I accidently made the characters a bit occ in this chapter but I wanted to show there more soft sides.
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"Alright guys lets go" Leo called yawning as he stood from the couch just finishing an especially good episode of space heroes
"Where are we going Leo?" Mikey asked from where he had come running from the kitchen ice cream on his nose from a snack he had obviously just finished "are we getting pizza?"
"No Mikey, were going on Patrol" Leo answered smiling as his little brother began dancing around hands in the air as though he were in a parade his parade was crashed when raph hit him on top of the head growling until Mikey quieted down to a dull roar
"Leo ya sure that's a good plan with pinky over here?" raph asked putting Mikey in a head lock as he spoke
"He'll be fine. We'll just call our battles carefully and not get in over our heads" Leo turned and went into Donnie's lab where both his younger brother and April sat talking and laughing as they worked on her chemistry homework, lately she had taken to coming to Donnie for help with her most difficult subject, everyone could tell just how much Donnie enjoyed the alone time he got with the ginger
Raph released Mikey from his death hold but quickly grabbed the boys hand and drug him into Raph's room shutting the door behind them
"Raphie?" Mikey whispered unsure as raph stood his back to the boy
"Mikey ya gotta be extra careful and if anything happens you stick to my side no matter what" raph turned to Mikey a look akin to fear and concern "ya hear me Mikey?" Mikey nodded carefully then lowered his head raph sighed so quietly it couldn't be heard, he wiped the melted ice cream off mikey's small nose
"Mikey ya ain't gonna be in the way we need ya I'm just worrying about my baby brother" raph said knowing full well that Mikey was once again questioning his worth
The blonde head bobbed in understanding but Mikey still wouldn't look at raph the red clad turtle sighed went down on his knees so he was shorter than Mikey he carefully pulled him into his arms Mikey let out a small gasp in surprise but then molded into raph a small sigh of content escaping his lips
He always enjoyed hugs unfortunately his brothers didn't share the sentiment so it left him hug-less for the most part
Raph on the other hand also had a soft spot for hugs but only when it was Mikey hugs for some reason the baby of the family was the only one who raph would allow himself to hug but only on rare occasions
The two brothers hugged for a few minutes their breath matching up, raph felt Mikey begin to relax too much and maybe even get a bit tired, time to break up the hug raph thought frowning
"Mikey I got ya something" raph stood ruffling Mikey's hair he went to his bed and pulled a box out from under it he opened the box pulling out a chain mail shirt that looked medieval and rustic
Mikey's eyes widened and childish happiness took over making him squeal girly in delight
"Cool I can be like a hero out of a comic book" Mikey cried jumping on raph in a brief hug before he allowed his brother to help him slip the surprisingly light armor on
"Badass Mikey" raph commented looking his brother over making the boy a bit more cocky which made raph curse under his breath for
"Come on raph, Mikey, were leaving" Leo called from the room over
Mikey flung the door open dramatically a smile full of confidence on his face
"Where did you get that Mikey?" Donnie asked brow furrowed as he looked at Mikey in his dramatic pose
"Raph gave it to me" Mikey said proudly he was knocked off his high horse when raph gently punched the top of his head
April squealed turning a shade of pink as more images popped into her head
"April are you okay?" Donnie asked tilting his head in confusion
"leave her be Donnie" raph muttered rolling his eyes his arm unconsciously going around mikey's shoulder and mikey's hand resting on Raph's shoulder, April turned even brighter and covered her cheeks in a way only a fan girl would do
"She's coming with us this time" Leo explained frowning at the way April was acting "is she sick"
"No I don't think so" Donnie said his hand gently going around her shoulder he turned her to look at him "are you okay? Can you still come?"
