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Leo and Donnie were so excited!!

They had somehow managed to invite Y/n over to make brownies with them! But uh...don't ask who actually did. They'll both say that they were the ones who had succeeded in inviting them over.

Leo and Donnie waited impatiently at the lairs entrance. They were shoving each other around a lot because they both wanted to be the first thing Y/n saw when they walked in the entrance.

"Hey!- Leo, don't grab my battle shell!- You're going to break it!" "No I'm not!" "Yes you are!" No!" "Yes!" "No!" "Ye-"

"Uhh...guys...?"

Leo and Donnie turn around to see an amused looking Y/n. They appear to be holding in a laugh. Donnie and Leo's faces flush, and they quickly get back into their normal position.

"Ahem. Greetings Y/n! It is with great pleasure we welcome you into our humble abode!"

Y/n giggles. "Uh huh. And why were you fighting?"

Leo and Donnie glance at each other and then back at Y/n. ".......uhh.....how about we go make the brownies now!" Leo awkwardly chuckles. "Alright weirdos."

They all head to the kitchen. Leo and Donnie shared some angry glances at each other a few times, resulting in Y/n thinking that something was up.

When they finally get into the kitchen, they see that all the supplies they need are already taken out. Thanks, Mikey.

"Alright. So I have never made brownies....like...ever. So you guys are going to have to teach me." Leo gives Donnie a look that said: "Watch this." "Of course I will! I, Leonardo Hamato am amazing at baking." Donnie raised an eyebrow. "Last time you baked, you set the kitchen of fi-" Leo puts his finger on Donnie's mouth. "HA! BROTHERS AND THEIR......MADE UP STORIES AM I RIGHT?? HAHA..."

Y/n looks at them before sighing and walking into the kitchen. Leo sends a glare Donnie's way and Donnie smirks at him.

They start to make the brownies, and it's going pretty well. Of course Leo and Donnie are fighting with each other but besides that its going pretty well! They finally put the brownies in the oven and set the time.

Y/n sighed as they leaned against the counter.

"That was surprisingly difficult."

Leo speaks up. "Really? I found it extremely simple. Although I suppose Donnie didn't find it too easy."

Leo smirks at a now glaring Donnie. "I thought that you were the one who accidentally added almost the whole box of sugar to them."

Leo stares at the ground. "Whaaat? Noooo...course not..."

Y/n's eye twitches. "So that's why the brownies tasted so sweet...." Leo and Donnie glance between each other a few times and then back at Y/n. Y/n sighs. "You guys are acting irresponsible, you know that?"

Leo and Donnie both gasp in offence and say in unison, "No we are not!"

Leo and Donnie look at each other glaring and continue to talk in unison while getting visibly more frustrated. "Stop copying me! No, you stop it! Shut up! Ughh!! You're being so annoying!!"

Y/n continues to watch this back and forth banter for a bit until it starts to escalate into violence. Then they finally decide to step in.

"Guys guys! Chill out!!"

Leo and Donnie look at Y/n. "Huh?" Leo says with his mouth full of Donnie's arm.

Donnie sighs. "They want us to stop." "Ohhhh....."

There's a bit of silence until Leo lets go of Donnie's arm and Donnie lets go of Leo's mask tails.

Y/n raises an eyebrow at them. "So? You guys have anything to say for yourselves?" Donnie and Leo look around with an embarrassed look on their faces. "Umm...s-sorry…?"

"Good. Donnie?"

Donnie grumbles something under his breath before saying in a voice almost inaudible, "Sorry...."

Y/n puts their hands on their hips. "Good. Now hug it out." "WHAAAAT?!?!" Leo and Donnie say in unison. "Nu uh, no way."

Y/n crosses their arms. "Yes." Donnie and Leo look at each other before sighing and gingerly easing into a hug. Leo says under his breath, "Keep in mind, I'm only doing this because I want to make Y/n happy." "I'm doing the same."

Y/n seems proud of themselves. "Good job!" Donnie and Leo both blush at being complimented by Y/n. "Of course!" Leo states. "I am the better of the two brothers, after all!" "What?! No you're not!" "Am too!" "Am not!"

Y/n just facepalms.

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Well the brownie making was a biiiiiiiiiiit problematic...

But hey! Now they have somehow managed to invite Y/n over for a sleepover! And they were probably going to fight over who got to sleep with them....eh whatever.

They waited at the entrance to the lair but instead of fighting each other they simply stood next to each other and stared at the entrance sometimes giving the other a quick glance. (or glare)

Finally, after what felt like hours, Y/n showed up.

"Y/n! Hello hello!" Leo rushes up to Y/n and hugs them. Donnie looks like he wants to shoot Leo's head with one of his mystic guns while Leo shoots him a smug expression basically saying: "Look at me! Y/n is actually comfortable with my touch! Doubt you could do this."

Donnie walks up and rips Leo off of Y/n with his metal arms. "Ahem. My greatest apologies Y/n. Leo is simply being annoying as usual."

Leo lets out an offended gasp and Y/n chuckles. "Is this sleepover going to be the same thing as the brownie making?"

Leo shakes his head. "Nope! In fact no brownies will be involved!" Y/n rolls their eyes and smiles.

Leo starts to walk off. "Come on! Let's go play some video games!" Donnie glares at him. "There's other stuff we can do you know." Y/n chuckles. "But I want to play video games." Donnie looks at Y/n for a few seconds and blinks a few times. He turns back to Leo and clears his throat. "Well I suppose we could play video games."

Okay can we just discuss the fact that LEO IS THE MOST COMPETITIVE PERSON IN THE UNIVERSE???

Every single time someone almost beat him he would throw a fit and smack them with his controller. Well if it was Y/n he would just lightly punch their shoulder.

After they all played Mario Kart, they decided to play something else. They let Y/n choose. What game did Y/n pick? Wii Sports! Their reasoning was that since everyone has played it everyone should be pretty good at it! Wrong.

Donnie is......terrible at it is putting it nicely.

He tries of course! But just...he cant seem to do it.

