Suffering
Lloyd and the ninja were walking through Ninjago City.
"You're the best, Lloyd!" Nya said, smiling.
"Yup! That's me! I'm... I'm the best!" Lloyd said nervously, carrying the bag and thermos on one hand.
They walked through the park and sat down on a wooden picnic table. Lloyd unpacked the thermos and bag. Everyone's jaw dropped when they saw the contents.
"How... How did you make all this?" Jay asked, dumbfounded.
"I umm... I multitask on umm... A lot of things.." Lloyd mumbled, sitting down as well.
Liar.
A few seconds later, the ninja were digging in. Cole was stuffing himself with cake, like he always does. Jay was eating some mashed potatoes, Nya was chewing on some steak, and Zane was going through the marshmallows. Kai was slightly confused on the new act of Lloyd, and decided to look in the bag.
"Anything else in here?" He asked, reaching in.
"No! Don't-" Lloyd shouted.
Too late.
Crap.
"What's this?"
"It's nothing." Lloyd said coldly, looking away from him.
Kai unfolded the piece of paper. Lloyd sighed.
"'How to be perfect'?" He asked, reading the messy handwriting. "'How to remember everything I need'? 'How to have people like you'?" He squinted. "Cooking Spell?" He asked, shocked. "Winning spell? Wait..." He read the bottom. "Lloyd!"
Lloyd took the piece of paper away from him.
"Lloyd, why?" Zane asked.
"I'm a mess. I'm such a mess." He said, in the verge of tears. "My life is a disaster..." He took a shaky breath. "It's fake. It's all fake.. This!" He gestured at the food. "It's all fake!" He mumbled something from the piece of paper. In an instant, all the food was gone.
"Lloyd!" Cole said. "You're not allowed to do things like this! This isn't like when you were a kid. When you were evil!"
Lloyd was about to explode. "And you think it's easy being the green ninja? You don't have your pictures taken every time you try to scare someone! Not like I could!"
"Your dad wouldn't like this." Jay warned.
My dad...
"Believe me, I know that!" Lloyd shouted, slamming his fists on the table, breaking it.
Lloyd flew away on his elemental dragon, leaving his "friends" behind.
