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Raph rolled his eyes as the younger two laughed, Mikey throwing his arm across Donnie’s shoulders.
“You both did like, no dancing! At a dance!”
“Lame. Too bad for you, it was fun!” Donnie high-threed Mikey.
“I danced!”
“By yourself!”
“Does it really count when you danced with each other? I mean, you can do that at home.”
“It totally counts!”
“Yeah, it’s not the same at home. We were THERE at a school, just like in the movies!”
“Mikey’s right—that’s like saying Dad’s surprise party was the same as school prom!”
Raph rolled his eyes again, noticing out of the corner of his sight Leo starting to look dejected. He sighed to himself and reached into his pocket.
“Dang it… I forgot something back there.”
“Forgot what?” Leo asked.
“Never mind that. I gotta go back.”
“But we’re almost home!” Donnie exclaimed.
“Yeah, can’t you just get it on Monday?” Mikey reasoned.
“It’ll be gone by then. You two head home so Dad doesn’t worry. Leo, let’s go.”
Glancing nervously between his brothers, Leo nodded. “Uh, okay… We’ll be back, guys.”
They waved, parting ways. The younger two continued home still chatting loudly whereas the older two backtracked their way from the school silently. When they arrived at the school, Raphael opened the door and Leonardo felt a sense of déjà vu from the first time they saw inside the building.
What a difference a month made!
“Do you know where you forgot whatever it is or do you need me to help look?” Leo asked, absentmindedly kicking aside one of the balloons laying on the floor.
“Over here,” Raph walked over to where the music was and started purposefully pressing buttons.
“What are you doing? I don’t think we should be touching that…”
“Chill, Leo. No one’s here and we’ll just play one song.”
“But… you can listen to music at home?”
“You heard those two. It’s not the same at home and we did no dancing. Just gonna, ya know, fix that.”
“You’re going to dance with me?” Leo crossed his arms across his plastron and smirked.
“No, YOU are going to dance with ME.” Raph smirked back as he pressed play.
“Is it a Drake song?”
“You know it!”
“What’s it called?”
“Fire & D—uh, Ice. Or something like that,” he tripped over his words.
“Oh. Okay.”
He nervously noticed the other mulling over something. “What? What is it?”
“Fire & Ice… kind of like us, you know? Red and blue.”
“Yeah,” a slow smile spread on his face as he relaxed. “I thought so too.”
“Isn’t this weird?”
“Only weird if you make it that way,” the larger turtle snorted as he stood in front of the other. “Uh… okay, like this?” He awkwardly took Leo’s left hand in his right and rested his left on the lower side of his shell.
They could barely hear the music for the first sixteen seconds before it gave way to louder lyrics…
[(1) FIRE & DESIRE]
Dedicate, I dedicate the world.
Yeah, oh…
I dedicate, I dedicate…
I give you my fortune…
“You’re holding me like a girl!” Leonardo protested, causing Raphael to laugh as they began moving to the music.
“Next time take the lead, Fearless leader!”
The eldest frowned but one minute into the song the singer’s voice was louder so he said nothing in response.
You don't see the perks of this whole thing.
But you get real on a pill and I like it.
You just like my sidekick, I just wanna ride-
Fulfill all your desires…
Keep you in the front, never in the back,
And never on the side.
He did try to take the lead, he asked April to the prom! She was already going, in fact if it wasn’t for her the entire event would have been cancelled! They hung out a lot since he had been helping with her journalism projects, so he wouldn’t have been nervous inviting her to go with him as friends. Well, not entirely anyway. Okay, maybe a little. But still, she had to have known he was asking her out as a date.
Or maybe that was why she interrupted him rather than out of concern he was making himself sick…
He offered to walk her from her place to school but she said she would just meet all of them there.
So he showed up to prom with his brothers. Who all quickly left his side to join their friends.
Well, Donnie joined Mikey’s group as most of his friends were introverted and preferred to stay home. Leo thought about tagging along with Raph but knew he would not blend in with a group of jocks.
Besides, he’s supposed to be the oldest. Even he knew it would be lame for the eldest sibling to cling to their little brothers.
Maybe he really did have no rizz…
Dedicate to you…
I need you inspired, I need you excited.
I don't wanna fight it.
I figure out you, you figure out me…
We both a different breed.
I'm followin' your lead…
Raphael looked down at Leonardo who looked as if he were lost in his thoughts. Again. He held back a disappointed sigh.
“Not having fun?”
