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","writing":"Chapter 10-\n\n\tLeo hugged his legs to his chest as he held the cell he grabbed at the junk yard during their last visit. Using it only to communicate with Raph. He had the contacts app open and the keys up, but he couldn’t find it in himself to type anything. He was actually scared of what his brother’s reaction was going to be. How he just deceived him, and for so long to.\n\n\tAll he could picture was him getting yelled at, then being rejected, then being ignore. Then being kicked out. For the past week, he had nightmares of seeing the hurt and betrayed expression all over Raph’s face. That look haunted him day and night and the last thing he wanted was to see it in real life. \n\n\tLeo sighed, looking back at the phone in his hand. He uncurled himself and started typing.\n\n\t[i]“Raph, I need to see you tomorrow tonight. There’s something we have to talk about.”[/i]\n\n Leo waited a few minutes. His heel tapping on the floor uncontrollably and his palms becoming clammy from sweat. The sudden ring to announce a text message broke through the silence. Scaring Leo half out of his wits. He took a breath and looked towards the received message.\n\n[i]“Okay. Is something wrong?”[/i]\n\nThe mint green turtle sighed. Lots of thing were wrong but he didn’t want to tell Raph that.\n\n[i]“Nothing’s wrong.”[/i]\n\nHe replied a few minutes later. When he was sure there wasn’t going to be another answer, he shut the phone and put it back in the box and slid it under his bed. He needed just one more day to prepare himself. Think of the right words to say. But the more he thought about it, the more distressed he seemed to be. \n\nWith a growl, Leo picked himself up from his bed and walked out of the room. He walked over to where his brother’s laboratory was. Hesitating for a few moments before he persuaded his knuckles to knock on the door. There was a muffled voice on the other side of the door and Leo just decided that was his permission to enter.\nHis shaky hands turned the knob and the door slowly opened. Revealing the cluttered room of Don’s crypt. The olive skinned reptile pushed himself away from the desk to the table across the other room stacked with papers and other office supplies. Writing something down that Leo could only guess was a formula of some kind for another invention. Don pushed himself away from that table and back to the computer. Typing in some stuff.\n\n“Hey Don, you busy?” Don lifted up an eye enough to catch a glance of his eldest sibling.\n\n“Hey Leo. I suppose I can take a break. But I think I’m just about to crack this.” He mumbled. Scrolling through a page on the web a reading quickly.\n\n“Well, do you think you can take that break now? I need to talk to you.” He asked, rubbing his arm. Don nodded and lifted a finger, indicating that he wanted Leo to wait a moment. He opened a drawer to his desk as his fingers scurried along the top of the files. Mumbling the titles of each file to himself before whispering a hushed cheer as he found what he was looking for. Taking out the files and slamming the drawer close. He opened it up and spread out the pages beside his computer. He started writing stuff down on one of the pages before sticking the pencil in his mouth to hold. Grabbing his laptop from the shelf and opening it up. \n\nLeo sighed, thinking this was going to take a while. He walked to the other side of the room and sat down on a table and waited. He was willing to wait however long it takes at this point to get himself some answers for his situation.\n\nThe laptop finished loading and Don brought up a file. Revealing codes and formulas. Don scanned over the page, then the papers, then the computer. He turned to his notes and grinned. Slamming his fist on the table top.\n\n“I got it!” He shouted happily. Leo chuckled and shook his head. Wondering if Don always had days like this or if he just got lucky. \n\nHe walked beside Leo and dragged a carton of parts out, picking it up and setting it on top of his notes.\n\n“You done now?” The mint green turtle asked curiously. Don nodded, collecting the papers in a neat pile, picking it up and tapping the ends on the table to make sure they were even. Putting them back in the file and returning the file in the drawer. He sat down on his chair and wiped sweat from his forehead. He must have been stressed.\n\n“So what’s up Leo?” Leo chewed on his lip, wondering how in the world he was planning on starting this.\n\n“I got a situation.” Don raised an eye ridge.\n\n“What kind of situation?”\n\n“I don’t know if you would call it serious. More like confusing and stressful.” \n\n“Alright Leo. What’s this about?” Leo sighed, twiddling his thumbs.