"...And if I see you doing hard work in the dojo again it will be the last thing you'll do before I make Raph chain you in bed!...On second thought duck tape might hold you better" Donnie scowled and Leo didn't open his mouth once as Donnie made the check up for the week and even if it had been about 3 weeks since Leo told them Donnie wanted to make sure it didn't grow worse so he spent every week checking Leo, every 3rd day Leo had to be check by the genius and it slight made Mikey and Raph go nuts since they wanted to spend time with Leo.

They were all scared but Leo was more calm about it since he had known he was dying and was more scared of telling them but since that was off the list they could focus on the main question: Was Leo going to make it at all? And would he survive the cancer without the treatment for it? Mikey had several thought on his mind that were all about Leo's survival but then he remembered all the times Leo had survived and was sure he would this time as well...

Raph was harder to convince since he spent most time beating his fists bloody in his room and before his eyes he didn't see that wall but his memories with Leo and the times they could have had instead of arguing, Raph felt like his heart was braking in sadness and he felt so lost that he almost pleaded for his big brother to find him like this and tell him that things would be fine and then do something to make him feel better. Leo must have heard it because he opened the door and gasped as he saw Raph on the floor with his fist all smashed and bloody "Oh Raph...I told you that I was always here in case you wanted to talk, you don't have to act like this behind my shell! I'm here when ever you need me little brother" Leo whispered and pulled Raph in a 100% needed hug and didn't let go for a while.

"I-I can't t-take this a-anymore! I c-can't w-watch y-you d-d-die Leo! I need you" Raph sobbed and hugged Leo as he lost all control he had and cried in Leo chest, all the sadness and fear he had felt over the years was now coming out in one fast wave but Leo didn't care and stayed like that till Raph fell asleep. Leo smiled sadly and picked up his brother before moving from Raph's to his own room and placed Raph in his bed, covering him with the blanket so it was almost over his beak so that he knew he was safe. Leo sat down on his desk and picked up pen and paper and started to sketch to make time pass faster and he needed some things out of his mind.

He made several pictures in his art pads and then he wrote a title and a small note of what it was about in case his brothers found it and couldn't hold back their curiosity, since the younger siblings could not stay away from the elder siblings things. But Leo knew that his brothers had some sense and placed back what ever they had been holding and told him right away what they had been doing, Leo always forgave them for that and only caught them in a head lock before telling them to go back to their toys. Maybe that's why they loved him because he was so nice and caring to them when ever they did something...Maybe he was like a mother to them.

It was late and past dinner when Leo went back to his room with some food for Raph in case he woke up and found him going through his art pad, Leo couldn't stop his smile "I see your curiosity killed the cat" Raph jumped in fear and slammed the art pad shut but gently and turned around "Geez bro, you scared the shell out of me!" "But your still in it" "Very funny"

Leo showed the rest of the pictures while Raph ate and when they reached the sketch Leo was currently working on they decided to call it a night but Raph wasn't let to got to his room since he might have a nightmare "You know Donnie and Mikey will come in here right?"

"Does it look like I care?"

"You want them to..."

"Bingo!"

"Yay!"

Leo turned just in time as Mikey slammed into him and sent them both crashing on Raph who didn't bother yelling at them to move just as Donnie walked in more calmly and sat on the edge of the bed and waited for Mikey to let go of Leo, they were all laughing before finally getting into bed but Leo was more like their pillow "I'm gonna get crushed!" He chuckled and soon fell asleep and Mikey soon after but Donnie and Raph stayed awake since they were worried about Leo "You can sleep Donnie...I'll wake you if his breathing changes" Raph whispered and Donnie obeyed.

The night went on quietly but Raph was looking at Leo the whole time and he could tell by Leo's different expressions that he was either dreaming or he was starting to fall in pain of the cancer, either way Raph shoke Donnie away and the purple turtle left the room to get anything that would help...but he cursed as he saw he didn't have much morfin left "Better call April in the morning..." He mumbled but got what was left and then he went back to Leo who was now awake "Hey Leo,I got some morfin but I'm gonna have to call April...this does will help a little but only for at least an hour"

"It's okay...the pain isn't that strong at night..." Leo whispered and didn't even flinch when the needle went in,donnie looked shocked and then dropped the needle "You've been in pain every night?!" The shout woke Mikey up and made him fall up-side-down from the bad and the blanket covered him, the sight was kinda funny and they couldn't help but chuckle before Donnie helped Mikey turn up-right and the youngest got back into bed again "Don't make me Leo my Leo pillow" He mumbled before he fell asleep again. Leo faceplamed with his free hand and Raph tried to muffle his laugh while Donnie wrote a note the would help him remember calling the redhead about the morfin. "Can we go back to sleep now?" He asked and got back in the bed.

"You two weren't even sleeping"

Both of them looked at Leo and then each other "I looked at him the whole time and his eyes were closed!" Raph said and Donnie shaked his head "Raph for God sake it's Leo! He even knows where you are on the surface! And that before I manage to pinpoint your location!" He said before he closed his eyes and Raph looked at Leo in a mocked fear "You scare the shell out of me sometimes" "Watch it you I'll give you a heart attack" Leo chuckled-

"Won't be a problem if we find your heart has stopped..." Leo sighed and plassed a light kiss on Raph forehead when his eyes were closed "It can'tbe helped...but I'll try fight"