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matrixxsystem · 11 months ago

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Luck Runs Out Part 15 END

Yui<3: Leo

Yui <3: Hey Leoooo? You haven't been answering ? Is everything alright?

Yui<3 : I'm coming over okay?

Yuichi lifted the manhole cover and descended into the sewers, he heard a bit of commotion coming from their living room or whatever was closest to that- When he pulled the fabric curtain back he was a bit surprised to see Leo and his brothers arguing, they didn't fight that often so there had to be a good reason for this right?

"Leo I'm serious- You can't just avoid it cause you don't like it, I should know-"

"I can and will! I don't need it!!"

"That's bullshit and you know it Nardo! Sooner or later you have to start acting like the leader and-"

"And what? Get my brothers arm torn off?" Raph cautiously stepped closer to Leo, "Woah- Leo hey, you don't mean that.." Leo scoffed and rolled his eyes, "Oh like you were any better? What exactly have you done to act so high and mighty over me? Hide yourself for years? Lie to your brothers?"

"Leo.. Don't."

"No really I wanna know? Why does he get to act like he knows so much better than us? You think you're the only one who remembers what happened? Think you're saving us by hiding it? Well for-fucking-give me for being upset that you're always lying to me!! All of you! Even Mikey! You do realize he smokes right? Has no one else seen him sneaking out in the middle of the night or carrying body spray with him everywhere like he's trying to cover up the smell of smoke? He's what? eighteen now, nineteen? And you all still treat him like he's fifteen!" They turned to Mikey for a short moment before looking back at Leo, they could tackle that problem later. "Leo.." Raph paused again seeing Yuichi in the doorway, "We.. We can talk about this later, after you get some rest-" He reached out to Leo aiming to put his hand on the sliders shoulder. but as soon as the word 'rest' was said Leo's eyes went wide in a panic, "NO!" He smacked Raph's hand away, Mikey sunk into his shell while Donne took a step in front of his little brother, Leo's marking were starting to glow, "I don't need sleep and I sure as hell don't need you to pity me!" Raph quickly retracted his hand, glancing back to Yuichi, who got the hint and stepped in. "Leo..?" There was a moment of silence, "Anata.. Genki desuka?" Leo turned slowly to look at Yuichi, his glow flickering when he heard Yuichi's soft voice. But when his eyes landed on his boyfriend all he could see was a mangled version of his body, eyes and mouth pouring black blood and red stained fur still matted with a mix of it and dirt. His eyes widened as he glowed brighter, "S-Stay back- ..You're not real- You're just.. My mind playing tricks on me- I-It's just a hallucination.. I just.. I just need another energy drink-"

"Leo, wait- Hold on okay? I-I won't try to make you sleep, I just.. I wanna talk…" Leo took a step back as Yuichi stepped closer, shaking his head a little, "No- no no no.. It's not real he's not really there it- It's just.. Just another nightmare…It's just a nightmare-" There was a spark around him, a faint blue light surrounding his body, Yuichi hesitated but stepped closer again, "It's alright.. Take a breath, you're okay…" Leo just shook his head, closing his eyes tightly, "No- no it- Its just fake it's all fake.. Don't listen to them- They're not real… They're not.." The light was getting brighter around Leo and he held his head in his good hand. Leos shell hit the wall as Yuichi closed in, his hand slowly reaching out for Leo. The light pulsed as Leo shut his eyes tighter, "N.. NO!" The light cracked and roars, extending outwards as he shouted. Yuichi quickly pulled his hand back feeling a stinging pain across it's surface, blood rose and bled into the fur of his trembling hand, he saw multiple thin cuts covering and spanning from his finger tips down to his wrist. Leo got half a glimpse at Yuichi before pushing past him and rushing out of the lair, "Leo- Leo wait!" He called, but he was already gone. He looked to the brothers, not having any clue as to what started this or why it had gotten that bad. "Leo's.. Been avoiding sleep…" Mikey said after the slider was out of the room, clinging to Donnie's arm as he spoke, eyes glued to the floor. Raph nodded, "Yeah.. Something about nightmares? I think that's what he said?" Mikey just nodded. Donnie let out a little sigh, "It's.. Possible that from stress the visions were getting worse, and sleeping was like a one way ticket to those visions except he unable to ground himself while sleeping.. So avoiding sleep might've sounded like a good option to avoid those kinda of visions, but, the body can't go without sleep for more than a few days. The out bursts.. The hallucinations… It makes much more sense now."

"Wait.. Nightmares?" They perked up a little hearing Yuichi, connecting dots to something. "Yes, he'd told all of us in passing that he was having trouble sleeping, why..?" Yuichi hesitated for a moment, trying to recall anything that might be important. "He had one, a-a bad one.. A few nights ago, it.. It was like four or five days ago? I think? He saw something pretty messed up and couldn't go back to sleep that night. I left the next morning for work and.. He'd been avoiding me more and more since, do you think that could have sparked it?"

