"You think that was a bluff?" Leo asks, frowning.
"I don't know... I live pretty close to their territory."
Leo looks at me, hearing the worry in my voice. "Well I'm not gonna let you go back to that apartment alone."
"I'm sure he's bluffing... I mean it's not like they know the building or apartment number." I shake my head, trying to rationalize the odds they ever actually watched me walk into my building.
"I'm not gonna take a chance with your safety, Y/n."
"They threaten people around the block all the time." I shake my head.
"Not people who they know I know."
"True, but... it's not like I have some other place to go."
"Well if you can't go home and you can't stay anywhere else..." he starts, looking over my face as he thinks, "then, if it's okay with you... you can stay with us."
"Wait, really?"
"We've got a couple extra rooms. I'll have to ask my dad but I'm sure he'll understand."
"Seriously, you don't have to go through the trouble–"
"I'm not gonna let them hurt you, Y/n." He asserts, looking me in the eyes. And it could just be the circumstances, but I feel my heartbeat picking up again.
After a moment, I can't help smiling appreciatively. "Thanks, Leo."
• • •
Murakami sent us home with a bag full of pizza gyozas after we helped him close up and get to safety. We stopped by my place so I could pack a couple bags. Leo said we would go back soon to check out how things were.
And when he said he lived in the sewers, he wasn't kidding. Because this was definitely sewer. Although he promised me I'd be comfortable in whatever huge space they must've carved out of these tunnels. As if I'd let myself be picky enough to complain.
I stop Leo at the entrance of his home before we can walk in. "Are you sure you're okay with doing this?"
"Of course I am."
"'Cause I know you guys keep this place secret, and I really don't wanna be a bother..."
"You won't. My brothers like you."
"We've barely met." I can't help smiling a little, certain he's lying to make me feel better.
"And yet they still like you." He counters with a grin.
"That doesn't mean they want me in their home–"
"Y/n." His hand squeezes my shoulder as he steps closer and looks me in the eyes. "Stop worrying. I know my family, and we're gonna help you. Just trust me."
I close my mouth and nod. Leo gives me a calming smile, so I return it. He leads me through the end of the tunnel, coming out between some turnstiles and a huge open space where all his brothers are watching TV on a couch. Like, a huge couch that wraps all the way around a lower sitting area with an antenna TV in the middle.
This entire place is already two times bigger than my apartment space.
"Hey, guys..." Leo says, looking around the room as he walks me in.
"Hey, Romeo. How'd the date go?" The red one says without looking away from a magazine.
"Raph." Leo scowls and nudges the back of his shell with his foot. Raph turns to see me with him, only to turn back around and flip another page. "Bringing her home on the first date, huh? Moving a little fast don't ya think?"
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My Fearless Leader | Leonardo x Reader
Fanfiction"Don't be embarrassed. I like that you can't focus around me." "I am completely capable of focusing around you." I say and cross my arms, more than wanting to take his ego down a peg. Leo's smirk only widens. Man he smirks a lot. Next thing I kno...
