Be My Help

"I'll be right here if you need me," Cole informed, dropping the air mattress he had pumped up and brought into the room onto the floor. Zane leaned against the wall as he watched his Falcon chase a mouse up the mast in the night. He nodded, distracted, and tilted his head down slightly to follow the Falcon when the bird flew from the window's view. Soon, Cole was beside him, staring out with him, "What're you looking at?"

"Nothing," Zane moved away and headed off to the bathroom as he wanted to do his nightly check on his gears and wires in private. Key word; wanted. After he flicked on the light, Cole followed and unwantedly stood at the doorway as the ninja removed his shirt and proceeded to open the hatch. A few minutes of Zane silently checking his inner workings for any hiccups, Cole spoke up,

"Have you found that switch yet?"

"No," Zane probably sounded a bit too rude and rushed with his answer, and to be honest, he's given up looking for it. He eventually shut his compartment and put his shirt back on, switching off the light and walking past the earth ninja without a glance. If Kai and Cole were to watch him, Zane wasn't going to be friendly about it.

When he reached his bed, he dropped down onto it and laid there for a while, face buried into the pillow to hide out his room which was lit up by a blue flamed candle. It was silent, even Cole didn't make a-

"Today was eventful, huh?" Never mind.

Zane stayed silent still, keeping his head on the pillow with no intention of speaking. When the bed dipped next to where his hip was, the blonde turned his head, Cole looking back with his chocolate eyes deep in thought.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah cause having someone watch over me makes me feel a-okay," Zane sarcastically stated (he doesn't know where that came from but he wasn't complaining), while rolling over onto his back, away from the earth ninja.

Cole chuckled dryly, "You know this is for your own good."

"I am a ninja, Cole!" Zane sat up and crossed his legs, "Actually, a Nindroid, an upgraded version of a ninja! I can protect myself!" He leaned forward while propping his head up with his hands, staring at the wall, "I can protect myself." He echoed, getting it through Cole's head, although he wasn't completely sure if he was reassuring the other or himself.

"I know, Zane," The earth ninja placed a hesitant hand on ice ninja's back, "But if someone was to attack you, you'd have a better chance of escaping if one of us were with you." The Nindroid couldn't deny that logic, but out of spite, Zane shook off Cole and laid back, shooing the brunette away with one hand as he turned to his side. The earth ninja got up with a heavy sigh, Zane pulling his pillow down a little so he could wrap his arms around it, iced eyes staring at the wall which was illuminated by a blue glow. Once he was sure Cole had gotten into his own makeshift bed, he looked at the candle on his bedside table and reached out, freezing the flame and causing it to dim as the ice melted.

"Goodnight, Frosty," Cole said into the dark room and Zane didn't reply, he only curled up more and forgot his blankets. In the silent air, he began to think back to how rude he was and started to feel guilty for how mean he acted. Just because he didn't like the arrangements, that didn't mean he had to snap at them.

So minutes later, Zane replied to ease his conscious;

"Goodnight, Cole."

Although he was sure the other had already fallen asleep.

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Cole was in the middle of a beautiful dream of him and his old dragon Rocky playing in a field of flowers (with maybe some cake in their too) when he woke up shivering in the middle of the night. It was cold. He knows Zane was an ice elemental and all, but this, this was beyond freezing cold. He was about to turn over and bundle up when he heard a thump coming from the centre of the room.

In a blur, Cole shot up from his bed, picked up his handy scythe and raced over to the bed, getting ready to protect the Nindroid only to find, he wasn't there. He heard a door open before a voice spoke.

"Cole?"

The brunette looked from the bed to find the bathroom light was on, Zane standing confused in the doorway with his hands hugging his upper arms. He was shivering.

"Zane, hey, I heard a noise," Cole informed, still eyeing everything around him and the other in confusion. The Nindroid simply walked over to his bedside and kneeled down, picking up something before placing it on the small table.

"The candle must of fell," The blonde muttered and turned to sit on his bed. Cole noticed how Zane was shivering mixed with the goosebumps he would keep trying to rub away.

"I, uh... I thought ice ninjas don't get cold?" Cole asked and sat next to the blonde who breathed out some steam. The brunette could feel how cold it was, but he was only gradually feeling the full effect now (plus the leap to get up had pumped some blood into him).

"This one does not," Zane explained and looked off to the wall, "It has seemed to get colder every night, and despite what you all assume, I do get affected by the cold." Cole gaped at the ninja and realised that, that explains the ten blankets and fluffy pajamas that the ice ninja has. The blonde was still shivering, even when he laid down and wrapped himself up, Cole standing to let him do so.

"I apologise for waking you," Zane gave a smile that Cole could barely see in the moonlight, him frowning as he asked himself;

'Why does he get cold?'

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Zane closed his eyes, tightening the blankets as much as he could around him. It still didn't help. He was about to give up and go make a hot water bottle to maybe help him when the bed dipped again. He knew it was Cole, but this time the bed dipped as if the earth ninja had laid down and when Zane opened his eyes, his night vision picked up Cole's face.

"What are you-"

"My mother used to lay with me when I'd get cold. She said 'body heats help the cold to go away,' and that her love was so strong for me that it would knock away any discomfort," Cole laughed and Zane tried to ignore the heat that rose into his cheek with the earth ninja's breath tumbling over his face. He smelt like mint leaves mixed with freshly baked cakes, like the earth and young plants.

"That is very accurate. Back in the stone age, people would huddle together to conserve heat, although I am not sure love can-"

"Shush," Cole silenced the blonde by pressing a finger to his lips, "Don't pull apart my mother's words. She was smart and I owe her a lot of things," Zane nodded at the other's request, backing his head from the finger to which the earth ninja retracted, "I can sleep here with you if you want."

The ice ninja couldn't say the heat radiating off the earth ninja was unwanted. In fact, just having the other one there had already made him warmer. So he nodded again which brought a smile to the brunette's face.

"Awesome, I promise I won't try anything and cuddling is off limits, unless you want to, then who am I to complain," Cole talked as he shuffled onto his back, getting comfortable yet leaving plenty of space between him and Zane. The Nindroid could've blamed it on someone hijacking him or he could've called it a malfunction but his body moved closer to the other during the night, wanting that warmth.

It was only slightly surprising in the morning when he found himself laying close to Cole, his head against the other's chest as he laid half on him, the earth ninja's arms were wrapped around him in a protective cocoon.

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