#red bean the turtle

[qeelovestea]

Short

Matcha and red bean both belong to me and @diona-98

[abbeyofcyn]

[toonsforkicks22]

Friend and I went to a candle-making class and I turned it into another dedication to my favorite turtle Rise boy. Guys, we CANNOT give up on saving this show. I swear to Pizza Supreme in the sky.

@nickelodeon @netflix

[eximparadise]

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[mightyfoz]

re-draw time babeyyy, and more dark turtle content. of course it's of my favorite red-bean Dark Raph. I've always thought of him being very happy to hold some sort of animal like a chicken and actually want to take care of it, showing how he's a super caring and sweet guy <3 i also tried to keep the color pallet but also make it a little more saturated than the original

comparison under the line :] [old 2020 - new 2024]

[allyheart707]

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Cutest of doodles by @purple-the-turtle, Tbh so good it should be the cover art for this au by @unamick, Meeting Frogo's by @thegreateggbandit), Little guys & so cute & high five! by @banana-pancake5, MIKEY + Trick or Treat MiKEY & CAROL by @averagetmntfan, bite >:D by @smol-bean-boi13, I AM SO HONORED BY THIS by @merakimagic and THEM by @cosmocafe

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[empressuxu]

Dear Soulmate

╭┈ • ┈ ୨୧ ┈ • ┈╮Chapter 1 ╭┈ • ┈ ୨୧ ┈ • ┈╮

˗ˏˋ ꒰ ♡ ꒱ ˎˊ˗ Next

It was late in the hideout. It was quiet, not a single sound could be heard. Everyone was asleep, all piled up in the living room. Another movie night has come and gone. The movie ended with nothing but a black screen on display. Nothing but static can be heard from the speakers. The white noise that entices the turtles into a deeper sleep. 

Soon, a soft melody could be heard from the speaker. It was quiet at first, but the volume started to play louder. The melody caused the four turtles to awaken from their slumber. 

"Does anyone else hear music?" Mikey asked, rubbing his eyes, trying to take the sleepiness away. 

"It appears to be coming from the speaker." Donnie walked behind the speaker and pulled the plug. "that should solve it" 

He returned to his bean bag, ready to go back to sleep. The melody is still playing. "Anyone else still got that beat in their head?" 

Before anyone could respond, a voice could be heard. 

"This next song is for my soulmate. So, don't turn the station if you can't hear a thing. You know the drill."

Do you live in New York City? Or a couple towns away? Wherever you are, I'd jump in my car Just to see you today

Will I meet you at a party? Sit next to you on a plane? Maybe I already know you and love you But will fall in love someday

"Are you sure you unplugged the speak, my dear twin?" Leo asked, walking closer to the unplugged speaker. He froze, seeing the speak was indeed unplugged. "Guys, it unplugged, and it's still playing!"

The brothers started to panic. Raph sprung into action and picked up the speaker. He slammed it to the ground, hoping it would stop the music, but sadly, the music continued to play.  The brothers gathered around the speaker, wondering what was happening. 

The music stopped, and the same soft-spoken girl spoke again, "Well, listeners, if you could hear the last song, look at your hands. If you are my soulmate, give it a little pull and let me know if you're real." 

The brothers looked at their hands and saw the red string tied to their fingers. Thinking it couldn't be real, they pulled it. 

A soft cry was heard through the speaker. "I knew you were real." 

Crying is all the brothers can hear. It lasted for a minute before the sound of paper being shuffled around. She spoke again, but this time in a happier mood. "Soulmate, I hope we can meet soon. I wish I could go with you tonight, but sadly, I must move on with the show. That being said, to all the healing hearts, please enjoy the next song."

Raph looked at the red sting in his hand. He just couldn't understand what was happening. One minute, he was asleep, and the next, he had a soulmate. A soulmate that his brothers share. "So what are we gonna do about this?" 

"I guess we can follow the string to the end and see where it leads." Leo pulled on the string once again, still not believing it was real. 

Donnie clapped his hand to get the attention of his brothers. "We could, but we have no idea when the string will end. What if it leads out of New York?!" 

"It doesn't hurt to try. Maybe she's in New York like at the beginning of the song said." Mikey exclaimed. He was excited to meet this person. Wondering what type of person she was. Did she like art? Or pizza?  Oh, the questions he wanted to ask her. 

"I guess she could be in New York." Donnie thought about the possibility that she could be near. Perhaps that's why she chose the song. Maybe she hoped her soulmate was close to her. It doesn't hurt to check. He thought that in the worst-case scenario, the string doesn't end and goes past the city limit, and that's it. No more looking. But that made his heart hurt. He doesn't want to think he would never meet her. If they were soulmates, then they were meant to be together. 

