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Is Leo quizzing you on turtles?”\n\nBefore Mikey had a chance to say answer, Raph came running out of the dojo, “I did a back flip.”\n\n“That’s great,” Donny stood and walked over to him. \n\n“He had a little help,” Leo smiled. “But he was fearless and determined to do it.”\n\n“I’m proud of you,” Donny caressed Raph’s cheek. “Now you need a bath, you’re all sweaty.”\n\n“Okay,” Raph turned and ran towards the bathroom. \n\n“I’ll do it,” Leo offered, motioning for Donnie to sit back down. “I need to spend more quality time with him and get used to the idea of having a kid around. And besides, we’ve been doing better lately.”\n\n“Okay,” Donny smiled and sat back down on the sofa, next to Mikey.\n\nWhen Leo reached the bathroom, he found Raph removing his gear. “I don’t want you to touch my booboo,” Raph stated as he entered the tub. Leo chuckled. The ‘booboo’ Raph was talking about was a little scrape on his knee that he got earlier that week when he tripped and fell. The fuss he caused over it was almost comical if it weren’t so annoying. \n\n“I won’t touch it,” Leo reassured him. He turned on the water then turned for a moment to collect Raph’s gear from the floor and when he turned back around he saw Raph standing in front of the faucet with his tail pulled forward so that the water hit it. “What are you doing?”\n\nRaph looked up for a moment, “It tickles,” and then he looked back down at his tail. His eyes had a glazed over look to them and he let out a little squeak before giggling.\n\nLeo was about to reach out to stop Raph when Splinter’s chuckle had him turning to the door. “You did that too, Leonardo, when you were his age, as did Donatello. Oddly, only Michelangelo did not.”\n\n“I don’t remember doing that,” Leo collected the remainder of Raph’s gear as a slight blush spread across his beak. Then he thought to himself how fitting it was that Mikey was the one to never do it. Leo was beginning to feel like they were never going to take that next step. The oral stimulation he has been receiving was nice but he still wanted more and Mikey was not even letting Leo anywhere near his tail. \n\n“Self-exploration is a natural part of a child development.” Splinter laughed again then pointed to Raph, “He’s already finished.”\n\nLeo looked over to see Raph sitting in the water, playing with the few toys they were able to find for him. Leo noticed that Raph kept his knee bent and up, out of the water. “Big baby,” Leo chuckled to himself, sitting down on a nearby chair.\n\nThey sat in silence as Leo let Raph play for a while. Raph brought the toy in his hand down hard in the water and splashed himself in the face. He dropped the toy and put his hands up. “I need a towel.”\n\n“Why?” Leo chuckled. “Just wipe it off with your hands.”\n\n“It’s in my eyes,” Raph whined placing his hands over his face. “Give me a towel.”\n\nLeo looked at Splinter, “Is he serious?”\n\nHolding out a towel for Raph, Splinter smiled, “You all did it.”\n\n“He’s a turtle,” Leo sighed. “Water shouldn’t bother him.”\n\n“Children are particular,” Splinter waited for Raph to finish wiping his face then placed the towel over the back of the chair while Raph went back to playing. “You each had your own quirks and eccentricities. Michelangelo had a thing for dolls. Donatello got excited over receiving a new book, it didn’t matter what the subject was. Raphael tended to complain a lot, especially when he didn’t get his way. And you were focused and a little bossy.”\n\nLeo flushed a little, “The others didn’t take their training serious enough.”\n\n“I had always known that you would lead them and I am proud of you,” Splinter placed his hand on Leo’s shoulder. \n\n“Thank you, father,” Leo reached over for the body wash as he got down off the chair.\n\n\n**\n\n\nDonny watched while Mikey read through the books in front of him. The last time he was so focused in on them was two years ago, after they returned from the Nexus. \n\nThe Turtles had entered the tournament for the second time and Mikey was the first to be eliminated. Feeling a little upset about his failure, Mikey set out on his own. Donny was the second one to be eliminated and found Mikey talking to a small group of Kame. \n\nThe Kame were laughing but Mikey looked distraught. When Donny ran up to them, Mikey grabbed him and led him away. Donny tried to ask what was going on, but Mikey kept changing the subject as he pulled Don further from the Kame. It was when they got back home that Mikey asked to borrow all the books Donny had on turtles, saying that he felt it was time he learned about them since he was one. \n\n“Is that what those Kame were laughing about?” Donny asked, handing the books over. “You didn’t know much about turtles?”