Crying can seriously make you exhausted. We don't last much in the park because we're too tired. Raph holds my hand as we walk to my home. After his confession, he refused to go to his house.

I was extremely overjoyed. I swung our hands as I rambled about how I basically came out.
I told him about Liz and our kiss. How it turned out to be strange for me.

"And you two are still friends? Isn't that weird?" He asks gently.

"No," I reply. "She completely understood me. I did hurt her though," I say and he scowls.

Shell. Wrong choice of words.

"So what type of food do you like?" I ask to change the subject.

Raph hums as he thinks. "Well I like anything really, as long as it doesn't involve ketchup," he replies.

"You don't like ketchup?"

"Its gross," he says and scrunches his nose in the cutest way possible.

"So you don't like pizza then?" I question.

"What? Of course I do," he says defensively. "How can I not?"

"But it has tomato sauce," I tease.

"So?"

"You don't like ketchup," I continue further, trying to hold in my laughter. His face is getting slightly red. "Technically its tomato sauce."

"That's different," he whines. "Stop tormenting with the foods I like."

I laugh and swing our hands even faster. "I like watching you getting frustrated," I say. "Pizza it is. You like cheese too right? Cause pizza has cheese."

"Oh shut the fuck up," he mutters.

"Just kidding hon," I say playfully and swing our hands faster. "We'll order when we get to my house."

"No one has ever called me that before," he says.

"What? Hon?" I ask.

He nods and weakly smiles.

"What about babe? Baby? Cutie? Boo? Hottie? Pumpkin?" I ask quickly. He puts his hand on my mouth to shut me up.

"I get it. And the answer is no," he says.

We reach to my house and I open the door. He steps inside and immediately collapses on my couch, facedown. I grab my phone and begin to dial the nearest pizzeria.

As I order, I watch Raph squirming, trying to find a comfortable position. He looks so tiny and beautiful. How can a mother hurt such a wondeful child?

"Sugar pumpkin," I blurt out as I hang up.

Raph sits up and huffs in annoyance. "What?"

"Tiny pumpkins are called sugar pumpkins," I say.

"Okay. So?"

"You're tiny," I say and his face only grows a deep shade of red.

"Excuse me? I am not tiny," he snaps. He stands up and gets in front of me, only proving his height right.

"Its okay to be short-"

He stomps his foot loudly against the floor and storms away. I only follow him while laughing.

"Your anger is just making it twice as funny," I call out and he spins around. His face is flustered already and he tackles me to the ground. I shriek and he lands on top of me with heavy breathing.

"Wow now you're on top of me," I breathe out with a smirk. "What are you gonna do to me sugar pumpkin?" ,

"Huh?" He stops and looks down at me. He opens his mouth to speak but nothing comes out.

"I like it when you're angry. The way your face turns red. The way your eyes squint. Your murderous glare. Your hands curling into fists. I like it so much," I whisper softly.

His head drops and our noses barely touch. "Aye," he says in a shaky voice. "Shut up will ya? You're too nice."

"I'm too honest," I correct him. "That's not even half of what I love about you."

"I'm not short," he states. I catch him grinning.

"Whatever you say sugar pumpkin," I say. "Now unless you want me to flip us over and make you scream my name then you should get off."

Wait.

"Leo!" He screeches and gets off me. Ah crap.

"I was just kidding," I mumble. If only he knew all my dirty thoughts...

"Man where is the pizza? I want to eat so badly," he complains and helps me up.

I want to eat you.

"What the fuck?"

"What?"

"What did you just say?" He asks.

"Uh I said I want to eat too. Gosh what ya hear?" I say quickly.

Raph rolls his eyes and at that point, the doorbell rings. He goes to answer it and I mentally slap myself. Maybe Liz is right. I need help. I meet him by the door and help him out with the three boxes.

"Where is the red peppers?" Raph asks the one-eyed mutant.

"Red peppers sir?"

"Oh for fuck's sake..!"

After Raph cusses out the poor pizza deliverer, I put on a movie. I bite my lip, trying so hard not to laugh as he slams the door closed.

"Can you believe this guy? He delivers pizza without the condiments. He should be fired. I bet the guy is going house to house stealing all the damn red-"

I guide him to the couch as he speaks. I sit him down. He moves his hands in the air emphasizing the importance of the red peppers.

"The movie is playing, " I tell him.

-"and no one should go through this horror. I mean pizza is a food sent from the angels-"

"The Grudge is starting," I say and he stops.

"T-The what?" He speaks slowly.

"The Grudge," I reply and sit right next to him.

"Why are we gonna watch that? Isn't that like a horror movie?" His eyes are wide in alert now and he shrinks.

"Yeah. Is there a problem?" I ask.

"No of course not."

"You sure?" I ask. "You're sweaty. Can you handle it?"

I love sweaty Raph.

"Obviously," he scoffs. He acts brave by puffing his chest out and leaning closer to the screen. That is until the face pops out and a scream escapes his mouth.

"Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh," he shrieks and hugs me.

My stomach begins to hurt when I laugh and I pat his shell. My eyes turn watery and I do my best to hug him back. Scared Raph is my favorite.

"I can't," I say through laughter. "I can't breathe oh my."

Raph's face hardens and he glares at me as I wipe my tears. I put my arm around his shouder and kiss his cheek. He tenses but smiles.

"That was a manly scream," he mutters.

"Sure it was sugar pumpkin," I say and snuggle with him. "Sure it was."

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How was your Halloween? I gave out candy and scared people which was really fun.

Also did you see the new TMNT episode?? Mona Lisa came out and I got EXTREME FEELS OMG CUTEEE!!

I don't really like to share personal things but right now I'm so worn out. My family is practically broken :( This is just a heads up in case I take a long time to update okay?

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. You're amazing. I love you!