AUTHORS NOTE

I'm back! Thanks for the reviews guys! I'm glad you're enjoying it!

Some people had trouble trying to work out what movie I was talking about! Well, as the nice, considerate and friendly person I am, (or believe I am) I will give you ONE hint- what movie did was mentioned earlier? Hope it helps!

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END OF AUTHORS NOTE

Mikey woke up and yawned softly. He licked his dry lips and stared around at the living room, smiling at the sleeping forms that lay around him. April was lying on the couch and Donnie was sleeping soundlessly on the armchair. Mikey's eyes narrowed. Why couldn't Don see that April was in love with Casey? ARGH! Casey was on the ground like Mikey, surrounded by pillows and blankets. They all looked so innocent... THEY DESERVE A PRANK! The thought made Mikey smile.

He smirked as he saw Leo's door in the same position as last night. They had planned a set up to get Raph and Leo together and it was going to work without a doubt. Mikey began to make his way into the kitchen and he looked at the clock in astonishment. It was 9:46 already! YIKES! Leo was going to be angry! He was up at 5 am usually! But they had gone to bed at like 2am in the morning!

"Hey Mikey" Mikey yelped softly as he turned to see Raph seated at the table with a glass in his hand. He glanced at his older brother. How long has he been there?

"Hey bro" Mikey chuckled nervously. His brother was fiddling with a fork that lay on the table, not meeting

"Er… Mikey? Can I ask you something?" Raph's question shook him out of his thoughts. He smiled reassuringly at Raph, nodding.

"Sure what's up?"

"Um… How do I tell Leo? Or even get that thought across without him seeing it as a joke?"

Mikey thought hard before answering. "I think we should let Mother Nature do its thing man. I mean, you don't want to tell him too early or too late or anything so wait for when the time seems right. And just tell him straight forward to his face, then he won't know it's a joke. Catch my drift?" He responded hoping Raph had caught on.

Raph smiled and nodded. "I don't want to hurt him, or for him to hate me" he mumbled.

"No he won't! You never know! He might fancy you back" Mikey sang. Raph rolled his eyes.

"The others are still sleeping aren't they?"

"Yeah"
"Bored?"
"Nope. I am going to set my prank up." Mikey said, mischief gleaming in his child like eyes. Raph grinned evilly.

"Count me in"

With Leo

Leo woke to a cold bed. Raph had stayed with him half the night and left during the middle to get to sleep in his hammock and to put some blankets on the others who had fallen asleep. Leo smiled softly.

Raph was very soft and caring when something went wrong. Like the time when (before Leo had left) when they were 10 when Mikey lost his comic book. Raph spent all day looking for it but when they couldn't Raph made Mikey a special one and was Mikey's favourite.

There was also the time when they were 8 when Don needed more parts of his invention and Raph was the only one he went to look for it. He came back with the right parts, and a fear of spiders.

Leo smiled. He then heard voices drift up to his bedroom and looked up to see Raph peeking in. He smiled and Raph smirked back.

"Morning Fearless"

"Morning Hothead" Leo retorted. Raph look taken back but grinned a second later. In his eyes there was amusement, but layered with something else. Was it, longing? Leo frowned on the inside. He walked in and sat on the bed next to Leo.

"So… you excited about tomorrow?" Raph asked. Leo was excited, but nervous. He had never been to a club, or a bar or a party. He didn't know how to act. Heck, he didn't even know how to dance!

A light blush had forced its way through at this thought and Raph noticed immediately and frowned at his brother's face. He kneeled by the side of the bed as Leo lay down trying to avoid eye contact with Raph. Raph raised a hand began slowly stroking Leo's cheek.

"Leo? What's wrong? I told you, if it's the alcohol I promise we'll stay away" Raph said. Leo mumbled something. Raph leaned in.

"Repeat"

"It's not the alcohol I'm worried about" Leo repeated, "It's…" he broke as he face went darker and he muttered something.

"What?" Raph asked. Leo's eyes glittered with embarrassment and Raph felt that he was partly responsible.

Leo looked away from his brother's searching gaze and sighed. Oh Gods be with him!
"I- I can't dance" there. He had admitted it. He waited for the laughter and the words of scorn that would soon fall upon him.

But neither came. Raph just stared at his brother, his gaze raking him over with such intensity Leo felt self-conscious. Leo was so embarrassed about not being able to dance? That's what he must have wanted to tell me when I first explained the Halloween party Raph thought. Raph leaned forward near Leo's neck.

Leo was still waiting and was surprised to feel hot breath on his neck. Then his brother's voice.

"Me neither" Leo looked at Raph in surprise. Raph was staring back, amusement in his eyes, but honesty shone through harder. Leo smiled and laughed, relieved. Leo yawned and stretched. He got out of his bed and kept stretching. He then turned back to his brother who just kept staring at his body.

Embarrassed he coughed and Raph stopped staring. Chuckling awkwardly he left the room and Leo just stared at Raph with a small smile.

