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It had been a completely boring night of patrol. Most nights ended up being busts, but tonight had been notably dull. Leo hated nights where they didn't come across anything. It made it nearly impossible to keep his brothers focused on the task at hand. If he was being honest with himself, he couldn't focus much on patrolling when the bad guys weren't biting. They were kids after all, ninjas or not. Their attention spans were a bit on the short side.

"Ugh," Mikey whined. "Can we go meet up with Casey and April? I'm bored."

"Are you bored or do you just want them to order you pizza?" Donnie looked over at his brother.

"A little from column A and a little from column B," Mikey smiled mischievously.

"They're in class numbskull," Raph sighed.

"Only for another hour!" Mike pleaded.

Leo fought his urge to reprimand his brothers. He didn't want to wait around here forever either. Yelling at them wouldn't do anything but elicit grumbles from Raph and Mike.Donnie would be fine with it. Leo can always count on Donnie. But no, he wouldn't yell at them. Instead, he'd give in to Mikey's plea. The team needed some downtime after the stressful weeks they've been having.

"We'll go wait for them," he said, sending a shocked silence over the group.

"What?" Mike blurted out.

"Who are you and what have you done with Leo?" Raph asked, dumbfounded.

"The fish aren't biting tonight," the eldest turtle shrugged. "Let's go hang out a bit. We could use it."

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The four turtles waited around on the roof of the building of Empire State University where April and Casey were attending class. The two of them had been the best human allies the four brothers could have ever asked for. Neither of them recoiled at the sight of the mutants, and they even wanted to hang out in the sewer lair. That was really weird. Donnie had done his best to get rid of the smell, but some of it still lingered. The fact they wanted to go down there proved they were real friends.

April was smart, possibly smarter than Donnie even was. A whiz with computers and mechanical structures, she was studying computer science and engineering. She had be the first human Leo had ever really talked to, and she was more than happy to explain the outside world to the brothers. Plus her family had a great antiques shop filled with neat things. They enjoyed it there.

Casey, on the other hand, was more in line with the turtles' fighting side than their teen side. He came from a broken family, and one involved with the mob at that. He and Raph had been going on patrols when Raph was frustrated with the team, and Casey was a capable fighter even though he wasn't trained well. He was also one of the star hockey players on the ESU team, though he needed April's tutoring help to keep his grades at acceptable levels. April and him had become good friends since meeting.

The doors of the building swung open and a mass of students exited, and Leo spotted the two of them laughing in the crowd. Leo pressed his hands to his face and made the call that the group had created as a signal. April and Casey swung around, locking eyes with the group, motioning to the alley on the side of the building. The turtles swung down the fire escape, landing softly. 

"Don't you guys ever text?" Casey asked, slapping hands with Raph. "Seriously, we need to get you guys a data plan."

"Have you seen our fingers, bro?" Mikey waved. "Talk about the ultimate fat finger issue."

"What's up guys?" April pondered.

"We were bored," Raph explained.

"No crime to fight. We decided socializing was the best course of action," Don continued.

Leo shrugged, "We thought you guys might be doing something."

"Unfortunately I have to go home and go to bed," April smiled. "Remember that special project at StockTech I was intern on?"

Leo nodded, "The rat hunting robots? I remember. Supposedly there for the cleaning of buildings and the subway."

"Yup. We're turning them on tomorrow in a big ceremony in Central Park. Should be fun. But I need rest. So I can't stay."

"Neither can I, bros," Casey grinned. "I get to be Red's date. Or friend. Or whatever."

That made Leo's eyes spring open. The two of them looked at each other awkwardly and then looked away. Something was there. Leo was happy for them, but it was obvious they wouldn't act on it. He'd come back to that later, "Well, I guess that means this is an early night for us too. Come on, guys. Let's head back."