Authors Note IMPORTANT: Okay so this chapter has been edited to fit a T rating here on fanfic. There is an unedited Explicit rated version on A03. The reason I made two different versions was because I know a lot of TMNT fans are on the younger side and I wanted to give them a fic they could safely read. I also wanted to play it safe since the sex scenes are pretty graphic at times and I didn't think the Fanfiction M rating really covered what I was writing. I don't want to get kicked off or have my story taken down for not following the rules. Not to mention that both character are underage. If you are of age then you can find the whole chapter unedited on AO3 it's the same story name though my username is twerdgirl on there.

The next day they had the same training schedule as Saturday. Mikey had hoped that Leatherhead would call of text him before he had to go to the dojo, but had no such luck.

During training it was clear he wasn't focused. At lunch master splinter called the brothers to attention.

"Michelangelo can you explain why you are so unfocused today?"

Mikey sighed. "I'm just nervous to hear from Leatherhead."

"Why you said dinner went fine," Raph asked?

Mikey frowned and explained the deal he'd made. He could see his family was worried, but he defended his boyfriend.

"Leatherhead's gay and even if he wasn't he wouldn't cheat on me"

Raph frowned. "Then why are you so worried about this?"

"Because I want Leatherhead's family to accept me like you guys accept him. Plus it's been causing problems at home and I hate how sad he get after he fights with his mom."

Splinter seemed to understand, but he frowned slightly. "Michelangelo I know you are worried, but right now you must focus on your training. I want you to spend the rest of your break mediating," Master Splinter instructed.

Mikey sighed and nodded. He did as Splinter asked and it helped his relax a little. Still he was glad when practice was over and he could call Leatherhead.

"Hey," Leatherhead answered.

"Hey," Mikey said. There was a beat of silence and Leatherhead spoke. "After I got back from walking you home me and my mom talked. She told me how surprised she was by how we acted around each other. She said it reminded her of how she and my dad use to act. She apologized for not trying harder to understand and while she was still unsure about me being gay she was going to start going to PFLAG meetings with my dad. She wants me to be happy and it's clear you make me happy."

Mikey smiled "That's great."

"Yeah, she wants you over for dinner again sometime."

Mikey's smile widened. "Really, does that mean I can come over more often?"

"Yeah, but same rules apply as at your house."

"That fine, I just want to spend more time with you at your place."

"Maybe you can come over sometime later this week?" Leatherhead offered.

"Sounds great," Mikey said excitedly. They talked for a little while longer before saying good night.

As the boys sat down for dinner they looked at Mikey expectantly.

"Plan seemed to work."

The brothers smiled with a mixture of happiness and relief. The rest of the night was spent hanging out together and relaxing before bed.

The rest of the week passed by quickly and on Saturday Mikey got a text from Leatherhead. "Where's Donnie?"

Mikey was confused since if his boyfriend wanted to know where Donnie was he could just text him. "He just left to go out with April," Mikey texted back.

Mikey waited for a reply when his phone rang. Seeing that it was Leatherhead made Mikey even more confused, but answered the call.

"So I was thinking I wanted to try something, but only if you're okay with it."

"What do you have in mind?"

Leatherhead was quiet for a second before saying. "I can't stop thinking about that day at my house."

Mikey was sure if he got any more confused his brain was going to fry. "What you mean dinner?"

Leatherhead chuckled. "No I mean the day you came over to study. I can't stop thinking of how your body felt pressed against mind while we kissed."

Mikey blushed as he realized what Leatherhead wanted to do.

"Am I making you uncomfortable," Leatherhead asked?

"No, I like where this is going," Mikey said softly. Mikey then remembered something. "Hang on I'll be right back," Mikey said getting up and pulling off one of his wrist bands. He put it around the door so anyone could see it.

Growing up with a full house meant that boundaries were needed. The brothers had come up with the idea to put there wrist bands around the door to let others know not to bother them. It wasn't always because of personal reasons either. Donnie did it when working on big projects, Leo when meditating and Raph when he was really angry and needed time to cool off. Mikey used it either when he was working on homework or drawing. He tried not to think of how his brothers would interpret the sign now that he had a boyfriend.

Mikey was nervous about what they were going to do, but he wanted to do it. It felt like right and while to some it might not seem like a big thing it was to Mikey. He'd never done anything like this, but he wanted to and he wanted to do it with Leatherhead. He was ready and while nervous he was excited as well.

As Mikey laid on his bed feeling like he was floating Leatherhead's voice cut through the fog.

"That was amazing angel," Leatherhead said. Mikey made a noise of conformation. Leatherhead chuckled "love you," he said in a sweet tone.

"Love you too," Mikey replied. They didn't say anything else for a minute just relaxing and listening to the silence on the other line.

"Did you like it," Leatherhead asked?

"Mmmm yeah it was worth the wait," Mikey said smiling.

"Good maybe we can do it another time?"