"Well, Let's get this show on the road." Leo grabbed onto Mikey and Raph. "We have a soulmate to look for."

~Small Time Skip~

"Well, my lovely listeners, we have come to the end of tonight's show. I'm off to find my soulmate, so wish me luck. Love you always, y/n." The h/c girl pressed the end live button with a heavy sigh. 

She got up and sat on her bed. Her head was full of thoughts of her finally finding her soulmate. She had just moved to New York. This would be the 7th city she moved to in hopes of finding her soulmate, and to think she would find them is scary. 

What if they see me and don't like me? The young girl thought maybe they were already in love with someone else. Would that make her the other woman? Or would he tell her to leave him be? She looked at her hand, seeing the sting on her pinky finger. It glowed a bright red, a reminder of her soulmate. 

A knock on her window brought her out of her thoughts. 

"Hello?" She said, slightly sacred since it was still dark out. She moved closer to the window as quietly and slowly as she could, but suddenly, the red string shrunk, pulling her to the window.  

Right as she was gonna hit the window, it flung open. Her eyes closed, waiting for the impact of the railing of the emergency exist outside of her window. But it never came. 

She opened her eyes to green arms holding on her. Her e/c eyes darted up to see a turtle in a red mask. But not just one but four, each with a different color mask tied around their eyes.

Y/n couldn't believe her eyes. I must be dreaming, she thought. The shocked girl gave herself a pinch on her arm, and it hurt. "I guess I'm not dreaming. "

Raph pulled Y/n up. "Are you ok?" 

"As fine as I can be." She looked around, trying to get her bearing as well as taking in the appearance of each turtle. They're taller than me. The girl thought, feeling a bit self-conscious about her height now. She began to play with the sleeves of her oversized hoodie, trying to calm her nerves. "So why are you here?"

Mikey came closer to the girl. He smiled and raised his hand to show the red string on his smallest finger. "Well, our speaker picked up your broadcast, and we heard the song you played. Then these strings appeared on our hands, so we followed them here." 

He grabbed your hands with his and smiled. "So, soulmate, do you like pizza?" 

"I do," She spoke softly, still trying to catch up on what was going on. "Wait, so all of you hear the song, and all of you have a string on your finger?" 

The brothers nodded. 

Y/n pulled her hands out of Mikey's grasp, making him pout. She leaned on the window frame, trying to make sense of this whole mess. She had never heard of someone having multiple soulmates. It would make sense why she could never stick to one hobby. Or why, no matter anyone she dated, they never made her feel whole. Her soul wasn't looking for her other half it was looking for her missing pieces. 

While the girl processed her thoughts, she didn't notice the brother's faces growing paler with every second. Did she not like them? Was this a mistake? Their minds begin to wonder. 

Their thought was interrupted by the small girl clapping her hands. 

"Did you want to come in?" She asked as she climbed back into her room, holding back her pink curtains. She smiled at them shyly. "Are you coming, soulmates? Don't make me ask a third time."

They nodded their heads and rushed inside. 

Y/n giggled at their eagerness. No amount of words can describe how she feels right now. Just seeing them here in her room made her so happy that she wanted to smother them in kisses. But it's too early for that, she thought, she didn't want to scare them away. Then again, if they were her soulmates, they wouldn't be scared so easily, would they? Now that she thinks about it, she doesn't even know their names, nor do they know hers. 

"So my name is Y/n L/n." 

"I'm Mikey, but my full name is Michelangelo. But it's kind of long, so Mikey or Honey Bunches or whatever you want to call me is cool with me."

"This big guy here is Raphael, but we call him Raph." Mikey patted his brother's shoulder "You could call him your teddy bear since he is one." 

Mikey and Raph looked at their other brother, waiting for them to introduce themselves. 

Donnie coughs before speaking. Trying to muster all the bad boy persona he can. "I'm Othello Von Ryan." 

"Now, you do not want to start this relationship with a lie, my dear brother Donatello. " Leo cried playfully "You can this guy Donnie if you want." 

Leo dropped down to one knee and grabbed her hand. "I'm Leonardo or Leo. But you, my sweet, can call me yours."

Y/n blushed so hard that she swore her head was gonna pop off. The now red-faced girl pulled her hand away from Leo. She backed away from him and quickly covered her face with her hoodie, not wanting to show them how quickly her face turned red from that simple pickup line. Sadly, it was too late the blue-masked turtle took notice and grinned. 

"So, did you want to tell our future kids how we met, or should I tell them." He walked closer to her. 

Y/n didn't think her face could get more red, but it did. " K-kids, but we just met. Why would you even be thinking about that right now?" 

Leo grabbed her hand, that hand her red string, and he held it close to his chest. He gave her his most charming smile "What can I say I can feel a string pulling us close. Can't help but think of our future."

