4 Monster - Tmnt 2012
Raph stepped down the stairs quietly. He had tried to sleep but his mind was just too loud. With the silence of a trained ninja he crept to his genius brother’s lab; sighing with relief to see the purple-banded turtle had actually gone to sleep in his own bed, for once.
Even as his shell was cushioned by the worn-out couch he could not feel any comfort. “Especially you Raph!” The ginger’s voice echoed in his head as the image of his youngest brother pushed its way to the front of his mind. He had been so focused on Leo’s recovery… Did he really neglect his brother to the point he needed to run away? Did Donnie feel that way too? He shook his head in attempt to clear his thoughts as he realized he was now pacing in the dark room. How could he have let his brother get to that point under HIS watch? “Ow son of a-“He bit back as he stubbed his toe on the kitchen counter. As he silently cursed he noticed a crumpled paper on the floor. He carefully unfolded it to reveal the smudged messy writing as he focused his eyes in the dark to decipher it…
To my bro’s or anyone who cares
I’m sorry I make a mess of every thing. Im going away do not look for me
Sorry, love you guys
mikey
(Ps take care of ice cream kitty)
The second his eyes finished scanning the paper he tore it to pieces. His feet stumbling back into the sofa without his consent as the world seemingly turned on its axis with him in the center of a whirlpool of emotions.
Mikey walked down the stairs wincing as they creaked behind him. He prayed silently to the pizza gods that his bros won’t wake up cause of it. He did try to sleep but he was just SO bored. Mikey resisted the urge to hum but suddenly heard something unusual. He froze on the last staircase trying to locate the shuddery noise. Creeping slowly on his tip toes he carefully approached the turtle-shaped shadow, letting out a gasp as he realized it was his hot-headed brother. Quickly recovering he slid beside him making his movements as obvious as possible without moving quickly. As If his brother was a scared animal, shell he kind of is. “SShh it’s okay raphie, I got ya, just let it all out bro.” He shushed as one arm went around his quivering older brother, his hand rubbing slow circles of love into his shoulder.
Mikey couldn’t tell you how long his soothing took for the sobs to die down into barely audible whimpers but definitely enough time for his squishy heart to become full to bursting with worry for his sibling. “Bro please tell me what’s wrong. I hate seeing you sad.” He said honestly as the red-masked turtle looked everywhere but his baby-blue eyes. “I’ sorry, I hurt you.” He eventually whispered out, so faint if Mikey wasn’t paying his full attention he could of mistaken it for the howling of the wind outside the window. “You didn’t mean to bro.” He paused and waited for his brother to look at him expectedly, as he placed his hand over Raph’s calloused one before continuing “It’s been a lot for all of us. Yeah you were a bit mean BUT you saved me. Like the awesome big brother I know you are.” He finished this with a gentle hug, almost hoping he could somehow physically press the sadness out of his sibling. “You’re an awesome little bro. No matter how mad ya make me Mikey.” Raph said as he leaned into the embrace silently. When Mikey was sure his brother understood he meant it he pulled away gently his eyes glinting with his signature mischief.
“TV marathon? I won’t tell if you wooon’t~”
“Okay ya knucklehead. But I choose the first show!”