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That meant addressing Mikey's question honestly.\n\n\t``Yes,'' Leo said, his voice firm yet soft.  ``I felt something for you the first time I set eyes on you.''\n\n\t``Really?  `Cause I think I have a crush on you too, and I don't know if that's a good idea.  I mean, I don't know you very well and I sure don't know anything about being with someone,'' Mikey told him, partially echoing Leo's thoughts.\n\n\t``That is why I'm trying to get to know you better,'' Leo said, ``and why I'm telling you about myself and my family.''\n\n\t``Oh, so you have an ulterior motive for listening to me ramble about my life,'' Mikey said with a nervous giggle.  The tone was mildly flirtatious though and made Leo smile.\n\n\t``If you want to know anything, ask me and I'll answer you honestly,'' Leo told him.\n\n\t``Okay,'' Mikey said, lightly clearing his throat.  ``Have you ever . . . ever . . . kissed anyone?''\n\n\t``Not in the way I think you mean,'' Leo said, watching Mikey's eyes carefully.\n\n\t``When you held my hand earlier, I got a really strange jumpy feeling in the pit of my stomach,'' Mikey said.  ``It wasn't a bad feeling; it was kind of excited and on edge, like when I'm about to do something I like a lot but don't get to do very much.  I'm having the same feeling now from your hand being on my face.''\n\n\t``Shall I remove my hand?'' Leo asked in a husky undertone.\n\n\tMikey glanced down at Leo's mouth and then back into his eyes once more.  ``No,'' he said, his voice barely above a whisper.  ``I told you I like to learn.  Maybe we could . . . you know . . . learn some new things together.''\n\n\tThe hopeful light shining in Mikey's blue eyes was too much for even Leo's iron control.  Leaning forward slowly, Leo brushed a light kiss onto the corner of Mikey's mouth.  There was a swift intake of air from the younger turtle and he shivered, his eyes nearly completely closed.\n\n\tLeo's mouth curved into a small smile and he shifted his aim, letting his lips dance lightly across Mikey's.  The young turtle shuffled nearer to him, eyes now shut, and lifted a hand to gently grip Leo's forearm.\n\n\tA myriad of feelings coursed through Leo's body, every one of his senses more vivid than they'd ever seemed.  Mikey's scent seeped into Leo's pores and drowned him in a sea of bliss.  The feel of Mikey's skin against his hand and the youngster's lips touching his own set Leo's blood to burning.\n\n\tLeo moved close enough so that their thighs were touching and wrapped his free arm around Mikey's carapace.  The light kiss wasn't enough as the very core of Leo's instincts begged for more.\n\n\tTilting his head, Leo pressed harder against Mikey's full and enticing lips.  A low moan escaped the younger turtle but his body seemed to stiffen slightly.\n\n\tCold reality rushed over Leo and brought with it a measure of common sense.  Scaring Mikey was the last thing in the world the older turtle wanted to do.  He had come this far through patience and diligence, he could continue along this route until his prize was ready to be claimed.  Leo was adept at reading body language and knew it was time to slow things down again.\n\n\tCarefully moving his face away from Mikey's, Leo took his hand off of the younger turtle's face but kept his arm around Mikey.  In turn, Mikey released his hold on Leo's forearm, his eyes remaining closed for a long moment.\n\n\t``Mikey,'' Leo whispered softly.  When the youngster opened his eyes, Leo said, ``We don't have to learn everything in one night.  I'm perfectly content to take things slow.''\n\n\t``I guess I'm n . . . nervous,'' Mikey stammered.\n\n\t``I don't want either of us to be nervous about this,'' Leo said.  ``I want us to both be comfortable and content.  We'll go at your pace, okay?  If I think you're rushing things I'll slow it down.''\n\n\tMikey's lips quivered and then he grinned.  ``Are you going to lead me, Leo?''\n\n\tLeo chuckled, amazed at Mikey resilience.  ``It's a habit I probably won't be able to break.''\n\n\t``You don't have to,'' Mikey told him.  ``I like it.  It feels nice to have someone else make the decisions.''\n\n\tLeo rubbed Mikey's carapace.  ``You say that now, but you've spent your whole life calling the shots for yourself.  That might not be such an easy thing to relinquish.''\n\n\t``I like it so far,'' Mikey said, eyeing Leo shyly.\n\n\t``Let me know if you still feel that way after you meet my family,'' Leo said mildly.