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After the boys had accessed that you were alive and breathing, Raph had already retreated to his room. You looked over your shoulder as Mikey set up a video game for you to play with him, which you agreed to since Raph no longer seemed interested in talking.
“What’s going on, sweetcheeks?” He asks, snapping your attention back to him.
“Nothin, I’m alright Mikey.” You respond, trying to dismiss it.
“No, you’re not. You’re off. Talk to me. You used to tell me everything.” He says, obviously feeling insecure that you are starting to grow distant from him. You immediately scoot closer and hold onto his arm, leaning your head on his shoulder.
“Oh Mikey, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to make you think that we’re growing apart. I’ve just been sad lately.” You mumble the last part, unsure if you’re ready to tell him about your huge crush on his brother.
“Why? What’s wrong?” He asks, lifting your chin and making you look him in the eye. “I don’t judge.” He adds, smiling lightly at you.
“It’s… Raph..” You mutter, looking down, embarrassed. “I really like him, I’ve been upset because I think I messed up our friendship by flirting with him. He’s been avoiding me lately, it’s upsetting.” You confide, feeling a little relief at finally telling someone how you are feeling.
Of course, you wouldn’t have said any of that if you knew that Raph was lingering around the corner, eavesdropping on your conversation. He bangs his head against the door, mentally beating himself up for making you feel shitty. “It’s not polite to listen to private conversation, Raphael.” Splinter speaks, startling his son. He stands up straight and looks at his father, who sighs and touches Raph’s arm, obviously knowing that he in discomfort.
“She accepts you. She’s good for you, don’t lose someone you care for.” He advises, before retreating to the dojo, assumingly to meditate.
Raph knows that he’s right, and he knows he needs to give you a chance, he’s just so nervous. He’s not good enough for you, you’ll leave him, he’s going to get hurt, or he’ll actually hurt you.
He takes a deep breath then opens his bedroom door, slowly approaching you and Mikey at the couch. Until you burst out laughing at whatever Mikey is doing in the game, and his motivation is gone, forcing him to trudge back into the room before he’s noticed.
You end up spending most of the night playing video games with Mikey, he’s really good at cheering you up and distracting you. You haven’t seen Raph since when you woke up from fainting, and you don’t have the courage to go confront him. After you finally get bored of the games, you decide to go to Donnie for a little advice.
You knock lightly on the door to his lab, hoping not to startle him, and wait for him to say to come in. You shut the door behind you quietly and slowly approach him at his desk, smiling lightly as he closes his notebook and pulls away from his desk to look at you, where you take a seat across from him. “How are you feelin?” He asks. You shrug your shoulders.
“Physically, fine.” You respond. He can read you like a book, though. “Let’s hear it.” He says. You begin opening up about everything that has been going on and how it’s making you feel, unable to keep this inside anymore. He makes no sense! He flirts with you, then avoids you, then says he wants to talk, but bails on you.
“Well, I know that he cares for you, deeply.” He starts off, causing you to look down and blush lightly. You don’t really believe him, given Raph’s behavior lately, but it’s still nice to hear. “Give him a little more time, he’ll come around. He’s never been in this position before, it’s new for all of us. He’s not pushing you away because he doesn’t care, it’s the opposite.” Donnie assures you, and you honestly feel a lot better when you leave his lab after having a nice deep conversation with him.
You retake your seat beside Mikey, laying down and getting comfy under one of the blankets that they have lying there, and feel yourself gradually getting more and more sleepy.
Everything is quiet, so Raph assumes that you had left. He slowly exists his room and makes his way toward the kitchen, before noticing your sleeping body on the sofa. Nobody else is awake in the lair, it’s late at night, you must have fallen asleep a while ago. You look so peaceful, he can’t help but walk a little closer and look at you.
Of course, just his luck, he trips on one of Mikey’s controllers he left on the floor that he didn’t see while too busy looking at you, and ends up making a lot of noise.
You jump up, startled by the ruckus, and look around, utterly confused. Raph is standing beside you, and Mikey is gone.
Did you fall asleep? You swore you only closed your eyes for a minute…
“Raph?” You ask, rubbing the sleep out of your eyes. He stares at you like a deer in headlights, and you stare right back. “So much for wanting to talk.” You mutter, your sleepiness allowing a little courage to seep through.
“Sorry..” He mumbles, unsure of what to say.
“Just spit it out, I’m tired of this back and forth shit. Do you feel the same way for me or not? If I made you uncomfortable, I’m sorry, I didn’t mea-”
“Y/N,” He interrupts, cautiously taking a seat beside you on the sofa. You stare at him, waiting for him to continue. “I do…” He responds. It takes you a second to figure out what he means, but then you do. He feels the same way...
“Then why have you been avoiding me?” You ask softly, staring into his eyes.
“I’m not good for you..” He mutters, not meeting your eye as he rubs the back of his neck. You hold back a yawn to the best of your ability, tiredness still overcoming you.
“You are. You’re all I want, Raphael.” You say, trying to keep your eyes open.
He takes notice to this and smiles half-heartedly at you. “C’mon.” He says, standing up and holding his hand out. You look at it for a moment, then take it, trusting whatever he was planning.
He suddenly lifts you up bridal style, catching you totally off guard, and starts walking toward his room.
You look up into his eyes as he walks, making him look at you, then away awkwardly, biting his lip in attempt to keep from smiling. He carefully brings you into his room and over to his large bed, placing you in it lightly. He starts covering you up, then heads toward the door, but you call out “Stay,” He stares at you for a few moments, debating, before deciding to do as you say. He takes off his armor, avoiding your gaze, then hesitantly approaches the bed. You scoot over, and he carefully climbs in, facing you.
You move closer to him, leaning into his chest and arm, unable to keep awake any longer, but dying to be near him. He watches you as you quickly drift off to sleep, before placing an arm over you and holding you closer, finally allowing himself to give this a real shot...
Unfortunately, this is either going to be the last part, or the second to last. Sorry guys! Thanks for all the support, if you have any ideas for how to progress this or to make a new mini-series for Raph, feel free to shoot me a message!💗
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