Raph gratefully accepted a spare t-shirt from Leo the next morning. His original shirt had been ruined in the crash and he'd laughed at the other turtle's perplexed face as Leo finally realized that he didn't have a suitcase on him. His bag had been checked on their flight.

"Okay, I'm taking back the Sherlock nickname for that little oversight," he said with a loud chuckle.

Leo frowned at him, but soon his lips were curling into a smile. "Can I keep Fearless?"

"For now." Raph raised an eye ridge at him as if he was considering it.

Leo disappeared while he changed, which gave him a private opportunity to focus on how nice Leo's shirt smelled as he pulled it down over his head. Then he signed his discharge papers and Leo returned just in time to wheel him out.

"Where'd ya go?"

"I got the keys for our new rental car and moved my suitcase into it." Leo offered a hand and helped Raph stand from the wheelchair once they were through the main exit doors. "Then I called the Seattle airport, confirmed that they had your suitcase, and convinced them to deliver it to your address."

"You don't have my address."

"The airline has it." Leo's hand released Raphael's but that same hand landed on Raph's shoulder and Raphael watched as Leo's eyes scanned over him. When Raph was deemed able to stand on his own without issue, Leo released him.

"Yer used to takin care of others," Raph said. He got a quick side-eye from Leo, but no further response. "Ya ever let anyone take care of you?"

"Our car is this way," Leo said, pointedly ignoring him as he led the way through the parking lot. "Oh, and the police want a statement from you about the accident. But since they already talked to me yesterday and the other guy admitted to losing control and hitting us first, I asked if they could give you a few days to recover before they call you."

Leo reached their car, opened the front passenger door, and then waited.

"You want me to drive?" The urge to smile was great. But he managed to keep his face in check.

Leo looked confused. "No." He glanced down at the door he was holding open and then back up to Raphael. Then he scowled at the amused turtle and released the door to go around to the driver side, leaving Raph to fend for himself. "Get in the car, Raph."

Raph laughed loudly then, feeling only slightly bad about teasing Leo and his chivalrous actions. He eased into the car and pulled the door shut behind him before grinning over at Leo again. "Yer a real gentleman, Leo."

Leo continued to scowl as he fussed with the GPS, but Raph could see that the expression didn't quite reach his eyes.

"How much do I owe you for my half of this rental car?" Leo asked once the destination had been set.

"Ya don't."

"Why not? Did they give you the car for free?"

"No. I paid for it." Raph reclined his seat a bit, mainly to allow more comfort for his shell, but he realized he was already feeling drowsy again. "My fault ya missed that plane," he managed to say before his eyes shut, sending him back to sleep before Leo even pulled out of the parking lot.

The car suddenly stopping woke him several hours later and he took a moment to orient himself as his eyes popped open. Leo was turning the car off where he'd parked it inside the Seattle airport parking garage. He reached over and squeezed Raph's shoulder as he peered at him.

"Those pills really knocked you out. Feeling okay?"

Raph nodded, although his current thoughts were centered on the feeling of Leo's fingers on him again. They'd touched often in the last 24 hours alone and while each occurrence had been completely innocent, he was beginning to crave more and more contact with the other turtle.

"No more pills for me," he finally said. His sister was constantly on him about taking medication when he needed to, but the truth was, he just didn't want to sleep through any more time he had to spend with Leonardo.

Leo released his shoulder and moved to exit the car. Raph followed and stretched beside the vehicle as he watched Leo hand over the keys to the rental car attendant. Then they moved through the garage until they reached the taxi queue. Leo gave the driver the address he had for the Blake Island Ferry Marina as they climbed into a cab.

"Have you ever been to Seattle?" Raph asked as they headed down the highway and the city's downtown was spread out before them. When Leo shook his head in response, Raph quickly changed the destination address with their driver. "Don't worry," he said when Leo appeared immediately concerned. "I will get you on Blake Island tonight. But first, we have to do the most touristy thing there is to do in this city."

He wouldn't say anything further than that, despite the way Leo was currently scowling at him. Leo lost the glare, however, when they were dropped off on the sidewalk under the Space Needle.

"Wait here," Raph said as he left Leo to stare up at the impressive structure.

He returned a few moments later with tickets and was soon ushering Leo inside. They were stopped before the elevator for a picture in front of a green screen and Raph froze as he suddenly realized he wasn't sure how he should stand or where to put his arms. He tried to tell himself to do something before Leo thought he was an idiot who didn't understand how a camera worked. But then Leo slung an arm around his shoulders and leaned in with a huge dorky smile for the camera. Raph immediately relaxed under Leo's arm and sent his own small smile towards the photographer as well.

Then they were in the elevator and being lifted over 500 feet to the main observation deck. He stood back against the far wall for the ride, where there were no windows that showed him how fast they were climbing. But he watched as Leo practically pressed his face to the glass on the other side of the car, allowing him to watch how quickly they moved away from the ground.

