Ch.13 Christmas Time; I love you
It's now Christmas time and The Hamato family were spending the day together enjoying their Christmas.
Leo got new clothes, new books, and some medical books he could read.
April got her some new clothes, make-up, and a new hair ban.
Splinter got a new robe, some Japanese books, and a new tea set.
"I love my tea set my children. Thank you very much. Did you both like your gifts I got you?" Splinter asked hoping they'd like it. He wasn't able to get much for his kids which always make him feel bad.
"I love my stuff father. I can't wait to read on the medical books you got me. Thank you father." Leo said with a smile on his face.
"I agree with Leo daddy. I LOVE my new clothes and make-up. But you don't gotta worry, I won't go over bored with the make-up daddy." April said and she giggled when she saw Splinter and Leo's sigh of relief.
"I know sweet-heart. But you're growing up and I trust you. I believe you are beautiful without the make-up but…I wanted to get you some just in case." Splinter said with a smile on his face.
April just smiled and got up to hug her dad. Leo got up and followed his sister to hug his dad as well. They didn't have much but they were happy.
They broke their hug and just hugged out together for their morning Christmas. Leo even made them Christmas breakfast for them all. Splinter was able to get a half day off from work for Christmas but he has to go to work at night. Leo and April didn't mind though, they gonna spend time together with their boyfriends.
It was now 2:00 p.m. which meant Splinter will have to go to work very soon which made Splinter sad but he had no choice.
"I am really sorry I have to leave…I feel…horrible…" Splinter said as he tied his tie and got his briefcase up and ready.
Both Leo and April gave their father sad smiles but they understood why their father has to work. They needed the money. Plus they were happy they got to spend time together with him for Christmas morning.
"Daddy we understand. Don't feel bad about it. We do need the money so please don't feel bad. You got to spend time with us for Christmas morning so that's good enough for us." April said with a smile.
"April is right father. We do need the money. So please don't be upset because you're taking care of us. We love you and support you. Just take care of yourself and DON'T overwork yourself." Leo said giving his father a stern warning like a mother would do.
Splinter smiled and kissed both his kids forehead. He told them both that he loved them and to be safe if the go anywhere.
Leo sighed as he watched his father leave for work. It worried Leo a lot that his father barely had days off. But like they said…they needed the money.
"You okay Leo?" April asked Leo when she began to put her Christmas gifts up.
"Oh yeah I'm fine April, just worried about dad…I know we need the money but…I just don't want him to work himself to death. I wish he let me get a job to help him but he wants me to concentrate on my studies. Sigh…Did you like my gift I gave you? I'm sorry it ain't much." Leo asked as he began helping put the Christmas gifts up.
"Oh yeah Leo, I LOVE IT! My hair ban was beginning to wear out. I love it and you got in my favorite color, yellow!" April said as she hugged Leo tightly.
"I'm glad, and I love the gift you got me April. The books you got me look nice. Just gotta make sure to hide them from Raph. Don't want him to know more about my romance books." Leo said with a laugh, and April laughed.
"Oh don't worry Leo. I heard Raphie said it was cute." April said with a laugh when she saw Leo blush.
April quiet down a bit and they kept putting stuff away.
"Hey Leo…can I tell you something…" April asked in a serious yet loving voice that made Leo curious.
"Sure you can tell me anything April. What's up?" Leo asked as he sat next to April waiting for her to tell him.
April was just smiling as she sat on the couch. She was also blushing which got Leo REALLY curious.
"Okay…What's going on? I wanna know what's with that smile." Leo said with a smile on his face.
"Okay, okay Leo! Hehe, I'll tell ya…" April said gesturing her hands to get Leo to calm down.
Leo just nodded his head and waited for April to speak.
"Donnie said he loved me a few nights ago." April said with a huge smile on her face that made Leo smile.
"Really?! Oh that's amazing April! I'm so happy for you!" Leo nearly yelled as he hugged April tightly.
April broke the hug and gave Leo a look that she wasn't done telling him something.
"There's more to it? Well c'mon tell me!" Leo said nearly jumping off the couch.
April smiled but she was kind of nervous but she wanted to tell Leo. She knew she could trust Leo and he supported her relationship with Donnie.
"Well…After he told me that I said the same back to him. Then…we began to kiss and make-out…and…Leo…Donnie and me made love." April said blushing up a storm.
