Promises (Ninjago's Kai x Reader)

Episode 7 - Something for the Pain

WARNING: SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SUGGESTIONS OF ASSAULT

"That was kinda hot," says Aiden, offering me another vodka cranberry. "Why'd you hide your identity from us?"

"Didn't want you guys to feel like you had to treat me a certain way because of who my dad is," I say, taking another bump before accepting the drink.

"Totally fair. I can't imagine how much pressure that must be."

I nod and offer him the bag back, but he just shakes his head.

"Seems like you need it more than I do," he says, so I stuff it in my pocket.

Now that the adrenaline's fading from that confrontation, I'm starting to feel groggy again, which is frustrating considering how much coke I've done. So I take a sip of my drink, cause at least I can count on that to do it's job, but for some reason it tastes extremely sour.

"It has lime juice in it," says Aiden, noticing the grimace on my face.

I heave a sigh. Nothing seems to want to go my way tonight.

"Can we sit down?" I say, stumbling to the nearest couch before even getting an answer.

Aiden sits beside me, flinging an arm across my shoulders. "Everything okay?"

"Mhm," I mumble. "Just feeling a bit drained, is all."

"Maybe I should take you home then--"

"No!" I fumble for the straw in my drink, taking another large gulp. "I wanna . . ."

My brain is lagging; I must be drunker than I thought.

"What do you want, baby?" Aiden whispers in my ear, sending a shiver up my spine.

"I want to be free . . ."

Words fall from my mouth without any rhyme or reason, like the lagging has somehow led to them bypassing my filter. I try to sort through my thoughts, but they're all muddy. And I can't seem to find my powers anywhere.

"Free from what?"

Flashes of memories. Happy and sad. My family, my friends, Kai . . . I betrayed them all. They must hate me now, just like Lloyd does.

A tear slips down my cheek, and I flail to wipe it away.

It hurts—

"The pain," I moan, fumbling for another sip of my drink.

"I can make that happen," Aiden says, and his face is really close to my mouth all of a sudden. "I can make everything better."

I blink slowly, and for a brief moment I see Kai in him. Caring and concern flashing in his green eyes. Except Aiden's eyes aren't green, they're hazel. And the concern in them barely conceals his intense desire. He want's to hurt me, I realize in a moment. His intentions are not pure, like Kai's would've been, and I need to leave before something bad happens.

But it's already too late.

The Oni are screaming so loud now that I can almost hear them, and yet they're voices remain drowned out by my heartbeat in my ears. Aiden drugged me, that's why I can't grab hold of my powers. It's why I can't seem to control my actions or words. It's why, against my better judgement, I lean towards him, hungry for some sort of reassurance.

"How?"

As the words leave my mouth, Aiden presses his lips to mine, pushing his tongue inside so that it can dance with my own. My brain is complete mush, and I lean into the kiss, imagining that it's Kai instead. The intensity and the passion is the same. But he didn't smell like Kai, and he definitely didn't taste like Kai.