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spiderb00bs · 2 months ago

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- Baby Fever?

Mikey Madison x (g!p) reader

“You and your wife had everything anyone could dream of, but on a trip, you both realized that maybe something was missing”

Genre – Fluff Warnings – English is not my first language, sorry for any mistake

Now playing – Get you, by Daniel Caesar

You sighed, parking the car in front of the large house you and your brothers had rented for the weekend. the weather was cold, and your hand found comfort positioned gently on Mikey's thigh. Your wife was in the passenger seat, looking around the neighborhood through the car window, ready to greet anyone she saw.

You and Mikey met five years ago, both of whom were only twenty when you asked her to date, and twenty-three when you asked her to marry you. You knew Mikey was the woman of your life as soon as you laid eyes on her, and Mikey knew she would spend the rest of her life by your side as soon as she saw you, it was love at first sight.

Mikey has always gotten along well with your family, just as you have always gotten along with her family, so whenever you had a break in your schedules, the two of you would take time to visit relatives.

"Hey baby, is everything okay?" Mikey asked, seeing your clear hesitation to get out of the car.

"Yes, baby, don't worry. I'm just mentally preparing myself to see my brothers." You said, making your wife laugh at your comment.

You were the youngest of three siblings. The twins are the middle siblings, Haley and Nick are four years older than you, both twenty-nine years old. Now, Henry is the eldest brother and is thirty-one years old. No matter how old they were, it always seemed like you were the weakest, even with your frequent trips to the gym, nothing seemed to make you beat them.

"Hey, you have really nice muscles now, I don't think they can make fun of you like they did before." Mikey says, trying to get you to have a little more faith in yourself.

"I just don't want to be thrown into the pool like last time, it's freezing here!" Mikey laughs at your comment, taking your hand on her leg and kissing your knuckles.

"You won't. Now use those beautiful muscles of yours to get our bags out of the car."

Your wife approached, giving your lips a kiss before opening the car door, stretching her body as soon as she put her foot out. The trip here was long, and although you made a point of driving the entire route (which Mikey thanked heaven for), your wife was still very upset about sitting for too long.

Getting out of the car, you opened the passenger seat door, nimbly removing the dog seat belt that was buckled to Jam's harness collar. Taking the dog in your arms, you let him give your nose a little lick, before stroking his head.

"Go big boy, stay with mommy while your other mom takes the bags out of the car." You said, handing the little puppy to Mikey, who quickly started playing with it.

"AUNT YN!" Hearing the scream you quickly averted your eyes from the suitcase you took out of the car, watching a little blond boy run through the snow towards you as if his life depended on it.

"ADAM!" You yelled back, putting the suitcase on the floor in time to take the little boy in your arms.

Seeing the commotion, Mikey approached you, seeing your nephew give you a tight hug. Your wife has always liked children, and whenever you and she went to visit your families, she loved to see your interactions with the children, especially with the little blond boy. Adam is Haley's son, you and Mikey closely followed the entire pregnancy of your sister and her husband, and consequently the boy was in love with you and your wife.

You and Mikey had never given much thought to children, you had plans to get married and have a long, consolidated career before starting the other part of the plan and having children, but that was a plan that was never very well worked out. You and your wife ended up forgetting about the second part of the plan for a while, but when little Adam arrived at the family, your wife started to analyze that whole plan again, wondering if it wasn't time to have a copy of the two of you running around the house with the other children in the family.

"Hey dude, what's up?" You asked, putting the boy down again.

"The good news is that I got a PS5, we're going to play all weekend, and all night!!" The little boy said excitedly.

"And since when does your mother let you stay up all night?" Seeing the little boy furrow his brows, you laughed lightly.

"Aunt Yn, I'm already pretty grown up, I can stay up all night." Knowing that the eight-year-old probably couldn't stay up all night, you quickly concocted an answer to him in your mind.

"I know, and I believe you." You said, before you bend down on one knee and start whispering to the little boy. "But we have a problem, don't tell anyone, but Aunt Mikey won't let me stay up all night." You said, signaling for the little blond boy to be quiet about it.

Mikey, who was until now just admiring the interaction of the two of you, let out a little giggle at your lie, knowing that you were only doing it so that your nephew wouldn't try to stay awake longer than he could.

"Actually, I have to sleep through the night if I want to play with you the next day, so I think it's better for us to sleep and only play during the day." You ended by saying it, making the little boy shake his head and go to your wife.

Laughing, you continued to take your bags out of the car, watching the blond boy hug your wife and caress Jam's fur.

