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A few weeks had passed and Donnie had been doing a good job at not bothering April, which she had noticed of course. Ariel's foot was better and she was back to training with the guys outside, Donnie didn't fight her seriously though which ticked her off. "Donnie! Stop going so easy on me! Fight me seriously!" He frowned, "I don't want to hurt yo-"She punched him hard into the chest, knocking him back roughly onto his shell as he cried out. "If you're not going to fight properly I won't fight you at all." Ariel stormed off and walked up the stair past April, "Hey you wanna go into town with Casey and me?" Ariel nodded softly, "Yea I have some stuff I need to get anyway. I'm gonna go shower then I'll be down." April smiled and went down the stairs as Ariel went inside and glanced out the window at Donnie and April.
"Hey Donnie" He looked up at her and smiled, "Oh hey April what's up?" She looked aside, "Nothing…" April looked back up at Donnie, "Did…I do something wrong?" Ding. Donnie shook his head, "No? Why?" April walked up to him closer, "Well you just don't talk to me much anymore and…you don't act the same way." He gave a soft nod, "No everything's fine. You're just thinking too much into it." Ariel smiled and then went up the stairs to the bathroom. Once showered and down the stairs she joined Casey and April in the beat up van, Donnie coming up to Ariel. "Hey. When you get back I'll fight you for real." Ariel looked at him, "Really?" Donnie nodded and smiled and Ariel returned the smile. "Okay…" The three teens went into town and April got some food while Casey and Ariel scanned the isles. "So…you don't have a boyfriend do ya?" Ariel's brow furrowed and she gave him a disgusted look. "No and NO." She walked away from him. "Eh…hey what was the second no for?" She looked back, "No." He scratched his head and shrugged going back to April.
Ariel got the few things she needed and went with April and Casey to pay. She felt her pocket go off and pulled out the T-phone Donnie had made for her. It was a text from Raphael, 'Hey…be careful with Donnie. He gets attached too fast- he's already talking about you and blushing. He's already been hurt a lot by April- he doesn't need more.' She frowned and responded, 'Yea I know. I've seen how she treats him but I won't hurt him. Kind of offended you would even suggest I would.' She returned the phone to her pocket and felt it go off again but she decided not to respond. When they got back Mikey was watching his cartoons, Raph sitting there with Mikey and Leo was out in the woods. Where was Donnie? Most likely in his little make shift lab. Ariel walked out to the lab and sure enough he was out there. "Hey..." He glanced back, "Oh hey. Can we practice in a minute? I'm in the middle of th-""Yea sure go ahead." She pulled a chair up next to him, "What are you making?" "Something" She rolled her eyes, "Yea okay Donnie."
Donnie stretched back in his seat and popped his back, "Ughhhh…this is taking longer than I thought..." "What is it?" He looked over at her, "Well…you do hand to hand combat. I was making you some high tech gloves…" Ariel smiled, "Aw…Donnie you're too sweet." He smiled and picked one up, "I'm having issues though. I can't get the electricity to run through." "….Electricity?" He nodded and stood,"Yea. So you punch someone and they get shocked." "Wow Donnie that's pretty sweet." He grinned, "Yea hopefully I'll have them done soon…" "Alright lets go spare~" Donnie laughed and nodded, "okay…are you sure you want me-""Donnie fight me seriously!" He put his hands up, "Okay okay…sorry…" He laughed and walked out, Ariel close behind him. Donnie took his fighting staff out and took his stance and Ariel took her stance. "Ready?" She nodded, "Come at me." Donnie rushed towards her and swung at her and she ducked, tackling him to the ground. She took a hold of his arm and quickly went to put him into a hold. He wedged his staff between the both of them and shoved her hard. She gasped but grinned at the force, finally. She got up and swung a punch at him, Donnie ducking back and thrusting the staff forward, hitting her backwards again. Ariel tripped and fell back but quickly regained her stance as she rushed to Donnie.
The two fought for a while till one landing Ariel felt her ankle start to act up, "H-hold on Donnie…" He stopped and she sat for a minute, rubbing her ankle. "Your ankle hurting you again?" She nodded softly, "Yea sorry…just give me a minute." He shook his head and sat down next to her, "Nah we've been sparing for a while we can stop here." Ariel ran a hand through her hair, "alright…" She stood up and kind of shook her ankle about, "Hey there was a pond not too far from here. Let's go swim…" She smiled and Donnie got up, "Yea that sounds really good." The two walked a while till they got to the pond and Donnie put his staff down and Ariel started getting out of her shirt and shorts. Donnie stared at her, "What…are you doing?" She looked up to see him blushing some, "Oh Donnie stop. My underwear is no different from a swimming suit." He looked away and nodded as Ariel ran and jumped into the water; Donnie soon joining her.
Ariel ducked under the water, which for a pond was crystal clear surprisingly. She swam away from Donnie and he smirked when she stuck her tongue out at him and he swam after her. They raced for a while, having to resurface a few times for air. Ariel broke through the water top and Donnie popped up right in front of her causing her to gasp. He laughed, "I'm sorry…did I startle you?" She frowned and shoved water at him, "No!" But she laughed as he returned water back to her. Then it went from a race to a splash fight; really mature stuff. Donnie smirked as he went back under the water and grabbed her foot, yanking her under. Ariel gasped and went under, glancing down at Donnie knew was smirking at her still. She pulled her foot free and smiled down at him as she went back up and Donnie followed right after her. "I think I'm done for now…" Ariel swam to the shore and walked up to take a seat; Donnie again following after her.
She laid back and put her hands up behind her head and rested down on them and Donnie glanced over at her, "….so April asked me if everything was different I wasn't acting the same." "So I saw. And the way you handled it was correct…" Donnie smiled and rolled onto his side, "Yea? Thanks. It was actually easier than I thought it was going to be." Ariel smiled and looked at Donnie who was closer than she had expected, kind of making her jump. "Oh sorry…" She laughed and put a hand on Donnie's arm, "You're fine! Just startled me…" She smiled at him and he glanced down. Donnie nodded some and Ariel felt her face heat up. She could see Donnie was blushing some and she smirked, "Donnie what's wrong?" He shook his head,"N-No it's nothing…" Ariel snorted and watched him move away some, "Donnie seriously. What's wrong?" Donnie didn't answer, "Donatello." He looked back at her and sighed, "It really is nothing…" She knew he was lying, "Oh my god Donnie stop being such a drama queen and spill it." "I think I like you." Ariel blinked. She had a feeling that was it, "So then kiss me." Donnie sat up and stared at her. "W-What?" Ariel sat up and moved closer, "Stop…asking questions and blabbing…and just kiss me Donatello." Donnie blushed and gulped softly as he leaned towards her, both slowly closing their eyes, Donnie glancing at her lips so he wouldn't miss.