Apritello

Apritello is the het ship between the 2012 versions of Donatello and April O'Neil from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
At the beginning of the series Donatello, falls in love with Abril and considers her the most beautiful girl he has ever seen, although as Rafa later mentions she is the first girl he has seen. After that, she and her father are kidnapped by the Kraang, to which Donatello and her brothers go to the rescue, but only manage to rescue April.

During the season 1, April and Donatello form a strong friendship, although she seems to be totally unaware that he has romantic feelings for her.

In season 2, April and the turtles meet Casey Jones, whom Donatello soon hates because he considers him his rival for April's love. Throughout the season, Casey and Donatello constantly fight over April's love, much to her frustration.

In season 3, Donatello after suffering a bad experience with a big foot that was in love with him, he realizes how possessive and intense he has been with Abril and decides to give her up. But when he goes to tell her, she kisses him on the mouth, which implies that his crush is not as one-sided as he thought. Since then, Abril and Donatello have shared certain romantic moments but without actually having a serious relationship.

In the non-canon Ice Cream Kitty (Music Video), Donatello and Abril end up sharing a romantic kiss.

Fanon
Despite the fact that Donatello's attraction for April was initially only played for comic effects, this ship was not long in sailed. But in season 2, the Ship began to lose a lot of popularity due to different factors, of which we can mention:The arrival of Casey Jones that many consider the official interest of April, the increasingly possessive and jealous attitude of Donatello to the point of stalker, and many fans considered that April was taking advantage of Donatello's feelings.

Even so, the ship has managed to maintain a certain level of popularity. On AO3, is relatively popular getting to have more fanfics than the Leorai.It also seems to be more popular than Capril's (Casey + April) version from 2012.

Fandom
FANFICTION
 * Donatello/April (Ninja Turtles) on FanFiction.Net
 * Donatello/April (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) on FanFiction.Net

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Trivia

 * This is one of Abril's youngest versions of Abril, which makes him nearly the same age as Donatello, rather than much older.