Hello my darlings! Thank you for the reviews, I loved reading them. I have great news; Nightcore-reality has finished the cover for this story :) :) :) Due to how many stories I have saved to my account, I cannot upload any photos for a cover :( if you would like to see the cover, please visit her account on devintart. Her name is Nightcore-Reality, so check her out;) this chapter starts out with the guys driving to Holden Beach from the airport, so enjoy and review.
Leonardo Pov
Karai's head rests on my shoulder as we sit in the back seat of a rented Chevrolet Impala. My hand grips hers, and the two of us look out my window at the scenery passing by.
Raphael and Mona sit in the front, my brother driving the car. As we drive through the state of North Carolina, we follow the Tahoe containing the rest of our family; my dad, Claire and her son Jake, Mikey and Kala, and Donnie and April. We flew in, wanting to avoid the 16 hour drive, and rented two cars, one for each household.
"Raph, we gonna be there soon?" I ask my younger brother.
"I dunno. Probably, I mean we've been driving for a little over a half hour." The car stops at a red light, and there's two stores on either side of the rode; a Walgreens and a store called Wings.
Karai points at Wings. "We should go there, it looks like there's some pretty cool stuff." I nod in agreement. Inflatable pool toys are tied down onto tables at the front of the store, and mannequins broadcast bathing suits and summer clothing, towels are pinned to the walls in the background.
The car moves again and we make a left turn. Raphael drives straight for a while, and soon, we're driving on a bridge connecting the mainland and Holden Beach Isle.
Karai practically leaps out of her seat, leaning on me so she can look down at the water pacing beneath the bridge. I chuckle, pressing a soft kiss to her cheek.
"Finally, we're here. The second we pull into the driveway I'm putting my bathing suit on and jumping into the pool." Mona announces in a relieving tone.
"Well, at least change in the house, will ya?" I watch as Mona punches Raphael in the arm and I smirk.
"That's it, that's the house!" Karai's giddy-filled voice exclaims as she points at the tan house next the green one my father pulled into.
Raphael parks the car in our driveway and the four of us are out of the car and into the house in a heartbeat.
The outside of the house is marvelous, with a white painted deck on the main floor, and another white deck on the second floor.
Grasping onto Karai's delicate hand and holding onto my suitcase and my backpack slung over my shoulder, I burst into the house, eager to explore my one-week home.
Walking into the house, you enter the space dividing the living room and the kitchen and dining room. The living room is made up of two tan leather recliners connected to each other but a cooler and cup holders, a tan leather couch, and two red and white chairs. A TV is mounted on the wall right above the fireplace, a tall window on either side of it.
The dining room has four chairs sitting at a clean table. The kitchen connects to it, and has the same red wall paint as the dining room, differing completely from the white in the living room.
Grinning, I pull Karai with me as I trail upstairs, and lead her to our bedroom. Creamy brown walls go nicely with our blue and white silk comforter. A bathroom connects to our room, complete with a shower that could easily fit two people, a toilet, and a sink and mirror. It's perfect.
I drop my bags and collapse onto the bed. Karai drops down next to me, laying her head on my right arm. "We're gonna have so much fun here."
"Mmmm...in the bedroom, of course." Karai's tone is seductive and she smirks at me mischievously.
"I meant on this vacation, but we can have fun in here, too, obviously." I bring Karai's lips to mine, and smile into the kiss. I love this, just me and Karai holding onto each other by choice, because we love each other.
We haven't fought since we stole the sword, and Donatello and Raphael are the only two who know about it. I assume that the police are still searching for finger prints or a trace of evidence leading to the culprits, but we left none. Ninja's are like air, you know it's there, but you can't see it no matter how hard you try.
Karai's tongue brushes lightly against mine as our kiss deepens. I drape my arm over her hip, pulling her close to me as her fingers whisk through my hair.
"Hey, Romeo, Juliet, me and Mona I are headin' down to the pool, if you wanna join us after yer make-out session is over with." Me and Karai jump apart, both startled by my brother's sudden voice. My face heats up in embarrassment, and I glare at Raphael when he chuckles. "We'll be down there in a sec." I say before he walks away.
"Your family is so annoying, always walking in on us." Karai rolls her eyes as she unpacks her bathing suit and begins sliding her clothes off and into the swimsuit.
"They're your family too. Look, how about we start saving our money for our own apartment, then we can do whatever we want without having to worry about anyone walking in on us." After putting my bathing suit on, I lay back down as I wait for Karai to finish changing.