"It had to- I can't think of anything else that happened recently to make him go off like that-" Yuichi nodded a little, pulling his phone out, "I'm gonna go after him, he didn't have his swords so he couldn't have gone far.. And when he's back we'll see what we can do to help.." He headed off after Leo, calling his phone hoping if he didn't pick up that he could at least hear the ringing and follow that. He heard it in the distance and followed the sound, really hoping that he would be okay. "Leo- Are you down here? It's alright, I-I know whatever you're seeing.. It must be scary and maybe it feels like it's too much, but you aren't alone. I'm not going to leave you, o-or let you deal with this by yourself!" He followed the faint ringing further into the sewers, texting the brothers to let them know it might be a bit before they came back, but that he wouldn't come back without Leo. Donnie texted back saying he was bringing Draxxum over to help make something for Leo, which as far as he knew from the small handful of times he'd met him, it sounded like he'd be in good hands. There was the faint sound of Leos phone ringing, the song was "Eat U Alive" by Marian Hill. The bass softly echoing down the dark winding sewer tunnels, the music fading faster the more he ran around looking for Leo. He cursed under his breath and started walking a bit faster, almost at a jogging pace now. "Leo? Leo hey-! Where'd you go?" He felt his heart start beating faster as he kept calling, he'd hear the ring for a brief moment before it would be declined. "Gods- Why are you being so stubborn- Just- ..Let me help you damnit-" Then suddenly his phone was the one ringing.. Not scary at all- He totally didn't flinch from his ringtone for Leo, "California Gurls" by Katy Perry going off out of nowhere- He juggled the phone for a moment before answering, "Leo?? Where-"

"Stop trying to find me. Stop- I can't I can't do this- You have to leave." Yuichi could feel his heart starting to sink, "What.. Does that mean?" He turned around hearing a little shuffle behind him then around again when the noise could be heard down the hall. "I can't look at you- I can't- I just.. Keep seeing his body, the blood, the moment he stopped breathing in my arms I just… I can't- You have to leave- You have to go far away, a-and never come back never ever-"

"Then- Then close your eyes, or I'll hide while you head back! You can go back to your place and I won't follow, just… Stay on the phone, I promise you don't have to see me till we get this all sorted out but-"

"You don't get it- I can't look at you anymore without seeing it.. Seeing him.. I can't get close to you when you look at me- I can't stop seeing it- I can't I just can't anymore I won't- We.. We can't work like this…"

"Leo- I.. I know what you're gonna say, and I won't let you say it, you just.. You haven't been sleeping, you're not in the right mindset. I know you're scared, and I know you don't want to have to see and hear those terrible things, I understand.. But you can't just avoid it forever, you can't keep running.. Please- Just.. Come home. Or.. Face me so I can at least hear you say it to my face. I won't leave till I hear it from you if you're serious about this… Please.." There was a long pause before Yuichi heard a shuffling behind him again, but Leo spoke before he could turn around. "Don't. Don't move.. Please- I can't see his face again.." Yuichi hesitated, but let out a little sigh and nodded after hearing how timid Leos voice was, putting his phone away he made a show of his hands being empty. "Okay. I won't move, promise." Leo stepped closer and wrapped his arms around Yuichi's waist, Leos head resting on his back, they stood there for a few moments, it almost felt like Leo was listening to Yuichi's breathing, or his heartbeat maybe? Yuichi felt something wet on his shirt, he glanced down trying not to move too much but his eyes widened in horror as he saw Leos arms covered in blood, it was barely lit in the sewer tunnels but it looked like he had scratched his arms open in several spots, bites and claw marks digging into already scarred skin.. Was it from anxiety? Some kind of vision where he thought he was fighting something? His mind was racing as he tried to answer the hundreds of questions filling his head that he just didn't have the answers to.