\n\n“For the past month and half. You know how you and Mikey called off the bet after I was done with my week?”\n\n“Yeah, what about it?” The mint green turtle had his head hanging from his shoulders. His eyes looking up at his youngest brother.\n\n“Well, I haven’t really stopped.” Don’s brown eyes went huge and his jaw hung ajar.\n\n“Leo, what are you trying to tell me? Have you been play acting Lyric for past month and half?” Leo stared at his brother, his head slowly nodding. “I’m guessing Raph’s involved in this to, huh?” He settled back in his chair. Giving Leo the stern look.\n\n“I’m sorry Don! I just didn’t know how to tell him and so much time slipped away before I even realized it!” The olive skinned reptile groaned, rubbing the space between his eyes.\n\n“Okay Leo, so what do you want me to do about it?” Leo grumbled and rubbed his temples. \n\n“I don’t know! I don’t know what to do anymore! I don’t want to hurt Raph, but I can’t continue doing this to him.” \n\nDon frowned, “Why did you wait this long? I mean, it was one thing if you waited an extra few days. Maybe a week at the most. But more than a whole month? I was sure you would have the courage by then.” \n\n“. . . At one point, I really was going to tell him. But things just got so out of hand.” \n\n“That still doesn’t answer my question.”\n\n\t“I just kept getting frozen,” Leo spoke, looking at his lap. Trying hard to avoid his true reason. “Course it didn’t help when Raph tried to keep distracting me.” Don didn’t look convinced, nor did he feel it. There was something else going on through Leonardo’s head and he was determined to find out right here, right now.\n\n\t“Leo,” He called. Waiting till Leo finally looked up at him. “There was no way that Raph could have distracted you long enough that you couldn’t spill the truth to him. What is it?” Leo immediately looked away. Anywhere but at his brother. Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to come here for help.\n\n\t“Look Don, I didn’t come here to give you an explanation. I just want you to help me. I don’t know what to say to him.” Don stared down the sapphire eyed turtle, causing him to shift uncomfortably in his seat. Gulping down the nervous lump in his throat. Rubbing his sweaty hands on the tops of his thighs. Then realization hit the genius reptile like a punch to the face. \n\n\t“Oh my God Leo. Are you[s]--[/s] Are you in love with Raph?” Leo’s gaze instantly went from the ground to Donnie with a look of horror. Don’s hand covered his mouth, mumbling something unidentifiable in it.\n\n\t[i]Shit. Shit. Shit.[/i]\n\n\t“Look Don I—“ \n\n\t“Fuck Leo! Are you nuts!?” Don stood up from his chair knocking it over on the ground in the process. Leo flinched, staring at his lap. He was hoping he would get rejected by Raph first before everyone else. There was a long painful silence that spread through the room, he hesitated before looking at his younger sibling who had both hands clasped to the side of the table, leaning his body weight on it. He eventually pushed himself off of it. Rubbing his forehead with his hands.\n\n\t“H-How did this happen?” \n\n\t“I don’t know. . . I-It just did. Believe me, if freaked me out to.” Don sighed, grabbing his chair from the ground and sitting back on it.\n\n\t“You have to tell him. You know that?” Leo nodded. \n\n\t“I already texted him. I’m going to meet him tomorrow night.” The purple masked ninja took both his brothers hands in his and gave them a squeeze. Staring into his eyes. He could see how nervous Leo was. His body was trembling noticeably in his seat. Course, half of that was because of him snapping. \n\n\t“D-Don . . .?”\n\n\t“No. I don’t hate you.”\n\n\t“Even though it’s wrong?” Don shook his head.\n\n\t“To tell you the truth, I think I suspected it before you even told me.” Leo’s eyes snapped wide. \n\n\t“What!? You knew!?”\n\n\t“Well I wasn’t completely sure at the time till you finally gave me enough clues to piece the puzzle together fully. \n\n\t“But how!? I never really showed my feelings.” Don smiled.\n\n\t“Well, I kind of suspected it would have happened in the middle of the prank. It’s dangerous to play with someone. Especially when it involves feelings and emotions. That’s why I stopped the prank when we did. Mikey wanted to make up for the loss nights Master Splinter insisted we go together for, but I knew it was bad idea.” Leo sighed. \n\n\t“And I just continued afterwards.”\n\n\t“It wasn’t exactly your fault. We got you into this mess.”\n\n\t“I don’t know what happened to me Donnie. I mean, I was so caught up in Raph’s feelings I just didn’t want to keep it a secret. But then I saw a side of Raph I didn’t think existed.” Don smirked.