The Shadow's Secret│TMNT

39 || Pictionary

"Is it an apple?" Leo asked hesitantly, trying to determine what exactly Mikey was drawing.

"A blob? Or an orange?"

"A flat ball!" I called desperately. "Or a puddle?" Mikey added a large, elongated protrusion to the top of his round-ish drawing. In his excitement, Donnie almost jumped up off the couch beside me.

"Oh! It's an amoeba!"

His younger brother spun around and threw a whiteboard marker at him. "Dude!" He cried in horror, "how dare you!?"

"Mikey, you don't even know what an amoeba is," Raphael groaned.

"You do?" I asked, partly impressed and partly disbelieving.

His mouth opened and closed as he tried to form an answer, but that was the only proof I needed to know that he was clueless.

"Oh it's a bird!" Leo exclaimed. We all whirled toward the whiteboard in anticipation.

"What kind of bird?" Mikey asked slyly. And everyone started yelling over each other.

"A pigeon!"

"A crow! Oh, or a raven!"

"A duck!"

"Goose!"

"It's a turkey!"

"A rooster?"

"A CHICKEN!"

But these birds were too simple for Mikey's imagination. Plus, its legs were way too–holy shit.

"AN OSTRICH!"

"YES!"

In his excitement, Mikey drew three large circles around the worst drawing of an ostrich that's ever graced this planet. I threw my arms up in victory as the boys muttered and groaned among themselves.

"That makes it, what? Eight for me and three for you guys?"

"Can we find a game that you're not good at?" Raph muttered, crossing his arms.

"Well I would tell you guys but it's actually a really long list, so I'd rather not."

"Technically speaking, ostriches have longer necks and legs than that, and a smaller head," Donnie interjected, causing Mikey to scoff.

"It's better than your frog!"

We all shared a laugh at the reminder of Donnie's very disproportionately drawn amphibian that resembled more a hyena than anything else, and when he added a long tongue from its mouth we all assumed it was an unknown species of anteater.

"I really hate this game," Raph muttered.

"Why don't you take over for Mikey?" I offered, remembering what his brothers had told me earlier today about his decent ability to draw. I shot Mikey a look and he was immediately nodding his understanding.

"Yeah Raph, I wanna try and guess." He tossed the marker to him with a smile. Raphael sighed and got off his beanbag chair, allowing Mikey to take his spot. He lightly tapped the marker against the whiteboard propped up on the monitor's skateboard-chair, thinking. Knowing Raph, he'd probably draw weapons or something violent. So I was ready and quick to recognize the slightly curved line he began with.

"Katana!" I called. All four brothers craned their heads around to stare at me in exasperation and surprise.

"Okay. I give up," Donnie announced, crossing his arms and propping his feet up on the pizza box table.