A/n : I'm so, so sorry about updating so late. And this isn't even the oneshot I started writing for the next update.
Anywho, this takes place in season 1, a few weeks after they met April.
Based on a strategic board game popular in South Asia.
Disclaimer: I don't own April or the turtles.
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Yellow
"Alright! Time to play some L-U-D-O!" Mikey plopped down in the pit with a small box and a thick, foldable cardboard. The box he held contained a dice and 16 pieces of four different colours, 4 pieces of each colour.
He sighed as he set the two objects in front of him, "I just love this board game... "
"Mikey, you love every single board game that involves using a dice, the reason being that you always get the number you want." The purple-masked turtle said with a flat expression.
"It's okay, Donnie." The youngest patted his brother's carpace, speaking in a low sympathetic voice, "You don't have to be jealous because I'm a lucky turtle. Someday... you'll get it too. My prayers are with you, bro."
"Jealous?!" The incredulity on Donatello's face was almost comical as he sputtered out those words, "What in the- Are you seriously implying that you think I'm jealous just because I- Ughhh!... Leo, tell Mikey to stop mocking me that way."
The blue-clad ninja was sorting the Ludo pieces scattered in the box, only halfway paying attention to what Donnie had said. "Mikey, listen to your elder brother. He means well."
Donnie's mouth fell open at this and Raph snorted from beside them as he helped Leo with the pieces. Afterall, it wasn't everyday they got to see their eldest brother talking nonsense due to focusing intensely on something else.
"Did ya even hear what he said?"
"Who?"
The hothead raised an eye-ridge at this, "Donnie."
Leo paused in his rummaging and gave his younger brother a confused look. "Donnie said something?"
Raph facepalmed, his leader must have been really, really distracted this time. But who could blame him? Dice and pieces weren't the only things the small box contained, it also held a lots of tiny toys and Mikey's collection of weird looking possessions... including yarns. Sorting out through all that junk was a feat.
"Just go back to doing whatever ya were doing and forget this conversation ever happened."
A teasing smirk found it's way on Leonardo's face as he went back to rummaging through the clutter, "But it did happen." He finally found the last piece and placed it next to the other three of the same colour. "Right?"
"Would ya stop that? You were the one super confused just a minute ago."
"I was super confused a minute ago?"
Raph gave his brother an annoyed glare, "Leo!"
"Yes?" The turtle's face was all innocence, like he didn't have a clue as to what was happening.
Raph sighed at seeing the I'm-a-totally-confused-and-clueless-little-turtle-who-doesn't-know-why-Raph-is-annoyed face. "You're such a lost cause, Leo. Ya know that?"
"But I thought that was Mikey's job?"
Before Raph could playfully shove his brother on the shoulder, Mikey quickly got between them. "Guys! Guys! No fighting."
"We weren't fighting, Mikey."
The simultaneous reply was ignored by Michelangelo as he continued talking, "We ninja brothers don't argue before starting a game."
"Yeah we do." Raph said in a flat voice, "We always do."
"Still!" Mikey put the game in the centre of their circle.
As soon as he opened the folded cardboard to show different coloured corners(red, yellow, blue and green) with a cross-shaped pathway stretching in the middle, his eldest two brothers sat in front of their signature colours, instantly claiming the red and blue.
That left Mikey and Donnie to chose from the remaining yellow and green which didn't seem like a problem. Only thing is, it actually was a problem; a very big problem.
"Well, since yellow is the colour more similar to orange, I pick yellow."
"But it's not in your favourite colours, Mikey. And I actually love this colour so that means I get to choose it."
"I called dibs on it first!"
"And I want it more than you!"
"Not true! I want it more!"
"No, I want it more!"
Raph and Leo shared a deadpanned look, clearly unimpressed at their younger brothers' antics, before they turned to see the cat- er... TURTLE fight before them.
"Why don't you just pick the green? You like it more anyway."
"So do you!"
"I only like it because it's a turtle's colour. That doesn't mean it's my favourite!"
"That's the same reason I like it!"
"But it's one of your favourites! And it suits you more!"
"Says who?"
"Says the residential genius!"
"That doesn't make you always right!"
"Yes it does!"
"No it doesn't!"
"Green suits you more, Mikey!"
"Nuh uh! Yellow does!"
"Green!"
"Yellow!"
"Green!"
"Yellow!"
"Green!"
"Yellow!"
Raphael sighed and glanced at his elder brother. "Should we stop them or...?"
"No point in trying. They won't stop anyway."
"Yeah... you got that right."
They continued to watch the ongoing quarell silently. A few moments later, Raph spoke up again, his voice dripping with irritation.
"Jeez! They're even worse than us! And Mikey says we are the one's who fight."
