"Look who I have here." Don called out as he came into the livingroom carrying the girl in his arms. Everyone came out of the kitchen just as he put her on her feet. "Isn't she cute in this shirt?" Don prattled on, probably trying to distract the girl from the trauma of losing her family by talking to her as much as possible.
"Just like a little witch- All she needs is a little black cat and a flying broom..." He continued on indicating the shirt pattern as his three brothers looked at the girl with expressions varying from alarm, panic and the ever popular, awe.
"Ugh...Don can I have a second-" Leo asked, trying to control the emotions within him. Dear god, a baby sister. He had a baby sister now. What was he going to do? Taking care of Raph, Don and Mikey was difficult enough. How was he supposed to bring this girl home and help raise and protect her from so many evils?
Don blinked at him and stopped his prattling about possible future Halloween costumes for her. "Sure, Leo- Just give me a second." Don said as he quickly looked down at the girl whom had grabbed one of his fingers and was sqeezing hard enough to let him know that she was anxious about him leaving her alone for a moment or longer.
Carefully Don tried to extract his finger from her grasp and wound up having to struggle for it in a small tug-of-war that ended when Mikey stepped forward and wrapped an arm around her waist and made her let go of him. After which he sat on the couch with the girl and settled her in his lap as April walked into the room with the mug of hot chocolate and handed it to him.
Mikey mumbled a quiet thanks then leaned forward a little bit and set the mug down on the coffee table in front of him and started talking, tentatively at first. "Hi."
The girl looked at him blankly and he gave her an sorry attempt at a smile and quickly looked at Raph who jumped in and tried to help his tongue tied baby brother. "Hey sweetie-" He said as he took one of her little hands in his and smiled at her. Somehow amazed that she hadn't screamed in his face just yet. "My name is Raph, and dat guy you're sitting on is my little brother Mikey. What's your name?"
She blinked at him for a moment then slipped her hand up to his wrist and pulled it in close and used her fingers to write out her name against his palm, K-i-r-a. Raph waited until she was done before frowning a bit. He was a little sketchy on how to communicate by writing on someone's palm, but he could have sworn that she had spelled out Kira.
"Kira? Your name's Kira?" She locked eyes with him, forest green clashing with his amber, and nodded her head slowly as Don and Leo finally came out of the kitchen and looked at the three strangely for a moment before walking over and slipping his hands under Kira's arms and lifting her out of Mikey's lap and held her against him, using one arm for her to sit on while she curled her fingers around the top of his plasteron as he bent down at the waist a bit, and picked up the cup of hot chocolate and held it up.
"I can still feel how cold you are. I need you to drink as much of this as you can and let it warm you some, then you get to come home with us." Kira looked from the cup to Don's face and quickly shook her head no. Her lips thinning as she did so.
Ah, so there was a stubborn streak in her. That was good. With them to help her focus it as she grew, she would have a will nearly as unbendable as their father's.