Dreamscape | Ninjago One-Shots | Part Two Available

day one: a bouqet's a trap | ninjago oc's

Day One: Flowers

Hey! I'm going to attempt to do some of Nya_ninjago_fangirl 's prompts from her writing challenge Marchters of Spinjitzu! Because I love procrastinating lol.
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Isla glanced up from her computer with a raised eyebrow and regarded the bouquet her husband just plopped on the table before her.

"What did you do?" She asked in a bored tone, her index finger aggressively jabbed the delete button.

"Nothing!" Kai protested with a pout. "Why do people keep saying that? Even the florist asked me."

Isla snickered but didn't give the plants a second glance and continued in with her work. Kai just stood there, waiting for her to do something. Isla finally paused her typing and looked up at him. "What do you want?"

"Uh... do you like them?" Kai attempted to appear interested in the spring collection he had bought her. "I mean look at all of the different flowers! Tulips, daisies, overgrown dandelions!"

"Those are gerberas." Isla corrected him.

"Really?" Kai grabbed the tag and looked at the list of flowers. "Huh. I guess you're right."

Isla closed her windows and sat back. Her narrowed stare made Kai squirm. She always had a knack for seeing right through him.

"So," Isla said and she gestured at the flora in front of her. "What's this all about?"

"Pffft-" Kai snorted unconvincingly. "What's what about? Can't a guy just give his wife a nice wonderful bouquet for no apparent reason at all?"

"Yes. Any guy can. Any guy except you." Isla looked at him pointedly until he relented.

"Okay fine," Kai grumbled and dragged a chair over so he could sit in it. "I'm just thinking that maybe we should get you checked out but the doctor."

Isla's eyebrows flew up. "Oh?"

Every nerve in Kai's body told him to chicken out but he plowed on through hurriedly, avoiding all eye contact as he did so. "Well, you've been throwing up a lot and a little more snappish lately...." there was a beat before he quickly added. "And-you've-gained-weight."

Isla just stared at him for a moment. There was a sinking feeling in his stomach as she didn't respond. At last, the dark-haired young woman just stood and turned to walk away. "Wow, Kai. I can't believe you just told your wife she's fat."

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait- Isla!" Kai tripped over his chair as he tried to follow her. "Isla, come on, don't be like that!"

He took her by the forearms and turned her around before she could storm away. If she really didn't want to talk to him she'd probably step on his toes and continue on but she reluctantly allowed him to face her.

"I'm just concerned, that's all." Kai rubbed his thumb over the top of her hand, lovingly. "If something wrong I want to catch it before it gets worse."

Isla gave him an unimpressed look. "You asked Zane and he gave you a bunch of life-threatening illnesses, didn't he?"

Kai hesitated and considered lying but instead, he just nodded with an embarrassed expression. "Yes." He admitted.

Isla rolled her eyes and pulled away. "Fine." She brushed some of her curly hair back and went to grab her purse. "But you don't need to worry, I already know what it is."

"What?" Kai gave her an exasperated look, halfway through the process of putting his coat on. "Then why are we still leaving for the hospital?"

Isla pressed her lips together, hiding a smile, as she gently took his hands, moving him towards a chair. "Kai... I'm going to get an ultrasound."

Kai's brow furrowed. "Why do you need an ultrasound? Isn't that what you take if you're preg-" his mouth formed an 'O' as realization dawned on him. "Oh sh-"

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Not my best work but I'm hungry and I wanna go watch Avatar. Hope you all are having a good day!

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