Entering the house carrying two suitcases and a purse, you saw your brothers at the door, one of your brothers taking a suitcase you were carrying, leaving you with only Mikey's suitcase and purse.

"Just look at you, carrying all the baggage, you really started to get stronger after you got married in." Your older brother said, messing with you.

"Of course I do, I don't want to be a pot-bellied dad like you." You countered, making the twins laugh and Mikey trying to hide her laughter.

"You're sharp, brat." Henry said, pulling you into a hug and laughing at the moment you just had.

Everyone was in the yard, sitting and talking at the big round table that was there. You had a smile on your face, seeing the whole family gathered there, having your wife by your side, all this gave you very good comfort. Mikey was by your side, your wife was talking to one of your brothers' wives, while you listened to the conversation and helped your father cut some steaks that just came out of the grill for dinner.

Your brothers had gone to the fridge to get more drinks, your mother was finishing making the famous sauce she always made at barbecues like this and the children were playing. Everything there had a perfect harmony, you loved your work, but it was much better to be like this all the time.

Finishing cutting one of the steaks, you have pierced one of them with your fork and carefully brought it to the front of your wife's face. Mikey, who was very interested in the conversation, got a slight start, recovering and smiling at you before eating the piece of steak from your fork.

"yes, that's very good." Your wife said

"Your father-in-law is a good barbecuer, dear." Your father said, making Mikey laugh and nod.

"Do you want me to prepare a dish for you?" You asked, kissing your wife's cheek and getting up to go to the kitchen.

"I would appreciate that, thank you baby." Mikey said, pulling your shirt and making you lean over and give it one last peck before letting go of you so you could go to the kitchen.

Watching you walk away, Mikey saw Adam approach you, asking if you could prepare a dish for him too, which you promptly agreed to, picking up the boy and placing him on your shoulders like a sack of potatoes.

"Yn, could you not turn my son's brain inside out, please?!" Haley said, approaching the table with a plate of lasagna.

Laughing, Mikey saw you throw your thumbs up, with Adam still on your right shoulder. The little boy mimicking your actions and showing his thumb as a 'cool' sign to his mom.

"My god, I swear, your wife will break my son someday." Haley said, making Mikey smile at the comment.

"forget about it, I just heard Yn offer to make a dish for you?" Henry's wife asks.

"Uhm, yes?!" Mikey answers, not understanding at first why she was in doubt.

"Wow, I thought everyone in the family was lazy, but it turns out they're just our husbands." Nick's wife says now, patting Henry's wife and making her laugh.

"Hey!" Haley protested.

"What do you mean?"

"Girl, in ten years of marriage Henry has never washed dishes for me, you're lucky you got the right sibling."

"Women were taught like this, our father never let Henry and Nick do housework, when he realized what he did, it was too late." Haley said, shaking her head and becoming thoughtful.

"And the way she treats Adam?! Oh my god, it's so cute." Nick's wife said. "Do you want to have children?"

"I haven't talked to her about it yet, we're so busy with our careers that we've forgotten about that part a bit." Mikey said, definitely hiding the deep desire to be a mother.

"At least you already know she's going to be an amazing mom." Haley said, leaving Mikey more thoughtful than she was before.

Everything went well during dinner, the whole family was together. After dinner, Haley went upstairs with Adam, ready to put the little boy to bed, your brothers' wives doing the same with their children, your parents went to bed early, so they went upstairs as soon as dinner was over. In the end, only you, mikey, and your two brothers were left, all talking on the couch.

"You're both old enough to drink, right?!" Your brother Nick said, approaching with a bottle of beer and handing it to you and Mikey, who was sitting on your lap.

"Ha ha, you're really funny Nick." You said, rolling your eyes at your brother's sarcastic speech.

"I'm just saying that you two look like a couple of girlfriends. Are you planning to have children?" Nick kept saying, making Mikey and you a little uncomfortable that they haven't talked about it yet.

The problem is, in your mind, Mikey wasn't ready to have kids yet. You both had very busy careers going on, you and your wife just finished shooting two separate movies, and you still had to do interviews and red carpets, not to mention the awards shows and separate things you would have to do to promote the movies you both worked.

"We don't have plans for that right now, everything is very hectic, we almost don't find space in our schedule to come here." You said, making Mikey sit uncomfortably on your lap.

"Wow, sorry lady businesswoman, sorry for messing up your precious time." Your brother Henry said, bowing sarcastically.

You and Nick laughed at your older brother's antics, but Mikey just let out a little fake laugh, making you look at it, just to check if everything was okay. Without giving you a confirmation, your wife just cleared her throat, getting up from your lap.

