Hello again! Sorry for the delay, really truly am. Thanks for the reviews, I loved them. I do have two people working on a cover for this story, so I will choose between them once both are done. Good luck, you know who you are ;) Okay, so I'm gonna try something new with reviews. I'm gonna say that however many reviews I get for this chapter that number times 1,000 will be how many words there will be for chapter four. Example; if I get four reviews for chapter 3, I will make chapter 4 over 4,000 words. Keep that in mind if you want longer chapters ;) anyway, enjoy and review!

Karai Pov

I walk into mine and Leonardo bedroom, lingering in the doorway for a moment as I watch my fiancé intently. His back is turned to me as he sits on our bed, and his elbows are resting on his knees which are hanging over the bed. His hands are covering his face as he shakes his head slightly, most likely lost in thought. This is a position that Leonardo sits in while in a state of regret or guilt, and I know that now would be the best time as any to comfort him.

I make my way across the room and crawl up next to him on the bed. I wrap my arms around his waist and rest my chin on his shoulder, breathing in his almond-like scent. "How are you?" Though me and Leo have been fighting a lot lately, I still love him; nothing will ever change that.

Leonardo heaves a sigh before responding to me in a tone full of stress and worry. "I don't even know. I just- I want things to be good between us, Karai. I want us to stop fighting and to love each other again. Why can't we just get better?"

I close my eyes and ponder at these words for a while, letting them sink deep into my skin. Why can't we get better? We both love each other, and neither of us want to fight this much. So why are we as broken as a dropped flower vase? The answer is quite simple, actually. You cannot just through some glue onto the broken case and expect it to be as good as it was before, just like you how you can't just through some love into our relationship and expect us to be perfect again, that isn't how things work. In order to heal, you just blossom, and by blossoming you grow and become better. That's what me and Leonardo have to do, we have to water our relationship and blossom together, because only then can you create something better than before.

"Because we're broken, Leonardo. We can't just move on and forget about our arguments, we have acknowledge our faults and, together, become one once again. If we don't, though, we'll only drift further and further apart until one day we're nothing but strangers." I whisper my wise thoughts against Leonardo neck, savoring the feeling of his body against mine.

"I don't want us to be strangers, Karai." The way he says my name melts my heart and sets my soul free. His strong voice is surely strong, and it makes me question if he's truly in pain? Leonardo, the bravest, most honorable man alive is in a state of desperation? No, that can't be.

"Neither do I..but we will be if we can't own up to our mistakes and work things out." I'm surprised to feel Leonardo unwrapping my arms from around his body and standing up and exiting the room; leaving me behind. Wait, what just happened?

I stand up and follow Leonardo out of the penthouse and into the garage, where he gets into the black Tahoe that we share. I approach the drivers side and stare at him in disbelief as he rolls down the window. "Did you seriously just walk away from me and get in your car?" I demand in a disbelieving tone.

Leonardo nods with a small mischievous grin plastered onto his luscious lips. "Yup, now, get in the car."

I roll my eyes in irritation I was walk over to the passenger side, open the door and get in. "Like to tell me where the hell we're going?" Leonardo backs the car out of the garage and starts driving down the busy streets of Manhattan. "Nope. You can turn on the radio, if you want. It's going to be a pretty long drive." Long drive? Where on earth is he taking me?

I turn on the radio and flip through the stations till I find a decent song; Centuries, by Fallout Boy. I tap my foot along to the best as I look at all of the trees and cars speeding past my window. Next to me, Leonardo pulls out his phone and dials a number. Out of respect, I turn down the volume on the radio so that he can hear the person on the other end.

"Hey, Mikey, can you do me a favor? Remember that thing I told you about the other day?" A pause; what thing? "Yeah, that. Look, I'm going to do it right now. The supplies are in Raph's closet; can you and him set everything up? I'll need everything perfect for when we get back." What is he taking about? What's going on? Where is Leo taking me? "Dad will let you know where to place everything if you need help, I already discussed it with him the other night." Raph and Mikey need to set something up by the timer and Leo get back, and Yoshi knows everything goes... "Awesome, thanks a bunch. See ya in a couple hours." Leonardo hangs up, and the second the love is dead in nothing but questions.

"What was that about? Where are we going?" I ask in complete confusion.

Leonardo looks over at me with a mischievous grin on his face as he says, "You'll see."

Raphael Pov

"Seriously? Right now? They were just fighting, are they seriously doing this now?!" I stare at my little brother as he digs through my closet, making a mess of everything.

Michelangelo nods as he pulls out a set of bowls, placing them on top of each other and moving them off to the side. "They're on their way to the puppy farm now, I'm pretty sure."

I let out a sigh with the roll of my eyes. Just a half hour ago I was talking to Karai about all of the arguments between her and Leonardo, and now they're out buyin' puppies. "Are they taking it home today?"

"Yup. They'll be home in a couple of hours. Hey, mind helping me with this stuff?" I bend down and start picking up all sorts of stuff. Dog toys, teething rings, puppy pads, puppy food. I never realized that I had this much stuff in my closet. Like, obviously I knew that Leo had it all in here, but I never realized how much stuff there was. "How many dogs are they gettin'? Looks like we're buyin' a while litter!" I exclaim as I dig through the pile of dog supplements. There's no way one little dog needs all of this stuff.

"Just one. Dogs need a lot of stuff; especially puppies. The next couple of weeks we will definitely be kept on our toes." Wait, what? "We all have to help with the puppy?!" I demand astonishingly.

Michelangelo nods a response. "That ain't fuckin' fair! It's Leo and Karai's dog. Their dog, their problem." I immediately drop everything I was holding onto so I could cross my arms across my chest, demonstrating my unwillingness to help.

