A/N : Err…This is my first fanfic on this site, so don't be too harsh with the reviews. Enjoy! (It takes place in Brussels, the capital of Belgium)
Kai saw his sibling sitting at the table, with her face buried in her arms. He chose the chair next Nya and wrapped his arms around her shoulders.
"Hey sis, is something wrong?"
She lifted her head and looked at the spiked haired brunette. Her hair was a little mess, her lips wobbled and she seemed like she was almost going to cry.
"It's about Jay…" she whispered. Kai frowned, as Nya continued, "He's getting distant…Though we're dating it looks like he tries to avoid me. When we're together, he just spaces out."
"Maybe he just needs space. You mustn't be too possessive. Jay is the kind of person who needs a lot of attention, but sometimes just wants to fly by himself."
"Are you saying I should dump him?" asked Nya, about to cry.
"I didn't say that ! Just leave him alone for some time, and I'm sure it will flow much better after."
The girl smiled weakly at her brother and thanked him. When he left the seat beside her, Nya asked what he was about to do.
"I…Err…I-I promised Lloyd we would train today!" he stammered as he ran away.
Nya buried her face back in her arms. She heard a voice that she recognized right away :
"I couldn't help to listen to your conversation." said Zane as he entered the room.
He sat next to Nya, at the same spot Kai was, two seconds earlier. Nya noticed how the two energies that poured out of these two men were different. "I'm sorry for your relationship with Jay. I see that you appreciate him a lot."
An awkward silence followed this statement.
The nindroid cleared his throat :
"Is there, perhaps, somebody that you like as much?"
This precise moment was the one Jay chose to barge in and shout :
"Is the dinner ready yet? I'm starving!"
"Speaking of the devil." muttered Nya.
"No, it will be in about…Three hours." The ice ninja answered calmly at the sudden irruption of his friend.
Jay groaned as he heavily walked out of the room, every step making a loud 'thud'.
"Is there something else wrong with Jay?" asked the ice ninja, in the softest way possible by his programmed mind.
"All the time he spends away from me, he spends it with Cole…There's a spark between both of them, they always try to have any kind of physical contact, or just stay the closest as possible."
Even if Zane was a robot, and robots can do very complicated expressions, equations, it was sometimes hard for the droid to solve the mystery of human relationships. He never saw the almost constant contact between his two friends.
Maybe he noticed, but never saw it in that way.
-TRANSITION-
Jay stumbled in the room the ninjas shared. He saw Cole lied face down on the bed. He was drawing, listening some loud music through his headphones, not caring about the rest of the rest of the world. Typical 'Cole' attitude, except for one detail :
He was shirtless.
Jay felt a light blush creep on his face. The brunette felt it deepen when he walked over to Cole. He removed a headphone from the leader's ear. Cole turned his head and glared at the lightning ninja. His look softened and he rolled his eyes :
"What do you want, Jay?"
The young man gulped.
"C-Could y-you…ahem…P-Put a shirt on please?" he stuttered, embarrassed.
"I can't, all my shirts are dirty!"
"You still have hoodies?"
"There's no way I'm putting a hoodie over my bare skin! I have to wear a shirt under." he answered.
Jay rummaged in the mess that was his closet and threw a shirt in Cole's face. The earth ninja dodged it swiftly and it crashed on the wall behind him. He sat up and slipped the black shirt on him. He was surprised Jay's shirt was big enough to fit him. The brunette was much smaller than the rest of the ninjas. Even Lloyd was almost as tall.
He sneaked up from behind to Jay and nuzzled his hair with his fist.
"Thanks, dude !"
The smaller male jumped, a little startled. Cole asked :
"When will the dinner be ready?"
"Not before three hours." sighed Jay.
Cole moved his hands down on Jay's waist and brought him closer. He rested his head on Jay's small shoulder. The ninja became red as a tomato, it was more than what they usually did :
"Cole, what on earth do you think you're doing ? Imagine if Nya saw us ?"
"But I want ice-cream !"
"It's January ! Where do you think we're going to find ice-cream?"
"Jay, we're in Brussels. Every waffle stand sells ice cream, and believe me, there's a bunch of them. And anyways, you can still have a waffle."
