Brothers

Aplogies

Leo's POV

"What do you mean we have to stay in the sewer?" Keith complained

"Exactly what I said. We have to stay in the sewer." I replied

"Are there any bugs..? Like.. cockroaches?" Sky asked

"One or two pop up once in a while, but they won't hurt you." Donnie answered

"I don't like cockroaches... they're scary.." Sky mumbled

"Don't worry, Raph's scared of cockroaches too!" Mikey said

"No I'm not!" Raph protested

"Hey look, Raph! A cockroach by your foot!" I teased

Raph screamed and jumped to the other side of the tunnel. Everyone but Sky laughed at him.

"That wasn't very nice.. I'm scared of them too..." she said, glaring at me

"Sorry, Sky." I apologized

"Just be glad you didn't drop Sky.." Keith growled at Raph

"Back off, Keith. Raph won't put Sky down until we get to the lair. No matter what happens." I said

"How do you know?"

"Because he's my brother! You wanna target my brother you can go back up to the surface." I snapped

"I'm not targeting him!"

"Sure, sure. 'Be glad you didn't drop Sky' 'If it was just me and that stupid red turtle I would punch him' 'I hate how he holds Sky' do I need to continue?" I asked

Keith was silent. I took that as a no so I sped up, pulling Raph with me. Donnie and Mikey stayed behind.

"Leo?" Raph asked after I slowed down

"Hm?"

"Are you okay?" He asked

"I'm fine." I said bitterly

"Don't lie to me big bro." Raph sighed

"Fine, I hate that Keith is jealous of you. It went from him being fine with you holding Sky to jealousy and now it's just hatred. It's like he's just waiting for you to be alone so he can strike. I don't like when people target my little brothers." I vented

"If I could hug you right now, I would. But my arms are full.." Raph said

I put my arm around him. "Good enough?"

"I guess, but Leo.. I can defend myself. You know I can. Don't worry too much about me okay?"

"I'll try."

Mikey and Donnie caught up to us, no sign of Keith tho.

"Where's Keith?" Raph asked

"We made him go top side. He was acting a little off." Donnie explained

"Keith gets like that sometimes, he just needs to cool off." Sky explained

"Is he a hot head?" Mikey asked

"No, but he doesn't know how to express his emotions, most of the time he doesn't even know what he's feeling." Sky elaborated

"Oh, guess that kinda makes sense" Mikey replied

"Hey why did you leave us behind anyway?" Donnie asked

"I just felt like I needed to get Keith away from Raph, I got overprotective." I answered truthfully

"Aww, Leo loves Raph~" Mikey teased

"And? Isnt that what brothers do?" I asked, not wanting to deal with the teasing