The Crazy Art Called Love

3 | The Day of a Third Wheel

~~Lloyd's POV~~

The second I got home yesterday, I was greeted with lots of questions about how the 'date' went. Not one about how I was feeling. Which was exhaustion from the drive back home and certainly not about spending the day with Harumi.

"Where did you guys go?" Kai was the first to ask when I entered the courtyard.

"What did you do?" Jay jogged to my right as I tried to walk faster.

"Come on, you have to tell us something!" Cole demanded and I came to a stop.

I opened my phone and showed them one of the pictures Harumi and I took while waiting in line.

"Aw! You two are so cute." Nya cooed as they all tried to get a look of the photo on my phone.

"I can't see!" Kai was practically jumping up and down from behind the small crowd that was gathered in front of me.

I turned off my phone and placed it back in my pocket.

"If you guys don't mind, I would like to take a shower and get some rest." I stated before walking back into the monastery.

During dinner, news seemed to travel fast because now my mother was asking questions.

"Who is she, son?" She asked before munching on her food.

"Yeah, we never really got her name." Cole pointed out and took a bite into his chicken.

I sigh and contemplated for a bit. I wonder how they would react if I kept it a mystery.

"I'm not telling." I teased which made everyone in the room groan.

"Why not?" Kai pleaded.

"She did look rather familiar. I wonder if we have met her before." Zane pondered for a bit which was weird because the only time I have ever seen her was during our time at the beach.

"Can we at least get some details about your date?" Jay pushed and I decided not to speak about it anymore.

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It had been a few days since my cliff jumping trip with Harumi. We kept in touch and I never missed any of her messages. Today, I was helping Zane and Pixal work on some inventions they needed help with.

I'm pretty sure it was just their tactic to get me to talk about what happened but surprisingly, neither of them bothered to ask.

"Why exactly am I here?" I asked breaking the silence for none of them had spoken for a few minutes. Pixal lifted her welding mask and looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "Don't get me wrong, I like helping you guys but you look like you have everything under control."

"We know the other ninja would continue to push you for answers about your date." Zane started to explain.

"So we took the liberty and saved you from hours of questions." Pixal finished and they smiled at each other.

Their chemistry never went unnoticed. If you shared a heart with someone, it's not that hard to easily get along with your other half. I sighed and nodded in understanding. I wonder when I will have someone to complete sentences with.

After helping Zane and Pixal, it was Kai and Skylor's turn to drag me around Ninjago city. Despite my protests that I did not want to interrupt their date, they insisted on bringing me which is how I ended up in Kai's car speeding through the city.

"What are we going to do?" I asked.

"We're going to do some food tasting at Skylor's restaurant." Kai explained and kept one hand on the wheel with the other holding his girlfriend's.