storm || r. hamato

Part 7

Yet again, Raphael leaves you alone.  Maybe it was best that you kept the thought unfinished.  He would find out at some point whether you wanted him to know or not.

You sigh and stand up from the chair you were in and go out into the kitchen where the pizza was.  Mikey and Donnie must've been in the 'living room' because the only ones actually in the kitchen were Leo and Raph.  You smile over to them and grab a slice of pizza, slapping it onto a paper plate.  You decided that eating in the kitchen wasn't the move so you go to your guest room to eat in silence.

Leo and Raph look at each other in confusion.  "She's hiding again I guess."  Leo sighs.

"I'm not entirely sure if she's been completely honest with me lately, but she claims that she feels like she's always in the way.  Maybe she's just coping by hiding?"

"That isn't coping, Raph."  Leo rolls his eyes.

"Well I don't know that, Sir Know-It-All!"  Raph retorts.

"Shut the hell up.  We just got home from a battle with Shredder and his henchmen.  I don't want to-"

"I don't want ta' hear it.  Yeah, yeah.  I know."  Raph storms off without finishing his pizza. 

Leo doesn't respond. 

Raph goes to the dojo to blow off some of his steam. He was quite irritated.  The battle with Shredder and his men was a total disaster.  He kept leaving you alone everywhere.  Not only that, but he didn't believe you were being completely honest with him.  He wasn't going to tell you this though, no, instead he was gonna train a bit to calm himself down.

Raph needed to get his head back into the game.  He spent too many days by your side.  It was time he started thinking about the team and how to cooperate.  You were alive and safe for the time being.  What mattered now was how the team was going to get back at Shredder and how they were going to continue to fight to keep New York, along with the rest of the world, safe. 

The clad turtle found the training equipment and started using it to his advantage.  He ignored the loud noises he was making by moving the equipment.  He needed the setup to be just right.  As he finished setting up, you walk into the dojo, your face covered with the look of confusion.

"What?" Raph asks, his word coming out more vicious than he wanted.

"Nothing, nothing.  I just followed the noise to be honest."  You reply as you rub your eye and yawn.  You turn around and go back to your room, preparing yourself for another long day of sleep.

Raph sighs.  'Well that was a pointless entrance.' He thinks to himself and starts training.

The turtle trains obnoxiously with his sprained knee.  He may have been in pain but that didn't stop him from doing anything.  The pain only motivated him to train himself harder.  It took his mind off of the battle with Shredder and he didn't mind.  Anything to clear his head, he thought.  Anything works at this point.  He just wanted some serenity.