A pair of Katanas

7.and she will be loved

"Bye, dad" I sniffed,wrapping my hands around dad's waist. He squeezed me back,then ruffled my hair and planted a quick kiss on my head.

"Stay safe for this one night, okay kiddo? Tomorrow morning Mr O'Neil and his daughter will come to help you with your stuff. I'll see you in a week."

Mr O'Neil, one of dad's old friends had offered me a place to stay for the week while dad went Canada for a work trip.

I had insisted that I'd be fine on my own, but dad wasn't ready for me to be by myself after the restaurant incident.

If only he knew I'd snuck out to meet Leo's brothers alone...

Still, I hoped that Mr O'Neil was nice. I'd never met them before, and hoped that I'd get along well with his daughter.

As I stood outside the apartment building, I saw dad pick his luggage up and store it in the cab's trunk. Before getting into the mustard yellow taxicab, he walked over and squeezed me one last time. I saw the cab pull away, dad's grinning face melting away into the dimly lit street.

I trudged up the building's stairs, already missing his glowing presence that brought laughter and warmth.
Yet my thoughts drifted from him to the turtles, -Leo in particular. His angry eyes that held so much fury and disappointment flashed through my head, making me feel just as helpless as I did on that night in the sewers.

It had been a week since I made contact with any of them. No texts, no phone calls no nightly meetings. Now with dad gone, I had never felt more alone.

He hates you. Leo hates you.

The words kept swimming around my head, and every time I pictured Leo, the fragments of my already shattered heart broke a little more.

"You can't even make friends at school," Taunted the voice in my head, "now you've managed to mess up your relationship with someone who made you feel special!"

Such thoughts burdened me all week long, and now I was emotionally drained. I was prepared to cry it all away tonight, wallowing in my own sorrow with ice cream and TV.

Maybe I'd never see him, or any of them ever again. Maybe it was time to move on.

~•~

I shoved the keys into the lock, and upon hearing a click, I pushed open the door to find a gigantic green thing sitting on the kitchen counter, eyes staring into my soul.

"Leo?!" I blurted out, my body stiff with shock.

  He lifted himself off the counter and strode towards me.

"Hey." He said softly, the corners of his mouth tilting upwards.

  I backed away,my head spinning.

  "Y-you should leave." I stuttered.

  Leo scratched the back of his neck. "You think you're the only one who can show up at other people's homes unexpectedly?" He smirked

  When he got no response except for a questioning glare, he continued,

  "I shouldn't have raised my voice at you, nor insulted your intelligence. I totally crossed a line and I need to make it up to you."

  I started to see red.

  "You made me wait a week, a week, spent in misery, to come and tell me this?" My voice shook as I pushed past him, making my way to the kitchen.

  "Y/n, I-"

  I could feel my eyes burning, and my vision starting to blur.It wouldn't be long before tears started to cascade down my face like a waterfall. But I refused to let Leo see me cry, to see me so vulnerable. I turned away in indignation.