By the time I managed to get my heavy eyes open, I felt like the air was weighted with lead. I was in a room that certainly wasn't mine. Shelves lined with jupiter jim merchandise lingered above the bed, and the whole room had some tint of blue.
I sat up and held my head, blearily gazing around. Next to me was some sort of tucked in lump, and I silently sit up further to see it was the shell that adorned Leo's back.
My friend, is a yokai? I shrug. I can get why he was anxious about it, but he looks pretty badass so im not complaining. Considering it was just his shell visable, I was really hoping he was in there because I heard a healthy happy turtle never loses its shell.
A gentle tap elicited no response, so I tapped again. "Leo?" My voice broke. From within came a groan and a yawn, before a familiar head and set of limbs emerged. He donned one of those sleeping masks, stretching.
"Mikey I told you I'm not gonna leave to eat what if she wakes...." He removed his mask and saw me with a dumb little grin and a bandaged head. "...up.." he finished.
" what's up?"
I was grabbed into his arms and pulled to his chest plate thing... I think they're called plastrons.. as leo apologized repeatedly like april in the movie theatre where we officially met.
"Hey, why are you apologizing?" I soothed him, and I heard his voice cracking from nerves. "I thought you might not wake up or someone would get you or... or you'd be scared of me.."
"Scared of you?" I asked. "Why would I be scared of you? You're one of my best friends and you saved my ass, there's no way I'm scared of you." I smiled, wrapping my arms around his shell and hugging him back.
"You really mean that? You dont mind all of.. this?" He gestured to himself and I shook my head. "I don't mind, leo."
We sat in eachothers arms like at the parade, and he told me about what had happened. When his stomach growled is when we both opted to get something to eat, since neither of us had eaten for a day.
We were in Leo's home, someplace called 'the lair.' By my guess we were underground due to noises above us. I'd been sat on the kitchen counter as we both downed cold pizza, fluffy eating the box. April had explained how I knew the silverfish, and it was allowed in the lair with me.
We ate in peace, before a thought slammed into my head, making me almost choke. "My parents- they must be crawling up the walls!" I coughed, panicked.
"Oh shoot, think leo think... I'll portal us there!" Leo ran off, before coming back with his sword. I stood, nearly toppling because of the dizziness my head injury brought.
"Easy there tiger, lets get you home in one piece." Leo grinned, picking me up into his arms like I weighed nothing. When I had given him the general location of my home, he portaled us all to the hallway which was empty as most residents were sleeping.
"Lets hope They're asleep.." leo whispers before silently opening the door. The second he stepped in, the door shut behind us and the lights flicked on, revealing my two worried yokai moms.
"Mom, mama!" I smiled, taken from Leo's grip by the two who had begun fretting over me immediately. Mama was eyeing him a nasty glare, so I jumped to his defense.
"This is leo, he saved my life!" I said. "He did?" Her tune changed quickly. "Well then, leo, anyone who saves our daughter can be allowed in this household, I suppose."
It had grown rather late, and I offered leo to sleepover in my room since we were both tuckered out. I offered him the bed, and he offered back to just share since we already had before.
"Okay kiddos, if you need anything we're down the hall and remember, keep the door open~" mom grinned before walking off, leaving me and leo red faced.
"Didn't know you had two yokai moms." Leo grinned as we played super smash bros on my switch, beating up random cpu bots. "Didn't know you were a badass ninja turtle." "Touché"
It wasnt long before we both passed out, and unfortunately got snapped plenty of blackmail photos of 'our little babys first special friend'
Yeesh
