Afterglow

Rated: M

Spring Fever Part 1

Chapter Summary: Raphael's a turtle...and it's spring...that's about all the info you need.

It started out little at first.

Winter was clinging to New York like a stubborn cold; not wanting to let up much further into the year than the terrapin was used to seeing. It wasn't until the month of April when things started to change, flowers began blooming and the sky was still light after 7pm. It was a beautiful time of year and it was becoming close to his favorite season: summer, where the warm days and nights fulfilled his cold-blooded nature best and the time of year that the most animalistic side of him looked forward to most.

During the hubbub and everything occurring, Raphael seemed to forgot a different change that was happening; this time with his own body. April was still living in the lair part-time; it'd been over a month a half since she moved in and Raphael had grown accustomed to being around her more often(when she wasn't in college or studying).

Something drastic slipped his mind when little things about her began bothering him more than usual; south of the equator so to speak. Clothes she'd worn a hundred times seemed tighter, sexier than usual... The effect she began having on him was much more profound and he began trying to seek more alone time with her: which with a lair full of his brothers and father was not an easy task.

April seemed none the wiser about his need to be closer to her; after all, it had been a long time since they were intimate, she suspected it was the reason. Like any teenage boy, he was just sexually frustrated and if she was honest, she was feeling the effects of it herself. April just shrugged off these thoughts because there was no way she was returning to her house just to do the deed and sex in the lair was not happening. If she had to live with being horny, so did he, but little did she know, Raphael had no control over his now.

It was a few days later things began showcasing themselves in a new light.

Raphael groaned into consciousness; dawn still hours away and training the farthest thing from his mind when he opened blurry eyes. The darkness didn't bother him; green reptilian eyes glowing in his black bedroom. First thing Raphael realized was he was spooning April, her hair tickling his face, warm back pressed to his plastron and his groin cradled firmly against her warm, plump ass. He groaned in satisfaction, closing his eyes and preparing to fall back asleep when he noticed something rather embarrassing...

...he was fully erect...

Flying back from her as if had just been burned, he didn't even realize he'd fallen off the bed until he landed with a loud thump on the hard cement floor. He stared in shock at the wet hardened tip of his flared penis; he hadn't woken up like this since he was going through puberty...

"Hrnmp... R-Raph, what are doing? It's two in the morning..." April grumbled sleepily into the pillow before trying and failing to maneuver into a seated position.

"I-It's nothing, April. Go back to sleep." he said quickly, his hands on her guiding her to lay back down; not wanting her to see the state he was in now. As tempting as it was to crawl back into bed with the lovely redhead, he knew April would say no and scream at him even if he tried to suggest the idea of sex in the lair to her.

April mumbled something into the pillow but within seconds it was obvious she'd already fallen back asleep.

"Dammit..." Raphael more or less growled to himself as he quickly headed out of the room; hands covering himself in a desperate attempt to hide his erection praying that no one else was awake to see him in such a debilitating and embarrassing situation. He hightailed it to the bathroom, locked the door, and immediately jumped into a frigid shower in the frantic hope that the cold water would deflate his throbbing erection. After five minutes under the constant icy stream, Raphael was horrified to discover that the cold water only succeeded in making the rest of his body freezing cold. His entire being shivered with what was probably early-onset hypothermia as his erection remained stubbornly standing strong and proud.

He did not like this.

Raphael did not like this one bit...

Ever since he'd been in a sexual relationship with April, he avoided masturbating because why would he when he had a hot girlfriend to sleep with? Yet, here he was alone in a frigid shower with his hand furiously jacking off just to get rid of the damn thing. Suddenly, he erupted with a low growl, thick tendrils of white semen squirted from his penis and onto the bathroom drain; it seemed to go on forever before it finally let up and the water was clear again.

"What the fuck is going on?" Raph groaned, allowing the orgasm to wash over him and it wasn't even pleasurable - it just freaked him out. He felt ashamed; like his 13 year old sexually frustrated self when he found his first skin mag in the trash and furiously masturbating to it whenever he got the chance. As his penis pulled back into his shell, Raphael held himself up, hands bracing along the shower rails. As he stared at his distorted reflection of the shower walls he had no idea why this was happening; knowing it was not going to be solved right now as he felt the effects an orgasm usually had on him; the drowsiness weighing on his mind as he stepped out of the shower to towel off. Raphael hoped to God it was just a fluke and this wouldn't be happening again.

Oh, how wrong he was...

If April had noticed a shift in the Hamato household as of late, today's breakfast was her first indication that something may be amiss.

Raphael was still asleep when she crawled over him and out of bed; did her morning routine of showering and brushing her teeth before heading to the kitchen to get some caffeine if she was going to survive the long upcoming day at college.

