Best of Friends Part 1

Best of Friends
Part 1

Casey and Raph tumbled into the usual apartment window, laughter was echoing between them. Both hadn't even made it to the couch as they plopped onto the floor in a fit of laughter. Close to tears Raph began to pound on Casey's shoulder to get his attention.

"Oh my god, their faces!" Raph burst at the seams, unable to contain the hysterical laughter.

"That was just too good!" Casey said, placing his hand on his chest as he tried to regain his breath. Taking a nice long inhale, he composed himself and sat upright to let out a content sigh. "Oh boy what a night. Now how about those beers man?"

"Hell yeah!" Raph jumped up and dashed into the kitchen before Casey had even gotten up to his feet. Casey chuckled a bit, standing up just in time to accept the beer can Raph was tossing to him. They made their way to the couch and lazily fell back into it simultaneously. The terrapin then shot Casey the goofiest smile, something you would typically see from Mikey and opened his first beer.

"Wow Raph, you're in a great mood." Casey Smiled as he cracked his beer open. Raph was already in the middle of downing his whole can in one go when he stopped to answer.

"Well yeah!" He then continued to drink, finishing the beer with a satisfying sigh. "It's a great night man. First nice night of the year, crushed a ton of Purple Dragons, an' got a great show at the end." Raph winked then snickered at the thought of it. Giggling Raph vaulted over the back of the couch to get a couple more cans from the fridge.

It wasn't too often to see Raph in such a good mood these days. Ever since Leo had left for South America Raph had gotten sour towards everyone, including Casey. The human chuckled to himself as he shifted catch Raph out of the corner of his eye. He was trying to grab as many beers as he could carry with his own two hands. The human couldn't help but laugh at him.

Casey kept his eye on his friend him with a soft smile. While Raph had laughed and found amusement out of the little show they had seen, Casey had a bit of a different reaction. He turned his attention away and looked back towards the blank TV; a strange thought was flowing through his head. Something he shouldn't be thinking. This thought had been raking at his mind for quite some time now; he just had no clue how to bring it up to his terrapin friend.

"Dude?" A green hand wiggled a beer in front of Casey's face.

"Oh, thanks," Casey said with an awkward grin, taking and placing the unopened can down so he could continue with his current drink. "I don't really like this beer, but that's what you get for buyin' the cheap stuff I guess." He took a swig.

"What's up wit' you all the sudden?" Raph raised a brow. He could tell Casey was distracted by something.  "OH! I know! You're missin' your April, huh?" He said with a lecherous grin and then swigged some beer to keep himself from snickering.

"Wha?!" Casey laughed "No it's not quite that." He said looking at his can as he swirled the beer around inside. Turning his attention to Raph he could see that the turtle was now somewhat confused. He decided that this would be a good time to ask some questions. "So Raph what did you think of that little show we had tonight?" He asked while sipping his beer and averting his gaze.

"That was funny as all hell." Raph snorted, grabbing for a new beer. "You'd think they saw a ghost when I popped out from behind that dumpster!" laughter broke out of him again.

"No, no," Casey shook his head.  "Funny part aside what did you think?" The human questioned as he continued to sip on his first beer. This made the turtle stiffen up a bit. Raph cracked his seconder beer and took a nice mouthful before stopping to think.

"Oh, you mean the sex part?" Raph asked hesitantly. He began to feel uncomfortable and started casually chugging his beer till it was finished. "I don' know, uh it was ok."

"Raph we watched two dudes fuck. We watched from start to finish and all you have to say is its ok!" Casey mimicked Raph using a ridiculously dumb Brooklyn accent.

"Well I don't know Case!" He snatched his third beer with quite a bit of force. "Not like it was some high budget porno!  Jus' some horny Purple Dragons that couldn't wait till later." He angrily put the can to his mouth but didn't drink any. "Why you askin' anyway?" It was obvious Raph's mood had severely changed. Even so Raph downed the first half of the can.

