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Summary: It's amazing how in a few years you can see the impact a person has made.
Disclaimer: I do not make any money from TMNT.
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Looking at his room Donnie was amazed at how, in two years, a person could meld themselves into every part of another's life. Not that he was complaining. It meant the world to him that April felt comfortable enough to leave her spare stuff in his room. All it took was a quick look to see the items which would have been missing two years before.
April's pink Hello Kitty coffee cup sat next to his own black one. It made sense. She was always staying over in his room working on inventions. This meant late nights. She had decided to buy a coffee cup just for the lair.
Her training clothes sat in the corner of his dresser with a small pajama set for the nights she decided to stay over. It didn't make any sense to dress above ground. She didn't want to look strange to others. The pajamas were a short sleeve variety. She ended up going until exhaustion caught up with her. She needed to keep her pajamas and training clothes here. She didn't have her own room. It only made sense for Donnie to chivalrously offer his dresser.
His pens now rested against her printed neon ones, which were apparently all the rage in her class. She claimed his pens needed some style. He would never touch them simply because they still felt like hers.
She had left a few of her books under his bed for when she was bored. With as much time as she spent at the lair it wasn't odd to consider she would want to continue reading her favorite book series.
The tubes of her empty lipstick were thrown to the side of his desk. She had meant to throw them away but Donnie had secretly hoarded them. She didn't know about that one.
He gave himself a small smile as he noticed the remnants of April which he had accumulated in their two years together. He picked up his T-cell and allowed his heart to swell with love at his background picture of his girlfriend kissing his cheek. She's glowing in the moment, while his face is turning a red hue. Time may entwine people but April was one person who he would never regret becoming entwined in.
In her own apartment April smirked at all of the junk she had shipped to her house for Donnie. Computer parts which he simply had to have. Advanced textbooks which he claimed he needed to read. She picked up one of his old invention notebooks which he had left over at her dwelling. She understood little of what was written inside but she couldn't convince herself to throw the purple three subject notebook away. There was always a frozen pizza in the freezer for the nights he would come over. The dry erase board hid behind her bookcase. He claimed it helped him think. She didn't see why it would be a bother to buy one. She looked up to the framed picture of their family smiling and waving in the lair. She never would have imagined that she would tolerate all of the parts littering her living room. All she had to do was imagine the smile Donnie would show when he needed the parts and it was well worth it. She glanced up at the picture again. Yes, it had all been worth it.