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Having a crush on the blue masked turtle invited the feeling of jealously when Fluttershy sees how friendly and close he is with Twilight. Little did she knows, that leader in blue too feels the same whenever Fluttershy helps Donatello in his lab.

TMNT 2003

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Twilight leaned closer and whispered something to Leonardo; the blue masked turtle's eyes widened and he looked up to stare at the purple haired girl before playfully pushed her away with his cheeks blushing.

A cold and painful feeling struck somewhere in Fluttershy as she stared at Leo and Twilight from far. She bit her lips, occasionally clenched her fist whenever Twilight said something that made Leo blushed even more darker than before.

' Stop, ' Fluttershy shook her head, dismissing her jealously, ' Twilight and Leo are close, why can't they hang out with each other? Why should I feel jealous anyway?'

But deep down, Fluttershy knew instantly why she wanted to feel jealous with Twilight over her crush; Leonardo and Twilight were practically the same, they are the leaders, rational, quick thinker, even had the same fear of failing the others. And Fluttershy? The exact opposite of being fearless. Sometimes Fluttershy wondered whether Leo had a feeling with Twilight and the pain just doubled. It even hurts more to see them laughed together, sharing equal interest or whatever they were talking about.

" Fluttershy?" Donatello set a hand on the girl's shoulder, gaining her attention, " If you don't mind, can you help me with something?"

Knowing it was better to get away from seeing the friendly tension between Twilight and Leo, Fluttershy quickly nodded, sending a relief smile as she followed Donnie into his lab.

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" Come on, Leo, say it!"

" For the last time, Twilight, you're just thinking too much!"

Twilight laughed and Leo rolled his eyes, smiling nevertheless. Really, she had been trying to make Leo admit his feelings on Fluttershy for almost half an hour already.

Twilight wiped a tear from the corner of her eyes from laughing too much, " Gosh, Leo, why can't you just admit you really like Fluttershy?"

It was true; he really liked Fluttershy. Not in a friendly or brotherly way but the one where he wanted the shy girl to be more than a friend to him. But Leo would rather faced an army of foot clan than to admit his feelings to the energetic Twilight by his side. He had a feeling Twilight would tell his brothers about his crush and he didn't think he could stand the teasings though.

" Even if I do like her, what chances will she like me back?" Leo muttered under his breath but Twilight heard it.

" Leo, have you ever notice how she looks at you?" Twilight sighed, " I don't think I have ever seen her looking at someone with such admiration in her eyes and come on, her bashfulness whenever you're with her is clearly noticeable! Don't be too oblivious! "

" I am not sure, Twilight." Leo said, smiling slightly at the thought of his crush; he liked how she would gone stuttering with her words and being shy with new things. And the way she just seemed strict about some things even with her natural shyness just made Leo liked her even more, " Fluttershy is so...pure, innocent and kind. I don't want to ruin our friendship just because of my selfish feeling."

" Sometimes it's okay to be selfish, Leo." Twilight gave a supportive smile, " Just go talk to her, sort your feelings out."

" You're not gonna stop until I do as you say, am I correct?"

" Yes."

Chuckling, Leo stood up, " All right, I'll go talk to her." he walked away from the grinning Twilight and hoped he didn't look too nervous.

Leonardo looked around, searching for the sight of the pink haired girl; he was sure Fluttershy was here somewhere, didn't she came by with Twilight a few hours ago? He headed towards the lab, wanting to ask Donatello about Fluttershy's whereabout when he froze on his track near the entrance of the lab.

Fluttershy was there, giggling as Donatello let out a small laugh as he was chatting with her while fixing something like a mechanical instrument. The pink haired girl dug her hands into a toolbox beside her, taking out a wrench and gave it to Donnie who thanked her and continued with his story that occasionally made Fluttershy giggled, snorted and laughed.

The sight already made Leo clenched his fist and took all his might not to interrupt them. He gritted his teeth, feeling jealous that Donnie managed to make the shy girl laughed openly. A sudden thought struck Leo; what if Fluttershy liked Donnie? He supposed the purple masked turtle was much more kinder and a little shy as well, maybe being around him made Fluttershy comfortable. Just thinking about it made the pain in his chest doubled.