"I don't know, thought it was kinda hot." Casey finally finished his first can and gently placed it down onto the coffee table. "I mean you don't get live show very often." He let his arms rest on the back of the couch as he relaxed, fixing his eyes on Raph who was wide eyed and his face was a shade darker than usual. The turtle then broke eye contact and rested his lips on the can for a moment to gather his thoughts before drinking down second half of the can.

"Well yeah. I guess so." Raph tossed away the empty can and reached for the last of the beers he had gotten from the fridge earlier. The blush on Raph's face only became more intense as Casey watched him open and drink his fourth beer.  Casey couldn't help the enormous smile that split his face.

"Why you drinkin' so quick Raphie boy, Nervous about something?" Raph nearly choked. He had been thinking about some pretty taboo things after watching those Purple Dragons.

"What!? W-why would I be nervous?" The emerald green skin on Raph's faced darkened even more only making Casey's grin only grew larger. Raph shook his head and turned away praying the fire on his face would cool down. It was too soon for Raph to asking Casey about anything, he needed some liquid courage for that. A lot of liquid courage.

But tonight Casey was going to get Raph to spill the beans whether the turtle wanted too or not. The situation for it was just too perfect. For a while now Casey knew Raph had a crush on him it was incredibly obvious. There were little hints here and there, accidental touches and caught glances. That and he swears Raphs' been blushing more and more as of late.

"So you gonna answer my question?" Casey leaned towards Raph a grin still cracking his face in two.

"Uh what question?" If Raph wasn't incredibly nervous before he sure was now. He thumbed at his beer and took a nice mouthful. "It was nice…" Raph said. He then turned his face to the complete opposite direction of Casey to hide his embracement. "...Very nice."

"Oh really!" Casey swung an arm around Raph's neck and pulled him close. Casey had always let it be known that he was an open bisexal, but Raph on the other hand was very closeted. He liked men and was very attracted to them but thought it wasn't right. Casey had to change that and he was going to do it tonight.

Being the good friend he is though he decided to give the terrapin a chance for his face to return to its natural shade of green, he changed their topic of discussion for the moment.
"Well since we had such a successful night lets celebrate with a real man's drink!" He cheered, releasing his hold on Raph's neck.

"Well I gotta take a piss first" Raph stated as he rose up from the couch. "And don't make mine too strong. You know I can't stand the taste of whiskey." He scowled and pointed a daring finger towards his best friend before walking down the hall.

"Yeah, yeah" Case waved Raph away. Pulling out the whiskey, he filled two plastic cups half way. Then finished them up with Coke. He laughed inwardly and put a tiny bit more whiskey in Raph's cup just as the turtle re-entered the kitchen. "Here ya go!" He shoved the cup to Raph's Chest.

"Geez Case!" He grunted, carefully taking his cup.

"Bottoms up!" They cheered

"Now Raphie make sure ya chug it ok?" Raph rolled his eyes. They both lifted their cups and began to drink. Raph immediately pulled his away and coughed a bit, but Casey took it like a pro.

"I said don't make it strong!" Raph barked. Casey brought his empty cup down and popped his lips with satisfaction. He rose an eyebrow at Raph's drink then to Raph himself, telling him to get on with the drink. "FINE!" The fiery turtle snapped. Pleased, Casey watched his friend struggle with the drink.

"Good. Want you nice and relaxed when I make a move on ya. Can't have you running away with your tail between your legs." Whiskey and Coke splashed onto the floor as Raph choked on his mix drink. He was coughing, attempting to clear his throat.

"WHA-" But Casey had already pinned the somewhat drunken turtle between his own weight and the kitchen counter. Raph dropped the cup and gripped onto the counter for dear life. His face was but inches away from his human friends. His stomach flip flopped with anticipation to Casey's next move. "Bro. W-what are ya-"Casey cut Raph short by resting his forehead against Raph's.

"I'm helping you out since you don't have the balls to make a move on me, literally," He whispered almost breathlessly against Raph's lips.