Leo's eyes and month were wide opened. He felt his face pale, and felt nauseous. And Leo closed his eyes and lay back, because if he didn't he was gonna faint.
"I'm sorry Leo! You okay?! D-Don't faint or have a panic attack on me!" April yelled shaking Leo's shoulders.
Leo shot up and looked at April with a small smile.
"Well…man…I just…wow I don't have words to say…Did you use protection?!" Leo asked suddenly slightly glaring.
"Yes Leo, he wore protection! Double if it makes you feel better. We aren't ready to be parents yet so don't worry." April said as she saw Leo take a sigh of relief.
"April…I wish you would of waited I mean…your only 16 years old and Donnie is 17 right?" Leo asked and April nodded.
"Man…My little sister lost her virginity before her big brother." Leo said with a little laugh which made April laugh a bit.
"I wasn't planning to Leo really but…It just felt…right at the moment. I know I'm supposed to wait but…isn't it right to do it with someone you love?" April asked looking at her brother with a worried and scared look.
"You are right April. As long as you loved that person that you had sex with then it's fine. I'm not disappointed in you. It's your life and I can't control what you do or decided to do. As long as you're safe and happy, then I'll be here for you." Leo said as he rubbed April's shoulders.
April smiled and hugged her brother tightly.
"Thank you so much Leo…Thank you. I really do love Donnie. More than anything." April said as she moved away from the hug to look at her brother.
"No problem April. What are big brothers for huh?" Leo said with a laugh.
Leo then got up from the couch to pick up his books that April and their father got him. He was beginning to take them to his room but April's voice stopped him.
"Oh Leo I want to ask you something?"
"What's that?"
"Did Raph ever tell you he loves you?"
Leo dropped his books he was carrying. He's whole face, ears, and neck was all red and he began to tremble a little bit.
"Well Leo?" April said with a smirk on her face.
"N-N-No April h-h-he hasn't. I-I-I don't think h-he w-will anyway." Leo said shaking a little bit as he began to pick up his books he dropped.
"Oh Leo have more confidence in yourself. I really do think Raph will say it sooner or later. There's nothing to be worried about." April said giving Leo a smile on her face.
Leo smiled a little bit at his sister but he was still hesitant about Raph saying he loves him. He doesn't believe he's that lucky.
Before Leo was about to say something, Leo heard his cell phone ring and he went over to see who was calling him. Speak of the devil it was Raph.
Leo just blushed when he saw the id and picked up.
"H-Hello?" Leo asked softly which made April giggle at him. Leo was waving at her, telling her to be quiet.
"Ay baby. How's ya Christmas goin'?" Raph asked and Leo could tell he was wearing a smirk on his face.
"It was good thank you for asking. How was you and Donnie's Christmas?" Leo asked with a smile forgetting why he was embarrassed a little bit ago.
"Pretty good. Donnie got me a pair of fighting gloves. And I got him some equipment to help invent some of his gadgets or whatever." Raph said which made Leo smile.
"That's nice Raph. I'm glad you had a good a Christmas."
"Yeah I did. But I think it'll be better if we were together today if that's cool?"
"Oh yeah sure. Let me ask April first though. Hey April, are you and Donnie doing anything. I don't wanna leave you here by yourself if you're by yourself." Leo asked as he covers his cell phone so Raph couldn't hear.
"Oh don't worry about me Leo, Donnie planned on taking me to his house to hang out with him a bit and eat some dinner, so you go out and have fun."
"Hey Raph, I can go out tonight. April and Donnie are gonna be doing something."
"Dats cool baby. I'll come pick ya up in 10 minutes. Talk ta ya later."
"Okay I'll see you soon, bye!" Leo said as he hung up his phone and began to get ready for Raph.
"When's Donnie gonna pick you up April?"
"Not too long Leo. I can't wait to see him. I've missed him."
Before Leo could say anything he heard their doorbell go off. April ran off toward the door and looked through the peep hole to see who was outside and it was Donnie. April smiled and opened the door and gave Donnie a huge smile on her face as she hugged Donnie tightly.
"Hey baby, I missed ya too." Donnie said as he hugged April tightly to his chest and then he gave her a kiss.
"Hello Donnie, how are doing?" Leo asked with a smile on his face.
Donnie moved away from April and gave Leo a smile.
"I've been doing fine Leo, thanks for asking. Did you and your family have a good Christmas?" Donnie asked as he wrapped an arm around April's shoulder which made her smile.