"y-yeah I'm fine, just kinda warm" April said lamely as she looked to the floor her cheeks still red
"Alright then let's go Donnie and April together and Mikey and raph together I lead" Leo smiled and began to walk a spring in his step for reasons unknown but that had started after he watched space heroes
"Wait I need a comic book in case I get bored" Mikey whined
"Come on pinky lets go" raph said in his scolding way
"Hey why do you keep calling me that?" Mikey glared at raph who simply chuckled pulling Mikey along with him as they walked towards the lairs exit
"Never mind Mikey don't worry about it" raph ruffled his hair letting Mikey go as they headed through the sewers
"Quiet down some guys, ninja are stealthy" Leo called back to the two brother raph made a mocking face and Mikey giggled happily
The patrol was calm nothing happened and for once in his life raph was glad that it was boring and there was no one to beat up
After dropping April off at her house The brothers stood on a roof top watching as the tendrils of red crossed the sky marking a new day, raph let out a content sigh a smile gracing his lips the pure beauty of the rising sun making him feel warmer
"I'm cold" Mikey whispered under his breath not intending any one to hear him, he was surprised when raph grabbed him pulling him into his arms from behind
"We'll go down soon and find ya something warmer" raph whispered into mikey's ear his eyes never leaving the beautiful sky
Mikey nodded his eyes traveling to the sky a feeling of pure peace over taking him
They stood on the roof until the sun had come up and they couldn't afford the risk of being seen they quickly went underground again, the sun no longer in view.
When they entered the lair raph was quick to pull his Sais out throwing them into the dart board without even looking he them flopped on the couch a loud farting sound resounded from where he had sat his head instantly snapped to his youngest brother
"Mikey" he shouted jumping up to grab his brother who was now a giggling mess
"Oh come on you can't take a joke raph?" Mikey called running from raph
Leo sighed and pulled the whoopee cushion out of the couch the sat down turning the TV on, he let out a content sigh as the news came on
Donnie headed into his lab a new project on his mind, he was going to make a weapon that would put the shredder and his men back in there places.
Mikey ran into the lab trying to escape raph, he tripped and would have fallen face first onto a mutagen canister if raph hadn't caught him by the back of his shirt the older turtle threw Mikey out of the lab none to gently
"Come on guys stay out of here" Donnie complained shooing raph out he then closed the door to his lab sighing.
Outside of the lab raph was getting on mikey's case once again
"Michelangelo, you need to start being more careful you could've died from that" raph shouted getting in mikey's face
"I'm sorry okay raph? I didn't mean to" Mikey muttered looking to the ground
"No it's not okay. Ya already turned yourself human once and made that cat into a pile of ice cream and ya even gave yourself a mutagen overdose, ya can't keep this up" raph shouted even louder seeing red
Mikey wouldn't lift his eyes to look at raph even as he kept getting chewed out; tears began to sprout in his eyes
"Mikey ya scare the shell outta me" raph finally said his voice low as he pulled Mikey into his arms suddenly realizing he had Mikey near tears "I'm sorry I yelled kid" Mikey nodded tears pouring down his cheek, he hastily wrapped his arms around raph
Neither noticed Leo watching a look akin to concern and sadness in his eyes.
"r-raphie I'm sorry I keep getting into stuff" Mikey sobbed the brothers crumbled to the floor holding each other crying equally noisy
"It's not your fault Mikey I'm sorry I'm never able to keep ya safe" raph cried unable to keep his emotions in check from being so overly tired and sore
Leo sighed looking to where the lab door had opened and Donnie stood jaw dropped as he watched his two younger brothers sob loudly clinging to each other
The two older brothers met eyes and nodded they walked over and hugged the two sobbing,
"It's okay guys shh shh it'll be okay" Leo assured holding them all closely Donnie gently kissed both younger brothers foreheads then Leos cheek
It wasn't long until they were all sobbing for an unknown reason that could only be not sleeping enough the past few day
Splinter smiled having watched the whole ordeal from where he was standing unnoticed at the door way, he approached his sons and gently pulled them into his arms they all clung to him sobbing loudly, splinter smiled softly he hadn't seen all four of his sons like this since they were young and innocent
"My sons it will be okay, your all safe here" splinter gently whispered
He softly began singing an old Japanese lullaby he used to sing them when they were scared or cried
They all sat there until all sobs had ceased and they had become peaceful splinter then ushered them to his rather large bed where they all snuggled in together and splinter sang them to sleep the brothers snuggling together like they did as children splinter smiled as snores and deep breathes showed they were in a deep sleep, splinter then quietly slipped out going to meditate in the silence of the lair