✰♡✰ Beautiful Boy ✰♡✰

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TW!!!: Mentions of blood, suicidal thoughts and descriptive violence!!

Leo felt stiff and cold, shifting around uncomfortably. He groaned and reached for the blanket to pull it up onto his body, but just felt thin air. He looked confused and opened his eyes and his vision was somewhat blurry from sleepiness, but he could make out rocks and flashing lights going past him in the distance. He was pressed up against a boulder, hard and cold.

'Where...?'

He gasped and his breath quickened when he heard ground breaking footsteps. Boom after boom, Leo realized where he was. "No..." He said aloud. He tried to stand up, but yelped in pain and fell back down. He had bruises everywhere. "No..." He said again. Ignoring the agony he felt in his body, he started trying to limp away. A voice behind him sent the worst chill down Leo's spine.

His swords were gone. He had no witty comeback to whatever was trying to scare him. He was too weak to stay and fight. His voice was too hoarse and shaky to call out to whoever it was. So he started running as best as he could, going slower than he would've liked to. Because of the adrenaline rushing through him, his couldn't feel that his left leg was badly broken.

The voice taunted him again. "Come back here and accept your punishment..."

He remembered this feeling like it was yesterday. He felt it so clearly now, the memory of this moment was pushed to the back of his mind. Leo's mind was racing. Where was Usagi? He wasn't at the farm anymore, he could barely remember what it looked like. How did he get here? Did he dream everything?

He shook his head and hid behind a tall rock, his shadow hidden within the dark areas. "You're nothing but a show pony, Leonardo Hamato. You know nothing of honor. You tell yourself that you did this for your family. All so that you can have a clear conscience to sleep at night..."

Leo covered his mouth so that his breathing wouldn't be heard. 'Don't listen to him...' He thought. It felt shameful to run and hide like he was. There didn't seem to be any escape either way, so why not go out in glory? Leo thought for a moment before feeling his heart break. He thought he had caught a glimpse of true love. Usagi wasn't real?

Warm streams of tears ran down his face, but he didn't wipe them away. These tears were for Usagi and Usagi only.

He gasped when he felt a cold, metallic hand on his shoulder. An evil chuckle came after. "I'm not finished with you, Leonardo Hamato."

Leo began sobbing and lowered his head in defeat. He'd never felt this depressed in his life. "J-just kill me already...Kill me..." He blurted out. His face grew dark and he felt the metallic nails digging into his shoulder. It was painful, but he didn't even flinch. Blood drew and fell onto the ground, a sight he was used to now. He had no will to live as he once did. At this moment, he felt like a nobody. He might as well have been dead already, in his mind. The hand wrapped around his neck and began strangling him. Leo gasped for air, even though he knew he wasn't going to find it. He kicked his feet and tried to get away, but nothing was working. He clawed and flung his arms at the hand around his throat, but he was getting weaker by the second.

His mind raced even more. It hurts. I can't breathe. I want my dad. I miss Mikey. I need Raph and Donnie. Where's Usagi?

He sobbed louder and let go, resting his arms at his side. His vision grew dark as he stared off into space, wishing that this hadn't been the last thing he ever saw.

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He gasped for air and jolted up in the bed. It was still the middle of the night, and Usagi stared at him in concern. Leo hid his face in his hands. "D-did I wake you up...?" He asked, rubbing his head. Usagi nodded his head. "What were you-"

Leo lunged forward and wrapped his arms around Yuichi, hugging him. He tried to keep quiet, but his sobs quickly filled the room. Usagi threw his arms around Leo as well. "Looser or tighter...?"

Leo relaxed at the rabbit's soft voice. "Tighter, please..."