Despite the number of times April rubbed his arm, and only his arm, as she tried to tell him they'd have another chance for a weekend getaway soon on their drive back, his face was still twisted in a scowl as he walked into the lair.

However, that scowl soon disappeared as he was introduced to Leonardo and handed a fancy piece of tech that he was immediately intent on replicating for his own collection. And since he was apparently the original designer, he assured a stony-looking Leo that it shouldn't take him too long to look it over.

April watched Donnie disappear excitedly into his lab and wondered if she should be upset that his excitement for her could be so easily forgotten and replaced by his excitement for tech. But she just shook her head fondly as she plated pizza for the two of them, shared a friendly greeting with Karai as the kunoichi said her own goodbyes and left, and then made her way into the lab to make sure her genius ate lunch.

Mikey eyed the three turtles he was left alone with. He'd been hoping Donnie's arrival could help cut the tension, but realized that wasn't going to happen until Donnie could get that remote working and send Leonardo back home. So he suggested they sit and finish the movie they didn't make it through the night before and was happy when they all agreed. Of course, as he watched Leo sit in a spot on the pit bench that was closest to Raph in his beanbag, while sending a not so subtle glare in Leonardo's direction, he could only hope that Donnie was going to work fast.

Leo glanced to his right where Raph sat with crossed arms as he stared at the television. Then he glanced to his left, where Leonardo and Mikey sat. Leo had not only managed to block Leonardo from sitting next to Raph, but Leo also happily noted that his own legs blocked Raph from Leonardo's view. Despite these victories, he still felt tense. And he was growing more irritated by the second as he noted how relaxed Leonardo looked, even while he sat arguing about the movie's plot holes with Mikey. And then on top of his anxiety, or maybe because of it, his brain presented him with a sudden visual of Leonardo literally picking Raph up and carrying him off.

In response, Leo's hand instinctually landed on Raph's shoulder. Raph tensed beneath his fingers and his head turned slightly in Leo's direction, although not enough to make eye contact. When Leo felt Raph relax, he got brave and let his thumb rub back and forth over Raph's warm skin.

At first, he wasn't sure of Raph's reaction. Did Raph just exhale a sudden breath? Was Raph even more relaxed than a moment before? Or would he prefer that Leo kept his hands to himself?

But all thoughts ceased when he felt callused fingers wrap around his ankle before Raph's own thumb began to rub across his calf. Raph still wasn't turning to look at him, but Leo's eyes remained pinned to the side of his face. He only lasted a moment before he leaned forward and whispered to Raph that he needed to talk to him. Then he stood and ignored Mikey's protests as he walked out of the pit and headed towards his room.

He stood just inside the door and swiftly closed it once Raph entered. Raph turned back towards him with the same thoughtful look on his face that Leo had woken up to that morning.

"What's up, Fearless?"

"You wouldn't want to leave, would you?" Leo's expression mirrored Raph's as he thoughtfully watched his brother's face for a reaction.

"Leave?"

"Like," Leo rubbed his hand across the back of his neck, "if Leonardo wanted you to go back with him. You wouldn't go, would you?"

Raph crossed his arms across his plastron and narrowed his eyes at Leo. "Ya have a good reason for me to stay here?"

Leo felt his heart start to hammer faster in his chest as Karai's words came back to him. He needed to get off his ass and do something? Fine. He took the two steps required to reach Raph and soon had his lips pressed against Raph's mouth in an insistent kiss. Leo flinched slightly when he felt Raph's hands on his shoulders, but relaxed as Raph's fingers only moved to wrap tightly around the back of his neck to pull him closer as he began to enthusiastically kiss him back.

At the encouragement, Leo began pushing forward in order to guide Raph across the room. Their mouths broke apart for a moment as they fell to the bed, but Leo quickly reconnected them so that he could fall back into the sensation of how incredible it felt to feel their lips moving together. Plus, he had landed on top of Raph in practically the same position as earlier that morning, and as Raph lifted his hips to rub against him, Leo nearly gasped as a churr rolled up his throat.

"Feel good?"

"Yes," Leo responded quickly before moving his mouth towards Raph's neck.

Raph groaned as Leo's mouth leached onto his neck. "So ya'd rather I stay?"

Leo pulled back so that he could meet Raph's eyes. Raph was breathing hard and he looked nicely flushed. And Leo was pleased to know that he was the reason Raph looked so amazing. But there was a sliver of fear in those green eyes that Leo didn't like.

"I need you, Raph." His voice was raspy, but sincere. He watched Raph look thoughtful once again. "And I wouldn't be able to handle it if you left."

