Donatello Hamato. One of Splinter's four adopted sons, the brilliant intellect that spends most of his time building a machine or trying to impress the girl he likes. Needless to say, he was quite the hopeless romantic when it comes to his crush.
April O'neil. A girl who is a year older than him, studying in a university and is trying her best to graduate and finish her studies. she is no normal girl compared to others, since she is the only person to know of the turtles' existance. April was Donatello's best friend. The terrapin adored her while April, never seemed to be interested in the purple masked turtle. Donnie just excuses her as being "shy", not one to easily admit her feelings for him.
His infuation towards for the girl was large, something even for his brothers to call it weird and slightly creepy...
As time passes, where months go by, the tall terrapin is growing impatient. He is close coming to snap and blurt out everything to the redhead until he come across a sight he was sure not to enjoy. One night, Donatello is going on of his nightly schedules of, no, it is not called stalking(at least that is what he claims)just making sure that April was safe from any sort of danger.
Like the foot clan, or the kraang, or the purple dragons. That is why he needed to follow April at least almost every night he can.
But then, he saw it.
April smiling, her smile reaching her eyes and chatting happily, he would've swoon like normal if it weren't for a boy sitting close next to his "sweet chinchilla".
A boy who is a few inches taller than April, wearing a black shirt and jeans. He also happen to wear fingerless gloves with a black bandanna on his head. And with what Donnie can see, he has black hair too. Particularly, Donnie can only describe it as "emo". With his clothing style being dark and consists of mostly black, what else can the purple bandanna wearing genius describe him as?
He saw the teenager talking and flirting with April, and April replying with a sassy remark or with her rolling her eyes playfully. Overall, she looks... happy. Happier than she is with him. Jealousy took over and Donnie can just clench his teeth and glared over at the two humans who continued to chat, oblivious by the watching eyes of the purple clad mutant.
Hands balled up onto fists, he growled when the ravenhead tugged a strand of "his" April's bangs behind her ear and the jealousy was quickly followed by anger. "Who does he think he is?!" He spat out angerily, making sure his voice wasn't known by the two humans below. A scowl was displayed on the terrapin's face, how wonderful. he just had to have a love rival. just great.
For the following week, Donatello tried everything to impress April and make her accept his affections. From making techs that can help her soothe frustrations/stress, maybe a small box that can show the stars, or music boxes, what about trinkets? jewelry made of steel in his lab? love letters? The olive-skinned mutant was hellbent on getting April to just be finally "honest" to herself.
This continued for a few more days until April O'neil snapped.
"Donnie... we have to talk."
The ginger-haired girl told the genius mutant to meet up on the rooftop of her apartment in 9'o clock sharp. Donnie was ecstatic. thinking that maybe April was finally going to tell him her feelings for him. But of course, not all things are going to go as people wanted.
"Hey, April! So, what did you want to talk about?"
"Don... do you like me?"
"Oh, yeah! yeah, I do!" The purple masked turtle beamed, a smile on his face. Oh how April already feels the guilt in her stomach build up. The teenager surpassed a sigh and looks at her reptillian friend.
"Look Don, for the past week I've noticed you trying to impress me or get my attention. taking almost half of time spending in your lab for something you build for me. I'm flattered, really! But... it's... it's just too much."
The terrapin raised an invisible brow. "Too much? what do you mean by too much?"
"Everything. I can't focuse on my assignments when you're always spamming my phone with messages or calls all the time, Don. I can't get any privacy when you're always there following me to almost everywhere I go. I also notice you getting more and more annoyed whenever I talk about a friend of mine." April crossed her arms, looking at the mutant sternly. "Look, Don, if this is about the "whole crushing on me" thing then just please forget it. I can't accept your feelings, Donnie."
"... what??"
April massaged her temples, the guilt inside of her just literally getting worse by the look on the turtle's face. But she knows Donnie won't back off if she doesn't reject him now, it's better than leading him on.
"You heard me, Donnie."
"...No. no,this can't be! I... I thought you liked me!"
"As a friend, Don! I was never interested in anyone."
But Donatello continued to let his false beliefs ran through. "No! I saw you always looking at me so happy.. you... I can't believe what you're saying right now, April. It's because of him, right?!"
"What.? what are you talking about?"
"Him! that boy you were talking to a week ago! did he make you change your mind?! change your view of me?!?"
"Boy? what are you--" Suddenly, a flash of realization hit both Donnie and April. The girl looked up at the terrapin who has a look of horror on his face. The redhead stepped back while glaring at Donnie, who stilled like a stone statue. "Donnie... you... you stalked me, didn't you.?" The purple clad ninja widened his eyes. "What? No! ...maybe?"
"What?!"
"Don't freak out! I'm just doing that to protect you! y'know, from the purple dragons or the foot clan, anything that can possibly hurt you!!" Shouted the mutant turtle with his hands up in defense.
