Ch8 Living Together Can Suck

He had every right to scream. After two weeks after just moving in, Yumiko had already taken over the house, and not just their house. Their way of life!

Raph rolled over once more in his flower scented sheets. Trying to ignore the scent, he imagined the smell of his own man sweat dominating his room. He also did his best to ignore the fact his clutter did not litter the floor anymore and have been rearranged from time to time, that included everything else in the lair. From their training equipment being stored away, doilies covering the couch, and different fresh fruity smells filling the air.

To be frank, the dominion of manliness was lost.

Glancing over at his clock, it was only 6:30 in the morning, not to mention Saturday. That was the only day he could actually take a break from anything, he buried his face in his pillow once more.

BAROOOO!

Raphael jumped out of bed at the sound of the noise, only to find Mimi holding a horn. Rubbing his eyes, he growled, "Mimi! Do you know what time it is, it's 6:30 in the morning, what do you want!"

The mime girl rubbed her sleepy eyes as well and did a few gestures to tell him.

Yumiko woke me up and everybody else. She said it's time to get ready.

He was still getting the hang of understanding her, but he knew the reason already.

"Yumiko." He grumbled before hitting the bed again.

The same rude awakening went for Splinter, he was in a peaceful sleep only then to find Yumiko a second later blasting his ears sore.

"Wake up!" She sang cheerfully.

Splinter covered his face, " Go away!" he snapped.

"Oh no you're not, you get up now!" she yanked the sheets from him. "It's time to get this family some exercise in the weekend!"

Pulling back the sheets, he didn't have the energy to be fully irritated. "Can we do this later?" he grumbled.

"No! The earlier we start, the better we spend the day."

All she got was a groan in response.

A few minutes later, everybody was in single file line out in the living room. All were staggering to get a sense of consciousness.

"So tired, still sleepy…zzzzz" Mikey curled on the floor next to Mimi.

"it's too early!" Don whined.

Splinter grunted as Yumiko put on her pink kimono.

"Everybody ready?" she said.

All just snored.

*Sunday*

"Hurry it up in there!" Splinter yelled as he banged the bathroom door.

He stood outside with his toothbrush and towel, what was she doing in there? It been twenty minutes and he needs his shower!

"Hold a minute will you! At least give me five minutes to finish!" she yelled back.

"You said that five minutes ago!"

"I need my girl time!"

"How long does it take for a girl to get herself ready!"

Leo let out a wail, "C'mooooon! I've been holding it for thirty minutes! Get out already, I've gotta gooooo! "

"Okay at least two minutes!"

"Awwww great!" Leo howled.

*Monday*

Donatello has been waiting for at least an hour for Mimi to help him test out his new gaming system in his lab, she's been gone since she went out to mime, and also Mikey hasn't been seen or heard of the whole day.

The lab doors then slammed open, and in came Leo trudging in looking pissed off as hell holding a candle. He held up the candle to him, "Don tell me what this is."

Don gave him a quizzical face, "Uuuhh… a candle?"

"Yes, a candle." He griped, "it was suppose to be a meditation candle, and now do you know what it is?"

"Just a candle?"

"Worse! A honey scented candle!" He angrily shouted.

"what happened to your old candles?"

"They were thrown out!" Leo burst out, "I can't take it! She's taking over everything! How the hell did we ever come to think of letting her stay with us?"

"Cuz she's got no place to go and we felt sorry for her?

"Yeah, but she's taken things that made this place...ninja turtley!" Leo declared.

He raised an eyebrow, "Like bathroom time?" Don asked.

"YES!"

The purple clad turtle just shrugged, "I really don't find it bad, everything's organized I can find things easily, and the whole place is clean. In fact I find it better than how we kept the place."

"I can't believe you're siding with her!" he cried out in frustration.

"Oh yeah?" Both looked to the door to see Raph, "If that ain't bad for ya then I'll tell you this," he gave a deathly pause.

"She replaced our t.v. couch."

The boys were struck with silence, a horrible feeling twisted up in their stomachs in revulsion.

"Our...t.v. couch is gone?" Don choked out.

"No!" Leo gasped.

"Yup, got a new one." Raph nodded.

"But…but…that couch was special!" Don whimpered, "no new couch can replace it!"

Leo gritted his teeth vehemently, "That's it! We can't let this go anymore! You can throw out my candles, wake us up at Saturday, and rule the bathroom, but she does NOT throw out our favorite t.v. couch!"

"YEAH!" they all shouted in unison.

"I don't understand why we couldn't have taken that new rug!" a shrilly voice screamed out. That was a sign Yumiko was home.

"One, I don't need a new rug! Two! That would be stealing!" Splinter yelled back.

"It is not stealing! It's taking for the better welfare of the home!"

"I still call it stealing!" the rat sensei said.

Raph, Don, and Leo poked their heads out of the door to see the two rats squabbling violently.

As Mikey and Mimi dragged themselves in, they noticed Mimi wearing a new pink dress with little ribbons in her hair. Both covered their ears appearing exasperated.

"What happened to you two?" Raph queried.

"Yumiko took us shopping and dressed Mimi up." Don saw Mimi's face scrunch up, he knew she hated all that girly fuss.

"What about those two?" Leo asked pointing to Splinter and Yumiko.

"Yumiko started to tell how we needed a new rug, but Splinter told her no, then the whole thing went downhill."

Roca crawled over, to them and agreed. Hell yeah! So who cares if theres a bunch of holes I chewed through it and used it as my toilet, the thing still looks brand new!

To the boys, even if the blue mat was now in ragged shreds and parts of it were brown and patchy, they still found it perfect, and nothing was going to change their mind.

By the way, if you don't mind I left a big present under it, please feel free to clean that up.

A huge lump protruded from the surface of the rug, flies swarmed around it in frenzy.

"You have no idea in how to maintain a perfect household!" Yumiko shouted.

"Who are you to tell me that!"

"I'm a concerned mother who just wants a nice environment for her child!"

"This house is perfect as is!"

"It is not! You don't know how to keep the living room clean!"

"I hate you!"

"I hate you more!"

The turtles watched them and wondered how long could they survive from driving eachother insane.