It's Complicated

Chapter 5: Envious

Harumi and Jay pulled away from the hug but they still had their arms in the hugging position. They turned their heads and saw Nya, who looked mad, really mad. The two of them instantly knew that they were caught red-handed for doing friendly affectionate gestures.

"JAY!" Nya stomped up to Jay and roughly pulled on his arm. He stumbled forwards and let go of his hold on Harumi, who just backed away from the enraged Water Ninja she was literally trying to make amends with. "Explain to me what you were doing with her!" She pointed an accusing finger at the frightened white-haired girl.

Behind Nya, the rest of the team were there, all staring in shock, surprise, or fear. Lloyd had an uncertain look on his face. He didn't want to accuse anyone of anything because he didn't know what exactly happened before he and the rest came along, so he just stood still in front of the others. Jay saw that he was mainly focused on Harumi but then he turned his attention to Jay and Nya.

Jay looked at Nya and gently pried her hand off of his arm. He then trailed his right hand up her arm and found his way to the side of her face. He saw Nya visibly soften as he cupped her cheek affectionately. He smiled lovingly at her but as soon as Nya saw Harumi, she went back into beast mode. He then asked her, "What are you all doing out here?"

Lloyd stepped up front and came up to the couple, "We heard Harumi scream and we thought something bad happened, so we brought the whole team out." He clarified.

Jay mouthed an 'oh' then shook his head, "It was just an accident. We were discussing about-" He cut himself off, not wanting to admit the topic they were talking about. In the corner of his eye, he saw Harumi ever so slightly shaking her head. He then said, "Whatever, that isn't important. Anyways, we were sitting on top of a tree and she fell off and that was when she screamed." He then quickly added, "Don't worry, she isn't injured, I saved her and she's fine." The others' worried faces quickly turned calm.

Nya's sympathetic look faded in a blink of an eye as it quickly turned furious again. "That doesn't excuse it." She stood her ground, getting out of Jay's hold. "You were hugging her, and who knows what could've happened between you two when you both were out alone! For all I know, you guys could've been going behind my back the whole time!" She scoffed and crossed her hands, looking at Harumi, "Some ally you were, Harumi." She then came face-to-face with Jay again, "And you! You're even worse! Not telling me that you two are seeing each other. The least you could've done was tell me that you two were together."

Jay's expression turned to shock. He looked at Harumi with a knowing look, and she returned it. Harumi started stepping towards them, slowly and carefully, to not anger Nya any further than she already was. But that was when Nya said something that no one would've ever thought she would say to Jay ever since they got together.

"You're such a dirty cheat, Jay! I hate you!"

She roared in anger, not even knowing what she just said to her Yin. Jay instantly looked hurt, and to make things worse, Lloyd was starting to lose it, his eyes were filled with betrayal and hurt.

He groaned and placed a hand on Nya's shoulder, "She's right, you know," Lloyd started as he slowly looked at Jay, "Why'd you go behind her back like that, Jay? Why would you do things with Harumi without telling your girlfriend first?" He scowled.

Jay started getting even more hurt and hurt by their words. He wasn't going to let them just say bad things about him, so he started telling them that there was nothing between him and Harumi.

"I didn't cheat on you, Nya! Harumi is just a good friend. And you, Lloyd, I expected better from you. I didn't go behind Nya's back at all, I was just befriending Harumi. And I didn't do things with Harumi, I was just being friendly by helping her and chatting with her. You're acting as if you've never done any friendly affectionate gestures with Nya!"