\n\n“More or less,” Mikey answered before taking the books and running up to his room. \n\nMikey was withdrawn for a week after that, stating random turtle facts as he sat curled up in a chair. After a while, Mikey returned to his normal, jovial self but it seemed that whatever was bothering him before was back. \n\n“Do you have any questions for me, Mikey?” Donny placed a hand on Mikey’s shoulder. “I know a lot more about turtles than what’s in those books and I’ve studied how we are different from them.”\n\n“No,” Mikey stared blankly down at the open book. “I think I know all that I need to know, for now.”\n\n“I don’t understand why you are so upset,” Donny fussed over Mikey. He caressed Mikey’s cheek then brought him in for a tight hug. “I hate seeing you like this. Let me help you.”\n\n“You touched it!” Raph’s scream came from the bathroom, causing Don and Mikey to jump up off the sofa. \n\n“We need to keep it clean or it will get infected,” Leo shouted back. \n\n“Don’t touch me,” Raph voice took on a high pitch that his adult self would never have been capable of. “Donny!”\n\n“Gotta go,” Donny started in the direction of the bathroom then turned back to Mikey. “I’m here if you wanna talk, you know that right?”\n\n“Yeah,” Mikey nodded. “I’m okay. Go save Raph from Leo.”\n\nDonny rushed towards the bathroom and got there just as Raph ran out. His water slicked feet hit the smooth surface of the floor and he slipped, landing hard and smacking his head on the ground. That set off a new flood of tears as he just laid there crying. \n\nDonny rushed over and scooped him up, “Let me see. I’ll take care of it, don’t worry.” He cooed to Raph as he took him into his lab and shut the door. \n\n“I can’t believe how bad I am at handling him. It’s a good thing we can’t have kids.” Leo looked at Mikey, and noticed the distraught look on his face. “You doing okay? You look a little pale.”\n\n“I’m fine,” Mikey closed the book in his hands and got up then turned and headed towards the kitchen. “I’m gonna start on lunch.” He stopped about half way and turned to look at Leo, “After lunch, I wanna talk about something.”\n\n“Okay,” Leo nodded. “Remember that you promised Raph that he could help,” Leo reminded him. “I don’t want to hear the fit he would throw if he came out of Don’s lab to find that you made it without him.”\n\n“I know,” Mikey managed a laugh then went into Donny’s lab to get Raph. \n\nAfter a few minutes, Raph stood on a chair and helped Mikey make lunch. “I wanna do it,” was a common phrase out of Raph’s mouth while he helped Mikey. Leo had to laugh at the sight of Raph. He had a bandage on his knee and another on his head. \n\nLeo had turned on the television to watch the news while he waited for Mikey to finish making lunch. It was the anniversary of when the Demon Shredder attacked and the news was covering a memorial for the lives lost in the devastation. \n\nIt was strange for him to see the armature videos of himself in his dragon form and hearing the theories over how it was all possible. \n\nLeo was glad that it was over and that their lives settled down afterwards. \n\nHe looked over his shoulder at Raph. His being turned into a kid again was the first thing to happen to them since then, outside of fighting in the Nexus. That wasn’t a time of triumph for the Hamato clan. Mikey and Donny were eliminated early on then Raph and Leo were knocked out in the finals. The champion that year was a creature that looked like a Pokémon. Leo still didn’t fully understand how something so small could have bested him. \n\nThe news switched over to the weather and the storm that was on its way. A tropical depression made its way north and was expected to hit landfall in a matter of days. Some of the forecasts had the storm at a level one hurricane and the people of New York and across New England were starting to panic. Casey and April were planning to stop by later that day to drop off extra supplies for the Turtles, just in case. \n\nRaph ran over and plopped down next to Leo on the sofa. “I thought you were helping Mikey,” Leo looked down at Raph. \n\n“I’m done,” Raph replied, watching the television. “Can we turn on cartoons?”\n\n“Sure,” Leo changed the channel to one of the preschool channels. Raph laughed as he watched the costumed people dance and sing about trying new foods and liking it.