"Mornin', Don." she muttered, pulling her damp hair into a small ponytail as she entered the kitchen. The purple banded turtle was half asleep in his cup of coffee when she decided to make her appearance; which seemed to have a greater impact on him than she could have expected...

"Hi, April!" Donnie screeched, sitting up straight and giving her the biggest dopiest smile.

"Hey..." April replied, a bit weirded out by her friend's behavior, but ignored it as she headed over to half-empty the coffee pot. "So...what do you have going on today?" she continued when a sudden silence swept over the he didn't answer even after she applied heavy doses of cream and sugar in her cup, she turned around and nearly dropped her drink when she saw that he was staring at her... Which he'd done on occasion before she entered a relationship with his brother, but this was a different look altogether.

"Um...Donnie?" she asked to no response.

Donatello continued to look at her seemingly lost in his own thoughts, brown eyes highly dihilated and the weight of them was making her uncomfortable real fast...

"Donnie!" she yelled suddenly and that worked. The genius terrapin shrieked when she realized what he had been doing and immediately spun back around in his stool and buried his face into his arms with a pained groan. "Are you okay?" April continued a few seconds later; genuinely concerned over his welfare and mindset.

"I-I'm sorry, April...Ugh, It's just been a long night... Mixing this anti-mutagen really is driving me crazy lately." he replied as way of explanation into his cup of coffee as April walked over to the other side of the island to sit in her normal stool next to Raphael's.

"Heh... Uh, it's alright - I understand. Speaking of crazy, I have a fifteen page paper in Biology due in a couple weeks that's really kicking my ass and-"

"I can help!" he screeched suddenly but any awkwardness that would have time to develop diminished when Leo and Mikey entered the kitchen.

"Donnie! April!" Mikey yelped excitedly, immediately burying her in a hug and giving her a rather rough noogie.

"Morning, Mike...Leo." April groaned at his rough affection before the youngest pulled away to steal his brother's spot yet the redhead said nothing to deter the highly affectionate turtle.

"Good Morning, April. Sleep well?" Leo replied while going about making tea and it appeared he was the only one acting completely normal this morning.

"Yeah. Thanks."

"Where's Raph?" Leo asked but April didn't have time to answer when Raphael strut into the kitchen, his eyes mere slits as he glared daggers at Michelangelo, who had the audacity to be in such close proximity to his girlfriend and sit in his chair...

"Mikey..." Raph growled, the warning not even having much semblance of its desired effect for said brother barely glanced at him. That was enough to warrant Raphael practically seething as he closed the distance between himself and his youngest brother. Mikey squealed when Raphael suddenly bounded in aggression toward the orange-banded turtle; shooting out from his seat and hightailed it out of there with the hotheaded terrapin in hot pursuit.

April was more or less stunned into silence as she watched this all take place; wondering if she'd missed something that happened between the two to warrant Raphael's actions. Because, sure, Raph was normally a grumpy guy, but this was just out of control grouch-fest.

"So, April," Donnie muttered out of nowhere, turning her attention back to the genius instead of yelling at her boyfriend like she was about to, "You informed me that you required help with your paper? I-I'm available at anytime you know; especially if you are struggling with deciding upon a topic. So, what are you planning on writing it on? Oh, I have this quite intriguing article you may like; I'm sure even your father heard about it since he is rather prominent in this area of scientific studies, it's -"

"Just shut yer trap, Don!" Raph growled from right beside April causing her to jump and the purple-banded terrapin to launch back as if afraid of being punched by by the volital brother.

"Raph! Holy crap, you scared me. What is up with you this morning?!" April said rather loudly and that's when she noticed how quickly his eyes cleared up; his dilated irises returned to normal and he looked at her in shock as if he'd just awoken from a trance.

"Yamero!" Splinter suddenly bellowed as he walked into the kitchen. "Why are you boys always insist on being late to meditation?"

"Sorry, Sensei." the four turtles answered in unison, Mikey's voice coming from behind his father.

"Let's go." he said in a demanding tone before all of them left April alone on the kitchen where she just tried to figure out what the hell just happened.

It only got crazier during an after-school ninjitsu session with her favorite terrapin.

The training was going as usual and he was seemingly back to his old self compared to earlier this morning. Raphael went through katas, correcting her stance and instructing her through new moves. It was actually shaping up to be a rather decent practice until midway through their final spar; it was then Raph became a different person; his eyes became glazed over and every move he used was just like second nature. April wouldn't lie - it freaked her the fuck , she moved, she thought maybe this was his way of pushing her and she went along with it. Meeting his moves for a little while before it became obvious he was using more strength than she was used to being on the receiving end of. April tried to keep up with him as fast as she could, but it was an uphill battle and within moments, she found herself underneath his body.

