Surface Pressure (Ninjago fanfiction)

7

"Soo... I have a surprise for you!" Cole smirked. "But for it to be a surprise you have to keep your eye closed!"

"What is it?"

"Bub bub bub! Eyes closed!"

Karlof frowned at Cole but did as told.

"Good! And no peeking!"

Some rummaging was heard at the other end of the room before Karlof heard Kai's voice.

"Shit Cole, how did you manage to hide that t-"

"SSSHHHHH!" Cole hissed and pointed at Karlof.

"Oh! It's for him? Man, I should really get that for Skylor!"

"No offense Kai, but I don't think Skylor is that type of girl!"

"Yeah Yeah, whatever now give it to your boyfriend!"

"What happening?!" Karlof frowned and tried to move his hands away from his eyes.

"I said no peeking!" Cole snapped. "Now open your eyes in three two... one!"

When Karlof opened his eyes he couldn't help but shriek in excitement when he saw his gift. A five feet long teddy bear.

"THAT ADORABLE!"

"Surprise!" Cole grinned and handed him it. "A regular teddy bear just felt too small for your big heart!"

Karlof blushed and hugged the bear.

"H-how much did bear cost?"

"Karlof! It's a gift, you don't have to pay me!"

Karlof looked at the bear with an uncertain look om his face. This must've cost a lot of money... Money that Cole may have wasted on him. Whenever Urza gave him gifts he always made sure to give her gifts that were more expensive so she got back her money... Maybe it was annoying to his sister but he always felt bad about her spending her money on him.

"Karlof really REALLY love bear..." he mumbled. "But Cole don't have to waste money o-"

"Karlof it's not wasting money when you give it to people you care about!"

"Karlof know that! Karlof always get sister nice things!"

"And she gets you nice things right?"

Karlof bit his lip.

"Yes! Karlof always love sister's gifts! But... Karlof don't feel like Karlof need bunch of gifts! Or attention!"

"Aaaaw Karlof!" Cole smiled and kissed his cheek. "I'll always enjoy giving you presents and attention! Because I know you'll appreciate it! Even though you were stubborn about your injury!"

Karlof sighed and looked down at his leg. It had been a week yet Cole refused to have Zane take the cast off. During that period of time his sister had picked up Frosty after finding out about the situation and after a day in the infirmary, Cole had moved him to his bedroom to rest in a more comfortable environment.

He hated it. He hated being stuck in bed and he hated the fact that he was making Cole compromise so much just to make him comfortable. After all, he was a guest on COLE'S home! Cole's needs should be prioritised over his.

"Karlof still feel bad for stealing Cole bed!"

"It's fine! Sleeping on a mattress on the floor isn't that bad!"

"Karlof could-"

"I'm not letting my injured boyfriend sleep on the floor!"

Karlof blushed and looked away. He loved Cole, he really did but it still felt weird hearing Cole calling him his boyfriend.

"Aaaw! Are you being shy?"

"M-Maybe..."

Cole hugged him from behind and gave him another kiss.

"I'm going to go train now before lunch! Call me if you need anything!"

"Karlof can-"

"Just call me it's okay!" Cole laughed. "Anything to escape ''Angry Santa'' "

Karlof laughed at the nickname for Wu and Cole blew him a quick kiss before walking out.

"What Karlof do now..." he sighed and laid down.

He missed Frosty, the days before his sister came to pick him up Frosty had been laying beside him in his bed keeping him company. Karlof wanted to ask his sister if Frosty could stay a bit longer but he didn't want to bother her.

He could try to clean... no! Cole would probably be furious!

But...

Only if he found out! Besides, perhaps he would be happy that his boyfriend did something useful instead of just laying in bed like a sack of potatoes!

After a few minutes of struggling Karlof managed to get into his wheelchair causing minor throbbing in his injured leg, but no problem! It would go over by itself! He quickly wheeled himself out of Cole's room and looked around.

"Now where cleaning stuff?"

He started wheeling around the monastery, he heard Wu's yelling outside so that meant his boyfriend and the rest of the ninja would be busy for a while...

Bingo!

He picked out all the cleaning supplies that fit in his lap and started cleaning whatever he could without falling off his wheelchair.

Karlof was almost done when he heard the ninjas wrapping up their training.

Shit!

In a hurry, he wheeled back to where he had grabbed the supplies and put them back in the same spot. He'd just managed to get back into Cole's room when he heard his boyfriend's voice.

"Honey, I just wanted to check on you before lunch an- What are you doing out of bed?!"

Karlof bit his lip and looked around.

"K-Karlof just ehrm... wanted air!"

"Then why didn't you call me?!"

Before Karlof could answer Zane's voice was heard from the kitchen.

"COLE! I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ENOUGH RICE FOR ALL OF US! COULD YOU JUST DO A QUICK TOUR TO NINJAGO CITY AND BUY A FEW MORE BAGS?"

"SURE THING ZANE!"

"OH AND WE'RE RUNNING LOW ON NOODLES TOO SO IF YO-"

"JUST SEND ME A LIST!"

Cole shook his head, for being a nindroid Zane didn't even think about sending him a text about the rice? He had to yell?

Cole sighed and looked at Karlof suspiciously.

"We will continue this conversation when I get back!"

With that, he put his boyfriend back in bed and left.

Karlof let out a sigh in relief.

With Cole gone for perhaps a little longer than an hour he had time to come up with an excuse that was more believable!

Besides, so far no one had noticed the spots he had cleaned during their training, but if someone did they'd probably think nothing of it! Probably just believe that they'd cleaned but forgotten they did it! Everything was fin-

"I TOLD YOU GHOST BUTLERS EXIST!" Jay screamed from the hallway. "LOOK AT HOW CLEAN IT IS HERE!"