"I can't- I can't keep doing this.." Leo spoke quietly, pulling Yuichi from his thoughts. His voice was on the verge of breaking into nothing, tears threatening his eyes with each word. "I can't keep seeing you die in front of me, I can't-" Yuichi wanted to turn around and hug him so bad.. Leo sounded so tired, like he was about to cry as he hugged Yuichi a bit tighter. At this point he didn't even care about the blood staining his shirt, he just wanted to provide some sense of comfort for his boyfriend. "I.. It's okay Leo.. You'll be okay- I know it's scary, and I can't begin to image how hard it's been for you to deal with this.." He wasn't sure what else he could do, he knew he had to bring Leo back but if he made any sudden moves Leo might run off again.. Or worse he might panic and try to fight him.. "L-Leo..? Can I ask you for a favor?" There was another moment of silence, then he felt Leo nod against his back, better make this count- "Think you'd be able to give me a kiss..? J-Just one, can you close your eyes and give me one last kiss? And it'll all be over after that, I promise. I won't ask you for anything else." Another short pause, "..Just one? And then you'll leave?" Yuichi nodded, "You have my word Lo- Leo.." There was a moment where it felt like Leo was hesitating, then his hand came around Yuichi's head blocking out his eyes, probably so there was no way their eyes would meet, gently pulling his head back as Leo leaned in and kissed him. Yuichi turned into the kiss, regret setting in, he didn't want to hurt Leo.. He really didn't hurt him, in any way. But he couldn't just sit there and watch him continue hurting like this.. He turned more, winding his hand up and forcing his hand into a fist hitting Leo's neck, right under the jaw, sending him flying down the sewer tunnel, it was the quickest way to get him knocked out- He hated the feeling of their lips being forced apart and the confused and scared expression Leo made.. The pit in his stomach sank more as he picked the slider up in his arms, "Sorry.. But this really was the best way to fix this-" He muttered as he started down the hall, trying to find his way back to the hideout.

Leo shifted just a moment after being picked up, his eyes wide as he let out a low growling sound from the back of his throat, it had only been half a second this all happened before Leo attacked Yuichi, biting hard on the space between his shoulder and his neck. Teeth piercing his skin like he was fighting for his life- Yuichi cried out but he refused to let go of Leo, he instead rammed himself into the wall giving Leo another jarring blow, this time it was finally enough force to render him unconscious and his hold on Yuichi was gone. "Fuck.. Jesus Leo- I guess I earned that though…" He steadied himself before continuing to walk back, it felt like forever, all the weight in his hands and his own blood loss starting to get to him, till he finally saw a light. The lair- It had to be. He sped up pushing past the curtain wall to see Mikey and Raph nervously talking amongst themselves, Mikey saw the movement and shot up, "Leo-! Usagi-!!" He called as Yuichi fell to his knees, carful not to drop Leo on his way down, "He- He's just unconscious.. Sorry- Took uh.. Longer than I thought it would.. H-He's really somethin' …H-He'll be okay right.. Right?"

"What the hell happened?? Why are you bleeding?? Why is Leos's covered in- Wait… H-He didn't..? Did he..?"

"D-Don't worry… He didn't snap at me.. I tried to knock him out- It didn't- The first time he.. His arms Sorry I.. I uh" Raph took Leo from his arms and gave Mikey a nod as he rushed him to the medbay to get him strapped down and let Donnie and Drax have a look at him. Mikey pulled Yuichi up with the rabbits arm over his head around his neck opposite the side of his wound for support, "It's okay, it's all gonna be okay… Thank you for bringing him home Usagi- Don't worry, he's home now, and you're here with him, and you'll be okay too.." Usagi couldn't tell if Mikey was saying those things to cheer him up to maybe to calm himself down? The rest was a blur, he must have passed out before they could get all the way to the medbay.

He did. And Mikey carried him the rest of the way. Yuichi shot up in his bed with a panic, he was just carrying Leo a moment ago. What even happened before he blacked out? The room was dark, and colder than usual, everything ached but he couldn't quite place why.. Then he noticed the soft light of a lamp across the room just barely lighting up another bed. Leo was laying there reading some old Jupiter Jim comic, he looked.. Better? The bags under his eyes weren't as dark and his arms had been wrapped in bandages, he threw the thin blanket off himself as he leapt out of the bed, "Leo-!" He called out, seeing him perk up almost like a flinch but he didn't tell Yuichi not to get closer. So he went as fast as his legs would let him, but he was stopped half way by both Donatello and Michelangelo. "Woah there-"

"Wait Usagi hold on-"

"Leo- I-Is he okay? What happened? Did-"

"Dude he'll be fine- You need to lay back down before you rip your stiches-"

"But-" There was a moment where Yuichi stopped struggling to get out of their arms, he glanced between the two, clearly not even worried about himself. Mikey turned to face Leo, "Can we put your beds together?" Yuichi looked almost hurt they even asked, in fact why hadn't their beds been put together at the start? It made the most sense after all, right? He looked at Leo and watched his expression, at least he could face Yuichi's eyes without turning away or freaking out now.. "I-If Yui wants to.. I'm okay with it." Yuichi felt the grip on his arms loosen to let him walk over himself, he was so confused why Leo was acting this way.. Like he was scared of him? He slowly walked over, carefully setting his hands on rail of the bed while the brothers moved a bed to the other side for him. "Hey Stripes.. How you holdin' up?" Leo smiled a little at the nickname but it quickly faded and he turned his gaze away. "I'm… Better, thanks to you.." Yuichi nodded and stood there for a moment, trying to give Leo time to say something if there was anything on his mind, but the slider seemed to be just on edge if not more so than he was. "Leo..?" He asked, a little softer. He leaned down kissed Leos head, "You get any sleep?" Leo bit his lip, his eyes glossed over like he was about to cry. He nodded at Yuichi, "Y-Yeah… Dee says I slept for a whole day."