"I'm going to see if the girls need anything. I'll be right back." Mikey said, giving your lips a little seal and leaving your head confused.

As your gaze followed Mikey up the stairs, you felt something hit your face, looking at your lap and realizing that someone had thrown an olive from the cold cuts board at you.

"Are you stupid?" Henry asked, making a disapproving face that reminded you of the one he did when you were kids.

"Did you throw an olive at me?"

"No, Nick threw that. Dude, are you stupid?" Henry asked again.

"Why did you throw an olive at me? And why are you calling me stupid?" Looking at your two brothers, you waited for an answer.

"She clearly wants to have children with you!" Henry spoke.

"Now, in this minute of preference!" Nick added.

"She never told me anything like that. We haven't talked about the topic of 'children' since before our marriage." You said, bowing your head and reflecting on what your brothers said.

"Well, she clearly wants to talk about it." Nick said, taking a sip of the beer.

After saying goodbye to your brothers, you went upstairs, leaving the two idiots talking downstairs. Looking down the hallway, you looked for Mikey in one of the bedrooms, finally finding her in Nick and his wife's room. Walking in, you saw your brother's wife next to Mikey, who was cradling the little baby in her arms.

Noticing the movement, Mikey turned to you with Nick's daughter in her arms, and you could tell she had one of the biggest smiles in the world on her face. You never thought your dumb brothers were right about anything they said, but you had to admit they nailed it this time.

"She slept in my arms." Mikey whispered, pulling you out of the thoughts your mind put you in.

"I believe in you." You said mimicking her tone.

Approaching, you looked at the baby through your wife's shoulder, smiling at the moment. Deciding it was time to let the baby rest, Mikey returned the little girl to her mother, saying goodnight and leaving the room with you. Upon entering the room of the two of you, the tension was expedient, so palpable that anyone who entered there could feel it. Sighing, you approached your wife, placing your hands on her waist and giving her a kiss on the top of her head.

"I think we need to talk." You said, making Mikey smile slightly and nod in agreement.

"Do you still want to have children with me?" Mikey asked, clasping her hands around your neck.

"Of course I do, my love. What makes you think not?" pulling the woman closer, you kissed her forehead, wanting her to feel comfortable to say everything she wanted.

"It's just that we never talk about it again, we're so busy with our careers, that I thought you had given up on that idea." Mikey shrugs, you could feel the insecurity hovering in the middle of her words.

"Mikey, baby, I want it all with you. You say, grabbing her chin gently and making her look at you. "I married you because I love you and I will love you until the end of my life. We have busy lives, but I will always want to conquer everything with you. You're the best actress I know and your career is on fire, baby." Mikey, who had hearty eyes for you, laughed lightly embarrassed at your comment.

"Yours too. You have your projects, and I didn't want you to feel pressured to drop them for something that only I want." Mikey said, making you deny it with your head.

"Baby, you still don't understand? I love you, Mikey. I wanted to marry you from the moment I saw you for the first time, I want you to be the best at what you do, I will support every little step you take. I want to have as many kids as you want, I want everything with you, Mikey. I always wanted to."

Tears begin to well up in your wife's eyes, the speech you made didn't have a false word at all, and Mikey, knowing you the way she did, knew it.

"You don't need to be in a hurry, nor postpone this my love. We're going to plan a step of this, let's sit down and talk, together. See everything we have and our possibilities, and then we'll have the family we've always longed for." Placing your forehead on Mikey's, you felt the woman nod her head slightly, letting a sob come out of her lips.

"I love you, baby." Mikey said, gluing your lips together with hers.

The kiss was tender, calm and full of love. With all the weight of the unspoken words out of the chest of the two of you, all the love could flow lightly through the air. Your hands were on your wife's waist, and Mikey's hands caressed the back of your neck. Her tongue tasted like beer, and her lips were so soft you could have sworn you were in heaven.

Taking a few steps forward, Mikey threw you onto the bed, climbing onto your lap and kissing you once more. You could feel the excitement starting to flood the room, your wife's hands went down the fabric of your shirt, lightly scratching your back, while your hands went down and squeezed the woman's ass on top of you.

"How about we start practicing now?" Mikey said, giving a smile you knew well, in the middle of the kiss.

"I think it's a great idea, my love."

Hi guys, I hope you are doing well.

I decided to create this blog to share stories of all the women I have a crush on. This is not my main blog, my other blog was created first, and it is dedicated only to kpop GG's.

It's been a while since some people have been asking me to write for women outside of Kpop, and that's what I'm going to do on this blog.

