Chapter 3

Raph's POV:

I have no idea how long we have been walking, but I do know it has been a few hours. The sun has started going down making the sky a bright yellow and orange with a vibrant pink. I'm lucky I haven't exploded yet. Mikey will not stop talk. If I have to hear one more word out of his big mouth I'm going to lose it. I stop listening to him a long time ago but every once in a while I listen in to a few things.

We continue walking for a good 15 minutes before my stomach decides to make a dying walrus sound.

"Hungry?" Mikey asks behind me.

"What do you thing?!" I snap at him harshly. I know it wasn't the right thing to do. But I am tired and hungry.

"Here." I turn my head to see Mikey holding out a half-eaten Hershey chocolate bar.

"How long have you had that?" I ask suspiciously stopping in my tracks and turning to look at him. I eye the bar carefully, seeing if it is really real or a hallucination.

"Since this morning. It's still good" he says holding the chocolate bar closer to my face. I can smell the sweet chocolate as my stomach growls again. "I know you want it" Mikey teases, moving the bar in circular motions around my face. I growl a little and turn my face way. "Come on Raphie, you need to eat something" I can hear the concern in his voice, but I ignore it. I notice we are in an open area perfect for camping.

"We will camp here tonight" I say sternly walking away to grab some rocks lying around. I hear Mikey sigh as I walk away.

What the fuck is wrong with me?! I scold myself all he was doing was giving you something to eat and you acted like a jerk! What the Fuck! You need to apologize. I tell myself as I walk back to the camp site with six good sized rocks.

I am expecting to see Mikey sitting around being lazy but am shocked when I see he has gathered some sticks and branches and had it in a pile waiting to be light. I also see a large log laying a few feet away from the pile. That log was not there before so Mikey must have carried it here. I look around to see Mikey squinting at the pile as if debating whether to light it or not. He looks up at me with a smile before it slips away and he begins to walk towards me quickly. Next think I know he has taken all the rocks from my arms and is walking away. It takes me a second to get out of shock.

"What the hell, Mikey?!" I shout at him. He doesn't flinch as he circles the rocks around the pile.

"Raph, you are injured. You shouldn't be lifting too much. You could hurt yourself more then you already are." He says bluntly, never taking his eyes off of the pit. I'm shocked for words. I snort

"You're starting to sound like Donnie."

He laughs before bursting out "Donnie infected me with nerd diseases!"

I can't help but chuckle at his stupidity.

Mikey's POV:

Hearing Raph laugh at one of my jokes make me feel all warm and fuzzy. I notice the pit of sticks is still unlit. I quickly grab a stick and rub it roughly.

"Mikey, that isn't going to..." suddenly the pit bursts into flames.

"You were saying Raphie?" I question trying not to laugh at his dumbfounded face as he stared from the fire to me.

"Never mind" he grunts sitting at the large log.

I remember about blowing the fire from an old horror camping story so I crouch on my knees and blow.

Raph's POV:

Seeing Mikey on his knees and blowing seemed to make my blood rush to my head and my cheeks go warm. I quickly look away with my arms crossed over my chest.\

Mikey's POV:

I hear a shuffle and look up to see Raph looking away from me.

What did I do? I think looking confusingly at him. I shrug it off as I lean back from the fire. I sit criss cross on the dirt. I look at Raph worryingly at him.

Why am I so concerned about him? I mean he is Raph; he can take care of himself. He is strong and brave. Unlike me." I think to myself sadly as I release a deep sigh.

"Whatcha sighing about?" Raph's voice breaks through my thoughts. I gasp and jump a bit.

"N-nothing imp-portant" I stumble over my words. Stupid! I mentally smack myself as I turn my head slightly from embarrassment. "Raph...?" I call out softly. I turn to see him staring at me. It is now really dark outside so the fire is the only source of both heat and light. I suck in a quick breath as my eyes look him over.

"Yeah, Mike?" Raph asks after a few seconds of silence.

"You still hungry?" I ask mentally smacking myself again.

"I guess" he mutters. I look at him as I take the chocolate bar out of my pocket and toss it to him. He smirks at me before eating it. I smile feeling that warm feeling come back. "We should head to bed" Raph says after finishing the chocolate bar. I nod as I slide my way next to him. He gets off the log to sit on the dirt leaning back on the log. We put out the fire and the temperature immediately drops like 1000 degrees. I begin to shiver whishing we didn't put the fire out. Suddenly I feel a strong, warm arm wrap around my shoulders pulling me into Raph. I look up at him and smile. "Sleep, Mike" Raph tells me gentle. I give a half wake nod before my eyes droop and a dreamful sleep sweeps me away from the forest.

TBC