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Waddup y'all!
Me: 'All the turtlefans in the house say YEAH!'
You: 'YES!'
Me: 'I said all the turtlefans in the house say YEAH!'
You: 'YUP!'
Me: 'Never mind. HERE WE GO!'

(That was for all the SMOSH fans, if you don't get the reference, you should look up the 'We rule high school' vid)

Sorry for all the grammar mistakes, I tried to write as much as possible, but I can't get it done without some mistakes ;) also, it might contain some light spoilers for the newest episode, Mazes & Mutants. so be warned. If you don't want to read it, YOU SHALL NOT PASS! :P

ENJOY... my precious... XD crazy Mikey

The thing was that Raph felt very guilty. Guilty for pestering him, calling him names, not respecting him… Even if Donnie didn't know what he was talking about, the least thing he could do was say sorry. After this was over, he probably had to say it again. Until then, the best thing he could do to get rid of this horrible feeling was apologizing to Donnie as soon as possible.

Raph took Donnie into his room. It was the best place for him to talk, mostly because his room was private space, and no one, NOT even Mikey, would dare to interrupt him when Raph said he didn't want to be bothered.

Donnie walked right behind him. And behind him was the right term: Raph could almost feel him breathing in his neck. It seemed like Donnie got a bit clingy, especially to Mikey. He showed that he really liked it to be around him. Probably because they were best friends, and are best friends.

Raph opened the door that led to his room. Donnie walked in, and took a glance around. The room was pretty dark, even for one in the sewers. Posters of rock stars he never heard of covered the walls. A worn little desk stood against the wall. It was flooded with comics and magazines, some of them a bit torn. There stood a drum kit in the middle of the room.

'I wonder if he actually plays drum' Donnie thought.

Before Raph sat down on his bed, he led Donnie to his desk chair so he could sit too. He took a deep breath before he spoke.

'Donnie… I know this probably doesn't mean anything to you, you know, 'cus you don't remember anything of the past weeks, and uhm… well…. Yeah, it didn't go so well between us, and… hmm… what I am trying to say is…'

He couldn't find the right words. Damn it! This is so frustrating! Can't I just say sorry?!

Donnie looked him straight in the eyes, what didn't make the conversation any easier for the red masked turtle. Still, behind the unknowing gaze Donnie gave him, it seemed like he saw a sparkle of recognition behind those mahogany eyes. But the sparkle of recognition was gone just as fast as it came.

He tried it again.

'So, what I am trying to say…'

There was another pause.

Nope, again I fail to apologize. He growled, and took another deep breath.

'What I am trying-'

Donnie suddenly snapped out of his trance, and interrupted Raph in mid-sentence while putting his good hand on his shoulder.

'Rapha- uh, Raph, I can SEE that you are trying to apologize for something. And yeah, I can also see you are having a hard time doing so.'

He chuckled.

'But you don't have to apologize. I can see that you are truly sorry for it, and I don't care WHAT you did, but I forgive you. So no worries brother!'

He gave him a light squeeze in the shoulder as a sign of reassurance before he stood up, ready to leave the room.

What did just happen?

No. This is not what I had in mind!

'Donnie, stop.'

Donnie stopped in front of the door. Raph stood up as well. He walked to his taller brother, till he stood in front of him.

Then, something unexpected happened; even Raph himself was startled at his actions.

…..

He tightly hugged Donatello.

Donnie accepted the hug his brother gave him. He did NOT suspect that this would happen. Raphael did not seem like a hugging-person. That would be more like Mikey's thing.

Raph whispered in his ear. 'Please come back to us bro. We need you. I need you.'

He let go of Donnie, but not before giving him a warning:

'If the others find out that I hugged you, you're dead. Needing you or not.'

Raph grinned.

With that said, they headed out of the room.

Raph took a deep breath. It was kind of a relief now he said sorry to him. Still, a horrible feeling was afflicting him. He said sorry right? What else could he do? And by the way, Donnie totally accepted it, so why was he still feeling so bad? It felt good, but not great.

