I'm here, my children, with an actual chapter.
Prompt: While Kai and Zane are out getting groceries, one of Kai's fans gets a little too handsy with him( making the poor hot-head uncomfortable), and Zane goes protective boyfriend mode.
By: Me. I came up with it. Credit is mine!
Disclaimer: I don't own Ninjago. Kai would be so much better if I did. His parents would also be dead, but that doesn't matter. Enjoy!
Kai and Zane were out to get groceries because apparently, on a day off, everyone is lazy. Kai only went with Zane because he had been told that it would be a great way to spend time with his boyfriend away from everyone. When they walked into the store, Zane gave Kai part of the list, and told him to collect everything and meet him back in thirty minutes. Kai sighed, but decided to not argue. The faster they got this done, the more time the two could spend together. Which meant cuddles, and Kai needed his Zane cuddles. He needed those to survive just as much as he needed his spikes.
As Kai went on his way, he decided he would find a candy aisle. He knew candy wasn't on either of the lists. Damn everyone on the team (- Cole) trying to make him be healthy. He grabbed a few candy bars he hated, but Zane seemed to enjoy(if his boyfriend liked them, he could like them, too, right?) and put them in his cart. For fun, he also put a few packs of pop rocks so he could prank Jay later. It was pay back for almost pranking him, the asshole almost got Kai with a bucket of pink paint! The disrespect.
But, as he went to find the milk and cheese, he got the feeling someone was watching him... But this was a grocery store! There were plenty of people there that looked his way. That was it, that was exactly it. Definitely.
Zane had went off to find the boxed noodles, god knows that Kai ate a lot of those. He made sure to get the flavoring he knew Kai loved the most, and he wouldn't be surprised if Kai was in the candy section right now. He headed of to the freezer to find ground beef, when he felt like something bad was going to happen... But it was Ninjago City! Bad things happened all the time, there was probably going to be a small robbery. That was it, that was exactly it. Precisely.
After about ten minutes, the two started to get through their list, goodness knows five ninja, a sister of the ninja, two spinjitzu masters/ sensei's, and the large appetites of all of them was going to have over a hundred dollars spent to make sure everyone was fed and happy.
Once Kai had put a few bags of rice in his cart, he felt a tap on his shoulder. He jumped slightly and turned around. He calmed down slightly as he saw it wasn't a threat, because you could never be sure.
"Um, hi? You're Kai, the fire ninja, right?" the guy asked.
"Oh, uh, yeah! That's me. Who are you?" Kai responded.
"Zachariah. I just wanted to say it's so great to meet one of the ninja that protects us! I do have to say, you are my favorite."
"Well, Zachariah, I'm definitely not the best. I'd rather think Zane is."
"The ice one? You'd figure that fire and ice wouldn't like each other."
"Quite the contrary, we're like the closest out of the whole group." Great! What if he figure out Zane and I are dating from that? And then posts it everywhere? Zane would never forgive me!
"Really? You two are best friends? I thought you were closer with the Green Ninja."
"Oh, well, I save the Green Ninja's life, so we've been close since then. Zane and I met before Lloyd, though, so we're a lot closer to each other. We just avoid each other in fights."
The two started talking and laughing, Kai grabbing things off his list every once in awhile. But, he still felt slightly uneasy around the guy. What was wrong with him? He's being friendly with you. He's a fan and it probably took a lot of courage to say hi. Zachariah isn't a threat, anyway. I could easily take him down.
Once he finished grabbing everything, he excused himself so he could check out. He couldn't help but feel that he was being followed by Zachariah, though.
He quickly found Zane once he got out of checkout, he was glad that Zane always brought with him a large bag to put all the groceries in. And Zane being a nindroid, he could turn off his human strength and use his robot strength to carry the bag. Why he didn't keep his robotic strength on all the time, no one knew, but they knew better than to ask. Kai just couldn't shake the feeling of being watched.
"Hey, Zane? Do you feel like someone is watching you?"
"No, but I do feel like something bad is about to happen. Maybe that's it?"
"Yeah, you're probably right."
They walked back to the Bounty in silence, when the same guy Kai was talking to earlier came back.
"Hi, Kai! Hello, Zane! I don't know if you remember me, Kai, but I'm a fan! We talked while we were in the store?"
"Yeah, Zachariah!"
Zane already hated the guy. It felt like he was trying to come onto Kai, and he would not have that. And, the uneasy feeling from earlier increased ten-fold with this guy around. Zane wanted to rip Zachariah's throat out, but instead he decided to be polite.
"It is always nice to meet a fan, is not, Kai?"
"Yeah, uh, it's always fun. We were talking in the store. Zachariah saw me and we just started talking a bit."
"Ah. That is nice of you to entertain a fan like that. Anyways, it's nice to meet you, Zachariah." Zane said holding out his hand.