"Yeah we've had a great Christmas. Raph told me what he got you and what you got him. He sounded pretty happy."
"That's cool. I'm glad he did like it. Are you and Raph gonna hang out today?"
"Yeah, he's supposed to come pick me up in 10 minutes. You two can head out if you want, you don't have to wait here with me."
"Are you sure bro? I…I know how hard it is for you during this time…because of mom." April said softly hoping Leo will be okay.
"I'll be fine April don't worry about me. You just go out and have a great night and enjoy your Christmas together." Leo said with a smile as he hugged April and April hugged back.
April and Donnie said their goodbyes and Leo went into the living room to look through the photo album. He began to look at the Christmas pictures from when he was a child. It showed a picture of him, his sister, his father…and his mother. The picture he was looking at was when he was about 5 years old. He was smiling widely at the camera hugging his mother's waist and his mother was smiling back as well. Splinter was sitting next to them and April was hugging around Leo's tiny waist.
Leo smiled sadly at the photo. Never would he of thought at that age he would lose his mother in 2 years since this picture was taken. Leo always gets a bit emotional at this time of year without his mother. Leo took a deep breathe to control his tears. He hated feeling this way.
Leo then heard the doorbell and it shook him out of his thoughts. He began walking toward the door wiping away the almost escaped tears. He looked through the peep hole to see Raph there in his leather jacket, white shirt, and blue jean pants. He's normal style. Leo took a deep breath and wiped his eyes again to make sure they were all gone.
Leo opened the door to see Raph smiling at him. Leo smiled back at him and invited him inside.
"Hey Raph, you doing okay?" Leo asked after he closed the door and turned around to look at Raph.
"Yeah I'm fine baby. You okay, ya seem upset?" Raph asked noticed Leo's eyes a little red. Leo's eyes widened.
"Oh y-yeah I'm fine Raph, don't worry about me…So…uh…I-I got you something for Christmas…it's not much but…I wanted to get you something special." Leo said with a little blush on his face.
Raph smiled at Leo and gave him a chaste kiss that made Leo shiver a bit as always. Raph's kisses always make him shiver.
"Thanks baby…I got somethin' fer ya too." Raph said with smile as he hugged Leo to his chest.
"You didn't have to get me anything Raph."
"Neither didja ya. I got ya somethin' cause I wanted to. Ya wanna go out somewhere?"
"Sure but where? Isn't everything closed?"
"Not everythin' babe. But…I just thought we head ta the park and if it gets to cold we can get into my truck. How 'bout it?"
Leo thought for a moment. Leo would like to get away from the house so he won't have any sad thoughts.
"S-Sure that sounds nice Raph. I can make some food for us to snack on while we're at the park or in the truck." Leo said with a little smile as he kissed Raph's lips gently and walked toward the kitchen to make some snacks for their little trip.
At The Park:
Raph and Leo decided to stay in the nice hot truck. It was starting to snow a little bit and they decided to enjoy the beauty from the truck.
Leo prepared little sandwiches for them to eat and Rap bought some drinks from a store they stopped by a few minutes ago.
"April told me something…interesting today…" Leo said after he swallowed his sandwich breaking the silence between them.
Raph raised an eye ridge wondering what April told Leo.
"Well, two interesting things actually." Leo said taking another sandwich to eat.
"Really? What did Red say ta ya?" Raph asked as he put his hand be-hide Leo's head.
"She told me that Donnie told her he loved her. I'm so happy for her. I've haven't seen her so happy in long time. It's so nice to see her smile like that again." Leo said as he smiled himself which made Raph's heart flutter as always.
"Dat's great. I remember Donnie comin' home one night just a smilin' but I didn't think of askin' him. What was da seconded thing she mentioned?" Raph asked.
Leo then blushed bright red and Raph noticed. Now Raph is really curious to hear what April said to him.
"What? The suspense is killin' me babe! Plus yer blushin' up a storm, so what did Red say?"
Leo swallowed his food and took a deep breathe.
"She…She told me her and Donnie had sex." Leo said blushing bright red again.
Raph's eyes widened. He scratched his beak nervously.
"Damn! Didn't know Donnie-boy had it in him…ya ain't mad at him are ya?"
"No, I'm not mad. I just wished April would of waited because she's just 16. But she said some wise words that I heard my mother used to say." Leo said with a smile as he remembered his mother telling his auntie Martha.
