Leo was on his way back into the lair, April beside him. Both of them carried box's full of objects. Since they had a new member of the family they had to get more food, and April decided to give her all of her old stuffed animals and blankets, and other girly things Leo didn't understand the need for. The past month had been bitter sweet, for the first two weeks Chloe barely spoke and only smiled every other day, but cried almost every day. But the last few days she seemed to do a complete 180, she was eating normally, sleeping without nightmares every night, playing video games and laughing; it warmed his heart to see her going back to normal,only for his heart to sink when he heard a girlish scream come from some where in the lair. He dropped the box he had instantly and took off to find the source, only to feel a wave of relief wash over him when he seen it was Chloe, she had screamed because Raph was giving her a ride on his shoulders. At first he looked happy, but when she started grabbing at his face, not so much. He looked more like a cat you had just given a bath, angry, hating everything, done, but also too loving to do something mean. Leo let out a small laugh as he headed over

"Is Raph being nice?" He asks, glancing at Raph before looking up at the little blonde girl, who gave a nod

"He gave me a ride around the lair!" She squealed, clapping, causing Leo to smile, genuinely smile. Seeing this, Raph relaxed some, glancing at the girl before looking at his brother with a 'help me' look. Leo reached up and put his hands under her arms, picking her up and setting her on the ground. She turned and grinned at Raph, waving her hand downward, wanting him to bend down. When he did she hugged him, then kissed his cheek

"Thank you uncle Raph!" She giggled before running out of the room, most likely to go pester someone. The look Raph had on his face made Leo laugh a little, he pat his shoulder

"Good job, uncle Raph" he laughed a little, Raph responding with a quiet huff. Leo headed out to see where Chloe went, only to see her and April on the couch, going through the items they had brought. He went and sat beside the blonde, a warm feeling in his chest as he watched Chloe squeal over some of the items, seeming truly happy and excited, for maybe the first time in over a month. Soon the rest of his ​​​​​​​​​​ their family gathered to the living room, curious to see what made the little girl so happy. Soon after taking every single item out of the box, everything was put back, besides some stuffed animals and puppets. Almost immediately after seeing them Mikey grabbed two and put then on his hands. He kneeled behind the couch, only showing his hands, he started to do funny voices and did a puppet show for Chloe, who responded with squeals and laughing, before hugging his hands. After a short puppet show, the unbelievably cute little blonde girl asked Raph to play puppets with them too, who dreadfully agreed. Soon, everyone had a puppet. Leo, Splinter, April and his brothers all had alteast one puppet. Soon Raphs puppet mocked Donnie, so Donnie mocked Raph, so Mikey joined in the mocking, until all three were wrestling on the floor, abandoning their puppets; luckily, Chloe found this just as funny as the puppets.

After almost an hour of playing, they had all calmed and had a nice dinner of Ramen. There was a minor food fight, and a minor scolding, but major amounts of fun and happiness. After their messy dinner they all gathered on the couch and enjoyed an animated movie, minus Splinter, who went to bed early. Half way into the movie Mikey had fallen asleep, Donnie went to the lab, and Raph went to bed. That's when Leo noticed the sleepy child beside him. He gave a small smile and picked Chloe up, carrying her to the makeshift room they had made for her. It was an empty area with the screens, now it had many of the items from her previous home/bedroom. Soon, they planned to have their extra room cleared out, painted, cleaned very well, set up, and given to her; she didn't know that though.

Leo gently set the tired girl on her bed, covering her with a blanket. He kneeled beside her bed, giving her a smile when she have a tired grin. What she said next made his heart melt

"Goodnight..I love you daddy leo.."

Half of him wanted to yank her out of bed and hug her and spin her, while the other half wanted to scream happily, so he settled on neither and just grinned at her

"Goodnight Chloe." He says in a quiet voice, kissing her forhead before putting her favorite stuffed bear in her arms. He heads to the 'door' and turns off her lamp, the room dimly lit by a turtle shaped nightlight. He went to his own bedroom, and for the first time in weeks, he stopped letting his thoughts and worries drown him, and went to sleep with a smile on his face.