When the four brothers picked themselves up off the floor of the stairwell, Leo announced that morning training was over and had to smirk at the speed Mikey and Donnie displayed to escape back to their own apartments.
He headed into the fourth floor hallway and back into the dojo with Raphael trailing him. He began pulling out the smaller, wooden weapons to prep the dojo for the training session he'd have later that day with his tiny, furry students before turning to Raphael.
"I'm pairing you up with Casey and Karai tonight." He watched Raph's lower lip jut out. Classic pout face.
"I thought you loved me," Raph said.
Leo smiled at him. "I love you dearly."
"Yer avoidin her. You just don't wanna hear her real reason for leavin."
"She told us her reason."
Raph huffed out a loud breath. "You really believe that's why she left?"
"I don't care why she left," Leo said, feeling the anger beginning to rise again. He could feel Raph move closer to him.
"What makes you think I won't kill her on patrol?"
"Because I watched her bait you earlier and you didn't fall for it. I'm sure you can contain your homicidal tendencies for a few hours."
Raphael smirked back at him before turning serious to say, "Yer gonna tell Master Splinter she's back today, right?"
Leo scowled. "She'll probably leave as soon as this job is over."
"Leo, we can meet with her and not tell him, but we can't run patrols with her and not tell him."
Leo scowled again.
"Yer damn cute when yer angry," Raph said, closing the space between them and gripping the back of Leo's neck to force him to turn towards him for a kiss. He began pushing his weight forward, forcing Leo to begin to walk backwards across the dojo floor.
Leo tried to pull away to ask Raph where they were going but Raph's strong fingers on the back of his neck prevented it and instead he only managed to release a muffled sound into Raphael's mouth.
It only took a few moments anyway for Raph to push them across the room and into the dojo's bathroom. He used his foot to shut the door behind them and released Leo's neck so he could lock the door quickly before he began pulling Leo's gear off.
"What are you doing?" Leo asked, making no attempt to stop the emerald turtle from undressing him.
"I need a shower before work," Raph said, tossing Leo's gear directly onto the bathroom's tiled floor. He reached behind Leo's head and untied the blue bandana which was at least tossed in the direction of the sink counter.
"So why are you removing my gear?" Leo asked innocently.
"Because I need yer help," Raph said, as he began pulling off his own gear. "There's parts of my shell I can't reach."
"You manage most days by yourself," Leo said, and Raph almost churred at the purr he heard in Leo's voice.
Leo watched Raph unwrap the blue bandana from his wrist before Leo's hands reached forward to pull Raph's sais off his belt. He placed them on the sink counter before stripping him of his belt which was promptly dropped to the ground.
Leo untied Raph's red bandana as well and managed to get it on the counter before Raphael grinned at him and pushed him towards the large walk-in shower. Raph immediately turned on the warm water and deposited Leo beneath it. He watched for a moment as the water streamed down his mate and nearly growled with want as he watched Leo's skin glisten under the steady stream.
"Ya don't have to help me clean my shell if you don't want to," Raph said, closing the space between them as quickly as he could before trailing his hands down the front of Leo's plastron. "We probably won't have time for that anyway." His hands curved around behind Leo and he grinned wider when he watched Leo gasp and drop down immediately once Raphael grasped his tail.
Leo pressed his mouth over Raph's again and churred as he let his own hands slide down to the emerald turtle's slit where his insistent fingers soon had Raphael churring and dropping down as well. For a moment they stayed right there, too caught up in the sensations of stroking each other as the water fell on them. Raphael's free hand glided over Leo's arm, enjoying the slickness provided by the shower.
When it was clear Leonardo wasn't going to make an advance, Raph growled and turned him around towards the shower wall before pulling Leo's hips back towards him. He watched Leo's hands slip and then quickly recover as he pressed them against the wet tiled wall to support himself. Raph used one hand to keep Leo's hips steady while the fingers on his other hand pressed teasingly into Leo's entrance. He watched Leo duck his head forward as a low moan left him. He guided himself to Leo's entrance and slowly pushed himself into his mate while reaching around to stroke Leo as well.
