Rising of the Moon

Chapter 14-
	Raphael awoke to the strong scent of disinfectant, his nose scrunching in disapproval. He pushed himself up from the bed only to groan loudly in pain. He immediately felt a hand on his shoulder and he growled, grabbing onto the wrist and pulling whoever it was into his vision. His eyes widening when he found it was Leonardo.
	“Leo!? Oh sorry. . .” He released his grip. Leo chuckled softly.
	“Sorry for startling you. You’ve been asleep for a quite a while. I almost thought you were dead for a second.” Raph smirked at the sound of that. Glancing back up at Leo.
	“So you were worried about me?” He teased with a smug look. Leonardo rolled his eyes, clearly not impressed as he dumped the bottle in his hand onto a cloth and set it immediately on the burn on his shoulder. The emerald turtle shrieked in pain and grabbed back onto Leo’s wrist. Growling in fury as his teeth growing. 
	“Don’t you dare growl at me!” Leo snapped.
	The emerald turtle took a breath and calmed down. Letting go of the wrist and retracted his fangs.
	“That hurt! Why did you do that?”
	“Because, you big pansy. You couldn’t afford to have your injury’s infected and I knew if I told you about it. You wouldn’t have let me treat you.” Raph sighed.
	“Not even a little head’s up?” Leonardo shook his head with a small smile.
	“Be grateful, I could have left you on my dock and let you cook all the way. But of course I didn’t want to be arrested for man slaughtering.” Raph laughed. “It took a lot of effort to get you back inside. With my cut arm and you weighing I wouldn’t know how many pounds. I’m surprised you didn’t die.” Raph looked at his lap.
	“Well, thank you for whatever it’s worth. I could have sworn you would have left me.” Leo glared and slapped the cloth on another burn part, causing Raph to hiss. 
	“What was that for!?” He growled. 
	“For accusing me of having no heart!” Leo snapped. Raph immediately turned confused.
	“What? No I didn’t.”
	“Yes you did! You think I leave all my hero’s out to die on my docks just because I hate their species!?” Raph blinked a couple of times as he stared at Leo.
	“You think I’m your hero?” That smug smile once again returned to his lips. Leonardo looked down at his lap, his cheeks turning warm.
	“Well, you did save me from getting eaten. Multiple times actually. Then yeah. . .” The smugness immediately disappeared as he looked away from Leo as well. Not noticing his rosy cheeks were showing.
	“Um . . . well then, you’re welcome.”  There was a long awkward silence spread between the two for god only knows how long before a sigh left the sapphire eyed terrapin. Raph snapped out of his state and looked at Leo.
	“Now, let’s wrap your wounds up again. I can’t stand to look at you.” Raph glared before he frowned and studied his arms.
	“Am I really that bad?”
	“Hell yeah. You look the thing that crawls out of peoples stomachs.” Leonardo sneered.
	“That’s a detailed description.” 
	“Mikey thought so to.” He chuckled. He grabbed the wraps and started working on Raph’s shoulder first.
	“I’m not going to lie to you Raph. You do look pretty horrible. I might have to lock you in closet just to get sleep tonight.”
	“Oh well thanks a lot!” Raph growled and pouted. His arms crossing over his chest. Leo laughed in amusement.
	“But I won’t.” There was another long silence. This one not quite as awkward but more heavy and dangerous. Raph sighed to break it.
	“You know your now going to have to move. I may have killed those two but eventually the other vampires are going to find out and report back. Next thing you know, you got the whole squad at your doorstep.” Leo sighed and nodded.
	“I know, I suspected it already.”
	“I’m sorry for that. If it helps any, I could be of service if you ever need it.” Leo felt the ends of his lips curl in a small smile.
	“Thank you. I’ll consider it.” Leonardo finished the wrappings fairly fast and put all the medical supplies away in the kitchen cabinet. He soon returned with a glass of water in hand. He gave it to Raph as the emerald turtle said his thanks and downed it in one gulp.
	“It’ll take you at least a month or two to get fully healed, and even then you’ll have scars like you just came back from the civil war.” Raph sighed and nodded. He bit his lip as his mind started to wonder.
