Rooftop

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Leo's POV

          It's late... again.

          I wake up to find an empty spot beside me where Raph should be. My feet carry me out of the Lair, into the sewers, and up to the surface where the scent of fresh air fills my nose as the cool night whistles a mysterious breeze past my ears. I'm not sure I'm even thinking about where I'm going, I've been here so many times that I'm sure I could venture here in my sleep, if I haven't done so already...

           I look up once I reach a very specific alley, and begin the climb... One motion after the other, I carry myself up to the roof of the building, the same building Raphael and I fought on well over a year ago... The same one that I... I murdered him on. I'm a murderer...

         My eyes wander over the same thing I see every time I climb up here to question everything I've done... I see the red ends of a bandana, flying softly in the wind.

                    "Raphael..."

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