Jaya Week Challenge 2023

Day 3: Surprise

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Nya looked down at her pendant, toying with it in her hand. She always knew that it was more than just a simple jewel, that it meant something more than a promise. She always kept it with her, she never once took it off. She kept it well-maintained, clean, and always in pristine condition.

Whenever they had to take it off, they would always leave them joined together as one single medallion, completing the Yin and Yang. If one were to be lost, so would the other, their logic was. It was poetic, in a way.

She had thought many times before what it would be like to find someone like him. She thought it to be impossible, that she couldn't possibly find someone who, through all the highs and disastrous lows, still cared for her.

They had started discussing their wedding from the first night that he had asked her to be his Yang. They didn't know when it would exactly be, but they knew it would be soon. And so they started planning everything from early on: from the place, to the people, to the flavour of their cake (cotton candy, for the record).

But ninja life got in the way as ninja life always does, and their dreams were soon forgotten. One pain after another, each worse than the last, put off their plans time after time again. She was gone, then he was gone, then life took over, then their determination was simply lost.

She remembered that night fondly. It did not take place anywhere like the tropical resort she dearly missed, Ninjago's many realms, or even on a romantic date to the lighthouse that shaped them as a whole. No, they were simply watching a movie on the couch, late at night and stuffed with popcorn, when they decided it was time to take matters into their own hands.

It took her by surprise that Jay of all people suggested eloping. She was almost certain he was doing it for her. After all, her dislike of Ninjago's infuriating public eye was the last thing she wished to see. But then she thought to her family, to her parents, to his parents, how no matter how much she loved him she simply couldn't picture that day without their loved ones in it. She suggested telling them beforehand at the very least, and by the way his face lit up at the idea, it was the right way to go.

To everyone else's eyes, their commitment was delayed indefinitely. To theirs, it was approaching faster and faster by the day.

Kai was busy catching up with his parents on one side of the couch; Jay was doing the same on the loveseat across them. And there she was, stuck in the middle of all of it.

She blinked when Lloyd waved his hand in front of her. He plopped next to her. "Ninjago to Nya?"

"Yeah?"

"Dinner is ready. Are you planning on joining us or..."

When she looked around her, the rest had already gotten up. Save for Jay, at least, who was still waiting for her patiently next to Lloyd.

"Yeah, I'm coming... Go ahead, I'll catch up."

He nodded, leaving the room with a weird look on his face. Jay stayed, however, kneeling down next to her. He kept their faces close and his voice low. "Are you sure you're ready?"

She smiled immediately. "Of course, yeah. I mean, it's not anything drastic. We're not having a baby or anything..."

His eyes widened. For a moment, he almost believed her.