After a full hour and a half of Donnie being embarrassed and trying pitifully to keep up with Leo and Y/n they finally stopped playing. Donnie practically throws himself on the couch.

"Let's NEVER do that again." Y/n chuckles and sits next to him. "Aww come on! Why not?" "Because I don't know if you noticed, but I was practically getting my ass handed to me." Leo flops on top of him to which Donnie starts thrashing around to get him off. "Oh come onnnnn Dee....you were greaaaatt!!"

Donnie groans. "You're just trying to say that so I will admit I'm bad at the game." Leo scoffs. "I would nevvverrr!" Donnie rolls his eyes and pushes Leo off of him Leo making an "Ompf" sound as he hits the floor. Y/n chuckles.

Leo gets up and brushes himself off. "Alrighty then! I don't know about you guys, but I personally am literally starving, so I'm going to go get some snacks." Y/n quickly gets off the couch. "I want some!" Leo smirks. "Well then, follow me!" He does finger guns in Y/n's direction, to which Donnie groans.

They all head into the kitchen and Leo starts shuffling around in the cabinets. "Okayyyy. So we have some chips some....already popped popcorn?? In a zip lock bag?? Dang." Leo continues to name things while he throws them on the counter.

After around five minutes everything is finally on the counter and now everyone can decide what they want to eat.

Y/n chooses some Doritos (whichever flavour is your favourite :D) Donnie chooses some fruit and Leo eats the leftover popcorn to which Donnie is disgusted by.

After everyone eats what they choose Leo speaks up. "How about we watch a Jupiter Jim movie!!" Donnie crosses his arms. "Haven't you already watched all of them?" "Yeah, but so have you! And besides Y/n hasn't watched any before!" "Nardo I meant that because you watched them meant that we shouldn't because we would already know what happened. You saying that I also watched them just helps my point."

Leo grabs Y/n's hand and rushes out of the room. "We're going to start without you nerd!!" Donnie groans. "Did you not even hear what I said…??"

It took forever to decide what Jupiter Jim movie to watch, but they finally decided on one and play it on the projector. Y/n grabs some blankets and Leo grabs some more snacks. They all get snuggled in but Y/n made Donnie and Leo sit together, much to their distaste.

As the credits start to roll, Y/n looks over at Leo and Donnie, only to find them both asleep on each other. Y/n smirks and takes out their phone to snap a picture. "Oh ho ho...now isn't this cute..." Y/n chuckles silently to themselves and puts their phone away. They take another blanket and puts it over Donnie and Leo to make them more snug.

Its then they realize Donnie and Leo fell asleep holding hands.

"Holy heck, that's adorable-" Y/n grabs their phone again and takes a picture of them holding hands. They put their phone down again and turns off the projector. They snuggle into their own blanket and puts their arm around the disaster twins.

"Good night, you stupid disaster twins." 

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Y/n wasn't really having a good day.

Lots of bad things had happened that day that they just didn't want to talk about.

They honestly just wanted to curl up in a corner and simply pass away. Obviously, they couldn't do that because Mikey would be so freaking upset.

Y/n sits up in their bed.

Of course! Mikey! Why hadn't they thought of him sooner!

He is literally the best comforter on the whole planet! He would make totally sure Y/n would feel better.

Y/n quickly got out of their bed and threw on some clothing on top of their pajamas. They grabbed their phone and went out the door.

As they entered the sewer, the smell bombarded them so hard that they almost thought of leaving and going somewhere else. But then they remembered what they were here for and decided to persevere through the horrendous smell.

When they entered the lair, they didn't see Mikey. They assumed he was most likely in his room, so they headed there.

As they expected, Mikey was in his room painting something.

He hears Y/n enter, and he puts his paintbrush down and turns around. "Heya Y/n! Whatcha doing here?" Y/n flops down on Mikey's bed. "I don't know..." Mikey instantly senses something is up. "You don't know? Then why are you here?"

Y/n groans. "I'm not having a very good day today." Mikey gasps and instantly flops down on the bed next to them. "You're not having a good day?! Oh no! What happened?" "I don't want to talk about it, sorry."

Mikey hums in acknowledgment. "Do you want a hug?....No, wait, scratch that, I'm giving you a hug." Y/n sits up. "Wait wh-" Before they can finish their sentence, Mikey scoops them up in a giant hug and starts giving their face tons of little kisses. "Wha!- Mikey!" Mikey doesn't stop. "You. Need. AFFECTION!!" Mikey starts tickling Y/n, to which Y/n repeatedly giggles and tries to get Mikey off of them.

"Mikey! Stop it, you silly goose!" Despite Y/n trying to get Mikey off of them, they don't really mind the tickling. Mikey eventually gives up and lets go of Y/n. "Did I make you feel any better?" Y/n smiles at him. "Yeah, a little bit."

Mikey gasps and nuzzles up against Y/n's face. "Only a little??" He gives Y/n puppy eyes. Y/n chuckles and pushes Mikey off of them. "Yes." "Aww...I was hoping to make you feel wayyyyyyy better." Y/n holds his hand. "Okay. Maybe you made me feel a lot better. How about that?"

Mikey instantly lights up and squeezes Y/n's hand. "Woo! I made you feel better, Let's gooo!!!" Y/n scoffs. "Yep. You adorable stupid orange boy." Mikey giggles.

Mikey and Y/n just stay in each other's presence for a while until Mikey speaks up. "Soo...what exactly happened?" Y/n freezes at the sudden speaking. "Oh...well...I dont know. Just not really feeling it today." Mikey nods and leans against them. "Well, whatever it is that made you upset, just know that no matter what, you will always be one of the coolest friends I've ever had."

Y/n chuckles. "Isn't April your only other friend?" Mikey pouts. "She doesn't count because I think of her as my sister."

Y/n rolls their eyes, but they don't say anything against it. "You know...you're one of my best friends too Mikey. You're sweet and kind, and caring...you're everything I want in a friend." Mikey's eyes light up brightly, and he hugs Y/n in a tight side hug. "I love you too!!" Y/n struggles to wiggle out of Mikey's grip. "Hey!- I never said I loved you!-" "Yeah, but you didn't say you didn't either!"