\n\n\t``Speaking of them, I'll bet they're worried about you,'' Mikey said.  ``I would be even if you'd called to say you were okay.  That was hours ago.  Don't you want to check in again?''\n\n\tWith a light laugh, Leo admitted, ``I tossed my cell phone after that first call because I didn't want them to follow me.  They would have too; Don is very good with electronics.''\n\n\tMikey appeared to be thinking about something and Leo remained silent as he stroked the younger turtle's shell.\n\n\t``It's gonna be light out soon,'' Mikey observed.  ``The weatherman says it's supposed to rain.  You could stay for the day if you wanted to; I've got plenty of food and the bed is big enough to share.  I mean, unless that bothers you,'' he added quickly.\n\n\tLeo's expression was soft and caring as he said, ``It might be better if I went home and gave you some time to think about things.''\n\n\tMikey gave him a small, mischievous smile.  ``I guess if you think that's best.  You're gonna get your stitches wet and you'll be all cold when you could be in a nice warm bed.  That's completely up to you though.  I can think about stuff with you sleeping here just as well as if you're not, I just won't be able to ask you questions if you're gone.  I only bite Purple Dragons if you're scared.''\n\n\tLeo burst out laughing.  It was a rare thing for him and it felt good; better than good, it felt cleansing.  Part of Mikey's charm was his skill at finding humor in all things and his ability to point out the absurd.\n\n\t``I think I can manage to control my fear,'' Leo said.  ``There's still the small matter of letting my brothers know I'm not in any danger.''\n\n\t``No worries dude,'' Mikey said, his bright eyes glittering with youthful exuberance.  ``I think I know how to solve that problem.''\n\nTBC............... \n\n",
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Leo said, watching Mikey&#039;s eyes carefully.<br /><br />\t``When you held my hand earlier, I got a really strange jumpy feeling in the pit of my stomach,&#039;&#039; Mikey said.&nbsp;&nbsp;``It wasn&#039;t a bad feeling; it was kind of excited and on edge, like when I&#039;m about to do something I like a lot but don&#039;t get to do very much.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&#039;m having the same feeling now from your hand being on my face.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\t``Shall I remove my hand?&#039;&#039; Leo asked in a husky undertone.<br /><br />\tMikey glanced down at Leo&#039;s mouth and then back into his eyes once more.&nbsp;&nbsp;``No,&#039;&#039; he said, his voice barely above a whisper.&nbsp;&nbsp;``I told you I like to learn.&nbsp;&nbsp;Maybe we could . . . you know . . . learn some new things together.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tThe hopeful light shining in Mikey&#039;s blue eyes was too much for even Leo&#039;s iron control.&nbsp;&nbsp;Leaning forward slowly, Leo brushed a light kiss onto the corner of Mikey&#039;s mouth.&nbsp;&nbsp;There was a swift intake of air from the younger turtle and he shivered, his eyes nearly completely closed.<br /><br />\tLeo&#039;s mouth curved into a small smile and he shifted his aim, letting his lips dance lightly across Mikey&#039;s.&nbsp;&nbsp;The young turtle shuffled nearer to him, eyes now shut, and lifted a hand to gently grip Leo&#039;s forearm.<br /><br />\tA myriad of feelings coursed through Leo&#039;s body, every one of his senses more vivid than they&#039;d ever seemed.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mikey&#039;s scent seeped into Leo&#039;s pores and drowned him in a sea of bliss.&nbsp;&nbsp;The feel of Mikey&#039;s skin against his hand and the youngster&#039;s lips touching his own set Leo&#039;s blood to burning.<br /><br />\tLeo moved close enough so that their thighs were touching and wrapped his free arm around Mikey&#039;s carapace.&nbsp;&nbsp;The light kiss wasn&#039;t enough as the very core of Leo&#039;s instincts begged for more.<br /><br />\tTilting his head, Leo pressed harder against Mikey&#039;s full and enticing lips.&nbsp;&nbsp;A low moan escaped the younger turtle but his body seemed to stiffen slightly.<br /><br />\tCold reality rushed over Leo and brought with it a measure of common sense.&nbsp;&nbsp;Scaring Mikey was the last thing in the world the older turtle wanted to do.&nbsp;&nbsp;He had come this far through patience and diligence, he could continue along this route until his prize was ready to be claimed.