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y/n in Ninjago (depression comfort)

By request of @niabanana453, I've written a one shot based around y/n having depression and the other ninja all being comforting friends. Emphasis on friends; I'm aroace and don't feel like conforming today lol.

Also, kinda thinking that this fanfic is in an alternate timeline where Lloyd is the same age as Nya and y/n, but the rest of the ninja are a year or two older. I just wanna forget about the whole aging-up plot line 😅

CW: Depression (duh) and also some suicidal thoughts.

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I couldn't lift my head off my pillow. I stared out the window of Destiny's Bounty, trying to make sense of the weight on my chest. The numbing pressure in my arms and legs pushed me further and further into the mattress every time I tried to sit up.

"Yo, y/n," Kai said, knocking on the door. "Get dressed. Sensei wants us up on deck."

I closed my eyes for a second, then used every bit of the strength I had left in me to roll out of bed and onto the floor. Kai was gone by the time I managed to get on my feet, completely oblivious to how much I was struggling with this simple task.

I put on my gi and headed upstairs without eating breakfast. Sensei Wu paired everyone off; Kai with Jay, Zane with Nya and Lloyd, and Cole with me. Cole smirked as we spread out, but I didn't have the energy to match his playfulness. He gave me a questioning look as he got into a ready position, but my eyes had already gone out of focus.

I relied on muscle memory to get me through training. I was knocked down again and again and again, but even when I got the wind knocked out of me, I still couldn't feel anything.

"You feeling okay, y/n?" Cole asked as he offered me his hand. I took it, and he hoisted me up onto my feet.

"Fine," I said. I turned and took a few paces away from him so we could go again. Before I could get far enough away, I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Hey."

Cole's voice was low and quiet, as if asking a question. I froze, my body unsure what to do. My heart raced, as if scared to move, but my feet refused to listen to me.

I finally shrugged him off and prepared myself for another fight. Cole's eyebrows furrowed, and his fists clenched as he came at me again. In one swift motion, he pushed me into the floorboards and held my arms behind my back.

"I'm not letting you up until you tell me what's wrong."

"What the hell, Cole!"

"Y/n, please--"

"Get off!"

I lost consciousness for a brief second. When I opened my eyes again, Cole was on the ground and I was standing above him.

The air went silent, and I could feel everyone's gaze on me. It was Nya who spoke first.

"Y/n..?"

I stormed off towards the hull of the ship and looked over the edge. My brain boiled behind my ears, telling me to jump. To just let the wind take me. To get rid of this feeling for good...

I wasn't going to do it. I really wasn't. But I climbed up onto the banister anyway, hoping that peering over the edge would make me feel something, anything, but all it did was stir the restless soul inside of me.

"Hey!! Whoa, whoa whoa--" Jay yelled. I heard his and the others' footsteps frantically running over to me.

Zane grabbed my wrist and pulled me off of the ledge, and my legs went weak. His cold hands squeezed the sides of my arms as he lowered me to the floor.

"What were you thinking?" Cole asked. "You could've fallen off the Bounty."

I looked up at him, and then back down. I snuck a glance at Lloyd, who's eyes shifted into the same dull expression I felt on the inside. He was the one who hugged me first; his embrace warmed my spirit a bit. I expected a lecture, or maybe same anger from Sensei, but no. Just a bunch of loving friends holding me close to them.

"I know you may not want to talk right now," Lloyd whispered. "But I'm here when you're ready."

"Me too," Kai said. Everyone else chorused the same words.

"I don't know what's wrong with me," I muttered.

Cole patted my back gently. "There's nothing wrong with you. Everyone feels like crap sometimes."

"Affirmative," Zane nodded. "Even I experience overwhelming sadness from time to time."

Kai nodded. "We've got your back, kid."

It went silent for a moment as we rested there in a muddled heap.

"Ice cream, anyone?" Jay asked suddenly. "I've got a bunch in the freezer."

I smiled. Not at the ice cream, but at his willingness to share his stash. "That sounds nice."

"Let's take the rest of the day off," Sensei said. He tapped my head with his staff. "Your mental health is just as important as your physical."