"What did she say?" Raph asked
"Heh…She said as long as you love that person you made love with …then there's nothing wrong with it. So long as you love them with your whole heart. I'm surprised April even remembers that. She was young when mother said that to her friend. But…I'm not mad…She says she loves him and…that's good enough for me." Leo said with a huge smile on his face as he looked at Raph.
Raph agrees with Leo's mother. If you love that person with all your heart, then there's nothing wrong with making love with them. Yeah it's best to wait till marriage, but there's nothing wrong with being with the one you loved.
Leo turned back to his food while Raph just kept watching Leo with a heated look. He then remembers the gift he got Leo. Raph looks be-hide his seat and brings out a blue wrapped box with a white bow on top of it. Leo looks at it and smiles. Leo then looks through his backpack he brought and brought out a red wrapped box with a white bow.
"It's not much Raph. It's kind of homemade and…I hope you like it." Leo said with a small smile on his face.
Raph just smiled and accepted his gift as he gave Leo his.
"Don't worry 'bout it babe. I wouldn't of cared if ya got me nothin'. I would of been happy if ya just hung out with me. I hope ya like yer gift. I got it made just fer ya."
Leo just smiled.
"Open yours first Raph. I really want to see what you think?" Leo said with an excited gleam on his face that made Raph laugh.
Raph began to open his gift. He was excited to see what Leo got him. Raph opened it and he just smiled widely. It was a picture of him and Leo hugging at the Ninja Pizza place parking lot. The picture showed Raph and Leo holding each other, and looking at each other's eyes. The frame that was around the picture is red and blue. Very beautiful.
"Baby…where didja ya get this?" Raph asked as he creased the photo of them softly.
"Mikey…I wanted to ask him to see what you would like for Christmas and…he showed me this picture. He took the picture. I was surprise I didn't notice cause the picture shows our faces pretty close, but he could of had a zoom in camera. A-Anyway Mikey showed me it and…I bought the frame with my money…and viola…D-Do you like it?" Leo asked twiddling his fingers.
Raph looked at Leo and gave him a true smile and it looked like a little tear was about to fall out. That touched Leo's heart because he never seen Raph so vulnerable before.
"Baby….I love this. This is 'bout the best damn gift…I've ever gotten in my life…Thank you…I love it baby." Raph said as he gently put the photo down and leaned toward Leo and gave him a chaste kiss.
Leo kissed him back as he laid down Raph's gift so he could wrap his arms around Raph's neck.
They moved apart Raph just smirked at Leo's blushed face.
"Now…it's yer turn ta open yer gift." Raph said as he moved one of his arms away from Leo's waist but kept one around Leo's neck.
Leo smiled and he began to open the blue box. He was excited to see what Raph got him. When he opened it, he saw a heart shaped necklace with a blue jewel in the middle. Leo's eyes widened.
"R-Raph this is…Oh my God it's…it's so beautiful…" Leo said as he caressed the blue heart.
"It's not as beautiful as you though baby." Raph whispered in Leo's ear which made him blush when Raph kissed his ear.
"B-But didn't this cost a lot. R-Raph you didn't have to get me something so expensive. I'm not worth that much." Leo said as he kept looking at the beautiful necklace.
"Baby…yer worth more than any jewel. So I don't want ya ta say that ya ain't worth it…because yer worth a lot more than ya give yerself credit for. I got this fer ya cause I wanted to…I picked out everythin' that I wanted on it." Raph said while he made Leo look at him when he grabbed Leo's chin.
Leo just blushed and nodded at him with a smile. He went back to looking at the necklace.
"I love it Raph…Thank you so much."
"There's more to the necklace baby…"
"What's that Raph?"
"I got it engraved…look on the back." Raph said not looking away from Leo's eyes.
Leo gave Raph a confused look and he looked back at his necklace. He turned the heart around and he saw the enragement…but the words made his heart beat a mile a minute and he was blushing blood red. His hands were shaking as well.
Leo then slowly looked up at Raph to see if he was joking but Raph's face showed he was dead serious and that he wasn't playing around. He meant what the words say.
"R-Raph…I…." Raph covered Leo's lips with his to silence him. Then Raph moved his lips away from Leo's, raised his hand to Leo's cheek and laid his forehead on Leo's and just looked at him.
Raph then repeated the words that were engraved on Leo's necklace.
"I love you…"