TW: slight sexual content
I was scrolling through the monks' tik tok account during breakfast, excitedly showing my favourite ones to Lloyd. He'd smile when I did even though he'd probably already seen them. He was in a handful of them himself.
My day was planned for me, as was the rest of the week. As was the rest of the summer, aside from weekends (presumedly for recovery). I was just glad that the only thing I had down in my summer to-do list was to spend time with Lloyd and my friends. I was technically doing that by training at the monastery.
Except that I wasn't good enough yet to join the team's training, so I had to follow a different schedule - some classes with the less experienced of the monks along with private lessons to mainly focus on my powers. I was nervous for both.
The team had training that morning after breakfast. I had a class at the same time, and then Lloyd and I were to meet Garm and Wu right after lunch in one of the smaller dojos for more training in the afternoon.
I had a feeling that it was going to be a long day.
"Eat, Y/n," Lloyd chuckled when I turned my phone to show him a video where Jay, in his gi, was running along the rooftops of the monastery. Dimitri was yelling at him. It was very chaotic. "You'll need the energy."
"But I'm not hungry," I whined. Lloyd just loftily shrugged, lifting a glass of water to his lips.
"You'll regret it," he merrily hummed before taking a sip. With pursed lips and a harrumph, I grabbed an apple from Cole's plate and took an angry bite. I glared at Lloyd while I chewed. He smiled back contently.
"I was gonna eat that!" Cole whined.
"Excited?" Nya asked, leaning forward over the table. Jay wiped a grain of rice from her cheek.
"I can't wait until I can kick Lloyd's ass!" I said with a bright grin. Lloyd barked a laugh before catching it with a hand over his mouth. I shot him a look, raising my eyebrows.
"Is that doubt in your snicker, I hear?" I sneered playfully, inclining close with narrowed eyes and a grin. Cole had taken to pestering Kai for some food from his plate, which resulted in a war using toast. Nya and Jay cheered them on. Zane watched blandly.
Lloyd cleared his throat and shook his head, closing his eyes in the perfect poker face.
"Who, me? No, of course not," he said calmly, and I almost couldn't hear the amused sarcasm in his voice. "You always astound me, especially with your fighting skills that are obviously far superior than mine."
I tilted my head to the side with a smirk, taking another bite of my apple.
"I'll let you know that I got more than a few jabs against you during Jay's birthday," I reminded airily, slyly mumbling through a mouthful of the sweet fruit. Lloyd's cheeks went red.
"We don't speak of that."
"Sure," I said smugly.
Lloyd eyed me with a squinted gaze as I joyously ate my apple.
"Eat," he demanded with blushing ears, clearly stuck back in that day I reminded him of. I laughed between bites and had to catch the bit of apple juice that dribbled from my lips.
"I am eating!" I exclaimed, hiding my mouth with a hand.
"Eat more," Lloyd pressed, sliding a small tub of yogurt towards me. "You can't survive this morning's lesson depending on a single piece of toast and an apple alone."
"I totally can!" I scoffed as I placed the Apple core down onto my plate, before stilling with wide eyes. "... is it really that bad?"
"For you?" Lloyd rhetorically asked with raised eyebrows. "Yeah. You've never done Ninjitzu before. It's going to be both mentally and physically draining."
I pulled a daunted look.
"Can I back out or are these lessons non-refundable?" I asked, tapping my fingers together sheepishly. Lloyd cocked his head to the side and pulled the look he got when he was about to drive a point home that I couldn't dispute.
"Do you want to be able to go out without escorts?"
"Babysitters-"
"Escorts," Lloyd insisted, but he lacked the playful tone I used. My smile fell a little at the serious look on his face. He realised that I had sobered and a small, encouraging smile passed his lips before he gathered my sticky, apple-juice covered hands in his. "You'll be fine, sunshine. But you need to fuel your body and eat-"
"Oh, my god, yeah, I'm eating," I groaned, going to remove my hands from his when I found them stuck. My attention jumped back to Lloyd.
"Love you," he purled softly, dropping his head closer to me. My heart did a cartwheel worthy of Chen in my chest and a tiny, love-filled smile of mine grew in response.
"Love you more," I countered with a grin. His lips parted with a gasp.
"Impossible."
"Nuh-uh." I shook my head. "It's totally true."
"No way!" Lloyd denied teasingly, curling his fingers through mine and probably getting his hands apple-juice-sticky in turn. He didn't care. "I love you so much that all the stars in the sky are made of just my love, because my body can't hold it all-"
