep down, even as an adult.

Especially from what Irma tells me about Mikey's behavior nowadays.

Mikey has matured a little more over the years, but he's still the same in many ways. He still has his weird habits and shows it by doing weird things in front of their house. His usual thing he likes doing every morning is meditating in the front yard while doing a handstand in nothing but a pair of shorts and a bandana tied around his forehead. That usually got a lot of weird looks from their neighbors.

One time I even asked Irma if it embarrassed her, but she just shrugged and told me that she really didn't care and that she liked it. Irma then went on to tell me that she liked Mikey's behavior. She said that before Mikey, her life was very quiet and boring, until he showed up.

As much as it still confuses, Irma is the first and only woman that ever was genuinely attracted to Mikey and accepted him as he is. But I was happy for that, for both of them.

As different as Mikey and Irma were, night and day different really, they were well suited and are really happy together.

I just remember when they told us they were getting married. That was a weird day.

The thought of anyone wanting to marry Mikey seemed totally impossible to me then. But I really was happy for them. They were also the only ones to have an actual wedding in our group. Mona and Raph's was said and done in a day and happened extremely quickly and quietly and April didn't really want a wedding since she barely has any family and her and Donnie just had a small ceremony with just Kirby and the rest of us.

Also, April and Donnie just wanted something quiet to begin with.

Irma really didn't even care to have one either but her parents insisted and would not take no for an answer. Not to mention anything that could mean a party gets an immediate yes from Mikey. It was actually really fun. It was the one and only real wedding my brothers and I ever went to.

The only thing that unsettled me was that some of Irma's cousins kept flirting with me when she told them I was single. But, I didn't like it and it always feels wrong and dishonorable to me when other woman tried to flirt and show interest in me.

I just don't see why women always look at me and flirt with me. I don't think I'm a vain man and I think I'm okay but I just don't get why they find me that appealing or desirable or anything like that.

Also, I wasn't free then and I'm still not free now. Especially now that I've found her again. Anyway, Irma and Mikey just kind of settled into normal life after that.

After Mikey going to culinary school and learning to make food a little less insanely, he got a job as a sous chef. It's still kind of hard to believe that Mikey, my eccentric younger brother who used to combine pizza and milkshakes together and then drink them, actually has a job and makes money cooking food for people and being trusted with it. But who am I to say something like that.

In reality Mikey's more successful than me in many ways and to be honest, just like I am toward Raph and Donnie, I envy him...

Well, then Irma used her accounting degree and got a job as an accountant at the same bank as her father. It's just so weird how my brothers, well mostly Mikey in my mind, settled into these normal lives and were living life we always wanted deep down.

As much as I wish my life could be like that and live normally topside. Yet, I know it probably never will be entirely that. But, I knew I made that decision when I involved myself with Karai.

Well, at least I can use this visit to distract myself until tonight.

But I am prepared for tonight to talk to Kaito. I assume he's going to want some kind of explanation. But if that's what he wants, then I'd be more than willing to tell him anything he wants to know.

(Kaito's POV)

Mother told me to meet him at this high rise tonight. Am I seriously doing this? I have to be completely mad.

But… this is my father, my actual father.

He's a Hamato and next to Hamato Yoshi, grandfather has always mentioned his dislike for Leonardo especially for always getting in the way of his plans. But, I want to be able to talk to him.

It's a curiosity and after living a lie by my own mother, I need something to make sense of everything.

I scaled to the top and I felt kind of nervous. Leonardo and I haven't exactly been at the best terms. I tried to kill him twice, only for him to put me back in my box. Then again he is pretty much 18 years older than me and has been in the field longer than me like my mother.

I just have so many unanswered questions.

I got to the roof and I saw him. He was looking out at the skyline with his hands clasped behind his back. I felt it again as I walked toward him.

I was about to speak when he said, "Hello Kaito." He turned around to face me and he was actually smiling at me as he continued, "I'm glad you came."

I didn't know exactly how to reply. I had no idea how to address him or anything. He is my father but… I don't know.

"I understand if this whole situation is still shocking for you and it is for me too, trust me. But if you feel uncomfortable calling me something, then just call me Leo." He explains and smiles at me.

