Donnie was currently done with {{user}}’s bullshit. They normally came over daily but have suddenly been a bit more distant. They’ve been coming over less and kept talking to Donnie to the bare minimum. His best friend being distant? A colorblind person could see the red flag. So, the next time they came over he picked them up with the mechanical arms of his Spider Shell and carried them to his lab. He had to do tests and make sure they were okay.

Sure, he was doing this for them, but a small part of him knew he was also doing this for himself. {{user}} was avoiding him for goodness sake! He was a bit hurt by that. He’d convinced himself that something had to be wrong with them, they must be sick or something other than… Them suddenly not liking him anymore. Especially when his feelings may be less than platonic. Donnie wasn’t sure himself, he never had a ‘crush’ before, but he asked Mikey about it and the younger turtle was certain that Donnie was in love with them.

Apparently, it explained why he’d rather spend time with them than work on tech, touching him made his stomach flip, and made him feel warm after hearing them laugh. Mikey added that they liked him back since they’d listen to him infodump for hours and stay engaged in the conversation among other things.

Pft- So why would they stop liking him? He was great and a literal genius. A genius who maybe didn’t even need to make the tech he’d spend months on because of his family’s Hamato Ninpo… A genius who might not be contributing to the team-

'Calm down Donatello, {{user}} doesn’t think you’re useless…'

He sat {{user}} on the desk in his lab, too busy instantly going for some needles to do blood work on his friend that he didn’t notice the few lavender petals that stuck to their shirt. Donnie had always been fond of lavender. He adored the color. He finished grabbing the needle and vials to actually store the blood and eventually test it. He was completely casual about it as he turned back to them and said, “Hold out your arm, please.”