And once they reached the top, Leo yanked him out of the safe inside viewing zone to the outdoor platform. Raph watched as Leo's dorky grin only grew as they walked the circular building until Leo had had a chance to look from every vantage point. They ended up in what was Raph's favorite spot, as it gave them a view of not only some of downtown Seattle and one of the waterfronts, but also a perfect view of Mt. Rainier.

"It looks like its floating," Leo said as he stared in wonder at the mountain.

With the way the mountain was surrounded by clouds, causing only the mountain top to be visible, Raph had always thought so as well and he nodded in agreement now with Leo.

When Leo had had his fill outside, they went back in and Raph led him to one of the photo machines. He scanned Leo's ticket in the machine and watched as the picture of the two of them taken at the front entrance filled the screen.

"You, uh, choose which Seattle background ya like best," he explained. "Then they email it to ya for free."

Leo flashed a smile at him before he began scrolling through the backgrounds. Raph took his own ticket to another machine to do the same, feeling warmed once again by a mere look from the other turtle. But that warm feeling began to disappear as they rode the elevator back down to the earth. He led the way from the Space Needle through the downtown streets to where the ferry was waiting to take them over to Blake Island. A strange feeling began to fill him while they walked as he realized he was about to say goodbye to his new friend, with no real plan for when he'd see him again.

Having chosen a spot to stand by one of the railings, he was quiet on the ferry as they crossed the waters to his home. Ever since he was old enough to make the trip unsupervised, he and his buddy Casey had enjoyed ferrying over to Seattle often, although he realized he'd never been up in the Space Needle with Case. But even with as much fun as they'd have drinking and goofing off around the Public Market, he'd always been happy on the ferry ride back. He loved his home. And he certainly had never had such a heavy feeling of dread as he headed towards it.

Next to him, Leo had rested his forearms on the railing and was leaning over the side to eye the water as they chugged along. But Raph could also feel him glancing over at him from time to time.

"Are there any sights on Blake Island I should see?" Leo finally asked him.

Raph huffed out a laugh. He loved the island, but there were zero tourist attractions. Raph liked it that way, though. It kept tourists contained over in Seattle.

"Well, there are a lot of great trails, some of which lead to some private watering holes, although it's a little too cold to swim right now." He shrugged.

"Uh oh, well then what does that leave you to do for fun in the cold months?" Leo asked, bumping his elbow into Raph's elbow.

Leo's teasing grin was infectious and Raph forgot about his sulk as he bumped his elbow right back into Leo.

"There's a bowling alley."

"You bowl?"

"No."

Leo laughed, having already guessed the answer.

"There's a movie theater," Raph continued, doing his best to ignore him. "We used to have to wait for new movies until they were finished showing them on the mainland, but enough people complained so that now we get them when they're released."

"Thank goodness for modern technology." Leo grinned down at the water. "I didn't ask before, but you do have indoor plumbing over here, right?"

This time Raph bumped his shoulder into the other, nearly knocking Leo over a step.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry!" Leo laughed as he grabbed hold of Raph's arm to balance himself.

Raph would've thought that Leo would let go of him as he found his feet again. But the other turtle didn't. Instead, he felt Leo's fingers squeeze lightly over his bicep and while he was concerned that meeting Leo's eyes would cause the other to release him, he slowly did so anyway. Leo's teasing grin was gone, although there was a glint of something in his eyes that Raph was desperate to read.

Leo did let go of his arm then, but he tilted his head at Raph before asking, "And there's a gym on the island? Somewhere with weights?"

Raphael flushed. It was one thing for him to think that maybe Leo was feeling up his bicep, but having Leo confirm it was something he almost wasn't prepared for.

"My other favorite physical activity." His voice was suddenly gruff and he watched as Leo's eyes moved to his mouth as he spoke.

"Sounds like you have plenty to do over here."

Raph nodded, breaking their eye contact to watch the ferry pulled into the dock. "I've never had any complaints."

Until now. The thought hit him suddenly. He wasn't sure he'd ever fully realized what it would have been like to have another turtle around. But more than that, he realized he would've liked to have grown up with Leonardo around.

"Our downtown is basically two main roads." Raph had offered to walk Leo to his hotel as they de-boarded the ferry and he led them in that direction now. "And that's the hotel right there." He stopped where he was and pointed to the large building.

Leo looked slightly unsure as his head turned in that direction.

"What are ya gonna do tonight?"

"Well, uh, I guess I'd better finish preparing for the meeting."

Raph nodded, although he was slightly satisfied to see what he was pretty sure was reluctance on Leo's face.

"Hey, thanks for me getting me to the island, Raphael."

"Yeah, no problem." But he frowned as he said it. Leo's thanks sounded too much like a goodbye. "How about if ya get hungry, ya call me. I know a good place for dinner."

"Okay," Leo said, and Raph frowned again because he couldn't tell by Leo's response if he was actually going to call or not.

But he gave Leo his number and then shook the hand Leo offered. He stood rooted to the sidewalk as he watched Leo turn and head towards the hotel. He watched until Leo disappeared into the building.

Then he turned and began to walk towards his own home.