One of Raph's thumbs rubbed across Leo's cheek before that hand pulled on his neck again to pull him down into another hard kiss. He enjoyed the new sensations that came with kissing as well for a moments. But then his fingers found Leo's mask tails and he pulled them back, exposing Leo's neck for him so he could pull some of the skin there into his mouth. He was rewarded with a moan from Leo and this time it was Leo who ground his hips down to rub against Raph.

Raph churred then as well and when his mask tails were released, Leo's mouth dove back down to meet Raph's again. He welcomed Raph's tongue in his mouth and twisted his own tongue with Raph's as he pushed himself up on his hand and knees over Raph so that he could begin pulling at Raph's belt. The belt was soon thrown to the floor as he realized that his own belt had been stripped from his waist and tossed as well. Leo ground his lower plastron down against Raph again, earning himself a curse from Raph right before Raph dropped down. Leo's movements paused in order to take his first good look at the hard length that was laid out impressively thick and heavy on Raph's plastron.

"Hell, Raph." His smile grew as he raised his eyes back to Raph's face.

Pleased with Leo's reaction, Raph's mouth twisted into a smirk before growling, "Let's see it."

Leo obediently dropped down at Raph's request and then churred again, loud and long, as Raph's thick, callused fingers wrapped around him. Raph's fingers moved gently over him at first, but then the grip tightened as it pulled and Leo gasped. His hips began thrusting forward repeatedly, almost without his permission.

Raph smiled up at Leo and the look of pure pleasure covering Leo's face. He loosened his grip on Leo only so he could pull his own ready length into his hand as well. His hips jerked upward at the first slide of skin against skin and the sound of their combined churrs filled the room.

"Raph," Leo moaned out and Raph only moved his hand faster while his other hand pulled on Leo's neck once again in order to pull Leo's mouth back down to his for a kiss. Leo's insides were hotter than he'd ever been before, and the sounds escaping Raph's mouth around their kiss were only adding to it.

Raph broke their kiss to allow a few lewd curses to escape as his hips jerked hard and fast with a finish that pushed Leo right over the edge as well. Leo shuddered over Raph before he lost the ability to hold himself up. He slumped down to the bed, landing beside Raph, but leaving his legs to tangle with Raph's legs. He panted and let his eyes shut, feeling more relaxed than he'd felt in weeks. Or months. Or maybe years. Why was he trying to calculate it right now? He listened to Raph's identical panting breaths and would've gone to sleep if Raph's voice didn't break through the haze.

"Guess it was a good thing that I agreed to Leonardo landing here, huh?"

Leo's eyes snapped open and he found Raph watching him closely. "What?"

Raph lifted himself up on an elbow and kept solid eye contact with Leo. "I had a little visit from Leonardo's Raphael last week."

"What?"

Raph continued despite Leo's interruption. "He said Leonardo was about to leave on an interdimensional trip to visit a friend and Raphael didn't want him to go. Seems Leonardo is just as thick-headed as you were about how Raphael feels about him. So he asked if I'd be willing to keep Leonardo out of trouble if he adjusted the interdimensional transporter and had Leonardo land here with us for a day or so."

Leo continued to stare with wide eyes and open mouth as Raph spoke. "You knew," he said in a low voice, still trying to put all the pieces together. "Why – wait, were you trying to make me jealous?"

"No. I mean, not at first." He continued quickly when he saw Leo frown. "I was just doing Raphael a favor. I had agreed to play dumb when Leonardo showed up. But then I saw an opportunity and I took it, okay? I mean, less than hour after Leonardo arrived you were asleep in my hammock with me." He watched Leo continue to work this out in his head and chucked Leo's chin up so he'd focus on him again. "Leo, in the last few months, ya were trying so hard not to look at me that ya actually stopped lookin at me."

Leo let Raph's words sink into him and slowly nodded. "I was driving myself crazy wanting you."

"Thick-headed," Raph muttered, but he countered it by reaching out and pulling Leo in close again. "And I was runnin out of options for gettin ya to notice me again."

"I'm sorry, Raph. I had no idea you felt the same way."

"I do." Raph's bright green eyes stared back at Leo with a serious intensity. "So, I want you and you want me and -,"

"I love you," Leo said, a challenging glint in his eye as his mouth rose in a smirk, "and you love me."

Raph smiled back at him. "Yeah, okay, Fearless. Are we all cleared up? Finished talkin about it?" One hand gripped Leo's chin and pulled it towards his own mouth again. "Cause there's something else I'd like to do with that mouth of yers now."

"Wait." Leo pulled his face back just enough to speak. "What's this other Raphael look like?"

Raph's eyes narrowed at the tease. "He's basically a walking brick wall and yer to stay far far away from him."