Why do you hate me?

Chapter 16

TWO WEEKS LATER: Narrator's POV

Leo groaned as he woke up to the sound of pounding on his door, his head was hurting.

"Leo! Breakfast!" Mikey yelled and Leo cursed under his breath, his head was pounding.

"Coming." Leo answered back as he sat up with a groan while putting a hand on his head if he was trying to block the hammer that was slamming against his head and he out of bed. He trembled as he walked to his closet and grabbed a hoodie, he felt cold.

"W-why is it s-so cold?" Leo asked himself as he rubbed his arms vigorously before putting on the hoodie yet still trembling as if he was frozen. "It's November, but it's like 67 degrees. Why am I freezing?" Leo's teeth chattered a bit as he made his way to the kitchen finding everyone else was eating their breakfast. "Morning guys." Leo said as he walked in and Donnie smiled as he poured his coffee before turning around.

"Good morni...Oh my god!" Donnie yelled as he dropped his coffee mug while Mikey and Raph at Leo and gasped, he looked terrible.

"What's wrong?" Leo asked and Donnie's eyes widened along with everyone else.

"What's wrong?! Dude, you look like a ghost!" Mikey said and Raph nodded.

"Yeah, Fearless are you okay?" Raph asked and Leo nodded.

"I'm fine." Leo said, then he started coughing so harshly that he started to fall, only to have Raph catch him before hitting the floor while Donnie ran over to them with Mikey right behind him.

"Leo!" Donnie frowned as he looked at Leo, he was so flushed and pale.

"You look flushed, you definitely have to be sick. Let's get you to the lab." Donnie said and Leo coughed as Raph carried him bridestyle to the lab.

IN THE LAB

Donnie pulled the thermometer out of Leo's mouth and furrowed his nonexistent eyebrows.

"That's odd." Donnie said and Raph looked at him with his arms crossed.

"What's odd?" Raph asked.

"What's the deal, Dee?" Mikey asked and Donnie looked at them.

"Leo's temperature is fine." Donnie said. "I need a blood sample. Mikey..." Donnie shut his mouth. "Raph, hand me a butterfly needle from my draw, it's the one with the tube." Mikey groaned as Raph went to get the needle.

"Hey, I can handle a needle!" Mikey said and Raph huffed.

"Yeah right. Donnie pulled a needle just to fix the couch cushion and you fainted. And you were in the the kitchen." Raph said as he handed Donnie the needle and Mikey pouted while Donnie drew little bit of Leo's blood. After a few minutes of analyzing, Donnie's eyes widened.

"What the hell!" Donnie yelled, making everyone look at him.

"What's wrong Donnie?" Leo asked and Donnie rubbed his temples in frustration.

"Your vitals are absolutely fine, there's nothing wrong with them." Donnie explained and Raph groaned angrily.

"What does that mean?" Raph asked.

"It means I have no clue what is going on. Visually, Leo looks ill. He's pale, flushed. He's practically shaking as if we just let him out of freezer. But for some reason physically, I can't find anything wrong with him." Raph frowned harder at Leo.

"You can't find anything wrong? Just look at him." Donnie groaned.

"I am looking Raph, but without knowing what's causing his symptoms I don't know how to fix it." Donnie looked at Leo. "Let me see you over again, maybe I can make a diagnosis." Donnie looked at Leo closely and frowned little. "You have dark bags under your eyes. Are you sleeping well?" Leo shook his head no, he couldn't sleep. He hasn't been able to sleep for a week and three days, his stomach has been growling throughout the night because he hasn't eaten anything since Raph took him on his date with Mona. Only thing he's been eating are the vitamins Donnie gave him three weeks ago. Donnie rubbed under his chin. "Maybe that's why you're suffering from these symptoms." Raph raised an eyebrow.

"You mean he's sick because he's sleep deprived?" Raph said and Donnie shrugged.

"I guess, it's the only thing I have at this point. There's nothing wrong with his vitals, so I guess that's it. If that's the case then, he might get a fever later on." Leo started to cough violently again, then he started to wheeze which made Donnie and Raph concerned. "You need to get back upstairs, Raph can you carry him?"

"Yeah." Raph hooked his arm around Leo's legs and hooked the another one around Leo's neck, carrying him bridestyle out of the lab with Donnie and Mikey right behind him. Just when Mona walked in and she frowned, seeing Leo in Raph's arms.

"What are you doing?" Mona asked and Raph looked at her, he didn't know she was coming over.

"Mona? Why are you here? Wish you kinda called first?" Raph asked and Mona crossed her arms.

"Well excuse me for assume I walk in my boyfriend's home that doesn't have a door." Raph rolled his eyes. "And we're spending the day together, remember?" Raph groaned, he forgot about that. Mona gestured to Leo with a nod. "What's wrong with the thing?" Raph glared at her.

"He's not a thing, he's my brother." Raph scolded and Mona rolled her eyes. "And if you must know, he's sick and I'm watching him so we can't hangout today." Mona's eyes widened angrily.

"What?! It was your idea to hangout today, you can't blow me off!" Leo looked up at Raph.

"You don't have take care of me Raph, I'm fine." Leo said and Raph frowned, he didn't buy it.

"Fine my ass, you're literally shaking in my arms." And Leo was, making Raph grip on him tighter. "I'm taking care of you."

"Can Money and Denzel take care of him?" Mona asked and Donnie glared at her before looking at Raph.

"Yeah, we take care of him. Go hang out with her and spend the whole day together. Away from the lair hopefully and please." Donnie said smiling through his teeth angrily and Mikey rubbed his shoulder as Raph looked back down at Leo.

"No, I'm stay here and taking care of Leo." Raph said and Leo smiled a little, barely keeping his eyes opened before finally them closed. Raph touched his forehead and his eyes widened. "Don, I think his fever hit." Donnie ran over and checked.

"Oh no, it did." Donnie said and Raph frowned in panic. "Get him to his room now, I'll go get some medicine. Mikey, go make some soup..." Mikey started running to the kitchen and Donnie's eyes widened in realization. "NOT PIZZA SOUP!" Mikey groaned loudly, Donnie rolled his eyes and looked at Raph. "Please take him up."

"On it." Raph looked at Mona. "Look I'll cal..." Mona tsked.

"Save it Raph, whatever." Mona snared as she stomped out the lair and Raph just sighed before making his way to Leo's room. Raph gently kicked the door opened and walked in, instantly gagging.

Raph's POV

Oh god, it smelled worse than Mikey pizza shake with extra anchovies.

"What the hell died in here?" I said as I walked in and sipped Leo into the bed before holding my nose closed. Seriously, it smelled that bad. Which honestly concerned me because it's Leo. Next to Donnie, he's perfectionist. It wouldn't have smelled like this if there wasn't something wrong. I unclenched my nose and sniffed around, tracking the smell to Leo's closet. I tried to open the door, but it was locked. I looked back at Leo, who was sleeping peacefully in his bed. At least that what it seemed like.

"What are you hiding Fearless?" I asked myself, before kneeling on the ground and started to pick at the lock of the closet with my sai. I heard a click and I smirked, I unlocked it. I got up and opened the door, only to gag because the smell intensified. I look down, saw a trash bag, I picked it, and smelled it, this was where smell was coming from.

"Why were hiding this?" I couldn't ask Leo about it for one he was sleep, and two, he probably was going to lie about if I asked. Leo has a tendency of hiding his true feelings on certain matters, there was no way I was going to get the truth. I closed the closet door and walked out the room with the bag in my hand, I had show Donnie this.