Red Hearted Desire

Part 11

Raphael stood at the ready apart from Leo, worry invaded his subconscious, by the look of his brother's glare from earlier, he's not going to take it easy on him which can lead to one of two things happening. He'll either completely beat Raph up, or go over board and wind up hurting himself.

"Um," Raph chuckles nervously. "Shouldn't you take it easy?"

Leo clicks his tongue, raising his fist into position. "I've been taking it easy for weeks. I'll be fine." he smirks, lunging at his brother and pinning him almost instantly. "One point for me."

"H-Hey! No fair, I wasn't ready!"

"You should always be ready."

"Tch! Okay Splinter Jr." Raph smirks, knowing that got on his brother's nerves.

Bad idea.

Leo pinned Raph's arms behind his back in an uncomfortable position..

"Ow! Ow! Ow! Okay, okay. Mercy, I yield! You win!"

Smirking, Leo releases his brother and returns to a standing position. Almost immediately after, however, Raph knocks him off his feet and onto his back with his hands pinned above his head.
 Laying on his stomach, he flinches as his brother begins running the fingers of his free hand along the sides of his stomach causing Leo to squirm and laugh uncontrollably.

"S-Stop! Stop, Raph, that tickles!" He huffs between his laughter.

Leo squirms beneath Raph's weight, desperately trying to escape his captors relentless bombardment of tickles. His sides ache with laughter, this throat dry to the point of coughing. He manages to flip over onto his back bringing his knees to his chest in attempt to gain some freedom.

"R-Raph please, I-I can't...b-breathe!"

Suddenly Raphael lowered his head to his brother's rapid beating chest, his heart pounding his it's cage  as he attempts to regain his breath.

"T-Thanks" He smiles gently placing his hand on Raph's back. "B-But what's with this? You didn't hurt me."

"I know" He sighs. "It's just...I'm tired..." Raph hums, wrapping his arms around his brother's shoulders.

Leo chuckles, "So go to bed, hothead."

"Shut up fearless...I'm comfortable..." Raph's voice trails off as it turns into a soft snore. Clutching his older brother for dear life, as if he might disappear at that very moment.