His brothers, seeing the girl's face get redder, decide it was best to help her.

"Leo, I think she had enough." Raph picked his brother up

"Yeah, I don't think it's safe for her to get that red. Can't she pass out?""  Mikey asked worryingly 

"Well, people don't pass out because of their face turning red from embarrassment it's more because of other factors like if her blood pressure drops low enough. Or she could start hyperventilating and get shortness of breath. Then she could pass out." 

"And thank you, Donnie, for that info dump." 

"Not a problem, Nardo."

Y/n could feel her face starting to cool down. She took a deep breath, trying to ease her heart. She would have never thought that one of her soulmates would be this flirty, but she can't. No one could ever make her heart race as much as he could just now. 

"Um, so what happens now?" She asked, looking at the brothers. 

No one spoke. 

Her heart began to race again, scared once more that they were now thinking about the thought of her and not like her. She played with her sleeves, trying not to reach in and pick at her old scars on her arms. She's been rejected before but never by four different beings at once, much less four who are supposed to be her soulmates.

Mikey takes a few steps to the distressed girl. "Are you not weirded out by us being mutants?" 

She looked at him in confusion. Did they not understand that her radio show? It's not a normal show. "Why would I be?" She scratched the back of her head. "I mean, you guys do understand that I'm not normal, right? I mean, I know I'm not a mutant or a yokai, but you have to get that normal people can't do what my radio show does, right?"

"Wait, so do you know about the Hidden City, too?" Donnie questioned 

"Well, yeah, I mean, I was born there, after all." Y/n walked over to her bookshelf. She pulled a red and pink book from her shelf. "Here, I have some photos that my mom saved feel free to look." 

Donnie took the scrapbook from her hands. His brother gathered around the book. 

She watched as they looked at her childhood photos. She would have loved to explain to them her childhood, but she can't talk about it without crying now. Her youth was wonderful, but now that she knows why it was so great, it leaves a sour taste in her mouth. 

"So you're not bothered at all by us being turtles?" Mikey asked

"Not at all." Y/n pulled some hair from her face. "Are you bothered with me being human?"

"I think I speak for all of us, but no, not at all." 

"Well, Leo, what happens now? You all have a sting that leads to me, and I have a single string that slits four ways. What do you want?" She pulled on her string. "I'd rather cut ties now if you don't want this to be a thing."

Leo looked at his brothers, who looked at their strings. He looked at his own, pulling on it slightly, and still couldn't believe this was real. None of them had any huge successes with love. How can they when the only girl they know is like a sister to them? 

"We could try," Raph spoke softly. "I mean, we won't know if this could work if we don't try, right?"

"You're right all we can do is try and hope for the best." Y/n grabbed her phone off her bed. "So, I guess I could get your numbers so we can talk more?" 

[mistic-turtle]

*gets out from the sewers*

WHY THE HELL IS PEOPLE SAYING THIS GUY IT'S A PIECE OF SHIT?!!!!!

*smashes the table* I'M TAKING IT PERSONALLY, HE'S ME AND I AM HIS... I mean, HE... Also, his, but that's not the point shhdjdhfjdjdjdjsksjdhd

This little bean... This teddy bear could kill you, but would not. So here are the reasons why he's not bad.

He always puts the others' wellbeing over everything. Yeah, even over his own family.

He wears an armor heavier, EVERY NIGHT.

Even if he's tired, every night goes out his home to fight the crime in his city.

He loves his city and never could go away from there.

He knows he has to control his temper and anger, but nobody says to him how to do it.

The first friend he had, died. David was a person who understood him and even motivated him to continue.

We can't blame him, because we have to be realistic: You were trained to fight crime all your whole life and made it your objective, and only because your brother is out you won't do it...? Really? Raph was asking for some independence in the team. Everyone following their instinct, their own moral compass while the leader is out. Because that's how a team works: everyone pursuing the same objective, with everyone's autonomy.

Raph wasn't using his usual weapons: his sai. He was using other new ones even though he doesn't master them... Leo, shut the fuck up a bit, please. Stop being a dick with him.

Other thing I have to point out, it's that HE WAS WORKING ALONE! THIS DUDE BEAT A LOT OF ASSES EVERYDAY ALONE!

He has detective skills. He even solved cases that the police never could.

He doesn't fear to get dirty his own hands. He has determination, that's why he wears red. Hot red.

He likes to work alone. He talks for the introverts here.

He loves his brothers. Even though he doesn't expresses it openly.

Try to imagine this: everyday your family says that you're the sarcastic, the angry, the uncontrolable one... You're fighting crime every night and nobody says to you 'good job'. Nobody. Just listens the shit they say about you... Is it fair enough?

