Rotto
"Donnie?" A voice behind the violet clad turtle said and he turned away from his space by the pond to see Raphael.
"Oh, hey Raph." He replied before turning back to look in the pond.
"You're spending a lot of time here, is everything okay?"
"Fine." Donnie shrugged.
"Donnie." Raph said, kneeling by his side. "You know you can talk to me."
"I know." Donnie sobbed.
"What is it?"
"Leo's looking for another mate."
"What?" Raph asked in shock. "I know things were bad, but...I didn't think…"
"They only got bad when Splinter started talking about children and how Leo had chosen me over all the females that had thrown themselves at him."
"I thought Leo didn't want kids."
"I know, but Splinter says that after Leo, there will be no one to take over the estate, Leo suggested you, but after you began fighting for Mikey it just went back to him."
"So, Leo's looking for a female mate...to have his kids?" Raph asked and Donnie nodded and began to cry.
"I thought...I thought Leo might stand up for me, but...no, he does whatever his father says."
"You know he loves you." Raph tried to reason.
"Not like he used to."
"I'm sorry Don."
"It's not your fault, it's mine, I can't give Leo the children he needs."
"It's not your fault."
"It is." Don said. "Now if you don't mind, I'm going to spend my day as far away from Leo as I can before I have to see him tonight...if he's even there, he hasn't been in our chambers for a few nights…"
"I really am sorry Don, he shouldn't be treatin' ya like that."
"Just promise me you won't treat Mikey the same way as Leo is treating me."
"I promise."