AUTHOR'S NOTE:
The following chapter includes sexual references (Raph/female human OC).
FOLLOW THE LEADER I - IT'S NO GOOD
III MEDITATING (SO TO SPEAK)
Raph was giving punches to his boxing sack in his messy room. As much as Raph was concerned, it was meditation to him.
Though it wasn't silent.
"Raphael!" Master Splinter yelled accompanying the yell with a brisk tap on Raph's door with his walking stick.
"Yes, father", he gave up leaving the sack alone and seating himself on his bed, which was placed almost in the middle of his chamber. Raph hated sleeping next to walls, it made him feel kind of like ready to trap. After all, with or without ninja training, he was in his most vulnerable state when he slept.
Or when he had very intensive sex with someone.
Slightly grinning he laid himself on his shell beginning to think Maggie, the lady he had fucked last Saturday. Maggie was delicious. Okay, for a 17-year-old teenager, who was about to have his first sexual intercourse, about any woman would go under the definition of 'delicious'.
The shitty part of the otherwise lucky evening was, that Raph had been waited for by someone at home.
"What'cha doin' here, Leo?" Raph had asked slightly amused, still in euphoria due to the recent session,
"Shouldn't ya be havin' yer beauty sleep, oh Fearless?"
"It's late, Raph", Leo had replied dryly, standing like a stone statue while glancing Raph with pure disgrace in his eyes.
"Early, if ya ask from me", Raph had chuckled, bumping deliberately Leonardo's shoulder with his own while passing him.
"We were worried about you", Leo had continued, following Raph.
"Give it a rest, will ya?" Raph had snapped, climbing to upstairs. Leonardo had been surely consuming his good mood.
"I'm not finished yet, Raphael", Leonardo had snapped back. Raph had stopped and turned to face his brother, who had stayed at the lower floor, staring sharp daggers at Raph.
"Where have you been, Raph? I smell...I mean you reek of..."
"So what, Leo? It's none of yer business anyway."
"I smell a scent of...well, a scent of an unknown human, Raph."
Raph had just rolled his eyes and continued his walk to his room. In a blink Leo had gotten to the upper floor behind Raph.
"I didn't say I was finished!"
"I don't care, back off", Raph had yelled turning to Leonardo,
"I have no idea what the fuck is yer problem, Leo!"
Leonardo had laughed dryly, starting his lecture:
"My problem is that you told us you'd go to Casey. When you didn't come home by midnight we called Casey, and he told you had left already two hours ago. Do you have any idea what I – we, including our two brothers and father, have gone through wondering where the hell are you? And then you crawl home smelling to some...", Leonardo had made a grimace that showed disgust before continuing,
"Some slut and you tell me to give it a rest?!?"
"Are ya done?" Raph had asked between his teeth.
Raphael knew that Leo was right. It was true that he could have informed the others he wouldn't be coming straight to home. But as far as Raph was concerned, Leonardo had no right to question him like that.
"Sometimes you're being so selfish, you know that?" Leonardo had kept going on.
"Why don'tcha just mind yer own business?" Raph had snarled, though without the offensive voice tone he had been using a moment ago.
"This family, including you, are 'my business', Raph", Leo had answered quietly. Raph had thought he saw worry in his big brother's eyes, but something in him refused to by it.
"Ya gonna give me that 'I'm the big leader' -shit again? I ain't bowing ta ya stupid orders, Leo."
"Yeah, you aren't, although you should."
The last line of Leo had been like a red cape to Raph, making him to snap and draw his sais out. Leonardo had followed his brother's lead exposing his katanasin order to defend himself. He had blocked the first attacking attempts easily, snorting to his little brother:
"This isn't going to solve anything, Raph. You're acting like an idiot. Though at this point I probably shouldn't be surprised by it."
The remark had made Raphael even more furious, and somehow he had been able to gain enough strength to break Leo's block. It had made Leo to stagger a bit, which had given Raphael the opportunity to get close enough to threat Leo with his weapons.
Raphael had been doing it since Splinter had given them their weapons. Breaking through his brothers' defences to get his sais so close to their throats they were holding their breaths. Raph never meant to hurt any of his brothers, it was a mere show off about his strength and ability to master his weapons or a note of dissent. Sometimes Raph just preferred his sais doing the talking instead of vocal discussion.
But of course there had to be the first time when something went wrong. The blood that had started to drip from Leonardo's chin had made Raph to snap out of his burst of aggression. Leonardo had seemed as startled as his brother, keeping his eyes on Raph while touching his chin making sure it really bled, that it wasn't his imagination. Obviously it was normal they got wounded by each other during the exercises. But that time was different. They hadn't been practising.
Raph had lowered his weapons and stepped back.
"What did I...Oh shit, Leonardo. I'm sorry...I really am."
He had put his weapons in his belt while staring at the little wound in his brother's chin. Leonardo had just stood in front of him, with straight face that didn't show any emotions.
"Just leave me alone, Leo", Raph had finally growled before heading to his chamber. That time Leo hadn't stopped him.
Leo Leo Leo Leo...I was supposed to think the lovely Maggie, not Splinter junior here, Raph thought trying to get a better position in his bed.