𝐭𝐦𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬

𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐱 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

Requested by @TheRandomKid9

Title: Tickles

Mikey stared at (y/n), who sat on the couch as far as they could away from him as they could get. Currently, the pair were alone in the lair since he'd hurt himself on the last patrol falling off a building, so (y/n) had been sent to the sewers to watch him since Master Splinter was out training April.

"(Y/n)," Mikey grumbled as they looked over, wondering what he wanted. Then, he whispered something.

"What?" (Y/n) furrowed their eyebrows as they stood up and started over to Mikey, who sat up and carefully dropped his swollen ankle to the ground.

"Maybe you would hear if you weren't so far away," he said smartly, attempting to stand up. (Y/n) threw themself over to him as his knees buckled and he tried to catch himself that way he wouldn't drop them both from how heavy he knew he was.

"Mikey, what do you want from me?" (Y/n) asked as they pulled away from him, leaving him to stand on his own.

"I want an answer, you- you weirdo!" They pursed their lips at his attempt at a comeback.

"What do you mean? You haven't even asked me anything." Mikey stopped short as he realized that was true.

"Oh, well, let me ask. And then I want answers!" he raised his arm to point at (y/n), who was standing above him, staring at him like he had a pizza head.

"Okay, serious time. Serious, Mikey. Um, okay. What's wrong with you?" (Y/n) reeled back, giving Mikey a look of pure confusion and "what the actual-" as his eyes widened and he jumped forward to explain himself.

"Wait- that's not what I-" he immediately cried out in pain as he fell on his hurt ankle. (Y/n) leaned forward to help him but he grabbed their arm instead, pulling them forward and to the side so they fell on the couch beside him instead. Then, he allowed himself to fall also, breathing out as the pain spiked and then began to tinge away.

"What are you doing?" (Y/n) asked with no expression as they stared straight ahead at the t.v. that was no longer on. Mikey stayed silent as he sifted through his thoughts, trying to find a good way to bring up what he'd been wondering about for a while. What would Leo do? Donnie? Definitely not Raph- or Mikey. Mikey was kind of an idiot. Wait-

He shook his head. He didn't have time to be stupid- not right now. He'd have to wait until four for that. "I just want to know why you haven't been acting like yourself. You- you haven't been in the right mood. I don't know how to explain it. You're like Raph when he got poisoned."

"Didn't he tell you he loved you?"

"Exactly."

"Okay, okay. I get it- I haven't been in the right, uh, wow. I don't know how to explain it either. I don't know, Mikey I just haven't been feeling super great lately," they shrugged, not wanting him to get any deeper. They knew Mikey and knew how seriously he could take stuff when he chose to. They were really hoping he wouldn't choose to today. Not today.

"Why haven't you been feeling super great lately? Is there a certain reason or anything? No one's ever just in a mood for no reason. Unless you're Raph," he said after a though. (Y/n) sucked their lips into their mouth and sighed.

"There's no reason; I've just been super "meh" lately. I haven't been feeling good. I don't know what it is," they explained, avoiding looking at Mikey. There was silence for a moment as they hoped and prayed to the universe.

"Yes, you do." Curse you, universe.

"But that doesn't mean you have to," Mikey reeled back at their venomous words and they huffed, looking away from him as they ran a hand through their hair and to their ear, where they played with the piercing they had gotten recently. (Y/n) liked the satisfying hurt that coursed through them as they twisted it over and over through the hole.