Nobody's POV

Leo and Donnie were standing in the middle of their living room, watching the entrance to their home. The sound of shuffling footsteps grew louder and louder.
Finally, they saw their brothers. But they weren't happy with what they saw.
Raph was leaning on Mikey for support. He wasn't even looking angry, he just looked at the ground.
Mikey's face was completely blank, not a single emotion visible. This was even more scary than Raph's face.
Raph's left knee was bleeding, but it didn't look very serious. But still, if he was leaning on Mikey… it was bad. He barely ever asked for help.
Both of them stopped once they had entered the lair. They just stood there watching the other two.

Finally, Donnie moved. He ran up to Raph: "What happened?"
"I found Mikey", Raph explained "We had been talking a little and we decided to come back. Then I answered your message, Leo. While I was typing, Mikey had already continued walking. When I had sent the message and wanted to follow Mikey I saw some Purple Dragons who wanted to attack Mikey from behind. So I attacked them first. It wasn't a very hard fight. Mikey barely even had to do something. Then, I got hurt a little and needed Mikey to help me get back home"
Donnie looked thoughtful for a moment, but nodded. He pulled Raph's other arm over his shoulder: "Let's get you patched up". And the two of them walked over to Don's lab.

This left Mikey and Leo.
Mikey looked at the ground. He hadn't moved since he had arrived.
Leo sighed and sat down on the couch and motioned for Mikey to join him. Hesitantly, Mikey walked over and sat down next to his brother. They were quiet for a moment.
Then, Leo spoke up: "I'm sorry, Mikey. I know Raph already apologized about the current situation. But still,… I'm the oldest. I carry the responsibility. If anything happens to one of us, it's my fault. Even I wasn't even around, like when Raph rushed into that fight with some Dragons."
Mikey suppressed a grin. Keep it together dude!, he thought.
"He'll still get a lecture about that, by the way", Leo continued "but… he only did it to keep you safe. That's all we want… what I want. Can you forgive me?"
Mikey looked at Leo and saw the sorrow in his eyes. "You really feel that awful about this?", Mikey asked. He almost started to feel guilty himself for having caused this.
Leo nodded. Mikey sighed and smiled: "Of course I can, dude! You know I can't stay mad for a long time!"
Now Leo smiled as well: "Thanks"
Mikey put his arm around Leo's shoulders and pulled him closer. After about a minute, Leo spoke up again: "Want to join the others in the infirmary?"
Mikey nodded and stood up. And together, they walked up to Donnie's lab.

In the meanwhile in the lab

Donnie had cleaned and bandaged Raph's knee. When he had put his first aid kit away, he sat down on a chair next to Raph. First, it was quiet.
Then, Donnie broke that silence: "You just fell in the sewers and decided to help Mikey out, isn't it?"
Raph's eyes almost fell out of his head: "How…"
Donnie laughed at seeing this: "I've been patching you guys up for more than ten years now. I know how a graze filled with dirt from the sewers looks. And you wanting to protect Mikey… it was kind of obvious. You would do anything to keep me or Mikey out of trouble. Even if it means you getting in a mess."
Raph smiled slightly: "Busted… Are you gonna tell Splinter and Leo?"
Don shook his head: "Nah. Normally, I would. But this is just too cute. Plus I think we had enough commotion for one day"
Raph nodded: "Thanks, man" Donnie smiled and winked: "Anytime"

At that moment, Leo and Mikey walked in.
"It's nice to be together once again", Leo said.
Mikey nodded: "Yes. Yes, it is!"

Author's note: And that's the end of this chapter! :) Sorry for another late update. I've been a little busy lately.
But I still wanted to thank everybody for reading and reviewing! I never could have thought that so many people would read my stories. :D