	“Well . . . there is a way for me to heal faster.”
	“What is it?” Leo asked out of curiosity.
	“Naw, you wouldn’t like it.”
	“Well tell what it is first.”
	“No. I just know you won’t like it.”
	“How can you be so sure?”
	“I just am.”
	“Don’t be so quick to judge. Just tell me!” He grabbed onto Raph’s arm and smiled in a begging sort of way. Raph looked at him confusingly before he just sighed. 
	“Alright, but don’t yell at me if you really don’t like it.”
	“I promise.” The red eye terrapin gave a small sigh and closed his eyes before looking at Leo.
	“Vampires have the capability to heal faster if they drink mortal blood. So an injury that can take up to a month could be healed in a week. Depends on how much we drink.” He explained. There was an agonizingly long moment of silence between the two.
	“See? I told you wouldn’t like it.” He sighed. He looked at Leo as the leaf green turtle still refused to speak. “Leo?”
	“. . . Then drink my blood.” He froze immediately when those four words left his mouth. He looked at Leo in astonishment.
	“W-What? No. I’m not going to do that.”
	“Its okay, Raph. I’m fine with it.” Leonardo looked at him. His calm sapphire eyes making him all the more uncomfortable. What happened to the Leo who hated all vampires and was just itching with need to kill him!?
	“Leo? Are you feeling okay?” The leaf green terrapin sighed in annoyance.
	“Raphael, drink my blood before I change my mind!” He snapped. Okay, with this Leo it was still awkward but he could feel slightly more comfortable now.
	“If you’re sure.” Leonardo nodded.
	“I’m sure.” Raph adjusted his position so Leo could comfortably arrange himself beside Raph, he bent his head at an angle giving him better access to his neck. Raph’s hands clumsily glided along Leo’s arm making the turtle shiver.
	“Tell me if it hurts so I can stop, okay?” All Leo could do was nod. If he tried to form any words at all they might come out in a complete squeaky mess. The best thing for him to possibly do was to just keep quiet. He took a shaky breath to prepare himself, hearing that Raph did to would have made him chuckle but unfortunately it didn’t come out. As soon as Raph’s lips touched the skin of his neck the grip he had on his sheets tightened instantly, his breath hitched, and he closed his eyes to keep himself calm.
	Raphael left light kisses along Leo’s neck causing the sapphire eyed turtle to shiver. Slowly his teeth grew and he carefully bit down on the leaf green flesh. Leonardo gasped. For the most part it didn’t exactly hurt. More like a discomfort as his blood was gradually getting sucked out of his body. A soft groan slipping past his lips.
	Raph didn’t know what come over him, but the taste of Leo’s blood left his head fuzzy and a sudden need for more emerged in him. Something about the flavor of the red liquid was different and just made him crave it. It was sweeter than most mortal blood; any other man it would either be bitter or sour. Leo’s was pleasurable and fresh. Something he would want all the time. His arms wrapped around Leo’s body as he continued to drink.
	“Ngh, Raph . . . Y-You’re biting too hard.” Leo moaned out. His hand squeezed Raph’s knee, hoping he would loosen the bite. All he got in response was a groan. 
	After a while his head started getting fuzzy and his limbs felt numb and weak.
	“R-Raph, y-you t-taking too much.” The emerald terrapin continued to drink as much as he could. Leo whimpered out.
	“Raph p-please. . .” He felt himself get lightheaded and he could now see spots. The hold he had on Raphael’s knee loosened completely, his eyes closing and his body falling limp. Raph new he should separate but he didn’t want to. Gripping tightly onto Leo’s body he pried his mouth away, breathing heavily. The bright red liquid dripping from his fangs. He licked his lips as he retracted the long teeth. 
	He looked over at Leo who was still in his lap, he frowned and caressed the two indentions marked on his neck with his tongue.
	“I’m so sorry, Leo.” He whispered guilty like to him. Pulling Leo closer to him, the sapphire eyed terrapin’s head resting on his shoulder. 
	“I f-forgive . . . you.” He managed out in a soft voice. Raph smiled softly and kissed his head before resting his chin on top. The two falling asleep fast.