Thank you so much for all the amazing reviews for the previous chapter :)! And also for commenting on the open story requests.

This one-shot kinda continues from the previous one. No, not the wedding (yet). I got the idea when we were in the car, and the song 'Baby can I hold you' (by Tracy Chapman) played on the radio. I think that, after a fight, Jay would usually be the one to apologise and take the blame, so even after dating for a long time, Nya would still find it hard to do that herself (although I have made her apologise for the stupid love triangle mess a couple of times in my stories!).

Apologies

It was already dark when Kai returned to the Temple of Airjitzu, after spending a very nice and very relaxing afternoon with his girlfriend in Ninjago City. He would have loved to stay away for longer from the currently very tense atmosphere at the flating temple, but unfortunately, Skylor needed to work tonight, and the red Ninja had promised his sister to help write the place cards for her and Jay's wedding dinner.

Yes, after what felt like years of planning and preparation, there were only two more days until the Masters of Water and Lightning were finally getting married – and literally everybody (even including the bodiless Sensei Yang) at the Ninja's headquarters was stressed out about it.

When Kai entered their monastery, he found it to be surprisingly quiet. Usually, the happy couple was in the sitting room, arguing passionately over some small – and in everyone else's opinion insignificant – details for their forthcoming nuptials.

As much as he loved his little sister, Kai couldn't deny the fact that over the past few days, Nya had turned into a proper bridezilla, having horrible mood swings and either blowing up or bursting into tears (or both at the same time) whenever something wouldn't go her way.

Slightly worried about the unusual silence, he carefully peeked into the room and found the raven-haired female sitting at the table, all on her own and resting her head on her arms. Nya was obviously crying, for Kai could see her muscular shoulders shaking.

He carefully approached his younger sibling and sat down on the chair next to her. "Hey, sis. What's the matter?" He enquired, gently rubbing her back. "Where's Jay?"

Nya raised her head, and Kai noticed once again how pale and tired his sister looked.

"I don't know, and I don't care." She muttered. "The wedding's off."

Kai embraced her in a tight hug, as she started sobbing again. They silently remained like this for a few minutes, until Nya had calmed down a bit.

"What happened?" Kai finally asked.

"We-we've had a fight." Nya replied meekly.

"Yeah, I've guessed that much..." Kai remarked.

"We were discussing the seating plan for the dinner." Nya explained. Her brother sighed. Of course, it had to be the stupid seating plan again.

While neither of them had a big family, Nya and Jay had invited many friends from all over Ninjago, including their fellow Elemental Masters, representatives from four of the five Serpentine tribes, and many more. And they had been 'discussing', i.e. arguing, about who to place next to whom at which table for the last three evenings.

"As you may have noticed," Nya began, and Kai nodded in confirmation, "we were having some trouble with this. So, Jay had Zane and PIXAL run a simulation to predict the perfect arrangement. But their solution means we need to have twelve slightly smaller tables instead of ten bigger ones. So Jay, Cole, and Lloyd have spent the afternoon at the venue, moving tables."

Kai raised an eyebrow. "And where's the problem about that?"

"He just did it without thinking or talking to me first. We've only got flowers for ten tables."

"So, what? Can't you just order more? I am sure dad won't mind."

Being a very traditional man, Ray had insisted on paying for his daughter's wedding. Luckily, they had found out that, after the blacksmith couple's disappearance, Wu had invested some of their savings in upcoming businesses, so that Ray and Maya were now shareholders of, among others, Doomsday Comix and Borg Industries.

"It's a bit too late for that now... the florist had to order the hydrangeas weeks ago."

One of the few items that Nya and Jay had immediately agreed upon was to have a blue wedding, so the bridesmaids' dresses as well as all decorations and flowers - except for Nya's bouquet which was made entirely of red roses – were in different shades of their shared favourite colour.

"If the tables are smaller, can't they just make the flower arrangements smaller as well?" The Master of Fire suggested.

"Just make them smaller?" Nya snapped at him. "Do you have any idea how much time I-we spent to design the centrepieces with the florist? Or do you even care about me and my wedding at all?"

