Lyle couldn't stand it, don't get him wrong though, he didn't mind Allie at first, at the beginning she just stayed on her shared room with Lemy and Lyra, stayed quiet on meals and took it like a champ waiting for everyone to finish using the bathroom on the morning before entering when the coast was clear, up to that point she was just that girl that his aunt Luna wanted to save from the street and he wasn't jaded or grumpy enough to protest something like that.
That didn't last though the team of dad, Lemy and Lyra had successfully brought her out of her shell on 3 months, now Lizy played with her and Allie's pet rat, Lyra was teaching her how to play the drums, became the third member of the trouble making team of Lupa and Lemy, helped Leia finding blackmail material and went to dad's room if she ever had a nightmare, in short she was finally a part of the family.
Again Lyle didn't mind this but part of being a member of this freak show was fighting tooth and nail to get first to the bathroom on the morning and being next to her in line WAS what was bothering him, her smell was the worst thing he has ever had to experience, it was a combination of old garbage, dried sweat and if that last one was Lemy's idea, Lyle swore he was going to choke him with his guitar strings...the last one was axe body spray.
The long haired boy was last on the line that day and right in front of him was his new adoptive sister, Lyle was so relieved when it was finally the stinky new addition to the family's turn but that relieve turned to absolute dread when not even a minute later the girl came out the bathroom, completely dressed with a towel on her neck and hair damp.
"She is just quick on the shower", "I'm sure I heard the water running" Lyle kept trying to excuse his new sister short time on the bath...until she passed beside him, those three smells were still there but more subdued, there was now a new dominant smell of wet rat, his face full of terror he just had to ask.
"Excuse me Allie" He squeaked out.
"Sup Bro?"
"Did you shower with your rat?"
"What? No, he is staying with Lizy, she has this amazing rat house thingie, Charlie loves it there, she is taking good care of the little bugger, doesn't mean I don't keep a close eye on 'em though" Allie happily talked, excited someone else on the house was interested in Charlie.
"W-Well...yeah, she is great with animals...hehehe" Lyle weakly and awkwardly finished the conversation and entered the shower himself.
*The next day*
Lyle and Allie were again at the back of the line but this time Lyle went before Allie and The androgynous boy wasted no time to confirm something, the second he entered the bathroom he hid all shampoos, conditioners and any grooming products he could find, took a quick shower himself and before leaving, left a sealed shampoo bottle and a fresh bar of soap on the bath.
Just as yesterday Allie did her business on the bathroom on a minute or less and Lyle went to inspect, to his horror it was just as he predicted, the shampoo was still sealed and the soap wasn't even wet, with a grimace he put all the products back where they belonged and went back to his room.
That night Lyle was tossing and turning in his sleep, this was preposterous, how could aunt Luna or Sam not taught that girl anything about hygiene?...Well, maybe he could deal with it, just wake up a bit earlier to not be near her on the line, try to never sit besides her on breakfast, lunch or dinner...if that smell doesn't get worse.
No! He isn't gonna take this lying down, Loan had the decency to keep her stank on her god damned room and thanks to her never sleeping at night she showered at around 4 AM whenever she bother to do it (once every second month or so) and Lizy was just a matter of time, asking for a clean toddler especially one that loves animals so much was a lot to ask but aunt Lana had even more contact with gross stuff and she always smelled fine it's not a long shot to think Lizy will end up the same.
But Allie, with Allie, Lyle would have to take matters on his own hands, the long haired boy shot up and sat straight on his bed, he needed help so he turned to his roomate Liena and woke her up, groggily the stout mute signaled (What is it?).
"Hygiene emergency" Lyle said tone completely serious.
(Loan already took a shower yesterday) Liena signed before turning back to try and sleep but Lyle's hand on her arm stopped her.
"Allie"
This surprised Liena with eyes wide open and sleep forgotten she sat up straight and started signing up a storm.
(Wait, she is just getting settled in, we can't scare her by being pushy with this, I'm not gonna be the one that gets her to act like Loan all over again) Liena signed all this with a frown.
"Liena, have you seen how quick her "baths" are? She doesn't use soap or shampoo, are you just going to get used to it?"
(I got used to manure and Loan, I will be fine and I'm sure she will get better with self grooming, let's just give her time) When she finished signing the mute crossed her arms and looked directly at Lyle challenging him to change her mind.
"Ok, I can't wait till Allie gets closer to Lacy and comes back from daily runs all sweaty and just try to rinse all of it on half a minute" Liena's arm uncrossed.
"You know she could probably just indulge on that unbreakable habit of hers of dumpster diving on those daily runs" Liena was now fidgeting with her fingers, looking at Lyle like a panicked puppy.