“No.” He startled, leaning back. “I mean, no I’m not ‘not having fun.’ That’s to say, yes,” he took a deep breath. “Actually, yeah, this is fun. Not what I was expecting but, fun.” He smiled apologetically, feeling relieved when a large grin flashed on the hothead’s face.
“Ya want to pick the next song?”
“Next song? I thought you said we’ll just play one.”
“Ya, but…” he paused. “I’m having fun too. So, why rush?”
“Because we need to get home. Dad—”
“Dad will be busy with Mikey and Donnie talking his head off because they never shut up. If they pause to take a breath, they can text us if they think we’re taking too long.”
Leo looked at him, musing over Raph’s reasons. They made sense and besides… he could use the extra practice, right?
I dedicate…
This song's for you
I dedicate…
I give you my all.
I give you my voice.
This song's for you.
“Okay. Do you need to go choose another song?”
“Nope,” the stronger turtle gently pulled the other back into their earlier dance position. “Already programmed a few.”
“Really?” the leader looked up, turning his face to the side so it wasn’t pressed against the other’s upper plastron. “You? Planning ahead? Are you wanting to be the leader now?”
“Not a chance.” His response was almost as abrupt as the song transition…
[(2) I GET LONELY]
Waited on you for so long…
Too many days since January.
I'm still sitting here alone…
We should've did this already…
Slightly relieved, he chuckled and rested his head against the other’s shoulder. “Good, I could never be as strong as you—I don’t like the taste of that protein powder stuff you drink.” Feeling the rumble of laughter through the other’s chest, he smiled. Yeah, this wasn’t what he expected but it was… fun.
Just like you, I get lonely…
Baby, I could really get to know you.
Take my time and show you…
Don't tell anybody what we do
When I get lonely…
Take me to another place where I'll be
Face to face, just you and me with no rules.
Just like you, I get lonely too…
His thoughts wandered back to hours earlier of the first night they stood inside the school…
The coolest thing about April was her confidence. The way she yelled at them on the rooftop from the street, how she tracked her scooter to the chop shop... Even when she was struggling to be accepted, it was less about needing approval and more about not being ridiculed. She wanted respect for what she did but otherwise didn’t seem to care much about what anyone thought of her. It was obvious to everyone how she had been passionate about journalism ever since she was young, especially since she was so good at it!
Clearly, she was everything Leo was not.
Ain't got a love to call steady
Hope it ain't like that for long.
I'll be your friend if you let me,
Don't wanna come on strong…
But one thing they had in common was honesty, right? He was bad at lying and she, well, she said the word a lot.
The first moment they stood face-to-face she told them honestly she didn’t think all the good animals were taken. Okay, so turtles weren’t her favorite. No big deal, right?
Then he recalled what she said not much later… that to be honest, she wasn’t scared of them because they helped her. But if not for that then, yes, she would have been scared.
He froze, realizing a detail that he had overlooked because he became busy panicking that their Dad texted Donnie… Yeah she gasped when his brothers pushed him forward, but that was a normal response seeing someone so different. Pretty sure he gasped when unexpectedly seeing the other mutants too.
But after they all had chatted for a while, after Mikey asked that question, after he and Raph moaned about being doomed, and before Donnie announced their dad was freaking out, April had just said something else he had forgotten about. Or maybe he just didn’t want to think about it. Either way, she admitted—honestly—that she would have been really freaked out and disgusted.
Freak.
Disgusting.
Baby, I could really get to know you.
Take my time and show you…
Don't tell anybody what we do
When I get lonely…
Take me to another place where I'll be
Face to face, just you and me with no rules.
Just like you, I get lonely too…
Without thinking about it, he instinctively nudged deeper into the spot his head rested upon and sighed sadly. Raph glanced down, unable to see Leo’s expression and uncertain of what to say.
He knew what he wanted to say. He was certain of what the other was thinking about. No doubt, her. Would it have killed her to dance with him just once? Yeah, she has a right to refuse an uncomfortable situation but his naïve brother wasn’t one to take advantage of anyone! He could see she had little more romantic interest for any of the turtle boys as he felt about any human girls, but even as a friend could she have offered him one dance?
That’s why they were there now, he thought as he heard one song end and the next begin…
[(3) TAKE CARE]
I know you've been hurt by someone else,
I can tell by the way you carry yourself.
If you let me, here's what I'll do,
I'll take care of you…
The younger ones were just good-naturedly teasing the oldest, heck he’s done more than his fair share of that too. But for just a moment he noticed how crushed Leo looked. If all Raph had to do was make up an excuse to sneak off and listen to some of his favorite music to cheer his brother up, then that solution was a no-brainer even for a musclehead like him.
