Promise (Raphael X Reader)

14

Bruce's Batman costume.

Halloween and Thanksgiving came and went. Thanksgiving was filled by Richard, Damian, Jason, Barbara and I. Including Bruce, and my moms. My birth mom's red and black hair was cut short and returned to her bottle blonde. Me and my moms hung out all weekend, we talked about everything expect Raphael. I'm not sure how to tell her.
Since our hybrid classes I start patrolling and I would go with the boys time from time, but if they were with the turtles I stayed in, I'm not ready to tell Raph. It was close to Christmas which also meant it is close to the Christmas ball Bruce hosts every year. He does it for the heroes and vigilantes that are connected through him. Last year it was hosted at an undisclosed location that we had to figure out with the clues that were given on the invitations that way any enemies couldn't find us.
"Baby, " I tried getting Raphael's attention "Bruce wants to know if you and your brothers will come to the Christmas gala, ball thingy."
He looked at me, "Did Donnie tell you? Cause' that sounds more like a statement than a question." He smirks at me.
"Maybe, but if what I heard is true then I don't see why not?" I tease him lightly.
I have been in the lair after Halloween, his brothers seem to like me, I don't really hang out with Casey or April, but other than that everything seems okay.
"I'll talk to my brothers about it, but no promises." He states before going back to doing his push-ups. I return to laying on his shell and reading a book.

Evening fell meaning the turtles went on patrol, including Red Hood and Robin. Meaning I'm not going out tonight. I should patrol with them, Raph doesn't have to know it's me yet. The only thing stopping me is the fact of how the turtles react to Harley Quinn. Yes, my birth mom changed but like most people, they still see her as a villain. I argue with myself on my way home.

Back at home

"(Y/n)! Have you seen my light blue dress?" I hear down the hall from Barbara's room.
"Which one the long, flowy one with a halter top or the strapless, sparkly one?" I enter her bedroom to see her looking furiously for her dress.
"The long one. I can't find it."
"Relax, Barbs. I think it's in the guest room. Didn't you let my mom borrow it for Thanksgiving?"
"That's right. Thank you." Barbara scurried off to the other side of the hallway where our guest rooms are.
Leaving Barbara's room I enter my bedroom and took a nap.

I woke up to a phone call. "Hello?" I sleepily answered not bothering to look at the name.
"Hey, babe. Sorry for wakin' ya up but I got an answer for ya. I talked to my brothers and we'll gladly accept Bruce's invitation to his Christmas Gala ball thingy." He teases me. "Just so ya know it only works for a short time, Donnie said we could be there at most three hours." He informs me.
"Yea, that's fine but I hope you realize that this is a formal event, that means you and your brothers have to wear suits no ifs, ands or buts." I tell him. "Oh, and don't worry there are vegetarian options in case your brothers are."
"Damian is vegetarian, right?" He questions me. "Yes, sir."
"Alright, gorgeous I'll let you sleep. I love you."
"I love you too." We hang up the phone, I go back to bed happy that Raphael and I can spend Christmas together.

A Few days later
I was at the lair with the turtles waiting for them to get ready.
"How long does it take?" I question loudly in the living room.
"Can't wait to see me, baby doll?" I hear Mikey tease me, although I know it was mostly for Raph. I rolled my eyes.
"Keep flirting Mikey and you might get a knuckle sandwich." I warned him.
I pace around texting Barbara seeing how the boys were with the suits, they went earlier today. Knowing Richard he won't fuss, but Damian and Jason are a different story.
"Alright, I'm ready?" I hear a grumpy deep voice from behind.
I turn to face the sexiest man, he had black hair that was slicked back with the sides shaved. He is six feet tall, muscular, husky body. Then I look at his face his eyes were emerald green, then I see his soft full lips. Taking the second I have alone I kiss Raphael. "You look good babe." I wink at him seeing he was wearing a simple t-shirt and joggers.
Soon everyone else came out of their rooms. I see Leo who looks about Raphael's height, and lean, with dark hair as well, but it was short. Donnie was skinnier than his brothers but he was tone, his hair was brown and wavy covering his ears. Lastly, there was Mikey he had messy dirty blond hair the side was short and the top was medium length.
"Good, now let's suit up." I say walking while I drag Raphael.