Leonardo turned, without a word and marched into the dojo to clear his mind.

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It was time for Fluttershy to leave; she was so occupied with helping Donnie that she didn't even notice how dark it already was and Twilight already went back home hours before she did.

" Thanks for the help, Fluttershy." Donnie said

" Your welcome, I am glad I could help." Fluttershy nodded.

" Do you want some company to go back to your place? It's dark already and dangers lurk out there you know." Donnie continued, " How about you ask Leonardo to company you?" there was a teasing tone in his voice as he went to search for his brother Leo without Fluttershy's agreement. Fluttershy blushed but noticed she could do nothing already.

A minute later, Donnie came back with Leo, who looked odd somehow. Even Donnie looked troubled by something. He said goodbye to Fluttershy before watched she and Leo went out.

The silence was extremely awkward and so tension, Fluttershy kept wondering what was bothering the blue masked turtle as a frown was expressed from his face. She had a sudden cold thought that he didn't want to company her which made she felt down. Finally, when they arrived, Fluttershy turned to thank the turtle but he was already readied to leave. This sudden behavior scared Fluttershy.

" L-Leo!" she reached out and grabbed Leo by the wrist, stopping the turtle.

Leo said nothing, he didn't even looked at Fluttershy. Alarmed, Fluttershy stuttered, " A-Are you okay? Why won't you look at me? Did I do something wrong?"

Still no answer. Leo was in a total silence, but in the inside, was like a chaos of mixed feelings; he wanted to blush when Fluttershy grabbed his wrist, he wanted to tell her it wasn't her fault he was being a jerk just because he was jealous and Leo couldn't trusted himself to express any of those. He simply turned, gently brushed off Fluttershy's hand.

" I am fine --" he stopped himself at the sight of the trembling Fluttershy as she looked up at him with her big eyes

Why are you so damn cute?!

" I...I don't know what I did to upset you, but I am sorry, please don't be mad at me!" she whispered, holding Leo's wrist back and gently tightened her grip

Aahh!! so adorable!!

" F-Fluttershy, It's nothing... It's not your fault." Leo was shocked to find himself stuttering slightly. " I was just jealous. "

Damn it Leo

" Jealous?" Fluttershy was taken off guard; what could he possibly be jealous about?

Leo scratched the back of his neck nervously, " Yes, of you and Donatello. I...I didn't like how friendly you were with him."

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" Pfft!"

Leo gaped as he stared at the laughing Fluttershy. He stuttered and even said what bothered him and she laughed?

" I - I am sorry, I wasn't laughing at you!" Fluttershy quickly said, noticing Leo becoming more upset, " It's just that -- I find it funny how you were being jealous of me and Donnie when I was jealous of you and Twilight in the first place!"

Fluttershy? Jealous? Leo didn't know how to react.

" I found it unsettling when I saw you having fun with Twilight back there, " Fluttershy's gaze dropped to the ground as she nervously played with her fingers.

" Why were you being jealous of me and Twilight? " asked Leo

Fluttershy said nothing for a few seconds before whispered, " Because I like you."

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" Pardon?"

" I...I like you, Leo..."

Another silence almost made Fluttershy confirmed Leo felt nothing like feeling to her when the turtle sighed in relief.

" Oh, thank God, I thought you don't like me!"

" What? No, Leo, it's impossible to dislike someone like you!" Fluttershy said, " You're brave, honourable, kind and fearless; I though you don't like me."

Leonardo tilted his head as a gentle smile carved on his face, " Fluttershy, you're kind, nice and helpful; how can I not like you?"

" Y-You...like me?"

Smiling again, Leo bent down a little, gazing into Fluttershy's beautiful eyes before slightly brushing his lips with his. He let out a small laugh, looking at the blushing Fluttershy before kissed her forehead and wrapped his arms around her body, hugging her.

" Yes."