I sit up a bit, tying the string of Karai's black bikini top for her. "You know, we had a great deal of money, and then you went and bought me a puppy and bracelet..." Karai trails off, glaring at me playfully as we walk downstairs together.
I open the door and me and Karai walk onto the deck. "I told you, I bought them because I love you, I couldn't resist the urge to buy you gifts. Now stop complaining and swim with me." My fingers lace together with Karai's as we walk down a flight of stairs to the pool, surrounded by a fence.
Raphael is the only one in the pool, swimming under the clear water, coming up for breaths every so often. There were some thing's that didn't get abducted by the mutagen that turned us humans, and the ability to hold our breaths longer than most is one of them.
Mona stands at the edge of the pool, staring into the chilled water with her sunglasses on and her hair still curled from this morning. Her pink and orange bikini hugs her body just as Karai's blue and black does to her.
I stop a few feet away from the pool, gathering up the courage to run and jump, but Karai beats me to it. "BOOYAKASHA!" She screams as she cannonballs in. Water splashes upwards into the air, splashing Mona, who stumbles backwards, not wanting to get wet.
Raphael walks over to Karai and give her a high-five. "I'm suddenly realizing why you guys always say that, it's pretty fun." The smirk on Karai's lips is priceless, beautiful. "You gettin' in, Leo, or are you just gonna stand there grinning like a fool all day?" Glaring playfully at my fiancé, I run forward and do a back flip into the pool, landing just next to her.
"I think I'll swim with ya." I whisper into Karai's ear before pressing a quick peck to her cheek.
Raphael Pov
My eyes wander over the different colored golf balls, searching for red. When I find one, I grab it, and watch my brothers take their favorite colors.
Donatello holds a pen and game card, ready to keep score of points. I sit on a bench as I watch Leonardo take the first turn in our game, Mikey sitting next to me. I glance past a hedge of bushes, watching the girls play their own game. Mona's harmonic laugh can be heard from where they play as she talks to April. I smile, happy to see my girlfriend so joyful.
"Earth to planet Raph, it's your turn." I snap out my thoughts as Leonardo begins to wave a hand in front of my face. I shove Leo away lightly. "Gah, I'm playin', I'm playin'."
I stand up and take a few steps forward. Laying my ball down on the green turf, I bring my club backwards a bit and swing. The candy red ball rolls forward, bumping Leonardo's into the whole, but stoping just a centimeter away from landing a hole in one.
My jaw drops, but I quickly close it, eyes narrowing at my golf ball as if it had made the move by choice.
Leonardo wraps an arm around my shoulder, smirking at me as I glare at him out of the corners of my eyes. "Thanks, little bro, I couldn't've done it without you." I push Leo away from me and roll my eyes as he laughs at my reaction. "Two points, you got two points for this hole." I hold up my index and middle fingers, holding the others down.
"Um, no, actually, it doesn't count as a point if another players ball knocks it in. So technically, you just earned Leo a hole in one." Donatello corrects as he scribbles Leo's score onto the card.
"That's not fair, at all. Like, seriously I did the work for him, and he gets the point? That's bullshit." I fold my arms across my chest, a stubborn look in my eyes as I stare at Donatello.
My younger brother sighs before placing his purple golf ball on the ground. "You know what, Raph, here, I'll get you a hole in one." Donnie positions his club perfectly and moves it backwards. When it hits, the ball goes flying forward, bumping my ball in and following. "There, ya happy now?" Donatello asks me in an exhausted tone.
I nod. "Very."
Me, Leo, and Donnie collect our balls from the hole, and then move off to the side to watch Mikey take his turn. With his tongue sticking out, Michelangelo hits the fiery Orange ball harder than he should, sending the ball into the air, landing it in a bush. All eyes are on Mikey in a snap. "I-I think I can explain. I think." Beside me, Leonardo let's out a faint grunt, walking over to the bushes in search of our baby brothers golf ball.
"Well then, explain!" I bark. I'm this close to exploding. This close.
"Okay, so there's this thing called gravity, right? And it keeps everything on the ground, riight? Well, someone turned off the gravity for a split second, sending my golf ball into the air, and then the gravity got turned back on, hence the reasoning of why my golf ball dropped back on to the ground." Michelangelo puts his hands on his hips and his head facing up to the sky, his blue eyes sealed shut.
I make a facepalm, shaking my head slightly at my brothers stupidity.
Donatello squints at Mikey, as if being blinded by the brainlessness of his words. "That makes zero sense, whatsoever. None of that is possible."
Mikey sticks his tongue out at Donatello as Leonardo tosses him his ball back.
...
"This ones for all the marbles, my brothers." Leonardo says as he puts his ball on the final hole.
