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"Blah" : Someone talking; dialogue between two people

'Blah' : Someone thinking something

["Blah"] : Someone talking in a different language; dialogue

Usagi

I had not meant to go as far as I did with Leonardo that night… but I could not help myself. I had only meant to kiss him while he slept; his vulnerably open form, lying there like the most sinful of forbidden fruits, had beckoned me, tempting my honorable resolve until my desires won over my control. I just wanted to be able to taste and feel his gentle, luscious lips against my own again before I had to return to a cold, lonely bed. Just a sample of what had used to be so accessible to me—that is all I had wanted. Despite my impure desires, there was no harm in kissing him while he slept, right?

…

But then, when I had pulled away, he had reacted almost automatically to the innocent touch. His lips parted ever so delicately, his eyelids fluttered, and his back mildly, almost unnoticeably, arched; his body had unconsciously asked for more and, greedily, I continued to give. I did not care if Leo had thought it was his brother that was showering his person with passionate kisses and intimate strokes; all I wanted was to pleasure him the way I had planned to before… before Raphael charmed him into reevaluating their past relationship.

If only I had stayed an extra day or maybe if I had coaxed him a little more into going with me to my world, he would still be mine now; damn Raphael and his brutish persistence. If only I had done the things my impulses and instinct had told me the moment my feelings for Leonardo had begun to arise. If only I had gathered the strength to tell him my feelings before Raphael could stake claim on my beloved's heart, soul,… and body. If only I had shown my whole heart to him instead of just a mere fraction of it…

Ah, if only… that is all I could seem to say to myself now as I watched my beloved absentmindedly move through a set of advance katas as if they were nothing. I found it odd that he did not notice my presence the moment I stepped into and through the entry way of the dojo but, then again, that just gave me more time to admire him and his graceful movements.

I tilted my head slightly with curiosity as Leonardo briefly paused in the middle of a motion, releasing a low growl of frustration before he continued to move, this time at a faster pace and a stronger execution. My beloved was irritated… but why? Was he still thinking about the moment we shared—although nonconsensual—on the couch the night before? Or was he thinking about something else? Perhaps Raphael? Had the other anger my beloved somehow?

["… Leo-chan? What is bothering you?"] I stated, choosing to switch to my native tongue. Leonardo stopped his katas nearly a split second after I had began to voice my concern, his form swiftly turning around to face with slight shock.

"How long have you been standing there?" His expression began to mold into one of shock and repressed anger (alright, I deserve that).

"For a couple of minutes," I said, offering a gentle smile that he did not return, "It is always so obvious when you are upset and, yet, you are a ninja—a master of deception."

Leo grumbled, crossing his arms over his plastron and sending me a heated glare. I never thought I would be at the end of that look… that is how I knew I was in trouble, ["Leave me alone, Usagi… or should I say pervert."]

I felt one of my ears twitch at the insult, ["… I am not a pervert."]

He gave me a dull look, turning away from me slightly as he got into position to start his training routine again. He switched back to English fluidly, "Only perverts feel people up when their sleeping…"

["… Than I am assuming that Raphael is a pervert as well."] I said, smirking internally when a gentle blush reached his bright green cheeks and his golden eyes snapped back to me with surprise.

His look of disbelief swiftly turned into embarrassed anger, his eyes snapping away from mine as he began to move into a slow kata, "S-shut up, Usagi. Just… just leave me alone. I need to train."

"No," I said simply, smiling half-heartedly even though he couldn't see it. I walked further into the room and towards him but made sure that I kept my distance. I was lucky yesterday when he had tried to punch me but, this time, the playfield was even, "We must talk about this. You cannot just sweep all of this tension under a rug and hope for it to disappear."

"What more can I possibly say to you, Usagi?" Leo asked of me lightly, his nimble, elegant movements remained steady and accurate despite the situation we had found ourselves in, "I'm sorry, alright? I had dragged you into this mess when I knew my feelings for Raph were still present… just incomplete. I wanted to believe that I had a chance to create something more meaning full with someone else… someone like you. You're the personification of stability if there ever was such a thing. We… we could have work out… if I wasn't in love with Raphael."

Those words shattered my heart by a very slight degree but I knew my beloved needed to say them. What was the point of holding back unsaid words when there was currently nothing left to loose with our relationship. We were no longer lovers… could we even call ourselves friends?