\n\nThey were soon joined by Splinter, who happily draped his arm over Raph as the small turtle leaned into him for a snuggle. They watch television for about ten minutes before Bishop entered the lair and looked around the room, “Where is Donatello? He is behind on some reports and I want to know why.” His eyes fell on Raph and he pointed at the young turtle. “How did this happen? I took steps to make sure this never happened.”\n\n“What do you mean you took steps to make sure this never happened?” Donny emerged from his lab and glared at Bishop, “What did you do? Do you know how much we’ve been through? I should have guessed that you had something to do with it.”\n\n“I made sure Michelangelo was infertile,” Bishop shot back. “I’m not sure how that could have caused you any problems.”\n\nThere was a loud crash from the kitchen when Mikey dropped a pan. “What?” he turned to face Bishop. “You did what to me?”\n\n“I made sure that you couldn’t breed,” Bishop stated slowly. “But judging by the age of this one, he could have existed before that. And his coloring makes him look like he belongs to Raphael. How could I not have known about him?”\n\n“I’m confused,” Donny stepped forward. “Why did you neuter Mikey and what does that have to do with preventing Raph from being turned into a kid?”\n\nBishop looked at Donny and pointed to Raph, “That is Raphael?”\n\n“Yes. He’s been exposed to temporal magic somehow and was turned into a child.” Donny squinted as he looked at Bishop then asked slowly. “What did you think? That he was our kid? How would that even be possible? We’re all male.”\n\nBishop laughed, “You still don’t know.” He turned to look at Mikey, “You at least have to know, right?”\n\n“How long have you known?” Mikey asked, tears streaking down his cheeks. “Why didn’t you say anything, if you knew?”\n\n“I found out back when I did the surgery, when I first captured you,” Bishop stated. “I never said anything because it was never relevant.” \n\n“What is he talking about?” Donny looked between Bishop and Mikey. “What does he know and why did he perform surgery on you Mikey?”\n\n“Shall I tell them or do you think you should?” Bishop continued to look at Mikey who sat down hard on the floor. \n\n“Tell us what?” Splinter stood from the sofa and looked at Michelangelo. “My son, are you alright.”\n\nBishop laughed, “How could none of you know?” He turned to Splinter, “You raised Michelangelo and you had no clue that ‘he’ is actually a ‘she’? Are you all idiots?” He turned to Donny, “I was under the impression that you were a genius.”\n\n“What?” Leo’s heart sank.\n\n“Michelangelo is female,” Bishop stated slowly. \n\nLeo looked over at Mikey, who was sitting on the floor, looking at him through a flood of tears. Leo felt like he had just been punched in the chest and if anything else was said, he didn’t hear it. \n\nMikey had lied to him. It wasn’t some small lie, like breaking something and hiding it or saying that he did is lessons when he really just played games. This was an all-out deception. Mikey didn’t trust Leo enough to tell him the truth and in the process also shattered Leo’s trust in Mikey. \n\nIt hurt to breathe. \n\nThen something snapped inside of Leo and he rushed to Mikey. Bishop had to be the one lying, Mikey wouldn’t lie. Mikey was incapable of keeping secrets; he always looked guilty when he was. When Leo reached Mikey, he pushed him back on to his carapace then pulled down his tail. \n\nLeo had never really gotten the chance to look at Mikey’s tail and for the first time he noticed how high up the cloaca was. He had always noticed how slender it was compared to the other’s, but he never thought anything of it before.\n\nStill unable to believe it Leo stuck his finger inside of Mikey’s tail and Mikey’s pleas for him to stop fell on deaf ears. Mikey gripped Leo’s wrist with both hands as Leo searched, probing his finger inside Mikey’s tail but he did not find what he was looking for. \n\nRaph rushed over and jumped on Leo, biting his arm on the bicep. “You’re hurting him,” Raph screamed through clinched teeth. \n\nLeo reeled in pain and flung Raph to the floor then stood and backed away. He looked over and saw Donny having a panic attack while Splinter and Bishop looked on in shock. Raph laid on the ground, crying with blood on his lips. Leo looked down at his arm to see that Raph had broken the skin and blood was streaming down to his hand. \n\n“Leo,” Mikey sobbed but Leo couldn’t look at him. No ‘her’. Mikey was a ‘her’. Leo cried out in pain and frustration then turned to run up to his room with Mikey calling out to him as he ran. “Please don’t leave me.”\n","writing_bbcode_parsed":"Donny came out of his lab to find Mikey reading a book. He looked over Mikey’s shoulder to see what he was reading, “Is that one of the books on turtles I lent you two years ago?”
