TMNT Imagines // Leonardo x Reader

To Know Him is to Love Him // Part One.

"To know, know, know him..."

There were days when you wished you could be like her.

Strong. Sexy. Cunning and clever. A woman who made the devil cower in terror. You wondered if that was the kind of woman that he wanted or...or if it was something else about her.

Something that you didn't have.

Something that you couldn't be.

For so long you had known the turtles, you had become a true friend to them. You were Leo's friend. And though that was all that he saw you as...you saw the turtle as so, so much more.

You loved him. You always had.

It was a love that was obvious to everyone besides him.

Everyone could see your longing for him, everyone except for Leonardo. All he could see...was her.

Karai.

Like your feelings for him, their relationship was an obvious one. She was no longer an enemy at this point but...she was no friend either. You weren't sure what Karai was besides the woman he chased.

The one he wanted.

The one he loved.

You didn't know why, why your heart had chosen him. Why it longed for him, yearned for him. But it did.

It just did.

It wasn't something you had decided, just as Leo had not simply chosen Karai. It simply happened and...you didn't blame him for it. You didn't hate him for it.

You could never.

You loved Leonardo too much to hate him simply for...for loving someone.

Even if that someone wasn't you.

~

There were times when you wished that you believe them.

Everyone had told you that Karai was no good for him and one day...Leo would see that.

One day, they said, Leo would see you and you would be the one by his side. But you struggled to really believe those pretty, pretty words.

How could you when his love for her was so obvious?

The way he looked at her, spoke to and about her, the way he adored her...could he ever really do all of that for you?

Could he ever love you?

No.

Once, you had hoped that he would. But as time passed, that hope started to become weaker and weaker...

No, you were really starting to think that he never could...

~

There were days that were better and days that were worse.

On the good days, it was almost like it was just you and him. No one else. Just you. You could laugh with him and talk with him and just forget about...the rest of it.

And when he smiled at you...when he smiled at you, it made you feel beautiful. Loved. Wanted.

But then there were the bad days.

The lonely days that seemed too long and too hard to bear. The days where you just wanted to let go and cry.

The days like today.

You never saw much of Karai, only meeting her on the occasion. But she had joined them today and afterwards...you had the misfortune of finding them.

Together.

Caught in a heated embrace. He held her tight like he never wanted to let her go...her arms wrapped around him. And they shared a deep kiss, a kiss you had often dreamed of.

His kiss.

But it belonged to her. He belonged to her.

And seeing them together...it was all just too much for you.

Neither of them noticed you, they were too caught up in their own love to notice anyone right now.

So you left. You had to leave.

You started walking. Then running.

A part of you hoped that he would run after you, that he would take you into his arms and choose you but...

He didn't.

He wouldn't.

So you ran and you ran until your body burned and ached. But you didn't stop, you couldn't. You wished that you could out run the heartbreak but you knew that wouldn't happen...

So instead, you ran until you were home.

It was dark in your apartment. It was quiet. It was safe.

Safe to collapse and just...let go. To finally, finally let all of it go. You let yourself cry, shoulders shaking as you sobbed.

You sobbed for your poor heart, which simply...couldn't take it anymore. The longing, the wishing, the love that you felt would never be returned.

The broken heart had finally enough of it all.

You sobbed for the unrequited love you had felt for so long and for the loneliness too. For the unfairness of it all.

You sobbed for yourself. For your heart.

You sobbed because you wanted to be loved. Because you wanted someone to pick YOU above everyone else. Because...you didn't want this anymore.

"Is to love, love, love him..."

(There is going to be a part two! HOWEVER because I can't decide what should happen...you guys can! You can message me or leave a comment or whatever, deciding one of three options:

OPTION ONE: You want Reader to end up with Leonardo.

OPTION TWO: You want Reader to end up with another turtle (You can pick any turtle you want). 

OPTION THREE: You want to see BOTH endings rather then just one. 

There is a Happily Ever After...but you guys get to help make it come true!