It was getting late, and all of the turtle brothers were sitting in the living room. Leo and Mikey were watching TV again, some sort of cartoon. When they entered the big room, they both looked up. Mikey started grinning.

'Okay, what did you two do?'

Raph's face became red, while Donnie just shrugged.

'That's none of your business… SHUT UP Mikey!

He threw a pillow from the couch straight into Mikeys face. He saw it coming and caught it in mid-air.

'Hah! You are so predictable Raph.'

He scraped his throat and did his best imitation of Raph's voice.

'Look at me. I am always angry and grumpy, and I am waaaay uglier than Mikey. Blah blah blah!'

Raph felt anger boiling up again – Donnie saw it too, and took a step back.

But he shouldn't get angry, that is what Mikey WANTS him to get. He punched him in the shoulder and sat down next to him.

'Ow! Someone's being sensitive…'

They all sat in a deadly silence. Leo glanced at Raph, who just huffed and looked away from him. He sighed. But then, an idea came.

'Hey guys, would you like to play a game?'

This took their interest. Donnie watched his older brother with curiousity.

'What sort of game do you have in mind?' he asked.

Leo stood up.

'Well, I didn't have anything specific in mind, but uh, what about Mazes & Mutants?'

Mikey's eyes lit up.

'What's that Leo? I have never heard of it before. Sounds like fun! But how does it work? And what's the main goal? Can I be orange? And-'

Raph put his hand in front of Mikey's face.

'What about TRYING it, before NOT UNDERSTANDING it, you doofus.'

Leo grinned.

'I found it last week when we were on patrol. Someone threw it away. What a waist, isn't it?'

'What about finding it out if it's a waist?' Donnie said.

The next moment they were all sitting around the kitchen table. Leo explained the rules and everyone was listening carefully. Leo took the Knight, Raph the Dwarf Babarian, Mikey the Elf and Donnie took the Wizard. They played the game for hours. The brothers had lots of fun. Even Raph was laughing.

Raph watched his brothers. Leo was totally into the game, which was pretty obvious. While explaining what was happening, he made big gestures to indicate what was attacking them. Mikey was just laughing all the time. Even when his elf 'died' he laughed. Probably cause of how Leo imitated getting stabbed. Then he saw Donnie. He too laughed, but not as much as Mikey. Say that he laughed just as much like a normal person would. Still, something was off. He was in deep thoughts.

Is he remembering us?

When Donnie made an attempt to say something, Raph held his breath.

He is remembering something!

'No fair Leo! I told you that I used my +1 Ring of Awesome! No one can defeat me when I use my Ring of Awesome!'

Of course Mikey is there to ruin the moment.

'It's my…. Precious.'

Leo and Mikey both started laughing at the Lord of the Rings reference.

Donnie closed his mouth. He remained silent like there was nothing going on in that big brain of his. Again, NOTHING. On the other hand, it was still soon so maybe he will remember later.

The game continued. Mikey was desperate to destroy Raph's dwarf barbarian, in which he succeeded. SEVERAL times. In the end, Leo won the game, Mikey being second, Donnie being third and Raph ending on the last place.

After the game they all went to bed. But one turtle remained awake. One certain purple banded turtle.

Donatello lay on his shell, looking at the ceiling. He was indeed in deep thoughts. Thoughts about the day, his brothers, and about the things Raphael said. It all seemed so… familiar. A sting in his head made him sit up straight in his bed. This wasn't just a normal headache. He was rubbing his temples, until the pain was suddenly gone.

'Well that was weird' he thought.

'By the way I should continue to work on the retro-mutagen when I am capable of using my arm again.'

Before he could ask himself the question how he remembered that, he fell asleep.

First of all: don't forget to check out the poll I posted on my profile! It's about our favorite ninja's :D I will try to update AT LEAST every month, I owe you that…. By the way I CAN'T WAIT till tomorrow's new episode! I am SO gonna Live stream that!

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Till next time! SMOSHbuscus girl: OUT.