The door of a bedroom was slammed as soon as Donatello stepped in. He slumped his body on his bed, face down on the pillow. Once his cheek make contact with the soft pillow, tears pooled and flowed down and in return wetting it. Sobs and hiccups were threathening to come out of the ninja's mouth as he sniffed not wanting snot to fall out of his snout.
He was rejected, by April. his crush. his one and only.
He can't believe he was actually rejected by her, and when he finally let it sink in, he couldn't help but feel extremely dejected. The girl he has feelings for had his heart torn and ripped into tiny, little pieces and threw it onto the floor as he bleeds. So this is what it feels like, huh? Not in a hundred years will he actually think it would hurt like this. His big fat tears kept flowing like a waterfall as he screams into his pillow.
God damn it. it hurts. it hurts!
He wish he can throw a table, smash a wall, wreck anything that is in his sight but he can't. If he did his family will come rushing in his room and he will be bombarded with questions on what's going on or what's wrong, and before he could even answer, Raph will beat him into it that it's April and everybody won't disagree.
So to save himself with further embarassment, he'll continue to scream and cry on his pillow until his lungs gave out and become hoarse.
A few minutes has passed of the heartbreak sobbing from the purple bandanna wearing turtle, his eyes were red and puffy, tired of pouring tears and his throat felt dry from screaming his heart out. He can't believe he would see himself in this kind of state.
It was both humilating and amusing to him.
And right now, everything felt numb.
He doesn't feel the painful cracking of his heart, instead a numbing pain that hanged to his chest, close to falling off the thin string.
A tired, quiet sigh blew out of his mouth, Donnie rolled to his side and felt his eyes drooping, tempted to close and drown in sleep. And although he usually pulls an all-nighter most of the time due to his work in his lab, this he'll comply. Too tired and the thought of sleep sounds heavenly for once.
So without complaint, he closed his maroon eyes and drifted to sleep.
Waking up is just another thing he hates in the morning, especially when you just got your heartbroken yesterday. with a grunt, he rolls his body to the side. He doesn't feel like doing anything, everything feels too numb for him. He wishes that the anger and sorrow comes back to him, that way he'll actually feels something other than a blank state of nothingness.
Donnie doesn't even feel like standing up or eating anything. He hopes his brothers won't come in to his room to annoy him. but that was only a worthless wishing.
Because after an hour or so, donatello can already hear the loud pounding in his bedroom door. A fist banged and banged, over and over again, he hears the booming voice of his older brother Raphael. "Donnie, wake the hell up! it's already high noon! you're making Mikey and Leo worry!" It's not visible, but it's clear that Raph too, is worried for his health.
The purple clad terrapin has always been soft, though not as soft as Mikey, but soft enough to be wield by those words. So without further more, he stood up from his heavenly bed and walked up to the door.
He opens it before Raph can actually break the door open, the shorter mutant was suprised by the haggard appearance of his younger brother. The state of his eyes were red and puffy, tired-looking and the large, dark circles underneath his eyes had told everything away. "D... you good, bro?" It was these times where Raph made an effort to soften his tone at his purple bandanna wearing brother.
"..."
The taller terrapin didn't answer but his silence is everything Raph needed to know.
"Oh, is it... is it Apr--"
"No." Donatello was quick to reply, his voice was stern and his gaze hardened towards the red ninja who subtly flinched. Emerald eyes looked over at the olive-skinned mutant who turns his head away to avoid his brother's gaze, Raph just knew this had something to do with April but it was best to not say anything now.
"Look, D, I don't know what the heck happend yesterday but it shouldn't get you to look so bummed out." The fern-toned turtle pointed his finger at the kitchen. "So come on, Mikey made toast with scrambled eggs and sausages, also hope you like mango juice. We ran out of orange juice."
Donnie wasn't really in the mood to eat, but he knows his brother is just looking out for him. Besides, it's either he eat or he's faced with a lecture from Leo. The answer was clear, he is not risking having to be scolded by Leo today.
