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*He doesn't know what time it is. He only knows that they're still somewhere in California. That it's his shift to keep watch. And most importantly, she still hasn't woken up yet.

He's currently taking a break from toying with his sai, and picking at his newest scars to date, he sighs and looks about the room.

Yup.
It's still a crappy hotel room.*

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You.

Wordlessly, April's hand fell to the closest of Raph's, her fingers curling in over his tightly. She laid there, unmoving and eyes still averted, for a long moment. She didn't think the silence awkward; it just kind of was, and wasn't that always how they'd done it?

At length, April lifted her gaze to his. It appeared steady, confident, but beneath it, in a place that few would be able to recognize, there was raw vulnerability. In her, it was astounding. Breath-taking. Maybe even heart-wrenching.

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*He doesn't look away. He wants to, but he doesn't. Instead he squeezes her hand just enough so she knows he's there.

She's not going to take you from us. Not on my watch.*

it's goin' to be okay. all of it. i promise.

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Slowly, April lifted his hand to her mouth, and she kissed the backs of his knuckles with a sigh before she allowed it to fall back to the bed again.

I love you. I believe you.

"I need something for the pain," she admitted, her eyes falling closed. "It's- it's bad."

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*He nods, even though he knows her eyes are shut and she can't see it. Carfully, he pulls his hand back, and stands up from the bed, moving towards the table where they'd assembled a minipharmacy.

When Raph returns, he's carrying an ice bag, a container of numbing dentist's gel, as well as a bottle of anti-imflamatories.*

open.

*He says as he readies four pills and a glass of water.*

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April obliged, as much as she was able, reaching to steady the glass as she drank, her fingers over his. Swallowing the pills, she sighed, as if just knowing some degree of relief was forthcoming was enough to make her feel better.

"I got one," she murmurred, glancing up at him. She wasn't smirking or even trying to. She was proud of it, and wanted him to be proud, too. "There were a lot."

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*He hands her the bag of ice for her jaw.*

i know, i saw. you did good. you did real good.

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April accepted it, pressing it against her cheek with a wince and a full-body shiver. "I was stupid."

For thinking she could take them all long enough to make it out. Most importantly, for leaving in the first place.

She shifted a bit so that her cheek was turned in against the pillow, the ice held between them, and April slipped her hand under the covers to feel gingerly at her ribs. Oh, she had definitely broken some. That must be why it felt more difficult than normal to breathe-

April blinked. She lifted the edge of the blanket and peered underneath it, consequently losing her bag of ice to slide down to her bare side, making her suck in an abrupt breath. To her credit, she didn't jerk away, although she did immediately pull the blanket back up under her chin.

Okay, yeah... cue the awkward, because she was naked under there.

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*Raph looks away, blushes, and mutters something about wounds that needed tending and tiny bikinis.*

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April fumbled for the ice pack because her side was starting to go numb, tossing it atop the blanket for a moment while she got properly situated and attempted to get over her utter horror. She cast a wary glance to Raph, and had to smile in spite of herself, because him blushing wasn't exactly typical. Part of her wanted to ask if he saw everything, and if it was just him or Leo, too, but then she realized she probably didn't want to know the answers to that.

"We, uh-" she began, and then stopped, clearing her throat daintily as a fresh flush rose to her own cheeks. Suddenly, she laughed, although it was tempered by the occasional wince. "I am so glad Mikey and Don didn't come right now."

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ain't nothin' they ain't seen before.....

*Word travels fast.*

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April gaped.

"That little..." She floundered for a moment, and then spit out, "PERVERT!" She sunk further down against her pillows with a soft whimper. "Wonderful," she muttered. "Now that you've all seen me naked, I can just stop worrying about clothes. Splinter's on my schedule to flash next week."

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*Raph cringes into his already bright blush. He's nearly glowing in the dark at this point.*

okay, that's an image i just didn't need.

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"It's always good to know that I'm that frightening to look at," April mumbled. She had worked herself a bit further down, and tugged the covers up so that only her eyes were peering out.

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*Raph sinks as well. Only, in his case it's off the bed and onto the floor where he quickly buries his hed in his hands.*

that ain't what i meant an' you know it.

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April eyed him as best she could from her place on the bed, as she wasn't really able to lean over to get a better view.

"I can't believe Donnie told. He acts innocent, but he's as bad as Mikey," April replied indignantly. The covers were pulled down enough that she could reach for the ice pack again and place it to her jaw once more.

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he didn't. leo did.

*This conversation couldn't get any more wierd if it tried. And the images now dancing across Raph's mind's eye don't help in the slightest.*

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The ice pack slid down again, but thankfully it landed atop the blankets this time. April's eyes could not have gotten any wider. It was just not physically possible.

"What?!" she hissed.

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bigbrotherin' backfired.

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April blinked several times in rapid succession. "Wh-what?" Oh, god. She didn't want to know, she really didn't, yet she was asking anyway.

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*He sighs, still in shock that this conversation was going on at all.*

leo found out, an' mike overheard him talkin' to don about it. then, mike tol' me.

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Well, who better to discuss being seen naked by everyone with than the guy who you used to have a purely platonic relationship with in a sisterly fashion but who you now had feelings for? Oh, right. Maybe not such a good idea. Too bad she'd not caught onto that fact yet. April was still mortified that apparently everyone had seen her naked.

"You guys are like a fucking sewing circle, you know that?" April grumbled. "I'm surprised there weren't pictures." If it had been Mike, there probably would have been. Or a detailed sketch from memory.

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*Raph doesn't say anything. In fact, the fact that he doesn't say anything speaks volumes.*

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April stared at the back of his head, and damn if she didn't wish she could see his face in spite of her considerable embarrassment.

"...Raphael."

Oh GOD. Please don't tell me there were pictures.

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yeah?

[the-damsel.livejournal.com]

"Say it."