Try to imagine this: everyday your family says that you're the sarcastic, the angry, the uncontrolable one... You're fighting crime every night and nobody says to you 'good job'. Nobody. Just listens the shit they say about you... Is it fair enough?

And other thing we have to point out... He has leading skills too. He has mechanic skills, he fixes his own motorcycle. He fixed his own suit to adapt it to his physiollogy... And you still saying he's just a grumpy turtle? Too bad there.

He felt abandoned by Leo when he decided to stay in the jungle, because Leo is the brother with the one who gets along best...

HIS FUCKING SMILE, OH MY GOD, I'M GONNA- *Shots herself 💕*

So, stop saying he's a piece of shit. He isn't. He've been through a lot. Just smooch him hard, he deserves it 💕💕💕💕💕

[sundove88]

The Cookie Chonk Chart!!

So recently, @thetropicalfairy and I have had a discussion about which Cookies would be considered chonky- and here is the entire list! And the pic was made by her as well.

Note: Some OCs will be on this list- and some folks not shown in the pic will be as well. If there’s anyone you want to add to the list, that’s ok!

A Fine Boi (Somewhat Chubby): Herb, Churro, Aloe, Gold Citrine, Okchun, Elderberry (OC), Sable, Icicle Yeti, Grapefruit, Tiramisu, Habanero, Bubbles Dragon (OC), Snapdragon, Blueberry Pie, Lilybell, Pecan Brownie (OC), Grandberry Brawler 1/Glimmerberry, Grandberry Brawler 2/Grapeberry, Honorable Paladin Trainee/White Choco Chip, Serious Paladin Trainee/Vanilla Bundt Cake, Kouign Amann, Caramel Arrow, Silverbell, GingerBrave, Dizzy Cookie/Gorgonzola, SuperCar Cookies 1 and 2/Emmental Cheese and Cambozola, Partay Cookies/Swiss Cheese and Raclette, Blue Slushy, Xylitol Nova, Shadow Milk, Eternal Sugar, Mystic Flour, Burning Spice, Silent Salt, Golden Cheese, White Lily, Bumbleberry,

He Chomnk (Mostly Chubby): Dark Cacao, Crunchy Chip (Post Odyssey), Ice Candy, Olive, Strawberry, Custard III, Rye, Cream Puff, Cherry, Blueberry, Pinecone, Amber Sugar, Sea Fairy, Walnut, Cherry Ball, Zombie, Frilled Jellyfish, Carrot, Cotton, Milky Way, Hero, Canele, Mille-Feuille, Vanilla Sugar, Longan Dragon, Buttercream Choco, Pancake, Tea Knight, Tarte Tatin, Captain Caviar, Milkshake (OC), Snowfall Villager/Cashmere, Kind Villager/Poplin, Pumpkin, Parfaedia Principal/Deluxe Sundae, Creme Knights Preceptor/Chantilly Cream, Scovillia Headmaster/Hot Pot, Berry Parfaedia Student/Berry Compote, Citrus Parfaedia Student/Marmalade, Prune Juice, Captain Caviar, Tangerine Tanghulu, WildBerry, Timekeeper, Pure Vanilla, Mango, Muscle, Cranberry,

A Heckin’ Chonker (Very Chubby): Lord Oyster, Mozzarella, Royalberry, Princess, Tiger Lily, Milk, Beet, Yogurt Cream, Cocoa, Chocolate Bon Bon, Mocha Ray, Bacon, Pastel Meringue, Cheesecake, Red Bean, S’More, Frosted Choco (OC), Choco Malt (OC), Coconut Choco (OC), Turtle Brownie (OC), Fudge Ice Cream (OC), Snow Sugar, Ananas Dragon, Vagabond, Gelato (OC), Choco Milk (OC), Second Watcher/Choco Chunk, Grandberry Merchant 1/Blueberry Muffin, Grandberry Merchant 2/Honeyberry, Grandberry Merchant 3/Pinkberry, Spicy Scovillia Student/Army Stew, Hot Scovillia Student/Spicy Rosè, Sauna Egg, Golden Cheese Kingdom Citizen 2/Manchego, Space Doughnut,

H E F T Y C H O N K (Extremely Chubby): Avocado, Hollyberry, Princess Professor Mimolette (OC), Prince Professor Cavatappi (OC), Mala Sauce, Capsaicin, Moon Rabbit (Mostly due to her huge rabbit form), Peperoncino, Potato, Eden Dragon (OC), Dark Choco (After he left The Cookies of Darkness), Macaron, Abalone, Lotus Dragon, Spinach, Half Avocado, Hot Mala Warrior/Spicy Noodle Cookie, Spicy Mala Warrior/Chili Sauce Cookie, Mangosteen (Lychee’s Disguise),

