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After a long and excruciating day at her latest job, April was feeling a bit more run down than usual. She'd had her fair share of bad gigs in the past, but this one was really taking the cake! Rude customers almost every hour, faulty equipment, unclear tasks given by uncaring management. It was a mess! All she wanted to do right now was go home and rest for a couple of hours.
While she did have a home with her parents in the city, she knew that at this hour both of them would be working late shifts tonight, and despite her exhaustion, she didn't want to be alone. So she opted to go to her home away from home in the sewers with the turtles.
When she arrived, she found the place unusually quiet, save for Splinter snoring in the TV room on his chair. She started calling and searching around the lair, but nobody answered her until she reached the game room.
"Over here, April!" Raph's voice called. She entered to find him lounging on the floor in front of the projector screen, playing a video game by himself.
"Hey Raph. Where are the others?" She asked, slouching down on the couch. She frowned a bit at feeling how stiff it was on her already sore back.
"Uhh, I think Donnie and Mikey went down to the Hidden City to run some errands? And Leo's helping another friend of ours with something. I don't know the details." He shrugged, not taking his eyes off the game.
April shifted and repositioned herself a few times as she watched him play. No matter what, though, she couldn't get comfortable for the life of her. It must have been obvious because as soon as Raph finished the level he turned to face her.
"Is everything okay? You keep making really loud, heavy sighs." He asked sincerely.
"It's nothing, I just had a really long day and I'm trying to get comfortable enough for a nap." She pouted as she laid awkwardly on the sofa. Raph frowned.
"Oh man, I'm sorry April. Not a whole lot of comfortable pieces of furniture down here." He half turned and leaned back against the couch with an arm over the seating next to her. "But if you want you can try cuddling against me!"
She agreed, and Raph moved up to sit on the couch while April used his side for a pillow. He was pretty big, and took up over half the space provided, but it was okay because she was fairly small herself.
April was used to cuddling and being platonically affectionate with the turtles by this point. They were her closest friends and they were all comfortable with each other. However, they were still turtles, and as such, their shells and plastron weren't always the nicest things to sleep against. Especially when April was already so on edge from the events of the day and was seeking a cozier, pleasant sensation to help lull her to sleep.
She would have moved or spoken up sooner about this, had it not been for the sounds against her ear. Despite the hard surface of Raphael's side, she found herself entranced by the muffled echoes from within his body. Her head was placed right below his pec area against his ribcage, while he hugged an arm around her upper body that gently pressed her closer. His deep, rhythmic heartbeat mixed with the on and off gurgling of his stomach. She actually found it kind of endearing to listen to, like Raph's body was having its own weird little conversation with her.
Raph was too busy focusing on his game to really take notice of the fact that his body was trying to tell him something. So eventually, it decided to turn up the volume. In the middle of April being half awake and half asleep, a sudden, loud and heavy growl rumbled beneath her head. So loud that it actually made her jolt and blink awake.
"Oh! Sorry April! Sorry!" Raph blushed and apologized. "Just a little hungry right now. I'll get up to grab something as soon as I'm done with this dumb level."
She gave a brief laugh and brushed it off. But Raph's stomach didn't seem to like this idea, and continued its noisy demands every couple of seconds. It was distracting both him and his companion now, and keeping them from meeting their respective goals. Raph paused his game and growled in frustration.
"I guess I gotta get up and grab something to eat now." He muttered.
"What about me?" April asked with a yawn.
"Oh, sure, I can grab some food for you, too, if you want." He offered. She shook her head.
"No I mean what if you ate me?" She suggested wearily.
He knit his brow and gave her his full attention. "Why would I do that?"
She rolled over so that the back of her head was against his middle now. "No offense," she said, "But for one thing, you're probably more comfortable to sleep against on the inside than on the outside." She tenderly knocked the back of her knuckles on his plastron. "Plus, then you wouldn't have to get up and you could finish your game."
That all sounded pretty logical, actually. Raph had been stuck on this particular part of his game for a bit now and he was determined to get past it. The sooner he could do that the better. And he knew April couldn't sleep until she was comfortable. If he could offer her that in some way, how could he refuse her?
"Good point." He nodded. "But I'll let you back out in an hour, okay?" He grabbed his phone and set an alarm so he wouldn't forget, and April sat up to stretch and prep herself. Glasses and shoes off, at least. She wouldn't need them.
