Raphael's shoulders were slumped, as he went into the lounge, where his girlfriend stood with the others. Mona was laughing at a joke Donnie had told her, her brown and red eyes shining in merriment. She stopped when she saw the emerald eyed turtle and regarded him with curiosity, the others having not told her anything. Raphael's heart sank, as he gazed at her, praying she'd still love him and would have faith in their love. He'd crumble if she didn't and he didn't think he'd recover from it. It'd been a whirlwind romance. He'd fallen so hard, which wasn't his style. He was always a cautious and pessimistic guy, but Mona had quickly won his heart and his soul and he couldn't imagine life without her. Sure she was eight years older, but the age gap had never been a factor to him or to her and it hadn't stopped them from fooling around, her tail wrapping around his body, touching him, pumping his cock. She'd also spent hours licking him with her rough tongue, giving him a bath. He'd loved it and so had his purple ten inch cock, which had dropped down into her waiting hands. She'd been pumping it and it'd stood at full mast, proud, erect, veins twitching, when fucking Leo had barged in and had ordered them to stop.

They had and a mortified Mona had fled to the bathroom, while Leo had lambasted his brother and given him a stern lecture on sex, which Raphael had listened to, his cheeks red. Typical Leo to have spoiled his fun. Leo had then monitored their times together and Mona was forbidden from being in Raphael's room and alone with him. Raphael had been pissed, but upon seeing a TV programme about young parents, he'd turned to his brother and had said that he wasn't ready to be a dad and wanted to wait until he was older. Now that Mona was on the same planet, that was still his intention. They'd marry when he was eighteen and would start a family then. That'd been the plan, but now he was a damn female! Would she still want him as a girl if he couldn't return to his male form?

"Mona," Raphael began nervously, shuffling his feet.
"How do you know my name? We've never met."
"It's me, Raph."
"Huh? Are you kidding me? Raphael is much bulkier than you and he doesn't have a female voice or a flat plastron. Is this a joke? Where is Raphael?"
"It's me, Mona!"

"Let's give them some privacy, guys," Leo said, gesturing to the others. "We'll be in the kitchen if you need us, Raph, okay?"
"Uh, sure," Raphael muttered, wishing a hole would swallow him up.

Mona blinked, opened her mouth and shut it. Then she said in a stunned tone, "What happened?"
"One of Donnie's experiments went wrong and turned me into a girl," Raphael explained.
"Is it permanent?"
"I don't know. It might be. Donnie's workin' on findin' a cure, but this is me if he can't. Could ya handle it?"
"Being in a lesbian relationship's not what I signed up for, Raphael. I don't even know what to call you now. Raphael doesn't seem very fitting. It's too masculine. Girls just don't turn me on."
"We'd still be in love and would be together," Raphael said desperately. "It'd just be different, but we could still find ways of makin' sex work, ya know?"
"You mean a strap on and dildos? That's hardly what I want. I want a man with a real cock that can drive me insane and make me scream. A man with rippling muscles and a deep voice. Not a girl, who'll lay eggs. You will now and that's just so wrong!"
"It means we could have a family, ya know," Raphael said, his eyes filling with tears. "Potentially."
"It doesn't. You'd lay duds, which could only be fertilized if one of your brothers screwed you and that's just gross. I'm better off finding a male Salamandrian and stop looking at me like I'm being over dramatic here. I'm not. I don't want …."
"No! Don't say that, Mona!" Raphael wept, tears now streaming down his cheeks. "I love ya. Please don't dump me." He got onto his knees, looked up at her and said, "I couldn't live without ya. Please don't. Donnie will find a cure."
"I…"
"He will!" Raphael almost screamed. "Donnie will. He always does."
"Real men don't cry," Mona said coldly. "You're acting childish and girly. Get a grip. Fine. We'll be a couple if Donnie finds a cure. I'm moving on, okay, if he doesn't?"
"Thank ya, baby!" Raphael said. He rose to his feet and wrapped his arms around her. "So we're still together?"
"We're on a break," Mona said, stiffening. "Until we know for sure. I have to go. I'll see you."
"But ya still love me and are attracted ta me, right?" Raphael asked hopefully, as Mona pulled away. "I'm still the same, even if I look different."
"I'm not attracted to girls," Mona said, turning around. "Call me if there's a change. I can't bear to see the creature you've become. Not the man I fell in love with at all. Goodbye."

The family had heard Raphael's begging and Mona's frosty attitude and their hearts had gone out to him, thinking her a bitch. Leo had never really been keen on her and had thought that she'd only been after one thing: fucking his brother and that she didn't care about him. Her attitude now had proved it. The poor guy-girl-really adored her and she'd acted like it was all his fault and that he was worthless. Been brutal and ruthless and had ordered that they were on a break. What the fuck? Raphael deserved assurances that he was loved and all he'd gotten was abuse.

Leo whispered to his family, "Stay here. I'm going to talk to Raph." Then he went into the lounge.

XXX

Raphael was sitting on the couch, his head in his hands and weeping. He looked up when he saw Leo, his cheeks reddened, ashamed that Leo had seen him this way. "You okay, Raph?" Leo said gently.
"F…Fine."
"I don't want to pry…."
"Then don't," Raphael snapped, his eyes blazing.
"Mona's gone?"
"She'll be back," Raphael said, even though he knew she wouldn't, but there was no way he'd tell Leo that. And that Leo had been right about her all along. She didn't care about him and probably never had.