He knew dancing with him wasn’t the same as it would have been with her. Just one song—a few minutes—literally was the thing that would ‘make or break’ the evening for him. Didn’t even have to be a slow love song, it could have been one of the upbeat ones their brothers danced to! The four of them could have danced together, even Raph would have joined knowing how much it would have meant to Leo. (With complaints of course, but he would have done it!)
They won't get you like I will, my only wish is I die real
'Cause that truth hurts…
Just one dance as friends for fun like all the other teenagers in the room were doing too… she could have let him feel normal for a little while. Raph moved his hand from the side of Leo’s shell to partially wrap his arm protectively around his carapace.
I'll be there for you, I will care for you.
I keep thinking you just don't know…
He ignored what was more than likely a questioning glance being given to him as he was too busy trying to refocus his thoughts. They both needed a momentary distraction from thinking about the same person who wasn’t even there.
When you're ready, just say you're ready!
When all the baggage just ain't as heavy
And the party's over, just don't forget me.
We'll change the pace and we'll just go slow.
You won't ever have to worry, you won't ever have to hide,
And you've seen all my mistakes, so look me in my eyes.
'Cause if you let me, here's what I'll do…
I'll take care of you.
“Thanks, Leo.”
“Thanks?” He tried to look up but could only turn his neck due to the position they were in. “For what?”
“For, ya know, this. I didn’t know what I was missing,” he answered, staring straight ahead at nothing.
“Huh…” Leo murmured surprised. “Do you wish you had asked someone to dance earlier? It was probably really fun with almost everyone having a good time.”
“Kinda, yeah… but kind of no too.”
“That doesn’t make sense.”
Raph let go of the hand he was holding to scratch at a sudden itch on his neck, keeping the left arm wrapped around the other’s center. “Sure it does. Earlier might have been fun, but then we wouldn’t be here now.” He bypassed the waiting hand and lowered his right arm around the opposite side of the other’s center. Leo hesitated for a moment in confusion before resting both hands on the arms surrounding him.
“That’s true. At least this way you know you like all the songs.”
Even though he was stating it as a simple fact and not a playful joke, Raphael still smiled at Leonardo’s response and rested his chin on top of the other’s head.
You hate being alone, well you ain't the only one.
You hate the fact that you bought the dream
And they sold you one.
And you love your friends, but somebody should've told you some'
To save you…
“Well, Leo, this is what we wanted… to be accepted by humans enough we can go to school and do stuff, have fun. It’s been good so far!”
“Yeah… All of you have a lot of friends to enjoy after-school activities and stuff with. It’s really exciting.”
He noticed the forced enthusiasm and considered going along with it. But to do so he would have had to bite his tongue hard enough to make it bleed…
“Surprised ya didn’t ask the school to start a martial arts club or something.”
No, he wasn’t.
“Why would I do that?”
“Ya good at it. They could get some karate master to volunteer and teach so we could have formal lessons.”
Leo shook his head. “I think we fight fine, Raph. That kinda feels disrespectful to Dad.”
“No way!” he replied, trying to taper his enthusiasm that the eldest was taking the bait. “I bet he’d be excited to learn all the stuff we could teach him!”
“Really?” the other asked with surprise.
“Definitely! You even told him he went buck wild during the battle, imagine how crazy it’d be if he could learn the real stuff and not just from TV!”
“True…”
Raph grinned, watching Leo contemplate the idea he just planted. “But you all wouldn’t have time for that, you already have club commitments.”
“Oh, you’re right…” he paused to try and look disappointed for a moment. “Wait—you’re the leader, ya can learn and teach us when we’re training at home!”
“But I’m busy helping April with her journalism and the school paper. I wouldn’t have time either.”
“She managed before we showed up.”
“Yeah, but there’s the TCRI organization and—”
“And what good is facing new enemies with old moves? We got to be ready for all the fighting we might have to do!”
In his attempt to hype up Leo, now Raph found himself feeling excited at the thought of real battles and causing his emotions to crescendo with the intro of the following song. Wrestling was awesome but the school did have a strict no-weapons policy…
[(4) FALL FOR YOUR TYPE]
Can I, can I save you from you?
'Cause you know there's something missing…
“I’m not sure—” the leader paused, stopping himself from giving up before he really started to consider the option. He then understood that he was being selfish, prioritizing his want to hang out with April over the needs of his team to be prepared for their own safety. After dealing with the Mega Mutant Superfly, who knows what else could happen with more mutagen out there?