"And we know how she is with food, she might just say something like "breakfast first, shower second" and then sit besides you...while you eat" Lyle finished that off with a smirk, seeing how Liena was trying her damndest not to gag just told him he had already won, but he had to make just one more little push and so he braved his stomach and said slowly.
"We should hope no spider tries to take a ride on her, back to the house on one of those dumpster diving sessions" Lyle was terrified of the prospect really but Liena's eyes went as wide as saucers and emitted a long shout that resembled a dying moose, want a spawn of Leni's to do what you want? Just convince them that the consequences of not doing it was spiders.
*The next day*
The plan was simple enough, Liena was to end up next to Allie on the bath line, enter with her, wash her and hope she liked it enough to keep doing it, Lyle was pushing for something a bit more aggressive if that one didn't work but Liena insisted that (this will have to do for now).
The back of the line was Allie, Liena and Lyle dead last, when it was Allie's turn Liena poked her on her shoulder and with a smile she used sign language.
"What?" Allie couldn't understand a speck of it.
"Liena said that she is on a bit of a rush for the kitchen and if you could let her bathe with you" Lyle pointed out.
"Oh, Sure sis" and with that both girls entered the bathroom.
Inside both girls undressed and got on the shower, Liena got a bit of shampoo her hands and started massaging it on Allie's head.
"Ehehe, what are you doing?" the former street scamp was giggling and looking at her sister.
The mute continued as if it was a fun game, if Allie found this fun then that just made it more possible that she would continue grooming herself, and considering the foam of the shampoo was turning brown and the smell that she hated to admit could give Loan a run for her money, Allie liking bath time was something she was begging to happen, that was until she felt something on her arm.
A spider that had indeed caught a ride on Allie during a dumpster diving sesion ran off her hair on a panic finding herself on the stout older sister's arm, the dying moose scream of yesterday paled to the sound Liena made the moment she spotted the spider, shaking the little pest off herself as she ran naked, dripping wet and still screaming like a banshee back to her bedroom, Lyle just looked amazed as she left and decided that now it was his turn to give a bath to the little alley cat.
"What happened?" Lyle asked Allie as he stepped into the bathroom, the girl without even covering herself showed him, her palm with a squashed spider on it.
Lyle shuddered and closed the door behind him, "not even a bit of shame, huh" Lyle said as he started to undress.
"Well mom said that family usually did this, we even did it together on the tour bus and since you are my bro" Allie shrugged as she finished that statement.
"And did you two just stood under the water and talked or something?" said Lyle as he entered the shower with her.
Allie gave him a confused look and said "Yeeeeeees, was that bad?".
Controlling himself with all his ability not to roll his eyes nor cuss out aunt Luna, he just put his hands on Allie's scalp and starter to massage.
"Wow...sis was tingly but this...this feels relaxing" the wild child said as she slowly closed her eyes.
"Great that you enjoy it, now keep your eyes closed" Lyle got to work and holy shit just how dirty can someone get?.
"Ok, open your eyes" Allie did as she was told and in front of her was Lyle holding a bottle of shampoo on one hand and a sponge with a bar of soap on the other.
"This" Lyle said putting the bottle up "Is shampoo, it's for cleaning your hair, you just felt that, felt great didn't it?" Allie blushed and nodded enthusiastically while her brother put the shampoo back.
"Great, then you are going to love this one" he said with a smirk while soaping the sponge.
He started with her neck, going down her back and started to work on her pits and her arms, he could feel her shudder.
"Don't make this weird, don't make a sound" he said trying to stifle a laugh and finally working her front while hugging her from her back.
"Liena, What happened?!" Lincoln their father entered the bathroom on a rush his pajama completely disheveled.
"Oh, don't worry pa' she just saw a spider" Allie waved at her dad, but all that Lincoln saw was his newest daughter naked, blushing madly on the shower while leaning into her just as naked brother who had his eyes wide and his hands on her inner thighs.
"I-I understand, I'll go check on her then, have fun" without even blinking Lincoln closed the door slowly.
With a frustrated sigh Lyle let go of his adoptive sister and just finished scrubbing her as quickly as possible, once they were done they were both clothed and ready to get out.
"Wait Allie, I need to check something" Allie curiously got near him with a 'what is it?' for Lyle to take a strand of her hair and take a whiff.
"Well holy shit, that is fucking weird" ohh yeah Lyle forgot she swore like a sailor, Lyra must be doing some progress on that, sadly he didn't do all the progress he was expecting, while Allie herself now smelled like soap, it looked like her hair had retained some of the bad smell even if it was now clean.
