Update! Wiiii!
R: Ok, that was lame even for you!
Who: What! Can't I be happy because of an update? Well, pardon me! ¬¬
L: Just enjoy, readers. I'll try to stop this bickering before these two kill each other.
Nope, I don't own them! *making evil plan to own the TMNT global rights*
Leo felt something wasn't right again. The air was tense all over the lair, first: Mikey was angry at Raph again and the latter was acting weird.
"Hey Mikey! What's up with the long face?" Leo asked taking a seat beside his brother in the couch.
"Nothing, just Raph" Mikey sighed heavily.
"I thought you've made up things already"
"But he ruined it again, stupid hothead" Mikey said angrily.
"Ok, you're gonna tell me what happened?" Leo asked in concern.
"It's nothing Leo, really"
"Mikey…" Leo insisted but was cut off when his genius brother entered into the living room with an angry face.
"Stupid Raph" Don muttered.
"Ok, why nobody told me this is 'Everybody hates Raph Day' eh?" Leo tried to cheer his brothers with the joke without success.
"I just can't understand him!" Don continued.
"Al…right? And I suppose this is for something he did, right?" Leo asked in confusion.
"Did and said, actually" Don replied.
"Er…" Leo seemed to be more confused.
"What's wrong with him? It's like he was made of stone!" Don said angrily.
"Yeah! Even a stone would have more feelings than he has" Mikey said.
"Guys?"
"He's just… I mean, and what if we're sensible? What's the matter with that?" Don replied.
"Guys…"
"Just because he pretends to be 'Mr. Macho Turtle' doesn't mean we have to be all like him!" Mikey replied back crossing his arms.
"Seriously, guys…" Leo insisted.
"C'mon! Like he had never cried or needed comfort in his life" Mikey continued.
"I'm sure he'll never change, he's gonna be all his life the same stupid,…" Don said.
"…insensible hothead,…" Mikey continued.
"…and arrogant…" Don kept it going.
"… jerk!" Don and Mikey said in unison.
"GUYS!" Leo yelled at them.
"WHAT!" Don and Mikey yelled back. Leo pointed at the figure behind them: Raph.
"Oh-oh!" Don and Mikey said in unison.
"Yer so gonna pay for that!" Raph hissed cracking his knuckles.
"Raph, they didn't mean it" Leo interfered and stood in front of his brothers.
"Get outta mah way, Nanny!" Raph said angrily.
"Wha…! How did you just call me?" Leo asked in surprise.
"Like ya heard it!"
"Ok, now I understand why they're so mad at you. You've gone nuts!" Leo said.
"At least I'm not playing 'mommy' all nights!" Raph said narrowing his eyes.
"W-what?"
"Don't try to hide it, I know what ya have been doin' and I'm gonna tell ya sumthin': STOP DOIN' IT!"
"Raph, I…"
"We've grown up, Leo! We're not kids and we don't need ya to be motherin' us! It's hard enough to deal with you overprotecting us and worrying for nothing!" Raph argued.
"Excuse me for being concerned about my brothers! The only brothers I have if you haven't noticed!" Leo argued back.
"That's it! I'm outta here!" Raph said making his way to the exit.
"You're going nowhere, Raphael!" Leo said taking Raph's wrist.
"Oh! Mommy Leo is forbidding me to go out? Guess what, I don't care what Mommy Leo says! Now, let me go!" Raph said trying to escape from the grip.
"Raphael!" Leo said in a serious tone.
"I said: LET. ME. GO!" Raph yelled and pushed Leo away, hitting his wound. Leo hissed in pain and lost the grip on Raph's wrist and clutched his now bleeding wound.
"RAPH!" Don yelled and kneeled beside Leo.
"Raph, what's the matter with you, dude?" Mikey said angrily.
"It's… it's not fault! I… he… Leo, I…" Raph stuttered.
"C'mon bro, I have to check that wound again" Don said helping Leo to get up.
"Leo?"
"You wanted to go, Raph? Ok, go. Just… stay out of problems" Leo said without turning back.
"You're such a pain, Raph" Mikey said angrily as he followed his brothers. Raph growled in anger and left the lair.
He made his way through the rooftops trying to forget what happened in the lair. He thought he had a point on what he said; they were teenagers, almost adults! Why Leo insisted on treating them like children? The cry of a child made him snap of his thoughts; he went to the place he had heard the cry: it was a little boy who had fallen off his bicycle. Other boys were laughing at him; suddenly a big boy appeared and made the others run away… a teenager.
"Are you ok, Chris?"
