Alright, I am going to be busy for a couple of days so I wanted to throw this out there before I go stress crazy! I hope you all like this one... c: I do!
Donnie shuffled and moped into the kitchen, exhausted from staying up past all hours of the night and even then some. He didn't even notice the odd arrangement of his brothers all three sitting at the round table, angled towards him watching with hungry expressions. The lack of energy emanating off the genius turtle was incredible. It was Donnie's one weakness, mornings.
They remained silent as he grabbed the empty coffee pot and tripped over to the sink to fill it up. They observed with keen interest.
"Good morning Donnie." Leo eventually hollered. Donnie gasped and jumped from surprise, the pot flew out of his hands but he caught it quickly before it fumbled to the floor.
"Oh! I…uh…didn't see you guys there." Donnie sputtered.
"Obviously" Raph grunted.
Don shoved the pot under the sink and filled it up with water. He turned his head and noted that his brothers were still staring at him. They haven't stopped since he entered the room. He glanced again over his shoulder to double check and sure enough, their eyes were glued to him.
This is odd…what's going on?
He slowly faced them. Leo and Raph were looking at him with innocent expressions. Well, as innocent as they could be. Mikey however tilted his head down towards his breakfast, he remained quiet.
That was the second red flag. Mikey was usually boisterous and energetic in the morning! It gave Don a headache; eight o'clock is too early for his irksome antics! But today he was unresponsive and silent.
"Do you guys need something?"
"No." Leo answered sweetly.
"Then…don't you have other things to do? I am sure your food is more entertaining than me making coffee."
"Not really." Raph grumbled. Donnie ran his eyes over each of his brother's faces, knowing something is not right here.
What the heck is happening?
"Ooookay." Donnie mumbled and squinted his eyes. Well, it isn't the first time they were doing something strange. Why were his brothers so weird? He sighed and shrugged it off before returning to his coffee. He opened the cabinet but to his surprise, the coffee grounds were missing. After a minute of frantically searching, he finally understood. He straightened his slumbering shoulders and spun to face his scheming brothers. He could now see them fighting to hide devious grins.
"Where is it?" He rolled his eyes and huffed.
"How do you know we took it?" Raph asked and crossed his arms in a defiant manner.
"Oh please! Living with three brothers has taught me enough that when I'm the only coffee drinker and the coffee suddenly decides to run away, that it isn't coincidence."
"We are all out." Leo suggested as he shrugged his shoulders.
"What?" Donnie was confused.
"Sorry Donnie, no more coffee!" Raph expressed with fake sorrow a hint of sarcasm.
"That's impossible; we had at least one more scoop left!" Donnie fought to stay calm. They wanted a big reaction out of him but he wasn't going to give it to them!
Finally, the silent and unmoving Mikey reached out a hand and grasped the cup in front of him. All of the brothers turned towards him as he kept his eyes low and put it to his lips. He threw back his head and made an obnoxious show of slurping and swallowing. He set the cup down with an "ahhh" of satisfaction and turned to Raph and Leo.
"You know, I think coffee is growing on me." His mischievous smile was slow, but soon took up his entire face. Donnie bore bullets into his younger brother, too shocked and angry to move. Raph and Leo finally couldn't hold back their smirks anymore as they exploded on their faces.
"You didn't…." Donnie gritted through clenched teeth. Don't make a show...don't make a show! He snapped his eyes to the other two snickering brothers. His eye's carved into slits.
"I will kill you all, you realize that right?" He said calmly and slowly.
"Whoa now! Before you go rampaging with revenge, Raph and I had nothing to do with it!" Leo added. Mikey's eyes widened and he glowered at his traitorous brothers.
They were going to throw him under the bus!
"You encouraged him." Donnie pointed out.
"Did not! It was all Mikey's idea, and he was the one who drank it! We are just bystanders here." Raph explained. Mikey gasped loudly.
"What happened to team?" He demanded.
"Oh yaaa about that…see we had a meeting and decided we didn't feel like facing the wrath of over tired Donnie. We just forgot to tell you. Sorry." Raph gleamed with laughter and a satisfied smirk.
"Also the TV is broken. We needed something entertaining to watch this morning!" Leo added.
Mikey slowly glanced up at Donnie who drilled furious eyes into him. The troubled turtle grinned sheepishly and gave a nervous giggle. He stood up and held his coffee out to Don, he cleared his throat.
