Prepare for da feels...

Raph's POV

Donnie finished working on Kat and turned to talk to us.

"She'll be fine, but she needs rest."

I sighed.

"When's she gonna wake up?" I asked.

"In a half hour, probably."

"Do you know what happened?" Leo asked.

"Unfortunately, I think I do." Donnie said.

"What?" Mikey asked, seeming a little scared.

"Mikey, don't ever even think about doing this, Raph, don't freak out, and Leo, maybe when she wakes up, you can talk to her, but... I think she did this to herself." Donnie said.

She... what?!

"What?!" I yelled.

"The blood came from her wrist. I looked at the cut, and it was too deep to be an accident." Donnie said.

"No..." I whispered and clenched my fists.

Mikey had a tear coming down his eye.

"You don't know that!" I said in denial, "It could've been an accident!"

"I analyzed the cut, and I've concluded it came from a small knife." Donnie said.

I shook my head.

"No, she wouldn't do something like that." I said.

"Are you sure? I mean, she tried to jump off a building a couple days ago." Leo said.

"No!" I yelled.

Donnie put his hand on my shoulder, and I flinched.

"I'm sorry, Raph." he said.

I ran out of the lab.

"Raph?!" I heard Leo yell.

I ran to Kat's room.

I quickly looked around.

What I saw in the middle of the floor broke my heart.

A small, bloody, knife.

I went over to it, sank to my knees, and picked it up.

My back was to the door.

I heard the others come into the room.

"Raph?" I heard Mikey whimper.

I just stared at the knife.

"She did it." I whispered.

They walked in front of me.

Leo knelt in front of me.

I looked up at him, trying to hold back tears.

Yes, I know. Me, the big tough guy, trying to hold back tears. Extraordinary, isn't it?

"Why would she do it?" I asked Leo.

"I don't know, Raph. When she wakes up, do you wanna be the one to ask her?" he asked.

I nodded.

"Yes."

Mikey knelt in front of me, too.

He looked at the knife and let another tear come down his face.

"Raph? I know you're sad. We all are. I wanna know why just as much as you do. But please, be my strong, hot-headed, big brother again. For me?" Mikey said.

I looked at his face.

He looked like crying.

I hugged him.

"It'll be alright, little brother." I said.

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Kat's POV

My body felt groggy.

I felt myself regain consciousness.

"Ugghhh." I moaned.

"Kat?" a voice said.

I slowly opened my eyes.

"R-Raph?" I asked.

He was sitting on a stool really close to me, with his hand on my arm.

A single tear went down his face as he gripped my arm tighter.

"Thank god you're okay! What were you thinng?! What could possibly wanna make you kill yourself?! Why-?" Raph started.

"Raph, I wasn't trying to kill myself." I said.

"You weren't?" he asked.

"No, it was an accident." I said trying to calm him down.

"You still were trying to cut yourself!" he said.

I looked away.

"You're mad at me, aren't you?" I said.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw his face soften.

"Kat, I'm not mad at you. I'm just... I don't... why?" he tried to explain.

I didn't say anything.

He touched the bottom of my chin and guided it towards the direction of his face.

"Kat?" he asked.

I sighed.

"I did it because I'm in pain." I said quietly.

"How?? My brothers and I have been really understanding, and we've tried saying comforting words, doing things to take your mind off of you, Mikey gave lots of hugs to you! And that's saying a lot cuz Mikey is always giving hugs and he's giving even more to you!" Raph said.

"Words may be comforting, hugs may be sweet, but only time can take away the pain I'm feeling." I said sadly.

"How 'bout this?" he asked and started leaning towards me.

His lips touched mine.

I was surprised at first, but then I gave in.

I don't know how to explain how I felt at that very moment.

It was like my entire life was on hold, everything else around us disappeared, and my heart was beating a million miles per hour.

He pulled up, but only a little so that he could talk.

"Can you promise me something?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"If you ever feel like doing that again, come find me instead."

"Okay, sure."

"I mean it, Kat. I can't stand the thought of you doing something like that."

I nodded.

"I promise."

He smiled and kissed me again.

After a minute, a voice said, "I was wondering when this would happen."

We pulled apart and saw Leo standing at the entrance.

"I will admit, 2 days is a pretty short amount of time. I thought it would've taken at least a week or 2." he said.

He walked to the table.

"I'm glad you're up." he said.

"Thanks."

"Raph, can I talk to her?"

"Why can't I be here?" he asked.

"You can, I guess, but I don't know if she's comfortable with it."

"I've already told him what happened." I said.

"Alright, then. I'll just ask him later so you don't have to explain again." Leo said.

I smiled in thanks.

"Kat!" I heard Mikey say.

I turned towards the door and there stood Mikey and Donnie.

Mikey ran up to me and pulled me into a hug.

"Don't you ever do that again! Promise me?" he said crying into my shoulder.

"I promise."

He kept crying.

"Shhhhh, it's gonna be alright. I'm fine, Mikey. See? I'm right here, hugging you, holding you. Nothing's gonna happen." I cooed.

After a minute, he calmed down.

I noticed I had a giant bandage on my wrist.

How come I just noticed it?

"Why is this on my wrist?" I asked Donnie.

"I had to stitch your wrist. It was cut too deep." he said.

A tear went down my face.

"I'm really sorry I made you all worry so much. You guys are like the brothers I've always wanted and the closest thing to family I've had since my mom died." I said.

Mikey was still hugging me and then let go.

"I love you guys." I said.

"We love you, too, Kat!" Mikey said.

I smiled and let a tear of joy run down my face.

I have a family again.

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