"Big fan of you, too! Kai was telling me about how you two are the closest on the team, and I didn't really believe him because fire and ice don't really go together, you know?" Zachariah rambled slightly while shaking Zane's hand.
The rest of the way to the bounty, Kai and Zachariah talked, sometimes, Zane would feel Kai flinch away from Zachariah, but then he resume his normal walk. When they reached the bounty; however, Zane had his reason for ripping out Zachariah's throat.
"It was so great to meet you two! I hope I can see you again! Especially you, Kai." Zachariah leaned over Kai, placing an arm around his back and a squeezing Kai's butt. He leaned in for a kiss, but Kai tried to pull away.
"Hey, don't be nervous. I know you want me, and I want you, too."
Zachariah leaned in once more, pressing his body up against Kai as much as he could. Ducking his head away again, Kai stared at Zane pleadingly. Zane saw this, placed the bag down, and pulled Zachariah off Kai.
"Hey! What the hell? I was trying to kiss him, he wanted me to!"
"A few things. Kai does not just want to kiss people in a relationship right away. He will wait until the perfect moment to decide when he wants to kiss you. Kai doesn't like people coming onto him, unless he is sure that he like that person. Until then, Kai will come onto the them. Kai hates public display of affection. He will only do so at a restaurant, but he will only go so far as to hold his lovers hand. Kai makes sure that anyone in a relationship with him knows all of his likes, dislike, allergies, and hair gel preferences. He makes flash cards. You practice with him once a month, before he gives you test. Verbally. Now, while Kai does these things for his relationship, I make sure no one, and I mean no one, interferes. If Kai is happy in a relationship, I am there to rip out anyones throat that dares touch Kai in the wrong way while he's in that happy relationship. You won't touch Kai, and if I ever see you within twenty miles of Kai, I will make it the day you go straight to the underworld. Do you understand?"
"Yes, yes I understand! I'll leave now and never see Kai again!"
"Good." Zane shoved Zachariah to the floor before grabbing a shocked Kai and the groceries and going on the bounty.
"Are you alright? Did he hurt you?" Zane immediately asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. You were sooooooo hot back there, though. Like, I know I'm your boyfriend and I know you're protecting me, but I would never want to make you that mad again. Like, you were like me when I was telling Jay that if he hurt Nya, I would hurt him. Ugh, you're such a better boyfriend than me."
"I am not a better boyfriend than you. We are both great boyfriends to each other."
"Hm? Am I really a good boyfriend?"
"The best."
"But, you're better."
"I disagree."
"You would."
"Yes, I would."
Zane put his hand on Kai's shoulder, his boyfriend flinching slightly.
"Did... Did he touch you at all before he tried to kiss you?" Zane demanded gently.
Kai looked at his hands. He clenched them slightly.
"He didn't try anything in the store. When we were walking he would reach for me. Like, he would reach around me and try to hug me, or he would try to... try to... I don't want to talk about it." Kai answered quickly.
"I think I can piece together everything on my own." Zane replied.
"You know, it wasn't like he was forcing me into anything. I had every chance to push him away."
"Sometimes when you are under a threat like that, you do not think as others would think upon looking in."
"It's weird, ya know? I'm so good at protecting you guys and getting angry for you, or getting angry to protect myself emotionally, but when it comes to something like this, I don't try to do shit for myself. If you were in this 'situation' I would threatened that guy and tried to murder him."
"I believe you are just trying to be hard on yourself because you let your defenses down around someone you barely knew. When you first met us, how long did it take before you complimented one of us for the first time? Or when you smiled or laughed around us? A little longer than it took us to find Nya. Kai, you naturally protect yourself, but you never think to do it when you let yourself be free for once."
"I guess you're right. Ever since my parents... Um... You know... I've rarely let anyone, except for Nya on certain occasions, know that I've been hurt or that I'm going through emotional turmoil. Remember the first time I got hurt, and I tried to tell you I was fine, but I really needed stitches?" kai laughed slightly.
"Yes. By the time you finally let me clean you up, you were passing out from blood loss and you needed a blood transfusion from you sister."
"Good times. You, see, I just have trust issues. When I was ten and Nya was eight, this guy adopted us. He was horrible. I don't really want to talk about it, but I trusted him, and then he hurt us. I never trusted another adult, or person again. Until I met you."
"Yes, I am amazing, aren't I?"
"Yes, yes you are. I am too?"
"Very. I love you, Smokey."
"Love ya, too, Virus."
Was it me that just wrote that? I don't remember when I got that good. Just kidding, I'm horrible at writing, but for some reason people think I'm really good. Anyways, incorrect quote:
Zane: Kai, are you hurt?
Kai: When I fell from heaven? -
Zane: No, when you fell down the stairs. You kinda just fell and then laid there for a few minutes.
Kai: ...
Nya: We both saw that.
