Symbiosis

|Chapter 27|

A/N~posting early cause im busy for thanksgiving <3

POV Mikey:

'Leo! He was finally awake!', pushing past Donnie, I raced with all the strength I had, "Mikey! Wait-", I ignored Donnie, I knew why he wanted me to stop, but he couldn't make me leave my only friend, "Uncle Mikey! Uncle Mikey! The dead guy in the bowl's awake!-"

"He's not dead kid!-", sticking out his tongue toward April, Jay laughed as he ran back inside the house, running up the stairs, "Mikey! Take off the farming gear-"

"Oh right," I said, leaning against the wall. I took off everything piece of cloth that was covered in dirt, the wraps around my legs, knee guards, hat, and apron, and hung everything over the edge of the porch. "Mikey, I really need to talk to you-", I didn't say anything as I walked past him, making my way straight towards the only bathroom. Reaching for the door frame, I swung around it and slowed down, only to see my weak older brother, his head pressed against the rim, his eyes counting each person that walked into the small room.

The bathroom was so quiet as everyone stared at the turtle, yet even in the silence all I could hear was the sound of my heart pounding in my ears, pounding louder and louder, quickening as each second past, but as Donnie spoke, "Leo?", everything went quiet. I could tell how much pain he was in as he smiled with all his strength, his brow bone turned upwards, "Hey, guys...", I didn't think it would have happened, but as I heard the rasp, the scratch in his voice as he spoke, something snapped. My hand reached up towards my mouth, covering it as an itch ached in my throat and eyes, tears fell and my vision went blurry. Stepping slowly closer and closer towards Leo, I didn't have control any longer as I lunged towards him, hugging him with all my might, never wanting to let him go, fearing that the moment I let him out of my hold, he'd leave again...just like the others, "LEO! You're back!"

"Ow..Okay, that hurts"

"Take it easy. Let us get you out of here," Raph said, slowly letting go of Leo. I stepped away from the bathtub as Donnie and Raph stepped forward, pulling Leo up to his feet. I pushed myself to my feet and stepped backward, watching as they moved him out of the bathroom. "I can't believe he was out for three months, man..."

"It doesn't even feel like we've been here that long." April was right. Even though we stayed in this house day after day, it only felt like a month had passed. "I'll empty the tub-"

"Hey Uncle Mikey?" leaning over the tub, I reached for the plug and pulled on the chain, watching the water spinning over the drain, creating a tiny whirlpool. "You had us worried sick, Leo. Raph barely slept", their conversation sounded so quiet as I pressed the side of my face against the edge of the tub, watching the water level descend lower and lower, "Uncle-", yawning tiredly, Jay leaned against my shell and drew small circles towards the top of my shell, "...Mikey...I'm tired...", as the last bit of water funneled down the drain, I turned around and picked up the small frog, letting him rest his head on my shoulder.

Walking out of the bathroom, I made my way towards the living room, starting to feel tired myself, I knew it was time to go to bed both for me and the kids, "Hey April...", the group went silent, my eyes felt heavy as I swayed back and forth on my feet, "Yeah?"

"I know me and the kids normally sleep on the couch—" I took a deep breath and sighed, "and I don't want to kick you guys out...so...do you mind if Jay sleeps in...one of the beds?", I could hear the sound of something moving closer towards me and a hand pressed against my shoulder, "Come on, let's get you two to bed-"

"No no, I-I'm not tired-"

"Just go to bed Mikey, Raph will watch Kris-"

"Why was I chosen as the babysitter?!-", the group continued to argue, going on and on, yet none of it ever registered in my ears, April continued to pull my arm, tugging us closer and closer, "You, the kids and your brothers can take my dad's room, its not much just...just get some sleep, Mikey", nodding my head, I walked closer towards the bed, and pulled the covers off to the side, "Hey...April?", I didn't turn towards April as I laid Jay slowly on the bed, "When Krisa gets tired...can you bring her up here. She doesn't like being alone when she...sleeps...", my eyes slowly got heavier and heavier and as my head pressed against the soft pillow, I finally felt peace and fell asleep.