With a defeated sigh, he walks alongside with Raph, heading towards the kitchen. Thankfully, there was no one there, Mikey was most definetely in the common room watching something or maybe reading random mangas. Raph told his purple masked brother he would be over the common room with Mikey and just call him if he needs anything.
Donnie was thankful for the privacy. With a quiet groan, he grabbed a plate, placed two pieces of toast on it with a spoonful of scrambled eggs and a sausage. The terrapin sat down, poured himself a cup of mango juice and starts buttering his toast. He ate his breakfast in silence, the crunching of his toast as he bites on the crust made the silence in the kitchen toleratable than it should be.
His mind went back to the events of yesterday, and even though he just wished to forget it all, it still came flooding back. It irritated Donnie greatly, but what was he supposed to do? The best thing he can do right now is to isolate himself after breakfast, listen to sad songs in his t-phone, scream into his pillow, punch it, vent to one of his creations and repeat. And hey, don't look at him like that, if this is how he copes, let him be.
The olive-skinned ninja sighed, gosh, rejection does suck...
Auburn eyes watched the ginger-haired girl closely, watching her talk joyously with that casey jones. The ravenhead has a hockey stick close to his back and boasting to the redhead beside him about his hockey game last friday and how his team won. April rolled her eyes but listened attentively, with that cute smile on her face like usual.
Donnie narrowed his eyes.
What does that good for nothing jock has that he don't?
All he seems to be good at is playing hockey, being prideful for his "incredible" game, and just being plain stupid. What does he have that April seems to like him about? Just looking at that cavemouth-looking face of his is enough to make the ninja turtle's blood boil.
"Ughh, god, just kill me now.."
"Gladly." A voice answered for him. The terrapin's eyes widened, his head whipped to turn and look at his opponent. A blur moved and he grabbed his bo staff before a kunai can even strike him. The purple masked mutant glared at the enemy before him, his dark brownish-red eyes were returned by a pair of stunning icy blue ones.
Donatello swinged his staff, the kunai swiftly thrown on the floor. "And who could you be?" He demanded.
A chuckle can be heard and the ninja was turning from his left to right, trying to see where could this unknown kunoichi be. His hunch that this kunoichi could be a certain enemy he knows. "Come out, karai! Don't be a coward!" He shouted to the shadows, the unknown girl quirks an amused brow at him.
"Karai? oh no, no, no. I am not karai, oh dear ninja." Light footsteps came stepping foward from the dark, the mutant hardened his glare and place his staff in a higher stance to try and intimidate the threat. Another chuckle slipped out of the girl's mouth, "how cute, thinking that can scare me."
"Just come out there and face me!"
"So demanding, I like it~"
Donnie felt a tiny splash of red crawling to his cheeks but quickly shook it off. This was an enemy, donatello! why is he blushing?! maybe it's because of her seductive voice. Yeah... yeah! that's it! it's her voice, her voice was the problem! It was just so inviting, pleasing to hear, and pretty...
The terrapin's thoughts were getting out of hand and he shook his head exaggeratedly. He should really stop thinking about this attacker being attractive! Only April, his dream girl, his one and only, is known to be the most prettiest girl he knows of. Even if she rejected him, his feelings didn't exactly moved on yet. So why is he thinking about this unknown girl like that?!
"Haha, you should stop distracting yourself with uneeded thoughts and pay attention to me instead, mr. turtle."
The girl's voice brought him back and he narrowly dodged a bunch of shurikens just in time. Yep, he really should be paying attention to her instead of his stupid thoughts.
The sound of footsteps stopped, her figure just 6 feet away from his, he turned around to finally see this kunoichi's face and the sight he saw was nothing from what he expected the foe to look like. He can't believe his eyes... was she really an enemy?
The girl infront of him has long, elegant brown hair with a tiny streak of white following her bangs to her back, those icy blue eyes of hers were a contrast to her milky, white skin that made her cheeks pop. Though her lower face was covered by a black mask, it didn't stop her from looking so damn attractive!