He leaned against the wall and sighed. He knew why Raph made him happy and shy. He loved being around Raph and thought of him as more than a brother. But he couldn't allow these feelings. He was leader. Raph's leader and brother! Leo couldn't deny these feelings, but he knew that they were wrong. Falling for your brother is… just not right.

What would Master Splinter say? Would he disown him? Raph wouldn't even accept how he felt and would just avoid him. Leo knew that Raph thought of Leo just as a brother and nothing else besides a pain ass but that's pretty much it.

But Leonardo couldn't get rid of these stupid girly feelings! He even had dreams about him and Raph together, and then the dream turned into a nightmare as Raph suddenly rejected him. He finished getting ready after 10 minutes but couldn't get Raph out of his mind.

"Aragh!" Leo grunted in annoyance. This was more dramatic than one of Sensei's stories! He shook his head and walked out in time to see Raph and Mikey taping everyone where they lay. He watched the scene unfold from the balcony at the top. He chuckled at what they had done.

Casey was on the ground and he looked a bit like a mummy. Only head was clear. Don's hands were tied behind his back and his feet were tied together. He was still asleep! Leo chuckled. The two were moving on April. They tied her hands and feet like Don and high threed each other for their handy work.

"Um… I guess I wasn't supposed to see that?" Leo asked, deciding to give his brothers a fright. Mikey turned and stared at Leo dismay while Raph turned to Leo with fear. Wait! Fear? Why would Raph be scared? He was fine a minute abo. Well… 17 to be exact. Great, now I'm starting to sound like Donnie he thought bitterly.

"Uh…we… um… we were just" Mikey was trying speak and looked at Raph for help but Raph was still staring Leo stiffly and not moving. Mikey had a look of understanding in his eye and whispered something which Raph relaxed to.

"Sorry Leo. Just got worried. Thought there was a spider" Raph said rubbing the back of his neck. Leo smiled and laughed softly.

"Now, can someone care to explain why you were tying your own comrades?" he asked, smiling at the sleeping forms now tied up.

Mikey grinned. Oh boy, Leo thought. Here we go.

"Weeeell…" Mikey began, "I felt that today was the mood for a prank! And everyone was here, except you Leo, but Raphael over here managed to persuade me not to prank you" he said smirking at Raph who, if he was embarrassed, hid it well.

"Well if you want to get a lecture and hard punishment is my guest" he growled. Raph sent a half glare at his younger bro. Mikey just wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.

"You sure it was that?" A blush finally appeared on Raph's cheeks. He growled louder and jumped on Mikey, the two of them shouting and grunting as they tumbled along the ground waking the others up.

"Hey!" Donnie exclaimed as he noticed that his hands and legs had been taped. Case's eyes widened in astonishment. He struggled to undo the wrappings that wove tightly around his weaker frame. April was doing the same, but all were failing miserably. Raph and Mikey stopped fighting to watch and were soon laughing and rolling all over the floor.

"Okay huddle up team" April said and Don and Casey tried to get over as fast as they could, sneakily tripping each other up. Once they reached her they started whispering. Leo caught some of the strategy and nodded his head in approval from his perch. He hadn't come down yet, so he was still watching from the railing. Mikey and Raph were too bust laughing to realise that they were plotting.

"I'm going to my lab to get some scissors or cutting supplies. That way we can get out of this" Don said loudly. "You two wait here, I'll be right back," He started hopping off to his lab. Mikey and Raph let him get in, but then ran in after him, not noticing that their human friends had escaped to the dojo.

In there, they used some katana blades to cut April's tapes before she helped unravel Casey. They heard a voice from the outside, Raph's.

"Hey! Where are ya scissors- IT'S A TRAP!" Casey and April grabbed some wooden Bo staffs (3) and raced out of the dojo with a cry. They collided with Raph all fell over. A loud thud had filled the air and they were all rubbing a part of their body: Casey, his arm that he had hit on Raph's shell, Raph, his chin where he banged it on the Bo stick and April who was being squashed by a mutant turtle.

Mikey came in and started laughing again.

"This isn't funny!" They chorused. Raph soon got off April and she stood up, brushing dust off her rumpled clothes. Casey stood up as well.

They all headed towards the kitchen, hungry. Leo finally came down and sat next to Raph who only went dark and looked away. It was 10:37, and they had all missed breakfast but Leo decided that they would have a brunch.

Mikey and April started cooking immediately. They all started talking at once;

April and Mikey discussing what to make: settled on bacon, eggs, juice and toast with some fruit. Don was talking to Leo while glaring at Casey who was glaring back. They were talking about new training ideas. Raph and Casey were chatting about motorcycles, when Casey suddenly called out to everyone.

"Soooo… what are you all coming for the Halloween party?" he asked. Raph shook his head at him. Leo rolled his eyes while Don gave a dramatic sigh.

"Well shell brains" Don sated, the glaring contest still continuing. "We are turtles so do you think we've had time to shop?"

Casey rolled his eyes. Raph eyes widened as an idea came to him

"We don't have to dress up" He said, but he just called confusion on the others so he tried to explain his plan:
"Well, we could pretend that we are humans dressed up like mutant ninja turtles. That way we don't have to wear an outfit or worry about our identity because it's Halloween! Everyone is dressing up!" He stated confidently. The others thought this over. Don was the first to speak.

