Four By Four Square One

Chapter 11 ~ Masks & Lies

Leo sits in his armchair reading a book as Raph was getting ready for work. The red haired male walks over to him and grabs Leo's chin and makes him look up at him.

"Don't set the house on fire while I'm gone." Raph smiles.

"This is my house, boy, I'll set fire to it whenever I feel like it." Leo glares at him playfully. Raph laughs a little and gives him a quick kiss and goes to leave. He feels a pair of arms hug his waist tightly. "And don't you think that for even a minute you can leave me for anyone. You're talking to me first then I'm having a word with the bitch you with and I'll be bringing a jack hammer with me." The blue haired male buries his face into his chest.

Raph hugs him tightly and kisses his head. "I wouldn't leave you for anyone or anything, Leo. I couldn't have asked for someone better." He holds his face in his hands. Leo smiles and kisses him, hugging his neck.

"Good cause I can sniff out a liar quicker than they can even lie. I learned how to because of Mikey and Donnie." He smirks.

Raph chuckles and ruffles his hair. "Hold a pan close to you in case anyone tries to break in."

"I always have a frying pan close to me and it's if I see those two dumbasses walking up my porch." Leo pulls out a pan that was hidden under the cushion of the chair.

Raph chuckles and shakes his head a little. "Love you."

"Love you too." They smile to each other as Raph leaves. As soon as Leo knows that Raph's gone, he runs up to their room and grabs the invitation he hid in the drawers. He stuffs it in his pocket and drives to Joann's to get a mask.

He decides on a thick plastic one that would cover up most of his face except his mouth. He grabs some paint glitter and feathers and checks out and rushes home and designs the mask. Of course, even though he really wants to make it blue, he put as much red on their as possible.

When he's done, he dries it and walks to the mirror and slides it on over his face and makes sure it was nice enough for a masquerade. He takes it off and hides the mask and the invitation in his dresser.

If you're wondering why he would be going instead of telling Raph, well... he's 99% certain the invitation is fake and that it's Mikey and Donnie's doing. He's only bringing a mask just in case it's a real party and he would wear it and check himself in as Raph, not like they would know it was Raph or not, it wasn't like a friend from college sent an invite because if that was the case, Raph would've been able to invite Leo with. So if it was a real party, it seems to have been a random choosing of people and Leo isn't going to let his precious Raphael go somewhere, not only in secret, but to a place neither of them would know about.

"I'm going to catch these stupid motherfuckers." Leo hisses. "Like hell I can let them prank us."

~*~

Mikey hums to himself, cleaning the house while he waits for Donnie to return. He cleans the nightstand and opens the drawers to take the things out and clean the inside of them. When he does, he sees the invitation and his eyebrows stitch together. He pulls it out and reads it.

He chews his lip and digs through his things and finds an old masquerade mask he wore when he was younger. He figures that he can go, being let in by showing them the invite, and find Donnie there and make sure he's okay, obviously oblivious to the fact Donnie would need the invitation to get in himself.

He hides the invitation in his pocket and puts everything back in the drawers when he's done cleaning them. He stands up and walks to the kitchen and cleans the counter, hearing the door unlock and a large grin forming on his face. As the door opens, he tackles his love and kisses his face, snuggling into him.