Mikey looked up, “Yeah, sorry about not returning them to you.”
“What are you reading about?” Donny asked, sitting next to Mikey on the couch.
“Mating,” Mikey answered.
“Getting ready to take that next step with Leo,” Donny chuckled nervously.
“I need to make sure I can answer all of Leo’s questions.” Mikey continued to look down at the book, his voice breaking a little as he spoke, “Did you know that females can store the male’s sperm for years? So even if they don’t mate when they go into season, they will still have a fertile clutch.”
“That is an interesting fact,” Donny shook his head slightly. “I don’t understand why you are upset, though. It has nothing to do with us. Is Leo quizzing you on turtles?”
Before Mikey had a chance to say answer, Raph came running out of the dojo, “I did a back flip.”
“That’s great,” Donny stood and walked over to him.
“He had a little help,” Leo smiled. “But he was fearless and determined to do it.”
“I’m proud of you,” Donny caressed Raph’s cheek. “Now you need a bath, you’re all sweaty.”
“Okay,” Raph turned and ran towards the bathroom.
“I’ll do it,” Leo offered, motioning for Donnie to sit back down. “I need to spend more quality time with him and get used to the idea of having a kid around. And besides, we’ve been doing better lately.”
“Okay,” Donny smiled and sat back down on the sofa, next to Mikey.
When Leo reached the bathroom, he found Raph removing his gear. “I don’t want you to touch my booboo,” Raph stated as he entered the tub. Leo chuckled. The ‘booboo’ Raph was talking about was a little scrape on his knee that he got earlier that week when he tripped and fell. The fuss he caused over it was almost comical if it weren’t so annoying.
“I won’t touch it,” Leo reassured him. He turned on the water then turned for a moment to collect Raph’s gear from the floor and when he turned back around he saw Raph standing in front of the faucet with his tail pulled forward so that the water hit it. “What are you doing?”
Raph looked up for a moment, “It tickles,” and then he looked back down at his tail. His eyes had a glazed over look to them and he let out a little squeak before giggling.
Leo was about to reach out to stop Raph when Splinter’s chuckle had him turning to the door. “You did that too, Leonardo, when you were his age, as did Donatello. Oddly, only Michelangelo did not.”
“I don’t remember doing that,” Leo collected the remainder of Raph’s gear as a slight blush spread across his beak. Then he thought to himself how fitting it was that Mikey was the one to never do it. Leo was beginning to feel like they were never going to take that next step. The oral stimulation he has been receiving was nice but he still wanted more and Mikey was not even letting Leo anywhere near his tail.
“Self-exploration is a natural part of a child development.” Splinter laughed again then pointed to Raph, “He’s already finished.”
Leo looked over to see Raph sitting in the water, playing with the few toys they were able to find for him. Leo noticed that Raph kept his knee bent and up, out of the water. “Big baby,” Leo chuckled to himself, sitting down on a nearby chair.
They sat in silence as Leo let Raph play for a while. Raph brought the toy in his hand down hard in the water and splashed himself in the face. He dropped the toy and put his hands up. “I need a towel.”
“Why?” Leo chuckled. “Just wipe it off with your hands.”
“It’s in my eyes,” Raph whined placing his hands over his face. “Give me a towel.”
Leo looked at Splinter, “Is he serious?”
Holding out a towel for Raph, Splinter smiled, “You all did it.”
“He’s a turtle,” Leo sighed. “Water shouldn’t bother him.”
“Children are particular,” Splinter waited for Raph to finish wiping his face then placed the towel over the back of the chair while Raph went back to playing. “You each had your own quirks and eccentricities. Michelangelo had a thing for dolls. Donatello got excited over receiving a new book, it didn’t matter what the subject was. Raphael tended to complain a lot, especially when he didn’t get his way. And you were focused and a little bossy.”
Leo flushed a little, “The others didn’t take their training serious enough.”
“I had always known that you would lead them and I am proud of you,” Splinter placed his hand on Leo’s shoulder.
“Thank you, father,” Leo reached over for the body wash as he got down off the chair.
**
Donny watched while Mikey read through the books in front of him. The last time he was so focused in on them was two years ago, after they returned from the Nexus.