April was about to tell him to get off of her but was stunned into complete silence when his mouth suddenly enveloped hers. His wide tongue seeking entrance immediately and the redhead was too shocked to prevent it. If anything, she just melted, the heat and feel of his form above hers (not to mention his mouth) was incredible; something she admitted she desperately missed. One of his hands moved in between her back and the floor, picking her up slightly to better control the kiss without putting too much weight on her fragile body.

A moment later his mouth and tongue left her own to began exploring her neck was when she realized was she was allowing to happen. Suddenly tensing under him, April placed one hand on the inner curve of his elbow and the other on his plastron, she used all her strength to push him away. The second he realized what had happened, Raphael's eyes cleared up, opening wide and he stared at her in shock.

"What's up with you today?" April asked, her eyes just as wide as his while staring up at him.

Raphael wasn't exactly sure what had happened, they were sparring when he next thing he knew they were making out on the dojo floor. It was like he had became possessed and his own bodily urges were allowed to control his mind...something he didn't like one bit... It was like that brain worm all over again...

"Raph? What's wrong?" April asked, lithe hand lifting in order to cradle his cheek. "Are you alright? You're pale - your skintone looks like a spring onion now." April nervously chuckled hoping laughing would get him back into his right mind.

That's when it hit him...

Spring...? Spring. Spring! That was it!

Within seconds, Raphael was physically sighing in relief; a great weight that seemed viable was lifted off his shoulders as he sat up onto the dojo floor and helping her into a seating position as well.

"Um...You okay now?" April asked, her eyes wide and freaked out as much as he looked just a few moments ago.

"I'm a fuckin' idiot. It's spring."

"...Yeah...?"

"That's why I'm so fuckin' horny; things have been so nuts lately, guess I just forgot. I mean, damn, I should have realized I was just in heat..."

"You forgot? That's kind of a big thing to just forget, Raphael."

"Hey, cut me some slack, O'Neil. I haven't gotten laid in over a month." Raph grumbled and he looked so hopelessly pathetic that April couldn't help but smile at him.

"So, that one night you said you recover fast and you said 'you're gonna love me in spring'...what did you mean by that?"

"I'm just horny as fuck all the time is all."

April just looked at him strangely, a lot of questions she wanted to ask but was apprehensive if he'd even want to answer them. To hell with it she thought before asking, "So, this is something you go through every year, right?"

"Mmm-hmm." he replied with a stiff nod.

"Then why does it seem to be bothering you more now? You weren't like this last year."

"Heh...Eh..." he said, uncharacteristically stuttering and rubbing the back of his head nervously; his cheeks flushed dark red as his green eyes turned to stare at the floor rather than her. "Well...I'd rather not say..."

One look from April had the turtle confessing.

"Okay, every year before this...I took care of it..."

April just look confused. "What do you mean?"

"Oh God, do I have to draw it out for you!?" Raph groaned, standing to his feet and pacing; his steps heavy as he walked.

"If it'll help." she replied cheekily, earning herself a glare from the still-blushing terrapin. God, he's so fuckin' cute... she muttered internally; a warm sensation brewing in her belly.

"Fine. I jacked off whenever the urge would hit back then. It's kinda difficult now and I dunno, it's weird doing that when I have you...except you know, we're not doin' it now... So, I guess instead of getting off whenever the urge hits, I just ignore it and get my mind on other things. It just got outta hand whenever I see you - l-like now..."

"What?"

"I mean...just fuckin' look at you." he muttered and April was taken aback at how sad he sounded. "You're just so gorgeous and being around you and not being able to touch just is drivin' me out of my fuckin' mind..." As soon as he finished speaking, Raph went back to sitting on the floor, his eyes now glued upon the tatami mat.

April just stared at him then looked down at herself; she was gross, her hair a mess, and she reeked of sweat...how could be possibly think she was beautiful right now? Her heart swelled when she looked at him and wondered how long she'd been unintentionally torturing the poor guy.

"Raph..." April tsked, going over to sit next to him. "I'm sorry, you should have told me."

"Yeah, and look fuckin' pathetic...can't even control my own penis?" he muttered, suddenly finding his hands very intriguing for his eyes didn't leave them.

April just smiled, hands lifting to cradle his adorable face. She leaned forward and kissed him soundly on his mouth, feeling him tremble a bit while doing so. "If it makes you feel better, I have a hard time controlling myself too; you get me pretty worked up sometimes." she softly admitted and her heart thrummed faster when his smirk returned.

"I know." he replied with a knowing smirk and wiggle of his brows and she cursed his incredible sense of smell.

"So, I think for now, it's best if I move back home. I'd rather not risk anyone walkin' in on us."

"Yeah. I think so too." he replied, leaning in for a kiss and April couldn't help but return it; arms immediately encircling his shoulders. Lost in her warmth, the only thought crossing Raph's mind was 'maybe this spring fever won't be so bad after all...'