~ Master Splinter's POV ~

I went to the t.v room to try to watch one of my operas. I quietly walked over to the couch the television was already on but both Leo and Grace were fast asleep. I felt a smile spread across my face. I know that Leo was allowing the mating bond to strengthen and grow. Step two is going to start tomorrow. I must not take my time on this anymore. Grace's head was leaning against Leo's shoulder. Her arms were leaning on his plastron. Leo's head was leaning on Grace's head. His arms were around her waist both to prove to his other brothers that no one better make any move on her and so he could make sure that she couldn't go anywhere. Based on Grace's position she didn't want to go anywhere either. Both of their faces showed complete peace. My smile grew to be the biggest since my wife and daughter has died. My opera could wait for another day I decided. I went over to the blanket closet to retrieve Leo's favorite blanket. He claimed that it was the softest of them all. I don't believe that I think that it is because Captain Ryan from Space Hero's face on one of the sides. I walked back to the couch to place it on both of them. I walked back to my room to meditate more.

~ Raph's POV~

I was walking towards the kitchen to get Spike his leaf. Spike was sitting on my shoulder. Grace was the only one who I allowed to even touch him. Just something about her strikes as very trustworthy. Possibly the chance that she could beat me at my best. Not even I showed Leo how good I was. Hmm a quiet lair isn't a good liar. There has to be something going on that I don't know about. Not even Leos dumb tv show Heroes in space or something like that. Even more important where is Grace? I know that both her and April like to come here together and leave together. Both of them are inseparable. I walked over to the tv just to make sure that I wasn't going insane. I looked at it for a moment before turning to the direction of the kitchen. I nearly choked at what I saw. It was Fearless and Grace cuddling in there sleep. It was rather cute. Wait I am too tough to think something is cute. Instead I thought about both of there faces when they woke up now I would pay to see something like that. That solves both of the mysteries that was here. "Come on Spike lets get you fed" I whispered . My smirk grew until it could not be called a smirk but a real smile. I know that I didn't have to worry about Grace hurting Leo. It was Leo hurting Grace during one of his fits and he took it all out on Grace hurting her verbally. I don't have to worry about him physically hurting her. He wouldn't ever hurt her that way Grace has a hidden talent in ninjutsu.

~ Flash back ~

I had had one of my fights with Leo. He completely misunderstood me! I traveled by rooftops to get rid of my anger when I found myself outside of Graces window. Wondering why I was doing this I knocked on it. When she opened it I just barged right in and after I swore her to never ever tell anyone about what I was going to tell her. I just poured out of all my anger. Eventually it turned out to be when we were sparring without any weapons. Surprisingly she had won. I was even trying to beat her with all of my strength. It ended just before the patrol went above her apartment courtesy of both Donnie and Leo. She helped me up from off of her clean carpet smiling and suggested "You should join your brother in patrol when they pass over here soon. Now that all of your frustrations have been expelled. Tell them I said hi okay?" I nodded and started to go over to her window very winded from our sparring. Before I could get all of the way out she griped my arm causing me to look over at her" I hope that our sparring helped to relieve your frustration. No hard feeling on the outcome right?"Once again I nodded. I felt her arm than I disappeared out of her window. Where I told my brothers all about the spar. Until they started to laugh about how I lost to a girl that was at least a head shorter than me.

~ Present time~

Yep both Leo and Grace are a good match. They both put others before them. Don't ever tell that to Leo unless absolutely necessary.

~ Mikey's POV ~

I went out of the arcade room in the lair so I could snag some pizza before anyone else. I stopped in my tracks and looked towards the couch where there was both Leo and Grace were snuggling together fast asleep wrapped up in Leo's favorite blanket. " THat is just adorable." I whispered to myself. I ran towards Donnie's lab to see if he has the camera. I burst in through the door went straight up to Donnie and april and excitedly said all in one breath "Hey Don do you know where the camera is I need to take a picture or a thousand of something really cute." Donnie looked at me upset before replying with "The counter on the left. Please don't break it again. I don't want to fix it again." Both he and April turned to do whatever they were doing beforehand. I found it rather quickly due to the messiness of his lab. I ran back towards Leo and Grace. I stood right in front of them looked through the eyepiece and took a step back. que lights! After I took over twenty five pictures I escaped to my room to put them in the Leo box full of embarrassing pictures. HAHAHA I can't wait to see his reaction when I bust out these pictures to show Grace! Than I will show Donnie's embarrassing pictures to April.

~ Donnie's POV ~

MIkey skipped out of my lab going his merry way.Not even a minute passed before my princess April asked my " Do you want to find out what the adorable thing is that he has taken a picture of?" I thought about it for just a moment before replying " We probably should. Based on his receding laugh it came from around the television set." We walked over there. I was a nervous wreck. BEing near April did that to me. I tried to tell my brain not to look at April while we were walking over there unfortunately for me my gaze kept being drawn towards my Princess.. I tore my gaze once again away from Her when I heard her gasp . I looked towards where she was looking and I saw Leo and Grace cuddling in their subconsciousness. Grace's head was on Leo's shoulder, her hands were above the blanket slightly clasping the top of his plastron. Sadness started to fill me. I thought to myself " Why can' April and I do that together? WHy do I have to be so awkward around her? At leo was getting his well deserved rest. I know what I will do I will work on strengthening the relationship that April and I already have together. First I have to learn how to do that. MAybe google has something on how to talk to your crush.