Y/n tries to think of a comeback but fails, so they just cross their arms (as well as they can in Mikey's grip) and huff. Mikey smirks and squeezes them tighter. "You're so cute when you're angry." "Shut up dork." Mikey giggles and nuzzles his cheek against Y/n's arm. "Stay here as long as you need okay? I'll be right here."

Y/n smiles and finally hugs Mikey back.

"Thanks."

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Y/n was casually chilling in their room scrolling aimlessly on TikTok, when they got a text message from Raph.

Interesting. Raph didn't usually text them. They click on the text message.

PIZZAPIGEON: hey Y/n I need you to come and get donnie out of his lab hes been in it for like 3 days

N/n: what

PIZZAPIGEON: yea so could you come pls? He wont listen to any of us.

N/n: aight on my way

Y/n turns off their phone and puts it down so they can get ready. Once they finish, they grab up their phone again and head out the door, ready to beat some sense into this adorable purple nerd.

When they enter the lair, there doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary.

Leo is playing on his phone, Mikey is drawing, and Raph...oh. Well, Raph is the only one who's not normal.

He's pacing around, looking worried, while continually glancing at his phone. When he notices Y/n entering, he instantly breathes a sigh of relief and walks up to them. "Oh, Y/n thank goodness you're here! Donnie has been in his lab for ages, and none of us can get him out!"

Y/n looks up to Donnie's lab and then back to a worried Raph. "Alright. I go get him big guy, don't you worry." Raph breathes a sigh of relief as Y/n rolls up their sleeves and heads off to Donnie's lab.

When Y/n enters Donnie's lab, they can tell Donnie hasn't been out in a while. It's super messy, with blankets lying everywhere, dirty hoodies, pieces of scrap metal, some wires... yeah and on top of all that, it smells...musty is the best way to describe it. (Dang, Donnie really needs some windows in here.)

Donnie doesn't even hear Y/n enter. He's too busy on his invention. Y/n's eye twitches as they entered into the lab pretty loud so that Donnie would hear them. So the only logical thing to do was to obviously...

Go back outside, close the door, slam it open, and claim that they are here to fucking END HIM.

So they did.

They quietly close the door and take a deep breath...and then- SLAM THE DOOR OPEN AS LOUD AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN, CAUSING DONNIE TO JUMP OUT OF HIS SEAT LIKE A CAT (Wait, that was so cute, what the-) AND SAY, "I AM HERE, BITCH."

Donnie scrambles to get off of the floor that he ultimately fell on and puts his headphones back on. "Jeez- Y/n what the heck!!" Y/n chuckles. "You have been stuck in here for FAR too long, and I have been requested to get you out and make you EAT SOMETHING." Donnie almost looks insulted. "I appreciate the idea Y/N, but I am far too busy right now to do anything of the sort."

Y/n snorts. "Like eating? What the heck do you mean?! You can't just not have time to eat! Come on, we're going to go get you something.

Donnie struggles to get off of the floor, which only helps to prove Y/n's point that he needs to eat something. He can barely stand for crying out loud. "My dearest Y/n I would rather not eat as of right now. I will eat later." Y/n crosses their arms and rolls their eyes. "Oh yeah? And how is that going to turn out? You're going to forget."

Donnie rolls his eyes and uses his chair as a support. "No, I will not." Y/n squints their eyes at Donnie and then walks up to him. They stare right into his eyes. Donnie looks around. "Uhh...yes?" Y/n shrugs and, with surprising ease, picks up Donnie bridal style. Donnie was about to say something, but Y/n can tell that he was too flustered to get any words out.

Y/n huffs in triumph and carries him down the stairs and into the kitchen. Once they are there, Y/n puts Donnie on the counter and goes to grab him something to eat. Donnie still hasn't said anything and still seems to be comprehending what just happened.

Eventually, Y/n grabs some water and an apple and hands them to Donnie. Donnie slowly takes them and stares at them in his hands. Y/n squints their eyes at him, waiting for him to eat. Finally, Donnie takes a bite out of the apple, to which Y/n smiles and puts their hands on their hips. After Donnie finishes the apple, Y/n turns to leave.

"Welp. My work here is done. Don't forget to drink the water, or else I'll come back to haunt you." Donnie still doesn't say anything and just stares at Y/n and nods before going back to looking at the water in the cup he's holding. Y/n hums proudly and leaves.

A few minutes later, Leo pokes his head around the corner and says in a sing-song voice, "Ooooo, Dee's got a crushhh!!"

Donnie's head instantly snaps up, and his face is showing a very nice rosy hue. "I do not!" Leo giggles from his spot behind the wall (coward). "Yes you dooo!" Donnie growls and quickly chugs the water before jumping off of the counter and rushing at Leo. "GET OVER HERE, YOU INSUFFERABLE BITCH!!" Leo squeaks in fright at Donnie charging at him and scurries out of the way just in time.

"I WILL END YOU!!" Leo screams as Donnie chases after him, and his screams can be heard throughout the whole lair. 

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It hadn't been a very good day for Leo.

The thing that was most annoying was that Leo didn't even know what was wrong. Everything just didn't feel....right.

The day started off fine!

He got out of bed and had breakfast with the fam. Donnie even got out of his lab to join them!

Then things started to get worse.

Donnie was trying to tell everyone about a mission that they had to do the next day. Apparently the Purple Dragons were going to rob a bank, and obviously they needed to stop them. How Donnie got the information a day before it happened, no one ever knew.

But the problem was that Leo couldn't focus.

He tried so hard to pay attention, but he just couldn't do it. Even the fucking wall seemed more interesting than whatever Donnie was talking about. And as if that couldn't be any worse, whenever Leo could pay attention, he had absolutely no idea what Donnie was talking about. It was some weird math/science thing.

Because of course he couldn't. Stupid, stupid, stupid!

After that slightly distressing thing, Leo thought he could just go up into his room and relax. Maybe read some comics, go on his phone, listen to music, you know. Relaxing stuff.

But of course he couldn't even have that.

