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Leo had been feeling down lately. I mean- more down then usual
Sure, he had days where he could go about life as normal, but those days seemed few and far between. His brothers had noticed, or course they had, but he didn't think they knew the extent of it
See, Leo was pretty sure he had depression (he didn't know for sure since he can't get an official diagnosis because of his whole... situation) and it had been getting bad again. He knew not only because he was feeling like shit, but because that itch was back.
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Leo didn't like the itch. He knew that the itch was bad. Usually he would distract himself until he forgot about it, but that wasn't working today. It kept coming back
Leo had never harmed himself intentionally. He had made a vow to himself at a young age that he would never do that. But that dammed itching won't go away!
As Leo laid in bed, he ponderd on what to do. Distracting himself, as he said earlier, wasn't working, and focusing on it only made it worse so.... what could he do?
As Leo was trying to think on what to do, his gaze shifted to his old Katana. Leo got up abruptly and decided to go get some water, his mouth suddenly dry
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As Leo was walking to the kitchen, he noticed the lights where on. 'Maybe that's a good thing..! ' Leo thought ' I could use someone to talk to! '
When Leo walked into the kitchen, the person who seemed to be up at... three in the morning!? Okay Leo swears he didn't know it was that late... early? Whatever- the person dwelling in the kitchen is Donnie
Donnie, as totally not predicted, was making coffee! Leo walked up to Donnie, wanting to talk about healthy sleep schedules but before he could do that, the itch made itself know once more, and Leo was suddenly hyper aware of every sharp object in the kitchen
Feeling understandably uncomfortable, Leo started to make a speedy retreat, but Donnie decided now was the perfect time to notice him
"What are you doing up?" Donnie asked, with a bit -some -a lot of suspicion in his voice- which was totally unfair by the way!-
"Geez, I was just going to get some water, nothing nefarious" Leo said, deciding to sit in a chair "unless being too hot is illegal now" Leo finished, smirking at his reflection in wayward spoon, trying to discreetly shove his wrists into his pajama top (the fabric helps the itch calm down)
Donnie groaned, sat across from Leo, and set his coffee down hard at the comment, Leo flinching a little at the loud noise
After a few minutes of only semi akward silence, Leo decided to ask a question he he knew the answer to, but wanting to make conversation "so, why are you up at three in the morning?"
"Hiding a body." Donnie said flatly "what do you think I'm doing" He asked sassily (which was a word, he looked it up!)
"Ha! I knew you were gonna kill someone before you turned seventeen! Micheal owes me twenty bucks!" Leo exclaimed, about to flap his hands happily, but thinking better of it (the itch won't like that)
Donnie, about to sigh heavily and explain he hadn't actually killed somebody, noticed Leo holding back on his stimming , making Donnie slightly concerned as Leo only did that when he was feeling really down
"Leo." Donnie said sternly, making Leo look up to the equally stern face of Donnie "Stop holding back your stimming. It is a completely normal and even healthy thing to do." And while Leo appreciated the sentiment, it would only make the itch worse, and speaking of which, now he's keeping all of his body parts away from the kitchen counters because they have sharp edges and he really doesn't want to trigger himself by a freaking kitchen counter
"I know Don, I'll uh- I'll keep that in mind" Leo said awkwardly, drawing his hands closer to his chest
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After that disaster of a conversation, Leo (finally) got some water and Donnie went back to his lab, and wow Leo does not want to go to his room right now! Leo decides he also doesn't want to stay in the kitchen when his gaze lingers on one of the kinfes
Leo decides to do a movie marathon, so he goes to the couch and flops onto it, turning on a random movie