I sighed, stepping nearer to Leonardo as his next set of katas moved him closer to my person. I do not believe he noticed but I had a feeling that he would soon, "Have you, at least, felt something for me within the short time we were together? Did my kisses, my touches, our conversations mean anything to you?"

His expression became conflicted but he answered me anyway, "Of course they did. With the way Raph used to be—rough and demanding—it was refreshing to be with someone who was the complete opposite. Being with you… it gave me comfort, peace of mind… it made me feel… well—"

"Loved?" I cut him off politely, my form had shifted even closer; this time he noticed. He stopped his movements before he straightened himself out of his stance, his golden orbs lost their edge as they gaze back at me with doubt. I swallowed down my uncertainty; like I had said before, there was no point in holding back unsaid words, "You… you were always loved, Leo-chan."

"…What?" He breathed out, knowing what I was trying to say but possibly felt that I wasn't going to say it.

I took a deep breath before I exhaled my confession with surprising ease, "… Aishitersu." (1)

Leo

I blinked.

I blinked again… and then I panicked, "W-w-what?"

Usagi blinked back at me with bewilderment, unsure of what to think of my reaction, before providing me with a warmly tentative smile, "Perhaps I should say it in your native tongue… I love you."

…. Hearing it in another language didn't help much to pacify my suddenly racing heart, the blinding heat that flood my face, or the guilt that was rising within me, pumping through my veins like adrenaline, "I-I… um… ah… y-you… I don't…"

He chuckled at my rambling, his hand reaching forward—when did he get so close?—to run along the side of my jaw before he gently cupped my cheek, "I already know you do not fully return these affections… either that, or you are withholding information from me."

"But… but it isn't fair to you Usagi," I breathed out, warmed by the gentle touch but knew better than to lean into him, "You say you… you love me but I can't say anything to requite you're feelings. What is the point of telling me these things—that you care for me, want me, love me—if I know I can't do anything in return. I… I don't wish to hurt you more than I already have."

His eyebrows furrowed as his thumb caressed my cheekbone in an absentminded way, his head tilting and leaning forward. His breath—which I was starting to suspect could never smell bad—fanned over my lips, causing me to swallow rather loudly with nervousness, "You will not hurt me… although you do not love me as much as you love Raphael-san, I do know that you still care for me."

"… H-how can you be sure of that?" I said, trying to sound angry again or, at the very least, edgy, but failed.

His smile became more apparent, "Because your brother did not come to kill me in my sleep."

I snorted, my eyes sliding away from his face in order to focus in on the entrance to the dojo, "You were my friend first before all of this started. Of course I care about you."

It was then that his smile turned smug, "I am not talking about the way a friend cares for another, saiai."

I found myself blinking with bewilderment once again, "…Huh?"

He chuckled again, deeper this time, "Although you do not seem to notice this yet, you do care for me… similar to the way one would care for their lover."

"Usagi—" I started, ready to rebuke him, only to have Usagi cut me off fluidly.

"Do not dare to deny it, Leo-chan. Do you realize how many times we've been intimately close like this?" He jerked his jaw slightly, gesturing towards the nearly nonexistence space that resided between us, "Do you realize how many times you've allowed me to kiss you after our relationship had supposedly ended? Do you realize that, even though I had… forced my affections on you—regrettably, I might add—you made no move to stop me once you realized it was me."

I felt my cheeks flush further at the memory, "… That's not fair."

"But it is the truth. If you truly wanted me to stop, nothing was physically incapacitating you from doing so."

"You… you've got to be kidding me," I nearly growled, pulling away from his grasp as if it were suddenly repulsive. I took several steps back, trying to maintain some sort of distance and edge my way to the dojo's entrance at the same time, "Not only did you get intimate with me while I was sleeping, you're saying it was my fault that it went as far as it did too?"

"Of course not, saiai," He swiftly clarified, fluidly following my footsteps, "What I am saying is that the experience was relatively pleasurable for you, even though it wasn't Raphael's mouth that was—"

"Okay! Alright!" I exclaimed in a low voice, "I was aroused. So what? It's kind of hard not to be when someone's giving you a—"

"Has he ever done that for you?"

"…What?"

