Just The Two Of Us.
The crystal white moon shined through the cracks of the window of one of the Ninja's room. That Ninja rolled over in his bed and sat up.
He rubbed his head. He had been having trouble sleeping. Lots of trouble. He had a lot on his mind. He couldn't shake it off. He couldn't get it to go away. He climbed out of his bed, his feet hit the cold floor gently. He slowly stumbled over to the window and shut the curtains. He yawned and headed out of the room. He pushed the door opened slowly and walked out into the hallway heading straight to the kitchen.
He flicked the switch by the doorway, and the room lit up burning Jay's eyes. He flinched and switched on the kettle. He stood there listening to its bubble. He let out a quiet yawn.
"You're up early." A voice came from the doorway.
Jay jolted and looked over to his left. "Cole...you scared me."
The black haired teen gave Jay a worried look. "It's not like you to be up this early, it's 4AM." He walked up to Jay.
The kettle clicked. "Oh, I couldn't sleep," Jay said.
Cole raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
Jay shrugged. "I don't know."
Cole sighed quietly, "Alright."
Jay made himself some coffee, in silence. The room was quiet except for the few clicks of the teaspoon hitting the sides of the blue mug. Jay turned to Cole and brought his mug up to his lips, the cup lingered there.
"Is something bothering you?" Cole piped up.
Jay diverted his eyes to the ground. "No, what makes you think that?" He asked quietly.
"The way you've been acting," Cole said.
Jay raised his head and stared at Cole with a confused look. "What do you mean?"
"I can read people like a book. You've been acting strangely. You always look tired, you don't joke about. Something is bothering you." Cole explained.
Jay stared at Cole, he stared at the mark by his eye. A green scar going straight down, in line with the lower part of his eye. Jay cleared his throat. "It's nothing important."
Cole sighed, and then gave Jay a small smile. "Alright buddy, if you say so. I'm going to be up for a while, I'll be in the living room if you need me."
Jay nodded and watched his friend walk out. Jay finally took a sip of his coffee. He sighed as it warmed up his body. He decided to go talk to Cole. He walked over into the living room.
He sat down next to his friend.
Cole glanced over at him. "Hey, buddy."
Jay gave him a sad smile. "Hi.."
Cole looked over at the TV and changed the channel a few times.
Jay watched as they changed and as the numbers went up. The numbed eventually stopped, Jay turned his head. Cole had sat back into the sofa.
"Jay." He said rather quietly.
Jay nodded. "Yeah?"
"...It's me isn't it?" Cole said.
Jay's heart pounded. "W-What?"
"I'm bothering you aren't I?" Cole lowered his head a little.
Jay swallowed his guilt. "No. Why would it be you?"
Cole glanced at him. "I don't know. Why don't you tell me?"
Jay shuffled towards Cole. "It's not you! At least not you in person!"
Cole stared at Jay.
"I mean! Ah!" Jay groaned. "I'm worried." He admitted.
Cole frowned in confusion. "About...?"
"You," Jay said quickly.
Cole's facially expression changed to surprise. "Why...?"
Jay glanced at Cole's scar. "I always think...that someday, you're going to be a ghost again," Jay said quietly.
"Huh?"
"Your scar," Jay said.
Cole blinked a few times. "..."
"It worries me. I mean, sometimes I think..." Jay sighed. "No this is stupid. It's something dumb to worry about." Jay shook a little. "I just don't want to lose you again..."
Cole breathed in to contain himself. "..." He didn't understand why Jay was so worried but those last words...
They got to him.
"Jay. I'm not going anywhere-"
"No Cole. It's always at the back of my mind, that I'm going to wake up one day and you're gone. I always feel that your ghost form is just going to come back! And that you'll fade..." Jay clenched onto his coffee mug even tighter. "I'm sorry. I'll shut up."
Cole didn't know what to say. He couldn't say anything. He just sat back into the sofa even more and put his hand over the mark that was left after becoming human again. Jay put his coffee mug down on the table in front of them. "Look. Just pretend I didn't say anything."
Cole nodded. "I won't mention it."
"Thank you."
"..."
They both sat in utter silence for a while.
Jay cleared his throat. "Look. When the others leave to go-"
"You guys are up early." Nya walked into the room.
"Morning." They both said.
Nya sat down. She noticed the tension between them both.
"Is everything okay?" She asked.
Jay stood up and left the room.
They both watched.
Cole flinched when the door slammed.
"...Oh," Nya mumbled.
Cole sighed and closed his eyes, drifting into his imagination. 'Forget it ever happened...'