You are my comfort

Betrayal

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In short, fuck around and find out!

The 3 months Leo looked forward to so much did not really fit his expectations.

It went as planned at first, he trained with Yuichi from 8 in the morning until 6 in the evening with an hour of lunch break between that, he learned Japanese for 2 hours under Splinter's guidance, he met his companion at night to just hang out with no formalities and still somehow managed to get enough sleep. Everything was going right. But at some point (that Leo managed to miss) everything went wrong.

He struggled keeping his focus during training, which resulted in losing to Yuichi frequently. He even had to cancel several training sessions in a raw, because he just couldn't bring himself to think of anything other than the pain. That was because of some sort of a mix of human and turtle periods. He didn't bleed, neither did he lay eggs, but it did hurt him like hell. So, he had to keep himself unmoving for days to keep the pain from worsening. Donnie was still looking for a way to help his brother, because it turns out that human painkillers barely work on them unless the mutants consume them in unhealthy doses. But that would result in other gastrointestinal problems. They would visit Leo with a new potion sometimes, but it never helped. The company was appreciated though.

He did progress in his Japanese and showed it off to Yuichi sometimes, but he felt overwhelmingly guilty about his lack of interest in it before. It's his father's culture, a secret to understanding both him family and his crush better. It's a part of him. Hence he felt the need to consume as much Japanese as possible. By the end of these 3 months he exceeded the first level (N5) on the JLPT scale. He understood basic grammar and could navigate through the Japanese speaking environment as a tourist now. Some good news, right?

Wrong, because it wasn't enough. So he kept tantalizing himself by studying at night in secret. Nobody supported this part of his interest, especially Raph with Casey Jr, for some reason. They would end up arguing every time they caught him and ruin everyone's mood. Casey was stubborn, even more stubborn than Raph, so sometimes he stayed up with his sensei and convinced him into sleeping by endlessly talking about how cool his poly parents are. He would not shut up about how April and Sunita cared for Cassandra, how they cooked tasty brownies together and his voice grew so soft it lulled Leo into slumbers.

Although he starved for more of his supposedly native language, even more he wanted his only fluffy friend's company. That's why some nights he snuck outside to meet up with Yuichi instead of torturing his brain with information. And they just talked, or slept. Or cuddled...

Leo didn't know what to think of this relationship anymore, they were friends, for sure, but most of the time they engaged in activities that made them look like a couple. The only things they didn't do were kissing and fucking. The first one was probably going to happen soon though, considering how often Leo thought of it. Maybe that would finally make them move from 'just friends' to something more.

Here is when his 'getting enough sleep' era ended. Leo barely got 5 hours of sleep every night. Oftentimes, he fell asleep on his desk, which resulted in back pains. Not a good addition is it? And the other times, he fell asleep in Yuichi's arms, which absolutely destroyed the remains of his focusing abilities. You wanted better? You got worse.

So, here he was, once again zoning out in the middle of a sparring session and thinking about how Yuichi's voice changed in the last several months. Not only that, but the samurai got a little bulkier and seemed much more masculine now. Was it some sort of yokai puberty that comes in late? Or was it something else? A little sparkle of suspicion shined in Leo's gut. If you look into it, before this Yuichi was a little shorter. Leo and Yuichi shared height, but now Leo had to lift his head noticeably in order to look Yuichi in the eyes.