Purple and Black? No, Orange! [PAUSED]

Chapter 9 - Cooping attempt

🟠 - "So.... what... was that?"

🟡 - "I'm just... I don't know, I think I just needed to get these feelings out of my system... sorry about that."

🟠 - "Ah... alright..."

🟡 - "I think I was just... frustrated because we don't seem to work out with eachother."

🟠 - "Yeah, I see your point, it just caught me by surprise, you know?"

🟡 - "I'm sorry."

🟠 - "Ok."

🟡 - "...."

After the apologies and the awkward silence, April and Mikey decided to go home and talk about it later, maybe after they think things out and process everything, maybe then they can talk things through more clearly, but they probably left out of embarassment too, after all, that is big deal to them, April got home safely, but... Mikey wasn't as lucky, he ended up stumbling onto Donnie when he got home, and as much as he tried to back away from him, Donnie noticed something, a familiar scent he'd recognize anywhere, it was identical to April's lip gloss, a shiver went down Donnie's shell as he made this connection, glancing down at Michelangelo's face and finding a strange smidge on the corner of his lip, it was lip gloss, April's lip gloss, seeing what Michelangelo had done, Donnie felt enraged, a pent up anger inside of him suddenly erupted in a violent blast as he raised his hand in the air and slapped Mikey's face with all the strength he got, landing a strong blow on his brother's face, making him nearly fall on the floor from the impact, as the shock of the situation hit Michelangelo.

Donnie let himself get carried away by his anger and started yelling at him, he screamed and shouted like if he was crazy, he smacked his younger brother in the face again and again, called him every name of the book, even the ones who didn't fit in his narrative at all, Mikey was still in shock, tears ran down his face as he struggled to process what his brother was doing to him, insult after insult, it felt like a stab through his skull, he tried to pull his wrist off Donatello's grasp, but it was too strong, he was too caught up in his own head to really focus on what he was doing, so his pulls almost had no strength in them, his brain was blank, but it was also... crowded? It was hard to tell, it's like being nowhere and everywhere at the same time, it felt suffocating yet relieving, scary yet calming, is there any way someone could understand that feeling?

Before anyone could really get what was going on, Leo and Raph came into the scene, they rushed in to separate the two younger siblings before the situation escalated any further, Raph basically dragged Mikey away form there and into his room while Leo stayed behind to calm down a feral Donatello.

🔴 - "Argh! What the hell is wrong with you?! What did you do to piss him off NOW?!"

🟠 - "I... I..."

🔴 - "Is that lipstick on your mouth?!"

🟠 - "I..."

🔴 - "Ew, gross! Urgh, whatever! I guess I got my answer."

🟠 - "Raph... I just...."

🔴 - "Seriously, dude... what's wrong with you? Why do you keep going out with April if that's only giving us all trouble?!"

🟠 - "..."

🔴 - "Did you seriously... did you actually fall for her or something? How dumb can you be?! Can't you both just get over this already? It's a pain in the shell! specially now that you are causing are two are fighting over that stupid girl, she doesn't love you guys back, can't you see that?! She just hangs out with you because it kept Donnie away, she's using you as a meat shield, just get away from her already!"

🟠 - "That's not..."

🔴 - "Honestly, Mikey, I could sit here and coddle you, tell you Donnie is the one in the wrong for being harsh, but you're also throwing a low move!"

🟠 - "Am..."

🔴 - "Like seriously, going out with a girl your brother likes? Can you even imagine how far I'd burry your head on the floor if you even TOUCHED Monalisa in a weird way?! How did you pull a stunt like this? Are you proud of yourself?! Now Donnie is going nuts over this drama and I am stuck here dealing with you until he chills down! All because you couldn't keep it to yourself, could you? Are you not ashamed of yourself? Or do you just have no care or respect for anyone in here?!"

🟠 - ".... just leave me alone..."

🔴 - "What did you just say?!"

🟠 - "LEAVE ME. ALONE!! GET OUT!! THE DOOR IS RIGHT THERE! I AIN'T STOPPING YOU!! ARE YOU BLIND??!! DID YOUR HANDS FELL OFF?! BEAT IT, RAPH! GET THE HELL OUT OF MY ROOM!!"

And just like that he lashed out at Raphael, pushing him out the door and locking it shut, Mikey couldn't take this anymore, he got onto his bed and wrapped himself in a blanket cocoon, not planning to leave anytime soon, he burried his head on a pillow and screamed his pain out through his sobbing, thankfully the pillow muffled his loud cries, he himself could barely hear what was going on around him, like the banging on his door, the voice of his brothers calling out for him, of even his own father who came later on to see if he was alright.

Before Michelangelo even realized, he had fallen asleep, probably so overwhelmed by everything going on that he passed out crying, and he just as quickly woke up, it was early, way more than the usual, everyone was asleep still, probably 2 or 3 hours away from waking up, as much as Mikey wishes he could just ignore them all, he know his brothers are eventually going to be at his door demanding for breakfast, so he decides to get over with this already, he gets up quietly and goes to the kitchen, he makes everyone's breakfasts as fast and carelessly as he can because he doesn't even bother putting an effort to please them anymore, it's just something about the way they've been treating him, he feels neglected and like his brothers just don't care about him as much anymore, so why should he?

In the end, he leaves the plates out in the open, if his family wants breakfast they better be fast to get it before the flies start coming around, Mikey leaves the plates on the table and goes back to his room, patient, yet excited to see how his brothers were gonna react.