It was such a beautiful day in New York, as the sun shine brightly, bringing light and warmth to the people of New York. The birds called out to one another, singing a sweet song of nature and filling the air with a calming melody. The breeze was light and it made the leaves dance a waltz. The chatter of people filled the atmosphere with a sense of belonging and contentment.
And it all seemed to be mocking Quick.
The female punk sat on the east side of the stone wall that is closest to the beach. Quick blew a piece of hair out of her face and watched the world pass her by. She and Swift had gotten into an argument. It pretty much went down the hill and it made Quick upset, she had stormed out on him and gone to sit down so that she could calm down enough to think rationally and apologise where necessary. She took a few deep breaths as she stared straight ahead into nothing, trying to not cry. She felt a presence next to her and suddenly a lime green hand was in her face, holding a cup that smell like peppermint tea.
Quick looked up to see MC standing there, a sympathetic smile on his face and a cup of his own. She smiled back weakly and took the cup from him. He sat down next to her and just sat in silence with her for a while. Quick inhaled the sent of the tea before taking a long sip.
"Thanks.", She said, quietly. "How did you know?"
"MM.", MC answered, shrugging. Quick nodded, knowing that her baby sister would have told MC to come comfort her and how to do it.
"Want to talk about it?", MC asked finally, glancing at her.
Quick sighed. "It doesn't matter. I just want to clear my head." she took another sip of tea, looking towards the horizon
"Well, me and MM were going to go laser tagging, but seeing as her wounds will take a while to heal and can't go any more, do you want to join me instead?", MC asked slowly.
Quick looked at him and considered it for a second. "Sure." She said with a shrug, "Can't do any harm. Might help blow off some steam."
MC nodded in agreement and took a sip of his cup, before spluttering and going into a coughing fit. Once he stopped coughing he looked at the cup and then looked at Quick. "How do you drink this stuff? It's disgusting."
Quick couldn't help it and burst into laughter, making MC' disgusted face melt into a grin as well.
"It's an acquired taste.", Quick explained, then once she calmed down, although she couldn't stop grinning. At first she's not used to drink tea but after having some quality time with her little sister, Rogue, she now get used to the taste of tea.
"You're telling me. Ugh.", MC threw his cup in the bin behind him. "Anyway, I'll pick you up at two. We can head out then."
"Sounds good.", Quick replied, "Thanks again for the tea."
MC smiled and nodded before standing up and walking away, leaving Quick to finish her tea and sort out her thoughts.
As promised, at two MC arrived at Quick's door room. He opened the door, knocking lightly. "Yo? You ready to go?", He asked the female turtle who was standing with her back to him.
Quick jumped at the sound of his voice and threw a pillow at him. "Ever heard of knocking?"
MC put his hands in front of his face and ducked as the pillow came flying at his face. "I did knock." He protested with a laugh, as he chucked it back.
"You're supposed to wait.", Quick replied, catching the pillow and putting it down. "And I thought you know about this"
"I did thank you very much.", MC retorted, chuckling slightly.
"Hmmm, sure. Now apply what you've learned to real life."
MC did the most mature thing possible and stuck his tongue out at her.
"Real mature, MC", Quick rolled her eyes. While trying to find where her phone is.
MC chuckled and gestured to the hallway vaguely. "Ready to go?"
"Give me a sec.", Quick replied, found her phone and slipping it into her pocket. "Okay, let's go."
MC stepped back and let Quick step out of the room and lock the door before they began walking out of the crib and transform into their human form. Seeing as it was such a lovely day, they decided to walk thirty minutes to the laser tag arena. It was quite a nice walk and they talked most of the way, just joking and discussing and feeling like they were getting closer by the second.
Finally they arrived and MC gave the guy in front of the arena his pass. He nodded at them and they went inside, gathering their equipment and waiting for the instructor to let them know what to do. It was going to be a simple every man for himself, elimination game, meaning you'd be out if you get tagged thirty times and the winner was last man or woman standing. They were in a group of thirty and there were to be two games. They were led into a place full of mats and other things that could be used as barriers. People got into position and the game began.
MC and Quick were immediately going for each other, while trying to dodge everyone else and tag those who got in the way of them tagging each other.
Quick was quite good of at this game, dodging and ducking with incredible skill. She made down to the top five before she was out and MC was the tenth to go out. The following game went much better for both of them, as they formed a truce and worked back to back. MC made it to the top seven and Quick the top three, although it was much more difficult to dodge without MC having her back. The games finished and the everyone headed out.
"I can't believe that a half hour session.", Quick exclaimed as they left, "I was having so much fun, I didn't realise time was passing."
MC nodded, "I know. That was great. We need to do it again sometime."