Kai could see her eyes welling up with tears again. "Sis, you know how much I care about you. And how happy I am for you and Jay" He told her. "But the Nya I know doesn't blow up or cry that easily. And especially not over flower arrangements..."

"I know, this is so unlike me..." Nya sobbed. "And I don't understand what's going on with me at the moment..."

"I think you simply need a break from all that weddings planning." Her brother suggested, supporting her as they walked to the kitchen. "And you haven't eaten much all week."

"I-I just couldn't get anything down. It's been so busy, and everything hurts. It almost feels like all my body functions have been messed up..."

While Nya sat down at the kitchen counter, Kai took a carton of milk from the fridge and poured it into two glasses. He placed them, together with a pack of chocolate chip cookies, on the counter top and took a seat opposite his sister.

"Thanks." Nya gave him a small smile. "I am actually starving."

"Nya, you need to relax. Otherwise, you won't make it until Saturday. I am sure Jay just wanted to keep some of the planning stress away from you. And regardless of how much you stress yourself, there will always be things that go wrong." Kai said, while the siblings were enjoying their milk and cookies. "People might still have to cancel at the very last minute, or the bride on the cake won't look like you because the Water Ninja figurines have sold out..."

"What?" Nya shrieked.

Kai mentally face-palmed. "Oh, what I was going to say is that this might happen." He quickly corrected himself. "And Zane and I are doing our best to sort this out... But even if it did happen, it shouldn't matter. This will be your day, and you should enjoy it. Forget about the flowers and the cake. In the end, all it needs for this wedding to happen is you and Jay and the priest." He told her. "And your big brother, of course, so don't even think of eloping, okay?"

Nya gave him a weak smile. "Don't worry, I won't. I wouldn't want to get married without you and dad walking me down the aisle. But... I do want to get married."

"And you will." Kai reassured her.

"But... I've been so horrible to Jay. Well, I've been horrible to everyone..." Nya looked down in embarrassment.

"I can't contradict you, but I am sure everyone will forgive you. And sooner or later, Jay will come and ask you to forgive him."

"What do you mean?" Nya gave him a questioning look. "Why should he apologise to me if I'm the one to blame?"

"Because that's what he always does." Kai said. "Whenever the two of you fight, he is usually the one who makes the first step to reconciliation..."

"Nya." An upset voice interrupted Kai's explanation.

The siblings turned their heads to see Jay standing in the door. He looked just as miserable as his fiancée, and his red eyes made it very obvious that he had cried as well.

"I am so sorry, I shouldn't have made any decision without talking to you first. And without thinking about the consequences. Zane and Lloyd are on their way to the hotel now, to move the tables back to how they were."

Nya looked at her future she saw it.

Kai was right. Every time they argued, Jay would afterwards offer her an apology – and an easy way out of their argument, without losing her face. And Nya would always accept it.

She knew that Jay loved her so much that he would do anything to make her happy. And apparently that even included taking the blame for something he hadn't done.

But... this was not right. And she couldn't expect him to keep doing this forever. She would have to swallow her pride if she wanted to make their marriage work.

Nya stood up and walked over to the love of her life. She took his hands into hers and glanced into his beautiful deep blue eyes, that at this moment were glistening with tears.

"No, it was not your fault. It-it was mine." She admitted. "I shouldn't have blown up, when you just wanted to help. This is our wedding – if you still want to marry me, that is. Not that I would deserve it after how I've acted these past few days. I don't understand why I've been so sensitive lately..." She swallowed. "I-I am sorry."

Nya was surprised to find that saying these three words was not as hard as she had thought. It actually felt good.

Jay wordlessly pulled her in a hug. She wrapped her arms around his torso. "Forgive me." She mumbled into his chest.

"I do." He said into her hair. "Let's try to make it through Saturday without another fight, deal?"

"Deal." Nya confirmed. She looked up. "I love you."

"I love you, too." Jay planted a chaste (after all, her brother was still watching them) kiss on her lips. "C'mon, let's go to bed, we can write those place cards tomorrow."

"But first we should call Cole and Lloyd to tell them that they don't have to change the tables again."

"But, what about the flower arrangements?"

Nya shrugged her shoulders. "We can find a solution tomorrow. After all, they are just flowers." She smiled.