Don't Make Me Fall For You | Raphael x Reader

27 - how to cure a breakup (pt. 2)

"Where, exactly, are we going?" Donnie looked down at you skeptically. You and the turtles stood outside of the Party Wagon.

"It's a surprise," you replied mysteriously. You touched the side of the Party Wagon. "Nice car."

"We got it from April's dad," Donnie explained.

"Was he the one who put on the green lady?" you asked.

"No. Raph did that." 

You glanced over at Raph, who was leaning against the car with his arms folded. He saw you looking and lifted his shoulders. "What?"

"Nothing. Just noting what an...interesting taste in women you have." Immediately after saying this sentence, you wanted to smack yourself on the forehead. Fortunately, Raph couldn't see the blush rising to your face. He was too busy avoiding eye contact as his own blush rose to his face.

"Are we going or what?" Raph mumbled, after an awkward pause.

"Right. Right." You snapped your eyes away from him and busied yourself with putting the location into the GPS on your phone. "Who's driving?"

"Raph," said Leo. "Would you do the honors?"

"Would I!" Raph perked up immediately. "Leo, I would love to!" He sauntered over to the driver's seat, threw open the door, and got in. 

"Are we sure about Raph driving?" you asked dryly. "I'm not sure if I feel...safe with this arrangement."

"Aw, c'mon!" Raph protested. "Safety? Where's the fun in that?"  

"I think not dying when I get into a car is very fun, thank you very much."

"Leo, tell them they're overreacting," Raph called.

"Leo, tell Raph to not kill all of us with his driving," you retorted. 

Leo held up his hands in surrender. "Don't bring me into this."

"But—"

"Hey, look at the time! We really should be going!" Hastily, Leo climbed into the car. Donnie and Mikey were already in the back, you realized, leaving the passenger seat open for you.

"Get in, loser." Raph smirked at you, cracking his knuckles. He seemed more like himself than he had in weeks.

You hopped into the car.

"Raph."

"Yeah?"

"Shut up and drive."

* * * * *

"A drive-in movie theater?" Donnie asked as the five of you pulled up to the venue. He nodded in approval. "Nice idea!"

"A movie theater??" Mikey echoed, stars dancing in his eyes. "I've never been in one of those before! Are the seats really squishy?"

"No, Mikey," Leo corrected gently. "A drive-in movie theater. We'll probably stay in the car or near the car, but we can still see the movie."

"Actually," you began. "For one, it's multiple movies, and for another, it's um. This movie theater's a little bit like a geek convention, too. It's a movie series about aliens, so that means—wait, stop the car! Stop!"

Startled, Raph braked hard, skidding to a stop just in front of a gate. Another second and he would have crashed. Raph glared at the gate. "Well, how are we supposed to get in now?" he demanded.