"I'd like that," Mikey said. They talked for a bit longer before hanging up. Mikey grabbed a pair of boxers that needed to be washed anyway and cleaned himself up. He got dressed and removed the wristband from around the door. He really hoped that no one had seen it and if they had they wouldn't say anything about it. He grabbed his sketch book, but he just doodled. He was still feeling a little bit of the afterglow.

Mikey couldn't help, but wonder if Leatherhead would be like that when they finally had sex or if he'd be more of his sweet self. He wouldn't deny that he liked the more sexy side of Leatherhead. It had been hot to hear how low his already deep voice could go. How his purring growl was a noise that would haunt Mikey's dreams.

When Donnie got home Mikey was reading a comic book. It had been about half an hour since Mikey got off the phone and he was nervous that his brother would somehow know what he'd done. He'd felt that way the first couple of times he'd masturbated, but it had faded. He wondered if he had phone sex enough times the same thing would happen.

Mikey pushed that thought away. "So how was your date?" He asked not looking up from his comic book.

"Good, it started to snow while we were out so we just walked for a while after dinner." Mikey looked out his window and took notice of the change in weather.

"Know what you're getting her for Christmas?" Mikey asked.

"I was thinking of a charm bracelet. You guys could each get her a charm so it wouldn't be something from just me." "What about you know what you're getting Leatherhead?"

Mikey reached under his bed and pulled out a small bag. He took out a plush Alligator. "I'll probably get him something else, but I thought it was cute."

"Why an alligator?" Donnie asked confused.

Mikey shrugged. "When I saw it I just thought of him."

Donnie seemed to think about what Mikey said before slowly nodding "I kind of get what you mean."

Mikey smiled. "I was thinking I should make Leatherhead something. A drawing, but I don't know what of."

Why don't you ask him? He's seen some of your work. I'm sure he's got something he'd love to have you draw."

Mikey nodded agreeing with Donnie. Mikey was quiet for a moment before asking: "Do you think Leo and Raph will ever get steady girlfriends?"

Donnie looked surprised at this, but answered. "Yeah I think they will. Raph just wants to have fun right now which I can understand and Leo….I think high school girls are a little too immature for him. I was lucky to find April, but she's kind of rare. Especially since our school is filled with a lot of rich daddy's girls who prefer shopping to anything else. He needs someone who likes what he likes or at least can be supportive. You and I are lucky to have people who understand our intense training sessions. Some people would demand we give them more time than we can. Leatherhead and April are just happy to spend time with us when they can. Why are you asking?"

Mikey shrugged. "Just thinking of it I guess. I can't remember the last time Leo or Raph went on a date."

"Yeah, but I think that's because their focusing on their training. You know Leo and Raph would love to make it big. They want to follow in Splinters footsteps. That means they have to train hard and I'm sure girls aren't there biggest priority."

Mikey nodded since that made sense. Then he thought of a something else that had been causing a little bit of worry. "Should I be thinking about what I want to do after high school?"

Donnie frowned. "Well kind of. I mean it's always good to think of the future, but you don't have to fret over it. I mean you're only a freshman Mikey. Its okay to not have your life all planned out. You're the most flexible of us Mikey. You could do something with art, food or even music. Take the time to think about what you like and if you want to o it for a living. You've got time to explore your options. Why are you worrying about after high school?" Donnie asked.

Mikey knew that Donnie was probably confused due to the fact that Mikey didn't worry about the future often. He focused on the here and now. Mikey explained how Mrs. Heinz had asked him about it and he felt bad for not having an answer.

Donnie frowned. "Mikey trust me when I say you'll figure it out. Everyone has worries about not knowing what they want to do for the rest of their life. Even seniors have that problem."

Mikey was surprised by this. "Wow….okay that makes me feel better," and it did.

Donnie smiled. "Good. Don't worry Mikey you'll figure it out just don't go crazy over it."

Mikey nodded and felt better about not knowing what he wanted to do with his life. He went back to his comic book and he heard Donnie turning on his computer. The rest of the time before bed was spent in a comfortable silence. With only the clacking of Donnie's keyboard, the clicking of the mouse and the rustling of pages breaking it.

The next day Master Splinter announced that they would enter their first completion in mid march. That meant that training would get harder and twice a week they'd have both morning and evening practice. That meant getting to bed early enough to get up and practice before school. Mikey couldn't hold back a groan, but he didn't say anything. He had a hard enough time getting up for school and now he had to get up extra early. He was worried that he wouldn't be able to handle the schedule change. Still he'd do his best though it meant no more late night texting sessions with Leatherhead. He was sure his boyfriend would understand, but it still kind of sucked.

He was excited about competing though. He'd been working so hard that he wanted to see his training pay off. He'd yet to beat Leo, but he was managing to hold his ground longer. Leo was still the best out of the three brothers, but that was to be expected. Leo worked harder than any of them and he was very talented. Add to his already great skill that he was learning to be more flexible in his fighting style and you had a force to be reckoned with.

