"He's fast asleep," May cooed.
"For once," Raph huffed, patting his leader's forehead.
"He's...going to be okay...right?" Amanda asked, turning to April.
"Let's hope," she replied.
"April?"
The redhead turned her head to the not-so-happy prankster. "Donnie wants to see you. Check you for injuries and stuff."
"She's got an injury alright," May murmured.
Mikey turned his head back to April, who had twisted her lips in an uncomfortable frown.
"Talk to Donnie," he sighed, brushing past her and taking a seat next to Raph.
April sighed in despair and went straight for Donnie's lab, not even bothering to accompany the Bakers or her cousin in anyway.
April grunted in pain as she slid the heavy metal doors open. Lo and behold: Donatello Hamato, typing away in his computer, dark bags under his eyes, pupils nothing but pinpricks.
"Donnie?" April called softly. The gap-toothed turtle snapped his head to April in an instant. He didn't look like the gentle Donnie April knew. "Mikey said you wanted to see me?"
Donnie leaned back on his chair stressfully, gesturing April to come in. She did as told and sat on a chair. As Donnie checked her over, April noticed the light streaks at random parts of Donnie's skin. So not only was Donnie dehydrated, but he was also scratching himself and he could hurt himself if this habit doesn't leave anytime soon.
"Donnie," April flinched as Donnie touched her shoulder. The turtle sighed stressfully as he looked up at her. "Please don't hurt yourself."
Donnie sighed wearily, "I'll try not to."
At the door, Amanda silently watched the scene unfold. She huffed out of concern and slid the lab doors shut.
9
"Wow, April, I didn't know your friend knew how to bake!" Mikey squeaked as he accepted the batch of chocolate chip cookies that Amanda had given them.
"April's at home, Mikey," Donnie said, rubbing his eye and taking another sip of his coffee.
"Oh," Mikey chuckled sheepishly as he turned to his brother, "right." He turned back to their guest, who had a small, sweet smile plastered on her face, "Thanks, dudette. You really know how to make a guy smile."
"No prob...uh...Mikey, right?" Amanda replied.
"The one and only," the turtle replied, grinning brightly.
Amanda chuckled, "Well, nice to see you again. See you soon?"
"Totally," Mikey said, beginning to walk away. Not even a step later, her stopped, turning back to Amanda, "High five?"
Amanda chuckled and slapped her hand on Mikey's three fingered one.
"See ya," she winked before walking away, leaving a stunned Mikey staring at his hand.
"Lovestruck again, Mikester?" Donnie asked teasingly.
"Shut up," Mikey grumbled.
9
"If you would be the popcorn, I would be the movie
If you were strawberries then I would be the smoothie
If you were October, I'd be apple cider
And if you were the waffles fries then I would be the slider
Cause you and me, we make each other better
We may not be perfect, but we're perfect together
You and me, we'll make it through whatever
We may not be perfect, but we're perfect together"
"I didn't know that Amanda played piano," April whispered.
Justine chuckled softly, "She's full of surprises."
"Da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Da-da-da
If you were Sunday brunch, I'd be eggs and bacon
If you were hot chocolate, I'd be the winter night you stay in
If you were a candy, I would be the wrapper
And if you were marshmallows then I'd be the graham cracker"
"And she said that she didn't sing," April chuckled.
"She's still in-denial," Justine replied.
"Really?" April asked, passing a side-stare at the pianist's older sister.
Justine shook her head with a smile, "C'mon, let's get out of here before she kills us."
"For what?"
"For watching her perform without her consent."
April rolled her eyes playfully. "Is that illegal?"
"She calls it stalking. Now, c'mon, before she kills us."
"Cause you and me, we make each other better
We may not be perfect, but we're perfect together
You and me, we'll make it through whatever
We may not be perfect, but we're perfect together
What's the point of apple pie
Without the ice cream on the side?
That'd be like not having you tonight
And what's the point of a fondue
Without the chocolate too?
That'd be like me not having you
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da"
9
"I haven't done it before, but I'm sure that it's a bad-no, terrible idea to add pizza into cake."
"Says who?" Mikey asked, bringing out a box of moldy pizza.
"...Why do you have that in there?" Amanda asked, raising a brow.
Mikey shrugged with a smile, "Reasons."
"Do you regret it now?"
"Maybe a little," Mikey replied, watching as Raph and Donnie crammed themselves into the bathroom; Raph puking into the toilet and Donnie throwing up at the sink.
"So thankful you told me not to eat that cake," Leo mumbled. Donnie was able to find a cure for his poison, and he had gotten better over time. "What was in it anyway?" he added, turning to the two.
"Nothing."
"Moldy pizza."
Leo glared at his younger brother, who not only lied to him, but had also gotten two of their brothers sick.
9
"Amanda's kind of a mouthful, ain't it?" Mikey asked, turning the page of his comic.
"Call me Almond."
"Justine is called Jelly? Really?"
"Don't you get it? We both like almond jelly, so May called me Almond and Justine Jelly. Almond, Jelly!"
"I thought you were younger."
"I am!"
"Then why are you Almond?"
"Because she likes to secretly put almond extract in her cake so that she can enjoy it more, leaving us all to wonder why does the cake taste like jelly," Justine mumbled.
9
Amanda sat on her bed, looking at her phone when her door burst open and her phone was snatched away.
"And what do we have here?" Justine asked slyly, looking at the phone.
"Justine!" Amanda yelped, trying to get her phone back, but her older sister held her head back, but her arms were still flailing for the phone.
"Michelangelo Hamato?" she asked, side-staring at her younger sister with a sly smirk. "You like him, don't you?" Amanda's cheeks went red. She tried to get her phone back, whining and stuff, but failed.
"Fine," she huffed, sitting back on her bed. "I do like him, but don't tell anyone-or else."
"Sure sure," Justine replied, tossing the phone to her sister.
"Did you know that Amanda likes Mikey?" Justine announced, receiving questions from two of the turtle brothers, April, and May.
At the kitchen, Mikey had head, along with Donnie who was drinking straight from the coffee pot...again.
"Did you hear that, D?" Mikey squeaked, "Almond likes me back!"
"All the girls you fell in love with like you back, Mike," Donnie replied in a bored tone, making Mikey pout.