Here's the rest of the fluffiness!

Raph knocks on Donnie's door. It has a streak of black along the long edge from an experiment gone wrong a few years ago. Raph knocks, but no one answers. He turns the knob slowly and pushes the door open a little. Donnie is fast asleep on his bed.

Raph opens the door more and walks in. He sees the pair of casts on the genius' legs, and stops. He feels those tears come back. He sighs. Raph sits in Donnie's swivel chair. He rolls over to the edge of the bed. The moment he stops, his elbows hit his knees and his hands get tangled in his hair.

"..So," he starts. He figures he get all his stuff out before Don wakes up. "They got you to sleep.. I guess you can't uhh.." He eyes the casts again, "can't do much.. Hazel found Spike, he's home.." Raph sighs. "I.. I didn't mean to say, that you don't have a chance with her. That she.. that you won't get her." Raph pauses, "You, you are smart, Donnie. I've always been jealous of that. You will get a girl with that brain, April or not. But I can't get a girl with rage.

"..I've been jealous of all of you," Raph continues, "You and your brain, Leo and his calm.. Mikey and his joyfulness.. I'm sorry about yer legs. I wasn't myself, I'd- I'd never do that to you in my right mind. I want to help you all heal again.. I don't know how, but I really feel like- like I need to-"

"Raph.." Raph looks up. He was silently crying as he rambled. Donnie is awake, still groggy. Raph smiles.

"Yeah.." He doesn't know how much Donnie has heard, "I'm sorry.. for the legs.. and eh.." Raph cringes at the black eye, matching Leo's, "and the eye."

Donnie chuckles weakly, touching his chest gingerly, "Don't forget my ribs."

Raph looks down, blushing from guilt, "Yeah, that too.."

"I tried to look for you," Donnie says, "I really did. I used an algorithm and looked on multiple systems that I could-"

"Donnie-"

"-All the while you were at Hazel's.." Donnie finishes, flabbergasted.

"You should get some more rest," Raph says, standing up. He turns around and starts for the door.

"Raph." The older brother stops. Donnie is using his 'doctor's voice.' "What happened to your leg?"

Raph turns back around and sits down. Donnie is giving him the 'you aren't leaving until I know how to help.' Raph sighs. He lifts his leg up onto the side of the bed for Donnie to see. He pulls his pants leg up out of the way. The bandage is there. Donnie looks at Raph. Raph puts his leg down and helps Donnie sit up. Then he puts his leg back up. Donnie unwraps it.

"Oh.. my.." Donnie stares at the pink line on his leg. "Has someone been-"

"Hazel took care of me," Raph answers, "she has first aid knowledge." Donnie looks back down after the explanation. He traces the line lightly, stopping at Raph's request.

"Not only first aid," Donnie says, "She's a natural doctor." After Donnie wraps the leg back up, Raph stands up. "Make sure you get plenty of water and rest," Donnie starts saying, "And don't do any railing vaults."

"Okay Donnie." Raph turns away again, "You get rest too."

"And Raph?" Raph turns back yet again. "You owe me a hug."

Raph nods, "I look forward to it."

Raph starts towards Mikey's room, but makes a detour to get Spike. Raph isn't the only one that feels better with the turtle around. He walks to the colorful door. He knocks. Mikey looks up from his spot. "Dad?" Raph takes a deep breath. Mikey doesn't sound like himself, all scared. Sure, Mikey's been scared before. But..

'It seems wrong.' Raph doesn't answer. He just opens the door. Mikey sees Raph instantly and his eyes grow wide. The movement hurts his head, so he stops. Raph walks over and sits on the edge of the bed, Spike on his lap. He looks to the floor, not meeting his baby brother's eyes. After a while of silence, Raph finally speaks. "Hey, Mikester."

Mikey looks at Spike. "Were you looking for Spike..?" Mikey asks carefully. Raph shakes his head.

"No.. Hazel found him. The janitor at school had taken him home, apparently." Once he stops talking, silence hits the room like a punch to the gut. Both sit there. Raph doesn't look at Mikey. But Mikey sees the trails of tears down his brother's face.

"..You saw the guys first.. didn't you?" He asks.

Raph swallows a lump in his throat, "Yeah Mikey. I did." Raph feels like he needs to explain to his little brother why he didn't come to him first. "Leo was building up guilt on himself, worrying about me and my reckless behavior. Donnie, as the doctor, needs to know that I'm okay.

"But- but don't think that you are any less important Mikey," Raph sniffles, "You.. I know that you feel what others feel. You show pain when one of us is hurt and.. and with what has been going on.." Raph has to pause, "..I'm sorry... I am supposed to be patient with you, I'm supposed to be a big brother you can look up to. And, I.." Raph closes his eyes in regret. The more brothers that he goes to visit, the harder it gets for him to look his brother in the eye to say it.

"..Are you coming over here or not?" Raph looks up and looks at Mikey. Mikey is smiling, as far as he can without hurting. Raph smiles back when he sees his baby blue eyes, some of their joy back. Raph nods and scoots over, closer to Mikey. He pulls him into a hug, mindful of the arm against his chest.

Mikey uses his good arm to cling tightly to Raph. He starts to sob and cry over his shoulder. Raph lets him. This is the Mikey he knows. Leo keeps stuff in, but not Mikey. Never, Mikey. Raph holds him close, rubbing slow circles into his back. Spike waits patiently, a foot on Mikey's leg for silent support.

Raph sees the papers around Mikey's bed. They have scribbled drawings on them. They aren't as good as his other ones, but he couldn't use his good drawing arm, so that would explain it. After looking at a few for longer than a glimpse, Raph deduces that Mikey had drawn what he was thinking when he was gone.

"Mikey.. I promise, that I will never, never leave like that again. It was selfish. It was stupid. I should have stayed to help you all," Raph vows, meaning every word. "My actions weren't fair to any of you."

Eventually, Mikey lets go. He's smiling. Raph helps him lay down. He also discards the papers on the desk. Raph picks up Spike and starts to leave. "Can you leave Spike?" Mikey asks. Raph looks back.

"Sure, little brother." He walks over and sets Raph on Mikey's other pillow. Mikey smiles and sighs.

"I love you, dude.." he says, falling asleep.

Raph arrives back at the main floor, feeling better than when he left it. Master Yoshi is in the kitchen, a cup of tea for Raph. Raph sits down and joins his father. They sit in silence a moment. "Hazel has received a ride from April. They both would have prefered to stay."

"I understand," Raph says.

"..She is a nice girl," Yoshi states. Raph sighs, setting his cup down.

"Yeah, she is." Yoshi calmly and discreetly notes his son's change of behavior. Not too long ago, he thought she was annoying and too cheery. Yoshi smiles.

'Hazel works miracles,' he smiles to himself. He looks back at Raph and sees how he is tired. "Go to sleep, Raphael. You should get rest." Raph looks up and nods. "Would you like help-"

"Um.. no.. Dad. I'll be okay." Raph stands up and walks up to his room. He doesn't change and sits on his bed. He leans back and lays his head on the pillow. Sighing, he thinks, 'I forgot how comfy my bed was.' He closes his eyes and for the first time since before he started skipping school, he gets a decent and peaceful night's sleep.

AWWWW!

Don't worry, the story isn't over yet. Something still needs to happen.

But, this is the end of the current update. I still have to write more and don't want to leave you waiting on a bigger cliffhanger.