Once he was completely buried within Leonardo, he slumped forward and rested on Leo's shell, pleased to feel the strength in Leo's leg push back to support him so that they remained upright.
"I love ya, Leo," Raphael sighed out, content to remain where he was under the water.
"I love you, Raphie. Now move," Leo growled out at him.
Raphael chuckled before he lifted himself off Leo's shell and began pulling out and thrusting back into Leonardo. He smiled again as he watched Leo's fingers clench into fists against the wall as Leo's moans began echoing off the walls of the bathroom. It was harder from this position to angle himself as he wanted, but he tried anyway, searching out Leo's prostate. He knew he'd found it when Leo's head whipped back as a loud churr escaped him. Raphael churred at the sight and increased the speed in both his hips and his hand. His other arm wrapped around the front of Leo moments later to keep Leo standing as Leo reached his release and allowed his body to go limp in response.
Raph slowed his hips and when it was clear that Leo was going to remain upright, he released his hold on Leo's plastron and was free to grip Leo's hips with both hands to allow him to thrust into Leo quicker than before, loving the new tightness he felt. He churred and then moaned out Leo's name as he released himself inside Leo and then it was Leo's turn to support Raph's limp body which slumped against his shell again. When he felt Raphael leave him, Leo shifted himself around so his mouth could find Raph's again. He enjoyed that position, or any position with Raphael, and knew it was a favorite of Raph's, but it did make it impossible to kiss.
Raphael pushed towards him again and he felt his shell scrape against the tile as their tongues twisted together.
"I think that's clean enough," he said into Leo's mouth before turning off the water.
Leo and Raph reentered their apartment a short time later and while Raph headed to the kitchen to make himself breakfast, Leo joined Master Splinter and the kids in the living room.
"I do not see evidence of the excessive energy you claim Machi has when I sit with them," Master Splinter said to Leonardo, trying to hide his smile as he handed Machi another crayon. "She and Akito are both perfectly calm and pleasant."
"You don't think you think that because you raised four unruly, loud, energetic boys?" Leo asked, sitting down next to him.
"They weren't all unruly," Raph said, coming out to the living room and giving Leo a pointed look as he handed a cup of tea to both Leo and Master Splinter.
Leo smiled a thanks to Raph for the tea and Raph jerked his head towards Master Splinter before heading back into the kitchen.
Leo sighed and looked down into his teacup before glancing at the two little foxes. He couldn't imagine either of them leaving one day without a goodbye or a backwards glance. But if they did and they suddenly returned, he would sure as hell want to know.
He looked up to Master Splinter and found him already peering at him. The anxious feeling he'd felt a moment before at the thought of his own children abandoning him was suddenly replaced again by anger at the hurt he'd had to witness in his own father's eyes thanks to his ungrateful sister.
Raphael walked out of the kitchen again, scooping spoonfuls of cereal into his mouth after hearing nothing but silence in the living room. He took in the cute scowl that was once again on Leo's face and sat down in a chair opposite them.
"We met with Karai this morning," Raphael said around the cereal in his mouth. He expected a glare from Leo but he watched as the blue eyes only slid to the floor.
Master Splinter's hand shook only slightly as he reached up and tugged on his whiskers. He glanced over to his eldest. "This is what you've been hesitating to tell me this morning?" He watched Leo meet his gaze again before nodding.
Akito glanced up from his own drawing and looked back and forth between his father and his grandfather. He'd never heard of Karai before and had to wonder who she could be.
"She has returned and asked you for something?"
"Yes," Leo said, nodding again. He repeated Karai's request to Master Splinter, told him that they'd agreed to help and that they'd be meeting with her again that night. "She'll probably leave as soon as this mission is completed," Leo said, feeling the need to begin preparing his father for disappointment.
