I don't know guys... I've never had any experience writing a ship involving a villain, and I don't read stuff like that often, so maybe I shouldn't- JUST KIDDING LET'S WRITE IT. HERE HAVE SOME LORD GARMADON/KAI.

Lord Garmadon was woken up by the sound of muffled whimpering. Growling, he sat up, looking around the shared bedroom, which was still dark. Squinting through the darkness, he read the time on the alarm clock. One thirty-six.

And these ninja complain when I keep them up, he thought angrily. He looked in the direction of the whimpering, seeing it came from the top bunk where Kai slept. The blankets rustled as the Fire Ninja tossed and turned in his sleep, mumbling something under his breath. Garmadon got up from his mat, climbing up to Kai's bunk and sitting at the end of his bed.

Kai gripped his blanket, his face twisted in agony. "N-no... Please..." he whimpered, pressing the side of his face into his pillow.

Garmadon smirked, sneaking a hand under the edge of the blanket and grabbed Kai's foot, giving it a tug. Kai jumped, his eyes snapping open, sweat running down the side of his face.

"Y-you...?!" he hissed, glaring at Garmadon. "What the hell are you doing up here?"

"You'd best keep it down, Kai," he warned. "Some of us are trying to sleep. Unless of course..." He leaned closer, making Kai feel considerably uncomfortable. "You'd like to tell me why you had such trouble sleeping."

The brunet scrunched up his nose. "The guys are all heavy sleepers, I couldn't wake them up even if I tried. Also, why do you even care?" he asked, propping himself up on his elbows. "You're the dark lord, shouldn't you be happy if I get scared?"

"So it was a nightmare?" He inched closer to Kai, bringing him closer to his side with one arm. "Why don't you tell old Garmadon all about it?"

Kai tensed up, frowning. "I'd rather not. It's too personal."

Garmadon continued to stare at him intently, still smirking, with Kai staring back, hoping the man would give up and go back to sleep. When that didn't happen, he sighed.

"I had a dream about my father," he began. "He's not alive anymore because...because..."

Garmadon raised an eyebrow. "Because why?"

"He died...protecting me and Nya from a group of assassins when we were still young. He was able to send them off, and they never came back, but he died from his injuries not long after." He drew his knees up to his chest, hugging them close. "I have nightmares about it sometimes but this one was the most intense..."

The dark lord's smirk disappeared, and he watched as Kai drew in a shuddering breath and shut his eyes. He could have sworn he saw tears glistening between his eyelids. He felt a twinge of sympathy for the ninja, remembering how he felt when his own father passed away.

"Well?" Kai muttered, sniffing. "Aren't you gonna make fun of me? I'm one of the chosen ninja and I'm upset over a nightmare... Go ahead and laugh."

Garmadon didn't say anything, instead choosing to wrap his two right arms around Kai's waist in a hug. Much to his surprise, the younger didn't try to resist it, and leaned into his chest, encouraging Garmadon to wrap his other two arms around him.

"Th-thank you..." Kai said quietly, tilting his head up. His brown eyes glistened in the dim light, and he gave a shaky smile. "Maybe you're not so bad after all."

The two of them stared at each other for a long time, and what happened next came as a surprise for both of them. They leaned closer, and their lips soon touched, and Kai slowly shut his eyes, relaxing his tense shoulders.

Garmadon enjoyed the feeling of Kai's warm lips on his, and he moved a hand to rest on the back of his head, combing his fingers through his spiky hair and bringing him closer, deepening the kiss. It wasn't long before Kai slumped in his arms, having fallen asleep. Garmadon separated his lips from Kai's, lowering the sleeping ninja back onto his pillow and pulling the blanket up to his chin.

Looking around to make sure the other ninja were still asleep, Garmadon climbed back down, lying on his mat and smirking up at the ceiling. That was a side of Kai I certainly didn't expect to see.

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The next morning, Garmadon woke up to see Kai looming over him, arms crossed and brows furrowed. "How can I help you?" Garmadon asked.

"I don't know what's going on, but I had this really weird dream about you last night," he explained. "You were with me on my bed and we were..." He gulped and shuddered before finishing his sentence. "...kissing."

The man raised an eyebrow and stood up. "Oh, really now?"

"Yeah, and it was weird. Stay out of my dreams from now on, okay?" Before Garmadon could say anything else, Kai whipped around and left the bedroom, leaving him standing alone.

Garmadon rolled his blood-red eyes. I'll never understand that hotheaded boy.

So was it all really just a dream? Or was it reality? It's still a mysteryyyyy...!

I regret nothing. This pairing was requested, so I wrote it. Whoop whoop.