\n\n\t“Is he a gentleman?”\n\n\t“He is. He’s just so charming.” The genius reptile laughed.\n\n\t“Why is that very hard to believe?”\n\n\t“Because you’ve just known him for just being your brother more than a love.” \n\n\t“And believe me, I hope he stays that way. I don’t want to exactly experience a gentlemanly and charming Raphael.” Leo rolled his eyes.\n\n\t“Well I like it.”\n\n\t“Obviously.”\n\n\t“You know, I did come in here for advice. Not your opinion.” Don smiled.\n\n\t“Well you can just be glad I didn’t kick you out of my lab.”\n\n\t“Yeah, why didn’t you do that?”\n\n\t“If you want the truth Leo. It doesn’t entirely freak me out. I’m fine with the idea. In fact, I’m relieved. I just wasn’t expecting it to come from you for Raph of all people.” \n\nLeo nodded. “It was surprising for me to.” \n\n“So you’re going to tell Raph the truth tomorrow night you said?” The mint green turtle sighed.\n \n“I’m hoping so. I just don’t know how to say it.”\t\n\n“The best thing I think should be just to keep it short and sweet.”\n\n“That’s what I thought. But if I’m going to get yelled at by Raph he mine as well know the whole truth.”\n\n“You mean, the fact that you love him?” Leo nodded.\n\n“I can’t lie to him anymore. He may possibly reject me completely, but at least things will finally get cleared up between us. He has to know the truth, and there’s much I want to say. It’s his choice if me being his brother changes anything.” Don nodded. Chewing on his lip. His mind working.\n\n“Well, I’m not saying it’s completely hopeless, but you know. Even if Raph doesn’t explode. Don’t expect things to go back completely normal. I mean, you being Lyric. His feelings will obviously change in a different direction wither it’s for the good or bad.” \n\n“I know that Don. I’m willing to accept whatever his decision is.”\n\n“You sure you’ll be okay?”\n\nLeo frowned and pulled his legs up to his chest and hugged them tightly. He was just as worried about that as Don was. \"I don’t know.”\n\n“Do you want me to come?”\n\n“No. I got to do this on my own.”\n\n“Well just to escort you back to the lair.” \n\n“No. I’m fine. Thanks Don, but after wards if things don’t go well. Then I’m sure I’ll want to be alone.” Don nodded. Though he worried for his big brother, he knew he was correct. He wondered how Raph was going to take this news. Even though he snapped when he found out himself. Which didn’t look like the best idea, considering Leo’s feelings. But he thought he took the news pretty well. Maybe Raph will be the same.\n\nDon looked over at Leo, studying his worried expression and he smiled softly. Wrapping his arms around Leo. \n“It’s okay Leo. I at least accept your decision and don’t judge. Whenever you need to talk just come to me, okay?” Leo peeked up at those chocolate eyes and smiled slightly. \n\n“Thanks.” Don didn’t want to give Leo any false hope or make any promise that he wasn’t sure he’ll be able to keep. But he can promise that he will remain by Leo’s side to comfort him if times get rough. Though he thought this could have played out better for everyone if they all had made different decisions, but nonetheless. He can repay Leo back by accepting him with open arms when needed.\n\nDon lifted Leo’s head by the chin. \n\n“You going to be okay now? I mean tonight with going to bed?”\n\n“I should be. If not I’ll take one of those sleeping pills.” Don nodded. Walking over to a cabinet and taking out a pill bottle. Handing it to Leo.\n\n“Take one and you should be able to sleep till late morning. Getting enough sleep will help you think better.” Leo smiled.\n\n“Thank you.”\n\n“Well, what I really meant was that did you need anyone to stay with you tonight?” The sapphire eyed reptile shook his head.\n\n“No. Thanks anyway. I’ll return to you the outfits and machines after I have that talk.” \n\n“Okay.” Don walked over and embraced Leo one last time. “Goodnight.”\n\n“Night, Don. Thanks again.”\n\n“No problem.” Leo walked out of the room. His gaze falling on the pill bottle in his hand. He curled his fingers around it and walked into the kitchen. Taking one as instructed before he headed up to his room. Well, at least he was sure he wouldn’t be completely alone if things went down for the worst.\n","writing_bbcode_parsed":"Chapter 10-
\tLeo hugged his legs to his chest as he held the cell he grabbed at the junk yard during their last visit. Using it only to communicate with Raph. He had the contacts app open and the keys up, but he couldn’t find it in himself to type anything. He was actually scared of what his brother’s reaction was going to be. How he just deceived him, and for so long to.
