Ok guys so heres the scoop, I'm taking a pretty long break from ninjago since honestly I have a huge writers block. If you want to adopt a story within this one shot series please PM me about which story. I will be writing more stories for The Outsiders, but i have not seen season nine of ninjago yet and i will be heading to college come October and feel that it's time i write something for more Adult audiences for a while, I'm not giving up on ninjago I'm just lacking ideas and stuff. This chapter was written well before even the sets for season nine had come out. Also I am available for beta reading. But please see my profile if you want to know the kinds of stories I will and will not read. If you read my stories and have an idea on how I can continue them I implore you to PM me. I own nothing in this story and i think I wrote this while making fried chicken, I can't remeber any more. Signing off in this Fandom untill i actually get around to seeing season nine
-The Night Ninja
It was sunday night and the ninja really didn't feel like doing much after finally defeating the SOG. Lloyd was still bummed out about not having his powers and sulking at the kitchen table eating cookies. Zane walked into the room and put on his apron to start cooking dinner
"Hi Zane" said Lloyd sadly
"Hello Lloyd would you like to help me make dinner?" asked Zane
"I guess, what are you making?" asked Lloyd seeing Zane grab measuring cup chicken thighs and other things
"Buttermilk fried chicken" said Zane
"With mac and cheese?" asked Lloyd hopefully
"Of course" said Zane smiling. Lloyd jumped out of his chair and put on an apron
"What do you need me to do?" asked Lloyd excitedly
"If you can get out the milk and vinegar and pour four cups milk to four tablespoons vinegar" said Zane. As Lloyd followed Zane's instructions he watched what his brother was doing
"How do you know when the chicken is done cooking if it's covered in breading?" asked Lloyd
"When the breading turns brownish gold and the chicken is no longer squishy then it's done" said Zane
"So it's ready when it's gold?" asked Lloyd
"Not quite, gold has different shades, the darker the gold the closer it is to ready" said Zane
"So kind of like me, i wasn't really ready when i became the gold ninja but now if I had my golden power back I'd be more ready to handle it?" asked Lloyd
"I believe so" said Zane with a smile. Lloyd smiled, for some reason Zane always made him feel better about everything, well that and just being in the same room as the ice ninja made him feel warm and fuzzy inside. He hugged Zane, catching the ice ninja by surprise but the ice ninja smiled nonetheless
"I think the last time you hugged me was when you had a nightmare your first night on the bounty, what brought this on?" asked Zane returning the hug
"I- I just, with everything that's been happening lately i didn't know if I'd ever get the chance to say this" said Lloyd
"What?" asked Zane
"I- I love you Zane, you've always been the one there for me when no one else was and I really really want to be your boyfriend" said Lloyd. He expected Zane to let go and give him a weird look and say 'no thank you', what he didn't expect was for Zane to hug him tighter and mutter yes in his ear.
"Y-you mean it?" asked Lloyd. Zane smiled and ruffled Lloyd's hair
"Why would I lie about this?" Asked Zane. Lloyd blushed and buried his head into Zane's chest. Zane turned the stove off and walked over to the kitchen table still holding Lloyd. After sitting them both on a chair Zane realized that Lloyd wasn't letting go anytime soon and figured that dinner could wait a bit. That was until he heard Kai yelling from the living room about how hungry he was and that if Zane didn't start dinner soon he'd eat the couch.
"Lloyd, sweetheart, as much I want to just sit here and hold you in my arms, I'm not sure if the others would appreciate dinner at eight instead of five" said Zane
"Ok, I guess I can help you cook now, that is if I feel like getting up" teased Lloyd
2 months later
Zane was sitting on Lloyd's lap after finally figuring out a way to get his boyfriend's powers back, he had been rewarded for his finding by a full on make out session that caused even Misako to leave the room and a 14 year old Wu to yell "get a room". Right now they were cuddling on the sofa. Zane was tired from being awake for two months straight trying to find the way to get Lloyd's powers back and was slowly drifting off
"Tired baby?" asked Lloyd
"Yeah, I haven't slept in a while" murmured Zane resting his head on Lloyd's chest
"When was the last time you slept?" asked Lloyd,concern in his voice
"Couple months, it's no big deal" said Zane
"Zane it is a big deal, Jay says the longer you go without sleep the more likely you are to overheat" said Lloyd concerned
"It's fine we have training later and I can't really skip it" said Zane
"You can and you are, you are staying right here where I can make sure you're sleeping" said Lloyd gently rubbing Zane's back as his boyfriend nodded off. Kai walked into the room and saw the two of them on the couch
"Hey Kai, can you pass me the blanket on the recliner?" whispered Lloyd. Kai handed the blanket to Lloyd who draped it over Zane's sleeping form
"So how exactly did you two get to be a thing again?" asked Kai
"Remember fried chicken night a couple months ago?" asked Lloyd, his hand absentmindedly running through Zane's hair
"Yeah, when we had to wait till almost seven at night for food" said Kai
"Yeah, that was the night we finally admitted our feelings for each other and started dating" said Lloyd
"Leave it to food to bring people closer" said Kai