His eyes lowered to check her outfit.
She wore a dark green tight suit that hugged her curves perfectly, with silver fingerless bracers and knee pads, black boots that reaches her knees with a jade green lining on its top, a thigh holester to her right. On top of that, a long vibrant hunter green scarf covered her shoulders as the wind blew the end of her scarf gracefully.
Donatello can already tell that his face was on fire. Cheeks as red a tomatoe, mouth agape as he tried to let out words but only managed to slip out unintelligible words that made her chuckle. His eyes were on her, and only her. Especially her eyes.
God, how her eyes just captivates him.
So those are what siren eyes look like...
Lovely blues that entrance him into a daze, beckoning him to move closer to her, to follow her and drown in a forsaken sea of lies.
"My, checking me out already? how incredibly perverted. But I don't mind, you look quite cute while you're at it." The girl cooly said, her left hand resting on her hip as she watches the turtle's green skin burned with a rosy red. "I wonder how would that girl would feel about this side of you, mr. turtle~." She told him with her smooth voice that just made his olive-toned face redder.
"I AM NOT A PERVERT!" Donatello defended.
"Are you? that doesn't explain why are you undressing with your eyes." She replied calmly, arms crossed on her chest as she eyed the ninja in purple up and down.
"I AM NOT! is it bad for me not to look at what my foe's wearing?" He responded, his eyes narrowing to glare at the brunette. Which actually made her smile behind her mask. The purple clad turtle kept his eyes on her figure, checking if she was to do anything suspicious but to his suprise, the fair-skinned girl laughed.
A free and joyous laugh. The kunoichi sat on the rails of the balcony and wiped a tear from her eye, "Haha, you are so cute! which really makes me wonder why your crush wouldn't like you back." The mention of April made Donatello tense, she knows April?
The tall terrapin held his staff, aiming it to her neck which does not fazed the girl menacingly. His auburn eyes digged deep into hers, the mutant glared down at his opponent. It's bad that this kunoichi knows April, her identity is still unknown to him, whether she's with or without the foot clan, she maybe has a connection with the kraang, which can cause major problems for both April and her family.
He can't risk that. Not to April. She has already gone through the mutation of her father and the numerous times of being kidnapped by his family's enemies, he can't gain another one chasing after her.
"How do you know her?" the terrapin demanded harshly. The brunette raises a brow. "How could I not know her? she is someone you have feelings for, don't you?" The girl in green spoke, still calm and cool despite the mutant turtle actively threathening her.
Reddish brown eyes widened, "You watched us!?!" He shouted in anger. Then that means, she watched him and April shouting in the rooftop and saw him get heartbroken by her, not only that, she saw and watched him cry! Just by the thought of that made him feel humilated by the fact someone was watching him and April, but he also fet embarassed that this pretty girl saw him cry and get rejected by his crush.
"Well, yes, you two made a small commotion. I heard you two shouting loud enough to wake up the neighbours near the apartment." She stated, which made the young ninja feel even more embarassed. Hearing of the fact a few people actually heard the quarrel he and April had just doubled the embarassment he had.
"Now don't be embarassed, it's normal for someone to be rejected by someone you like. Not everything goes the way you wish go as planned, you know?"
The masked mutant scoffed and crossed his arms, "I don't need advice from a person I don't know."
"Now,now~" The brunette stood up and took a few steps closer to the ninja in purple . "Won't you come and trust me, Donatello?" The girl clad in green questioned, voice sweet like honey. Said mutant can only widened his eyes, the way she said his name was almost music to his ears. Wait hold on...
"You... you know who I am?" Donatello pointed his finger at him, asking if she was really talking about him only to have a giggle as a response.
"But of course! you are the most handsome man in all of new york, and I was very lonely." She said, her eyes never leaving his. The eye contact between her and him was overwhelming to say the least which made the terrapin turn his head to look away from the girl's gaze as the blush on his cheeks crept back.