&nbsp;&nbsp;Leo was adept at reading body language and knew it was time to slow things down again.<br /><br />\tCarefully moving his face away from Mikey&#039;s, Leo took his hand off of the younger turtle&#039;s face but kept his arm around Mikey.&nbsp;&nbsp;In turn, Mikey released his hold on Leo&#039;s forearm, his eyes remaining closed for a long moment.<br /><br />\t``Mikey,&#039;&#039; Leo whispered softly.&nbsp;&nbsp;When the youngster opened his eyes, Leo said, ``We don&#039;t have to learn everything in one night.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&#039;m perfectly content to take things slow.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\t``I guess I&#039;m n . . . nervous,&#039;&#039; Mikey stammered.<br /><br />\t``I don&#039;t want either of us to be nervous about this,&#039;&#039; Leo said.&nbsp;&nbsp;``I want us to both be comfortable and content.&nbsp;&nbsp;We&#039;ll go at your pace, okay?&nbsp;&nbsp;If I think you&#039;re rushing things I&#039;ll slow it down.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tMikey&#039;s lips quivered and then he grinned.&nbsp;&nbsp;``Are you going to lead me, Leo?&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tLeo chuckled, amazed at Mikey resilience.&nbsp;&nbsp;``It&#039;s a habit I probably won&#039;t be able to break.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\t``You don&#039;t have to,&#039;&#039; Mikey told him.&nbsp;&nbsp;``I like it.&nbsp;&nbsp;It feels nice to have someone else make the decisions.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tLeo rubbed Mikey&#039;s carapace.&nbsp;&nbsp;``You say that now, but you&#039;ve spent your whole life calling the shots for yourself.&nbsp;&nbsp;That might not be such an easy thing to relinquish.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\t``I like it so far,&#039;&#039; Mikey said, eyeing Leo shyly.<br /><br />\t``Let me know if you still feel that way after you meet my family,&#039;&#039; Leo said mildly.<br /><br />\t``Speaking of them, I&#039;ll bet they&#039;re worried about you,&#039;&#039; Mikey said.&nbsp;&nbsp;``I would be even if you&#039;d called to say you were okay.&nbsp;&nbsp;That was hours ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;Don&#039;t you want to check in again?&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tWith a light laugh, Leo admitted, ``I tossed my cell phone after that first call because I didn&#039;t want them to follow me.&nbsp;&nbsp;They would have too; Don is very good with electronics.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tMikey appeared to be thinking about something and Leo remained silent as he stroked the younger turtle&#039;s shell.<br /><br />\t``It&#039;s gonna be light out soon,&#039;&#039; Mikey observed.&nbsp;&nbsp;``The weatherman says it&#039;s supposed to rain.&nbsp;&nbsp;You could stay for the day if you wanted to; I&#039;ve got plenty of food and the bed is big enough to share.&nbsp;&nbsp;I mean, unless that bothers you,&#039;&#039; he added quickly.<br /><br />\tLeo&#039;s expression was soft and caring as he said, ``It might be better if I went home and gave you some time to think about things.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tMikey gave him a small, mischievous smile.&nbsp;&nbsp;``I guess if you think that&#039;s best.&nbsp;&nbsp;You&#039;re gonna get your stitches wet and you&#039;ll be all cold when you could be in a nice warm bed.&nbsp;&nbsp;That&#039;s completely up to you though.&nbsp;&nbsp;I can think about stuff with you sleeping here just as well as if you&#039;re not, I just won&#039;t be able to ask you questions if you&#039;re gone.&nbsp;&nbsp;I only bite Purple Dragons if you&#039;re scared.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\tLeo burst out laughing.&nbsp;&nbsp;It was a rare thing for him and it felt good; better than good, it felt cleansing.&nbsp;&nbsp;Part of Mikey&#039;s charm was his skill at finding humor in all things and his ability to point out the absurd.<br /><br />\t``I think I can manage to control my fear,&#039;&#039; Leo said.&nbsp;&nbsp;``There&#039;s still the small matter of letting my brothers know I&#039;m not in any danger.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />\t``No worries dude,&#039;&#039; Mikey said, his bright eyes glittering with youthful exuberance.&nbsp;&nbsp;``I think I know how to solve that problem.&#039;&#039;<br /><br />TBC............... <br /><br /></span>",
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