Leo smiled, which made Raphael's heart flip. Fuck. Why did Leo have to do that when he was thinking about Mona? He loved Mona. Not Leo. He had to remember that.

"I hope she does, Raph. Hey. I was thinking about something."
"That's rare for ya, Leo."
"I know, right?" Leo said playfully and wanting to make Raphael feel better, said, "You up to going out?"
"In the afternoon?"
"Why not?"
"Um. I don't know. Humans?" Raphael said sarcastically.
"I know of a place where humans don't go very often, Raph, and we'll wear our disguises, so up to it? Unless you want to watch Mikey's Disney movies. He's putting Shrek on in a few minutes."
"No!" Raphael said in alarm. "He must have seen it at least three hundred times."
"At least," Leo said and chuckled, making Raphael's heart flip again. "Be ready in twenty. I'm just going to shower.

Fearless is gonna shower, Raphael thought. Almost like he's gettin' ready for a real date, but it's not. It's just gonna be time together as brother…Uh, brother and sister. Shit! He better remember I'm with Mona. I am still with her, even if we're on a break, right?

XXXX

Half an hour later, Leo and Raphael were in their disguises of trench coats, as well as fedoras, and headed to Murakami's restaurant. They soon arrived there and placed two orders of sweet and sour pork, as well as two portions of prawn dim sum and two sodas. They received their orders a while later and Leo said they were going somewhere else to eat.

XXXXX

They made their way to a roof top, climbed up and sat down. Raphael looked at the view and said, "Ya can see the whole city from here. And the sun's just goin' down. It's beautiful, Leo, and so quiet, despite the traffic down below. Oh, wow. Just look at the magnificence of those colors. It's picture postcard perfect, Leo. Man, I wanna draw that."
"Yes. I sometimes come here to reflect."
"Ya mean ta get away from us."
"No. To reflect. I'd never want to leave any of my family," Leo said, staring intently at Raphael, who ducked his head at the scrutiny. "It's just serene up here and I love the view."

Man, Leo's eyes so are so beautiful, Raphael thought and told himself to stop thinking about that. He still loved Mona and always would.

"Yeah. It's pretty spectacular, Leo. Ya can even see the sea a little. It'd be nice ta go ta the ocean someday."
"Sure would. We could go soon if you want," Leo said, handing Raphael his carton of dim sum. "All us of and have a family vacation."
"For real?" Raphael asked, his eyes shining in excitement.
"Yes. Or we could go alone. Just us. We haven't spent much time together and we fight when we do. It'd be nice not doing that anymore and just interacting civilly. What do you think?"

The thought of being alone with Leo was both terrifying and thrilling and so was being in such proximity to him, his strong musk permeating the lair and making Raphael think of indecent things he wanted to do his brother.

To bide time, Raphael took a bite, swallowed slowly and said casually, "I guess. I'm sick of fightin' with ya too, but the others would be upset if we left them behind. And they'd suspect we're messin' 'round now that I'm a girl."
"I never mess around. If I do something, I put my whole heart and soul into it and I'd never play with peoples' affections. If I love, I really love and I'd do anything for the person I loved. I wouldn't yell at them or treat them like shit! I know our brothers would think that, but they'd also know that I'm a virtuous guy and I'd never do anything to hurt anyone or to soil them and leave…"
"Soil?"
"Steal their virginity and ditch them, besides what would be so wrong if we were a couple, Raph?"
"I'm with Mona and gonna return ta bein' a male, and yer not my type."
"Then why are you aroused whenever I'm near? I can smell your pheromones. It's only around me, so you clearly don't fancy Mikey or Donnie. Do I make your heart race, Raphael?"
"Is this why we're out, so ya can force me into sayin' I fancy the pants offa ya?" Raphael raged, green eyes flashing.
"Your body already tells me and I couldn't help hearing your argument with Mona. Well, it was more on her part. You were so torn up. I thought a dinner together would be nice and we could talk."
"Yer not my type. I love Mona!" Raphael hissed.
"That ship has sailed, Raphael! The bitch doesn't like you and probably never did. You fight for a relationship if you love someone. She dumped you and said she'd only take you back if you reverted to a male! Being on a break means she doesn't give a shit and wants to test the waters out there. I fucking hope she finds what she wants, because she sure as hell doesn't deserve a sweet, loving, thoughtful person like you!"
"And who does?" Raphael said bitterly. "Ya, Mikey, Donnie?"
"I don't know, but you certainly deserve better. I'd treat you like a princess and so would Mikey and Donnie. It's probable that Donnie won't find a cure and you'll stay a girl, so you have to consider your options. I know you like me, but you won't admit it. Fair enough. I can back off if you really hate me. Perhaps you'd be better off with Mikey and Donnie."
"Thanks for dinner," Raphael snarled. "I'm goin' home and I fuckin' hate ya, Leo. How dare ya say such mean things 'bout my Mona! And for the last damn time, yer not my type!"
"The hell you are!" Leo said, gripping his face and forcefully thrusting his tongue inside of Raphael's mouth for a brutal kiss.

Raphael's eyes widened in surprise and he dropped his carton, but instead of pulling away, he yanked down Leo's mask tails deepening the kiss, which soon became heated, as tongues battled for dominance