Don't Make Me Fall For You | Raphael x Reader

17 - Mona Lisa

You were back on your feet again soon enough, and since you were starting work soon, you went with the turtles on another patrol, much to Leo's reluctance. It might be the last time you got to go on patrol for a while.

You encountered the first rooftop and stopped uncertainly, not entirely eager to jump. The turtles weren't at all intimidated and jumped across without any hesitation, but when they saw you hadn't jumped, they turned around to stare back at you and waited.

"Be careful," Leo warned.

"Watch the ankle, and try to get a running start!" Donnie called.

"C'mon, [F/N], you got this!" Mikey, ever the enthusiast, cheered.

"Don't think about it, just do it!" Raph called. "We'll catch you if you fall!"

You took a deep breath, ran, and leapt.

By some stroke of luck, you in fact did manage to make the gap. You stumbled a bit when you landed, slight pain lacing your ankle briefly, but Raph, true to his word, steadied you, catching your shoulders.

"Easy there," he muttered, gently pushing you back up until you were standing on your own two legs again. You vaguely registered how careful he was being. The other turtles broke into applause.

"Not bad, [F/N]." Raph grinned at you, and you grinned back.

"Not bad at all."

* * * * * *

Despite the relatively brief time you'd spent with the turtles, life settled into a routine, as it tends to do. You spent most of the day hanging out with the turtles or familiarizing yourself with the lair, maybe taking a nap, before heading up to the surface to your job. One of the turtles would escort you. You'd come back some days to an empty lair and some days to a not-so-empty one (strangely, they always seemed to be home whenever you brought back a pizza), depending on when they left for their nightly patrol.

One night you were heading back, box of pizza in hand.

You entered the lair and froze.

(lol sorry)

Standing in basically the center of the room was Raph and some lizard-y girl who looked familiar, kissing away as if they had all the time in the world. It took you a moment to realize that the girl was the one you had seen in the pictures.

Oh. So this is Raph's girlfriend, your brain concluded.

Your heart sank slightly in an irrational small wave of jealousy. You hadn't known Raph for that long; it was too soon to be wanting to date him. Still, you dropped the pizza box.

Luckily, Mikey had supersenses for pizza, and he dove immediately to catch the box, grabbing it before its contents could fall onto the floor.

"Whew," he sighed in relief, clutching the box to his chest while contently lying on the floor.

Raph and the lizardlike girl broke apart and looked in Mikey's direction, meaning they also looked in your direction.

"[F/N], you're back!" Oddly, Raph looked a little alarmed at your return instead of elated. (The turtles got really excited over pizza.)

"Raphael," started the lizard girl. She kinda gave you the creeps. Her pupils were horizontal slits. "Who is this?" She gestured to you.

"That's-"

You spoke over Raph; you could introduce yourself, thank you very much. "I'm [F/N]," you said, pushing down your unfair feelings of resentment towards the girl and holding out your hand.

Her pupils dilated as she saw your outstretched hand. "What?!"

"Oh, no," Leo muttered. "[F/N]-"

The lizard girl leapt at you, while Raph shouted, "MONA, NO!" and the four turtles rushed to defend you.

"SHE HAS NO HONOR!" the girl shouted, shoving Leo and Donnie aside and making a beeline for you again. "PROVOKING A FIGHT WITH NO REASON!"

Mikey attempted to stop her, but she jumped over him and kicked your stomach harshly. You collapsed, skidding across the room and colliding with the wall.

"THE DISHONORABLE MUST BE DEFEATED!" she yelled.

"MONA, STOP!" Raph yelled back, pulling at her arm. She shook him off, marching toward you.

You were somewhat in a daze. Your head had hit the wall, and your stomach hurt. You struggled to get air around the pain in your body.

"Mona, stop," Raph said again. This time, he seemed much closer. You blinked as you registered him standing in front of you, his back to you.

What is he doing? you vaguely wondered.

"Stand aside, Raphael," you heard the girl say. You heard what sounded like blasters being activated, though you weren't sure how you knew that sound. "My target is the girl, and the girl only. I do not wish to harm you."

"You're gonna have to harm me to harm her, then," Raph growled. "She's a friend!"

"Nonsense. She intended to attack me."

"Mona, listen to me," Raph pleaded. "She didn't know what that gesture means to Salamandrians. On Earth, it's a symbol of friendship."

Mona blinked. Her blasters retracted. "Oh," she said. "Why was that never explained during our first encounter, in which your brother Leo made that very same gesture?"

"Uhh...probably because we were too busy getting beat up to explain?"

"Fair enough," Mona agreed. Raph stepped away from guarding you, and this Mona girl stepped in front of you and knelt down.

"My apologies for attacking you, [F/N]," she said. "I am Y'Gythgba, but you may call me Mona Lisa, as Raphael does."

"Raphael?" you murmured. "He's a painter, right?"

"You okay, [F/N]?" Raph crouched down next to Mona, face etched with concern. The other turtles started to crowd around you, too.

You stared lazily up at them. "Green," you mumbled. "Why are you all green?" You reached up to poke Raph's face. He scrunched up his face when you made contact. "Where is your nose?"

You dropped your arm, letting it flop. It felt heavy.

"I think she hit her head," Donnie announced, because clearly no one else could have deduced that. "We need to get her to the infirmary..."

a/n: yeet i published a new chapter

i have, sadly, not been able to reach my goal of "at least once a month" haha

i've only watched like two episodes involving Mona, in which she was mostly just beating people up or kissing Raph, so apologies if she's out of character

I've kinda been trying to write more original things lately, i'd appreciate it if y'all could check that out

unfortunately, I don't really reply to comments anymore but I still read (and love) them

***NOTE: FROM NOW ON, MIKEY WILL BE READING THE COMMENTS. So y'all better keep it PG... :P***

thanks for all the support!