Raph shifted so that he was turned and facing her on the couch. When she was ready, he leaned forward and opened his mouth as wide as he was able. Which was actually a decent amount, since he was an enormous alligator snapping turtle.
She took a moment to marvel at this, and actually reached out to gently touch his soft, pink tongue. This made him give a small chuckle before moving it to lick at her hand playfully. She giggled in response and used her other hand to boop the top of his snoot. He pulled back and gave a big snuff at her through his nostrils in mock frustration.
"April! Come on!" He cried. But they were both laughing.
He opened up again and this time she lifted both hands and moved them carefully towards the back of his throat. He welcomed them into his esophagus and gave the first big gulp. An action which held her hands and wrists tightly inside and began to pull her deeper in.
She could feel how soft and squishy and warm it was inside him now, and she craved it. It was like sinking her arms into a heated pillow! He gulped again and she was in up to her biceps. She ducked her head to avoid his teeth, especially his sharp snaggletooth. She trusted Raph wholeheartedly and knew he'd never intentionally hurt her, but it was always good to be cautious.
Raph was also hyper aware of himself, and stretched his maw even wider to ensure he wouldn't risk accidentally cutting her with his sharp tooth. He poured his focus into every action he took, while also delighting in the sensation of her arms descending down his throat. Something about the feeling made him eager. Like he wanted to know what the rest of her would feel like inside his body. He wanted to pull her into himself, where she would be safe and cozy and he could protect her from the outside world. He wanted to help relieve her of the bad day she had and block out any more discomfort so she could rest.
April took one last big breath of air before he swallowed once again and sent her headfirst into his esophagus. Raph grimaced a bit at the change in size, feeling his throat stretch to accommodate such a large object. He shifted in his seat and put his hands on her back, breathing through his nose as he worked quickly to bring more of her in.
The girl's eyes were squeezed shut, doing her best not to move too much and trusting Raph to work her in himself. It wasn't long before she felt her hands breach his stomach, feeling the openness of the space. He must have felt it too because a second later, she felt him gently grab her legs, and lift the rest of her body up as he straightened his back and faced the ceiling.
Gravity happily assisted him as he rapidly swallowed and brought her carefully down, down deep into his core. When her head popped out into his stomach, she gave a loud gasp for air. A moment later, her shoulder blades hit the bottom of his belly. Now that she was halfway in, she helped by pulling herself down as well.
Raph was almost sad that this was all happening so quickly. He was enjoying it, in all honesty. April was small, but still the biggest meal he'd ever consumed in one sitting. It definitely felt odd, but in a good way.
However, the sensation of her slipping down his throat was nothing compared to the fullness he experienced once she was all the way in his stomach.
He laid back and gave a few huffs to catch his breath, looking down to see how rounded his gut now was. It wasn't painful or anything, but there was a slight discomfort that he really didn't mind too much.
He gave a small yelp when he felt her move and shift around. "Oh! Sorry Raph!" She cried, immediately stopping. Her voice was muffled and he could barely hear it.
"No, no, you're okay!" He replied, cradling his massive belly in both arms. In contrast to April's voice from outside, his voice on the inside was lot loud and seemed to come from everywhere around her. "It's just taking me a second to get used to…how is it?"
She took a moment to actually take in her surroundings and how she felt. Every surface that now touched her was soft and squishy. Like a massive hug from him at every angle. His heartbeat was steady and close, and although the walls were contracting a bit and seemed to be moving and reacting on their own, she wasn't at all scared or nervous. And it was so, so incredibly warm! She smiled.
"It's perfect, Raph! You're so cozy and soft!" She turned in the direction of the rest of his body and snuggled up against him, nuzzling her face into the wall.
Raph's blush was as deep a red as his mask, and he couldn't help the big smile that was spreading across his face. He giggled and rubbed his big hands over the top of his tummy and relaxed back into the couch.
"Awesome! Now you have the best and most comfiest place to snooze, and I can get back to beating this boss!" He grabbed his controller and unpaused his game, resting his wrists on top of his belly. April was completely passed out within the minute. Lulled to sleep but the sounds of Raph's body, like a soft melody reassuring her that she was safe and loved.
Raph probably would have beaten that particularly difficult video game boss,too, if he didn't also fall fast asleep five minutes later.