"Marbles? I thought we were playing for Donnie's wallet?" Michelangelo perks up in confusion, looking around with round, confusion filled owl eyes.
Donatello's jaw drops as his eyes widen. "Playing for my wallet? Where on earth did you get that idea?!" He demands in a yell.
I send a warning glare in Mikey's direction, urging him not to rat me out. "Raph said that the winner got everything in your wallet." Of course. Of. Fucking. Course.
"Raph, how much money do you think I have?" I shrug. "Like, five billion."
Donatello purses his lips at me. "Okay, fine, the winner gets a hundred dollars."
I smirk, realizing that I'm obviously right, Donnie does have way more money than he can chew.
I take my turn next, getting it in the hole in two tries, the motivation of money adrenalizing me. Donnie gets a hole in one, just as he has for nearly the entire game, and Mikey gets a six. Leo a two as well.
"Okay, who won?" I ask eagerly as me and Donnie follow our brothers into the ice cream shop that our girlfriends are eating in.
"I just started adding, give me a minute, will ya?" I let out a huff as I leave my brother, walking over to Mona.
I slide into the booth with my girlfriend, pressing a quick peck to her lips. "Who won in your game?" I ask Mona and Karai, who is sitting across from my love.
"Kala did. Apparently there was a very similar game they had to learn in school back in dimension X- or something." Karai replies with a furrowed brow.
Leonardo sits down next to Karai, two ice cream cones in tow. When he eyes Karai's milkshake, he frowns. "I bought you an ice cream because I didn't think you'd have one. Now what am I supposed to do."
Grinning, I raise my hand up a bit and lean forward. "I'll take that one." I say as I swipe the chocolate mint from my brothers hands. Not wanting him to think he can take it back, I lick the ice cream quickly, and then smirk at Leo as he stares a gap at me.
"You just love stealing people's money." I nod. "Indeed, I do."
Karai Pov
I lean my head on Leonardo shoulder as we sit on a bench together on the deck, watching the waves roar into the night air. Kids run around on the beach, shining flashlights in all directions as they search for crabs. Leo's hand squeezes mine gently and the two of us heave long, relieved sighs in perfect harmony. Harmony. Music.
"Will you sing to me?"
"Sing to you?" Leonardo questions me softly. My head bounces; yes. "Sing what?"
"I don't know. Just, a song."
Leonardo is silent for a moment, but soon clears his throat and begins to sing. "Where the light shivers offshore, Through the tides of oceans. We are shining in the rising sun. As we are floating in the blue, I am softly watching you. Oh boy your eyes betray what burns inside you."
My eyes flutter as I bury my face in the crook of my fiancé's neck, inhaling his scent as well as the lyrics his low, strong voice sings.
"Whatever I feel for you, you only seem to care about you. Is there any chance you can see me too? Cause I love you. Is there anything I could do, just to get some attention from you? In the waves I've lost every trace of you. Where are you?"
I wonder if he thinks of me as he sings these words. I wonder if this is what he thought of me before we started dating, if he only ever wanted me to notice how much he loves me.
"After all I drifted ashore, Through the streams of oceans. Whispers wasted in the sand. As we were dancing in the blue, I was synchronized with you. But now the sound of love is out of tune."
The sound of love is out of tune... Our love went out of tune after Sakura died. My poor baby, our poor baby, all alone I heaven. Our perhaps she's with her grandmother and aunt, Tang Shen and Miwa. I smile at the thought.
"Whatever I feel for you, you only seem to care about you. Is there any chance you can see me too? Cause I love you. Is there anything I could do, just to get some attention from you? In the waves I've lost every trace of you. Where are you?"
Leonardo's hand let's go of mine and instead wraps around my thin frame, pulling me closer to him as he sings the last frame of the song.
"Whatever I feel for you, you only seem to care about you. Is there any chance you can see me too? Cause I love you. Is there anything I could do, just to get some attention from you? In the waves I've lost every trace of you. Where are you?"
I'm right here, Leonardo, just as I always have been, and just as I always will be.
Okay, so that was day one of the vacation. Each day will take up one chapter so there will be another six. So, I'm guessing that you guys may want to know what the two houses look like (because both actually exist), so I am going to tell you the names of each house. The one that Raph, Mona, Leo, and Karai are staying in is called Brice is Right (here is a link: /booking/brice-is-right/70) and the other house, the one of which I stayed in earlier this summer, is called Coastin-Along (link: /booking/coastin-along/437)
Enjoy looking at the houses, and if you have any questions please let me know. I hope you liked this chapter, please leave a review!
-RaphSai03