Unspoken Words (Part 2 to Drunk Mistakes (on yt))

Part 2

TW: (allusion to) sex

Lloyd ran straight to his room to avoid having to answer the same questions from Garmadon.

He fell onto his bed with a groan. He reached for his phone and unlocked it, opening his camera roll out of curiosity from the suggestion Koko had made.

There were in fact photos.

Cole making out with a piece of cake, Nya mid-air, jumping off of a table with a panicked Jay trying to somewhat catch her, Lloyd himself with a whole range of people all also drunk for the first time, taking shots, and Zane comforting a socially awkward Jay in the corner while the others were on the dance floor. Lloyd giggled at their expressions, all so drunkenly oblivious.

Then Lloyd found the videos.

He found one of Cole acting out a Lord of the Rings scene and accidentally knocking over 3 bottles of beer, which Zane managed to catch before any of them broke.

Another of Lloyd trying to do a handstand with Nya's help, which ended in Lloyd falling on top of Nya and the video abruptly ended with panicked squealing from everyone.

Another one was of Kai and some other guy having a singing battle. There was laughter at the beginning and a lot of cheering for either Kai or the other guy, Gabe.

Obviously, this was some sort of event at the party, not just some one-off thing that Kai had been dared to do, although that was quite possible.

The music started and the crowd went silent. The Gabe guy went first, and for drunk singing, it wasn't that bad, Lloyd noted as he watched the video. There was some cheering then it went quiet again. Then, it was Kai's turn. Lloyd's breath caught in his throat as he heard Kai's voice.

He didn't even sound drunk. He sounded like one of the singers you'd hear on the radio. Lloyd was taken aback.

How could've I not known that he could sing this well!?

Lloyd scrolled through the rest of the videos and photos, feeling his heart getting heavier.

He sighed and let his screen go dark, turning over to lie on his back.

How on earth am I going to fix our friendship? Is that even an option? What if we never speak to each other again?

Lloyd felt tears prick his eyes.

God, why did this have to happen!? I can't believe I let this happen... He probably hates me now.

Lloyd covered his eyes with his arm, biting his lip so he wouldn't cry.

"Hey Luh-Lloyd," Lloyd panicked and quickly took his arm away from his face. Garmadon loomed over his bed.

"Dad! Hey...!" Lloyd replied nervously. Garmadon gave him an unimpressed look.

"Y'know I was the adult at the party, right?" Garmadon raised his eyebrows. Lloyd blinked in confusion but then it hit him.

His eyes grew wide and he could tell his face had gone bright red.

Suddenly, Garmadon burst out in a fit of laughter.

"HAHAHA!! Oh, Luh-Lloyd, you look so panicked!" He hunched over in laughter and Lloyd sat up, feeling himself start to shake with embarrassment.

After Garmadon calmed down he cleared his throat.

"Ok kid, I'm not saying I know what happened, but I did see you getting carried into a side room by Kai," Garmadon smirked. Lloyd drew his breath.

Oh god. If dad saw that, who knows who else saw it!! And-- What if someone caught it on camera!?

He covered his mouth, feeling like he might puke, but not from the hangover.

Garmadon's expression softened seeing Lloyd's stress.

"Uh, I'm just saying, you can stay home tomorrow if you think you need to, but like, if it's rumours you're afraid of, staying home would only make them worse," Garmadon suggested. Lloyd shut his eyes, willing himself to stop overthinking, but nothing could help.

He got up and ran to the bathroom.

"Aaand there he goes. Koko!" Garmadon called out of Lloyd's room.

"Is it Lloyd?" She poked her head round Lloyd's door frame and Garmadon gestured to the bathroom. Koko walked up to Lloyd hunched over the toilet. She kneeled down and tucked his hair out of the way.

"Oh sweetheart," Koko shook her head.