Afterglow

Rated: T

Periods and Confused Reptile Boyfriends

Chapter Summary: Raphael learns of the wonders of the human female reproductive system... and not in the fun way.

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April remembered when they were in the middle of making out. But it wasn't necessarily her fault, because whenever Raphael kissed her like this, she normally forgot to remember a lot of things including her own name. It didn't help that she had just lost her virginity less than three days ago and was so horny it actually made her physically ache for him...

...But this was a kind of a biggie...

"Wait..." she mumbled, her hands against his plastron as she pulled away from his lips.

"Hrn?" Raph grumbled in response, his eyes heavily-lidded.

"We can't..."

That small statement brought the greed-eyed terrapin to full attention.

"Wait...what?" Raphael asked, his eyes wide as he stared at his pretty redheaded girlfriend.

"Um... We can't do this." April was no help in clarifying.

"...Huh?" Raphael clearly wasn't any better.

April's face flushed a beautiful shade of red and how her lips puckered and pouted as she pondered how exactly to break the news to him proved to be very distracting. Raph's eyes followed her lips movement until April suddenly cleared her throat, causing his eyes to once again meet hers.

"I'm on my period." April said, her face resembling a maraschino cherry at this point in time.

"Huh?"

April rolled her eyes and sighed in exasperation at Raphael's dwindling vocabulary in these last few moments.

"We can't have sex because I'm on my period." April clarified.

"...Period?" Raphael asked quizzically, the confusion easily observed just from the sheer expression plastered on his face.

"Yes. Period. Ya know, period?"

"Yer gonna havta give me more than that, O'Neil." Raph responded, his sex drive quickly diminished just by how serious this conversation had gotten, even though his hands remained firmly planted on her flared hips.

"Wait, wait wait... Let me get this straight - you've never heard of a period?"

"Oh, yeah, Splinter was certain to bring that up during training since it's so freaking important..." Raph sneered sarcastically.

"No. Seriously, Raphael? I mean, let's see - One, you're a horny teenage male. Two, we've been together for over a year, so you've been thinking about sex on most likely an hourly basis. And three, you must have Googled woman parts online at least a couple dozen times and you've never seen 'period' mentioned anywhere?"

April's face was now not the only one beet red at this point in the conversation.

"Hey, yer the one who was looking up turtle tails and asking where my junk was stored!" Raph protested, his arms removed from her waist to cross tightly across his chest as he glared at his girlfriend.

"Oh my god, Raph. I told you I was just curious! Oh, and since I've never seen a mutant turtle's penis before and obviously we're together romantically, so I just figured it's gonna come up eventually. It was for research to know what I was getting into!" April growled, her arms crossed as well.

"So, that one night when ya thought I was sleeping, yer poking my ass trying to find my tail!"

April's face flushed at that statement before protesting, "I thought you kept it tucked in somewhere! If you were a little more open about the subject, I wouldn't of had to look for myself!"

"Ooh, was it for more research?"

"You're seriously gonna be like this?"

"Yer the one who started it!"

"Me?! Just what the hell did you look up!?"

"Aw, shit, April, stop gettin' off topic and just tell me what the fuck a period is!"

The following moments were quite a tense atmosphere. Coiling down to a staring contest and test of wills to see who'd be the first to crack.

The sobering moments after their terse argument, April realized just how stupid this all was. Her head fell and she sighed dejectedly and her arms fell to her side. She looked up after a moment at Raph's face before she placed her hands over his crossed arms.

"I'm sorry." April breathed, gently prying his arms apart.

"...me too." Raph grumbled, his arms falling to his sides before grasping her small hands in his own large mitts.

"We really need to stop getting into these stupid arguments." April mumbled with a sigh, staring at their conjoined hands as she massaged his wide palms with her small thin fingers.

"Why? They're so much fun." Raph smirked.

"Yeah, but they're the sign of an unhealthy relationship."

"Unhealthy relationship? I'm a freakishly huge mutant turtle thing and yer a telepathic half-Kraang half-human atrocity. I think we're doing pretty well considerin' the circumstances, O'Neil." Raph chuckled.

"As true as that may be, I think we should tone it down a notch."

"Why do ya think I give ya such a hard time, April?" Raph spoke softly, making April lift her head and look him in the eyes quizzically.

"Why?" April asked, genuinely curious.

"Cause yer fuckin' hot as all hell when you're mad and huffy... Yer cheeks get all red and yer eyes get all intense. It's just fuckin' hot, babe." Raph whispered with a wiggle of his brow ridges as he put his face close to hers.

