The Oni and The Ghost

Chapter Eight: Care

                            ~3rd Person POV~

When Lloyd woke up his room was pitch black dark. The sounds of rain from outside and light snoring could be heard.

When he heard the snoring, Lloyd determined he wasn't alone. His breathe hitched and he froze. Lloyd reached for his phone for some light. When he turned the phone on, he could see it was 2:14 AM. Lloyd sighed at the thought of the time and flashed his flashlight around the small room.

Lloyd's flashlight moved around before stopping on a slouched figure sitting in the chair to his left. Lloyd shined the light brighter and he could make out that it was Morro snoring peacefully. A sigh of relief escaped Lloyd's lips and he took a second to stare at Morro.

The wind ninja's hair was down and wavier and messier than his usual straight hair.
Morro's long eyelashes reached across his face and helped cover his tired eyes.
Lloyd also noticed some small details he had never seen in Morro before.

Morro had small freckles scattered across his face that could only be seen from up close. He had small curves in his flexible yet muscular figure, that happened to be a lot like Lloyd's own shape.

Morro's eye's fluttered open and they focused onto Lloyd's face.

"Uhh why are you staring at me." Morro chuckled nervously as his cheeks glowed red.
The same thing happened to Lloyd's cheeks and he looked away quickly and scratched the back of his neck in embarrassment.

"You know,  I didn't know you would still be here.." Lloyd stated before getting out of bed.

Morro grabbed the green boy's shoulders and sat him back on the bed.

"Don't be in such a rush, I told the others you were sick and that I would take care of you so you can sleep in." Morro sighed.

"Cool, but I'm hungry." Lloyd sighed.

"Everyone's out and I can't cook so we can go downstairs and you can cook something?" The master of wind chuckled nervously.

"I can't cook anything other than grilled cheeses, Morro." Lloyd groaned.

"Then I guess we're eating grilled cheeses." Morro sighed as the two walked into the hallway.

Morro walked down the stairs while Lloyd stopped at the top step.

Lloyd sighed and decided he would just run down the stairs to get it over with.

He took a running start and zoomed down the stairway and he tripped and did a roll into Morro and the two tumbled into the kitchen island.

" Again!?" Morro yelled as he leaped off the ground.

" These stairs are shit." Lloyd screamed as he grabbed a fake apple from the basket of fake fruit and threw it at the stairs.

Of course, it did no damage to the stairs and just rolled down the stairway.

After the stair issue, Lloyd made the sandwiches and they ran back to Lloyd's room.

The two sat on Lloyd's bed and Lloyd reached under his bed.

"What do you want to drink?" The green boy asks.

Morro is surprised that Lloyd is asking this after they came from downstairs where they could have gotten drinks but hey, whatever.

"What do you have under there?" Morro asks.

"You know, I got Monster Energy, Coke, Mountain Dew, Root Beer, Wine, Vodka, Beer, other drinks."
Lloyd says as he goes through cans and bottles under his bed.

" uhhh I guess a root beer." Morro says.

Lloyd grabs a can and hands it to the wind boy while a bottle of wine sat in his other hand.

"Wow buddy, you probably shouldn't drink during the day." Morro says as he grabs the wine and puts it back under the bed.

"Your right, can you get me a monster energy?" Lloyd sighed.

Morro passed Lloyd a tall black and green can that said monster on it.

The two started to dig into their sandwiches.

"This is really good!" Morro tells the other boy.

Lloyd starts to blush.

"Really?! Thanks!"  Lloyd smiles at the taller boy.

A blush appeared on Morro's face.

"No problem." Morro nervously chuckled.

The sudden sound of footsteps stomping up the  stairs erupted the sounds of the air.

"shit! Your supposed to be sick!" Morro whispered and the smaller boy leaped into his covers.

Morro threw away the soda cans and put the plates into the closet. He then grabbed a small case of Advil and put it on the nightstand.

Morro quickly looked at Lloyd. Lloyd must be a good actor because he looked really sick and weak in the bed. Everything looks believable.

Someone knocked on door of Lloyd's room.

"Can we come in?" Cole's voice said from the hallway.

"He is sleeping so be quiet." Morro whispered as he opened the door.

Cole, Jay, Nya, Zane, Pixal, and Kai walked through the door.

Kai and Morro exchanged glares as they sat down.

"So what's wrong with him?"  Nya asks Morro.

Morro acted fast to come up with something to say.

"Not really sure what it is ,probably a mix of things; he threw up earlier, he has allergies, and he just seems drained." Morro explains.

Cole comes up behind Morro.

"It was cool for you to offer to take care of him Morro." Cole says with a smile.

"Yeah, we have been super busy and i don't think we could have done it without ya." Jay says.

The others talk to Morro and then leave the room, until Kai is the last one.

"I have got my eye on you wind boy." Kai growls as he leaves.

"I'm counting on it flame for brains." Morro sighs as he shuts the door behind the master of fire.

Morro walks over to Lloyd's bed and flops next to him.

Lloyd hand suddenly wrapped around Morro's.

A large blush appeared on Morro's cheeks.

"Thank you for keeping my secret." Lloyd whispers into the master of wind.

Morro smiles sincerely and squeezed Lloyd's hand.

" no problem."

Morro says as the two boys fall into sleep.