Jay felt his heart flying. He was surrounded by music, by smiling, by laughter. Pride flags soared in the sky, and the general power of a community coming together lifted everybody's spirits.
The weather was wonderful. The sun was shining down, so hot that Jay had to take off his hoodie.
Pride had got off to a great start.
The parade was in full blast. A bunch of girls dressed in pastel dresses were handing out flowers, and one of them handed one to Jay. He whispered a thanks and spun it in his fingers, slipping it into his hair. He was at Pride, he could at least slightly spruce up his outfit.
Rainbows everywhere. A smile crept onto his face, and he developed a skip in his step.
None of the other ninja knew he was here. He said he was going to go and visit his parents, and instead, took a bus into the town centre and joined the masses of people gathering there. Probably a few thousand.
While he was waiting for the parade to start, he bought a bracelet patterned with the Bi flag. He'd have to hide it once he got back to the Bounty, but it was still worth it.
Jay didn't know many other people, so he was completely surrounded by strangers. Friendly strangers, granted, but it was still a little bit overwhelming. For somebody who was usually social, masses of strangers still scared him a little bit.
Though.. speaking of strangers... there was a familiar silhouette in the crowds ahead of him. Blonde hair, with a... rainbow coloured headband.
No... it couldn't be...
Lloyd?
No way! Jay blinked a few times and hurried forwards. Yeah. It was definitely Lloyd.
Jay was too nervous to go at talk to him, worried that, maybe, for some reason, Lloyd wasn't in the middle of a LGBTQ+ Pride parade to support.
It seems as if he didn't need to, as Lloyd turned his head, massive grin on his face and general joy in his eyes, yet, when his gaze fell on Jay, a surprised expression took over.
It seemed like he was doing the same as Jay did, figuring out if that was actually Jay Walker. Not just some doppelgänger.
Lloyd cocked his head to the side, observing him, and Jay gave him a little wave.
"Jaaaaaay?"
Lloyd ran over to him and broke out in smile again.
"Jay! I didn't expect to see anybody else here!"
"Neither did I! How come you're here?"
Lloyd's cheeks flushed and scratched the back of his head.
"Well, since you're at Pride, I'm assuming you're not homophobic, so... uh..." he started, trying to get his words out, "I don't like... ugh let me start again, I've never done this before. You know girls, right?"
"Right?"
"Well, I don't swing that way..."
Jay nodded, not actually all that surprised.
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Transgender Jay : A Ninjago Story
फैनफिक्शनJay Walker has been living as a guy since he was 12, and the only people who know that he was assigned something different at birth are his parents. He lives in constant fear that his fellow ninja will find out, and even worse, that they'll take it...
