"Are you actually crying?!"
"No i'm not!" I quickly shot back, wiping my teary eyes.
Okay maybe i did, but still.
How are you expecting me NOT to cry when right infront of me, lo and behold, the majestic treasure, the greatest invention man kind ever made.
I present to you, chocolate. chip. cookies.
No, you can NOT have them. Mine!
"It's just.. cookies.."
"OH SHUSH YOU! YOU CAN NEVER APPRECIATE THE GREATEST INVENTION EVER!!" I shot back, still craddling the nicely wrapped up cookies in my arms.
I recognised the napkin Raph uses to wrap the cookies as April's yellow floral napkin that Mikey uses to tie up her red lunch box,-like those pretty smol lunch boxes in the movies-.
Aw that's cute-, wait what?
"Yeah sure.." Raph rolled his eyes.
My turn after like, FOREVER, to swat his thick head.
...and i'm regretting it.
How hard his head actually is?! My fingers are hurting!
...that's probably life's unanswered question, am i rite?
"Are your head is secretly made out of rock or something? It hurts!" I whined.
Raph rolled his eyes and swatted my head in turn.
No fair.
But forget all about that. Right here in my arms, my only true love.
I present to you my waifu, cookies.
Well my second waifu is my pencils. Third is my drawing pens. Fourth is my sketchbook. Fifth is my scarf.
I have inanimated objects as my true love, yeah don't judge me.
If you said you don't have inanimated objects as your love ones, you sat on the throne of lies.
...Sixth is my spraying paints though.
Okay enought about my love life, i'm eating this cookies and no one can stop me.
I unfolded the napkin carefully, happily inhaling the delicious smell of fresh chocolate chip cookies.
..Untill i realised something red poking from underneath the pile.
I slowly pulls it out, recognizing the red thingamajig is actually a paper.
A folded paper. A crane.
The middle seemed to be ripped, and a clear tape is the only thing the keeps it together. And it was also halfway crumpled, visible from the crumple-ish parts it has.
I stared at Raph,-who's flushing red like a huge tomato btw-, then back at the crane origami. Then Raph. Back again. Raph. Crane. Raph. Crane. Raph. Crane.
--Time skip 15 minutes later
...Raph. Crane. Raph. Crane. Raph. Crane. Raph- oh my gosh i need to stop.
Frick frack tic tac snick snack snip snap ding dang bing bang what the fudge holy sweet cheesy maccaronnis fridge sheezy firetruckin-
I opened my mouth to say something, but all that came out are simple,
"Guuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh...?"
Do ignore the question mark, i have no idea why it was there either.
"It's paper i ripped when i... punched you." Raph muttered, face still red,-not as red as before though-.
"Gahh..??"
Again, ignore the question marks.
"Y'know, the one you first gave to me?"
"Buhh.."
Raph raised his eye-ridge,-brow?-, crossing his arms.
"You have a working mouth and tongue there kid, speak clearly."
"...bleh."
Raph gave me a deadpan look. The 'stop-fooling-around-or-i'll-punch-your-face' kind of look.
I randomly blew a raspberry at the thin air.
"I'm shocked." I stated.
And i dig myself in.
"Seriously? Over 20 minutes you're staring at me and the crane like i just grew two heads, and now you're eating cookies just like that?"
"Hush child. It is said that, do not speak whilst you eat. It's not good for your health, no?" I said, putting my best posh accent.
Raph slapped his face.
"I hate you."
"I love you too!" I chirped, nibbling on the chocolate chips.
I started examining the crane origami he made. Half surprised since, besides the crumpled part and the tape, it has near perfect folds.
I swear, last night he barely could even fold a paper airplane. Yet now..?
The apocalypse must've been near. Get me my first apocalypse kit Stephen!
Then i noticed some black ink underneath the folds.
I settled the pile of cookies beside me before carefully unfolds the paper crane.
It's some kind of letter- note. Written in scrawny handwriting i recognises as Raph's.
It says;
Sorry Ao.
Simple and straight to the point as always.
I smiled.
Wait wait hold the phone, did he just-
Oh.
My.
Gosh.
"Holy shi- are you crying?!!" Raph yelled, jumping from his sitting position in surprise.
I wiped a tear of my eye.
"You remember my name."
My dear oblivious brother blinked few times before scratching his head confusingly.
"Uhh yeah, i mean, you do mentioned it before and your name is practiccly undearneath every of your pictures so.. 'Course i do."
I cried even more, actually sobbing a bit.
"He remembers my naaaammmeee.." i wailed, blowing my nose on my scarf.
Tbh, i sounded like a dying whale when i whined.
"Kid, kid, oh my- Ao please stop-"
I wailed again.
Raph winced, closing his ears in attempt to block me out.
"Ao for the love of- i'll never give you cookies anymore."
That shuts me off pretty quickly.
I sniffed a littke as i reached for a cookie and started eating it. Raph sighed and face palmed as i do.
We're quiet for a moment. Just enjoying eachother's company whilst watching the bright lights underneath us. Letting the cool night air greets us.
I love watching how the lights gave contrast with the dark night. It's like watching people fight for their own believes.
And i also love the night. How the darkness envelopes my whole body, mind and soul, almost like a fake facade blanket of protection, to comfort me even for a short while.
...great, i'm starting to switch my Leo emo mode, good grief.
It was Raph who broke the silence.
"So..?"
"You're forgiven." I said shortly, locking my eyes below instead at him.
"I am?"
"You are."
"That's it?! I just have to fold a frickin origami and gave you cookies as an apology?!" Raph screeched, staring at me in bewilderment.
I shook my head, finishing off the last cookie.
"You're mistaken." I stood up, now looking at him.
"I always forgive you hot head."
I jumped down from the rooftops, not waiting for his reply nor reaction. I simply had enough of today.
"Hey!"
I blinked, looking up at the rooftops.
Raph grinned, his piercing green eyes shone in the dark like neon.
"The name's Raph!"
Realisation dawned me and i offered him my own chesire grin.
"Sayonara to you then, Raph-san!" I waved, purposely using half Japanese before dissappearing into the shadows of the night.
...like batman.
I want a cookie.
I deserve a cookie.