It's hard to unsee things, and Mikey knows his brother can't leave things alone once he's aware of a Problem. This just isn't the sort he's accustomed to tackling. This is a Raph problem. Or even a Leo problem. Never a...Donnie problem.
"It's fine," he insists, though he looks over as Mikey does his best to clear things up, trying not to wince at the clatter. Sure, they'd all been on edge these past few days (how long has it been now?), but Mikey hadn't seemed so bad off. That's just it though, isn't it? They'd been keeping it in, and remembering Leo's admission makes Donnie slow in his own task at hand. Has he...just not noticed? Too caught up in his own problems?
He has to be better than this. For his brothers. Drawing himself up, he finishes piling things where he stands.
"Yeah. She'll be cool with it if we just ask." His smile at least is soft, genuine. Far be it for him to assign a substitute for April, but Mikaela's still won a solid spot as a big sister.
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"It's fine," he insists, though he looks over as Mikey does his best to clear things up, trying not to wince at the clatter. Sure, they'd all been on edge these past few days (how long has it been now?), but Mikey hadn't seemed so bad off. That's just it though, isn't it? They'd been keeping it in, and remembering Leo's admission makes Donnie slow in his own task at hand. Has he...just not noticed? Too caught up in his own problems?
He has to be better than this. For his brothers. Drawing himself up, he finishes piling things where he stands.
"Yeah. She'll be cool with it if we just ask." His smile at least is soft, genuine. Far be it for him to assign a substitute for April, but Mikaela's still won a solid spot as a big sister.
"Doesn't have to be right away though..."