Transgender Jay : A Ninjago Story

29 - Moving Rooms

After the day full of explanations and talks was over, the night was pretty uneventful. Everybody went to bed, but, going to bed didn't mean rest.

Almost every single inhabitant of the bounty was cursed to a night of interrupted sleep and a constant tiredness, yet... sleep would never come.

Surprisingly enough, Jay was the first one to actually fall under, though nobody else knew. He was sleeping in the medical room again, as, he couldn't really go anywhere else at that point.

Zane had suggested that they talk about his sleeping arrangements the next day, considering how much had already happened. If another problem was added to the stack, the whole thing may have fallen over.

Jay was glad, at least.

Zane had been right. He didn't want to talk about anything else that night. He had a shower, then went to bed.

Although kept up by worrying thoughts for a good couple hours, Jay fell into a deep, rejuvenating rest, and didn't wake up until 11 the next morning.

When he did, he was greeted by light through the window. He wondered if it was going to be a nice sunny day, so wrenched himself out of bed and toddled over to the window, opening the curtains to reveal...

Dismal weather. Rain. Clouds. Wind. Cold.

Oh.

Trick of the light, he expected.

Little did he know yet - but he did guess - the weather had already set the tone for the day. Sad, moody and depressing.

After a bit of internal coaxing, Jay forced himself to get out of bed, get dressed into something and go to the bridge, where to his dismay, everybody else except Sensei were mulling about, doing their own thing.

Cole spotted him in the doorway and waved.

"Morning, bluebell. Sleep well?"

"Yeah, I guess. You?"

Cole shrugged, then got back to his bowl of cereal.

Zane also waved at him as he looked up from the paper, and Lloyd sent a kind smile in his direction, but Kai acted like he wasn't even there, and Nya...

Well.

Nya had looked up when he first came in, but after that, looked away, and didn't look back. It was as if she was ashamed to even look at him, and it tore his heart to shreds.

"... I'm gonna go get something to eat." Jay said quietly, then walked into the kitchen, feeling a million times worse than before.

As he shoved a two pieces of bread into the communal toaster, Cole entered to the kitchen as well, despite already getting his breakfast.

"... don't pay any attention to Kai. He's being a huge-" Cole began in a hushed voice, but Jay cut through with his own words.

"It's not Kai that's bothering me."

Cole was quiet for a second.