First, Mikey had asked him for help with something. It was a pretty easy thing. Mikey just wanted to ask Leo his opinion on what colors he should use for his next art piece. Leo was slightly annoyed that Mikey wanted him just has he was trying to relax, but he acted like he didn't care because he didn't want his younger brother to suffer just because he was.

After Leo did that, he went back into his room, finally getting ready to relax.

Not more than two minutes later, Raph asked him for help in the training room.

Leo groaned and silently grumbled things under his breath, but he still came and helped Raph out.

Then, once THAT was finished, he finally got back to his room and went on his phone.

Finally, some peace and quiet.

Then April came over.

Now, don't get him wrong. Leo loves April! But right now, he just doesn't feel like interacting with anyone or anything. But Leo knows for a fact that whenever anyone comes over, everyone in the family is expected to come and hang out. Especially if it's April.

Now, it wasn't that bad at first.

April had brought some snacks, and everyone went for a walk in the sewers, and it really wasn't that bad! Sure, Leo hardly spoke at all, and his legs started to hurt with how fast everyone was going, but it was fine.

And once they got home, they played some video games!

Leo and Raph were on a team vs Donnie and Mikey. One pro at the game they were playing with one noob on their team! April just watched. As the game went on, Leo slowly but surely started to dread every time his turn came around. He sucked at this game, and he felt like every single time he did something, he was being judged. Whether it was because he did something good or something bad, he felt like his brothers were staring at him every time.

Eventually, April had to leave, and Leo took that as the perfect opportunity to stop playing.

Leo felt really guilty, though.

He was happy that April had left. Happy to watch his sister leave. Happy that he could stop playing with his brothers. He's such a fucking idiot...he should have just told his brothers he didn't want to play the game anymore! What was the worst they could have said? No?

Leo sighs as he finally walks back into his room. The whole day had been so much, and he was so glad that he could finally just go to fucking bed.

He sits down on his bed and stares at his clock. For some reason, he can hear a clicking sound coming from it that he usually couldn't. And that was annoying him.

He picks up the clock and glares at it as if that would make it stop. He opens up the back after a few minutes and stares at the battery that powers it. He spins the battery around in its spot a few times before putting the back on again.

Leo puts the clock back on its nightstand and puts his hands on his lap. He looks around at the various things littered around his walls before he stares at his hands in his lap. He barely blinks.

Then a drop of water falls onto his lap.

Huh? How is it raining in his room?

Then another drop.

Leo feels himself gasp for breath.

Oh.

He's crying.

Leo vigorously tries to wipe his tears away, but he ultimately fails. Why is he even crying anyway? He did feel a bit depressed today because of how he was being such a fucking moron and not being able to understand the simple thing that Donnie was telling him that the rest of his brothers understood because he's such an idiot with his god-forsaken ADHD and all the rest of his stupid problems that no one else cares about because why would they he should just stop crying its such a stupid reason to cry for because its his fault that no one knows about his depression because he never tells anyone about it because why would they care they don't care and why should they because he's so stupid stupid stupid stupid-

Leo barely even notices himself stumbling out of his room and into the hallway. He wants comfort, but who should he go to? Mikey's probably busy, same with Raph.

Donnie's probably busy too, but he never seems to care too much when Leo bothers him, even though Donnie tries to pretend he does.

Leo gets to Donnie's lab and is about to knock, but hesitates.

It's just a stupid reason that he's upset anyways...he shouldn't bother Donnie with his stupid, idiotic problems.

Leo knocks.

Donnie's door opens almost instantly to show him sitting at his desk, tampering with some weird machine thing. Leo doesn't know what it is (because of course he doesn't. He's so fucking stupid).

Leo walks up behind Donnie's chair. He hesitates. He really shouldn't bother Donnie with this....he fiddles with his hands and shuffles on his feet a few times.

"What is it, Nardo. You've been standing there for two minutes." Has it really been that long? It didn't feel like two minutes...

"Can I have a hug?"

Donnie clearly seems shocked at this, and he turns around his chair. "What-" Donnie can't even finish his sentence before Leo practically attacks him with a hug. Donnie hesitates for a bit before putting his arms around Leo and awkwardly patting his back. Donnie's even more surprised when he feels Leo crying on his shoulder.

"Leo? Whats wrong?" Leo can barely say anything through his tears. "I-I don't know!!" Donnie blinks. "What do you mean you don't know?" Leo's trembling knees finally give out under him, and he falls. If he wasn't hugging Donnie, he probably would have face planted right onto the ground.

"Whoa! Leo-!" Donnie catches Leo under his arms and struggles slightly to lift Leo into his lap. "Leo! W-Why are you crying?! Whats wrong?!" Leo just hugs Donnie again from his now-safe spot in Donnie's lap. Donnie sighs as he realizes he's not going to get an answer from Leo right now.

It doesn't take too long before Mikey and Raph show up to see what's going on. Mikey instantly goes up and hugs Leo from behind, squeezing him as tight as possible. Raph comes up, picks all three of them up into his arms, and sits down on the floor with them. He wraps his tail around them and hugs them tight.

Leo purrs from his spot, squished in the middle. Donnie snorts. "Oooh~ purry Leo." Leo shoots him a slight glare from his spot, but it looks more like a pout (which is honestly really cute). Mikey smushes his face against Leo's, and Leo starts purring again.

"We love you, Leo." Raph says as he puts his chin on Leo's head. Leo chirps and snuggles into Raph's hold further.

"Love you too, Raphie." Was the last thing Leo said before he fell asleep.

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Leo's insomnia was acting up again, and as the amazing partner you were, you decided to come over and cuddle with him to try and get him to sleep. You both kind of expected that it wouldn't work, but hey. Neither of you were going to turn down an opportunity to cuddle.

As of right now, you were being the little spoon and playing random games on your phone.

Whenever you and Leo cuddled, it always seemed to be the rule that whoever was being the little spoon would play games on their phone while the other watched. Neither of you really knew when it started, but at this point it's an absolute rule.

