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He noticed Aislinn’s pained wince and his frown grew larger. Right. She was totally not in very much pain. A new wave of guilt assailed the leader. He should be more careful! He was inflicting more pain to her! That was why Leo would never make a very good medic. He tended to blame himself if he happened to injure the person he was working on. Feeling as though he had finished his work, the leader sat back and wiped the sweat from his brows. “I think I’m done for now. They do look rather bad, now that I’ve seen them up close.” Up until that point, Donatello had been doing majority of the bandaging. Leonardo had simply watching and offering assistance.
His vision suddenly started to blur from lack of sleep. He sighed in irritation then lifted his hand to rub his eyes.Once his vision focused, he noticed how terrible the bandages had come out. Perhaps he truly did need to get some sleep. If Donnie saw them, then Leo was certain that he’d get scolded. It was too late for Leonardo to correct them though. He didn’t want to put Aislinn in any more discomfort than she was already in. Leonardo, can you do ANYTHING right? He thought to himself angrily.
It wasn’t just Leonardo’s fault either. He knew that Hun had sent his goons on his student. At that particular moment, his anger became redirected onto Hun. Leo happened to agree with Raphael’s anger for a change. Hun deserved to be taught a lesson. One he wouldn’t forget in a hurry. He’d wanted to go out immediately, but Splinter had forbidden it. He had told them not to go out until Aislinn had healed. It had frustrated Leonardo, but he understood his reasonings. How could they take care of her if they had injuries as well?
Hun needn’t worry for long. Once Aislinn got better, the four turtles would be teaching him not to mess with their student. Whether their Sensei agreed with them getting revenge or not. He’d not allow for Hun to think he could take his anger out on a teenager. A teenager that had got innocently pulled in the middle of the turtle’s dispute. Sure, she had wanted to, but Leonardo didn’t think it right for her to get hurt. But hadn’t they been teens when they’d first fought as well?
His fretting was not subdued. “I just wanted to make sure, Aislinn. I know how protective a parent can be.” He thought of his Sensei, whom would die for his sons. Leonardo realized that he could be rather protective as well.
He snorted about her comment about the medicine. He could lecture her, but she had it bad enough. Instead, he fetched the pain medicine from Don’s medicine cabinet. Then he fetched her a glass of water. After a few moments, he returned to where he’d been treating Aislinn. “Here.” He handed the medicine and water over to her. He prayed that he’d given her enough water. For his hand had been shaking the entire time.
He frowned upon hearing her joke. She’d been spending way too much time with Michelangelo. Leo had told the youngest that his positive attitude would eventually spread to Aislinn. It looked like he’d been right... for the most part. Once her seriousness returned, the leader cracked an exhausted smile. Maybe, without them even noticing, she’d inherited all of their personalities. Then again, it might be his exhaustion speaking.
“I know that you’ll be fine. You have Donnie taking care of you.” He murmured. “But I cannot keep myself from feeling guilty. You see, I-” His voice broke off with a yawn.