"Yeah, definitely.", Quick agreed. She then smiled and nudged MC with her shoulder. "Thanks, man. I needed a distraction."
MC smiled back. "Glad I could help. Want to get something to eat? On me."
Quick nodded and they went to get some hotdogs from 7-Eleven before heading back to crib, munching happily as they talked about anything and everything. MC, being the gentleman he is (or just to prove his point of having some good manners and hoping to make a good impression for his girlfriend's elder sister) walked Quick back to her room.
When they got there though, Swift was sat outside her door, playing with his phone while he waited for her to get there. As soon as he saw Quick, he stood up, looking down to the ground, obviously apologetic and ashamed. MC and Quick's smiles faded.
"I'll leave you guys to it.", MC said, stopping as soon they had approached him. "See you guys later." And with that, MC walk out leaving the couple to talk out what happened.
"Quick, baby, I'm sorry.", Swift began, fiddling with his phone.
Quick gestured to the door with her head. "Come inside. It'll be more comfortable to talk this out in my room."
Swift nodded and they headed inside. Needless to say, their talk went pretty well and they made up, both feeling as though a big weight had been lifted off them.
The next day, MC ran up to Quick. "Hey, Quick!" She turned around and smiled at him, waving in greeting.
"I'm glad you guys made up.", MC said, "I was getting sick of seeing a mopey Swift even if it was only for a couple hours that I saw him."
Quick laughed, "Yeah, I'm glad we made up too. Hey, you wanna go bowling on Thursday? I think it'd be fun to hang out again."
MC whipped out his phone and checked his calendar. "Yep, Thursday works. Meet you at the front entrance at three thirty?"
Quick nodded, "See you there."
Thursday came and went, the two having a blast, MC won by a landslide. They began to hang out more.
One lunch time, they were sat down just chatting with their brothers and sisters.
"I mean, it wasn't my best moment, but hey, better than Quick's bowling skills.", MC was saying. The whole table oooohed as Quick turned with a raised eyeridge.
"Oh really? At least I could play laser tag." She shot back.
"Hey, I got seventh place." He defended himself.
"Because I had your back.", Quick sipped at her water, smirking.
MC raised an eyeridge. "I'm sorry, who was it that didn't listen when I yelled at her to duck in paintball the other day?"
Quick searched for a retaliation before coming up with nothing. "Fine. You win. This time."
They locked eyes and stared each other down, trying to intimidate each other, although both ended up in laughter.
This was a normal exchange between the two and was becoming more and more often, making Swift a bit unsure. It didn't help that MC and Quick began hanging out a lot more than usual. One day, MC got out from his room.
"Right, I got to go." he said, fixing his cap.
"Going to see Quick again?", Swift was unable to keep the bitterness in his voice as he killed a few evil minions in his phone.
MC raised an eyeridge, "MM." He replied. He rolled his eyes as Swift didn't respond and walked out. As he headed to his girlfriend's room hoping her injuries are now healed, he saw Quick just got out from MM's room. "Oi, Quick. You have a jealous boyfriend situation. Want to talk some sense into him?"
Quick rolled her eyes, "Seriously?"
"He must really care about you if he gets jealous this easily.", MC concluded before heading on his way.
"Oh, no you don't.", Quick called after him as she grab the back of his shirt, "You're coming too."
MC groaned. "Do I have to?"
"Do you want me to tell everyone about you slipping in water polo the other day?"
MC glared. "I hate you sometimes, you know that?"
"Love you too, bro. Now let's go.", Quick grabbed her friend by the jacket sleeve and dragged him to the living room were Swift is.
Swift looked up as Quick and MC walked into the living and paused his game, seeing the look on Quick's face and the way she crossed her arms.
"Seriously, Swift?", Quick spoke up. "Jealous of your brother? Do you really think I'd like him better than you? Have you seen him?"
"Standing right here!", MC exclaimed.
Quick didn't miss a beat. "I know."
Swift shrugged. "You guys have been spending a lot of time together." he said, causing Quick to roll her eyes at him.
"Seriously? We spend an afternoon or two together a day and we hang out with our siblings. Nowhere near as much time as I spend with you."
MC nodded, "I'm with her here."
Swift sighed. "Sorry, blueberry. Guess I'm not thinking straight."
"Me and Quick are buddies.", MC said, "Like, dude, I have standards."
"Oi!" Both Swift and Quick exclaimed turning on him.
"What, so you're allowed to do that to me but I'm not allowed to back?", MC asked, "Talk about double standards."
"And that is your cue to leave.", Quick said, pushing MC out. "I want to spend some time with my man in the mean time MM needs you."
MC just rolled his eyes and walked towards to his MM's room.
Just some bonding moments between soon-to-be-future in-laws （＾ｖ＾）