Leo usually preferred to be the big spoon. It's actually because he worries a lot of the time that his shell will make you uncomfortable if you're being the big spoon. You have tried several times to tell him that you don't mind his shell, but he keeps insisting to be the big spoon. You honestly don't really mind which one you are. As long as you're hugging Leo in some way and he's happy it's all good.

Leo snuggles into Y/n's shoulder and mumbles to them, "Are you gonna be done sooon?" Y/n turns their head without looking away from their screen and kisses Leo on his cheek. "Soon mkay?" Leo mumbles something unintelligible.

Y/n continues to play on their phone for a bit longer and is about to finish the level and get off when a green hand takes the phone out of their hands. "A- Leo-"

Leo chirps.

Y/n turns over faster than you can even imagine to look at Leo. Leo grumbles slightly for his arms being moved out of his grip on them. "Did- Did you just chirp??" Leo responds with another chirp. This one sounded a bit...annoyed? "Are you...mad at me?" Leo pouts and huffs. "I'll take that as a yes. What'd I do?"

Leo lets out a long chirp and flops his arms on Y/n again. "Ah, I see. Sorry Leo." Leo huffs in triumph and snuggles into Y/n's chest. Y/n rubs his shell and tries their best to not LITERALLY MELT AFTER HE STARTS CHURRING.

Holy shit man.

Y/n can feel Leo's body gently vibrate as he churrs and snuggles into their chest more. "Leo?" Leo looks up at Y/n, and his churring stops for a bit as Y/n stops rubbing his shell. Leo lets out a slightly frustrated click as they stop. "Oh, stop it, silly. I just wanted to ask why you're chirping all of a sudden."

Leo looks away from Y/n's face and tries to hide his face in their chest again. Y/n promptly pushes Leo away from them so he cant. Leo chirps a distressed chirp and tries to move closer to them. "Ah ah. Answer my question first." Leo glares at them.

Leo tries to talk, but when he tries, he just chirps again. Leo blushes and hides his face in his hands. Y/n instantly gets worried about him. "Whats wrong?" Leo signs with TSL (turtle sign language), "Embarrassed." "Aww Leo...it's fine! I was just confused as to why the hell you started chirping."

Leo tries to speak again, but he just lets out a breathy squeak. Leo frowns and puts his head on the pillow, avoiding Y/n's gaze. "Could you sign it to me?" Leo thinks for a bit before starting to sign. "Get anxious or really happy or comfortable, start chirping.".

It was pretty choppy, and it took Leo a while to sign it all, but at least Y/n understood it. "Aww...so you're comfortable with me?" Leo once again turns as read as a tomato and turns away from Y/n. "Hey! Come back to me, Leoooo..." Leo looks over his shoulder at Y/n and clicks. Y/n didn't need to know what he clicked to know what he meant.

Suffer.

Y/n squints their eyes at Leo, and they both stare at each other for a bit before Y/n practically lunges at Leo and starts tickling him. Leo squeaks a whole bunch of times as he struggles to get Y/n off of him. Y/n tries to continue to tickle Leo as his "punishment," but they have to stop eventually because of how bad they were starting to feel.

Once they stop, though, they realize Leo didn't actually mind because he gives them a questioning look and chirp. Y/n shrugs and wraps their arms around Leo. Leo almost instantly starts churring and tries to snuggle into them as far as possible.

Y/n kisses the top of Leo's head. "Sleep tight, chirpy Leo."

(Bonus!)

Donnie walks into the kitchen where everyone is eating their breakfast with a giant smirk on his face. "Whats up, Donnie?" Raph questions with his mouth full of cereal. "All of my dear brethren, and Y/n, I have something that I got on the security cameras that I think everyone would love to see."

Leo raises a nonexistent eyebrow. "Whats this thing we would all love to see?" Donnie's smirk somehow grows wider, and he looks directly at Leo. "Chirpy Leo."

While the others look confused at what Donnie just said, Leo and Y/n look like they're about to kill Donnie. "Donnie," Y/n starts to say, "You know what would be really nice? If you GAVE US THAT FUCKING SECURITY FOOTAGE." Donnie's metal arms come out of his battle shell, and he gets into a defensive position. "Try me."

The rest of the morning is spent trying to get the security footage from Donnie. It ultimately fails, and Donnie shows the whole family it. Leo simply passes away from embarrassment, and Y/n lies on the floor next to him, casually wanting to pass away as well.

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"Hey, where's Donnie?"

Y/n had been invited over to hang out with the boys, but Donnie hadn't been there for some reason.

"Oh yeah! I think he's in his lab!" Mikey yells at them as if they were on the opposite side of the room. "Huh. Well, do you think I could go get him?" Y/n says as they stand up. "I don't know why we wouldn't let you." Leo states. Y/n shrugs and heads up the stairs to Donnie's lab.

When Y/n enters Donnie's lab, they're kind of surprised that it's not extremely dirty like last time. Sure, it's a bit messy, but not any more than the normal person.

"Hey, Don Don? Me and your brothers are hanging out downstairs. Would you like to join us?" Donnie doesn't say anything, but Y/n can see him shake his head. "Hm. Well, are you going to come down anytime in the near future? You've been in here for a while, I'm sure." Donnie waves his hand at Y/n as if he is saying, "That's nice. You can go now."

Y/n sighs and walks up behind Donnie's chair, putting their hands on Donnie's shoulders. Donnie flinches but doesn't make any moves to look at them. "Donnie, please? Just come downstairs for a bit. Just get some fresh air, you know?" Donnie shakes his head and continues tampering with whatever the thing was that was on his desk.

Y/n scoffs and moves to put their arms around Donnie's shoulders in an awkward hug from behind. "Pleaseeeee Donnieee? It would make me really happy." Donnie pauses as if he's thinking about it but ends up shrugging his shoulders to get Y/n off. Y/n frowns and spins Donnie's chair around so he has to look at them.

"What is up with you today? I just want you to have a good time, and you're acting like I'm trying to drag you through hell or something." Donnie shrugs and is about to most likely say something snarky, but he instead...

Chirps.

