[LN] [Locked to Mikey and Bunny]

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"It wasn't a big deal. Everything worked out fine and I had an out so I don't see what the problem is. All of you are making into a bigger thing than it needs to be."

After storming off from the argument with Bunny over Raph running off to get Winchester's brother himself, he'd dragged Mikey into playing a video game. In reality, he'd have preferred to be alone but he could tell Mikey had been bothered by the fact he'd run off alone and gotten injured so he mostly just wanted to show him his arm was okay enough to play video games with it.

The problem was Mikey was still harping on what had happened out of concern.

Rather than being annoyed at Mikey, Raph was trying his best to put Mikey's concern to rest while channeling his annoyance into kicking his butt at Mario Kart.

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"I wish we were better at ninja-ing," Nico said, making a face. "We pretty much suck at it, so we get shot at."

She wasn't about to get into a who-has-the-rougher-deal argument with Raphael, but 'credit' was something she could do without these days.

She smiled back at him. "Glad you're getting something out of this crazy misadventure, at least. Getting some new conversation hasn't been bad for me, either."

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That got him smiling at her again.

"Although, right now I'm all talked out. I think I'm gonna hit the sack." He sat up, stretching his arms, a yawn suddenly taking over. He blinked his eyes sleepily, as if only just realizing how tired he was.

"Although it's less a sack and more a nest," he said when he finished yawning. "At night, this place is colder than a city sewer in January. That is an accomplishment - and not the good kind, like most situations where you can compare something to a sewer."

He looked like he was going to stand up to go, but saw that the blanket had fallen just a bit off Nico's shoulders as she sat there, so he casually reached out and tugged it up so she was properly bundled, before finally standing up.

"Try not to freeze to death on the way to your room. I'm pretty sure that'd traumatize the twins to catatonia."

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She'd been going to quip something about nesting habits, but lost it when he reached out, apparently absent-mindedly, to pull her blanket further up around her shoulders. She hadn't even noticed that her grip had slipped.

Her brain stuttered for a moment, but she rallied, hopefully before he noticed.

"Los Angeles may have stunted my cold weather survival instincts, but I've still got some," she said. "I've got it covered. Sleep well."

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He just flashed her another smile before heading off to bed.

"G'night."

Fluttery. That was what he was feeling in his chest, this fluttery feeling setting in deep. That was what happened when you made friends, right? You had fuzzy feelings. Nothing unusual there, nothing special about her - it. Nothing special about it.

Right.

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Nico counted a minute and a half after he'd left before she flipped her blanket up over her head and buried her face in her hands.

Ugh. No. That was so not what she'd come down here tonight to do.

He was just a nice guy with parallel responsible and rebellious streaks. He didn't even really get her, she'd let him make and keep a couple assumptions about her.

It was just late. She was probably more tired than she thought.

Yeah. Just tired.