"It's freezing outside, go on your on!"
"But it's boring to go alone!"
"Go with somebody else then."
"I can't go with Zane because he is probably cooking dinner, I can't go with Nya because she is your girlfriend, and Kai and Lloyd went on a date."
"What ? Kai and Lloyd are dating ?!"
"At least they're trying, they're afraid of being rejected. So, are we going to get this ice-cream or not ?"
-TRANSITION-
A yellow van with big drawings of ice cream and waffles was parked at the end of the road. On the van was written with blue letters : 'Gaufres et Glaces'. Jay was surprised to see that much people waiting.
"See, Jay, 'Waffles and Ice-Cream'." said Cole in a triumphal tone.
"Since when do you know how to understand French?"
"I did a few plays with my school, they were in French."
"And these plays talked about waffles and ice-cream?" he asked as they waited.
Since the queue was pretty big, Jay asked Cole how to say :
'I would like a waffle and an ice-cream, please?'
After a few pronunciation fails, he finally succeeded.
In front of the man selling the food, he said proudly :
"Je voudrais une gaufre et une glace, s'il vous plaît?"
"Quel parfum ?"
"What?"
"What flavor?" the man repeated, with a horrible German mixed with French accent, smiling. Jay was alone in the queue because Cole was watching him from a far. He hesitated and glanced at the people behind him. They didn't seem annoyed at all.
"Erm…Chocolate?…"
-TRANSITION-
The raven haired man saw the brunette running to him with an ice cream cone and a big waffle trickling with chocolate sauce. His fingers were covered of chocolate sauce, as he handed the chocolate ice cream.
"They really like chocolate in this country!"
Cole finished his ice cream too quickly, so Jay looked at him like he was an alien.
"What? I haven't gotten my dose of sugar in a looooong time."
"Are you kidding? You ate three quarters of a enormous cake two days ago!"
"I just had a few slices!" Cole corrected.
"A few 'Cole' slices. That means almost the whole cake." Jay snickered, "You're the leader, you should have a minimum of self-control."
The tall man shoved Jay, he dropped his waffle. It crashed on the floor and some chocolate spurt all over. A big black and brown dog jumped out of nowhere and runaway with the waffle. They heard a little girl yell : 'Noisette, come here !'
"My waffle!" the ninja complained, "There's no other ways I'm going to warm up now!"
That's when the brunette felt a hand wrap around his shoulders and bringing him close. A light blush colored his face.
"Is it better?"
"Better." Jay answered, snuggling close to the earth ninja. A nice warmth filled him up. Not the kind of superficial warmth you feel when you're under your blankets, with the heater at max on a cold winter morning. More like the kind of warmth you feel on a date, with the butterflies, your pounding heart. When you're in LOVE.
'I have to stop thinking of Cole like this ! I'm dating Nya…It would be like I was cheating on her. Even though I'm not really in love with her anymore, I can't do this to her ! Was I even in love with her at first ? Was it to convince myself of something ?…'
Many questions swirled in Jay's mind.
He was cut off when he heard Cole :
"You have something on your face !"
A pair of hot and soft lips landed on Jay's cheek. He looked like a tomato, once again.
"Two can play that game!" he answered, challenging, "There's something on your nose!"
He planted a kiss on the earth ninja's nose, who blushed for the first time in Jay's presence.
They continued this game, until they were in a certain position.
Cole's arms were around Jay's waist and the brunette's arms around his leader's neck. They smiled like two lovesick teens on their first date. They both felt each other's breath on their face. Jay had to tip-toe to be high enough to look into Cole's eyes without breaking his neck.
After a few moments of silence in this awkwardly snug position, the two men opened their mouths to say the exact same words :
"There's something on your lips…"
Jay and Cole closed their eyes and leaned in, their lips brushing for a few instants. Butterflies fluttered in Jay's stomach, as his body said 'yes' and his mind said 'no'.
Sometimes, the physical part of you takes over the reasonable part of you.
In Jay's case, these 'sometimes' happened quite often.
He let his body take over his mind. However, the mind is much more soft and affectionate, so his kisses were somewhat sloppy.