Usagi lifted one eyebrow, his smug smile turning into an all out smirk; I couldn't help myself from clenching my hands tightly at my side, "Judging from how quickly you relieved yourself, I can only assume that you are not used to such acts… or your brother is not very good with his tongue outside of arguing or skillful bouts of profanity—"

I don't know what came over me. Maybe it was because of what happened the night before or maybe it was because Usagi was purposely insulting my brother and mate. Either way, I had soon found myself lunging forward, my first skyrocketing towards his face for the second time in the last twenty-four hours. The punch was about to land, a sense of surprise flashed over his expression for the briefest of moments, before he dodged it with a swift step to the side. I released a gasp when one of his hands found it's way around my extended wrist, skillfully avoiding the area he had bruised—why though?

"What did I say about you fighting while you are angry?" He said, with a mildly apologetic look… but I could still sense a bit of smugness behind his façade, "It leaves you frighteningly open."

I tried to tug away from his grip but it was unmovable, "Well forgive me if the only time I ever have the sudden urge to beat the crap out of you is when I'm extremely upset with you."

He chuckled before he grunted out with discomforted; my knee came up and sideswiped the side his waist and lower rib. His form curled back momentarily be he quickly straightened; he gave a strong tug and yanking me into his chest. I released a startled breath, cringing when he bent my arm behind my shell, causing me to arch in order to relieve discomfort.

I glared up at him, my free hand pushing against his chest in order to create some form of distance between us, "What the hell's the matter with you?"

"Nothing, I suppose I'm simply blinded by you," He responded with a neutral face, "Besides, I am only doing what Raphael had done in order to persuade you back into his arms."

"What makes you think that what you're doing will do the same?" I all but growled out, shrugging slightly in his grasp, "I love Raph, Usagi. Why can't you not understand that? How can I—"

Before I could scowled him again, his lips were slanted across mine, catching me when my mouth was open. His tongue slithered in, forcefully but… gently—how was that even possible?—moved over my tongue, trying to wheedle me into participating. I glared heatedly, pushing harshly against his chest in a desperate attempt to pull away. Just as I had made a move to crane my neck back to separate our lips, his free hand came up to hold the back of my neck, holding me still and deepening the kiss.

I groaned as his tongue wrapped sensual around and over mine, licking heatedly and sensually. I hated the fact that he was a sinfully good kisser but… it was I kiss I didn't want. It made it all the more harder to resist when he began to suck lightly, pulling my tongue into his mouth greedily. I released a muffled yelp, my face heated up as a new layer of pleasurable sensations that I didn't even know existed racked through my body. My legs began to quiver, slowly turning to jelly as he kissed me like he had never kissed me before. I was horrified to find myself gradually becoming aroused by this but… but I couldn't stop myself. My knees all but slammed together as I tried to shamefully hide my erection from him… and myself. How the hell was he able to do this? It was like he wasn't even trying…

It felt like an eternity had passed when he finally pulled away, briefly sucking on my lower lip before he completely separate our lips. I panted, my eyes somewhat unfocused as stared into his intense, bedroom eyes. He smiled back at me innocently, much like he had the night before, after… well…, "One thing that Raphael does not have that I pride myself on is the patience and experience to pleasure you beyond your expectations."

"W-what makes you think t-that Raph doesn't do the same?" I breathed out as he finally released me; I released an exhale of relief just as he began to back away from me and towards the dojo door.

"… This is Raphael were are speaking about. I believe you had told me once that patience was not one of his strengths," Usagi tilted his head to the side, leaning against the dojo's doorway, "Besides, all I merely did was kiss you and you are already aroused…"

I gulped; so he had noticed that…, "You… ah… I-I would never want to be your e-enemy Usagi."

His lips parted into a smile before he ducked his head in acknowledgement, "…I shall see you at breakfast, Leo-chan."

And with that, he moved out of site, more than likely heading for the kitchen or Donnie's lab. After several seconds, waiting to make sure that he was truly gone, I released a breath of relief; my legs finally gave out after being weakened by the pleasurable attention I had received—one again, nonconsensual—from Usagi. Gods, how the hell was he able to do this to me without trying… and why the hell was I letting him do it? What did it all mean?

I exhaled, glaring at the spot where Usagi had been standing last, "Damn rabbit…"

A/N: Ooooooh, Usagi is really getting on Leo ain't he? And if you're wondering where Raphie is in all of this, he's in Leo's room with a game-night hangover. He's going to be asleep for a looooong time. Poor Raphie D: