Co-written with Pinkberrycitrus!
Raphael tried hard to pay attention in class but with Mona sitting next to him it was getting to be awkward. He wanted to say something to her but couldn't think of anything to say.
"Raphael!" He heard a voice faintly calling his name. "Raphael Hamato!" He snapped out of it quickly when he saw his upset mother standing in front of him.
"What did I just say?" She asked in a law voice.
"I-You said t-that the sugar should go into the bowl?" He smiled and shrugged. His mom raised her hand to knock him on the hand but held herself back. She couldn't hit her kids in school, even though she wanted to… badly.
"You're lucky mister." Kimora whispered fiercely. Raph let out a hard sigh as Kimora went back to the front of the class.
"Mona, can you help Raphie catch up on what he missed, please?" Kimora smiled. Raphael glared at his mother and growled. He hated that nickname. She just had to use that name in front of Mona and the rest of the class, huh?
"Sure thing, Ms. Kimora. Here, Raphael." Mona handed him a small measuring cup and vegetable oil. "Measure this while I keep mixing." She started to mix the batter as Raph measured the oil. He felt like such an idiot since it was such a simple class, but at least there was Mona.
"Now what?" He asked.
"Put it in the bowl." He did just that and then watched Mona mix. His eyes then trailed to her boobs. 'Wow. They're really nice. Not too big… Definitely not too small… Omg, why am I staring at her boobs?! But they're so nice looking—'
"Uhhh Raph?" Mona said, looking up at him and wondering what he was staring at. He jumped at her voice.
"Do you want to try mixing?" She asked. He nodded and took the bowl from her. He started to mix the batter at a decent pace. After awhile he got frustrated. Why was it still lumpy?
"I'm not good at this." He stated, looking hopeless. Mona giggled.
"How can you not be good at stirring batter?" She stepped closer to him and he grew tense. "Here." She grabbed his wrist and helped him stir. Raphael's stomach started doing flips, but he masked it with that façade of his.
"You have stir it like this. See? It's getting smoother now." She smiled up at him. He gave her a nervous smirk back. She stepped back and let him try on his own. Once it got smooth enough, he let her examine the mix.
"This is really good, Raph." She said.
"Thanks. It was no big deal." He rubbed the shaved part of his head. She took out a baking pan and poured the batter in the pan. She turned on the oven and looked at Raph.
"Would you like to put it in?" She asked.
"Sure why not?" He put it in and sat down in his seat and she followed suit. He and Mona were silent. He started to feel nervous. He turned to her to say something but she was looking out the window.
"Uhh…" Was all he could say. He turned back in his seat.
"Did you say something Raph?" She asked. He turned quickly back to her.
"No! I mean yea. I was going to ask you… how did you learn to fight?" He asked. She looked confused. Panic struck Raphael. 'Oh, damn, I screwd this up already.'
"Oh! You mean when we met in the gym." He nodded. "Slash's dad tought me. I've known that family since elementary school." She smiled and then a thought came to her.
"I noticed that Kimora said you and Slash use to be really close. I wonder why I haven't met you before." She said.
"I don't know either. Maybe it was because I ended up hanging out with the wrong crowd, and we lost touch." He remembered the day he first skipped to hang out with his 'friends'. He remembered Slash being alone at school and mad at him for doing something so dumb. He regretted letting him down ever since
"Well, you know it's never too late to fix that." She touched his knee in comfort. It felt nice to have a girl actually care about his feelings. But, before he could mull on it any further, Mona's ears perked up to the sound of the timer going off.
"The cake's done." Mona said just as the timer went off. She opened the oven door.
"It smells good." Raph's stomach started to growl. Mona grabbed some mittens and took it out.
"Now we let it cool down." She stated.
"Aw man. When are we going to eat?" Raph whined. Mona thought that was cute... A big guy like him whining like a child.
"We need it to cool and then we can have it."
"Fine." Raph slumped in his seat. Mona smiled at him and saw Kimora coming over.
"Wow! Looks bonita! Excellente!" She yelled. Mona's ears were ringing as Kimora left their station.
"Don't worry. You'll get use to it." Raph laughed.
When all the students were finished with their cakes and the class was over, Mona and Raph stayed behind. She cut them both a slice from the cake they made. Raph took a huge bite.
"Wow! This is good!" He said as he tried to fit another bite in his mouth. Mona's eyes widened.
"Slow down! You'll choke on it." He paused and swallowed the cake. He noticed on piece of cake on her chin. He wanted to get it but she would undoubtedly feel awkward about it.
"Um… you have cake on your chin." Mona went wide eyed and rushed to get the food of her face. She tried and failed as she got more cake on her chin. Raph started to laugh.
"I made it worst didn't I?" She said. She started to laugh a little as well. She then handed him the napkin.
