Just One Time :: Lloyd X Reader

《Chapter 13》

Did ya'll know that my memory is so shit that I have to literally go back & re read the last part of the latest chapter just to know what's happeneing?? Well now you do.

Anyways, I opened an art page on Instagram, if you're interested. No, there are no Ninjago artworks yet, so far it's just old drawings & 1 recent.

My friend has been spamming my DM with "Bitch how could you not tell me you were opening an account????" How do I deal with that?? 😂😂

Anyway, I'm getting off  topic, new chapter!! Yaya

Another sleepless night. The day had been spent with Lloyd showing me around and me realising that, yes, yes I did indeed like him. I had also been exposed to Kai's pranks, and Cole forcing me to help him bake cookies. Lord knows what for.

Despite the fact that I was exhausted, I still couldn't sleep. Tossing and turning did nothing to help. So I sat up in bed and tried to exhaust myself further. I played with the air in between my hands, trying to create objects. Like drawing, but with air. I failed more often than not, but everything takes practice. So I sat there all night, playing with the air around me.

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I woke with a start, sweating and heart thumping wildly. I looked around franticly as I scrambled to push my back against the wall. I was alone in the room.

Sunlight filtered through the blinds, and I rubbed my exposed arms to fight away the cold that nipped at my skin. Winter was comming.

I crawled out of bed reluctantly, the blanket caught on my foot and I tumbled to the floor, too tired and disorientated to stop myself.

Hitting the floor with a thump, I groaned and pushed myself up, rubbing my cheek, which had taken the brute of the fall.

Just as I was about to stand up, a knock echoed throughout my room.

"Hello? Y/N? Are you okay?" It was Lloyd. He must've heard me. I hope I didn't wake him up.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I replied, standing up and throwing the blanket back onto the bed.

The door opened and Lloyd's shaggy blonde head peek in. "What happened?" He asked.

I gave him a weak smile, eyes heavy and I had to fight back a yawn. "Just tripped is all. Did I wake you up?"

He shook his head. "I wasn't sleeping, just lying there."

I tilted my head. "How come?"

He shrugged, rubbing the back of his neck as he looked at the floor. "No reason. H-how have you been sleeping?"

I jerked a thumb over my shoulder, my sleep deprived brain not really registering the question properly. "In my bed?"

He laughed, his eyes glinting in the sunrise light comming through the blinds and my heart skipped a beat. Wow. "Ha ha, but sriously," His gaze turned more serious as he looked at me, and I realized what his meant.

"O-oh, yeah..." I looked away, pinching my finger tips. "Not all that well to be completely honest. But... It'll get better..."

His eyes softened as he came forward, taking hold of my hands to stop my anxious actions. "Don't worry, Y/N, you're safe now. You don't have to keep thinking about it."

I shook my head. "N-no, it's not just that..."

"Then what?" He asked, tilting his head and bending his neck in an attempt to catch my gaze.

I smiled at his cute, yet slightly childish action. He always tried to cheer me up no matter what. I couldn't help but feel guilty, what had I ever helped him with?

"Well..." I started, turning my head away. Should I tell him? I looked into his eyes, and he gave me a comforting smile. Probably not, but I want to. "I've... I've been having... these... Nightmare... Things... Maybe... Probably..." Okay, now I regret telling him, aBoRt MiSsIoN, AbOrT mIsSiOn!

"Maybe and probably?" He asked, raising an eyebrow in amusement. I nodded, instinctively puffing my cheeks. Why is that instinctive? StopbeingweirdY/N! "Nightmares about what?" He asked quietly, trying to catch my eyes again.

I scuffled my feet, realizing we were still holding hands. I smiled to myslef, my hair in the way of Lloyd seeing my growing blush. It's too early for this. I played with his fingers as I hesitantly and quietly explained.

Lloyd nodded, soaking up the information and never averting his attention from me.

"Oh wow." He said once I had finished, and I looked up at him, only to find that his eyes were on my hands playing with his, and I noticed his pink cheeks. Cute, but bitch were you listening to me? I looked back down when he started to speak again.

"Are they getting better?" He asked.

I shook my head.

"Hmm," he paused, his tongue poking at the inside of one cheek as he narrowed his eyes, looking around the now light room. "Do you want me to ask Nya to come sleep in here with you? She can at least help calm you down when you wake up scared."

I shook my head again. "I think Nya would be better off getting her sleep. A Ninja shouldn't be sleep deprived if they need to save the city."

"Then I'll ask Mum-"

"No Lloyd, I'll be fine." I said sternly as I looked at him, giving him a warm, tired smile. "You guy all have a role to playing in keeping this city safe. Don't worry about me, I'll stop having nightmares eventually."

Lloyd gave me an uncertain look, frowning. "But until then you're going to keep waking up scared and being tired all the time-"

"I'll be fine."

He huffed, pulling me into a hug. Surprised, and too tired to react fast enough, I stumbled into his emrace, wrapping my arms around his waist as he spoke into my hair. "You better be." He whispered, almost inaudibly.

I smiled, squeezing him gently. "Thanks for worrying about me."

"Of course, I'll always worry about you, you're my g-" he paused, stiffening. "Goodfriend. Good friend. You're my good friend." He stumbled over his words.

Suddenly he pulled away, face turning even more red by the second. "R-right, I'll let you get dressed, I'll see you at breakfast."

He rushed out of my room, almost slamming the door behind him, leaving me to look at the wood in utter confusion.

Maybe if I hadn't been so tired I'd've known what he was saying.