Chapter 3
Not Normal

"Have you ever felt the sting in your heart that everyone would practically ignore you the next day?"

The next day...

Michelangelo woke up, his vision a bit blurry. Once he rubbed his eyes, he looked at the clock.

6:30 AM.

Am I that early? Michelangelo thought, getting up. He stretched his limbs and yawned.

I better make up for that prank I did to my bros last night. I know! I'll make breakfast!

With that, Michelangelo went to the kitchen.

7:00 AM

The three turtles went to the kitchen, talking about random things.

"So April was all like 'Hot chocolate will be ready soon.' and I was all like 'Isn't next month summer?' and April was all like"

But before Donatello could finish his sentence, the three turtles saw breakfast on the table.

Raphael picked up a card and read:

Dear guys,

Sorry for what happened last night. I didn't mean to, really. To make it up to you guys, I made breakfast. Since Splinter is sick and wouldn't get out of his room, I made him some chicken soup. Don't need to get me up; I already ate before I even started cooking. Just tell me when its training already.

Hope that way, you guys could forgive me after all that rhombus :)

Mikey.

"Leo, go deliver the soup to sensei."Raphael said.

"Why me?"Leonardo asked.

"Well, you are Splinter Jr. So why not do it?"Raphael asked.

Leonardo groaned and brought the soup to Splinter.

After that, the three soon started to eat.

8:30 AM

Wait, isn't Leo suppose to get me to training?

Michelangelo got out of his room and peek inside the dojo.

It was Leonardo's turn to spar with Donatello.

"Hey guys, why didn't you get me up?"Michelangelo asked, kneeling down next to Raphael. But no one paid attention to the orange clad turtle. Instead, Raphael watched the sparring session and Leonardo and Donatello trained instead.

"Guys?"

No response.

"Guys?"

Michelangelo waved his hand in front of Raphael's eyes.

"Hello?"

No reaction.

Michelangelo sigh. He stood up and headed in front of everyone.

"Listen guys. I'm sorry for what happened last night, okay? It was all just a little prank...like the ones I pull on you guys every week. So, sorry, okay? I'm super sorry. Forgive me?"

But no response.

Michelangelo felt the tears on his face as he left to the living room.

Dear diary,

I tried to apologize...but they ignored me...literally. It's if I never existed.

Did my brothers react too much? It was just some prank I would usually pull at them every week? But now...What's the hell is wrong here? Why is there a stinging pain inside that I couldn't tell? Dang it. Will my brothers still hate me the next day?

I hope not.

Mikey.

Michelangelo slipped the diary underneath his pillow, hugged his knees and sobbed.

Maybe my brothers do hate me, he thought. Michelangelo got up and locked the door. He got three boxes of pizza, a teddy bear and a smoothie.

The teddy bear painfully reminded him of the fifth birthday...

Michelangelo was horribly injured, due to being run over by a bus by accident. Luckily, Splinter managed to save his life before he would even die.

He was staring at the ceiling, feeling a bit bored. He wanted to get up but can't.

A knock was heard.

"Come in."Michelangelo said.

Leonardo, Donatello and Raphael came in. Michelangelo could spot Donatello hiding something behind his back. Of course, he wouldn't even dare to asked what's behind Donatello's back.

"We have something for you, Mikey."Raphael explained with a grin.

Donatello presented a teddy bear. Michelangelo's frown turned upside down.

"Happy birthday, Mikey. We missed you so much on our birthday that we decided to give you something to cheer you up."Leonardo said.

Michelangelo beamed, clutching the bear.

"Thanks guys! I love you, bros!"Michelangelo excliamed.

Soon, the three brothers enveloped Michelangelo with a big hug.

Michelangelo looked at the teddy bear and sighed.

"Luis, when will this stop?"Michelangelo asked.

He collapsed on his bed, clutching the teddy bear and sobbing.

No one knew that a cat with a yellow fur watched the scene.

The greatest gift… is worth waiting for.

The greatest gift… comes from the greatest giver.

The greatest gift… is to be loved.

The greatest gift… is to escape the giver.

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Chapter 4: Away For A Little While

Can you believe?

Now guys, I'm going to have to make the Dear You songs. They're songs about each character's trial in life and how to solve it. I'll go first with Mikey, though. Juen 10 is my first day of school so updates might be slower (at least when DepEd said June 3 is the start of classes, I still have one more week from June 3. OoooooooooooooooHhhhhhhhhhhh!)

Also, if you noticed the short trailer above this Author's Note, this was from Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni (season 1). I think all of the trailers were recited by Rika Furude in her matured voice. I decided to give it a try.

What do you think?