Cocktales

An Endless Supply

Leo's eyes begin to open, slowly but surly. Everything was a blurry mess. And he had the worlds worst headache. There were voices, non that he could understand but they were there. And then it hit him. Everything that had happened. The embarrassment, the hate, and the sadness. He sat up rather quickly, which made his head spin even more. The blur begin to make shapes that he could see. He could understand the voices better, but they were muffled. It was slow but he heard Mikey say 'he's up' or somethings close to that. He felt like he was going to puke. His hands made their way to his head, softly touching his temples and rubbing the pain away, which came back soon.

"Leo...," came a voice from in front of him. 

He turned his head slowly as his vision became clear. Donnie. Donnie had meds and some band ads in his hand as he instructed him to lay back down.

"It's okay Leo, just lay back. That fall way pretty nasty, huh?"

Leo though for a moment. 'That fall'. Is that what Raph had told them, he 'fell'. Doing what he had been told, his head begin to slowly move back into the armrest. He felt sicker as Donnie ran his fingers across his face. Cleaning what felt like a wound. 'Did I fall that hard?' He asked himself. Seeing how not speaking out load was getting him nowhere ho opened his mouth, but the words came out slow and stressed.

"Don...w-where's Raph?" Leo said in a harsh whisper.

"Don...where's Raph." Each time he would ask he got no answer. So, he continued to say it till he did get one.

"DON! WHERE'S RAPH!"

"Mikey, please. Go get Raph."

Mikey rose to his feet and walked towards the boys bedrooms. However, he didn't make it all the way to Raph's door before someone opened it. Mikey stopped and looked back at Donny and Leo. Giving them a week smile. Raph didn't step out, Kevin did. He walked slowly past Mikey, giving him a small smile as he went. Walking up to Don and getting down onto his knees.

"Leo...I'm v-very sorry...for anything R-raph told you that...hurt you." Kevin said as he choked on tears. Leo's felt confused and he probably looked it too. His head hurt and now guilt fell over him. He could feel it in his chest, it was hot and it hurt.

Leo didn't know what to do. He didn't mean to make Kevin cry. He didn't want him to be sad.

"Kevin, I'm sorry!" Leo said as he too began to choke on tears.

Kevin leaned forward, rapping his arms around Leo. There wasn't any hate. Leo actually wanted Kevin to hug him and tell him everything would be okay. He wanted to feel love like this...he wanted to feel love like this. And then it clicked...

Leo slowly stood. he turned to Donnie to assure him that he could do so on his own. He turned to Kevin and thanked him. Taking a deep breath in, letting it fill his lungs, and began to walk down the hall.  Stopping at Raph's door.

"Raphael please let me in." Leo lightly tapped on the door with the back of his hand realizing the door wasn't closed.

"Leo...I...I'm so sorry. I don't understand what I need to do. I'm lost and ya are my leader, but things aren't right." placing his hands on his head Raph looked up from the end of his bed. Tears slowly coming out of his blood-shot eyes.

"Raph...you did nothing wrong. I can assure you that. I just needed to realize," Leo says as he walks over to the bed and sits beside his brother, "that I can be the center of attention." Raph giggles a little at his brothers strange wording. 

"Let me finish...anyway, I wanted to feel love. I wanted to have someone to hold and tell me everything will be okay. I am your leader, and that was the problem.  I was supposed to protect you guys. But I also wanted someone to protect me...I guess I leaned towards you because we are brothers." Leo sighed as he finished. taking in several breaths as he willed his heart to slow down. 

"Leo...I love you, how could I not? You protect me and lead me on the 'right path'. I just don't know how to make you happy an i don't want to see you hurt. Cause...Cause...I DON'T KNOW!" Raph yelled as he took Leo into his arms. There hearts going just as fast as there laughs. 

Each brother embracing the other more in 10 minutes than they have in their whole lives. Which made each brother realize...there will never be a shortage of love. As long as the other is alive they will love each other.