It felt so weird.

He barely knew me and I barely knew him, yet I felt something coming off of him that I never expected, trust. Well, since I can't even trust my own mother right now, at least I have something.

"Leo." I say and bow my head in respect. I did respect him. He's my father sure and I should respect him because of that but I also respected him for his skill, a skill I hope to achieve when I'm older.

He kept smiling at me as he bowed his head back to me in return.

After a long awkward silence we sat down on these AC units at the top of the building. Well, this was it. It was what I wanted. I was here with my father and he was just looking at me like he was expecting me to say something.

I remained silent.

My knee was bouncing up and down involuntarily from nerves as I tried to figure out how to approach it until he spoke, "So… your mother said you wanted to talk to me." I looked at him finally and took a deep breath to relax a little before replying, "Yes, I just… I wanted to know somethings."

It was silent again before he said, "What would you like to know?" He was looking at me, genuine in what he said. Leonardo actually looked like he wanted to help me. This was it. Time to just come out with it.

"Everything." I finally say, dead serious.

(Leo's POV)

It was dead silent.

Kaito had a hand clutched into his hair. His eyes were wide as saucers. I literally just told him everything and I mean everything. Everything from how I came to be to when his mother disappeared almost 15 years ago.

Well, I left out some details during the time Karai and I were intimate to spare him from being entirely scarred for the rest of his life all in one night.

His expression just kept twisting in confusion as the story went on. Not that I blame him. I even felt shocked as I went on with practically my life story.

My life seriously was pretty messed up.

When I told him I used to be a mutant turtle, he looked at me like I was messing around and that I was crazy, until I showed him the picture. It was a picture of me and my brothers that I brought with me from when we were still turtles.

After that, Kaito was especially silent. Again, I totally understand. It isn't everyday you find out your father was a product of a double mutation. I mean seriously, my brothers and I went from actual turtles to humanoid turtles to humans… again, that's pretty messed up.

Kaito was still staring at the photograph in his hand until he handed it back to me and I replaced it in my belt. Then he finally let out a deep breath after taking almost a full 10 minutes to process everything.

"Okay, so what your telling me is that I'm technically part turtle?" He comments and I could tell by his expression that he wasn't joking at all. I could tell he was still in shock by everything but I decided to lighten it up a little.

"Well, not really, no. Technically maybe, but trust me I've been like this since I was 15. Just believe me when I say that you're in the clear of anymore weirdness than there already is. You're human, I can promise you that." I say and we both let out a slight laugh.

This felt right. After all this time of not knowing what to do about anything. It felt like a relief to finally be able to talk to him, to talk to my son.

It was quiet again and all I could hear was Kaito's fingers thrumming nervously against the metal of the AC unit. I was just waiting for him to process everything and speak in his own time.

Finally Kaito let out a sigh and started, "Leonardo…" "Leo, please." I interject with a smile. I wanted to show him that he could trust me.

After not knowing me the whole 14 years of his life, I had to make up for lost time.

Kaito nodded and started again, "Leo, I want to apologize. For how I spoke to you before. I was acting dishonorable and rude to you and I wanted to apologize for my behavior. I had no idea, of anything." I was shocked by it slightly. I never even thought of it that way.

"You don't need to apologize. How could you have known? You were just defending your mother's honor. That is something I can completely respect. If anything I should apologize to you for approaching you that way and airing those opinions of mine about your mother to you." I apologize.

Kaito shrugged and replied, "You don't need to either. I just still feel like an awful prig for acting like that… I just still can't believe she lied to me. I always thought my father was actually dead this whole time. I feel so stupid." He said that last part after a really long pause.

I could tell it really was something that was hitting him really hard. His expression seemed angry frustrated, and… hurt.

"Don't feel too bad. Besides… if it makes you feel any better, you aren't the first man your mother kept the truth from. Take it from someone who gets it." I say and I hesitantly reached out my hand and rested it on his shoulder.

He looked up at me and gave me a weird look, not knowing how to take my gesture. Then I saw a corner of his mouth curl up at me. I don't know why, but that made me feel really good to see that.

I smiled back as I retracted my hand and clasped my hands together again.

