After trying out a bunch of there weapons—including sai—I deemed myself too tired and too annoyed with getting beat by Raphael every time, so I laid on the ground.
"Raiya." I groaned and turned away from his voice.
"Nooooo, I'm too tired! No more weapons or fighting, my brain hurts."
"Well don't lay in the middle of the training room," he pointed out drily. In reply, I flipped onto my stomach defiantly.
"I will move you if you don't move yourself." I almost moved, but then I thought about the probability of him following through with his threat and decided to remain where I was.
"You wouldn't," I corrected.
"I will," He challenged. I didn't move until I heard him take a step toward me, then I rolled away and onto my back to glare up at him.
"Don't you dare." I pointed a finger up at him in warning.
"Alright fine, but get up. Leo wants to talk to you." I closed my eyes with a heavy sigh, not really wanting to deal with him right now.
"Okay. Where is he?"
"Living room." Raph extended a hand down to me. Gratefully, I took it and he pulled me to my feet. "Don't kill him," he said in a low voice. I rolled my eyes.
"Only if he gives me a decent reason not to." Leaving him in the training room, I walked through their bedroom on my way to Leo so I could grab my jacket off of Raphael's bed. Donnie was laying on his mattress, completely absorbed in the astronomy book I gave him two nights ago. I would've said hi if I hadn't recognized the expression on his face. He was in the zone, and I knew better than to interrupt.
I pulled my jacket on as I entered the living room. Leo turned on the couch as soon as I walked in, making me pause in my tracks and stare at him, not knowing what to say. I offered him a hesitant smile that he didn't really deserve.
"Hey."
He suddenly went into total panic mode and rushed forward to inspect me.
"Are you okay? Did you get hurt?" I recoiled and tried to wriggle out of his grasp.
"Leo. Leo stop! What are you talking about?" He released me, allowing me to see the hurt flash across his face
"The Footclan," he said, "they attacked you, don't you remember?" I rolled my eyes.
"Of course I remember, but it's a bit late to be concerned now, don't you think?" He hung his head with a sigh.
"Yeah, I know it is. I just never got a chance to ask you because–"
"You were busy being an ass and arguing with Raph," I snapped. It was unnecessary, but he needed to know that I was pissed and that he couldn't treat me like shit and expect zero consequences for it.
"Yeah." He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "I'm really sorry about how I acted that night, I was just mad that you got hurt and nobody was there to protect you. And I blamed Raph for that, which was wrong, I know. I just... I don't want anything to happen to you." I held back a groan.
These damn boys and their worry over me is getting a little ridiculous.
"Leo, it's not like something isn't going to happen to me. I probably will get hurt at some point, but just because that could happen while I'm friends with you guys doesn't mean it's your fault. I'm actually pretty good at defending myself too, just not against a whole army of Japanese guys."
"I know," he agreed quietly. "...I just can't stop thinking about what Raph said about how I dragged you into this life."
Ugh, Raph. Why did you have to say that?
"Leo," I murmured. "I'm the one who drove myself crazy trying to find you, not you. And thank God I did, I don't know what else I would have done without you guys." I shook my head and laughed. "I'm three weeks into summer vacation and it's already the best summer I've ever had... Just, know that if you're like that to me again and Donnie isn't around to restrain me, I will knock some sense into you. Got it?" He grinned, the Leo I knew so well finally shining through.
"Yeah. Thanks, Raiy." I pulled him into a hug.
"No problem."
"Hey, what happened between you and Raph?" He asked, pulling away after a few moments.
"Oh, we talked. We're good now." He raised a brow questioningly.
"I think 'good' is a bit of an understatement." He gave me a pointed look and I felt my face start to heat up.
"Uh, I...I have to go draw Mikey," I stuttered, taking a step backward and bumping into the couch, making him laugh. "Shut up." I tried to sound serious, but my grin gave away my amusement. I opened my mouth to call for Mikey as I left the living room, but he was already sitting in his bed cross-legged and bouncing with impatience. He grinned excitedly at me and held up my sketchbook.
Shit.
"You're really good," he gushed.
"Thanks." I smiled despite my annoyance. Snooping must run in the turtles' family.
"When did you draw Raph?" Donnie shot up in his bed to stare at me wide-eyed, suddenly aware of the world around him.
"Uhm, yesterday," I admitted quietly.
"He was at your place yesterday? Huh, I don't remember him ever leaving the lair." Mikey looked closer at the drawing.
"He wasn't," I said, hopping onto Raph's bed and digging through my bag for art supplies.
"Gurl you drew this from memory!?" He exclaimed.
"Yeah." I ducked my face down from my growing embarrassment.
"That's so cool! Hey Raph! Come check this out!" I looked up in horror to see Mikey wave him over.
Oh my god. This can't get any worse.
"What?" Raphael strode in from the training room, glistening with sweat that highlighted every curve of his muscled arms and plastron.
The abs. Dear Lord, the abs. He glanced over, catching me staring at him. He smirked and I quickly dropped my gaze, cheeks flushed. Scratch that, it definitely can get worse.
"Check this out, bro. She drew you from memory." Mikey thrust my sketchbook out toward him.
"What's going on?" Leo strode in from the living room looking very curious.
Great.
"This!" Mikey turned the drawing so he could see. Leonardo first glanced at the open sketchbook, then at me with a raised brow. My face burned, making me want to die on the spot.
"When did you do that?" Leo asked, clearly trying to humiliate me further. I threw my hands up, exasperated with the show Leo was trying to put on for everyone, with the main attraction being me dying of embarrassment.
"Yesterday," I said boldly, refusing to give him the satisfaction of seeing me embarrassed.
"With your Alzheimer-infected memory?" He continued.
"Yes, Leo. I drew Raph from memory." I snapped, holding my hand out for my sketchbook. "Are you jealous?" I demanded. Mikey—grinning hugely—handed it to me. I smiled at him, then turned back to Leo expectantly. His blue eyes sparked with mischievous electricity.
"Not at all," he said innocently. Dropping into his own bed, he leaned back and made himself comfortable. I shot him an odd look, unable to discern what his intentions were, but I pushed that thought away and flipped the page in my book to a new one. I glanced up at Mikey and held a pencil above the paper, poised to draw. I jumped at Raphael's laughter, completely forgetting that he was there the whole time.
"Looks like you guys are cool now," he said amusedly, and left. I sighed, pressing my eyes shut and running my fingers through my wavy hair to get it out of my face. I smiled up at the young turtle in front of me.
"Okay Mikey, just try to keep the same facial expression."
AN: Apologies for the short chapter! The next few updates are gonna be fun lil fillers (which actually all take place on the same day) before we get into the action again, which is cool cuz I absolutely LOVE writing these things, Mikey is just such a fun character.
I get this weird feeling whenever I write that we're nearing the end of TSS AND IT MAKES ME SO SAD. I really don't have an estimate on how many more chapters there'll be, but it's gonna follow the movie's plot fairly accurately and we already had the dock scene so the subway scene is soon and from there we basically just dive headfirst into back-to-back action scenes which I'm kinda nervous for cuz I'm really not the greatest action scene writer lmao sorry in advance guys.
I'm also super excited to start writing scenes that are gonna be in the sequel, I've already begun to plan a bunch lol. If you guys want a little sneak peak, I could drop a few lines of dialogue or something I have in my head... maybe one of the new characters or the title idk, just lemme know in the comments!
