GREENFLAME- Nightmare:
Lloyd's POV:
I had that dream again. The one where I see my own father dying before me with the cursed realm whilst I spectated, unable to prevent the tragedy. Ever since Nya killed the queen of the cursed with her full potential over her water element, the disappointment of not being able to save him has constantly kept me awake. Luckily, my tosses and cries of help tend to be silent so the others don't get woken up. Usually, I end up rushing to the room furthest from the bedrooms so I can cry without alerting anyone. However, only one person has caught me. Sometimes, Cole gets hungry at night and slips out of his room hunting down one of his numerous cake supplies hidden all around the bounty. The amount of times one of us have found a cheesecake or cupcakes stashed is beyond me. Once, I was crying more than usual from Morro haunting my mind to make my nightmare worse. I had taken a wrong turn, going into the kitchen instead of my usual place where Cole was raiding the fridge for Kai's leftover spicy meatball marinara. The first thing he did when he saw me was slowly float away from the temptation as though he was busted. Unfortunately, the plate the ghost was holding ended up smashing onto the tiled floor. He vanished like a scardy-cat, leaving me to take the blame as the chef himself came rushing in with a dim red glow coming from his fire element. His tanned arms remained bare as he only wore darkened red boxers.
"Lloyd? What're you doing up so late, and why is my leftover meal on the floor?" He curiously investigated the situation before realising my teared emerald eyes staring into his glowing amber orbs.
"Why are you crying...did something happen?" Before even stopping for a second to think out my plan, I simply lunged into the hot-head's muscled arms and wept on his warm shoulders until I incidently knocked the small flame onto the kitchen side without dimming it. Instead of fighting back, the red ninja hugged Lloyd back, giving off a sense of protection along with the warmth beside them.
"Wanna talk...?" He murmured into my pale blond locks.
time skip, just because
Kai's POV (finally!):
After sitting through Lloyd's nightmare, all I could physically do was cry. The pain of losing someone close, the failure to keep them safe, the pain of being alone. I knew exactly how he felt, after all I've been through the same experience as him after my parents passed. As tears fell down my now pale face, he started blushing slightly.
"I'm sorry...that I woke you up. I just need some sleep, I'm going to bed." Before he could leave the now heated kitchen, I suddenly grabbed his sweating arm before staring into his now dries eyes in slight worry.
"Are you sure you're going to be OK green machine? I don't want you to be alone if you wake up crying again..." a neon red blush crept up my face. Lloyd looked at me with some sort of desperation before speaking
"If it's OK, it's fine if it's not, but...could you...stay with me tonight?"
"Of course..." After that night, Kai moved into Lloyd's double bedroom. The green ninja started having a proper night's worth of sleep most of the time, but whenever he had the nightmare, Kai was always there for him. He was like a brother to him. After all, everyone has that connection with someone they truly care for...
THE END!