The short book of shorty short shorts

The winter festival

{Location: A department store in New Ninjago city}(Lloyd's POV)[Time: well, at no particular time other then Cole and Morro are human. Just a holiday special]

I make sure my hood is covoring every wisp of my blond hair. The guys and I are out before the crack of dawn to try and get our holiday shopping done. Only I have no clue what to get Willow. We walk a little more in when Jay starts to step on my heels.  "Ow."

Jay steps back once we're hidden in the changing rooms, "Sorry. I just hate the fan attacks. And for once I'd like to go out in public without being swarmed."

Zane tiles his head up as Cole makes sure the door stays closed, "Statistically, 75% of Ninjago's population are Ninja enthuses so the chances of-"

Morro elbows Zane, "We get it." He rolls his eyes as holiday music plays, "So what's the brilliant plan today?"

Kai huffs as he folds his arms, "What's the matter? Don't have the holiday spirit?"

I roll my eyes at the pun. Morro shakes his head and nearly facepalms himself, "I've got spirit. I'm just so not used to the holidays being so loud. Whatever happened to a simple and quiet conversation by the fire?"

Cole stands on his tiptoes as the store officially opens, "Well quiet conversations don't pay anything."

I lean back on the flimsy walls then stand up, "Ok. So we tend to get caught by fans or otherwise when we're alone or have big groups. So we'll spilt up into pairs. I'm thinking Jay and Cole, Zane and Morro, and Kai and myself. We'll meet up at the doors we came in. Any questions?"

Cole nods, "How about a time limit? We all have 15 minutes tops then we move on to the next store. We can come back later if needed."

I blush a little. I should have thought of that. Whatever. We split up, Jay and Cole head to the shoes, Zane and Morro head to the second floor as Kai and I head over to the jewellery section. I breathe a small sigh of relief as no one is here.

Kai tugs as his hood, he's probably wanting to let his hair out from under his hood, "Any idea what Skylor or Willow would like?"

I run my hand through a rack of shiny necklaces, "I know Willow likes the necklace I gave her."

Kai looks through dozens and dozens of chockers, "Unless you can re-wrap that...Nah, not even then."

I sigh a little. Willow isn't too big on jewelry. And hum.....I stomp my foot, "Gah. Why does she have to be so hard?"

Kai stops looking around and nudges me a little, "Lloyd, you ok?"

I sigh and lean back on the wall between display cases, "It's just.....things like this is hard. I really love Willow. But I feel like I bearly know her. And she's not exactly an open book."

Kai shakes his head, "Is that all. Dude, you're in way better shape then I am. Willow tends to be more open with the following people, her family, you and Zane to a point. See, you're in good company."  Kai kinda looks down, "And here I am....not having talked to Skylor in three months and I have no idea what she'd want."

I shrug my shoulders, "As long as you don't get her anything about you, you're fine."

Kai frowns and reaches out to a rack with his metal arm, "And another thing, not a lot of things are orange. Her color. SO.."

I cover his mouth before he screams. I let go slowly as he calms down. Kai sighs deeply, "Thanks. So..what do I do?"

I run my fingers through the gems and watches, "Kai Smith, the lady man is  asking me for advice?"