TMNT x Reader Imagines // The Dark Turtles x Reader.

Up on the Surface // Dark! Raphael x Reader.

Raph hated coming up here.

He passionately, utterly, completely hated coming to the surface world. Whenever he or one of his brothers needed to go to the surface, it always seemed to end in the same exact way. Either people recognized them from a wanted hologram (which meant they got chased down) or they were simply afraid of them because of how they looked.

But no matter which one...they always ended up running back home, stolen goods in hand and a new kind of shame within his heart.

You would think in this day and age people would be a little bit more accepting of the strange and unusual but something about the clones...Raph wasn't sure. It was just something. It unsettled people, humans and aliens alike, it frightened them. They frightened them. It was that same something was currently earning the red mutant quite a few stares.

Stares.

Whispers.

Shame.

Focus on something else, he told himself. Anything else. Just pretend you don't feel their eyes. Just pretend you don't hear them.

"Hey, Raph, you ready?"

He looked away from whatever he had been staring at and looked down at Y/N. The human had come across him and his brothers accidentally and, rather then panic, she had...helped them. She had become their friend. "Friend" was still a strange word to them but it was the right one for Y/N.

"Yeah." He replied.

Raph picked up a the grocery bags as they walked home, taking the shortcuts that the clone knew too well. All the while, Y/N chatted away with him, her voice soft and perfect. He never really spent any time alone with her so-

"Damn!"

They both turned around, seeing a group of guys behind them, some human and some alien, and all of the mean looking.

"Buddy, what planet are you from?" One of them asked, a guy with a blue fin like mohawk.

"...Huh?"

They laughed and blue mohawk spoke up again.

"What planet are you from?" He sneered. "See, we wanna know so we never make the mistake of visiting...cause, man, are the natives ugly little fuckers!"

Raphael burned with humiliation. It was one thing, being aware of your ugliness...it was another thing to have people constantly throw it back in your face. Strangers, his brothers, even himself. If Y/N hadn't been with him, he would have run home already.

But she was with him, a furious look on her pretty face. Storming forward, she got right in their faces as she began telling the losers off.

"Are you kidding me?" she snapped. "This so called ugly man is helping a woman with her errands and you loitering jerks have the nerve to open your mouths?! News flash, no one wants you to! Go on, go home and feel good about being pretty on the outside. But that means nothing if you're ugly on the inside and guess what? Raphael is gorgeous in his heart. Screw you!"

Raph was stunned.

Those guys were stunned.

And Y/N was storming down the path home, still ranting to herself, turning to shout a few more choice words as she did.

"Let's go, Raph!" She called over her shoulder.

The clone quickly followed, his heart thumping in his chest for some strange reason...It didn't stop thumping when they got home.

In fact, any time Y/N was around him or someone mentioned her or even when he thought about her, his heart went crazy. And Raph was thinking about her an awful lot too...Maybe it all would have stayed that way too, if Mikey hadn't gotten himself involved. The yellow clone was actually pretty observant and it wasn't hard for him to figure out what was going on with his brother.

Raph had a crush! A crush on Y/N!

And, being the most annoying little brother ever, he certainly wasn't going to be keeping this information to himself either. The next time Y/N came over, Mikey strolled up to her. His tongue wiggled playfully as he grinned at her.

"Y/N-n! I know a secret!" He sang.

She laughed, shaking her head at the turtle. Perhaps she thought nothing of it, being so used to the yellow clone teasing her.

"Oh, do you now?" She asked.

"Yup!" he cheered. "And it's about you."

The human didn't seem to be taking it too seriously but Raphael stiffened immediately, listening to every word nervously. Was he talking about...?

"I know someone who has a crush on you!"

He was! That little sneak was dead!

Dead, dead, DEAD MEAT!!

"Mikey!!" He growled, charging at his brother with fury filled eyes.

"Why, Raphael! Whatever is the matter?" Mikey teased as he bounded out of the way, laughing and bouncing around the room.

"I'm gonna kill you dead, you creep! Brat! Jerk-"

"Raph!"

He stopped trying to kill his brother for a moment, only to look at Y/N. The human was smiling at him and, oh, his poor heart! It was going crazy! Absolutely crazy!! Y/N came forward, biting her smile as she looked up at the clone.

"Would you be that someone Mikey was teasing about?" She asked.

The clone couldn't make himself speak a single word (how the hell was she stealing his words? How was she doing this to him??) but he did manage to nod. Why would he do that?? Now she was never going to speak to him ever again-

"Come here." She said.

Raphael leaned low, wondering what kind of trick this was, only for her to give him...a kiss.

A quick, sweet, wonderful kiss. His very first one.

"I like you too." She said with a sweet smile.

Raph wondered if maybe he had died and gone to heaven but this all seemed very real to him, as unbelievable as that was. She liked him! She had kissed him! His lips were still tingling with the feeling, his heart thumping and jumping wildly.

"Can we...do that again?" He asked softly.

Y/N giggled and nodded, giving the clone another kiss. Oh, he liked this! He liked this a lot. And as annoying as Mikey was...he wasn't mad at him anymore...