 ~ April POV ~

I was in the lair with Donnie. We were both looking at Grace and Leo. In their sleep they were subconsciously pulled each other closer together. even now I could see Leo's arms pull Grace closer towards him. It was as if he wanted Grace to merge with him. In one way it was super cute and in the other way it was is if I was violating their privacy. I had only read about this stuff in the romance books that I sometimes get from Grace's personal library. " Why can't Donnie and I do that?" A little voice asked me in my head. I sternly reminded myself" Donnie gets really nervous around girls." I couldn't wait for Grace to see the picture that Mikey took. " Come on Donnie we should give them some privacy so neither will wake up. As long as Grace sleeps I don't care. She has a really hard time sleeping due to her extra smart brain and the fact that she has insomnia. Normally she gets to sleep around three am. Except for the past few days she hasn't been able to sleep at all." I justified to Donnie. I glanced at Donnie to see a face of sadness and longing. I started to walk towards Donnie's lab wondering to myself wondering " Does Donnie like Grace? I just saw the way that her was looking at her with a look of longing and sadness as if he wanted to replace Leo with him. Their iq levels combined would be amazing. Grace knows that I have a small crush on him. She told me in almost too many words for me to make the meaning of that she likes Leo." A new thought popped up in my head" Donnie will be crushed when Grace tells him that she has a crush on another. I don't want to be second best for anyone else.

~ Donnie's POV ~ (again)

I was still looking at the peace on Graces and Leos faces as they snuggled together. I turned around to follow April -my princess-to my lab to continue helping her with her homework. Before I turned around completely I heard a slipping noise coming from behind me. I snapped my head back towards Leo and Grace. Now instead of them being propped up by the back of the couch they had slipped to their sides. Somehow Leo had managed to get Grace even closer towards him. I noticed that Leo's favorite blanket slipped off. Being the good younger brother that I am I put it back on them both. I made sure that it covered up until Grace's shoulders. I felt that would be the best thing to do so it didn't make any other person to see them overly uncomfortable. Now all that you could see was that Leo's head was Snuggles into Grace's hair. I walked away from them knowing that they were secretly in love with the other. Their hidden passion won't be able to be concealed after when they wake up.

 ~ April POV ~

I sneakily watched Donnie from inside the doorway of his lab. I saw him put the space heros blanket on top of Leo and Grace it was really thoughtful of him to do something like that. I just don't understand what is so different about Grace and I. Other than the face that she could be over with college but she chooses not to accept any of the opportunities that come her way for her mind to be really challenged. I know that those college courses that she takes are easy on her. Why does Grace have to always one up me!? First it was the time that she brought home the certificate stating that she could skip a grade level . My dad was so proud of her for doing that. Not the fact that his real daughter has all a's in her classes. Grace tried to show my Dad how wonderful how I was doing but he only wanted to hear about her schooling. I knew then that she would always manage to one up me. I can't blame Grace unfortunately and fortunately. She is just too dang nice. SHe thinks of almost everything. I wish that I could just flat out hate her sometimes, but I can't due to Dad's unintentional effect of putting all of the spotlight on Grace she has always been very timid and would hardly talk to people outside of the apartment. ONe time she even confided in me that she was starting to dread the family dinner when Dad would keep on firing questions on her and not allow her to even eat her dinner. Ugh! Why does she have to be so fragile! Why does she make it so hard to hate! I can't hate her because she does things intentionally not intentionally. She has even managed to unintentionally tale the heart of my crush to her. Even she has broken it also intentionally. This is too confusing. Especially before Math homework.

( Now you get to see a little bit of April's frustration at how grace unintentionally steals the spotlight from her. Hey living constantly in a shadow can be very hard. So a recap is that April wants to hate Grace her adoptive sister. She can't because Grace is really naturally kind and tries to get the spotlight off her and give it to April. Also constantly =living in the spotlight that you don't want is really hard. That is one of the reasons what Grace is constantly with April. Grace doesn't want to be noticed, but she is. April wants to have some more spotlight but she can't because Grace has taken it in an attempt to become the loser in her family. It never. So there is a stalemate in that. If you need any help understanding this plotline with this added drama please question me in the comments If this is really easy for you to understand don't worry there is even more drama to unfold!)

~ Raph POV ~

I saw Donnie leave the living room. Hmm what did that sly little nerd do to them? I wondered. I stealthily walked over to Leo and Grace. Remembering the fact that Spilke was on my shoulder. This is juicy. I thought to myself. Leo and Grace were now cuddling on their sides. Even Though there was a blanket covering up to Grace's shoulders I could tell that Leo was holding onto Graces lower back holding her closer so she didn't fall off of the coun. " Spike chew on your leaf if you think that Grace likes Leo back?" I whispered to Spike. I turned my head to offer the leaf up to Spike. Sure enough he did indeed take a big bite of the leaf. I smiled a true smile. One of the few. I started to hear Mikey come from his room I immediately wiped it off of my face before he could com in the room. I trudged past him purposely bumping my shoulder to his shoulder to make sure that I had his attention. " Don't you dare wake them up Mike." I growled lightly to him. Mikey whispered back " You should know I won't. Even I know that Leo hasn't had a good time getting sleep. ... Aren't they cute like that. I can almost taste the romance in the air. " BEgrudgingly I replied " Yea they are. If they get lovey dovey around me I will puke on them no matter what anyone has to say about it. " I responded. Sometimes younger siblings just get what you are talking about. I started to walk off not wanting the conversation to continue any longer. Once I was in my room I planned not to go out for the rest of the night. There is just way too much lovey dovey stuff going on in here right now. I have to distance myself.

 ~ Mikey's POV ~

Yes I had gotten the big bad turtle Raphael to say something concerning Leo was cute! I am just that good. I had decided to take more pictures of this cute moment between Leo and Grace. I had run towards where they were cuddling only to find them in an even cuter position than before. THey were on their sides holding onto each other. " Aww that is so super adorable!!! I whispered to myself. I then took as many pictures as I could softly laughing the whole time that they were asleep. I had no clue how long they will be asleep. At once.