\tAll he could picture was him getting yelled at, then being rejected, then being ignore. Then being kicked out. For the past week, he had nightmares of seeing the hurt and betrayed expression all over Raph’s face. That look haunted him day and night and the last thing he wanted was to see it in real life.
\tLeo sighed, looking back at the phone in his hand. He uncurled himself and started typing.
\t“Raph, I need to see you tomorrow tonight. There’s something we have to talk about.”
Leo waited a few minutes. His heel tapping on the floor uncontrollably and his palms becoming clammy from sweat. The sudden ring to announce a text message broke through the silence. Scaring Leo half out of his wits. He took a breath and looked towards the received message.
“Okay. Is something wrong?”
The mint green turtle sighed. Lots of thing were wrong but he didn’t want to tell Raph that.
“Nothing’s wrong.”
He replied a few minutes later. When he was sure there wasn’t going to be another answer, he shut the phone and put it back in the box and slid it under his bed. He needed just one more day to prepare himself. Think of the right words to say. But the more he thought about it, the more distressed he seemed to be.
With a growl, Leo picked himself up from his bed and walked out of the room. He walked over to where his brother’s laboratory was. Hesitating for a few moments before he persuaded his knuckles to knock on the door. There was a muffled voice on the other side of the door and Leo just decided that was his permission to enter.
His shaky hands turned the knob and the door slowly opened. Revealing the cluttered room of Don’s crypt. The olive skinned reptile pushed himself away from the desk to the table across the other room stacked with papers and other office supplies. Writing something down that Leo could only guess was a formula of some kind for another invention. Don pushed himself away from that table and back to the computer. Typing in some stuff.
“Hey Don, you busy?” Don lifted up an eye enough to catch a glance of his eldest sibling.
“Hey Leo. I suppose I can take a break. But I think I’m just about to crack this.” He mumbled. Scrolling through a page on the web a reading quickly.
“Well, do you think you can take that break now? I need to talk to you.” He asked, rubbing his arm. Don nodded and lifted a finger, indicating that he wanted Leo to wait a moment. He opened a drawer to his desk as his fingers scurried along the top of the files. Mumbling the titles of each file to himself before whispering a hushed cheer as he found what he was looking for. Taking out the files and slamming the drawer close. He opened it up and spread out the pages beside his computer. He started writing stuff down on one of the pages before sticking the pencil in his mouth to hold. Grabbing his laptop from the shelf and opening it up.
Leo sighed, thinking this was going to take a while. He walked to the other side of the room and sat down on a table and waited. He was willing to wait however long it takes at this point to get himself some answers for his situation.
The laptop finished loading and Don brought up a file. Revealing codes and formulas. Don scanned over the page, then the papers, then the computer. He turned to his notes and grinned. Slamming his fist on the table top.
“I got it!” He shouted happily. Leo chuckled and shook his head. Wondering if Don always had days like this or if he just got lucky.
He walked beside Leo and dragged a carton of parts out, picking it up and setting it on top of his notes.
“You done now?” The mint green turtle asked curiously. Don nodded, collecting the papers in a neat pile, picking it up and tapping the ends on the table to make sure they were even. Putting them back in the file and returning the file in the drawer. He sat down on his chair and wiped sweat from his forehead. He must have been stressed.
“So what’s up Leo?” Leo chewed on his lip, wondering how in the world he was planning on starting this.
“I got a situation.” Don raised an eye ridge.
