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Your apartment is a mess.
You couldn’t even deny it anymore, it's just a real mess in here. You contemplated for a second to at least pick up the clothes on the floor and put it in the basket but… you were too comfortable in your blanket cocoon of heaven to even do that.
Ignoring the sunken feeling in your gut, you snag a tissue and blow all of the snot clogging your nose, throwing it somewhere on the table. Man, crying is no fun, you feel icky and gross and wet, and the most annoying thing is that your eyes still can’t even see shit right now from all the tears you let out.
Knock, Knock
There’s a knock on the… window?
Wait, you didn’t ask anyone to hang out today right? Or a package... You didn’t remember ordering anything online recently. Why would someone knock on your window anyway, they should’ve knocked on the door... Right?
A familiar voice called your name, asking if you were here or have you left for groceries.
Wait, Mikey?
You sprinted all the way from the couch to the balcony, the blanket tagging along as you yanked the window all the way to the top.
“Mikey, what are you doing here?’’ You blinked your eyes, trying to get rid of the wetness from your face. You can see his face shifted from the blurriness of your eyes.
“Oh mi gosh, Sparkles, are you okay?” Mikey shoved all of his body into you in an embrace. “Do you want to talk about it? It's totally cool if you don’t want to though!” his cold hands wrapping around your neck, while yours held tightly onto his waist. You're glad that he visited tonight, rather you want to admit it or not, you really do miss his hugs. Anyhow, you slowly think of the words that mull in your head and explain to the orange banded turtle what happened yesterday that made you look like a train wreck.
“I am so sorry you have to go through that Sparkles.” his voice muffled as he buried his face deeper onto your shoulder, “Aww, Mikey. You don’t have to…” you shifted your head a little to see him just as he tilted his head.
“But I want to.” That alone makes your face flush but you laugh it out, it’s probably just Mikey being the brightest sunshine that he can be in your life.
“Okay Sparkles, I know that this won’t be much but, i know a place that would cheer you up!” The orange turtle eagerly suggested, he says cheerfully, both hands lay on your shoulder as you tilt your head. “Where is it, Sunshine?” You grin at the sight of his face, he looks like he is really determined about this.
“I’ll show you!”
- - -
After you and Mikey flew off of the city’s roof both of you landed on top of an abandoned building. Mikey settled you down from his arms, hands still dangling onto you.
“You might be wondering why I'm taking you on top of a building in downtown Brooklyn.” You slowly nod at his comment as he lets go of your hand and energetically whips his arms up in the air.
“Well I'm gonna tell you that this place will make you see one of the few things New York has to offer. Come check this out, Sparkles!” Gripplingly, he grabs your hand to see what New York has to offer, and Oh. My. God. He is soo right.
The view upon you is absolutely breathtaking, all the city lights trying to grab your attention all at once in a beautiful mix of colors, most of them blending into the sea below, on top of it stands the one and only Brooklyn bridge in all of its glory. The bridge is decorated with glowing lights everywhere, it’s as if they want to blend in with the city lights.
You could spot the blur silhouette of the Manhattan bridge behind, and the iconic statue of Lady Liberty poses dramatically faraway from the bridge. Planting your hand to the edge of the building while the other still holding Mikey’s hand, you lower your view to see people still present at the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
There’s a group of people your age who are forming conversations, too busy to notice the world around them. There’s a couple holding hands and enjoying the presence of their partner, and the rest are just families and tourists taking pictures of the beautiful view New York has to give. You smile cheerily at the sight you were given.
“What do you think?” You jolted, almost forgot the fact that Mikey is in fact, beside you.
“Woah, sorry. Too caught on from all of this,” you boldly gestured at the view in front of them. Which the orange banded turtle responded with an expression you can’t really pinpoint really, a mix of fondness and affection perhaps? You don’t really know yourself. Regardless, he stares at you with that same expression for quite some time, really. His red eyes sparkling, an unsolicited feeling of yearning, that craving desire to see you like this every day. Happy.
You smiled at the turtle in front of you, cupping your free hand onto his cheeks, repeated motions coming from your thumb, carefully feeling the scales decorating his skin.
‘It’s beautiful.” is the words that ended up forming from your mouth, you release the tension from your shoulder as you close the distance between you two. “Thank you for tonight, Sunshine.” you whispered, you both shared a glance before both of your foreheads carefully tapped on each other.
“Anytime, Sparkles.” Mikey replied with a shaky breath, his free hand now palming at the hand you caress on his cheek, cradling your hands with his thumb like you did before. Familiar motion thumbing every inch, bone, and muscle. As both of you embrace in each other's company, letting the city lights engulf you in pure blissfulness.