"Yeah, I think so… my knee! It's… bleeding!" Chris said sobbing a little.
"Let me see… hmmm… it's nothing serious. You'll be ok, c'mon I'll carry you!" the teenager said carrying his brother.
"Thanks Alex; you're the best bro ever!"
"Nah! Cut it out! Love ya lil bro" Alex said and kissed his brother's head.
"Love ya too, big bro" Chris said smiling and hugging his brother.
Raph couldn't help but smile at the scene, he rested his face on his hand and felt something wet on it: his hand had a little of Leo's blood. He started to feel guilty but something inside him told him he was right and his blue masked brother was wrong.
"…*sigh*… I'm gonna need some advice" Raph muttered and moved to April and Casey's place.
"Hope Casey is home" Raph said knocking at the window. Unfortunately, April attended to his call.
"Raph? Hey! Good to see you!" April said opening the window.
"Er… hey April, where's Casey?" Raph asked nervously.
"He went to see his mom, she's got the flu and…"
"Oh, that's bad. Well, eh… tell' im I came, ok?" Raph said and turned away.
"Raph, is something the matter?" April asked in concern.
"No April, I'm fine, really I…" Raph tried to explain.
"You have… blood on your face!" April said surprised.
"It's not mine" Raph said avoiding her gaze.
"Some street punks, huh?" April asked.
"Actually… yes! Yeah, it's from… some… punks!" Raph stuttered.
"O…k, now tell me the truth" April said crossing her arms.
"I ain't lying! I…" April raised an eyebrow making Raph shiver a little. April was a sweetheart but sometimes… she was scary when she put the I-don't-believe-you motherly face.
"Am I too obvious?" Raph asked almost whispering,
"Uh-huh. C'mon tough guy, tell me what happened" April said smirking a bit.
Minutes later…
"…Um, that's pretty much it" Raph said as he finished his story.
"Well, I think you overreacted about the whole situation" April said.
"Overreacted? April, Leo has been playing' mom all this time! That's… weird" Raph said angrily.
"So what? He cares a lot about you guys; in fact, he cares a lot about those ones who are important to him"
"Yeah, I know! But he'd never gone to yer room or Casey's or Splinter's and… kissed you good night! Yuck!" Raph said making a disgusted face.
"What's wrong with that?"
"April! Guy… kiss… not good! Weird and gross! Hello? Are ya followin' me on this? That's supposed to be ladies' part!" Raph said standing up.
"But Raph, that's just silly! Just because he's a guy that doesn't mean that's God's forbidden! I mean, you are his brothers! Dads also kiss their children and I'm sure Splinter did the same thing when you were kids" April frowned.
"Exactly! Kids! You said it!" Raph said angrily.
"Raph, that's so immature!" April replied.
"You can't understand this, April. You don't understand me…*sigh*… seems like nobody understands me actually" Raph slumped in the couch. After a minute of silence April talked again.
"Raph, I understand you. Living with Casey has taught me many things and… since you're almost like him… I guess I know what the real problem here is"
"Whatya mean?" Raph asked in confusion.
"You're afraid, you're afraid about what the people can say. You've been always the rude one, the strong one and… you don't show your emotions so often, neither does Leo sometimes but… you can't expect him to be like you. You love your brothers in your way; Leo loves you in his way… which I think is very tender coming from a very skilled ninja who never shows his soft side in public" April smirked at the end of the comment remembering how good was Leo on hiding emotions.
"But… why he's been doin' it so often lately?"
"He's your brother, not mine. You can ask him"
"I don't think he's gonna listen to me, you see: We had a bad argument and…"
"And that would explain the blood in your face?"
"I didn't hurt him, I swear! I just… he didn't let me go and I pushed his wound"
"Ouch!"
"Yeap"
"Don't worry, if he's been 'being mom'… let me tell you: The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness… that could work with Leo too" April said placing a hand on Raph's shoulder.
"I guess you're right"
"Go, Raph. I'm sure he'll forgive you"
"Ok… thanks April, really" Raph said and made his way to the window.
"You thought Casey was gonna have you this advice?" April said mockingly.
"Well… no" Raph said smirking.
"Who's the best giving advices?"
"…*sigh*… you are"
"Again… please?" April asked in a childlike tone.
"April!"
"Ok, ok… sorry, my bad! Now go" April said chuckling.
"Ya know how to be childish sometimes, April" Raph teased her.
"What. Did. You. Say?" April said with a killer gaze.
"Eh… gotta go!" Raph said nervously and disappeared immediately.
"…*sigh*… hehe, guys" April sighed as she saw his turtle friend going away.