"Do you want something?" Lloyd chuckled as Lark slid into bed with him, pushing down the book he was reading.
"Yes please! I want your attention." Lark smiled, leaning over to capture his perfect lips in her own. Lloyd smiled into the kiss before pulling back.
"Oh really?" He laughed. "You know I don't mind giving you any, right?"
Lark smirked. "Yeah, I know." She giggled before flopping into the bed. She was wearing a floral dress, and my gosh did it look beautiful on her. "I should probably change into my P.J.s." She shrugged up a bit. "Shouldn't I?"
"I mean, I don't mind if you just want to wear that." Lloyd responded to her without missing a beat. "You look flawless regardless." He added with a slight blush.
"Oh why thank you, Sir." Lark grinned. "I try my hardest."
Lloyd rolled his eyes and leaned down to kiss Lark, who kissed him back immediately. Lloyd moved around so he was leaning above her and she was underneath him.
"He's really amazing." Misty whispered. Stone's ear flicked in her direction and then he turned to look at her.
"Ask him out then?" Stone shyly suggested, he tilted his head and his tail waved slightly. Misty and Stone were both given a day off from their training and were currently outside. Misty was sitting on a swinging bench while Stone was laying on a tree branch that was just above the seat.
"No way!" Misty snapped out suddenly, making Stone recoil a bit. Misty quickly deflated and she let out a huge sigh. "I can't, he probably already has a girlfriend or boyfriend. He's just nice to me because I'm a student. I could never get a chance with him, and I'm not ruining our relationship over this."
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"Okay, but, Mist, what if he has a crush on you too?" Stone asked. "What if you two are both scared of the same thing?"
"What ifs are just what ifs." Misty scoffed in response. "Now where the hell is Lark?" She added looking around. "She was supposed to meet us here, right?"
Stone looked over his shoulder towards the door to the Monastery. "She was." Stone confirmed with a gentle hum. "But maybe her and Lloyd are busy being yell at by his weird mom." Stone shrugged.
Misty frowned and let out a heavy sigh. "Yeah, probably. She'll be here soon enough." She closed her eyes and leaned back against the swing. "Now, Stone, I shared my crush with you, Lark is currently dating Lloyd, so now. Any love in your life? How are you and Larken?" Misty asked, opening one green eye.
"We're not dating." Stone growled lowly at Misty. "We're just friends, and currently no one has caught my eye."
"That's unfortunate." Misty hummed. "We all could of been chaotic together with our love interests." Misty joked. Stone simply rolled his eyes in response, a soft smile on his lips.
"You're have a crush?" Lark's sudden voice made the two of them jump. Stone's nails gripped into his tree branch, his eyes lit in fear for a split second before he pulled himself back up. "Oh shoot! I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to scare you guys." Lark quickly apologized hanging her head.
"It's okay." Stone smiled. He looked down at his friend and tilted his head lightly, taking in her scent. His ear flicked but he made no comment on anything just turning back to Misty. "Yeah this loser here has a crush on that ninja that she trains with."
"Cole? Yeah he's a sweetheart. When do you plan on asking him out?" Lark pried. Misty's face heated up.
"I don't plan on asking him out!" She snapped. "He probably doesn't even like me back." She let out a heavy sigh and continued. "I'm just his student, nothing else."
"You never know." Lark responded, walking over to the swing. She sat down next to Misty, shifting slightly. "Maybe he likes you back."
"I don't want to ruin an entire relationship based on a 'maybe.'" Misty scoffed with an eyeroll.
Stone's tail flicked in irritation as he responded. "Okay, but if he doesn't accept you're a human with emotions and can fall in and out of love with anyone then does he really care about you as a friend? If you confess and he likes you back, big yay! But if he doesn't and he makes a big deal out of it, then honestly it's for the better if you two aren't friend." Stone smiled weakly.
Misty blinked slowly and let out a loud sigh. "Yeah... you're right. Of course you're right." She smiled. "Fine I'll tell him, okay?"
"Okay, but when?" Lark grinned. "Soon I hope?"
"You want me to tell him today, don't you?"
"Yup!" Stone and Lark giddily said at the same time.
Misty frowned and looked down at her hands. "I.. guess? Don't you guys think this is a little fast an-"
"Misty, we've been here for quite a while. We've known the ninja for a bit, hell we've been training here for months. Months! Just grow a pair and tell him right now. Come on, Lark. Let's go get some water balloons ready to chuck at Jay." Stone's tail curled and he leaped out of the tree before walking inside. Lark looked to Misty and patted her shoulder before turning and heading inside after Stone.
Misty blinked before sighing loudly. Guess she had a confession to make.
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"Hey, what did you want to talk about?" Cole asked as he sat down next to Misty on the steps. They were sitting outside on the deck stairs.
Misty let out a sigh, she seemed to be doing that a lot today. "I erm... have a confession to make." She admitted shyly.
A bit of silence fell over them before Cole spoke up. "I know." Was all he said.
Misty froze up. "You know?" She asked. "Like... you know... I have..."
"Yes. I knew since we played board games with Stone, Lloyd, and Lark." He explained, leaning back. "It was a touch obvious, I've just been waiting for you to tell me." He added. "Sorry if I ruined your surprise."
"Oh..." Misty blinked slightly. "Well... I hope we can still be friends afterall." She smiled.
Cole looked to Misty and tilted his head. "I never said I didn't return the feelings." He responded. "I just said I knew."
Misty froze up, her brain struggling to take in what was just told. "You... like me back?"
"Yes, I honestly thought I was being obvious." Cole admitted. He looked at Misty and placed a hand on her cheek. "May I kiss you?"
"Please."
Their lips met, and Misty melted into the kiss almost immediately.