Another period of silence struck as I waited for anything else he wanted to say. "Can I… ask you something?" He asks, glancing at me a little in hesitance. "Of course, anything you want." I assure.

"I know this sounds kind of snide, but… what was the attraction between you and my mother?" He asks and I quirked an eyebrow up at him.

He actually wanted to know about my relationship, or whatever it was, with Karai.

"What do you mean exactly?" I ask, wanting to know exactly what he meant. "Well… okay like I said, I don't mean to sound like a prig but… your both just so…" "Different?" I finish and he nodded at me.

It was strange seeing this side of Kaito. That arrogant Foot ninja facade was gone. All I saw now was a 14 year old boy that just wanted to know the truth.

I ran a hand through my hair as I clicked my tongue on the roof of my mouth.

"Well… Okay Kaito, I'll be completely honest with you. I don't know what your mother told you about what happened between us, but I want you to know my side. When I was a young man with your mother, I was like an 8 year old with a hundred dollar bill. I was just shiny and dumb and did almost anything your mother wanted me to. Well, I drew lines at stealing and things like that. But, you get my point. Just don't jump to any conclusions. I didn't do that because I was only attracted to your mother. I also respected her. Your mother is a kunoichi and I respect anyone with her impressive skill set. Your mother was smart, strong, concise… and she still is. I'll be honest when I say that... I loved her." I admit.

"Do you still… love my mother?" Kaito asks hesitantly, his expression entirely intrigued. I internally was surprised by his comment, but I knew he was just being curious and wanting to know about his parents.

But, I sighed before further admitting, "Honestly… Yes, I do. Even after everything she's done to me, I still cannot get over your mother. I'm sorry Kaito. I wish your mother would have told me something, but she just left before I even knew she was going to have you. She's been an enigma to me since the beginning and I still have no idea what to do with her. The moment I got close to her, she immediately puts her walls up. Call me pathetic, I'll totally understand if you think that way." I completed just vented all of that to Kaito and to be honest, I didn't care to an extent.

I've been holding that in since she left.

"You're not pathetic. I know my mother isn't the easiest to understand, but that's just how she is. The only person she's ever shown any affection and care for as far as I knew was me. But even with me she always looked like she was hiding something. She's not a social, attachment type person for some reason but…" He stopped talking for some reason and looked like he was really thinking.

"But what?" I ask.

"A couple years ago, I walked into my mother's room after I came back inside from shooting and I saw her sitting on her bed looking into this box. But she immediately put it away before I could see what was in it. When I persisted in asking her what it was, she told me it had to do with my father, which now would mean you. I still have no idea what exactly was in it or what she meant by it. It was just really weird." He says and I was really intrigued.

What could something in a box have anything to do with me? But it also somewhat confirmed what I always knew deep down about her.

I looked at Kaito and still saw that hurt and angry expression on his face. I knew he was still angry with Karai about lying to him, but I had to make something clear to him right now. As much as I was still angry at her too, I don't want Kaito to spite her.

"Kaito, try to forgive your mother." I say. "Why? After she broke my trust like that, how could I ever trust her again?" He says back, still angry.

"Because she's your mother and I know you don't see it and I know it was hard for me to see it too at first, but I think she did what she thought was right because she thought it was best for you. She cares about you more than I've ever seen her care about anything. You can trust me on that." I say, wanting Kaito to get my point.

He did eventually nod at me and say, "I'll try."

Kaito looked at this clock on a nearby skyscraper before looking back at me and saying, "I think I'm going to head out." I nod and reply, "Of course." I was about to walk away when I heard, "Leonardo… I mean, Leo."

I turned around to face him again. "I want to thank you for being honest to me. I mean it." He says and he actually did give me a look that expressed gratitude as he bowed his head to me again.

"Your welcome, Kaito. It was no problem." I reply with a slight smile. "Would you mind if we… talked more later. Tomorrow night? " He asks, curious. I knew he wanted to know more and I was practically exploding internally that my son actually wanted to talk to me more.

"Definitely. Same time same place?" I ask. He smirked a little as he nodded.

I nodded a little back and then we both went off in our separate directions.

Hope you enjoyed the father son talk. Please tell me your opinions and I hope you enjoyed the chapter.