Chapter 10

A whole hour had gone by, and the preparations for Mikey's celebration party were almost complete.

Donnie and April were in charge of setting up the party food table in the dining area with the takeaway food that Leo and Donnie had ordered, with the exception of Mikey's dish being placed in the oven to keep it warm until he wakes up.

Raph and Casey were given the task of preparing the balloons for part of the decorations, with the help of little Kane of course, though Casey was more focused on making him laugh by making funny voices after inhaling the air in the balloons than taking the task more seriously.

Leo was helping Serling, who had woken up from his recharge power nap not long ago, with putting up the decorations, which included the hanging of a huge banner saying 'Congratulations!' above the TV and placing the balloons, which were eventually prepared by Raph, Kane, and Casey, in certain areas of the lair.

Finally, everything was ready. All that was left to do now was to wake up and bring in the guest of honour; Mikey.

"I'll go get Mikey while you guys get into position!" Donnie instructed everybody as he headed towards the infirmary.

Once inside, he saw that Mikey was still fast asleep on the bed with a little smile on his face. He approached the bed and placed a hand on Mikey's shoulder.

"Mikey…Wake up, my love…" Don said softly whilst gently shaking his shoulder to wake him up.

"Mmm..." Mikey slowly opened his eyes and saw Donnie looking at him with a warm smile.

"Hey, Handsome…Is it…Dinner time, yet?" Mikey asked before yawning shortly after saying that.

"Yeah, it arrived a few minutes ago and I've put yours in the oven to keep it warm for you..." Donnie replied as he helped Mikey to slowly sit up before giving him another drink of water.

After checking over Mikey's vitals again, Donnie removed the IV needle from Mikey's arm and helped him to stand up from the bed before guiding him at a steady pace towards where the others were since Mikey was still a little groggy from his nap.

As soon as they reached the dark TV area, the lights were suddenly switched on and everyone sprung up from their hiding place behind the sofas, shouting;

"Surprise!"

Mikey looked at them with a shocked but surprised look on his face as he looked at the large banner and decorations, whilst Donnie smiled but remained calm since he already knew what was going on.

"Hey, Mikey! It's good to see you up and about again!" Leo said happily.

"What da ya think of yer lil' surprise party?" Asked Raph as he approached Mikey and wrapped an arm around his shoulders, with Kane being held in his other arm.

"Party?" Mikey questioned as he looked at his brothers, April and Casey with a confused expression on his face. "You guys did all of this…for me?"

"It was Leo's idea...And we all agreed to do this because we wanted to let you know how important you are to all of us, as well as wanting to celebrate the new addition to our family!" Don explained as he placed a hand on Mikey's lower plastron.

Mikey looked at his mate with tears of happiness and gave him a hug and a kiss on the lips before walking over to Leo to whisper, "Thank you, bro…", and giving him a hug.

"Your welcome, Mikey, you deserve something as special as this..." whispered Leo as he happily returned the hug.

"Congratulations, Mikey!" April said as she approached Mikey to give him a kiss on the cheek and a hug, whilst Casey gave him a fist bump afterward.

"Thanks, guys…" Mikey replied happily with blushing cheeks.

"Well I don't know about all of you, but I think it's time we got dis party started!" Raph said after letting Kane give Mikey a cute little hug.

"Agreed, big guy. Let's go eat!" Leo said in agreement.

Everyone smiled at those words before they followed Leo into the dining area to grab some food. Donnie went over to the oven to retrieve Mikey's dish before placing it in front of him.

"Here you go, Mikey, I hope you like it..." Donnie said before he opened the lid to reveal what was inside; a light chicken noodle soup.

"Wow! Thanks, Donnie…! Smells good!" Mikey said in awe whilst looking at the steamy bowl, before picking up his cutlery to start eating it.

"You're welcome...Make sure you eat it slowly, so you don't risk becoming sick again..." Donnie instructed him, to which Mikey nodded in understanding before taking his first mouthful.

"Mmm…this is really good!" Mikey said before continuing to eat his meal.

"I'm happy to hear that, my love…" Donnie said softly to his mate whilst he was eating his own food.

The others looked at the couple with warm smiles as they ate their own meals. Half an hour later, Leo stood up from his chair.

"Mikey and Donnie, I would like to say a few words to you both; I want to tell you how proud I am of you for doing your absolute best in terms of helping us protect the city topside as well as doing everything in your power to find and bring back Master Splinter from Cyberspace. Also, I want to congratulate you both on your new little addition who will be joining our Hamato family in 9 months' time..." Leo said before raising his glass and shouted.

"Here's to the new addition!"

"Cheers!" Everyone shouted and raised their glasses to Mikey and Donnie, who had tears of joy in their eyes and had an arm around each other in a half-hug.

"Thank you…so much, everyone...!" Mikey said, his voice cracking whilst wiping his eyes to prevent his tears from falling.

"No worries, bro, ya earned dis!" Raph said with a kind smile.

The rest of the night was filled with discussions about their next move on finding Master Splinter's data bits, as well as laughter and baby talk, until April and Casey decided to leave for home and the turtle brothers went to their own shared rooms to turn in.

Before going to sleep, Mikey turned his head to face Donnie.

"Thanks for tonight, Donnie...I love you…and our baby does too…" He said as he placed a hand on his lower plastron. Donnie smiled and also placed his own hand on top of Mikey's in the same place.

"Your welcome, Mikey, and I love you both too…" Don said and kissed him on the lips before they both fell into a well-deserved sleep, already thinking about the adventures ahead of them until their baby joins them in their family.