[OOM: The Hamato Family Suite]

[mnt_mike]

They're going to be here any minute now.
She's going to be here any minute now.
And Mike? Has no idea what to do with himself...so he's pacing. And Stampy, for her part, is watching him pace from the comfort of a corner cushion of the couch.

Lunch is made. Drinks are chilling. Heck even Stampy's had a bath.
All there is to do now is wait...and hope.

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[mnt_mike]

"Yeah, yeah...I know," he says running his hands through his hair the way he does when he's trying to avoid eye contact.

[slayer_fray]

There is nothing like obviously avoiding eye contact with Mel to get her to stare at you.

[mnt_mike]

Oh good, because what this whole situation was missing was more awkward.

He takes a deep breath that whistles on the exhale.

[slayer_fray]

"Anyway.

"I'll come pick her up when she needs it and I'm around."

[mnt_mike]

"Sounds like a plan," he says eventually. "I'm only usually here during meal times these days, but Splinter's around. If he's not here...he's at Sallie's."

[slayer_fray]

Oh yeah, Splinter and Sallie.

"How's that getting on?"

[mnt_mike]

"Like gangbusters. I don't know that I've seen either of them this happy in a long while. Aaaand I'm certainly happy that I taught Sallie how to quiet things down," he says while making a vague gesture towards his head. "Because...no. Just...no."

[slayer_fray]

Mel winces.

"Sounds like a perfect opportunity for revenge."

[mnt_mike]

"He wouldn't. Not when such a thing would risk traumatizing Leo for life too."

[slayer_fray]

"Leo's not telepathically linked."

Is he?

[mnt_mike]

"They could be, it really wouldn't surprise me at this point.

...

and actually, that really would make a whole lot of my childhood make a whole lot more sense...."

[slayer_fray]

"That might just be an eldest child thing?" Mel hazards. "I never figured out eldest child things."

[mnt_mike]

"I think there'd have to be a timeline mucking event of some kind for either of us to ever understand eldest child things."

[slayer_fray]

"And that'd mean giving up Erin, and that ain't happening."

[mnt_mike]

"I could probably do without Raph," he says with a smirk. "Possibly Leo if he stops putting the toilet paper roll on backwards."

[slayer_fray]

Mel, who used to make a concerted effort to put the toilet roll on in alternate directions just to fuck with him, smirks.

"But you need Don."

[mnt_mike]

"Well yeah, without him I'm the one who has to fix everything."

No.
Thank.
You.