Donnie's breath hitches, and his face instantly grows hot and red. Y/n's jaw drops. "D-Did you just...chirp? Like....turtle chirp?" Donnie quickly turns his chair around again and face plants onto his desk. "Hey hey. I asked you a question. You'd better answer it." Y/n says as they move to the side of Donnie's desk. Donnie moves his head so he's looking at Y/n.

Donnie opens his mouth to say something but closes it without saying anything and turns his face back onto his desk again. Y/n shakes him. "Donnieeeeeee...." Donnie grumbles and shoves Y/n's hands away. Y/n playfully scoffs in irritation and puts their chin on Donnie's head. "Please Donnie? Just come downstairs for a bit."

Donnie lifts his face off of his desk and tries to speak again, but another chirp comes out instead. Donnie deeply inhales before he gets off of his chair as fast as he possibly can and scurries under his bed. "A- Donnie! Come back here, you." Y/n chases after him, and when they look under the bed, they see Donnie curled up into a ball and glaring at them.

"Oh, come on, Don-Bon. Are you embarrassed because you're chirping?" Donnie hesitates for a bit before he nods. "Ah. Well, if it makes you feel any better, I think it's pretty cute."

Donnie's eyes light up, and he's about to ask something before he realizes he'll probably just chirp again. "Could I ask why you're chirping, though? Does it just like...happen sometimes? Or..." Donnie signs, "It usually happens when I get really into the zone." Y/n nods. That makes sense, they suppose.

"So...I guess that means you wouldn't want to go downstairs with the others then..?" Donnie gives them an unimpressed look and nods. "Well, I guess we could just stay here then." Donnie blinks and signs, "Wait, you're going to stay here?" Y/n starts crawling under Donnie's bed. "Well, yeah. Can't just leave you alone when everyone else is having fun can we?" Even though Donnie is trying to act like he doesn't want Y/n to come under the bed with him, he makes room for them.

Y/n smiles at him as they see him move over to the side for them. "Thanks!" They sit next to Donnie, and they both just chill in each other's presence for a while.

Eventually, Y/n looks at Donnie with a mischievous expression and inches closer slightly. Donnie squints his eyes at Y/n as they slowly come closer to him. Suddenly, Y/n hugs Donnie and squeezes him tightly. Donnie squeaks in surprise as Y/n covers his face in little kisses.

Donnie struggles to get Y/n off of him as Y/n chuckles. "GET OFF OF ME, VERMIN!!" Y/n instantly lets go of him. "Ah, there you are! Welcome back to the land of speaking." Y/n gives Donnie a smug look, and Donnie looks like he's three seconds away from slapping it off of their face. "If you do not stop looking at me like that, I will not hesitate to slap you." Y/n lets out an offended gasp and puts their hand on their chest. "You would never!" "Yean, no, I would."

Y/n snorts and starts crawling out from under the bed. "Hey, wait, where are you going?" Donnie asks. "Leaving? What, do you want me to stay?" Donnie's face heats up, and he crosses his arms and huffs. "W-Well no, but you know..."

Y/n chuckles and drags Donnie out from under the bed by his arm. Donnie squeaks again as they do so. Once they're out from under the bed, Y/n helps Donnie to his feet. "How about you come downstairs instead?" Donnie thinks for a bit and then shrugs. "I guess." Y/n starts laughing evilly and runs out of Donnie's lab, dragging Donnie with them. "I HAVE COLLECTED DONNIE!!!!!" Y/n screams as they drag Donnie down the stairs with them. "Hey! I didn't say you could do this!!" Donnie says as he struggles to keep up with Y/n.

He has a great time.

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Y/n was so excited!!

Mikey had invited them over to hang out with him and draw! Y/n isn't very good at drawing, but they greatly appreciated the invite!

Y/n practically skips into the lair. Leo is the first to notice them.

"Hi Y/n! Heard Mikey invited you to hang out?" Y/n nods vigorously. "Mhm! I got invited, and you didn't." Leo scoffs and puts his comic down. "If I wanted to hang out with Mikey, I could just barge into his room." Y/n huffs and crosses their arms as they start walking away. "It's not the same stupid."

Leo gasps offendedly as Y/n walks away from him.

Y/n practically leaps into Mikey's room and scares Mikey. "Hellooooo!" Mikey scrambles to pick up his pencil that he dropped as Y/n came into his room. "Goodness! Hi Y/n! You spooked me!" Y/n chuckles and walks into the room. "Sorry Mikey! I didn't mean to."

Mikey puts down his pencil and opens his arms, inviting Y/n for a hug. Y/n gladly accepts it, and they both hug for a few seconds before breaking away.

Mikey walks over to his desk and grabs a clipboard off of it. "Sorry that I'm going to use a sketchbook and you're just going to use a clipboard...I would have gotten you a sketchbook, but I...uhh...forgot..."Mikey's face flushes slightly, but Y/n walks up and grabs the clipboard. "Don't worry about it! I don't mind using a clipboard!" Mikey practically lights up, and he hands Y/n a pencil.

Y/n and Mikey sit down on Mikey's bed and start to draw. Y/n once in a while steals a glance at Mikey's drawing, which causes Mikey to pick up his sketchbook and hold it to his chest while playfully glaring at Y/n.

Also, holy cow, Mikey has A LOT of art supplies! Y/n didn't even know it was possible to have so many colored pencil sets and paints! He has basically every type and size of inking pen, and somehow different types of erasers???

Y/n mainly just makes little doodles, so they are waiting for Mikey to finish his art piece, so he will show them since he apparently doesn't want them to see it until it's done.

Y/n watches as Mikey gets an inking pen and some of his coloring supplies. How the heck does he even know where and what everything is?? Y/n knows for a fact that if they tried to get some art supplies from Mikey's collection, they'd spend an hour just finding everything.

It takes Mikey a bit longer to ink his drawing and color it, but Y/n waits patiently.

Finally, Mikey holds up his drawing and admires it. "Done!" Y/n is about to ask if they can see it before Mikey rips it out of his sketchbook. Y/n was quite obviously a bit confused. Does he not like the drawing or something? Oh man, Y/n wanted to see it, though!