I've had a crush on Mikey for a long time, but she's not the only one, if you want to make a fic request, you can take a look at my profile, there are all the rules and all the women I write.

Just keep in mind that requests can take a little time, because as I said, this is not my main blog. Thank you for understanding

xoxo, spider.

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fjsjjgnnfjdjf · 1 month ago

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Size allergy (9/?)

Ufff! I think this is the longest chapter so far.

It took me a long time (although it doesn't seem like it because I published both chapters almost together) and a lot of things happen in it, but I'm happy with the result ✨💖

It's possible that the next chapter will be a little bit delayed, because I'm going to concentrate on making a cover drawing for this story 🐢

And I finally managed to get April into the story, the big sister has arrived! 😎

Warnings: Donnie does not have a good time in this chapter.

English is not my mother tongue, if you see an error, please feel free to comment.

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To say that the twins were not having a good time was a polite way of expressing the roller coaster ride they had (involuntarily) endured since waking up. Neither caught on that Mikey had rolled over in his sleep, taking Raph with him, leaving them completely exposed to the elements and the rules of the environment, where they were now at a disadvantage. When Leo awoke, he didn't even have time to process that his siblings were no longer covering them, as the first thing he noticed was the muzzle of a dog that was too close for comfort, the dog's gaze seeming to have a hunting intent.

This is bad.

He noticed that Donnie was still asleep, but what was more worrying was what was behind him; the dog wasn't stalking them, it was watching a squirrel that was millimeters away from Donnie, probably the squirrel (seeing the turtle's soft shell) thought it was some seed or something.

Leo tried to move slowly to wake up his brother and run away before everything got worse, keeping his eyes fixed on the dog and the squirrel, but the squirrel was faster. Unexpectedly, the huge rodent grabbed Donnie (waking him up abruptly) and put him in its mouth; the turtle in blue didn't even have time to process that, because the squirrel's movement alerted the dog and it started chasing it. The dog almost crushed Leo when it ran over him, but when the boy opened his eyes again, he could see the squirrel and the dog walking away WITH DONNIE IN THE RODENT'S MOUTH.

Leo quickly grabbed his sword and created a portal, aiming to fall on the squirrel that had taken his twin. He managed to appear above the squirrel, but was nearly knocked off by the animal's quick movement.

“DONNIE!... Oof!” he clutched with all his might at the fur of the still-running squirrel “Are you all right?!”

The soft-shelled turtle wriggled in the squirrel's mouth, looked with a mixture of annoyance and panic at Leo.

“NO!...WHAT DO YOU THINK?...” he exclaimed “THEY'RE GOING TO EAT ME ALIVE AAAAAAAA” he shouted with all his might.

“TRANQUILO!” exclaimed the red-eared turtle as he continued to hold on to the squirrel, he was sure a bull would move less “...I'm going to-!” he released one of his hands to grab his sword, but suddenly the squirrel's angle of inclination changed.

Leo tried to grab his sword so it wouldn't fall, and that small moment was more than enough to make him lose his balance. He couldn't get his hands back on the squirrel's fur, and it began to climb a tree causing him to fall backwards; he managed to move fast enough to drive his sword into the tree, but he couldn't reach the squirrel. He hung on for a minute to his only source of grip, trying to think of what to do when a very strong tremor made him lose his concentration and fall. Luckily, he wasn't very high up in the tree and only rolled for a moment in the grass.

“Uugh... That's certainly one horse I don't want to ride again” he commented dizzily.

After massaging his head a bit, he stood up and looked at the tree; it was too high at its current size to reach by climbing into the squirrel's den, so the only way out was to retrieve his sword to save Donnie and get them both to safety.

But he didn't count on one thing, the dog had not been left behind in his pursuit.

“Oh my...” he commented to himself when he felt the dog's heavy breathing right behind him.

As he turned, he saw it; larger than a bear from his perspective, perhaps a medium-sized dog in normal perspective. Almost all of Todd's dogs were small and completely harmless, but in this situation, anything could go terribly wrong; even if the dog had no intention of hunting Leo, he knew that if he ever mistook it for a toy, he could end up badly hurt.

“Heh... Easy, doggie...” he laughed nervously as he slowly backed away, the dog just tilted its head from side to side “It's all right...” he was trying to get out of the dog's sight.

However, the dog began to approach the turtle, sniffing and with his ears perked up, alert. Leo could only hope that the dog didn't see him as potential prey, he could only move slowly, he feared that by running the dog would mistake him for something to chase.