“What kind of situation?”
“I don’t know if you would call it serious. More like confusing and stressful.”
“Alright Leo. What’s this about?” Leo sighed, twiddling his thumbs.
“For the past month and half. You know how you and Mikey called off the bet after I was done with my week?”
“Yeah, what about it?” The mint green turtle had his head hanging from his shoulders. His eyes looking up at his youngest brother.
“Well, I haven’t really stopped.” Don’s brown eyes went huge and his jaw hung ajar.
“Leo, what are you trying to tell me? Have you been play acting Lyric for past month and half?” Leo stared at his brother, his head slowly nodding. “I’m guessing Raph’s involved in this to, huh?” He settled back in his chair. Giving Leo the stern look.
“I’m sorry Don! I just didn’t know how to tell him and so much time slipped away before I even realized it!” The olive skinned reptile groaned, rubbing the space between his eyes.
“Okay Leo, so what do you want me to do about it?” Leo grumbled and rubbed his temples.
“I don’t know! I don’t know what to do anymore! I don’t want to hurt Raph, but I can’t continue doing this to him.”
Don frowned, “Why did you wait this long? I mean, it was one thing if you waited an extra few days. Maybe a week at the most. But more than a whole month? I was sure you would have the courage by then.”
“. . . At one point, I really was going to tell him. But things just got so out of hand.”
“That still doesn’t answer my question.”
\t“I just kept getting frozen,” Leo spoke, looking at his lap. Trying hard to avoid his true reason. “Course it didn’t help when Raph tried to keep distracting me.” Don didn’t look convinced, nor did he feel it. There was something else going on through Leonardo’s head and he was determined to find out right here, right now.
\t“Leo,” He called. Waiting till Leo finally looked up at him. “There was no way that Raph could have distracted you long enough that you couldn’t spill the truth to him. What is it?” Leo immediately looked away. Anywhere but at his brother. Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to come here for help.
\t“Look Don, I didn’t come here to give you an explanation. I just want you to help me. I don’t know what to say to him.” Don stared down the sapphire eyed turtle, causing him to shift uncomfortably in his seat. Gulping down the nervous lump in his throat. Rubbing his sweaty hands on the tops of his thighs. Then realization hit the genius reptile like a punch to the face.
\t“Oh my God Leo. Are you-- Are you in love with Raph?” Leo’s gaze instantly went from the ground to Donnie with a look of horror. Don’s hand covered his mouth, mumbling something unidentifiable in it.
\tShit. Shit. Shit.
\t“Look Don I—“
\t“Fuck Leo! Are you nuts!?” Don stood up from his chair knocking it over on the ground in the process. Leo flinched, staring at his lap. He was hoping he would get rejected by Raph first before everyone else. There was a long painful silence that spread through the room, he hesitated before looking at his younger sibling who had both hands clasped to the side of the table, leaning his body weight on it. He eventually pushed himself off of it. Rubbing his forehead with his hands.
\t“H-How did this happen?”
\t“I don’t know. . . I-It just did. Believe me, if freaked me out to.” Don sighed, grabbing his chair from the ground and sitting back on it.
\t“You have to tell him. You know that?” Leo nodded.
\t“I already texted him. I’m going to meet him tomorrow night.” The purple masked ninja took both his brothers hands in his and gave them a squeeze. Staring into his eyes. He could see how nervous Leo was. His body was trembling noticeably in his seat. Course, half of that was because of him snapping.
\t“D-Don . . .?”
\t“No. I don’t hate you.”
\t“Even though it’s wrong?” Don shook his head.
\t“To tell you the truth, I think I suspected it before you even told me.” Leo’s eyes snapped wide.
\t“What!? You knew!?”
\t“Well I wasn’t completely sure at the time till you finally gave me enough clues to piece the puzzle together fully.
\t“But how!? I never really showed my feelings.” Don smiled.
\t“Well, I kind of suspected it would have happened in the middle of the prank. It’s dangerous to play with someone. Especially when it involves feelings and emotions. That’s why I stopped the prank when we did. Mikey wanted to make up for the loss nights Master Splinter insisted we go together for, but I knew it was bad idea.” Leo sighed.
\t“And I just continued afterwards.”