"And so I thought, "tonight I will have an adventure! I will make the acquintance of the adorable Donatello hamato"." She exclaimed happily as her hands were clasped together.
Nobody really said his name so blissfully happy, seeing this unknown girl saying his name like it's treasure made his heart skipped a beat. "H-How do you know my name?" He can't help but ask, though more accurately gasped out as he is still suprised how this shinobu found his family name out.
The fair-skinned kunoichi giggled, "it was not difficult to find out~" Her blue eyes never once leaving his burnished ones. It was getting a lot more harder to talk to the girl as Donnie tried to catch his breath on his throat as he felt a drop of sweat trail down his head.
"How would you know I won't try and harm you..??" He asked, as a way to distract her from staring at him so intensely.
"I took that chance." She replied quickly, finally taking her gaze away from him. He took a breath of relief, his body relaxes as he exhales comfortably. Until he remembers that this girl infront of him is still an enemy of unknown goals and kept his guard back, though it's hard to see her as an enemy now that they have that light-hearted converstaion a few moments ago.
The blue-eyed girl tilted her head slightly to the side observing the mutant ninja's cute reactions to her words which made her giggle once again. Donnie turned his head to her, his maroon eyes making contact with hers again making him avert his look almost immediately. The chocolate-haired kunoichi laughed, "Are you angry?" She questioned looking at his face.
Donatello blinked at her, before laughing himself. He held his stomach and shook his head at her, "Hehe, no I am not angry! if some kind of fate wishes to send a beautiful lady like you to hang out with me, I can only be grateful! you will do me the honor, w-won't you? right..?"
At the end of his words, he was almost unsure, nervous even. He was even a bit ashamed how he sounded slightly desperate for her to stay and maybe hang out with him. But of course she wouldn't do that. why would she? her, a pretty and attractive girl like her hanging out with a sewer mutant like me? as if she would eve--
"Why, I shall be delighted." The beautiful kunoichi said, and even though her lower face was covered it was evident that there was a smile on her face that made his cheeks glowed in yet another red color. "You... y-you will?" He asked again to make sure the shinobu wasn't kidding.
She has to be joking. right?
She chuckled which made the purple wearing bandanna ninja sweat nervously, he started fiddling with his fingers and even tapping them on his plastron as he awaits for her answer. But really, the result is expected, she'll just--
"Of course I will! why wouldn't I? it isn't everyday for me to spend with someone part of the hamato clan. If anything, you should do me the honor, Donatello." The girl uttered before walking away from him.
"Well," She jumped on the thick railings of the rooftop, the chestnut-haired girl glances back at the ninja turtle who moved a few steps close to her, "it has been fun, Donatello. but I'm afraid I have to go."
"You'll come back, right?"
"I can keep a promise, trust me, dear ninja. As if I'll abandon someone as cute as you~"
"Can you please stop with the teasing already!?"
"Oh alright, alright.." But before the girl can even jumped she stopped and turned her head at him, "Ah, before that, Donatello, dear." She called for him and the said ninja widened his eyes. Dear?! he thought as he gawked at the brunette who in return chuckled.
"Is it fine with me to call you don-don from now on?"
"Don what??" He can't believe what he was hearing, a nickname for him? already???
"Ah, too soon?" She rose a brow and Donnie nodded his head slowly, mind still processing how she was giving him a nickname this quickly. "Hmm, oh well, I can always make it up for a couple of dates then I can you that then, yes?"
"What?!?" He shouted in suprise, eyes as big as bowls now as he stared at the kunoichi in disbelief. The mutant's brain rambled to why he should and should not question her why is she asking him on a date.
"I'll take that as a yes."
"Huh--wait!"
"Hope we can go on that date, Donatello. See you~"
The fair-skinned beauty blowed the young ninja a kiss before jumping from roof to roof, seemingly going back to a lair of her own. Donatello can just stare at the girl's figure get smaller and smaller until she was finally out of her sight. A long moment of silence was there until the purple clad mutant softly spoke out,
"I have a date..."