"Twenty nine hours to be exact, with two bathroom breaks and one meal break."

Yuichi chuckled a little and gave a little nod to Donnie to thank him, "Oh- Well hold on, twenty? No no, I just- We were just- ..How long was I out then?" Donnie shrugged then checked his watch, "In two minutes it will be twenty six hours. You were also on some fairly strong pain medication, provided by yours truly, so its likely those hours you were awake will be a blur if not completely gone. Fear not though we have alerted your guardian that you were going to be here for the next day or two to look after Leo who had been.. Injured." Mikey went over to Yuichi's side and gently put his hand on the rabbits back nudging him towards the now set bed, "C'mon, I know the pain meds make you feel like you're good to go but you still lost a lot of blood so you shouldn't be up just yet." Leo looked back down and the comic in his hands, in all the time they'd been talking he hadn't turned the page once.. It looked like he was pretending to read to avoid looking at them… Yuichi climbed into the bed with Mikey's help and scooted over a bit to be closer to Leo, who tensed up at the movement. Donnie and Mikey figured they'd leave for a bit now that they were both awake and apparently needed to talk about some stuff.

Yuichi frowned a little more, "I- Leo if this is about what you said.. I-In the tunnel- You weren't serious right? Or- I-Is this about what I did? I-I'm sorry I didn't.. I didn't have a choice I didn't know what else to do I mean you were.. I was-" He felt his heartrate double with anxiety, Leo had nearly tried to break up with Yuichi that night, was.. Was he serious? Did he still mean what he said? Leo tilted his head a little, "Wha- No I-I don't uh, I don't actually remember… Anything from the past few days.. Sorry uh- What.. What did I tell you? Was it.. Something bad?" Fuck now he looked just as anxious as Yuichi.. "Then- Why are you acting so weird?" He ran a hand past his ears through his fur as he tried to understand, "If you don't remember, why.. Are you acting like… Like you're scared of me.. Like you don't want to be close anymore? Did I- Did I do something? Did I-"

"Yuichi look at you! I bit you! I fucking- I hurt you.. You should be scared of me! You shouldn't want to be near me, o-or in a bed next to me- You shouldn't be so.. So nice to me… I'm dangerous!"

"This-?" He moved his hand gently feeling the part of his shoulder right above the collar bone that had been buzzed down and stitched up, "Well to be fair I tried to knock you out- So you were just defending yourself in your own sleep deprived way- That's my fault-"

"No it's not! Yuichi- I wasn't in the right mind sure but I- I-If something like that ever happened again? If I'd bit and deeper I could have fucked up your nerves and you would've lost the ability to move that arm at all! I could have paralyzed you- That's not normal!!" Yuichi paused for a moment then started to laugh, Leo looked confused for a moment, wondering if Yuichi had finally lost it or something- "That'd be ironic.." He said as his laugher died out. "I mean, you lost your right arm, so if I lost my left we'd kinda complete each other huh?" Leo's frustration started to fade as he looked at Yuichi with more of an "over-it" expression. "Oh but we'd still be able to hold hands with our real ones, that'd be kind of poetic too huh.. Not to mention you lost an arm trying to get something that would let you be with me more.. And I could've lost mine trying to be with you more… Seems pretty ironic to me-" Leo let out a dry chuckle, "That's so dumb-" Yuichi scooted closer again and resting his head on Leos shoulder, "Yeah but, it'd be funny that we'd have another thing in common. Though if you wanted my hand that badly, you could've just asked~" Leo chuckled a bit harder and rolled his eyes, "Oh boo, that joke was terrible… one out of four arms-"

"Three."

"Hey I count my prosthetic thank-you-very-much."

The both laughed a little as they snuggled closer together. "So.. You're really not scared of me..?" Leo asked after a moment, Yuichi nodded, "Of course not. I told you, I love you, all of you. Even the sad parts and the angry ones, or the sleep deprived ones that get themselves into trouble.. Nothing you say is gonna make that change, you're stuck with me~" Leo smiled a little, "Ohoho are you sure you're not stuck with me~? This is your last chance to back out cause you know just how stubborn and protective I am about things I care about- You reeeaaallly wanna stick with me cottontail?" Yuichi rolled his eyes and moved his hand, gently cupping Leos cheek pulling him into a kiss.

"I do~" THE END (as far as you know)

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