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Sleeping Problems
Dude, this is getting annoying. It's three in the morning and I'm wide awake. This sucks! Mike sighed and sat up in his bed, looking around his dim-lighted room. After a few moments he swung his legs over the edge of his bed and stood up.
"Better do something useful then," he said out loud, causing Klunk to wake up. Mike saw it and walked toward the orange kitten. "Sorry, buddy," he whispered. Klunk accepted the apology, yawned and closed his eyes again, purring softly. Mike chuckled and walked out of his room. Once outside he heard the soft snoring of his oldest brother, whose room was almost directly next to his. Curiously Mike peered inside the room through the open door and saw Leo's sleeping form. Leo always said his room was too hot so the open door could let the heat escape, but Mike knew better. He knew that his brother let his door open so he could immediately run out to help or aid his family when there was trouble. Mike smiled at that thought and silently tiptoed along the open door, using all of his ninja skills not to wake his brother. When he got to the living room he decided he was out of hearing range and yawned loudly, stretching his body in the process. He smacked his tongue to the roof of his mouth. "I'm thirsty," he announced to no one in particular and walked into the kitchen, going straight to the fridge. On his way he chuckled at the sight of the dirty dishes in the sink, knowing that Raph was the one who had to do it in the morning. "It's a big advantage when you're the only one who knows how to cook… You never have to do the dishes," he grinned and opened the fridge. After looking for a couple of seconds he grabbed a can of soda and wanted to close the door. At that moment he caught sight of something, interrupting his movement. His eyes grew big while he reached out and seized a big can of whipped cream. A wide grin appeared on his face. "This is awesome!" he called out excitedly, immediately slapping the back of his full hand over his mouth, listening for some movement. Luckily he didn't wake up anyone. He turned around and closed the fridge door with his foot. His smile brightened as he walked out of the kitchen while looking at the can with whipped cream. "This is gonna be epic!" he mumbled and he looked around in the living room. Suddenly he spotted what he was looking for and he walked toward the coffee table where he put down his soda and reached for one of Klunk's toys. He grinned playful at the stick with feathers as he walked towards the hallway where the bedrooms of his two other brothers were. Skipping Don's room, he stopped at Raph's and breathed in and out quietly. "Mission 'whipped cream without getting my ass whipped' unlocked," he whispered jokingly and placed his hand on the door handle. He heard his brother snore loudly and knew only an assault of Purple Dragons could wake him up at the moment. Still he tried as silent as he could to open the door and sneaked inside. He tensed when he heard a squeaking sound as he took a step, and let out a relieved sigh when just Raph turned onto his back and continued snoring even louder. "Objective sighted. Perfect position to execute mission." He crept closer until he was inches away, softly shaking the can. With great precision he aimed the tip of the can at his brother's hand and carefully pressed the nozzle. After making a nice mount Mike stopped and put the can on the floor. Gently he moved a little backwards while putting Klunk's feathery toy in his right hand. Teasingly he started stroking the feathers over Raph's face. He barely hold in a snicker when his brother started making weird faces to get rid of the tickling feeling. At that moment Mike saw Raph bringing up his hand and quickly he stopped, holding his laughter. Moments later Raph's hand smacked onto his face causing the whipped cream to splatter all over. With a surprised grawl Raph woke up and he looked around confused. He then noticed the white speckles around him and looked into his hand. Next to him he heard his littlest brother laugh uncontrollably. "Hahaha, epic! You should see your face!" He looked up and saw Raph's confusion turning into anger. Immediately his laughter grew quiet. "April fools…?" he said with an innocent grin. With a growl Raph jumped out of his hammock, face still covered in cream and ran after his brother who already was in the doorway, shrieking playfully.
"It friggin' December, numbskull!" Raph yelled angrily. "Come back here so I can kick your ass!" He saw Mike make a jump over the couch and followed. He reached out, almost grabbing the back of Mike's shell, but missed by an inch.
"Aw, you're so sweet, bro," came the swift reply. "Oh wait, that's just your face." He laughed mockingly and sprinted towards the hallway. At that moment Don came out of the hallway and Mike quickly changed directions so he would not crash into his brainy brother. "Morin', bro," he yelled, avoiding Raph once again. "Mikey, when I get my hands on ya...!"
Don rubbed his eyes and yawned sleepily, suddenly noticing another presence next to him. He turned his head and saw his oldest brother walking up to him, a slightly annoyed, but amused look on his face. "What happened?" he asked. Don shrugged and watched his two other brothers running around in the living room, one clearly having fun, the other clearly angry. "I don't know. I just got here." He chuckled when Mike made an incredible jump to leap over the two couches which Raph didn't see coming so he bumped softly against the back of the couch, which didn't do his temper much good.
"But according to Raph's face, I think Mike found some whipped cream," Don finished with a grin. Leo shook his head disapproving, but the slight smile on his face told otherwise. "Too bad it's the middle of the night." He turned his head from the clock to the kitchen. "But I don't think I can sleep anyway tonight. So… Breakfast?"
Don nodded. "Never too early for breakfast," he smiled and together they walked to the kitchen, ignoring a big crash, a scream of surprise and a triumphant laugh.