Raph was learning to not let his frustration when losing get to him so much and turn his anger into a sharper focus.

Donnie like Leo had learned that not everything could be calculated and sometimes you had to go with your instincts rather than the logical choice.

Mikey's focus was greater and whenever one of his brothers went against him they knew to be on their toes. Mikey had converted his usual goofing off into doing unexpected yet constructive moves. They were the kind of moves that would catch his opponent off guard if they weren't ready for them. He had become as proud of his fighting as he was of his art.

That night he and Leatherhead talked for a little bit before Mikey went to bed.

The next few weeks passed by in a blur of training, school and spending what little time Mikey could with his friends and Leatherhead. He'd asked his boyfriend about any request he had for something Mikey could draw him for Christmas, but the tall teen said that he'd love whatever Mikey drew him. Mikey decided to draw Leatherhead a photo of them together that April had taken. It was a candid moment of them laughing. Mikey had sent it to him and it was now the background on his phone.

Soon Christmas was coming and to both Leatherhead and Mikey's relief Leatherhead wouldn't be going away for the holiday Splinter and the Heinz's were getting along. Mikey was often too tired on the day he got to spend with Leatherhead so they spent more time at each other homes. In the beginning Mrs. Heinz didn't seem to know how to react around Mikey and Leatherhead. Slowly she started asking Mikey about school and even about his training. It was clear she didn't really know much about any martial arts, but Mikey was happy to explain things.

She once asked about how ninjistue could apply to everyday life and Mikey explained that ninjiituse and all martial arts was mostly about discipline and respect. You weren't suppose to use it unless absolutely necessarily and even then the point in to cause a little damage as possible.

As Christmas neared Master Splinter asked Mikey if the Heinz's would like to come over from Christmas eve dinner. had been a little surprised and Mikey explained that while the Hamoto family wasn't christened they still celebrated Christmas. They just turned it into a time for family and friends rather than Jesus. Casey's family as well as April and her father were going to be there and Leatherhead was already practically family so it made sense to not only invite him, but his parents as well. Splinter had met with the Heinz once before. Leatherhead had brought them to the dojo so they could get a better idea of what Mikey and his brothers did. When practice was over Mikey and his brothers hit the shower while the three adults talked. When the brothers came out Splinter and the Heinz had apparently started trading stories about their children growing up.

Mikey was just glad that the parents were getting along that he didn't mind having the story of the time he'd almost knocked himself out when first learning to use his nunchucks. In turn he'd learned how Leatherhead had started a fire when he'd gotten a junior chemistry set. Master Splinter told a similar story of how Donnie while trying to create a smoke bomb like real ninja's use to have caused the whole apartment to be engulfed in smoke and it took three days with all the windows open for it to become habitual.

This bonding over stupid things kids do seemed to help Mrs. Heinz open up even more. The Heinz's and Splinter even started calling each other by their first names (Elma and Aleck) rather than by their surnames. The PFLAG meeting were also helping. So Mikey was sure that the Heinz's would be happy to come over for dinner on Christmas eve and was overjoyed when they agreed. Mrs. Heinz asked if she should bring anything and Mikey told her she could help him and April in the kitchen. She agreed and Mikey was glad to have the extra hands.

Mikey spent as much time as he could making sure the picture of Leatherhead was perfect. His wastepaper basket was full of crumpled drawings. When he finally got the image just perfect he worked on coloring it. He made sure that each color was exact which was hard since Leatherhead had the most unique eyes Mikey had ever seen. To most people they were green, but they weren't. They were a lighter green than most eyes, but still bright and colorful with flecks of gold in them. To Mikey getting the color of the eyes right was just as important as anything else.

The saying the eyes were the window to the soul were never spoken truer than when referring to leatherhead. His eyes were beautiful like his soul and they were so expressive. Mikey could tell exactly what Leatherhead was thinking just from his eyes.

The few times he got angry his eyes didn't darken like others. Instead they looked like they were clouded over. Mikey knew that depending on how murky Leatherhead eyes were his anger level was different. When he was annoyed you wouldn't really noticed unless you looked really hard. When he was angry, but in control you could still see they were green, but that time when they'd been called freaks Leatherheads eyes were so clouded over you might think he was blind. That meant that he wasn't in control any longer and Mikey found that Leatherhead hated that feeling. He hated the feeling of his anger taking over and losing control of himself. It was only due to years of therapy that he was even had as much control as he did. Mikey had found that things like music and talking in a calm and clear voice helped his boyfriend to calm down or remain calm. He needed to be reassured that he was safe and okay.

Mikey had another gift other than the stuffed alligator and the drawing. He used some money he'd been saving for a new game system to by a gold chain necklace with a hunk of the deep orange amber. Leatherhead had told him that whenever he saw anything orange he thought of Mikey. He figured that since he couldn't always be with Leatherhead he might like something that reminded his boyfriend of him. It took hours of searching for a necklace that was just right, but he finally found one that was just the right shade of orange. He was excited to see how Leatherhead would react.