Okay, so this chapter is still setting up for the main bulk of the story, so it may seem a little out of place. I promise, I will do my best to answer any questions you may have such as "Why is Karai getting mutagen from the Kraang?" and "When will the Turtles find out about Sam and Ben, if they find out at all?" I promise, these questions will be answered later in the story. I just had to write this chapter as setup for later ones. Anyway, you're probably sick of hearing (Or, reading rather) me talk. On to the story!


Donatello sat in his lab, drawing a blueprint for his next invention, while simultaneously drawing out another flow chart for his next interaction with April. He had to either revise his current chart or make a whole new one whenever something happened that he hadn't accounted for, or when he hit the end of a chain of events. This time, he was making a new chart, making sure not to leave out any possibility, while also making sure none of his brothers found out what he was doing. When Donnie made his first chart, his brothers mainly just laughed at him. But since then, Mikey had shown a lack of respect for Donnie's project, while Raph went out of his way to make sure every chart was somehow either damaged or missing. Leonardo was still generally accepting of Donnie's charts, but Donnie couldn't trust him to keep a secret.

Donatello was once again pondering every possibility, wondering if it was scientifically possible for a wormhole to spontaneously open in the lab and suck somebody through it, in which case he would have to account for if any of his brothers, Casey, or Splinter were it's victim. Or any combination of them. This was going to take a long time.

"Hey Donnie!" April said as she entered the lab. "What are you working on?"

Donnie had already planned for this. He would ignore the flow chart and focus on the blueprint, but he was having trouble doing so.

"Oh, um, just a new ninja gadget um, thing. Yeah. A ninja gadget thing. Wanna help out?"

April raised an eyebrow while looking at the blueprint. "Donnie, I have no idea what anything on this blueprint means. Hey, what's this flow chart?"

Donnie had not planned for this. He couldn't come up with anything when he tried, and had resolved to make a plan later. That was a bad idea. April walked over to the chart and began reading it.

"April interaction flow chart? Donnie, why are you making a flow chart to interact with me?"

The question was less of a question and more April trying to get Donnie to admit why he made the chart. April already knew the answer, it was obvious, painfully so seeing how intelligent Donnie normally was, and how easy it should be for him to hide these things from her.

"Um, well, you see, I have to account for every possibility in every aspect of life. I have a flow chart for everything."

April looked at Donnie, intrigued.

And then she decided to call his bluff.

"Wow, that's cool. Can I see the other ones?"

Donatello was now at a loss for words. He literally could not speak. He opened his mouth, but no words came. He closed his mouth, then opened it again, then closed.

"Let me guess, you don't actually have any other flow charts?"

Donnie gulped.

"Donnie, why didn't you just tell me?"

Every neuron in Donatello's brain started to panic, conversing with eachother over what to do while the rest of his internal organs began doing backflps.

"Er, well um, why didn't I tell you what, April?"

"Donnie, you do know how obvious it is, right? How obvious it's always been?"

Donatello did not like where this was going. "Um, well, okay... what gave it away?"

April smiled. "Well, there are a few things. First, there's how all your brothers are constantly teasing you whenever I'm around, especially Mikey, he couldn't keep a secret if his life depended on it. Then there's pretty much everything that happened around when we met bigfoot. I'm also guessing you somehow got amnesia and forgot what happened afterwards."

Donnie actually did remember what happened after they met bigfoot, April had kissed him, but he had always been to emberassed to mention it again.

"Also, you've been leaving that flow chart on your desk while you're on patrol for about a week now."

Donatello facepalmed.

"Okay, you got me." The turtle admitted. "And yes, I do remember what happened after bigfoot, something in me just always refused to bring it up again, I don't know why."

"You also forget that I'm telepathic and can read your every thought, and I can literally hear your thoughts from across the lair you think so loud."

Donnie didn't even know thinking could be loud, but it made sense with the different intensities of brainwaves.

"So, why didn't you tell me?" April's question was the hardest one Donnie had ever had to answer. Normally, he could rely on his intelligence, but for some reason, nothing he had done that had anything to do with April made any logical sense.

"I guess, I-"

"You were scared because you're a turtle. Donnie I really don't care if you're a turtle. And no, I am not interested in Casey anymore."

Telepaths, always answering questions before you ask them.

"I heard that. And to answer the next question you'll never ask, yes. I feel the same way."

And with that, April leaned towards Donnie, and kissed him.


A few hours later, Donatello walked into the kitchen, and glared at Raph with a smug look on his face.

"'Sup Raph? You owe me four years of praise."

Raph already knew exactly what had happened. "No, she didn't! That's impossible! I thought she was into-"

"Casey? Nope. And like I said, you owe me four years of praise to make up for everything you've said since we met April."

Leo ran as fast as he could out of the lair's main room and into the kitchen, Mikey following close behind.

"Am I hearing what I think I'm hearing?" Leo asked.

"The squirrelanoids have finally returned?" Mikey continued.

Leo glared at Mikey. "That's not what I heard at all Mikey. Were you even paying attention?"

"April kissed me, a second time."

Raph turned towards Donnie. "What do you mean a second time?"

Donnie smiled. "She kissed me a while back after bigfoot left."

"And you didn't ask her out?"

"Don't ruin this for me Raph. I asked her out this time, and she obviously said yes." Donnie grinned evilly as he said this, reveling in his brother's shocked expressions.


FLUFF, FLUFF, FLUUUUUFFFF!
I promise there is a point to this, please don't pitchfork me, no lynch, no lynch! But really, what will Casey do when he finds out about this? How will he react? DUN DUN DUUUUNNNN. Mwahahaha.