M E G A C H O N K E R (Seriously Chubby): Lychee Dragon, Affogato (Post Episode 14), Elder Custard, Affogato’s Disciple 1/Cortado, Affogato’s Disciple 2/Galao, Pumpkin Spice Latte (OC), Mysterious Priest/Compound Choco, Marble Bread, Plain Yogurt,

O H L A W D H E C O M I N (The Chubbiest of All): Pitaya Dragon, Eggnog, Gatekeeper Cookie/Couverture, Stink Eye Tortuca,

[qeelovestea]

Matcha and red bean as humans

(if anyone still remembers them)

Both owns by me and @diona-98

[donutwatches]

MHA 2.17 - Climax - part 3

This is my first watch of MHA, so no spoilers please.

This is me every single day of my life. Why do I relate to this anime Grandpa?

From Gran Dorito's perspective he looked away from Midoriya for one moment, and when he saw Midoriya again he was dragging a wanted criminal out of an alleyway with a rope.

Yeah, an apology is warranted here, but I hope Iida doesn't beat himself up too much over it. He made some understandable mistakes. I trust Iida to learn the right lessons from this experience.

If a villain injured my older brother to the point of permanently paralyzing him, I would hunt them down and make them regret it too. But I guess heroes in training have to hold themselves to a higher standard. Iida did not react like a hero, he reacted like a human, and I think that is a forgivable misstep.

What a sweetheart. Deku really embodied both 'hero' and 'human' qualities during this arc. He is moved by wanting to save people as a hero should, but also by the personal need to be there for his friends. What a precious green bean.

Blunt, but it made me laugh so hard. I feel like you need both types of support in your life, the kind of friend who will be soft with you, and the kind of friend who will tell you to pull it together and carry on.

OMG A BABY SNATCHER. UNHAND THE BABY YOU PTERODACTYL LOOKING REJECT.

OooOOoooOoh, Stain saved Deku? As much as I think Stain's ideology is whack, it is kind of a big deal for him to accept Deku as a worthy hero, isn't it?

The blood red moon, the glowing eyes, the majestic floating scarf, edgy arm bandages, and that crusty turtle-esque visage. The man certainly has an aesthetic (one that came out of a Spirit Halloween dumpster).

By murdering heroes that he arbitrarily decides he doesn't like. Better watch out hero society! Miss Staingina George is going to put you in his 'Burn Book' of loser heroes.

DID HE DIE?

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[theyhavetakenovermylife]

Music Jam Session

Bayverse!Michelangelo x reader

Just a short one shot with some music between Mikey and the reader before I go to bed🧡

Warnings: None.

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The lair echoed with the rhythmic beats of Michelangelo's drumsticks against the practice pads. The vibrant energy of the orange clad turtle filled the air as he started his impromptu music jam session. Mikey, with his contagious enthusiasm, had suggested the idea of the two of you playing some music together, and soon enough the lair was filled with the sound of his drum set.

You found yourself sitting on a comfortable bean bag, surrounded by an array of musical instruments, watching your boyfriend closely. Mikey, in his element, effortlessly switched between the drums, guitar, and keyboard, before deciding to stick with his trustworthy drums. It was a delightful sight, watching his arms move and muscles flex as he used his drumsticks. If you could, you would be watching him all day.

As Mikey's beat intensified, he cast a playful grin your way. "Ready to rock, (Y/N)?" he called out, his eyes twinkling with excitement.

You picked up the microphone Mikey had begged you to use, nodding with a smile. "Absolutely, Mikey! Let's do this!"

The lair reverberated with a lively melody, a fusion of rock and ninja flair. Mikey's drumming set the pace, and soon you joined in, creating a harmonious chaos of sounds. You belted out the lyrics, your voice blending seamlessly with the crash and banging from Mikey’s drum set. The lair transformed into a lively concert hall, the walls pulsating with the raw energy of your impromptu performance.

In the midst of the music, Mikey initiated an energetic drum solo, showcasing his impressive skills. You placed one arm around his neck and kissed his temple as he continued to play.

As the song reached its peak, Mikey motioned for a dramatic pause. The lair fell silent for a brief moment before erupting into cheers and applause from the two of you. Both of you grinned, catching your breath with excitement.

"That was awesome!" you exclaimed, your eyes meeting Mikey's. "Who knew we had a ninja rock band in the lair?"

Mikey beamed with pride, his orange mask contrasting against the gleam in his eyes. "Turtle power, baby! We're not just skilled in ninjitsu; we've got musical chops too!"

“Shut the shell up!”, it sounded from Raph’s room, before the red brute came marching out. “Will the two of you just shut up?! I was trying to sleep!”

