"No!" Machi said, throwing the cup Raphael had just handed her onto the floor.

"She'll take the red cup or nothing," Leo muttered over to Raph from his spot at the kitchen table where he sat cutting up Machi's food. He smiled over at Akito who grinned back at Leo as he happily sat eating his dinner.

"But yesterday it was the blue cup or nothing," Raph muttered back, digging through the dishwasher for the red cup. He filled the correct-colored cup and handed it to Machi who swiped it from his hand and plopped back down in her seat. Raphael was finally able to sit down as well and took Machi's plate from Leo and placed it in front of her. He almost held his breath as he watched her sniff the plate and inspect the food.

Leo watched Raph watch Machi and tried to hide a smile. And he thought he loved Raphael before the kids moved in with them.

Machi frowned and pushed her plate away. "Want down," she said.

"You have to eat," Raph said, pushing the plate back in front of her.

She shoved it away again. "Down, please."

"I appreciate the please," Raph said slowly as he pushed the plate back to her seat. "But you still have to eat dinner."

"No!" Machi said, pushing the plate so it toppled off their table.

Raph stared at her and Leo watched him take a deep breath. He was enjoying sitting back as a spectator. He'd already gone through something similar with Machi at lunch. He didn't understand how a creature who ate so little could have so much energy.

Raph scooped her food off the floor and dumped it in the sink before sitting back down in his seat. "No throwing yer plate on the floor," he said to her with a frown on his face.

Machi laughed at his scowling face.

"How is that Akito is so calm and she's so -," he cut himself off and turned to his own plate.

"Really?" Leo asked, a little incredulously. "You can't imagine how one sibling can be calm and peaceful while another is loud and -what's the word I'm looking for, Raphie?"

"Adorable?"

"Obnoxious."

Raph turned and glared at Leo. Leo responded by reaching under the table and running his hand up Raph's leg.

Raph cleared his throat and glared at Leo for a completely new reason.

"We have discovered a trick to get her to eat," Leo said, ignoring the glare as he slid his hand back down Raph's leg.

"Care to share?" Raph growled over at him.

Leo looked over at Akito and nodded. Akito took Machi's fork, scooped up some of the food from his own plate and offered it to Machi who promptly ate it.

"Apparently, she only likes food that has touched her brother's plate," Leo said.

"That's ridiculous."

"As ridiculous as the time you swore you'd never touch your toy cars again because Mikey looked at them?"

Akito giggled.

"He didn't look at them. He sneezed on them. And I was six."

Raph glared at Leonardo again.

"I love you, hothead."

"Aishiteru, Leo," Raph said, his face softening as he glanced back at Leo before he took Machi's fork from Akito and began feeding her, from Akito's plate, which allowed Akito to go back to eating as well.

"I'm sorry she's so picky," Akito said, his big eyes suddenly darting back and forth between Raph and Leo.

Leonardo paused as he watched Akito. He glanced quickly to Raphael and then said, "We like her picky," he said. "Picky means she's feisty and the feisty ones tend to grow up to be fiercely protective and sweet." His eyes shot back over to Raphael who currently looked like he couldn't decide whether to be pleased or offended.

Akito nodded in response and seemed to mull over Leo's words as he continued eating.

Leo grinned into his cup as he took a drink. He was going to pay for these multiple jabs. And he was already looking forward to it.

When they were all finished, Raph scooped up Machi and took her over to the sink to clean some of the food out of her fur. They'd learned from Master Splinter not to bathe the kids at night because their fur would never dry in time before bed. But Raph kind of wished they could hose Machi down after every meal. Their father had clearly had it easy wiping down his four furless turtle sons when they were younger. Although, Leo liked to point out that Raphael used to run away from Master Splinter when he tried to clean his face after meals, so maybe sensei didn't have it all that easy after all.

Leo followed Akito into his bedroom and sat down in the chair at Akito's desk. He glanced around Akito's room and took in the sports theme bedding and rug that April and Sadie had apparently chosen for him. Leo and his brothers had never had much of a choice in what their sheets looked like when they were growing up, but he could see the appeal for a kid to have something fun on the comforter or the pillowcase.

"Is your room, ok, Akito?" Leo asked, watching Akito pull down some books from his bookshelf.

"Yes, of course it is," Akito said, smiling up at him.

"Because we want you to be comfortable here," Leo paused. "You know you're a permanent member of the Hamato clan now, right? You and Machi both." He watched Akito avert his eyes as he ran his fingers down the cover of the book he was holding. "You don't have to apologize for her picky eating or get worried every time she gets fussy. Trust me buddy, this family has had plenty of experience with picky and fussy." He smiled down at Akito.

Akito lifted his eyes to Leo's and climbed up into his lap with his book. "Can I ask you a question, then?"

"Of course," Leo said, trying not to nod too enthusiastically while hoping he had the correct answer.

"Can we get a Captain America poster for my room?"

Leo blinked and then grinned. "Definitely, buddy."

Raph cleared his throat in Akito's doorway and smiled at Leo when he had his attention.