Figuring they wouldn't fit in my Audi I grab an SUV. "Okay, I have to ask, how many cars do you own?" I hear Raph ask me.
"I only own two and one motorcycle. The other cars you've seen in the garage are Richard's, Jason's, Damian's, Barbara's, Bruce's, my mom's, and Selina's." I answer.
"How many do people do you live with?" I hear Donnie.
"Usually it's me, Barbara, Jason, Damian, and Richard."
"Where is everyone else?" I hear Leo.
"Well, my mom is a psychiatrist so she is always away trying to make medications or going to alyssum to alyssum for special cases. My other mom is a scientist for plants so she's always away too fighting for conservation of forests. Bruce is always away on business since he owns Wayne enterprise. Selina helps Bruce whenever he can't go to meetings, which is all the time." I answer.
We finally get to the tailor for the boys to get fitted and buy a suit.
"Alright, we're here." I chime getting out of the car. Following me out of the car there's a group of girls giggling and looking at the boys. Glaring at the girls, I kiss Raphael on the cheek while I wrapped my arm around his making sure they knew he is mine. They glare back at me. Rolling my eyes I gave them my death glare. They turn away quickly before anyone could notice I pretended as if nothing happened.
"Dudes did you see those girls, they were totaling checking us out." I hear an excited Mikey.
"Mikey, we're here to get suits. Not interact with humans." Leo stern voice got Mikey attention back to the task.

Once we entered the boys got measured right away. They picked out their suits. They all got black suits when they picked their ties I couldn't help but laugh. Raphael grabbed a red one, Mikey picked orange, Donnie purple, and Leo Blue. They look at me before realizing why I was snickering.
"Oh haha, we just happen to like these colors." Leo defended.
"Yeah, of course, I mean my favorite color is (color). Although it looks like I will have to match your tie Raph." I smile at him. 'Man, he looks good.'
"Do you gentlemen know how to tie a tie?" Tomas asked they shook their heads no.
The tailor then demonstrated how to tie the tie. The boys practice on themselves.
"Okay miss Quinzel the total for the suits come to 3,200." Making sure the boys weren't seeing the total I took out my black credit card and swiped.
"How long until the suits are ready?"
"Next week. Do you need it rushed miss?" He questions me.
"No thank you, Tomas, it's for a Christmas party."
"Alright, is there anything else that I can help with miss Quinzel?"
"Quinzel? Who's Miss Quinzel?" I hear Mikey question from behind me.
"That's my last name." I explain to Mikey before turning back to Tomas, "Can I have a copy of the receipt? please."
Handing me a copy, we said our goodbyes.
"See that wasn't too bad." I say when we get back to the car.
Raphael has been quiet the whole time.

Back at the lair (the turtles are back to turtles)

"Raph?" I say, "Are you okay? You've been quiet since you changed."
"I'm fine." He snaps. 'Great he is in his moods again.' Taking a deep breath, I step forward.
"Baby, please you know you can trust me." I reach for him, but he steps away from me.
"Just go home would ya." His voice is angry but sad.
I sit on the floor of his bedroom. "Why do ya have to be stubborn?" He steps forward, his nose is flaring, but his eyes were tearing up.
I scoot closer. I wait patiently for him.
"I don't want to see tears now love. Whatever is bothering you can tell me, we can talk it out." I coo to him. He frowns and growls at me.
"Just go home (y/n)." He sounded sad, his face is faced away from mine. He sat on the floor, his shell faces me. I sit closer to him.
"You know, when we got out of the car I saw a group of girls drooling over you and your brothers. So I casually glared at them, kissed your cheek and gave them a death glare to let them know you were mine." I admitted.
He huffs, "So ya only want me when I'm human?"
"What? Raphael is that why you're all quiet? You think I won't like you anymore because I saw you in your human form? I started liking you for you, now I am in love with you. When I first saw you I was attracted to you despite the fact you are a mutant, it doesn't bother me, or matter if you're a mutant as long as you're my Raphael." I was hoping my words went through. I'm not sure how to tell him that he means something to me no matter what.
He turns to face me, "You don't think I'm a freak?"
"Of course not. How many times have we gone over this? I know this is different for both of us, but it doesn't mean it's wrong." I tell him.
"I just don't want ya to regret being with me. We can't always go out, I have to be in disguise or we have to hide."
"I don't regret anything." I smile at him looking into his green eyes. I know sometimes his anger gets the best of him, where his mind will second guess everything.

Anyway until the next chapter where we see what will happen at the ball. Will it end badly? Will your moms meet Raphael?