"Allie could I wash your hair again?" it appeared it was time for heavy duty.
"What? Man is time for breakfast and we took too much time as it is, we can do this shit tomorrow or something" Allie whined and Lyle grabbed her shoulders and said with his most stern expression.
"Allie if you let me do this, I promise you a double burping burger supreme with the works along with large milkshake and fries for lunch today" Allie's face lit up like a christmas tree, Lyle hated to do this but he would have to use that incredibly expensive french shampoo his mother got him to get her hair on an acceptable smell standard.
And for 20 more minutes the androgynous 12 year old kept washing his 14 year old sister's hair while telling her how to groom herself, Allie kept listening and nodding with a smile, even if she wanted to leave for breakfast, she had to admit, getting her hair washed felt amazing.
*2 weeks later*
At night Lyle was lying awake on his bed just taking in his great work, Allie no longer smelled like garbage, she took like 15 minutes on the shower this morning and last week she even asked the girls of the house for help on grooming products, help that her sisters and aunts gave enthusiastically, sadly she still went dumpster diving and that lead to what Lyle found even sadder, he had to keep sharing his french shampoo with her otherwise the stupid smell would stick but it was worth it, with one happy sigh he closed his eyes to sleep.
Lyle was peacefully drifting to sleep until he felt a hand on his shoulder, opening his eyes and turning to see who was it he found a pouty, mad looking Allie.
"What is it?" Lyle asked confused, to which Allie responded by lifting his covers and hopping on bed with him.
"I thought it was dad the one that had to protect you from nightmares" Lyle said amused.
"I fucking hate you, you piece of shit" Allie said still pouty.
"Pffft, well get on the line but why?"
"When I was on the ban with my moms I slept with them and I got used to it, and when I got here not only pa' but Lemy and Lyra too let me sleep with them, but now that I smell all fru fru and shit I can't stand how pa' and Lemy smell, I can't stay on their beds because of that" Allie started stifling sobs.
"And for some reason since I smell like fucking flower bed, Lyra gets all uncomfortable with me and I feel bad sleeping with her if I just make my big sis uneasy, thanks to that I haven't been able to sleep well this last whole fucking week" Lyle noted that she was not lying her eyes had horrendous bags under them.
"On the Lyra situation, I'll get you another shampoo believe me it will solve that one" Lyle could still remember the day that he shouted out Lyra for using his shampoo, he must have been a fucking monster that time because he saw a side of Lyra he hasn't seen before or since, she had her head hanging low and meekly apologised (a far cry for when Lemy tried to chew her out and she just blew him off), Lyle's mom Leni felt so bad about that she even bought entire box of the thing for Lyra, which probably only made her feel more guilty, no surprise the smell would get her uncomfortable.
"Really?" Allie asked incredulously.
"Yep really, but for tonight's sleep arrangement though" Lyle gave her a wide grin.
"Hey, what are you doing you fuck?" Allie screamed as Lyle was lifting her bridal style.
"Welcome to the good life sis, very easy to get used to, escarily hard to break the habit" Said her brother on a sing song voice walking towards the now half awake Leina.
"Hey Leina, the clean princess here said that she can't sleep unless she is snuggling with someone" Lyle declared loud and proud, to this Allie got bashful and red but Leina became absolutely radiant to that claim, wasting no time she shed the covers and extended both her arms on invitation if the ear to ear smile was not inviting enough.
Lyle handed Allie to the beaming mute and Leina gladly took her newest sister on her arms, Leina laid flat hugging Allie on her left side and the only boy on the room claimed the mute blonde's right side, they both snuggled to Leina's neck while Leina grabbed hold of both of them by the waist and locked Allie under her chin, when everyone was in position Lyle put the covers back on.
"You should tell Lemy what you just told me, that way maybe he will stop half assing his self-care and letting fucking axe body spray do the rest...unless you want to keep this sleeping arrangements, I wouldn't blame you" Lyle told her, his smirk persisting.
"You both smell so good, and this is so warm and soft and it feels soooo good...but I will go back to my siblings" Allie looked like she was on a trance.
"Ok then, enjoy this night though, I don't think Lyra or even aunt Luna and Sam will give you a better bust than this one" Lyle gave Liena's chest a playful squeeze, which earned him a smack on the back of the head.
"SeEEp" Liena said annoyed.
In no time all three of them drifted to sleep and Allie had to admit with being locked under Liena's warm chin, snuggling on her nice smelling and soft neck and Lyle reassuringly and protectively holding her hand under the covers, that might have been the best night of sleep she ever had.