Mikey turns towards Y/n with a proud look on his face. "Alrighty then...Y/n! I have something for you!" Y/n's heart almost skips a beat. Is that why Mikey was so focused on making sure Y/N didn't see his drawing? Because he was going to give it to them? Mikey thrusts the picture in Y/n's direction....and Y/n almost immediately attacks Mikey in a hug.

Because Mikey drew him and Y/n holding hands with the words "BFF'S!" written above them. Mikey repeatedly chirps as Y/n hugs them.

Y/n almost instantly stops because Mikey just chirped.

Mikey looks at them, confused, and lets out a confused chirp as they back away from him slightly. "Did...did you just chirp??" Mikey nods his head and chirps yet again with a bright smile on his face. "Huh, I didn't know you chirped." Mikey looks around for something before grabbing his sketchbook again and writing something down.

He shows it to Y/n once he finishes. It reads, "It just happens sometimes! I honestly don't know why it happens." Y/n nods their head. "So... maybe it's because you're happy? You are right?" Mikey giggles and nods vigorously. "Well, maybe it's that then!" Mikey puts down his sketchbook and picks up the picture again, putting it on Y/n's lap.

Y/n picks it up and stares at it for a bit before starting to tear up. "Mikeyyyyy....I love you so muchhhhhh." Mikey looked worried as he saw Y/n start to tear up, but it was quickly replaced by Mikey laughing at Y/n's reaction. "Don't you laugh at me," Y/n says with pretend anger.

When Mikey doesn't stop laughing, Y/n puts the picture down and lunges at Mikey, tickling him. Mikey again bursts out into chirps mixed with giggles as he tries to get Y/n off of him.

Eventually, Mikey successfully pushes Y/n off of him, but in all honesty, he didn't really mind the tickling session he and Y/n just had.

They had both fallen off of the bed when Y/n started tickling Mikey, so they both crawl back on the bed to continue talking. Y/n picks up the picture again and looks at it. "Mikey...this is beautiful. When I get home, I am going to hang this up on my wall." Mikey's eyes light up, and he lets out a very happy chirp.

Y/n chuckles at Mikey's chirp and pats his head. "You're so cute, Mikey."

Mikey chirps again.

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Both Leo and Donnie were just... not feeling great.

Both didn't get very much sleep the night before, and also, oh wow, depression is still a thing.

Thankfully, just before they both had a literal mental breakdown, Y/n showed up!

Obviously, with the disaster twins being damn SIMPS, they both wanted a hug from Y/n to feel better. They wouldn't mind giving them both one, and it's from one of their favorite people! Sounds like a great formula for feeling better!

The problem was, however, that the disaster twins, being simps, are both not very good at asking Y/n for a hug. I mean, what are they supposed to say? Just go up and ask for a hug? Okay, that would work, but that's embarrassing! No one just does that...especially with your crush.

So, that is how this absolute chaos started.

Leo and Donnie decided that it would be a great idea to see who could hint at wanting a hug the best until Y/n actually understood what they wanted and gave one to them.

Add on the fact that they're both literally holding themselves together with zip ties and duck tape so they don't have a mental breakdown before Y/n can even see them, and you get a totally friendly and nice brother competition! Nothing to possibly go wrong!

As of right now, Leo and Donnie are both sitting on opposite sides of Y/n as Y/n plays a video game and Leo and Donnie both just watch.

Donnie is shaking slightly as he tries to contain his anxiousness, and Leo fiddles with his fingers, which is something that he does only when he's trying really hard to hold his "face man" persona.

Leo and Donnie had been subtly hinting at wanting a hug from Y/n, saying things like "Oh man, I feel cold." Or, "Dang! That was awesome! I should hug you or something, ha!" but sadly, Y/n didn't catch on with any of them, much to Leo and Donnie's annoyance.

Eventually, Leo was getting so desperate for a hug (and he felt even WORSE mentally as time went on), so he just straight up went for it. Y/n just beat a really hard mission in the game they were playing, so Leo simply says, "Do you want a hug for that?"

Y/n looks at him with a strange look, while Donnie looks at him from the other side of Y/n with a look that both looked like, "I'm going to kill you," and like Donnie was even more on the verge of a breakdown because he wanted to be the first one to get a hug from Y/n. "Uhh...Leo, you feeling alright, bud?" Leo starts to sweat nervously, and he can hear his heart pumping in his chest. "Uhh...haha! Gotcha! I...uhh...was just kidding! Mhm! Just a joke!"

Ahhh!! What is he doing??? Both in the fact of why is he just going for it like this, and WHY IS HE GOING BACK ON IT LAST SECOND???

Y/n squints their eyes at Leo, and Leo can tell that they're trying to tell if he's really telling the truth. However, Leo's face thought that that would be the absolute perfect time to betray him, by making tears of both embarrassment and sadness well up slightly in his eyes. Y/n notices it almost immediately.

"Hey! Are you crying? What's wrong??" Leo notices all too late what was happening and wipes his eyes, which honestly just makes the fact that there were tears in his eyes way more obvious. "No, no! I'm fine Y/n! Its just, uhh...really dusty in here! Yeah!" Y/n doesn't believe it for a second, but before Y/n can protest, Donnie scoops them up from behind in an awkward hug. "Ah- Donnie?" Leo's face grows hot at seeing Donnie hug Y/n before him, because Leo was the one about to get a hug! What the heck! "Hey! Donnieeeee! I was about to hug them!" "One, you were just about to tap out, and two, even if you weren't, you were taking WAYYYY too long! I want Y/n hugs too, you know!"

Y/n laughs from their spot in Donnie's arms, and the noise makes both Donnie's and Leo's hearts skip a beat. "Wait, wait. Both of you slow down. You both want a hug from me??" Donnie and Leo blush as Leo struggles to form a sentence. Donnie just gives up making a sentence right then and there. Nope. He was NOT doing that.

"Uhh...w-well, you see...we...uhh...kinda felt a bit sad today, s-so...uhh...we just wanted to get a hug from you t-to make us feel better??" Y/n laughs again and shimmies out of Donnie's hold. Donnie lets out a distressed chirp at his hold on Y/n being stolen from him. "Alright. Both of you, bring it in."