Mikey lets a sigh escape his lips. "Raph, can you at least help me set everything up? At least help me with that." Why should I? It's Leo's dog. Leo, my big brother who strangled me earlier this morning at breakfast. What has he ever done to help me? Nothing, exactly why I shouldn't help him.

"No." I say as I spin around on my heels, leaving the room.

Leonardo Pov

I check my phone for the directions and notice that were only a mile away. I smirk as I pull out a small blindfold and hand it to Karai. "We're almost there, put this on." Karai gives me a questioning look before tying the black blindfold around her eyes. After that, I reach my hand over, grabbing hers and holding it tightly. "I love you." I say in a serious tone. Maybe my tone was a little to solemn, or maybe we just aren't as close as we were before. Either way, as I tell her these three, beautiful words, it feels foreign. It could be just me, but I feel like we're drifting away from each other...and that scares me.

My biggest fear was once letting my team down; being a failure. Not anymore, though. My biggest fear is losing them, losing Karai. I love Karai, with all of my heart. Shes beautiful and magnificent and perfect in every single way. I can't wait for us to finally be married; if that happens. We've been fighting so much lately, it's like I don't even know her anymore. That kills me on the inside, because I want an us so much. Everything happens for a reason, though.

"I love you, too, Leonardo." Karai says back in a whisper.

I pull the car into the parking lot of the pet store, and park in an empty spot. I turn of the car and get out. Karai opens her door and I help her down. "Can I take this stupid blindfold off now?" Karai asks impatiently. I know how much she hates surprises, I learned that after setting up our rooftop dinner back in October.

"Nope, not until we're inside the building." My left arm is wrapped around her should while my right is laying at my side.

A huff comes from Karai after my answer. "I hate you so much." I chuckle as I hold the door open and usher her inside. "okay, you can take it off now."

I study Karai's swift movements as she unties the blindfold. She looks so graceful, her hands moving at a perfect pace. Her Amber eyes widen as she realizes where we are. There's a door leading to the outside of the small store, where there's a fence full of puppies. "Leonardo Hamato, are we getting a dog?" Karai inquires.

I tooth showing grin appears on my face. "Yes, I talked to my dad about it last week and he says he doesn't mind. Mikey's getting everything set up back at the penthouse, so we can just pick one out and take him home."

Karai's jaw is dropped and she slaps my arm playfully. I can see excitement in her eyes, she's always wanted a dog, but her father never allowed it. "I can't believe you. How long have you been planning this?"

"Well, I first got the idea about a month before the incident. I figured that because you'd be at home by yourself while everyone was at work and school then you'd need someone with you, and a dog just so happened to be that someone." I explain with my hands in my pocket. "Now, do you wanna go pick out a puppy or what?"

Karai nods and I follow her out to the yard full of puppies. Almost every single one of them walk over to us, all begging for attention. Both me and my fiancée sit down on the grass, allowing the puppies to climb onto our laps and for us to pet them. We spend hours and hours here, it seems like. And every few minutes I find myself looking up at the girl I love. The girl who is nothing but perfect.

Karai Pov

My and Leonardo lay down on our bed, petting our new puppy, Ace. Ace is a male Siberian Husky pure breed. I chose the name and the puppy, due to Leonardo urging me to pick our furry friend out. Ace is 7 weeks old and weighs 8.5 pounds. A bit heavy, but healthy for a husky. His final weight should wind up being somewhere between 45 to 60 pounds, so I have that to look forward to. So far Ace is pretty relaxed. He's been sleeping all day and doesn't mind when anybody picks him up, meaning that I have been carrying him around with me since the second I found him.

I already love Ace, and I can tell that Leo does too. Though, he's been acting a bit strange today. It seems like every five minutes his eyes are on me, and I haven't seen him without a smile on his face since this morning.

I look over at my fiancé, petting our pup carefully. Leo's sapphire blue eyes have always been quite a mystery to me. They never hold only one emotion, it's always a mixture of feelings. Right now I see love, regret, and concern. Why, though? Why not just love? I lean my head on Leonardo's broad shoulders, and he shifts his body so that he can look me in the eyes, my head no longer on his shoulder. As Leo's sudden action shakes the bed a bit, waking up little Ace. I watch my puppy as I stands up and shakes, settling his fur back into place before jumping off of the bed and disappearing into the hall.

I turn my attention to Leonardo, who's already looking at me with those wonderful eyes that swim like the ocean. My hands are pulled into his lap, and I move forward so our knees are touching each other. Letting go of one my hands, Leonardo moves a strand of my hair back behind my ear, a smile forming on his face. "You're beautiful, Karai, don't ever forget that." He has a way with words, he somehow knows just how to say it, forcing it to stick inside of your head. He molded this compliment into an instruction, and gave it to me as a gift.

"I won't." I promise as Leo presses a fine kiss to my cheek. Why is he acting like this? Buying me a puppy, never taking his eyes off of me, complimenting me repeatedly, what is going on? "Leo, I think we need to talk about all of our fights." Enough of this horseplay, there's business to discuss.

Leonardo sighs as he looks down at our linked hands. "I know, I know we do. But..can we not tonight? Tonight can we just have fun, and act as if nothing bad has ever happened?"

That sounds nice, actually. To be able to sleep with my best friend, my love. We can snuggle and kiss and flirt...it'll be like the old times.

I nod my head. "Yes. Yes, we can."

Okay, so I really wanted to update this story so the next chapter will begin with their little Leorai scene, because I love Leorai. Also, the next chapter will have them discussing their fights, and probably a Raph/Mikey scene. This story is starting out a little slow, I know, but all in good times. I hope you enjoyed chapter 3, please leave a review!

-RaphSai03