Requested by: Guest, LucyBrick123, ForeverDreamer12

Request: Lloyd/PIXAL

Warnings: Very slight yaoi

Lloyd hung one last ornament on the enormous pine tree that Cyrus Borg brought in for the Christmas party they would be throwing that evening. He stood back to admire his work, turning on the string of lights hanging on the branches and smiling at the bright colours. He looked around at everything else he had done. Aside from hanging lights around the windows, he decorated the main floor of Borg Industries with varying colours of tinsel, set the lights to a gentle, alternating red and green, and, at Cole and Jay's request, hung mistletoe under nearly every doorway.

I bet this'll get everyone into the Christmas spirit, he thought proudly, heading over to the doors.

He poked his head out of the automatic doors to see the Ninja, Nya, Sensei Wu, Cyrus, and PIXAL standing outside, huddled together to protect themselves from the cold winter wind. He beamed at them. "You can all come in now."

He lead everyone in, feeling a rush of happiness when he heard everyone's gasps of surprise. They wandered over to every corner of the enormous room, checking out the decorations and admiring Lloyd's work.

"And you did all this by yourself?" Cole asked. "I'm pretty impressed, kid! I didn't think you were up for it!"

Lloyd shrugged, giving his voice a modest tone when he spoke, "Well, it wasn't easy. You have no idea how hard it was trying to hang the lights." He cringed at the memory of him getting tangled up in the lights after trying to hang them using his Spinjitzu, thinking it would be more efficient.

PIXAL's green eyes were wide, taking in every aspect of her surroundings. "I don't understand," she murmured. "What are all these decorations here for? Is there a celebration of some sort?"

Zane appeared at her side. "In a way, yes," he replied. "It will be Christmas soon. Around this time, people celebrate by exchanging gifts and spending time with the ones they love."

Jay snorted and turned to Cole. "Well, in that case, it looks like you'll have to leave. No one here likes you." He grinned when Cole glared fiercely at him.

"Anyways, Lloyd had the idea to throw a Christmas party for us all this year," Zane continued. "He believed it was the best way for us to spend time together, so Cyrus let him use the main floor for the location of the party."

Lloyd smiled excitedly, taking one of PIXAL's metal hands in his. "See, come look at this." Zane let her go with Lloyd as he showed her around, pointing out the importance of each decoration. "We put presents under here," he explained, gesturing to the Christmas tree. "And the lights just make everything more festive."

PIXAL took note of the red and green colouring of the main floor. "But what about the red and green?" she asked. "What importance do these colours have for this holiday?"

"Uh..." Lloyd bit his lip in thought, not completely understanding why red and green were associated with Christmas, either. "Well, you know...they're..." He shook his head. "I don't really know, actually. I think it has something to do with the religion associated with it, or the plants people have for it around this time of year... I'm not sure."

"Is it a tradition to have red and green as the main colours?"

"Pretty much." He led her to one of the doorways, pointing up. "And that," he said, referring to the bundle hanging from ceiling, "is mistletoe. When you meet someone under it, you have to kiss them." He looked over at the bundle Cole and Jay were standing under. "Like that."

The pair both raised an eyebrow and looked up, instantly leaping away from each other. "Oh, I am not kissing you!" Cole yelled.

"Yeah, well at least we agree on something!" Jay retorted. "I would rather have a truck run over my own tongue than have my mouth come within two feet of yours!"

Kai snickered from beside Nya. "Too late, it's the rules," he said, smirking. "You two have to kiss. Gender and how you actually feel about each other doesn't matter."

Cole and Jay turned to glare at each other and leaned closer. In about a fraction of a second, they darted in, pecked each other on the lips, and leapt away just as quickly. Cole wiped at his lips in disgust, while Jay spluttered.

"Kai, I need you to burn my lips off," the redhead hissed. "Like, now."

PIXAL frowned and looked up, noticing the mistletoe hanging between her and Lloyd. "If the rules of the mistletoe state that those who meet beneath it must kiss, then that means we must kiss, correct?" she asked.

"Wait, what do you-" He realized where they now stood. "Oh, right. Well, I don't know. Maybe...?" He looked over at Zane, who was too busy admiring the decorations to notice him and PIXAL beneath the mistletoe. "Yeah. But quickly. I don't want Zane to see."

"Why? Would he be angry?"

"I don't know, maybe. Mistletoe has a way of making a lot of couples have...conflicts."

He took a deep breath and looked up at the android, realizing now just how tall she really was. PIXAL took note of this, bending down just enough so all Lloyd had to do was stretch up on the tips of his toes. Lloyd touched his lips gently to her cold ones, keeping an eye on Zane the entire time. He felt a bit surprised when PIXAL started to kiss back, and he began blushing slightly. He broke away abruptly when it looked like Zane was turning toward them.

"Is that all?" PIXAL asked. "Nothing more?"

"Uh, yeah," Lloyd replied, feeling a bit nervous now that he saw the suspicious look in Zane's eyes. "But let's not bring this up in front of Zane, okay? I don't want to get beaten up by him for Christmas."

She smiled. "Oh, I'm sure he would not do something like that. But if it makes you feel better, then I promise I will not talk about it with him."

Time to get excited for Christmas! *throws tinsel in everyone's face*

Thank you to Guest, LucyBrick123 and ForeverDreamer12 for requesting this pairing! Never realized how popular it was. Huh.

Stay tuned!