“Okay?... This is not very good...” the dog was getting closer and closer to him “Nice doggy... Nice doggy...” he was smiling crookedly and nervously, as he watched the dog move his nose closer and closer.

He knew that running is a bad idea, but he didn't know if staying is the best option. He closed his eyes when he felt the animal's nose stuck on his body, a shiver ran down his back as the warm air from it flooded him as the dog sniffed him. Then panic set in, as the animal placed its paws on him and pinned him to the ground; he couldn't move his arms, hopefully he could hide his head in the shell if the canine decided to bite him. He closed his eyes as he saw the dog bring its snout close to his head, “Sorry Raph” he thought to himself.

But the sign of an attack never came; there was no growl, no bark or show of sharp fangs either. That's when he was drenched by the dog's tongue, his panic gone to be replaced by disgust.

“Ugh... So, you're not going to eat me?” the dog cocked his head, no longer looking threatening, he licked Leo's face again “That's enough!... That's disgusting” he squirmed trying to get out of his paws, the dog seemed to understand and backed away.

The blue banded turtle stood up as he tried to wipe off the dog spit, no doubt he would now like a shower; the dog now watched him as he wagged his tail. He assumed that, at some point while sniffing him, the animal recognized his scent and so changed its attitude. Todd's dogs knew the turtles and loved them as much as Todd himself.

“Just know that you almost made me hide in my shell” he scolded the dog, who only tilted his head and kept wagging his tail “Uff... Maybe you can help me, though” he looked again at the top of the tree and the place where his sword was hooked.

Maybe, if he could get the dog to stand on two legs, the dog could reach his sword and rescue -.

“LEOOO!” Donnie's shout suddenly made him look up at the top of the tree again.

The purple-banded turtle had emerged from the squirrel's burrow, taking advantage of the fact that the squirrel had gone to get more food, and was peeking out from a branch at the impending emptiness.

“HEYYYYYY! DONTRON!” his brother replied in return, waving his arms wildly to show his presence.

The softshell turtle sighed in relief, for a moment he feared Leo had been hurt too, which would only leave him hoping someone of normal stature would find them in time.

“Are you hurt?!” Leo's question took him by surprise.

Donnie actually felt a sharp pain in his back, but he didn't want to venture to see how bad it was, at least not until he was safe.

“As hurt as I can be after being dragged by a giant squirrel!” he exclaimed trying to hide how scared he was still from the experience “Better hurry up and save me now!”

Leo didn't know whether to be relieved to hear his brother so energetic or worried that he didn't know how serious his injuries might be.

“Don't worry, Leon's got it!” he shouted, trying to project confidence.

He began to signal the dog to stand on his hind legs and pick up his sword, however, the dog seemed confused, just cocking his head from side to side trying to understand what he was being told.

“What the hell are you doing?!” Donnie complained.

“Well...” Leo smiled sheepishly, though there was nothing to be gained by lying to his twin in this situation “My sword is stuck in the tree... And if only this dog would listen to me, I could get it back” he didn't have to look at Donnie to know that he was patting his forehead.

“Sigh... Let me try!” then Donnie started whistling and signaling to the dog.

As if he were a professional dog trainer, the animal immediately heeded Donnie's directions, grabbed the sword with his mouth and easily pulled it out of the tree, leaving it in front of Leo, who couldn't fit inside his impression.

“Wow...” he grabbed his sword which, apart from the dog spit, was still in perfect condition.

He stroked the dog for the good job, when another strong tremor unsettled him; but the worst thing was that it also made Donnie lose his balance from the branch he was attached to, which made him fall into the void.

Leo reacted quickly and created a portal that sent Donnie straight to his side. Seeing his twin lying there, he picked him up and tried to quickly check his condition.

“Hey hey brother, look at me... How many fingers do you see?” Leo raised his hand in front of the other turtle's dizzy face.

“Whoo... I know how many fingers you have... I'm just dizzy, I didn't get stupid” he whined back.

“You're fine!” exclaimed Leo giving him a sudden hug.

“Hey, wait!” he exclaimed trying to break away from the unsolicited hug “You're wet... Why?”

“Hehe... You don't want to know” he replied with a light laugh pulling away from his twin.

However, Donnie managed to intuit as he saw the huge dog standing near them, wagging his tail. His face turned greener than it already was naturally and he restrained his urge to vomit.

“Hey! Don't be like that” his brother claimed to him when he noticed his reaction “If it wasn't for his help, I wouldn't have managed to save you” he caressed the dog's muzzle again, who again licked it contentedly “Ugh... Although it's true that it's disgusting” he said while trying to get the dog spit off him.