“But Raph, it’s in the middle of the day”, Mikey said, trying to hide an amused smile. You had to hide your smiling face on Mikey's shoulder, in order not to trigger your boyfriend’s angry brother even more.

“Doesn’t matter! I need my sleep!”, Raph rumpled. “I’ll go back to bed, so keep quiet!” The big turtle turned and walked back into his room.

As the two of you watched Raph walk away, Mikey turned to you with a mischievous smile. You already liked where this would be going.

“Wanna play another round, angelcake?”, he asked, smiling knowingly.

“There’s nothing I’d rather do”, you answered with a smile just as mischievous as Mikey’s.

[paradisecas]

MIDAM ANNIVERSARY MIDAM ANNIVERSARY. i was supposed to have the proposal fic finished by midam anniversary 2023 and wouldnt you know it im STILL not done. but i want to celebrate so here’s the very beginning, which takes place right before last year’s preview.

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“Miss Plumber says she got married and we can call her Mrs. Jacobs now,” Bunny says over dinner. She tears at her roll a little too violently, mushing butter between her fingers. Adam knows she’ll refuse to use a napkin and that he and Michael will spend half an hour after bathtime wiping greasy smudges off every surface in the house. He mourns the rags he’ll have to wash tomorrow.

“That’s exciting,” Adam says, picking his battles and letting her continue getting all buttery. “Getting married is a big deal.”

Kitty starts to say something, but she’s still chewing her massive bite of spaghetti and Michael, who has a sixth sense for these things, shoots her a warning look. Kitty, of course, takes this warning as an excuse to open her mouth and let the unchewed mass plop onto her plate in her hurry to say, “Tony from my class said his dad got married too and that he doesn’t see his mom a lot anymore ‘cause she married someone else first.”

Michael’s admonishment dies out immediately. Adam actually watches it happen—his grace goes from indignantly disgusted to rapturously curious in a split second. “Oh?” he says, and Adam kicks him under the table.

This is not the time or place to press their child for gossip.

(That’s what the PTA group chat is for, anyway. Someone’s bound to know what went on with David and Amanda.)

“Sometimes things are complicated,” Adam decides to say.

“Very complicated,” Michael says, a little too gleeful, and Adam kicks him again.

“Miss Plumber showed us some pictures,” Bunny starts again, smearing her buttered hands along the tabletop, but Liv starts babbling around her green beans so Adam is forced to tune Bunny out in favor of his youngest. Michael will tell him anything he’s missed.

Her bib patterned with small turtles is stained red, not just from tonight, and Adam tries to add laundry to the to-do list on the fridge through sheer force of will, but. He’s not an archangel. He’ll have to remember to do that later.

When Liv is back to happily gnawing on her dinner, Adam turns back to the table’s conversation, just in time to hear Kitty ask, “Are you married?”

Adam blinks. Michael catches his eye across the table and shrugs with one shoulder.

“We’re not,” Adam says.

“Why?”

“It’s a human thing,” Michael says. “Angels don’t get married.”

“Oh.” Kitty looks down at her plate, almost forlorn. Then, again, “Why?”

“Angels are siblings, ergo we don’t get married,” Michael says, which is simplifying things to a ridiculous degree, but they can cover—that—later. When the girls are older. Much, much older.

Kitty nods. “Right,” she says, going to shove another forkful of spaghetti in her mouth and seemingly thinking better of it. “But you love each other?”

“Of course we do,” Michael says immediately.

It’s a valiant effort, truly, but Adam fails to squash down the smile that takes over. “Of course we do,” he repeats, “but we’re—it’s romantic and exciting, but we don’t need that.”

Because they don’t. It’s been—they’ve been together long enough that technically, probably, they’re considered common law married. Or they would be, if Michael was a human with a social security number and a place in the American census or whatever it takes to get legally married. And it’s not like they need a piece of paper or some rings to hammer in the knowledge that they’re it for each other, for the literal rest of time.

“Why?” Bunny asks, taking her turn in the inquisition.

“Why don’t we need it?” Adam asks. “We love each other. And we love you, and that’s enough.”

Kitty hums around her spaghetti. Liv shoves her sauce covered fingers into her mouth. Bunny hmphs, and says, “You should get married.”

Something flickers inside Adam, then. Not grace—this is different. Closer to what he felt in that diner, mere hours after they fled the tsunami of hell and neither he nor Michael were ready to admit the full truth of what they wanted from each other at the same time as they carefully confessed that they knew they’d figure it out together.

Michael meets his eyes, and Adam thinks he might feel it too: the red-hot flame, somehow gentle as a candle as it roars in an inferno.

Huh. Something to think about, then.

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You've been invited to a Super Smash Bros tournament by these two. Will you accept?

