"I wish you would just quit hovering and let me make mistakes!"
"But you knew you weren't supposed to go in my lab without me, and you did. If I hadn't 'hovered,' then my machine would've taken your arm off!"
April sneered back at Donatello. "I can take care of myself," she said. She crossed her arms over her chest and turned away from Donnie, much to his dismay.
All the genius turtle wanted was to keep his friend safe, but she just kept searching for danger. He often found her with black eyes, bruises and broken bones that she got in different fights, and he had to heal them all. She never even thanked him for saving her.
Donnie had the urge to reach out to her and tell her he was sorry like he always did, but she looked back at him with a gleam in her eye. A gleam that said "Tell me you're sorry and beg like you always do." Donnie turned away from her and shook his head. Just this once, he wanted to be right.
"I hate you," he hissed. He stole a quick glance at April- her eyes began to fill with tears. Good.
"I hate you more."
He heard her sniffle and almost thought about taking it back. Did he take it too far?
"Boo!" Mikey shouted as he jumped out from under Donnie's bed. Both April and Donnie screamed and backed away from the orange masked mutant.
"Mikey, we've told you hundreds of times not to eavesdrop!" Donnie scolded.
"And I've told you hundreds of times that I don't know what eavesdrop means." He smiled despite his brother's anger. "Anyways, we heard you two fighting, and Sensei said to bring you guys this!"
April and Donnie looked confused and terrified as the youngest turtle handcuffed Donnie's left wrist to April's right wrist.
"What the heck?!" Both of them hollered.
Mikey grinned. "Sensei says you gotta stay like this until you work things out."
And then the turtle ran off, leaving the other two confused.
Donnie regretted his five minute grudge. He really was sorry... But just as he opened his mouth to tell her, she decided to speak first.
"You stupid, selfish, hovering pacifist! You got us into this mess, and if you value your life, you'll get us out of it!"
She had so much more to say, but Donnie was fed up. "Just stop it!" He shouted. Then he lowered his voice. "Screaming will get us nowhere. We need to just figure this out and apologize."
"Apologize? To you? I went in your lab because I missed you! I moved your stupid power saw because I was looking for you. I won't apologize for that, so suck it up and say you're sorry."
"No."
She looked at him with her signature death glare, staring a hole into his soul. "Then how the heck are we supposed to get out of these handcuffs?" She cried.
"Simple- we work this out."
April grabbed a pillow, buried her face in it and screamed.