Hospital Love P5
Previously: Leaving the shop happy after paying his half of the bill, strode of with a skip in his step and a smile on his face. Without realising it till he got older, it was at that moment, Raph really started to become a different man, to this day he still thanks Mikey for it. Sometimes to Mikey face, a lot of the time when Mikey is lying in bed next to him soundly asleep, Raph will whisper it to him, but most of the time Raph thanked Mikey in his mind for every second he gets with Mikey.
The next day when Leo and Raph got to the hospital they sore a giant crocodile going crazy, lashing out at everyone that tried to go near him. Doctors and nurses were trying to sedate as others were trying to hold him down but he was too strong. Mikey suddenly ran past Leo and Raph right up to the crocodile, who tried to attack him straight away. Mikey dodged the attack enough not to get hit in the face, but not enough to dodge it entirely and got scratched on the shoulder but he ignored it and hugged the crocodile tightly. "It's ok Leatherhead. It's all right. You're at a hospital, you're safe now." Mikey spoke loudly for the raging crocodile to hear him, but his voice was calm and level. Mikey pulled away from Leatherhead and looked at him with a soft smile. "It's me, Mikey. Remember." Mikey placed his hand on Leatherhead arm. "I'm your friend."
Leatherhead's fogged eyes un-fogged, his silted pupils became round and he blinked a few times. "Michelangelo?" Mikey smiled in response and looked at his brother for a spit second. Donnie new this was Mikey's way of telling him to sedate his brothers large friend now, so he did. Leatherhead growled as he felt the needle enter his neck. "It's ok LH, it's just time to sleep now. There's nothing to fear anymore, I promise." Leatherhead smiled as he let the drugs do their thing and closed his eyes as sleep took his body over.
The doctors took Leatherhead back to his room. Mikey looked at his shoulder and sighs. "Donnie, can you patch this up for me please?"
His brother comes over and gets him to take off his hoody and his shirt so he could see the wound. "I'll need to get some antiseptic and a band-aid, luckily you won't need stitches this time." Donnie tells his little brother after looking at the wound. "Oh, Leo and Raph just came in by the way." Donnie informed his brother before walking away to get the supplies he needed.
Mikey turns around and smiles at the two taller turtle, Raph blushes like a mad man. "Hay guys, I'll be right in once I get this sorted out." Mikey tells them, gesturing to his shoulder.
Leo couldn't help but hiss as they came up to Mikey. "Does it hurt?" Leo asks, knowing full well it's a stupid question. Of cause it hurts, it's bleeding and everything.
"Not really. It stings a bit, but apart from that it's fine." Leo was surprised by Mikey's answer, as was Raph. "I've been friends with Leatherhead since I was four, so I've basically got used to his strength. This isn't the first time he's accidently caught me, I'm just glad this won't scar. This way, if I can hide it from him long enough it will heal and he won't have to feel guilty for something he didn't mean to do." Mikey explained, and Leo understood now why it only stung. Mikey's body was basically trained for Leatherhead's strength. Just like Leo and Raph in a way, just without the ninjutsu skills.
"What's wrong with him? If you don' mind me askin'." Raph questioned the smaller turtle.
"He went through a very traumatic experience that has caused him a lot of very realistic nightmares and when he wakes up, he can't tell he's woken up. So, thinking he's still in the dream he attacks, thinking we're trying to hurt him. We can't send him somewhere that could help either because he sustained some serious injuries that haven't healed yet, and they can't heal properly if he keeps having the nightmare. With a lot of arguing we managed to get someone that could help, come to him. So far, we've discovered that he responds to my voice and my touch when his in his 'blinded state' as it's being called. He's gotten a lot better now, this has been the first time in weeks he's had a nightmare, and he calms down a lot faster than he used too. Still only responds to me though, I think it's because I was the first person that wasn't afraid of him and became such a good friend that we're basically family, but we still don't know for sure." Mikey explained to the two older turtles.
"What about his family? Surly he'd respond to them." Inquired Leo, a tad bit confused.
"If he had a family then maybe he would. He was an orphan like Donnie and I, that how we met actually. He came to the orphanage Don and I lived, no one wanted to go near him. They all judged him because he was different, bigger than everyone else his own age and they heard that he had a bad temper. I didn't care, even back then all I wanted was to make people happy and I knew he needed a friend. So, I became his friend, pretty soon after our friendship everyone sore what I sore. I nice guy with a big heart that wouldn't hurt a fly." Mikey smiled, obviously living the memory of those day all over again. "You know, once when we were little someone had made him snap and I could tell he was seeing red so I jumped in and calmed him down, telling the boy that had made him snap to leave, which he did. Leatherhead had calmed and he always get very tired, so I got him to his room and made sore he was safe and sound in bed. Then, just as I'm about to leave he grabs my wrist and says in a quiet, tiered voice. 'You were my hero Mikey, still are and always will be.' The next day he didn't explain himself about it so I thought nothing else of it, never really have." Mikey explained.
"Sounds like ya mean a lot to him." Raph states with empathy.
"I think you should ask him what he meant that day." Leo says with a soft smile.
"Yeah, maybe." Was Mikey's reply. Donnie then comes back and fixes Mikey with calm, skillet hands.
"Wow, you're very good at that. It must just come naturally to you now. I always have a bit of trouble patching myself up." Leo states, genially amazed.
Donnie blushes from the compliment but looks at him with slight confusion when Leo talks about patching himself up. "He does ninjutsu like we used to." Mikey explains.
"Ah." Donnie state with a nod. "Well I'll be happy to patch you up whenever you need it." Donnie takes a piece of spar paper from the from desk and writes on it. "Here's my number so if you ever need help with patching yourself up." Hands the paper to Leo. "Give me a call." Donnie smiles before walking away, leaving Leo blushing like crazy.
"Can you feel, the love tonight." Mikey sung, making Raph chuckle and Leo blush even more.
"He can feel, the love tonight." Raph jokes, with a big smile on his face. Trying his best not to laugh as was Mikey.
"Oh, shut up Raph! Aren't we here to see dad?!" Leo proclaims with a face as red as a cherry tomato before walking off quickly, sending Raph and Mikey into a fit of laughter as they followed the blushing turtle.
To Be Continued