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[I.D. A digital drawing of Raph and Leo from Kittynumyum's personal iteration, shown from about bust up. They resemble the ROTTMNT turtles, but are designed to have more realistic features. Both have clear beaks, Raph is spikier, and Leo has more stripes. They smile smugly at the viewer and Leo holds out an invitation with a red seal on it. End I.D.]

Donnie shifts his grip on Beatrice as they wriggle in his grasp, presumably excited by the sight of other turtles. "I'd love to, but I don't know if I can-"

Beatrice points a fist at the turtle in blue. "Hug. Hug hug. Uncle? Uncle hug."

"Bean, no. No hug." Donnie automatically responds. "Apologies, they appear to have mistaken you for my brother."

It's a new thing, Bea offering hugs to the family. Apparently that's expanded to strangers in similar colors.

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-- Found the fiddlestickbug in the nether fortress. It was stuck in the soul sand and had been struck by a wither blade. I've brought it home. Red helped me drip-feed it enough milk to purge the wither effect. It's curled up on the table now.  It's elytra is cracked and its wing is torn. Red thinks we can still save it, now that the wither effect is cured. I didn't need to use health potion. It's so small. It still hasn't eaten the sweetberry I left for it. I don't know how I'm gonna get it to ingest a regen potion if it doesn't eat. For now I've splashed it with a drop of regen. Also slowfall because it's probably used to flying. And turtle-master so it's less likely to put stress on its injuries.

I just had an idea.  Stewing flowers with suspicions effects boosts their properties.  If it won't drink potion, maybe I can get it to drink stew. "It" being the fiddlestickbug. It should all be ingredients it likes anyway, right? Fairies like mushrooms and plants and stuff, don't they? At least bugs do.  Oxeye daisy for regen. Maybe dandelion for saturation too, since the effects still won't be as potent as with a drinkable potion. I'm gonna feed it sus-stew with oxeye and dandelion until it's back to what Red thinks is its normal energy level.

It finally ate the berry. I'll have to offer it another one to see if it'll actually eat them regularly or if it only ate because it was starving.  The fiddlestickbug, I mean.  We need a better name for him.

--  Red says Purple (that's what we're calling fiddlestickbug now) has perked up. He responds when we try to interact with him now. I don't think it likes me very much. It seems to like Red the most.  It won't drink potion. I tried just holding a bottle of splash open near it, but he doesn't seem to like the fumes either.  Guess it's just sus-stew and splash-droplets, then. He'll have to deal with the fumes. Regen isn't best as a contact-potion. Still. If he won't let potion into his gut at least some will get in his lungs.  Or. You know what I mean. Whatever sticks have for lungs.  And whatever mobs have too I guess. At least we know it does actually like the sweetberries. Red wants to try beetroot next, since he first saw it hiding among the beets. I'm gonna try beet soup first. 

--  The stews and potions are working! It's really slow but the tear in the wing and the cracks in the elytra are smaller now. Green keeps trying to play with it. Red's told him to stop picking it up so much. 

--  It's started making little quiet humming noises to itself with He's started humming to himself with his wings under his elytra. Red says it's probably safe to try solid foods now, so I'm giving it Purple the flowers and the mushrooms whole. And the beets.  It's started climbing more stuff. I may have to splash it him with slowfall again.

--  Dammit Orange if you set it back at all  He tried to give it a bath Red said it screamed so frantically it sounded like it was being tortured Poor thing must've thought it was drowning he was being drowned. I know Orange just wanted to clean the mud from outside off of it but good grief.

Doesn't look like his injuries have gotten any worse from the bathing attempt. I know we can't just let it be dirty all the time but that was too much. And I don't think Yellow's idea of automating a bath is the solution. Solution. Maybe a different soap would make it easier. Something with a comforting scent. Or something that feels different. I'll have to experiment. I haven't tried my hand at soaps again in a while. It's just potions but with slimeballs as the first ingredient in the water bottle instead of netherwart. Then sunflower, then either honeycomb or cocoa beans but not both. After that I can add whatever. I hope Purple can bear with me through enough baths. Or bear with us I guess. I guess he doesn't need to know I'm making the soap. Anyway, Orange promised not to do the bowl of water again. Just pouring from now on. He'd used my basic soap. Just sunflower and honeycomb. Or did he use the sunflower and cocoa one? I'll have to check. 

--  Okay so turns out Purple doesn't like mushrooms. Like, at all. Sorry for feeding you so much suspicious stew buddy. Maybe that's why he doesn't like me. No, he didn't like me before that. At least he seems fine with the dandelions and oxeye daisies. That's good. The effects won't be as potent with the raw flowers but he'll still get something from eating them. And he does like the beets. Maybe I'll try carrots next.

