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Raphael hated seeing his brother and crush together. They were always laughing, joking around with each other, flirting with each other. Any time he walked out from his room or the dojo, they were sitting together on the couch, playing video games or watching dumb viral videos on YouTube, Mikey would have his arm around the back of the seat, behind her head. He hated the fact it was Mikey making her smile, that beautiful smile he loved from the second he first saw it.
Raphael was sure she didn’t like him. She always clammed up whenever he was around, whenever he tried to join in with them, just to be closer to her, she stopped laughing, stopped joking around and kept quiet. She avoided eye contact with him and only when he left the two of them alone, the giggling would start up again. It drove him mad. What did Mikey have that he didn’t? Raphael was stronger, taller. Maybe he wasn’t as outgoing as Mikey but he could be fun, he could make her smile if she ever gave him the chance.
It wasn’t until Mikey heard Raph slam his bedroom door, he confronted her about being so quiet around his brother. Sure, Raphael was big and scary but he could be such a teddy bear once you got past that tough guy façade. She fidgeted nervously in her seat while twirling a ring she was wearing. “If I tell you, you can’t tell anyone else, especially Raphael, okay?” Mikey dropped the game controller instantly and turned his full attention to his friend with a big smile on his face, he loved a bit of gossip. “I mean it, Mikey.”
He held his hand to his chest. “Ninja’s honour.”
She looked around them, just to make sure they were alone, then lent in closer to Mikey. “I really like Raphael.” she whispered.
The smile on Mikey’s face grew. “What?”
“Don’t make me say it again.” she groaned, moving back from him. She never took her eyes off the orange masked turtle as he excitedly bounced his legs, his hands balled into fists by his head as he screamed like a school girl. She rolled her eyes and rested her head in her hand; she instantly regretted telling Mikey anything.
“I've gotta set you guys up, you’d be perfect for him!” he said happily. He jumped up and began to head towards Raphael’s room. “Let’s get that big idiot out here.”
“H-Hey, what happened to ‘ninja’s honour’?” she asked, panicking. She wasn’t ready to face Raphael yet, she didn’t know how to talk to him or act around him, she’d only make an idiot out of herself and that’s the last thing she wanted.
“Just trust me.” he winked at her and knocked on the door. “Raph, wanna hang out?”