Set in stone (Ninjago x Male reader)

Extra #15 Days with Cole Brookestone

Here's present number 2!! It wasn't what I originally had in mind, but I thought you'd like to see it :3 If you haven't seen gift nro. 1, check my profile, it should be at the very top for a limited time before I move it into the shadows...

A month (or so) before Jay joined...

(y/n) had stopped training a while ago. He enjoyed training most of the time, and Wu always told him he was improving, but on days Wu took off without a word, (y/n) kept his training short.

And though he felt bad for slacking, the few hours Wu was gone was the only time (y/n) dared to go to the storage room and dig out more of his old toys, which Wu seemed always sad to look at. Well, most of them were Wu's and his brother's old ones as well, and (y/n) knew how Wu felt about Garmadon. (y/n) didn't talk about it. He didn't want to upset Wu more than he had already.

But that day, while (y/n) was piling pieces of wood, hoping the shaky tower he had built wouldn't fall, he suddenly heard talking outside. The tower tumbled down, but (y/n) was concentrated on the noise outside. One voice was Wu's calm one, the other was the slightly exhausted one of a boy, or so (y/n) assumed.

Swiftly, (y/n) gathered the wooden pieces and stuffed in their box, and rushed it to the storage room. He felt like he might have forgotten something, but couldn't think of what.

Outside, a boy was looking around impressed.

"So, Master Wu, this is your home?" A boy whom Wu had found climbing this very mountain a while before, asked, as Wu closed the gate behind them.

"Yes, the Monastery of Spinjitzu I inherited from my father. The First Spinjitzu Master." Wu answered before the door was fully open. (y/n) barely heard the last words before his curiosity caught up to him, and he went outside.

(y/n)'s heart nearly stopped. Wu hadn't brought visitors to the monastery in ages, if you don't count the post man and Mystake, who always invited herself for tea. What's more, the boy with  seemed close to (y/n)'s age.

That could only mean one thing. Wu had finally found another Elemental Master, like (y/n) himself. Though (y/n)'s powers had yet to wake, Wu always told him he'd be as great of an Ice Master as his father had been.

And if this newcomer was an Elemental Master, (y/n) had a new job. After all, Wu had warned him. 'When I find the first of the others, it will be your job to help them figure the start out while I search for the rest.' (y/n) was used to being busy, whether it was taking care of Lloyd or doing chores and training, but based on the books he had read up, he didn't think he was ready for this.

This boy, shaggy black hair and bushy eyebrows, was only wearing Black shorts and a small blue bag over his shoulder. He was drenched in sweat, much worse than when (y/n) trained during the summer. But he was more ripped than the guys in bodybuilder magazines. 

Wu noticed (y/n) watching them from afar, and called him over. "(y/n), I'd like you to meet someone."

The black haired boy only noticed him then, and blinked in surprise as (y/n) speed walked over. Wu continued, "(y/n), this is Cole. Cole, this is (y/n). He lives here with me, and now you."

That confirmed it. (y/n) and Cole both had very uncertain expressions, but shook hands anyway. Wu smiled, then continued. "I'm sorry, but your training will have to wait, I forgot to do something important. (y/n) will help you with anything."

As he turned to walk away, only slightly hurried, he told (y/n). "Get to know each other, and be polite, (y/n)."

"Yes, Master Wu." (y/n) said, before turning to Cole.

"Well, hey." Cole greeted him, lifting his hand for a small wave.

"Hello," (y/n) thought about something for a moment. "Uhm, Master Cole. Would you like me to show you around? Or prepare yourself a sleeping place in the shared room? Or maybe prepare something to eat? Oh, I'll get you a towel as well, to dry off."