Y/n holds their arms out, and Leo and Donnie practically crash into Y/n, partially making Y/n not be able to breathe. "Ow- guys! A bit less tight?? Please????" Leo and Donnie look at each other sheepishly and make their hold on Y/n less tight. Y/n breathes out with the new air they got into their lungs and pulls the boys closer. "Hey! I thought you just told us to not hug you too tight!" "Yeah, but it's alright when I'M the one hugging YOU too tight."

Leo and Donnie both laugh at that, and suddenly, they feel a lot better than they did before.

They knew that a hug from Y/n would make them feel better.

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Day 4: Hallucinations + Day 8: Sleep deprivation

"USE THE TRANQUILIZER!"

That was the last thing that Donnie heard before his head got fuzzy and he passed out.

A white room.

That was the first thing Donnie saw when he woke up.

As Donnie tries to move, he realizes that he's strapped to a chair.

Which....isn't great.

He also doesn't have any of his gear. No battle shell, tech gauntlet, not even his mask. Him missing his battle shell is definitely the most worrying though. Not only is his shell now exposed, but he also doesn't have any of his tools he stores in it—you know, the tools he has to escape from situations like this?

As Donnie struggles against his bonds, the door to his room opens. A tall-ish man wearing sunglasses and a suit walks in. "Hello turtle."

This random man calling Donnie "Turtle" already sent tons of warning signs off in Donnie's head. Who does he think he is to call him that? So Donnie says just that.

Well....he tries to.

As Donnie tires to speak to him, he realizes that he's wearing a... muzzle..? The man has the audacity to chuckle at his confusion. "I assume you've noticed the muzzle? Ah. Well, you see, you were very violent when we were trying to catch you. We didn't want you to be violent when we were talking to you." Donnie growls at the man. "Yes, I suppose you can still make those animal noises. It makes sense considering what you are."

Donnie assumes that he looked confused because the man started to talk to him more. "You see, my name is Agent Bishop. You are currently in the custody of the EPF. You are a mutant, as I'm sure you're already aware, and here at the EPF we swear to protect the world from the likes of you." Donnie tries to speak again and grunts when the muzzle prevents him from doing so again.

Bishop chuckles again before turning around to leave. "Remember my face, turtle, as it will be the last face you'll be seeing for a long, long time." As Bishop walks through the door, Donnie can't help but think about what he means by that. I mean, how would he even stay alive without someone feeding him and giving him water? He's pretty well aware that the EPF isn't going to let him go and feed himself anytime soon, but they need to feed him, right?

Ah, so this is what they meant.

It's been....what, two days now?

All Donnie can think about is how hungry he is.

They're torturing him. For some reason, this isn't exactly what Donnie had ever envisioned if any of them were kidnapped by the government in some sort of way. He'd always imagined that they would've cut off one of their legs, put them in an electric chair—he doesn't know—something other than this! Not making him go through fucking sensory hell.

It doesn't even make sense to Donnie! He's just sitting here not doing anything with no noises around him...oh, okay, that makes sense. There's nothing. Its not that there's too much.

Donnie scoffs quietly to himself, or at least, as well as he can with the muzzle on. If they thought that they were going to make him go crazy by taking away everything from the world around him, they were wrong! He'll never fall victim to any of their games.

Three....days..?

Donnie can't even remember. The lights are burning his skin. He can't sleep. He's starving. He's dying from thirst. He's...seeing things..?

Donnie thought he saw someone entering the room today, but no one was there. Even though the person stood there for hours and it hadtohavebeenrealithadtohecantlivelikethisanymore-

Four.

Days.

Someone came in,

and fed him.

But,

he didn't notice.

And now he feels like such an idiot.

That was the only person he'd seen in days,

and he barely noticed them.

He's so tired...

Another person came in today.

They weren't a hallucination.

They couldn't have been.

Six days...

That person in the corner has been such pleasant company...

They just....sit there...they listen to my ramblings.

They listen to everything.

And then they leave.

They are not a hallucination.

They're not.

They're real.

Yes, they never say anything, but they're there.

Notahallucinationnotahallucinationnotahallucination-

Whenever they imagined any of them being kidnapped by some sort of government organization, they never imagined something like this.

The guards were easy enough to take out; the hardest part was just finding Donnie.

And when they did...he was just in a white room. Nothing more, nothing less. Just a white room with a chair right in the middle of it. The one Donnie was strapped to.

He was skinny, like, really skinny. He had dark bags under his eyes, he had none of his gear, and he was wearing a muzzle? What exactly....happened to him...?

When they walk up to him and wave a hand in front of his face, he doesn't even register it. "Donnie..?"

.....

Even when they speak, he doesn't register it.

Leo looks at Raph with a conflicted expression on his face. I mean, what were they supposed to do? Donnie doesn't even seem to know they are here...

When Leo looks back at Donnie, he is very shocked to see that Donnie is looking right at him. "Hi...Donnie?" Donnie just continues to stare at him. Raph walks up behind Leo and puts a hand on Leo's shoulder. "Okay, how about we just take Donnie home? I doubt he wants to stay here any longer..." Leo shrugs and turns around so he's not looking at Donnie anymore. "I guess..."

Mikey comes up to Leo and ingulfs Leo in a hug while Mikey starts crying. Leo pats Mikey's head and picks him up so he doesn't have to walk out of the building himself. He can hear Raph breaking Donnie's binds and Donnie letting out a confused chirp, which was definitely strange to hear Donnie do. "Uhh...what do we do about the muzzle, Leo?" Leo sighs and just starts walking out of the room. "Just wait until we get home, I guess."

As they walk out of the building, Leo wonders what exactly the dumbass "EPF" was trying to do to Donnie. Starving him and not letting him get any sleep? What was that supposed to do? Maybe they just wanted Donnie to go insane or something....

Leo looks back at Donnie, who's being carried by Raph. Donnie looks at Leo, and Leo looks at Donnie.

They stare at each other until Leo turns back around.