"Grandpa Splinter is here," he said.

Akito gasped in excitement, jumped down from Leo's lap and sprinted out to the living room with his book.

Raph walked over to Leo and pulled him up from the chair so he could kiss him. "Nice job. Think he understands?"

"I'm not sure. We'll just have to keep a close eye on him."

Raph nodded and squeezed Leo to his side as they headed out to the living room. They thanked Master Splinter for watching the kids and headed downstairs where Donnie was waiting for them in his lab.

"I'm impressed that you haven't pulled the stitches out yourself before now, but you're still going to have go easy on the muscles on this side," Donnie said as he removed the last stitch from Leo's previous injury.

Leonardo looked up from his seat to grin at Raph.

"You think that means I should keep doing all the heavy liftin?" Raph asked Leo with a smirk. Since the night they'd come to a compromise in the dojo a couple weeks ago, Raphael had found plenty of ways to play caretaker for Leonardo.

"Doctor's orders that I continue to take it easy," Leo said, practically purring.

"So you think I should keep carryin yer weight?" Raph asked, punctuating the last few words.

Leo slid his eyes from Raph's face down to his shoulders and arms.

"Those arms have never complained about carrying my weight before," Leo said as he watched something spark in Raph's green eyes.

"I. Am. Sitting. Right. Here," Donnie said, sighing heavily as he did his best to avoid looking at his brothers' faces.

"Don't worry, Don," Raph said, his voice already huskier than it was a moment before. "I'm going to take care of the troublemaker."

"No details, for the love of God," Donnie growled. "Just get out of here."

Raph pulled Leo up off the stool and led him to the stairwell.

"Thanks, Donnie," Leo called over his shoulder as Raph used the retinal scanner to get the door open.

"You're wel-," Donnie began to say but realized when he looked up that his brothers were already through the door. He shook his head in mock aggravation and made a mental note to take the elevator when he left in a few minutes.

Raph had Leo's shell shoved into the wall and Leo had his legs wrapped around Raph's waist as soon as the stairwell door clicked shut. Raph's hands gripped Leo's thighs and hefted him up higher.

"These arms, Raph," Leo said, sliding his fingers up and over Raphael's biceps.

Raph churred out Leo's name and pressed his mouth against Leo's neck. He felt a shiver run down his spine as Leo's fingers squeezed his upper arm muscles again.

"You're so beautiful, Raphael," Leo sighed out, tilting his head to the side to give Raph more access as he felt him begin to nip and kiss his way across his neck.

"Yer sure I'm not obnoxious?"

"Teenager you was definitely obnoxious," Leo said, laughing as he felt Raphael bite a little harder into his neck. "But you were still my favorite."

Raph tightened his grip on Leo's legs and groaned as he dropped down right there in the stairwell. Leo grinned and reached down to his belt to pull out a small tube of lube.

"Yer packin?" Raph said, smirking as he rubbed himself against Leo's plastron, encouraging Leo to drop down as well.

"It's better to be prepared," Leo groaned out, "especially when we're on borrowed time."

"Yer such a boyscout," Raph said, running his tongue along Leo's pulse point on his neck.

"You'll be thanking me in a minute," Leo said, covering Raphael with the lube before hefting himself up higher in Raph's arms to direct Raph to his entrance.

"Yer not prepped, Fearless," Raph said, trying to contain a moan as he felt Leo's hand on him.

"Babysitter, Raph. No time," Leo gasped out, pushing himself down onto Raphael. He tucked his face into Raph's neck and squeezed his eyes shut as he felt Raphael's hands tighten on his legs.

Raph rubbed his face against the side of Leo's face as he felt Leo's leg muscles begin to tremble. He looked down between them and realized Leo was going soft.

"My hands are busy carrying yer weight," he whispered, tightening his hands around Leo's legs in emphasis, "so I need you to reach down and start doing my job."

Leo released one of Raph's arms and reached down to begin stroking himself.

"Faster, Leo," Raph said, and watched in wonder as Leo did as he was instructed. He was having an even harder time now holding himself still as he watched the glorious show in his lap. "Oh, fuck, Leo," Raph groaned out, watching Leo's hand move swiftly over himself. "And you think I'm beautiful."

He kissed what he could reach of Leo's face until Leo lifted his face from Raph's neck and began kissing him in return. Raph took the cue and immediately began thrusting himself repeatedly into Leonardo. Leo's grip on Raph's bicep tightened and he broke their kiss so he could moan out Raph's name as he stroked himself in time with Raph's thrusts.

Leo forced his eyes to focus on Raphael's before pressing his lips to Raphael's lips again. He let out a strangled moan into Raph's mouth as he finished, squeezing himself around Raph and pulling a roar out of Raphael as he finished as well.

Raphael slumped forward, pressing Leo's shell harder against the wall as they slid to the ground.

"Love you, Raphie," Leo panted.

Raphael let his weight drop on Leo as his arms trembled from the workout. "Love ya, Leo."

A/N: I have a couple ideas for a new story but I'm ending this one here. I think that's enough transitions for one story.

See what I did there?

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