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"You're missin' out Y/N, You need to get out more, Experience the world outside of these office walls." Your coworkers voice was grating, All you wanted to do was go home and relax. God forbid. "Allie I really don't want to go to that bar again. Remember what happened last time?." "Oh for goodness sake, The fight wasn't even that bad." "The guy had to get twenty stitches..." Allie sighed heavily, "Yeah but we had fun up until that point." You waved goodbye to her, Rolling your eyes as you went.

The walk home was cold and tiring, It had been days since you got a restful sleep. The feeling of nice warm blankets and hot chocolate were calling your name.

"Finally, Home sweet home." You tossed your bag and coat across the room, Then flopping yourself onto the bed. Nearly falling asleep you were awaken by a loud thud on the roof, Your apartment was near the top of the building. Sometimes you could hear people having parties up there, But you've never heard that before. You shot up out of bed, Maybe someone got hurt.

You opened your bedroom window to see if you could spot anything from there. A man's voice called your attention, You froze, What if it's a burglar trying to break in?. You crept up the fire escape little by little to get a peek. This is stupid Y/N, What if he sees you? Then what?. You popped your head up just enough to see if someone was actually up here.

What you saw left you completely flabbergasted, It was not human by any means. It was however very human like in its movements, It looked to be at least six feet tall with a shell on its back. A turtle?. You were absolutely frightened no doubt about that, But you found yourself getting closer to it. How dumb could you be Y/N?, What if it attacks you?, What if it eats you?. Something about it's personality drew you to it, You got close enough to hear what he was saying. Boy did he sound upset.

"Why am I always the one that gets blamed?, I'm just as good as any one of them..." He sounded so defeated, You crouched behind a air conditioning unit hoping he wouldn't see you. "Nobody gets it..." You felt bad for him, Slowly tip toeing your way towards him you stepped on a discarded wrapper. "Dammit!" You whisper screamed, Immediately you put your hand over your mouth.

The large turtle turned around, Standing there staring at you. You removed your hand from your mouth, Cursing yourself for being so clumsy. "Uhh...I'll just be going then..." "Wait!." He yelled, You stopped dead in your tracks. "How much of that did you listen to?." "Enough." He looked at you confused, "You're not scared of me?." "A little to be honest, What the hell are you?." "Well as my brother Donnie would explain it, I am a mutant turtle. How I would explain it is the most handsome guy around." You chuckled lightly, "So you're not gonna eat me?." He busted out laughing, "Why would I do that!?."

"Gee I don't know, I've never met a mutant turtle before." You both laughed, "I'm sorry for waking you up." "Oh no don't be, You are probably the most fascinating creature I've ever met. Speaking of which, I don't think I got your name."

"I'm Michelangelo, But most people call me Mikey, My fans call me MC Mikey." "I'm Y/N, I don't have a cool nickname though." "I'll come up with one!." You couldn't help but smile, You could tell this was going to be the start of a beautiful friendship.

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"Mikey!, Your girlfriend's here!." Raph bellowed, "I am not his girlfriend." "Could've fooled me shorty." Mikey ran to you with his arms extended, Picking you up giving you one of his infamous bear hugs. "Oh give me a break." "You're just jealous Raphie." "I told you to quit calling me that!."

You never thought you'd be in love with this goofball, He was absolutely perfect. Maybe one day he'd feel the same way towards you, Maybe he already does.

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"I can take care of myself Raphael!." You exclaimed at the top of your lungs, He was treating you like a child and you were sick of it. "Oh yeah?, You could've gotten killed!. I told you to stay here! You never fucking listen to me!." He bellowed, You felt like the whole of New York would hear him. "I was just trying to help..."

Sitting at the end of his bed you had your head down in defeat. "I'm not just going to sit around and let you guys risk your lives, I want to be the hero for once to prove myself." Looking back up at him you expected to be comforted or told you were right, Instead he huffed leaving the room and slamming the door shut.

You hurried behind him trying to catch up, He suddenly stopped in the doorway of the Dojo. You nearly crashed into him, "Listen shorty, This isn't gonna work out." You looked at him in confusion, "What are you talking about?." "This...Us." You started to get nervous, What was he saying?. "I don't...I'm not...In love with you anymore." Your heart dropped, Your whole world came crashing down. Without saying a word you ran out of the Lair, Ignoring the calls and the pleas coming from his brothers.

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So this is what it felt like?, To be dumped like yesterday's garbage. It had been a few days since the incident but the words cut you like a knife, His brothers, April, Casey, And even Vern tried to get you to come back to the Lair. Mikey even showed up at your apartment, His sad little face made you want to cry. It wasn't him, It wasn't his brothers that broke your heart. You just couldn't go back and see him there, Too much hurt and pain.

Love.

It couldn't be helped, You tried to force him out of your heart and mind.

Moving away you thought would help, Your Mom owned a small cabin in New Hampshire. You'd move out there to make a new start, Maybe even go back to college.

Packing up the last box you heard a familiar tapping on the window. Turning around you saw Raph, He looked absolutely awful. You opened the window slightly, Motioning him to come in. "What do you want?." The anger in your voice came out like lava, He was rather taken aback by it. "Y/N, I came to apologize for what I said. I didn't mean any of it." You couldn't care less about what he had to say, Pushing past him box in hand you didn't even get to the door before he grabbed your arm. "Y/N please, Don't go."

The heartbreak in his voice was palpable, "I didn't want to lose you. I was trying to protect you. But all I did was make you feel less than and that was never my intention." You both stared at each other, Seeing his eyes well up with tears broke your heart all over again. You sat the box down and enveloped him in a hug, "Okay big guy, I won't go, And I forgive you. Don't you ever do that to me again or I will leave." He nodded, "I love you." "I love you too Red."

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