The dog then walked away; at first Leo thought he had simply lost interest in them, but then realized he was actually leading someone to their location when a lighter, steady tremor was felt.

It wasn't long before he noticed his big BIG brother, who looked undoubtedly frightened and started waving at him along with Donnie.

“LEO! DONNIE!” he exclaimed with all the fear he carried in his being, as he lifted both brothers off the ground without warning “Raph was worried sick! Are you all right?!”

“Slow down buddy!” Leo exclaimed towards his brother, who had them both in his palms and his face was too close “We talked about this before!”

Raph watched as Donnie looked hunched over as he covered his ears and immediately felt bad.

“...I'm sorry...” he commented somewhat guiltily and at a much more reasonable volume for the shrunken twins, though he felt Leo's palm over his mouth.

“Hey it's okay, we're both fine” he said as he turned his gaze to Donnie “Isn't that right Donald?”

However, the turtle in purple did not answer, he was still covering his ears and was leaning over himself. It was at that moment that both brothers noticed that Donnie's soft shell had a cut in the center, it didn't look too bad, but that didn't calm them down.

It turns out that the squirrel that had taken him a few moments ago had bitten his shell, leaving a wound.

“Donnie?” Raph whispered, bringing his thumb a little closer to stroke and soothe him.

However, his brother curled more into himself and shivered more.

“Too much... It's too much...” he said almost unconsciously, Raph moved his finger away.

“Easy Donnie...” Leo said gently as he reached over and placed one of his hands on his brother's shoulder “You're safe now”

This barely made Donnie relax slightly. Leo silently motioned for Raph to take them both to Todd's house, which he did silently, still feeling guilty.

Despite Todd's good intentions of wanting to help his friends, the truth was that Donnie was just letting Leo touch him. So, he took it upon himself to check his wound, while the capybara brought him all the necessary implements and tried to adapt them to his small size.

Raph left a little calmer, telling Todd that he would try to help Mikey with his hunger and that he trusted the twins.

Despite knowing that they were safe now, he couldn't help but feel bad, no doubt Donnie was still afraid of him because of the current size difference, and he didn't like that, he hated the fact that his brothers felt afraid of him.

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“Raph? are you feeling all right?” Mikey's voice suddenly brought him back to reality.

“Of course!” he exclaimed with a start “... Well, I don't know if we'll have enough food for you...” he scratched his head and looked away “But-but I'll figure it out!” he flashed his thumb at him trying to project confidence without much success.

The snapping turtle had taken his huge little brother to a secluded area of the forest where there was a waterfall; it wasn't exactly food or anything that would end the boy's hunger, but the water would at least help him from being thirsty. Mikey knelt down next to the waterfall, so he didn't feel so imposing next to his brother.

Mikey noticed that Raph had been very quiet since he returned, which he didn't understand, he was too relieved to know that Leo and Donnie were okay. He would rather starve to death than think about the possibility of losing his brothers, which is why he found Raph's behavior so strange.

After an awkward silence, and some more water from the waterfall, he decided to speak again.

“I thought you would be happy to find Leo and Donnie” he commented at a low volume.

“What?” asked Raph confused “Of course I'm happy for them!” Mikey looked at him unconvinced, Raph sighed, it was impossible to lie to his little brother “Well, you caught Raph... It's silly, but... Donnie didn't feel good about me touching him... He seemed disturbed...” he was looking towards the river, but his mind was elsewhere.

After a moment of silence, Mikey spoke “Are you afraid of me?”

“What?! Of course not!” he almost seemed offended by the comment “That's why I'm worried that Donnie is afraid of me, he's sensitive”

“When I grabbed you yesterday, I could feel you trembling...” Raph looked at him with bewilderment, he didn't want to imagine Mikey having an idea like that, or even noticing that “Sure, you never ran away from me or screamed... But I know I scared you...” he said it in a very serious way, he almost didn't sound like he was his cheerful younger brother.

“Mikey...” Raph wanted to speak, but the box turtle interrupted him.

“I know you are not afraid of me Raph, I know none of you are... But I am afraid” Raph looked confused, he didn't know what his little brother was getting at “I'm afraid because of all this” he looked at his huge hands “I'm afraid because I don't feel like myself like this... I shouldn't be the big one, I should be small... I think it's the same for Donnie... I don't think he's afraid of you, I don't even think he's afraid of me, he's afraid of not knowing what to do... He's afraid of being the little guy, when he shouldn't be” the snapping turtle was frankly shocked by what his brother had said.

“How do you know that?” Mikey let out a small laugh.