"Can you get it for me?" She asked. He wiped the cake off her face. He paused for a second to look at her. She had really nice big brown eyes. Her skin was smooth and slighty pink. Her lips were full.
"Uh is it gone?" She asked. He leaned away from her.
"Yea. Yea it's gone." He looked away nervously. Mona started to feel weird. She had to get out of there anyways. She grabbed her bag and got up.
"I have to go. I'm going to be late. Bye Raph!" She quickly went towards the door.
"Wait! What about the cake?" He called out.
"Take it. I don't want it. Bye!" And she was gone. Raph felt the sudden rush of embarrassment. Why did he have to stare?!
Mona rushed down the hallway. She felt her face get hot thinking about what just happened. Does he think I'm ugly? Mona stopped in her tracks. Why did she care? She didn't really know the guy? For all she knows he probably has a girlfriend. Wait! Why does she care if he's taken or not?
She put her emotions aside and headed to her next class.
As she ran to Calculus, she ran into, quite literally, the eldest Hamato brother.
"Mona, are you ok? What's the matter?" Leo looked quite concerned, as Mona's face was quite flushed and she seemed to be on the verge of tears.
"Nothing, Leo. It's ok. I'm ok. I just realized I was going to be late to Calculus while I was in Home Ec. Gotta go. See you later?"
With that, Mona rushed past Leonardo, and he kept his eyes and ears trained on her until he heard the sound of a door open and close. He then went towards his class, which was next to the Home Ec classroom, and he saw Raphael in there. So that's why.
Leonardo then entered the Home Ec room and walked towards Raphael, who was helping out with putting some supplies away. Without thinking and wondering if their mother was even in the room, Leo grabbed Raphael by the collar and shoved him against the wall, knocking a couple of supplies on the floor and tipping chairs over.
"Yo, what the hell, Leo?!" Raphael stared straight into his brother's eyes and went to grab Leo's shirt, but astonishingly, Leo overpowered him.
"You know exactly what, Raph! Why did you make Mona cry?!"
"What?! I didn't make her…" Raphael stopped and thought for a second, and he realized, "Oh."
"Oh? That's all you have to stay? Is 'Oh?'" Leo tightened his grip, but Raph grabbed Leo's wrists and used a pressure point to make him release him. Leo grunted in pain, and grabbed his wrists and glared at Raph. He went to grab at him again, but Raphael was too fast and got him locked in a chickenwing hold.
"Yeah, that's all I have to say. If I did make her cry, I didn't do it on purpose. She ran out the room before I could ask her what was wrong." Leo struggled against her younger, but larger brother, and was able to release himself from the deathgrip that Raph had him in.
"Oh really? And how am I supposed to believe that?" Leo stared hard at Raphael.
"Why do you even care, Leo?" Leo remained silent and Raph was getting pissed. Raphael looked at Leo and then, he remembered last night, and he growled as he attempted to lunge at Leo, and Leo went to go at him, but they were stopped as someone got in between them as quick as lightning and elbowed them both in the gut; light enough to not cause damage, but hard enough to knock them down. Leo howled in pain, as Raph held it in, but sucked in a deep breath and let it out in a deep growl. Both boys looked up and saw that their mother had entered the fray and was looking down despondently at them.
"What the hell are you two fighting about now?!" Kimora's voice was low but released a venomous tone that the boys knew all too well. Everyone was afraid of Kimora when she showed this side of herself. Even though she was sweet and kind, she commanded respect and would show no mercy to those who lacked respect.
Leo looked up and then down. He then stood up and helped Raphael up, who was going to reject his brother's help at first, until he saw the look on his mother's face, and reached for Leo's hand and was pulled up.
"Nothing, Ma. It's just a brother thing." Raphael attempted to charm his mother, but to no avail as she crossed her arms and glared at him and Leo. Leo then let out a hard sigh and stepped forward.
"I saw Mona in the hallway and she looked like she was going to cry. I was walking to class, and saw Raphael, and I came to conclusions too quickly, I guess." Leo bowed his head as Raphael looked at him, and also bowed his head. Kimora looked at her sons, and then, she realized what was going, exactly. She nodded her head and smiled.
"Ah, I see what happened. And I accept your explanation, Leonardo. But promise me, the both of you; please do not fight over Mona in my classroom." With that, Kimora turned her heel and headed toward the music room for choir practice. Leo and Raph looked at each other in astonishment as their mother figured it out. However, that didn't stop them from feeling that they had to one-up each other. Raphael then turned to Leonardo, as Leo turned to him as well.
This was just the beginning and neither knew how deep it was going to get. But now, this fight was settled as a stalemate and Raph walked out, leaving Leo alone to his thoughts.
'I'm gonna make sure you don't break another girl's heart, Raphael. I will make sure of that.'