April furrowed her brows and her mouth a thin line as she stared at the green-eyed terrapin.

"See? Like that! Ya have no idea how hot that gets me..." Raph muttered before kissing her.

April flinched for only a moment, kissing him back briefly.

"We still can't do this." April explained a moment later after pulling away from his mouth.

"Oh yeah... So, ya finally ready to tell me what a period is?" Raph asked, adjusting himself to get more comfortable on the couch, his carapace leaning against one of the arms.

April's face flushed not fully believing she was going to have to explain her monthly battle to her mutant boyfriend. "Okay. To put it simply, once a month, we human females have a hormone cycle and a window of time when we're most fertile. But if we don't get impregnated by the time it's over, the unfertilized egg drops, and we bleed for a couple days. Only for the cycle to repeat itself again next month."

"So... Basically, once a month - ya bleed...outta...there?" Raph asked, gesturing around her groin area.

"Yes, and..."

"...I thought I smelt something." Raph interrupted.

"Excuse me!?" April asked in horror, her face growing red again.

"Yeah, it's kinda faint though. My smelling ain't as good as my bros though considerin' that accident I got into a kid messed up my sinuses, but still better nose than a human. I just assumed maybe ya got a cut or something."

April cursed those scented tampons and candles she bought hoping it would distract her terrapin boyfriend from picking up on the scent. She somehow forgot Raphael was anything but discreet and didn't have much of a filter on his big mouth sometimes.

"Yer feeling okay, though?" Raph asked softly, scooting over to sit next to her.

"Pretty much. I took a pill so the worst of my cramps are over. I just can't wear light colored pants just in case of heavier bleeding. While it's a little uncomfortable at times, it's not too bad. But from what I heard from other girls, I have it good. For a lot of girls, it's basically a week from hell."

"Really?"

"Yeah, one of my girlfriends doesn't get out of bed for three days with some of the worst cramps." April accentuated by holding her hands over her stomach.

"Ugh. That sucks." Raph agreed, nodding his head.

"I know... So, with everything, I consider myself pretty lucky."

"Yer damn right. Ya have such an amazing boyfriend that's so understanding and caring during yer period." Raphael smirked, this thumb pressed against his plastron.

April couldn't help but snort at his expression and cocky words.

"I mean, anyone but me would be a total jerk considering you kissed and made me believe I was gonna get laid only to turn me down." Raph said, a hand over his heart and the biggest sad puppy dog eyes he could muster.

"God, you're really something..."

"Ya know it girl." April was speechless when he placed his hands on her hips and pulled her closer to him.

"...What are you doing?" April asked skeptically as he enticed her to lay back on the couch.

"Ya said yer belly was bothering ya." Raph clarified, his hands skirting along her stomach.

"Not too ba... Oooh..." April said, the words dying in her throat when he began to massage her flat stomach, his thumbs stroking up and down along her protruding hip bone.

"How's that feel?" Raph whispered, lowering himself to brush his lips against her covered stomach.

"Raphael... Don't... You know we can't... " April whimpered, the desire for him pooling in her stomach.

"No sex. Got it. I guess I can last for now... But you didn't say anything about making out..." Raph muttered, lovingly kissing his way up her body as he slowly made his way over top of her. He lowered slightly, his lips enticingly ghosting over her own as his hands continued their sensual dance against her flanks.

April bit her plump bottom lip, a smirk rising at one corner when she saw his eyes glance down to her mouth before meeting hers once again.

"Hmmm... I guess there's no harm in that." April mumbled against his mouth, her arms snaking around his shoulders and playing with the tails of his mask. "Besides, I waited more than a whole freaking year to have sex with you. What's a couple more days to wait?"

Raph smirked against her mouth, his lips puckering and pressing firmly against hers. Eagerly returning his affection, her hands resting along the back of his skull to deepen the kiss. Feeling more comfortable as their kisses continued, Raphael placed more weight upon her, his hands rising to cradle her head in his massive hands. A moment later, he reluctantly pulled away from her soft mouth in order to just take in the sight of her below him. Her wild red hair messily strewn across the pillow, the heavy-lid of her eyes and flush of her cheeks all accentuated by her slightly swollen, fervently kissed lips. His heart was pounding and his throat was dry as he continued taking in her beauty. He wanted her so badly, but he sadly knew it wasn't going to happen for awhile and he was gonna have to get used to it on a monthly basis.

"Don't know about you but it's gonna feel like a freaking lifetime." Raph grumbled, pressing his face into her silky tresses.

"You big baby, just shut up and kiss me." April muttered, grasping his face and placing her lips firmly over his to finally put that mouth of his to good use.