“I know you better than you think I do...” placed a hand behind Raph and rested it lightly on his back “Donnie likes to have everything under control, he's always been like that” that brought a realization to the red-banded turtle, he hadn't thought of that “But now he can't, he doesn't have his stuff, he doesn't know how to fix this... And even the world isn't the size of the one he's used to” he smiled again at his big brother, that bright smile that cheers everyone up “Give him some time and space, he'll be fine”

“Wow!” exclaimed Raph in surprise, leaning on Mikey's hand as if it were a wall “Since when did you get so good at talking about this stuff?”

“Hehe... I guess I took to heart what you said yesterday about taking advantage of being the big brother” for a moment his laughter faded a bit “Besides, I don't think I can use my dinosaur act as a springboard to cheer you up now”

No doubt Mikey missed being little quite a bit, that Raph could tell; but, somehow, he felt that Mikey was the one who probably knew best how to handle all this mess, how did he manage to see the bright side in everything? It was something he might never fully understand, “Dr. Positive's ability” he thought.

“Hey... Still, you managed to cheer me up” he stroked his thumb a little, while the boy moved it to place it on one of his brother's shoulders “It's true... Raph was very worried and I wasn't seeing that you were too... Thank you for helping me to see it”

They both smiled at each other and Raph settled a little more into Mikey's hand. For a moment, everything was flooded in a comfortable silence between the two of them.

“You know what I miss the most?” suddenly commented the box turtle “Being able to ride on your shoulders, It's the best!” his face looked like a comical resignation.

“We can still do that” Mikey looked at him with some illusion, Raph had taken out his tonfas.

“Are you sure?” he asked more excited than anything else, even raising the volume of his voice a little.

“Just for a moment” Mikey nodded, vigorous and excited.

And, after a quick hit with the tonfas, Raph projected a giant version of himself, for the first time, without the intention of using it to fight. Mikey almost wanted to jump with excitement, even if he wasn't truly Raph, this made him feel a little piece of the normalcy he wanted so badly. He climbed onto the shoulders of the projection and settled in, resting his head on top of the mystical Raph's head.

“Thanks for this” he sighed happily, closing his eyes to imagine he was on the real Raph.

“No problem little man” said Raph as he sat cross-legged on the ground, already Mikey was higher than the treetops.

It would be better not to attract so much attention, right?

~~~~~~

Outside the forest, in the city, a teenager was playing with a pair of binoculars that his parents had given him on the roof of the apartment where he lived. He was hoping to catch something interesting from the neighbors or the surroundings and be able to record it with his phone, he was looking forward to creating some viral video.

As he pointed into the distance, without catching anything relevant at first, he noticed a green with red figure taller than the surrounding trees; with slight curiosity, he picked up his phone and tried to record the strange thing standing there. The strange thing moved, as if it were a living being, which made the boy startled, it was something certainly bigger than any animal that could be in the forest. Due to the surprise and his clumsiness, he dropped his phone; however, when he tried to point it again towards the creature in the forest, it was no longer there, the boy was surprised.

“It can't be! Was that really a living thing?” he exclaimed as he checked his own video.

Although archaic and a little blurry, he was able to distinguish the movement and the strangeness of the forest creature, the boy smiled triumphantly.

“This will definitely go viral” he thought excitedly to himself as he prepared to upload the video.

~~~~~~

Undoubtedly, luck was not on his side this day. It had already been a considerable time since he had started his search, he was getting closer and closer to the location of his eldest son and a couple of hours ago he had already left the populated area of the city, plunging into the isolated area more populated by trees than by people.

And that's when a tremor caused multiple trees to fall on the tank, leaving it unable to move.

“I don't suppose you know how to fix the tank in this situation, do you?” Splinter asked Shelldon.

“Of course I can fix it!... Just give me a couple of hours” said the drone with some enthusiasm, he had been bored for a while now.

“Two hours?!” exclaimed the rat “For that I'd better try to reach red on foot”

“I'll go with you Splints!” exclaimed the voice of an energetic teenager.

In his search, Splinter momentarily called April, assuming that his children might be with her. The girl had not heard from the boys since before they had left for their camp, moreover, the absence of messages in their group chat, added to Splinter's story, made her decide to accompany the rat in his search. If the boys were in trouble, she would be the first to help them!

“All right... But someone has to stay here” he immediately looked at the drone “Shelldon, can I trust you to take care of the tank and not do anything foolish?”

“I'll have it in top condition before they get back!” he exclaimed enthusiastically “I'll be better at this than Donnie!”