'Cause with all that recognition it gets hard for you to listen
To the things that I must say to make you mine.
But live, girl, have some fun, girl, we'll be fine.
Trying to convince myself I've found one…
“I’ll see what I can do.”
“Really? You’ll spend less time with April so you can help us all fight better?” It was getting hard to contain his enthusiasm—the less Leo moped over her and the more he trained with them, the better! Best of both worlds, actually! If he started going soft, Raph would lose his mind—he needed his biggest competitor to stay sharp!
“Yeah, she’ll understand. Besides, you’re right—she did so much on her own before we even met her. She made things so easy for us to jump in and follow up on all her leads. Me? I’m still forgetting to hold the camera the right way...” he shook his head.
“You’re more than a walking tripod.”
“Thanks. Actually,” he glanced down at the floor, “she’ll probably like it better this way.”
No, no, no, no, no! Don’t mope! Not now… Argh! How does she manage to ruin things when she isn’t even here?
“Well, you know human women…” he tried to chuckle, but it was insincere. “Independent girls running the world and all that stuff Beyonce sings about. She’s just used to working alone—it’s not you, it’s her.”
“Maybe… I hope so, I guess. It’s just… she didn’t want to come to prom with me either…”
“What do you mean? You two hung out all night tonight just like you hang out all the time at school! It’s not like she’s embarrassed to be seen with you. Heck, all of us, we’re like celebrities!”
“You guys maybe.”
“You too! We’re a team!”
“She didn’t want to show up with me… just met all of us here.”
“She’s still seen with you all the time, Leo! She’s the only person you hang out with, even more than us!”
“You guys are busy. Wait, do you think she’s tired of me? Am I bothering her?”
“Friends need space from each other sometimes. But…”
I just pray that you don't let me down right now,
It's too late, I'm already yours…
You just gotta promise me, hearts won't break.
“But what? Did she say something?”
“Maybe other girls are giving her grief for hogging all your attention?”
“Wait, what?” Leonardo pushed back to get a clearer look at Raphael who swallowed, trying to clear his throat and hoping he didn’t say the wrong thing…
“Just because April doesn’t look at you the same way you look at her, doesn’t mean others don’t…”
Tell me why I, always, fall,
For your type…
“No one ‘looks at’ me. Stop joking around.”
“It’s true. Word in the locker room is ya, well… kinda pretty.”
The eldest’s jaw dropped as he stopped swaying to the music. “THAT’S EVEN WORSE!”
“Why?”
“Girls are pretty, not guys!” Leo raised an arm to facepalm heavily.
“It’s 2023, guys can be pretty too.”
“Maybe to other guys! Ugh, would YOU want to be called pretty?”
“I’m too ugly to be called pretty.”
“No, you’re not,” he groaned, peeking between his fingers. “Our brothers are right, I got no rizz...”
Raph rolled his eyes. “Ya got rizz! I told ya, someone thinks ya, ya know, attractive.”
Leo let his fingers slide down his face before abruptly thumping his forehead against the other’s plastron in front of him and gave a defeated sigh.
It's feeling like the second chance and it’s the first impression…
“Is it really that bad?” he asked, licking his dry lips and swallowing his discomfort as he repositioned his arms higher on the back of the other’s shell.
“Which part? Or all of it where I’m doomed to a life of loneliness?” the other sighed, not bothering to look up.
“She ain’t the only person in the world. Besides, ain’t ya notice how weak humans are? We’re better off with our own kind…”
“Remember what dad said? ‘It’s a really small pool. There's no app to meet other mutant ladies.’” The older of the two scoffed.
“What about… other mutant guys?”
At this surprising question Leo tried to look up but the weight near the top of his shell kept him in place. “Raph? What are you saying?”
How reckless I have been…
“I’m just asking, is it so awful a guy thinks you’re cute? Maybe it’s the same for her… she might be looking for Ms Right and not Mr—or maybe she’s married to her work.” Leo could feel Raph shrug his large shoulders.
I'm just trying to correct it…
He stood stunned, turning his face so his cheek rested against the other’s plastron.
“I guess it is 2023…”
“I told ya… it’s not you, it’s her.” He let his arms loosen and, without a word, offered to resume their original dancing positions. The other nodded, accepting the offered hand in his as they placed the opposite hands on the lower side of each other’s shells.
Tell me why I, always, fall,
For your type…
“So… you?”
“Yeah.”
“Was that one of the many regrets you mentioned having?”
“Well, it sure wasn’t forgetting to try frozen yogurt!”