Cole frowned a little, he didn't expect Jay to be sweet as honey, but he was going a little too far. Though he enjoyed finally being able to go further than his usual contacts with the lightning ninja, he felt that his kisses were rough and filled of desire. Like something he wanted, but in a more beast-like way.
Cole broke one of the kisses and loosened his grip around Jay's waist. The other ninja looked at him, a little sad, and cocked his head on the side with a facial expression close to the one dogs have when they don't understand what you're asking.
"Cole, what's wrong ?"
Cole paused for a bit.
"I feels like I'm kissing a drunk person. You don't really seem to know what you're doing, and it's just not right."
Jay realized his mistake : he didn't give himself fully to the one he loved. He tried to convince himself entirely, but his mind kept churning out pictures of a broken hearted Nya.
In front of Jay's confused looks, the raven haired man understood that it was no use. Jay was still in love with Nya.
'I'm just a filler. Jay doesn't really love me…He just uses me to forget about Nya when she becomes a little annoying. How could have I been so stupid ? I should have known better, I didn't have any chance…' Cole thought, gritting his teeth in pain and sorrow. His chest tightened and tears were stinging his eyes. He felt like his heart was going to explode.
He let go Jay, and ran away. Cole swore he heard the brunette call his name, but he knew it was just lies. His legs carried him back home at the speed of light. He had a hard time with the keys, because his vision was blurred by bitter tears. He slammed the door of the bedroom, sat against one of the beds and cried his eyes out. He didn't make any sound, because everybody always told him it was better to suffer in silence.
-TRANSITION-
"Cole ! Wait, I need you !" Jay yelled as the leader ran off.
Jay buried his face in his hands and sobbed. His shoulders were shaking. Why did he have to ruin everything ? He would have to deal with Nya…Talk to her about how he felt towards Cole. He couldn't deal with this kind of stuff. He wasn't strong enough.
He would just go back crawling to both of them, trying to move on, like a dog with his tail between his legs. Like he always did…
But not this time ! He had to confess to Nya…Hell no ! He'd confess to the whole world !
He felt a wave of courage engulf him as he shouted on the street :
"I love Cole ! I love him with all my heart ! I love Cole !"
Hopefully, the streets were empty.
-TRANSITION-
Nya heard the door open violently. Half an hour had passed since Zane left to prepare supper. She stayed in her position : sitting at the table with her head in her arms.
"I wonder who's that."
She didn't have time to look properly because the silhouette dashed upstairs without even saying : 'Hello !'
The person was dressed in black and was obviously a man, so she assumed it was Cole who was back from wherever he went.
She sighed.
Later, repeated ringing sound pulled her out of her melancholia. It could only be Jay, and she needed to talk to her boyfriend.
When she opened the door, Jay stood in front of her, panicked, but looking strangely confident.
He took Nya's hand in his, and confessed :
"I'm sorry to put it like that, seen from a far it seems very rude, but if I don't say it now, I'll have to keep it buried in me forever and none of us will be happy…But I love-"
"I know, Cole is in the room." she cut Jay off and pulled him in a big hug, "Be happy, you will always stay in my heart, Jay, and I hope I will stay in yours as well."
Jay hugged her back and whispered :
"Wonderful people always have a place in my heart."
-TRANSITION-
Jay knocked softly on the bedroom door and opened it, passing his head through the crack :
"It's me, Jay."
"Go away." Cole answered harshly with a shaking voice.
"There's no way I'm leaving you."
"I said : GO AWAY."
"I won't, because, Cole, to be honest, you're my heart, you're my soul."
"You lie. You just used me as a toy. I'm nothing more to you than a doll you play with when you're bored of what you have."
Jay never thought of it like this. "Look, Cole, I-I'm sorry…"
"Just go back to Nya. I know you don't feel the same for me. I'm just telling you I'm not mad at you for that, I'll never be. I'm just angry because you used me as a toy."
The lightning ninja had enough of this non-sense that Cole was repeating.
"There's just a problem with your argument." corrected Jay. He close the door behind him, ran to his crush and embraced him in a tight hug, "I love you much more than you can imagine." He planted a kiss on the strong man's lips.