CHAPTER 6!
I don't own them *sobs*
The following morning, Raph woke up a little confused. He was in his hammock, how the shell did he get there? He didn't know (duh!) His nightmare had disappeared again because of that strange warmth.
"What da shell is goin' on here?" Raph muttered as he stirred and jumped off the hammock, then he noticed the little blood stains on his pillow.
"O…k, now this is creepy" Raph said to himself. He went to the bathroom still confused. When he finished brushing his teeth he noticed the recent blood stained bandages in the bin.
"Leo" He thought. The red masked turtle went down stairs and found only Mikey in the kitchen.
"Morning Raph" Mikey said.
"Mikey, where are the others?"
"Well, Leo's wound got opened again and…"
"Again? But how…" Raph asked in surprise.
"That's the same thing Don asked to him. He didn't answer, though"
"Are they in Don's lab?"
"Yeap" In a matter of seconds, Raph went directly to his genius brother's lab and stayed behind the door watching at the scene.
"Leo, I seriously think you're training in secret" Don said in a serious tone.
"But I'm not, Donnie!" Leo replied.
"Then why your wound got opened again? It only gets opened if you make excessive physical efforts like training or… lifting something heavy for example"
In that moment, Raph made connection. Leo put him on his hammock; Leo was in his room last night. The question was: did he have something to do with Raph's weird experience?
"Hey Raph, can you come here? I wanna tell you something"
"Of course, Mikey wants to apologize for last night. Well, I guess I'll have to make him see he was right after all" Raph thought as he went to the kitchen.
"Mikey, Leo told me already and…"
"Yeah, I know. But I'm sorry anyway" Mikey said.
"Nah! Forget it, that's in tha past now" Raph said trying to sound friendly. They stayed in silence for a few seconds.
"Eh… Raph?" Mikey asked suddenly.
"Hmm?"
"Did you uhmmm… did you feel that weird warmth again last night?"
"Why ya wanna know?" Raph asked in confusion.
"Because I felt it again but I wasn't asleep this time"
"Really?"
"Yeah. This may sound corny but… I felt it when… Leo uhmmm… well, he was talking to me. You know, comforting me because I hit you and I was blaming myself" Mikey said giving a bite to his pizza.
"Ok, so?"
"Before I fell asleep he… he kissed my forehead and… well, it felt like the night I was having that nightmare. Do you think Leo made our nightmares to go away that night?" Mikey asked.
"There's only one way to find out, Mikey. And I'm gonna need Don this time" Raph answered getting up and making his way to Don's lab again.
"You know, I wouldn't mind if Leo does it" Mikey said smirking a bit.
"Eh?" Raph turned around and faced Mikey.
"You know; the good night kissing thing? Mothers usually do that with their children and since we don't have one…" Mikey explained.
"Yer sayin' Leo's our mom?" Raph said sarcastically.
"I'm not saying that, Raph. But Leo acts like one sometimes and… well, I think that's… nice!" Mikey said with a big smirk.
"Riiiight" Raph said raising an eyebrow.
"Hey, got a problem with that?" Mikey's smile fell down.
"C'mon Mikey! We're teenagers, not children! That's just… corny and girl-like!" Raph said in his husky voice.
"Being tender with your little brothers is not girl-like!" Mikey argued.
"Yeah, look who's talking Mr. girly-screams! Or should I say… Miss?" Raph mocked Mikey.
"You're such a jerk, Raph!" Mikey yelled as he left the kitchen with his pizza.
"Hey! I was kiddin'! Can't ya take a joke?" Raph yelled back. In that moment his brothers appeared.
"Whoa! What happened here?" Leo asked as he saw Mikey's furious face.
"Mikey's bein' sensible again" Raph said.
"I wonder why" Don mumbled.
"No one asked you, genius"
"Guys, please, let's have a normal breakfast"
"Maybe next morning, I hafta ask ya sumthin' Don, follow me" Raph said leaving the kitchen.
"Ok" Don said following his red masked brother.
"So, I'm having breakfast… alone. Nice" Leo sighed heavily.
"Don, yesterday night: did ya feel tha weird warmth again?"
"And you wanna know that because…?" Don asked in confusion.
"Just answer me"
"Well, no" Raph sighed in relief.
"Not in the night" Raph's eyes went wide in anger.
"But ya felt it?"
"Y-yeah" Don answered a little scared.
"When?" Raph insisted.
"Raph, why are you asking me this? This is ridiculous!"
"Mikey told me he felt it again and was because of sumthin' corny that Leo did!"
"And you wanna know if Leo has something to do with this?"
"Exactly" Raph answered.
"Well, yes I felt it and yes it was because of Leo"
"I knew it!" Raph hissed.
"Now you tell me: you felt it, right? Last night? That's why you're asking me this?"
"Yeah, I… felt it. And that's why Leo's wound got opened again"
"What?" Don asked feeling more confused.
"Because of his 'motherly instincts' his wound got opened! But this is enough! I don't know about you, but I'll show him I don't need his stupid 'love and caring' I'm a teenager, not a baby who needs his mommy"
"Wait a sec, all this bickering because of a simple brotherly act?"
"Kisses are mushy and corny and childish… and stupid! Maybe you feel soooo nice with that but I ain't you or Mikey"
"Raph, Leo was just being Leo"
"And since when Leo turned into our mom? With those gross 'good night kisses' included"
"Raph, please. He even hadn't talked about this; don't make a storm in a water glass"
"I ain't making… er… well, whatevah ya said: I'm not makin' it!" Raph said crossing his arms defiantly.
"And I thought you were worried about his condition since he's like that because of you!" Raph froze at the comment. Don was right; Leo was hurt because of him.
"He isn't ashamed of showing us how much we mean to him. Raph, just let Leo… be Leo" Don said and returned to the kitchen.