Losing control

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Mikey's POV

I sat in my chair for a few moments before I put my headphones on and started to draw. I sat at my desk as I constantly tapped my foot to the rhythm of the music.

I started to sketch in my notebook, until I realized that I was drawing Miles. I stared at the picture but shrugged it off, then continued. I sat there for about an hour, filling up two pages with wobbley lines, one of the city and the other one one of... miles.

I perked up my head when I heard the sound of someone texting me and picked up the phone, only to see Miles name on the contact list.

"In texts"

Miles: Hey Mikey! I was looking around for some good spots to graffiti, and was wondering if you wanted to hang out tomorrow night.

Mikey: sounds great!

Miles: ok! Let's meet at the warehouse near your place.

Mikey: sure thing!
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*Time skip*

I didn't even realize that I spent the whole night texting miles, not until I heard the sound of my brothers talking.

Suddenly, my door slammed open as Leo entered. "Ek!" I jumped and instinctively popped into my shell. I heard a burst of laughter from my older brother

"Oh my god, Mikey!" He said between laughs. "You're so jumpy, it's like eight in the morning!"  I got out of my shell, realizing with tiredness seeping in that I didn't get any sleep. I chuckled nervously as I stretched out my arms. "Well... I guess I got caught up in an art project again.."

"Anyways~, you should probably get a move on with breakfast, before Donnie goes into a frenzy about not getting his coffee." Leo said as he left my room, only getting a mutter in response from me. I yawned and sat up, looking for the hoodie Miles gave me, and put it on. I left my room without putting my compression gloves on, figuring that my hands would be steady enough to make breakfast.

I entered the kitchen as Raph walked up to me and patted my head. "Morning, big man! Sleep well?" He asked with a smile, only getting a nod from me. I headed behind the island and smiled at Donnie. "Hi Donnie!" I said, getting a grumble from him. "Coffee first, talk later.." I chuckled nervously as I got a pan and started cooking pancakes.

Afterwards, I went over to get a small pot to boil water and filled it up, then asked what the others wanted to drink. When the water finished boiling, I started taking it over to the coffee maker.

Donnie's POV

I sat in my chair, half asleep as I scrolled through my phone, tuning out the world.

"SHIT!" Someone hissed.

I immediately looked up to see who said that, only to see Mikey his knees , with a pot next to him and his hands shaking with a fant steam coming from them.

I rushed out of my chair to his side, as Leo and Raph followed me. Mikey's body shook violently as silent cry's of pain came from him. "Raph, ice bath. Leo, painkillers." I ordered my brothers, getting a nod in response as they rushed off.

I tuned to my other side, trying to comfort my little brother. I pulled up his hoodie sleeves, receiving a hiss of pain come from Mikey as he flinched. I let out a chirp of apology, then pulled down my goggles to take a look at the injury. Nerve damage again.. this has happened too many times in the past few months.. Wait... were those scratches? And as I looked up his arm to his elbow, there was some bandage that seemed to have been pulled up. What did he do?

A few moments passed, and the others returned with the required items for Anglo . After Raph put the ice bath down, Leo helped gently pull Mikey's arms into the freezing water. His hissing soon stopped as the pain faded from his arms, and Leo handed him some painkillers which he willingly took.

Afterwards, Leo helped put more bandages on his arms, not noticing the older bandages on the younger turtle's arms. 

When breakfast was finally over (which Raph had made), Anglo went to sit on the couch with the older pair, watching them play Mario cart, as I sat a few seats away from the orange turtle. I heard a small ping from Mikey's phone, which he quickly answered with a small small, his face having a slight pink shade to it.

"Who you texting?" I asked curiously, as he put the phone down and quickly answered with his face turning a bright red in embarrassment, "J-just April.."
Weird, Mikey didn't stutter often , but my thoughts were interrupted my Nardo shouting his victory.  'I'll ask Leo to talk to Mikey later' I thought, before getting the the controller from Raph .

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