"That isn't really the case, now is it, Donnie?! do you even know how creepy that is!?!" The girl yelled back.
"Creepy? how is wanting to protect you creepy?"
"I don't need protection! Aren't I training as a kunoichi?! I've fought a lot of guys alongside with your brothers! how do I need protection?!" April can't believe this. has Donnie always been like this? The reason she never tries rejecting him is because she thinks she's indebted to the turtles.
She never knew it could be this bad.
"Who knows! maybe at a random time, you could get kidnapped! It's worse if it's the kraang! you might end up like your f--"
"Don, stop. Don't even bring my dad into this." A hand was raised to stop the ninja turtle from talking. "Donnie, I get that you like me. But I really can't accept your feelings back. I don't like you the same you like me. I just don't, okay? You have to accept that I can only see you as a friend. That's it. You're my best friend, Donnie and that's all we'll ever be, alright?"
...
Silence.
It was so loud. just piercing through the teenager's ears and it was unsettling to her. April didn't know if she has gone too far or not, but honestly, Donnie deserves this. He should know to learn not to go overboard and not to step over her privacy. All this time he was stalking her and she was none the wiser, which just made everything creepy to her. But she can't bring herself to hate Donnie since she grew close with the purple bandanna wearing mutant for a good three months, she wasn't lying when she said Donnie was her bestfriend.
"You..." April was back on earth, and the sight that greeted was nothing she expected. There he was, Donnie standing completely still, face devoid of emotions but that can't be said with his eyes. His auburn-colored eyes were filled with big, fat tears that slipped down his face. Olive-toned cheeks were dripping wet as his tears continue to slip out of his eyes.
"You... you're rejecting me..? why?" Donnie began to step closer to April which the ginger replies with a step back.
"Don.."
"Why?! I have done EVERYTHING FOR YOU!! WHY CAN'T YOU LIKE ME?!" The young ninja screamed, his voice increased in volume unlike the other times where he screamed at his brothers. It was full of heartbreak, desperation and,frustration. It was sad to see how Donnie's figure tremble while looking at her like an abandoned puppy.
"April, please... if I did something wrong, I can fix it!! do you dislike the gifts I gave you.?? was it too small? too big? any mistake and problems I caused, I can solve it! so please...PLEASE, like me back.." Those tears never stopped running down his face, it all falls down to the ground where the two were standing.
The girl stiffened by his words. She was this close to giving in, but, she really just can't see a future with Donnie. It's not because he's a talking turtle, it's just--
"Is it because I'm a mutant?"
Ah. there it is. that god forbidden question she hates to answer.
"No, Don, it's not that. it's just--"
"Just what?? please just answer me already! whatever I did wrong, I can easily fix it! I can be a good boyfriend for you! I can help you with homework, I can cook decently too!! I can... I can help you with any bugs in your laptop or phone, I can help you pass any exam! See? I have enough potential to be your--"
"Donnie, for the love of god, I DON'T LIKE YOU!! OKAY? I WILL NEVER LIKE YOU IN ANY ROMANTIC SENSE, YOU WILL NEVER BE MY BOYFRIEND AND I WON'T BE YOURS! I WISH YOU COULD JUST GET THAT IN YOUR HEAD ALREADY!!" The blue-eyed girl screamed,loud enough to wake up a few random people that lives near the apartment rooftop they were standing in.
April huffed, she was done. the guilt she previously felt before turned into frustration and anger, she told him so many times already that she wasn't interested in him. Enough is enough.
The redhead massaged her temples, exhaling before glaring at the olive-skinned terrapin. "Donnie, get out of my sight."
Said mutant widened his eyes, he gazed at the girl in shock. "w-what.??" he managed to choke out. He can't believe this. this can't be happening, right?
"April..."
"I said GET OUT!"
The young terrapin flinched at her tone, he was still in a state of shock. His mind processed this in a matter of seconds until it finally got into his head. Oh no, April was upset with him. looking back at her angered face was enough for him to retreat back into the sewers leaving the human girl alone who stood with her breath unstabled.
When she calmed down, she lets an annoyed sigh out of her mouth. "god damn it..." She said before finally leaving the rooftop.
Unbeknown to the two, a kunoichi in dark, tight clothing watched the verbal fight between the human and mutant had. She smirked as she watch the terrapin, though incredibly saddened by the fact his crush rejected him, still followed her home to make sure she got home safe.
"How precious." She sarcasticly mused as she jumped from roof to roof, still observing the ninja turtle follow the girl home and stopped when she did. All these happen without the ginger's knowledge which made this scenery all the funnier to her. The kunoichi's eyes glinted cunningly as she saw the purple masked mutant sulked before disappearing into a sewer hole.
"Perfect. I never knew someone part of the hamato clan can be so gullible in love." She uttered in her breath, before leaving into the shadows.