"I deeply apologize Donatello, please accept this as a peace offering." Mikey said in his most sophisticated voice. Donnie just stared at his brother with his arms crossed. Steam was practically coming out of his ears. Leo bit his lip to keep from laughing out loud.
Then out of nowhere, Donnie smiled sweetly.
"I accept your apology Michelangelo." Don winked as he took the cup.
"What?" Raph uncrossed his arms and sat up straight in his chair.
"So you aren't mad at me?" Mikey pouted with his puppy dog eyes.
"Of course not! You have been forgiven."
"Huh?" Was Leo's response.
"Good! I was so afraid you wouldn't! Then I wouldn't have been able to tell you all about the juiciest gossip I heard the other day!" Mikey exclaimed excitedly. Leo and Raph just sat dumbfounded. They looked back and forth between their younger brothers.
"Oh Michelangelo, Pray tell!"
"Well Donatello, remember last week when Raphael got that nasty gash in his motorcycle? He went on a huge tantrum for hours but no one confessed up to who did it?" Mikey addressed with an astute smile.
Raphael was no longer amused and Leo grew uncomfortable.
"Why yes I do remember that Michelangelo! I had to wear headphones to block out the constant commotion!" Donnie remarked and managed to beat down his spreading smile.
"I heard it was Leonardo!" Mikey faked a loud whisper.
Donnie gave an exaggerated gasp as he put a hand over his mouth.
Raph's green eyes ignited with irritation.
"It was you!?" Raph growled and looked at Leo.
"Uh…" Leo frowned and glanced around for an escape.
"What the heck Leo!? Why didn't you fess us?" Raph shouted.
"I don't know! I didn't think it was a big deal!" Leo rolled his eyes and huffed.
"Not a big deal? NOT A BIG DEAL? How the heck did you even manage to knock down a giant bike?"
Leo's cheeks flushed a rosy red from embarrassment.
"I slipped on oil." He mumbled.
"You slipped? Wow, and here I thought you were all powerful ninja but nooo…geez you sound like Mikey!" Raph exclaimed. Mikey hollered out an annoyed "Hey!" but they all ignored it.
"It's not my fault! I'm not the one who just left a massive oil spill on the ground! Maybe if you cleaned up your messes they wouldn't come back to bite you!" Leo snapped and stood up.
"Are you seriously trying to lecture me right now? Nope! You have lost that right!" Raph too launched to his feet.
"I could have been hurt!" Leo exclaimed.
"Better you then my bike!" Raph muttered.
"Donatello, I have a feeling we should back up." Mikey whispered.
"I concur with you on that Michelangelo!" They both took a gigantic step backwards.
"You take that back!" Leo gasped.
"No!"
"I'm sorry I hurt your precious bike! Okay? Happy?" Leo yelled.
"No!" Raph grunted.
Raph pushed Leo and then Leo pushed Raph. They growled and then jumped into each other. They rolled around on the ground, bickering and shouting back and forth.
Mikey and Donnie just watched with pained laughter on their faces.
"I don't think I am going to fix the TV! This is my new favorite show!" Donnie bit back his satisfaction.
"And they thought they were going to double cross me! Ha! Let this be a lesson to you all!" Mikey boasted triumphantly. Donnie glanced at him from the corner of his eye.
"May I remember you that you already got your punishment for trying to play a trick on me in the first place?"
"Dude, it wasn't THAT bad."
"You were moaning and groaning the entire time!"
"Okay…yes, but cleaning your lab was the only way to get your help with this new plan! Seriously bro, I couldn't have pulled it off without you!" Mikey concluded with a charming grin. Donnie smiled back and shook his head. Mikey was all trouble!
"I think I missed my calling as an actor!" Don teased and flicked his hand in the air.
"You are a turtle of many talents!" Mikey agreed with a laugh. Leo and Raph tumbled across their feet, still squabbling and throwing little punches.
"Donatello.."
"Yes Michelangelo?"
"I believe we should go hide for a while. I have a feeling after they are done killing each other, they'll come after us!"
"We can safely assume that they will, however we will have to come out eventually. Our doom is inevitable." Donnie sighed.
"Well…it was totally worth it!" Mikey laughed at his ridiculous older brothers rummaging on the floor. He held up a knuckles and Donnie gave him a fist bump.
It really was worth it.
Keep in mind that Raph and Leo weren't 'seriously' fighting. It was just something little that they were being dramatic over! I don't want people to get upset because Mikey and Donnie would probably never instigate a REAL argument between the two clashing brothers! JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
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