-𝐎𝐧𝐞-𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦-

- 𝐓𝐦𝐧𝐭 𝟏𝟐: 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐤𝐞 -

Story from: 'Love Garden' - One-shot/Special

Prompt: [Reader] seeing Spike for the first time! (A little Raph x reader moment (●'◡'●)!)

- Male reader -

Sitting down on the couch, you tried your best to listen to Leo's rabble on about Space heroes. Talking about the complexity and depth of 'Captain Ryan' while the TV ran the show in the background.

Though his rambling didn't help with Donnie and Mikey fighting in the background, supposedly the purpled masked turtle had created a 'Cool' invention, one that got Mikey's full attention, and now they were currently fighting over to get.

You sweat a bit, but you smile while nodding your head to Leo talking. Even if you didn't know what it was about, it made him delighted that you listened.

While you appreciated and loved your friend dearly, the chaos was starting to make you feel wheezy. You needed a small break for fresh air and some water to calm down a bit.

You let out a slight cough to clear your throat, causing Leo to stop talking. You clasped your hands together and smiled at the turtle. "I'm going to get a drink of water real quick! I'll come back so you can finish talking!" You cheered.

"Oh! Okay, I'll wait then! There should be some, um, normal! Water bottles near the fridge!" Leo commented before waving you farewell as you walked away from the living space.

The noise died down a bit when you walked into the kitchen, causing you to sigh in relief. You smacked your face a bit and shook your head to stay awake.

"Okay (M/n)! You gotta stay awake!" You spoke out loud to yourself with a determined look. You looked around the fridge to find a single water bottle, which you snatched and slowly twisted the cap.

"It'll be rude if you just dozed off!" You exclaimed to raise your spirits, but you paused when speaking as you saw something in the concerned eye move on the kitchen counter.

You wailed, jumping back a bit while holding onto the water bottle, scared it might have been some bug on the counter. You shivered at the thought and looked over the counter, only to be faced with a small turtle standing there.

You stood there frozen before you choked loudly upon seeing a cute little turtle just staring at you. Your eyes widened, and an eager expression grew on your face.

You quickly stepped towards the counter, observing the turtle that did a frog blink in your direction, which earned an immediate squeal from you.

You lean over the counter with a prominent smile as you stare at it, moving your finger in a petting motion but not touching the silly turtle yet. "AW!!! You're so cute!! What's your name?" You cooed at the animal before using one finger to pet its head

The turtle appeared to respond positively to your pets, even closing its eyes as you petted its head gently, making you giggle as you stared at it in wonder. "Hehe! I wonder where you came from." You asked the turtle, which just blinked.

While busy adoring the small turtle in front of you, you didn't hear footsteps approaching the kitchen made by a red-masked turtle holding a bag of fresh lettuce leaves.

Raph was startled seeing you in the kitchen, but that was quickly washed over, feeling a bit annoyed. He personally wanted to feed his turtle alone, but there you were, cooing and petting Spike.

The red-masked turtle looked you up and down before letting out a loud 'Ehem.' The sudden sound made you turn your head back, struck dumb, but the sight of it only being Raph made you calm down a bit.

"Hi, Raph!" You called out with a beaming smile, taking your hand off the smaller turtle to wave over at Raph, who let a slight groan in response.

"Hi," Raph answered quickly before walking next to you. He side-eyed you before opening the package of lettuce, causing you to make an 'o' mouth shape.

You gasped excitedly while glancing over to Raph, who was busy picking a piece of lettuce, "Is this your turtle!?" You asked breathlessly with your hand over your chest.

Raph blinked, not responding immediately as he gave his pet turtle a piece of lettuce, which he happily ate. "Yes, he is. His name is Spike," Raph mumbled a bit, looking a bit embarrassed by the information.

A loud squeak on your lips made Raph flinch a bit, noticing the star-looked gaze in your eyes and your hands flapping a bit from hearing the wholesome knowledge. "You have a pet turtle, AND his name is Spike!? How adorable!" You exclaimed.

Raphs cheeks turned red from embarrassment before he let out a huff. "It's not adorable," he grumbled bashfully before scooting his turtle away from you, now holding him in his arms.

You deflated a bit when watching Raph take his turtle away, holding him closely in his arms. A pout formed on your face, not saying anything, but it was obvious to Raph you were now bummed out.

You stared at Spike again. Even though he was away from your reach, you still smiled at the cute pet. Raph looked at you awkwardly, conflicted about making you sad by taking Spike away.

The more you stared at Spike with a delicate and endearing expression, the more his consciousness ate him alive by being moody when all you wanted to do was see his pet.

Raph gritted his teeth before internally sighing at himself for giving in so easily to you. The red-masked turtle's lips twitched a bit before speaking up. "....You wanna feed him?" Raph struggled to say while avoiding your stare, holding his turtle out.

You blinked slowly before your mood changed in a second. Your face lit up, practically bouncing up and down in your steps, when Raph offered you to feed the cute turtle. "REALLY!?" You cried happily, observing Raph's face to see if he meant it.

Raph turned his head, not looking at you, before grunting out a yes while nodding his head. This was more than enough you needed to hear as you quickly picked out a piece of lettuce and held it enthusiastically.

"Wah! Aren't you such a cute turtle!" You cooed sweetly while raising your hand so the lettuce would be near Spike's mouth, and Spike opened his mouth and took a crunchy bite out of the lettuce.

"How can you be so cute!?!" You asked while fawning over Spike once more as he ate the lettuce out of your hand, not doing anything in particular, but it was enough to get you obsessed with Spike.

Raph supervised as you fed his turtle with a fawn expression, his bashful looks melting away and now being replaced by a weak look from the sight. To him, you were right. How could this be MABYE kind of cute?........Okay, it's kind of a little sweet for him.
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