They both laughed before the oldest asked, “Feel better telling someone?”
“Yeah.”
“Thanks for trusting me.” A nod was the only response he got so he continued, “Anyone, you know… you, like-like?”
“Just one.”
“I hope it works out. I mean, you’re the most popular guy in school so I’m sure he’ll feel lucky if, well, he doesn’t only like girls.”
“That’s the problem, I think he does. His brothers don’t even know his type, they just joke it’s every girl…”
“Ugh, sounds like how Mikey and Donnie tease me.” An annoyed look crossed his face.
Raph rolled his eyes. “If his own brothers don’t even know, he probably don’t neither. Maybe I should just kiss him and see what he says.”
“That’s bold,” he replied with surprise, “but maybe it would work. How though?”
“That’s easy. I’d just put on some music by Drake and ask him to dance with me.”
I believe in people like you.
The current song was ending and the intro of the new song was like the soundtrack of watching the other turtle’s thoughts make the connection and come to the realization of what was being implied. At that very moment, Raphael leaned down and cupped Leonardo’s chin with his fingertips while gently pressing their lips together…
[(5) FIND YOUR LOVE]
I'm more than just an option, (hey, hey, hey)
Refuse to be forgotten! (hey, hey, hey)
I took a chance with my heart (hey, hey, hey)
And I feel it taking over…
So maybe Raph doesn’t dream of fighting EVERY night… at least, not a battle that leaves his tongue doing little more than licking his sais in bloodlust. Sometimes the struggle is much softer, like the feel of Leo’s lips… he would bet he started sneaking chapstick to use, because there was definitely a hint of some scented flavor… Vanilla? Strawberry? Chocolate? It would be just like him to have more than one because he couldn’t decide. The thought made him smile inside.
This was it, his biggest regret now gone. Mikey can keep his frozen yogurt, this tasted much better!
Raphael hopes Leonardo agrees. He hasn’t moved… He peeked open his eyes just in time to catch the other slowly closing his. Had he been staring in shock the entire time? Had he—
I better find your loving…
I bet if I give all my love then nothing's gonna tear us apart…
Some leader he is tonight, Leo thought. Of all the things he wasn’t expecting, this was the most unexpected. While a small part of him secretly hoped maybe he’d experience his first kiss at prom, he didn’t expect that dream to come true. A dance was the most he had dared to wish for and that didn’t even happen. But now here he was, feeling another’s lips on his. Not soft ones, a little chapped—thank goodness he bought those flavored chapsticks last week, much more effective than constantly licking his lips when they got dry. But wow were they… warm.
He closed his eyes to enjoy the sensation without distraction. This chaste kiss was what he always desired and that warm feeling flooded every fiber of his being… Warm like fresh pizza, warm like hot tea... warm enough to just make him melt…
“Mmm…” He startled, pulling back suddenly at the sound he just made. His eyes locked with the other’s gaze on him.
“Ya good?”
He nodded dumbly.
“Sure?”
“Are you sure?”
“About what?”
“Me?”
“Yeah,” he answered without hesitation.
“Since when?”
“A while…”
It's more than just a mission (hey, hey, hey)
You hear, but you don't listen (hey, hey, hey)
You better pay attention (hey, hey, hey)
And get what you've been missing…
Smoldering doubt extinguished and gave way to burning desire. Leo moved his left hand on Raph’s shoulder to slide up his arm and circled over his shoulder before moving his right hand to interlock fingers behind the back of the other’s neck. He gazed at him softly before leaning forward when he suddenly felt lips crash into his, too eager to close the distance between them. Raph wrapped his arms around the other’s shell and pressed them tightly together.
The oldest was used to meditating and could have probably happily settled with just the pressure of pressed lips together forever, but the brawler was impatient as well as intrigued by the scent surrounding his senses. He was almost becoming hyper-fixated on it. Was it vanilla or strawberry or chocolate the other used recently? Curiosity got the better of him as he slipped the tip of his tongue for a taste trying to decide, neither expecting the electric response the slight movement elicited…
They jolted apart for a brief moment before, for the first time that evening, the leader took initiative.
I'm done waiting, there's nothing left to do
But give all I have to you and
I better find your loving…
I better find your heart…
I better find your loving…
I bet if I give all my love then nothing's gonna tear us apart…
Raphael had barely taken a taste, but Leonardo chose to completely devour. The taller of the two did not expect the older one to recover so quickly from the energy that sparked between them. Before he could react, the boy stood on his tiptoes to not only resume the kiss but escalate it.