"Well, then they need to see how much they fight when complaining about our arguments. Remember all the times Mikey tried one of Don's inventions or just entered the lab?"
They both chuckled before falling silent once again.
"Sooo... what do we do in the meantime?"
The eldeat two shared another look, this time wearing excited smiles.
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About an hour later, April was walking through the subway tunnels leading to the turtles' home, carrying a box of a special, four flavored, family size pizza.
As she arrived at the lair and passed the turnstiles, the noise of loud quarelling reached her ears. Confused, she went to check what all the racket was about only to find Donnie and Mikey in a heated fight.
Their voices were merging together due to talking at once, both yelling to make a point without listening to the other.
April didn't understand what they were on about and only managed to catch a few words like Mine and Fits. But that didn't give her any clues about the reason behind their argument.
Gazing to the side, she noticed Leo and Raph sitting across from each other, enjoying a game of 'Snakes and Ladders' placed between them. They appeared to be perfectly calm and peaceful, like the World War III going on right next to them was common occurance. Judging by their relaxed postures and tuned out expressions, it probably was.
She walked towards the two and sat on one side of the opened cardboard, giving her a view of their ongoing game. "Hey Guys!"
Leo looked up after moving his piece and noticed her sitting next to them. "Hi April."
Raph was throwing the dice for his own turn. "Sup April." He greeted without looking up from his game, "Didn't notice you come in."
She chuckled, "It kinda gets hard to notice with World War III going on. What are they fighting about anyway?"
Raph shrugged, moving his piece 3 paces forward. "Yellow."
Not understanding what he meant by that, she glanced at Leo with a questioning look.
"They are fighting over which colour to choose." The blue-masked turtle answered as he picked up the dice and shook it before throwing it on the board. "We were going to play Ludo and I picked my own color as did Raph." He moved his piece 5 boxes forward, "That left Mikey and Donnie to chose from yellow and green; they both wanted yellow and have been fighting about it ever since."
"Really? How long will they keep going like this?"
Raph stole a glance at his younger brothers as he took the dice Leo handed him, "By the looks of it; a few hours, give or take."
April's eyes widened at this new information and she slowly shook her head in amazement. Do siblings always fight that way?
Looking behind her at the chaos of snapping turtles, she decided that she didn't want to know and changed the topic, "So, How's the game going?"
Leo shrugged, looking back at the board. "Good... ish. We are tied up for the last six rounds. Raph appears to be winning this one."
"No! No! Not the snake! C'mon!"
A small smirk formed on Leo's face as he watched Raph move his piece downward with a frown. "Or maybe not."
"Shut up, Fearless."
The red-headed girl smiled at their antics and opened the box of pizza she had brought, drawing their attention towards it by the delicious aroma that wafted into the air.
"Woah! Is that the Four Flavoured Special which Antonio's launched yesterday?"
"Yup!"
"Sweet!" Raph grabbed a slice of Meat-lovers, taking half of it in his mouth in one single bite. Leo also grabbed a slice from the Vege-delight part. They both devoured two slices each in a matter of seconds and before they could grab a third, April quickly closed the box to stop them.
"Woah guys, shouldn't we save the rest for Donnie and Mikey?"
The eldest two paused, sharing an unreadable look which their human friend could only interpret as silent communication.
Then they gazed back towards April and gave her a smile, creeping her out by the perfect synchronization they were unintentionally displaying.
Raph took the box from her hands and opened it, taking out another slice of hot and delicious pizza, "Don't worry about it too much, April-"
"-I'm pretty sure they wouldn't mind if we borrowed their share-
"_cuz they do it all the time."
Okay... she was definitely creeped out now. Since when did Leo and Raph finish each other's sentences? And how in the world had they managed to finish the pizza while talking that she didn't even notice and only one single slice was left in the box?
Raph took out the last slice and handed it to his brother before dusting off his hands and standing up, "Besides, it's their loss."
He picked up the now empty box to take it to the trashbin as Leo enjoyed the last slice, both of them oblivious to the wide-eyed look on their friend's face.
The sounds of the ongoing quarell were drowned out as April tried to comprehend what the shell had just happened.
She didn't notice when Raphael and Leonardo returned their attention back to their game after the former came back from the kitchen or when they talked about making a Ludo which will have the green and yellow colours replaced by purple and orange. The only thing she could pay attention to at the moment was her own thoughts, wondering what would it be like to have a sibling.
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A/n: April... honey... you have no idea.Having a sibling is not something that could be described into simple words. It requires a whole another experience to understand. And I think that the people who don't have any siblings and yet they understand what having one would be like are either TMNT fans or fans of any other fandom which contains too many sibling moments.
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this little oneshot. Thanks for reading!
By the way, who votes for making a LUDO which has purple and orange instead of yellow and green, exclusive just for these ninjas?