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After the first meeting with Raphael, I visited my rooftop even more frequently. One of the many reasons: Increased fighting between my parents. But, also, I won't admit it, Raphael is another reason to want to hang around on the top of buildings even more. The 6 foot tall mutant turtle who does ninjutsu was often on my mind. Not sure of what exactly I's supposed to feel about this; Curiosity or some other type of feelings drive me to want to see him again.
Once again, my parents are in the middle of arguing over pointless shit. Two hours later, I find myself lounging on a blanket with earbuds plugged into my IPod. My usual overnight backpack was packed and sitting nearby. Over the music playing through the earbuds, I hear a thud on the concrete roof, signaling there was another presence.
As I continue to sit there, the presence approaches me and sits down on the other side of the open spread blanket. Thankfully, the space in which they sat down in was, of course close, but still respectful of personal space. I could feel whoever it was was staring at me intently. I open my eyes to see looming giant by the name of...
"Raphael. Haven't seen you in a while. Been well?"
"Hey, (Y/N). Yeah, it been a few weeks, hasn't it?. Doing pretty well. Fought some foot soldiers, some lowlife muggers and such. Mouthed off to my older brother a little. You?"
I gave a sharp nod while sitting up and taking my earbuds out. His bulky arm came around my shoulders and pressed my small frame against his slightly.
"Well... If you don't want to talk specifics, you don't have to. But give me something a little more exciting than just a nod, yeah?"
"I aced my history test? I had ramen for dinner? I went to the movie theaters last Saturday and watched "Guardians of the Galaxy"?
"Huh. If you're interested, I have "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" if you ever wanna watch it. Now, that was a lot better than a nod."
Behind us, I hear another thud that was followed by two more thuds. I notice Raphael roll his eyes and turn around. I follow suit after a quick roll of my eyes, too. Three other gigantic turtle mutants are standing there. The orange one was very chipper, while the other two looked very upset and stern.
"Raph! What are you doing? Where the hell have you been?!"
The blue-masked one was very quick to scold Raphael. Raphael just shook his head and gestured to me.
"Taking a break from your nagging, big brother."
There eyes all widen as soon as Raphael acknowledges that I was still sitting there. But the blue-masked one immediately started going off.
"You revealed yourself to someone?! God, Raph! What did you do?! Especially a girl?! Girls are known for not being able to keep their mouths shut! What will happen if she tells anyone about us?! If the officials find out about us, we're doomed! We won't have anywhere to go but April's house! You would be responsible for dooming us! You-!"
"LEO!"
Raphael's sudden burst of frustration surprised me and apparently the other two who had been watching quietly and quickly turned 'Leo's' attention to him.
"I've met her before. About two weeks ago. If you have any trust in me at all, you'd trust me now. She won't tell. If she wanted to, she would have already. We're fine. The only thing that's goin' to get us caught is your loud shoutin'!"
Surprisingly, Raphael handled that a lot more calmer than I thought he would have. Though it was technically still yelling back at the end, and he still had an attitude with his words and tone, he didn't go all out yelling back. It was a controlled aggravated conversation. Raphael then turns to me and starts talking.
"(Y/N), meet my brothers. The orange one over there is Mikey. Or Michelangelo. Purple one is Donnie. Or Donatello. And this one shoutin' his brains out is Leo, or Leonardo. Sorry for meetin' them so soon and on surprising terms."
"It's alright. I don't really mind. It's nice to meet them. Even if they're shouting."
"Alright. Well... I think I have to go..."
"Okay." I face away from him. I had honestly hoped he would have stayed a little longer than last time. But I guess I got my hopes up too high. I rest my elbow on my thigh and then rest my head in my hand.
"Hey...(Y/N).", I turn to face Raphael as he speaks, "I promise. Next time we meet, we'll hang out for a lot longer than the minimum of 10 minutes. Alright?"
He offered me a gentle, sexy smirk and quirked his eye ridge. I stared at him for a moment before sharply nodding and returning my gaze to the city buildings.
His voice rang out behind me. "Alright. Promise. See you later, (Y/N)."
When I looked behind me, Raphael and his brothers were gone. I sighed, and wondered when exactly we could meet again and properly hangout. Damn, I'm impatient for it already.