The Turtles had entered the tournament for the second time and Mikey was the first to be eliminated. Feeling a little upset about his failure, Mikey set out on his own. Donny was the second one to be eliminated and found Mikey talking to a small group of Kame.
The Kame were laughing but Mikey looked distraught. When Donny ran up to them, Mikey grabbed him and led him away. Donny tried to ask what was going on, but Mikey kept changing the subject as he pulled Don further from the Kame. It was when they got back home that Mikey asked to borrow all the books Donny had on turtles, saying that he felt it was time he learned about them since he was one.
“Is that what those Kame were laughing about?” Donny asked, handing the books over. “You didn’t know much about turtles?”
“More or less,” Mikey answered before taking the books and running up to his room.
Mikey was withdrawn for a week after that, stating random turtle facts as he sat curled up in a chair. After a while, Mikey returned to his normal, jovial self but it seemed that whatever was bothering him before was back.
“Do you have any questions for me, Mikey?” Donny placed a hand on Mikey’s shoulder. “I know a lot more about turtles than what’s in those books and I’ve studied how we are different from them.”
“No,” Mikey stared blankly down at the open book. “I think I know all that I need to know, for now.”
“I don’t understand why you are so upset,” Donny fussed over Mikey. He caressed Mikey’s cheek then brought him in for a tight hug. “I hate seeing you like this. Let me help you.”
“You touched it!” Raph’s scream came from the bathroom, causing Don and Mikey to jump up off the sofa.
“We need to keep it clean or it will get infected,” Leo shouted back.
“Don’t touch me,” Raph voice took on a high pitch that his adult self would never have been capable of. “Donny!”
“Gotta go,” Donny started in the direction of the bathroom then turned back to Mikey. “I’m here if you wanna talk, you know that right?”
“Yeah,” Mikey nodded. “I’m okay. Go save Raph from Leo.”
Donny rushed towards the bathroom and got there just as Raph ran out. His water slicked feet hit the smooth surface of the floor and he slipped, landing hard and smacking his head on the ground. That set off a new flood of tears as he just laid there crying.
Donny rushed over and scooped him up, “Let me see. I’ll take care of it, don’t worry.” He cooed to Raph as he took him into his lab and shut the door.
“I can’t believe how bad I am at handling him. It’s a good thing we can’t have kids.” Leo looked at Mikey, and noticed the distraught look on his face. “You doing okay? You look a little pale.”
“I’m fine,” Mikey closed the book in his hands and got up then turned and headed towards the kitchen. “I’m gonna start on lunch.” He stopped about half way and turned to look at Leo, “After lunch, I wanna talk about something.”
“Okay,” Leo nodded. “Remember that you promised Raph that he could help,” Leo reminded him. “I don’t want to hear the fit he would throw if he came out of Don’s lab to find that you made it without him.”
“I know,” Mikey managed a laugh then went into Donny’s lab to get Raph.
After a few minutes, Raph stood on a chair and helped Mikey make lunch. “I wanna do it,” was a common phrase out of Raph’s mouth while he helped Mikey. Leo had to laugh at the sight of Raph. He had a bandage on his knee and another on his head.
Leo had turned on the television to watch the news while he waited for Mikey to finish making lunch. It was the anniversary of when the Demon Shredder attacked and the news was covering a memorial for the lives lost in the devastation.
It was strange for him to see the armature videos of himself in his dragon form and hearing the theories over how it was all possible.
Leo was glad that it was over and that their lives settled down afterwards.
He looked over his shoulder at Raph. His being turned into a kid again was the first thing to happen to them since then, outside of fighting in the Nexus. That wasn’t a time of triumph for the Hamato clan. Mikey and Donny were eliminated early on then Raph and Leo were knocked out in the finals. The champion that year was a creature that looked like a Pokémon. Leo still didn’t fully understand how something so small could have bested him.
The news switched over to the weather and the storm that was on its way. A tropical depression made its way north and was expected to hit landfall in a matter of days. Some of the forecasts had the storm at a level one hurricane and the people of New York and across New England were starting to panic. Casey and April were planning to stop by later that day to drop off extra supplies for the Turtles, just in case.
Raph ran over and plopped down next to Leo on the sofa. “I thought you were helping Mikey,” Leo looked down at Raph.
“I’m done,” Raph replied, watching the television. “Can we turn on cartoons?”