“Yeah yeah, whatever you say” Splinter waved his hand, ignoring the robot's rantings, more focused on finding his children.

“Shelldon, can you send me the location of Raph's phone?” said April showing her cell phone to the drone, who quickly shared the map he had “Thanks, we'll let you know if we find the boys” she put her phone away and picked up her bat.

The mutant rat and the girl got out of the tank and ventured into the forest, following the trail the map indicated of the snapping turtle's position.

They hadn't gotten too far off the trail before they noticed certain curious things about the place. The ground was somewhat uneven, with sunken areas, as if something heavy had fallen there, as well as some fallen trees and others that had branches cut off, as if something had hit them.

“Wow, it looks as if a tornado had passed through here” commented the girl pointing at one of the trees with her bat “Splints? You don't think that-?”

“I'm sure this has something to do with the boys” answered the rat “... We're close now, I'll call red again” he took out his phone and redialed his son's number.

After a couple of rings, a loud noise was heard in the distance, followed by a somewhat rhythmic shaking. They both set out to run, their guard up to meet whatever it was.

“Red?!” shouted Splinter when he heard some murmuring from who he identified as his eldest son.

“Guys! Are you okay?!” April exclaimed, raising her bat in case she had to use it.

That's when they managed to identify Raph in a clearing. April seemed relieved to see him well, while Splinter looked annoyed, although it was more because he was worried.

“Red, what are you doing here?!” he exclaimed in annoyance as his son watched him nervously, as if he had been caught up in something “Why weren't you answering my calls?! I thought something had happened to you! I was worried” he continued, not letting Raph speak.

“Raph? Are you all right?” said April placing a hand on Splinter's shoulder to calm him down a bit “Where are the others?” Raph at this point was just babbling and looking around.

“Uh... I'm... I'm fine” he laughed a little nervously “Relax dad, the others are fine... We just came to see Todd” he put a hand behind his head, it was too obvious that he was nervous.

“Raphael, even if I were further away, I could smell your nervous stink...” that only made the turtle more tense, but his father didn't stop “Now, will you explain to me why you left the lair without warning and why the orange gun is the size of a pole?” he said crossing his arms, that made Raph even more tense.

“Hey yes!... About that... You see...” the snapping turtle was much more than nervous at this point, even his voice sounded a little higher pitched.

ACHOOO!

It was suddenly heard from behind the red-banded turtle, startling everyone.

“What was that?” April exclaimed.

“Ugh... N-nothing!... Shall I tell you something? How about we get out of here?” he stammered as he pushed them both out of the area where the sound was coming from, smiling crookedly.

“You're not getting me out of here son!” exclaimed Splinter pulling away from the turtle's push “You're hiding something and I'm going to find out what it is!”

“NO!” exclaimed the boy, grabbing his father by the waist.

However, Splinter didn't stay still and gave him a hard smack on the head to make him let go, leaving the boy semi-conscious.

“Raph, I know you are worried about something” commented April approaching the boy “Why don't you let us help you?” she placed a hand on his shoulder and he started to get up.

“Heh, I... This... Because...” he didn't really have a clear answer, beyond his illogical thoughts.

However, if he had had a moment to open up to April, it had already passed, for a second later his father's exclamation was heard from behind the trees.

“WHAT IS THIS?” was heard loudly.

“Oh no...” Raph commented softly, as April walked with him into the forest “Pops, I can explain!”

“Wow!” April exclaimed when she saw the same thing as the mutant rat.

A little more hidden in the trees, but big enough to compare to the turtle tank, was a huge rock? no, it was definitely a shell; plus, it wasn't just any turtle shell, it had the patterns of a certain orange banded turtle.

Both his father and April turned to look at Raph, he didn't react with surprise, so it was obvious he knew what was going on. He sighed as he rubbed his face.

“It's okay Mikey... Stop hiding, it's no use” he said in the direction of the huge shell.

Then, out of the shell emerged the huge head of the orange-banded turtle. He looked a bit surprised and at the same time a bit shy when he saw April and Splinter in front of him, looking at him in shock.

“Heh... Hi dad... Hi April...” he said softly, trying to lighten the mood.

“Mikey? What the hell?!” April commented in surprise, Mikey looked away from her, worried.

“Red... Explain what's going on” said Splinter, turning to his eldest son.

Raph was fiddling with his hands, still nervous and feeling very guilty, seeing that everyone was looking at him he sighed again.

“Raph’s sorry... I'll tell you everything” he said preparing himself for all the trouble that was coming his way.

It seems that this day was going to be more difficult than he initially thought.

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