Master Splinter tugged on his whiskers again. "She seemed ok to you?" he finally asked. "Not injured or not in her right mind?"
"She was herself," Raphael answered plainly.
"Do – do you want to come with us and see her?" Leo asked.
Master Splinter hesitated but then shook his head. "I will wait for her to be ready to see me."
"But, what if she -," Leo started but stopped when Master Splinter placed a paw on his shoulder.
"It will be alright, Leonardo. You just focus on the mission."
Leo nodded as Master Splinter rose and said goodbye to the children before heading out. Leo rose as well and followed Raphael into the kitchen where he waited for him to rinse his cereal bowl in the sink before wrapping his arms around Raph's middle.
Raph responded by pulling Leo into him. "He'll be ok, Leo," he whispered to him. "I'm going to work. I put bread in the toaster already. All you have to do is pull the toast out and eat it."
Leo released Raph only to glare at him.
"I'm going to ask Akito later if you ate breakfast," Raph continued as he leaned forward to kiss Leo. "I better get a good report." He kissed him again before heading out to say goodbye to the kids and exiting the apartment.
Leo pulled the toast out when it popped up and threw it onto a plate where he stood staring at it for a few minutes as he thought again of Karai's explanation of what she had accomplished with the Foot.
He looked up when Akito came into the kitchen.
"I can put jelly on it if you want," Akito offered with a smile.
He grinned down at his son.
Once Leo and Raph had the kids tucked in for the night, April and Sadie came over to sit and watch movies in the living room while they went out.
They met up with Karai who looked incredibly displeased to be paired with Raphael and Casey Jones, although she bit her tongue and only responded by handing Leo a communication device that would allow him to summon an army of Foot if they found a monster to capture.
"Seems wrong to summon the Foot to us," Mikey said as he followed Leo and Donnie away and across rooftops.
Karai turned to the two morons she'd been paired with and said to Raphael, "I am not following your orders."
"How about mine?" Casey asked, his grin wide as he propped a bat behind his head.
Raphael smirked. He could practically feel the excitement about being on patrol rolling off of Casey.
"Don't push it, Jones," Karai said, taking off to head across the rooftops, secretly pleased that the two were following her.
"Oh, come on, Karai. It's ok to admit that you missed me," Casey teased back as he ran.
Karai didn't respond to Casey and instead the three ran in silence for some time before Raphael skidded to a halt. Karai and Casey stopped and Karai watched Raph frown and eye the sky around them. It always freaked her out a little how sensitive the turtles' hearing was considering they didn't even have visible ears.
Karai pulled out her own communication device and hit the tracking button to summon the Foot to her location as Casey peered over the side of the rooftop they stood on.
"Whoa!" Casey said, jumping back and falling on his rear as a black, winged creature swooped over the side of the building towards him. "What kind of creature is that?!"
"Let's go, Case," Raph answered breaking into a run to follow the creature as it flew away.
Casey jumped up and quickly followed behind Raph and Karai before calling out, "You do realize that all I've got is a wooden baseball bat, right?!"
Leo stood on the rooftop of Hamato Engineering and looked down at his phone again. Donnie and Mikey had already gone inside. They'd found a large furry, ape-like creature earlier and had battled it until the Foot and honest-to-god stone soldiers had appeared to tranquilize and carry the creature off in a garbage truck.
He'd sent Raphael a text to tell him about the monster and ask how they were doing and was still waiting to hear back. He should probably go downstairs and relieve April from babysitting duties but he just couldn't head down there without Raph. Plus, April, who was probably sound asleep on their couch, would want an update on Casey.
Finally his phone buzzed and he quickly answered it.
"Raph?"
"Leo," Casey said, "I'm sorry, man. We need yer help."
A/N: "You do realize that all I've got is a wooden baseball bat, right?" – Hands down the funniest line of the whole movie.