“Sure,” Leo changed the channel to one of the preschool channels. Raph laughed as he watched the costumed people dance and sing about trying new foods and liking it.
They were soon joined by Splinter, who happily draped his arm over Raph as the small turtle leaned into him for a snuggle. They watch television for about ten minutes before Bishop entered the lair and looked around the room, “Where is Donatello? He is behind on some reports and I want to know why.” His eyes fell on Raph and he pointed at the young turtle. “How did this happen? I took steps to make sure this never happened.”
“What do you mean you took steps to make sure this never happened?” Donny emerged from his lab and glared at Bishop, “What did you do? Do you know how much we’ve been through? I should have guessed that you had something to do with it.”
“I made sure Michelangelo was infertile,” Bishop shot back. “I’m not sure how that could have caused you any problems.”
There was a loud crash from the kitchen when Mikey dropped a pan. “What?” he turned to face Bishop. “You did what to me?”
“I made sure that you couldn’t breed,” Bishop stated slowly. “But judging by the age of this one, he could have existed before that. And his coloring makes him look like he belongs to Raphael. How could I not have known about him?”
“I’m confused,” Donny stepped forward. “Why did you neuter Mikey and what does that have to do with preventing Raph from being turned into a kid?”
Bishop looked at Donny and pointed to Raph, “That is Raphael?”
“Yes. He’s been exposed to temporal magic somehow and was turned into a child.” Donny squinted as he looked at Bishop then asked slowly. “What did you think? That he was our kid? How would that even be possible? We’re all male.”
Bishop laughed, “You still don’t know.” He turned to look at Mikey, “You at least have to know, right?”
“How long have you known?” Mikey asked, tears streaking down his cheeks. “Why didn’t you say anything, if you knew?”
“I found out back when I did the surgery, when I first captured you,” Bishop stated. “I never said anything because it was never relevant.”
“What is he talking about?” Donny looked between Bishop and Mikey. “What does he know and why did he perform surgery on you Mikey?”
“Shall I tell them or do you think you should?” Bishop continued to look at Mikey who sat down hard on the floor.
“Tell us what?” Splinter stood from the sofa and looked at Michelangelo. “My son, are you alright.”
Bishop laughed, “How could none of you know?” He turned to Splinter, “You raised Michelangelo and you had no clue that ‘he’ is actually a ‘she’? Are you all idiots?” He turned to Donny, “I was under the impression that you were a genius.”
“What?” Leo’s heart sank.
“Michelangelo is female,” Bishop stated slowly.
Leo looked over at Mikey, who was sitting on the floor, looking at him through a flood of tears. Leo felt like he had just been punched in the chest and if anything else was said, he didn’t hear it.
Mikey had lied to him. It wasn’t some small lie, like breaking something and hiding it or saying that he did is lessons when he really just played games. This was an all-out deception. Mikey didn’t trust Leo enough to tell him the truth and in the process also shattered Leo’s trust in Mikey.
It hurt to breathe.
Then something snapped inside of Leo and he rushed to Mikey. Bishop had to be the one lying, Mikey wouldn’t lie. Mikey was incapable of keeping secrets; he always looked guilty when he was. When Leo reached Mikey, he pushed him back on to his carapace then pulled down his tail.
Leo had never really gotten the chance to look at Mikey’s tail and for the first time he noticed how high up the cloaca was. He had always noticed how slender it was compared to the other’s, but he never thought anything of it before.
Still unable to believe it Leo stuck his finger inside of Mikey’s tail and Mikey’s pleas for him to stop fell on deaf ears. Mikey gripped Leo’s wrist with both hands as Leo searched, probing his finger inside Mikey’s tail but he did not find what he was looking for.
Raph rushed over and jumped on Leo, biting his arm on the bicep. “You’re hurting him,” Raph screamed through clinched teeth.
Leo reeled in pain and flung Raph to the floor then stood and backed away. He looked over and saw Donny having a panic attack while Splinter and Bishop looked on in shock. Raph laid on the ground, crying with blood on his lips. Leo looked down at his arm to see that Raph had broken the skin and blood was streaming down to his hand.
“Leo,” Mikey sobbed but Leo couldn’t look at him. No ‘her’. Mikey was a ‘her’. Leo cried out in pain and frustration then turned to run up to his room with Mikey calling out to him as he ran. “Please don’t leave me.”
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