"I think it could work"
"No! We have too much of a risk at being discovered!" Leo said, fear springing up. Raph understood that Leo was just worried for them. Casey chuckled.

"You're like a protective mother Leo, you know that right?" Leo flinched at his words. Raph turned on his best friend and slapped him on the arm as Leo bolted to his room. Don sighed.

"Raph, you better talk to him. Casey will upset him, April and Mikey need to keep cooking and I will just get in the way. So go" Raph nodded and stood up. He walked up to his brother's room and knocked softly.

"L-Leo?" he called unsurely. The door opened an inch, just so Leo could see who it was. He saw emerald skin and golden eyes staring at him in worry. It was Raph.

Leo just went to close the door when Raph called again.

"Leo? Please? Can we talk?" Leo hesitated before nodding at the figure and opening the door. Raph stepped in and saw that Leo was just starting to meditate. The mat had just been laid out and the candle was freshly lit.

He panicked. "If I'm disturbing your peace, I'll leave" he said. He didn't want to, but respected Leo too much to intrude. Leo smiled and bent down to blow the candle out.

It breathed a puff of smoke, a bit like a dragon. Raph smiled at how Leo started twirling his fingers near the smoke, making them appear in swirly shapes. Leo always had a fascination with smoke swirls; ever since they were young he would always weave his fingers through the smoke. He once took a photo of one that looked like a katana.

"Now, what did you want to talk about?"

Oh, God, where do I start?

"Please just ignore Casey. He was only joking with ya. I mean, what he said wasn't right and trust me I'm gonna beat the bone head up ok? I hope you're still coming" Raph said, resting a hand on Leo's shoulder.

"I- I don't know" was all Leo said. He sighed and sat on the bed, sadness glimmered in his eyes.

"It's not Casey. I'd love to come, but I don't know if I can do it. I can't dance, I think I can act properly and that's about it! I'll just be an embarrassment! Even Mikey and Don can dance properly!" Leo said finall. Raph smiled and sat close beside his brother.

"I can teach ya" Leo's eyes widened in surprise and he stared at Raph.

"But I thought you couldn't dance" Leo said teasingly, but he was still very surprised. Why would Raph offer to teach him how to dance?

"Well… I know two types of dancing" Raph said with a proud expression. "Ya see, there is Party Dancing, which I can't teach it to you exactly. Party dancing is doing what the Rhythm is telling you to do. Ya gotta be one with the beat" he said. Leo raised an eyebrow. Really Raph? You sure you're not just editing some lines from a book? Leo thought but didn't say it. His brother was trying to help him.

"OK" Leo said. Raph made it sound easy. Raph smirked evilly.

"And the other, is ballroom." Leo's eyes widened to the size of Jupiter and his mouth dropped open. BALLROOM DANCING? DO I REALLY NEED TO LEARN THAT?

Leo went bright red, and it made Raph laugh.

"It aint that bad Fearless" he said smiling what was meant to be a grin of reassurance but ended up as one of pure amusement.

"Look, I'll just show ya. You do the female part. Just for now" he added as his brother glared at him and opened his mouth to argue. "Just so you can see what I do, and then you can do it, Kay?"

Leo grumbled for a minute, and then nodded. "Don't you dare film, or tell the others" he growled before standing up beside his brother.

"Wouldn't dream of it" Raph retorted, though it was a lie.

He placed a hesitant hand on Leo's waist. Leo put his arm on Raph's shoulder. They both raised their hands and Leo watched contently at there now entwined hands while Raph looked at his brother's face.

Leo looked back up and they both stared. Leo was starting to get a bit embarrassed.

"Er… Raph?" he asked awkwardly.

"Yeah Leo" Raph was acting as though nothing was wrong.

"What are we doing?"
Raph leaned in so his breath tickled Leo's ear slit.

"We're not dancing"

Leo' eyes widened before he laughed loudly. Of course! Raph said he knew about dancing! Not how! Raph chuckled and gently began to sway. Leo raised his eyebrow.

"I'm guessing this is closest thing you can get to dancing?" he said teasingly. Raph gave a mock sigh and said.

"I'm sorry we're not all perfect Fearless" he said.

"Oh I'm far from perfect" he said. It was true. Master Splinter said that there was always room for improvement.

Raph looked at his brother deeply and whispered, "You'll always be perfect to me" Leo's eyes widened and stared at Raph. There was perhaps 2cm distance between them.

Before either could do anything, a sudden knock made them leap apart.

"Raph? Leo? You ok? Breakfasts ready and we're not eating without you" Mikey's voice drifted towards them and Raph sighed as he grabbed his sais that he had left on Leo's bed.

He winked at his brother and walked out of the room. Leo stared at Raph. What had he meant by those 6 little words? Leo shook his head and followed Raph out of the room.

YAY! This is my LONGEST chapter! Took me forever! Special shout outs to:
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