I bet if I give all my love then nothing's gonna tear us apart…
It was not difficult to slip his tongue through considering their lips were partially opened in surprise, but had that not been the case he was certain he would have done so forcefully. Either way, Raph was not complaining. His shy, timid Leo being assertive was hot. No, better than hot… it was downright sexy.
But he can’t let him get too confident, he thought to himself with a smirk as he moved his left hand behind the other’s head and, speaking of being assertive, slipped the right hand much lower. This time his smirk shown on his face as Leo gasped at feeling himself being grabbed beneath his shell.
As the song ended Raphael thought about how he still has a lot to live for, but at least now he could die without as many regrets that he had just an hour ago...
[HOLD ON, WE’RE GOING HOME]
I got my eyes on you.
You're everything that I see…
I want your hot love and emotion, endlessly.
I can't get over you.
You left your mark on me.
I want your high love and emotion, endlessly.
'Cause you're a good girl and you know it.
You act so different around me…
'Cause you're a good girl and you know it.
I know exactly who you could be.
Just hold on, we're going home…
Just hold on, we're going home…
Barely hearing the lyrics, Leonardo pulled away and after catching his breath stared at Raphael wide-eyed. “Raph! We’ve been gone a long time, Dad’s going to get worried!”
Pulling the other closer to him in a tight hug he replied, “Chill, Leo. This is the last song on my playlist.”
“You made a playlist?”
“Stop asking questions,” he replied as he tilted his head back to kiss again. He received no argument, only willing compliance. Six songs… twenty minutes… and his life has changed completely…
I got my eyes on you.
You're everything that I see…
Often books had relationships of some kind somewhere in the story… felt like every movie there was a romantic interest no matter how irrelevant to the plot it may be… and it was hard to find music that didn’t somehow leave him longing for love…
It wasn’t a good feeling even if he had he been a normal teenager. Being a mutant he felt even more desperate about desiring something he could never have. Maybe… just maybe he directed that empty feeling of loneliness and hyper-fixated it on the first girl he ever met. Possibly, it wasn’t her breaking his heart but him doing it to himself… because what had she done besides exist? She was even his friend, an understanding and patient one at that. It wasn’t her fault she could not return his affections, especially if she already suspected he was in love with the idea of being in love rather than the whole of who she is as a person.
Yet when he was feeling low, here was Raphael picking him up. He made up an excuse to get him a break from the teasing, he suggested they dance and make up for what they missed out earlier, he was the one who put on music to do so, and he even went so far as to make his first kiss memorable.
That would have been enough, but he admitted something deeply personal only to him… Of course, the most important thing was he did all of that not out of obligation, but because of love. They all love each other, but he liked him. Like-like.
He did all of that for him…
Slowly ending their kiss so he could gaze at him, Leonardo could only smile and think about how lucky he was to know such an awesome turtle.
Gave you everything I love.
I think there's something, baby…
Smiling back, Raph resuming their original dance position with a slight sigh.
“We’ve got about one minute left…”
“Then what happens?”
“The song ends, dork.”
“You know what I mean!”
“Well…” he paused. “That’s up to you, really.” Without warning, he playfully spun the other and dipped down during the dance. His brother gasped, causing him to laugh. “You lead, I follow… that’s how it goes with us, right?”
“Supposed to, but usually you go loud and ninjas are supposed to be quiet,” he joked.
“For this I’ll stay as silent as ya need for as long as ya want.”
Leo thought while they continued to sway in small circles. “Well… might be fun to see how long we can share this just between the two of us?”
“Give ya time to make sure ya over her?”
“I was thinking it would be good ninja training for us and our brothers.”
“Gonna be hard considering how many people are living with us now.”
“Not up for the challenge?” the leader smirked.
“Not sure YA up for the challenge!” the brawler smirked back.
“Probably can’t tell any of the humans, I don’t think they would understand the whole mutant situation.”
“Yeah, we had to save their lives just for them to tolerate we exist. This probably not so much…”
Just hold on, we're going home (going home)
Ho-oh-oh (going home)
They slowed, listening to the last fifteen seconds fading out as the taller turtle grabbed his cell phone. Moments later Leo heard a message alert and checked his own phone, smiling when he saw the text sent to their group family chat.
Found what I was looking for. Leo and I are going home now.
With that the two boys left the school and walked home, hand-in-hand until they were almost at the lair and let their fingers fall away from each other when Raphael turned to Leonardo to ask…
“Hey, Leo—what the heck flavor of chapstick were ya even using tonight?”
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