\t“It wasn’t exactly your fault. We got you into this mess.”
\t“I don’t know what happened to me Donnie. I mean, I was so caught up in Raph’s feelings I just didn’t want to keep it a secret. But then I saw a side of Raph I didn’t think existed.” Don smirked.
\t“Is he a gentleman?”
\t“He is. He’s just so charming.” The genius reptile laughed.
\t“Why is that very hard to believe?”
\t“Because you’ve just known him for just being your brother more than a love.”
\t“And believe me, I hope he stays that way. I don’t want to exactly experience a gentlemanly and charming Raphael.” Leo rolled his eyes.
\t“Well I like it.”
\t“Obviously.”
\t“You know, I did come in here for advice. Not your opinion.” Don smiled.
\t“Well you can just be glad I didn’t kick you out of my lab.”
\t“Yeah, why didn’t you do that?”
\t“If you want the truth Leo. It doesn’t entirely freak me out. I’m fine with the idea. In fact, I’m relieved. I just wasn’t expecting it to come from you for Raph of all people.”
Leo nodded. “It was surprising for me to.”
“So you’re going to tell Raph the truth tomorrow night you said?” The mint green turtle sighed.
“I’m hoping so. I just don’t know how to say it.”\t
“The best thing I think should be just to keep it short and sweet.”
“That’s what I thought. But if I’m going to get yelled at by Raph he mine as well know the whole truth.”
“You mean, the fact that you love him?” Leo nodded.
“I can’t lie to him anymore. He may possibly reject me completely, but at least things will finally get cleared up between us. He has to know the truth, and there’s much I want to say. It’s his choice if me being his brother changes anything.” Don nodded. Chewing on his lip. His mind working.
“Well, I’m not saying it’s completely hopeless, but you know. Even if Raph doesn’t explode. Don’t expect things to go back completely normal. I mean, you being Lyric. His feelings will obviously change in a different direction wither it’s for the good or bad.”
“I know that Don. I’m willing to accept whatever his decision is.”
“You sure you’ll be okay?”
Leo frowned and pulled his legs up to his chest and hugged them tightly. He was just as worried about that as Don was. "I don’t know.”
“Do you want me to come?”
“No. I got to do this on my own.”
“Well just to escort you back to the lair.”
“No. I’m fine. Thanks Don, but after wards if things don’t go well. Then I’m sure I’ll want to be alone.” Don nodded. Though he worried for his big brother, he knew he was correct. He wondered how Raph was going to take this news. Even though he snapped when he found out himself. Which didn’t look like the best idea, considering Leo’s feelings. But he thought he took the news pretty well. Maybe Raph will be the same.
Don looked over at Leo, studying his worried expression and he smiled softly. Wrapping his arms around Leo.
“It’s okay Leo. I at least accept your decision and don’t judge. Whenever you need to talk just come to me, okay?” Leo peeked up at those chocolate eyes and smiled slightly.
“Thanks.” Don didn’t want to give Leo any false hope or make any promise that he wasn’t sure he’ll be able to keep. But he can promise that he will remain by Leo’s side to comfort him if times get rough. Though he thought this could have played out better for everyone if they all had made different decisions, but nonetheless. He can repay Leo back by accepting him with open arms when needed.
Don lifted Leo’s head by the chin.
“You going to be okay now? I mean tonight with going to bed?”
“I should be. If not I’ll take one of those sleeping pills.” Don nodded. Walking over to a cabinet and taking out a pill bottle. Handing it to Leo.
“Take one and you should be able to sleep till late morning. Getting enough sleep will help you think better.” Leo smiled.
“Thank you.”
“Well, what I really meant was that did you need anyone to stay with you tonight?” The sapphire eyed reptile shook his head.
“No. Thanks anyway. I’ll return to you the outfits and machines after I have that talk.”
“Okay.” Don walked over and embraced Leo one last time. “Goodnight.”
“Night, Don. Thanks again.”
“No problem.” Leo walked out of the room. His gaze falling on the pill bottle in his hand. He curled his fingers around it and walked into the kitchen. Taking one as instructed before he headed up to his room. Well, at least he was sure he wouldn’t be completely alone if things went down for the worst.
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