--  We're gonna start Purple on whatever you'd call physical therapy for limbs when those limbs are also a vocal organ. Red caught it Purple singing the other day, wings-out shell-up, so we've got to make sure he isn't straining himself too much and also that he's healing right. The plan is to have Green do singing exercises with him every day and monitor how he does. After each session we'll give him milk and then see what the potions and flowers might've hidden, and then do treatment. Once he's a little further along we'll switch to milk before the sessions. Green is really excited to play with his muse it Purple again. He can't fly away now. At least Purple likes him.

Carrots worked. Red suggests apples next.  I left a bunch of different flowers out for Purple, and everyone says he seemed to like the peonies and lilacs the most. Wait Orange found him in a peony back then, I remember his sketch. That makes sense. He can hide in it pretty well. I guess the lilac also makes sense. It's not exactly close to his color but it's closer than other flowers. Except maybe alliums. But I'm not putting those in a soap. Actually maybe I should add cornflower to his diet. It has jump-boost properties, maybe it would encourage him to start trying to fly again. Red says he should be trying to use his wings for flight too by now.

--  Purple likes apples. Purple doesn't like the peony-lilac soap Purple didn't seem too enthused about the peony-lilac soap, according to Orange.  Maybe I'll try again with cocoa bean instead of honeycomb. Same flowers. I've been trying to extend the duration of Purple's potion effects so he won't have to see me as often but I've run out of redstone dust. I'll have to ask Yellow for some. At least he ate the cornflower too. He probably wouldn't appreciate a potion of leaping but I may have to do one. 

--  Purple's started getting an attitude. He's avoiding me when I go to get him for potions. He climbed up high (or flew maybe) and then didn't come down when I tried to lure him out with a cookie (he got into a batch of cookies Orange and I made the other day). And then he bit Green. That was fun. Red had to calm get him down after that.

We're switching to milk before the musical exercises now.  I'm short on redstone dust again.  Orange says that Purple liked the cocoa soap even less than the honeycomb soap. What else can I try. Is it still a texture thing? 

--  Red is a lot more hands-off with Purple now. I think he's really getting worried that Purple hasn't been flying.  Or he still thinks that Green is a little too hands-on. At least he's letting me splash him without Red hanging over my shoulder now.

Purple is really taking advantage of the slowfall and leaping combined. But now Red is wondering if giving him too much protection is actually stunting his recovery. He flutters his wings and stuff when he's climbing to give himself a boost up but that's it. According to Green he doesn't show any discomfort with his wings when singing. I guess I can try weaning him off of slowfall. I feel like I shouldn't take away his flowers though. So he'll still have a bit of leaping. Just less.  Good news is, Orange said that Purple seemed okay with poppyseeds in the soap. I'm gonna try sand next.

--  Purple just jumped into the sand! He saw it and then just. Dove into it immediately.  Actually I think that's the closest he's gotten to flying. But then he started rubbing the grains all over his arms and legs, like actually scrubbing himself with them. Now he's shimmying and twisting around, probably trying to get it up into his back-fluff. Whatever Red called it. Setae, I think. He also called it a setal pile but I think that means a pile is just a type of setae. I dunno. It's all fuzz to me. Or maybe he's trying to rub his elytra against it. Anyway! I think I was right about the soap texture. Purple likes grit. Think I'm gonna try sand and poppyseeds both in the next one. Maybe charcoal too, for maximum exfoliation. Not that he'd care about that probably. He'd just appreciate the grittiness.

Ah. I will not be trying anymore soaps. Red learned that bug setae have this waxy coating, and it looks like Purple's does too. And it turns out that soap destroys that coating. So. No more soap. Geez no wonder he thought we were drowning him. I already made the new soap just for him too.

Honestly I'm not really that upset about it though, now that I think about it. I mean yeah it's a little disappointing but if it was gonna hurt him more then of course I'm gonna stop. Now I'm kinda glad he didn't know I was making the soaps. Orange doesn't wanna let him just roll around in sand though. Apparently sand-baths aren't clean enough for his standards. Green suggested an archeology brush. That actually sounds not too bad. As long as Purple knows to keep his shell closed, I'd hate to know what that might do to his wings. And I guess I did learn that I can make bar soap by adding a ball of clay at the end. 

--  Good news is, the archeology brush worked.  Meh news is, I'm not splashing Purple with potions anymore. Red said he's still not flying enough. But at least Purple seems less wary of me now that  Bad news is, I'm out of redstone dust again and at this rate I'm starting to think that Yellow is pilfering my stash.

I'll confront him about it tomorrow. Purple actually let me approach him without getting anxious today. I'm still not sure he'll let me pick him up, but I don't want to pressure him and I'm pretty sure Red doesn't want us picking him up anymore anyway. Maybe I'll try skritching his back, see if he'll let me. He seems to like it when the others do it. 

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