A blue Spouse (Ninjago Royalty AU)

*CHAPTER 10: You're up for a date?

Greenflame ahead ~
NSFW chapter, though it also includes a sneak peek at Lloyd's backstory.
Hope you guys will like it ♥

Also, 'barfi' is a typical indian sweet/dessert basically made of condensed milk and sugar

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Dinner was tense to say the least.

Lloyd had switched seats with Zane placing himself as far from the Maharaja as possible at the table. Everyone tried to act normal but you could cut the atmosphere with a knife. Lloyd was still obviously pissed, it wasn't foolish to guess his discussion with Kai didn't end in a good note. The monarch's eyes constantly zeroed on him, a crooked smile on his face, pleading Lloyd to forgive him. But the short blond was determined, he didn't speak to him during the whole meal, not even once. Luckily Nya had a ton of updates for Kai about the meetings she attended for him that day, so it helped keep the conversation up and away from tricky subjects.

As usual Jay kept his silence and he barely ate anything, being near Kai made his stomach twist but knowing this tension and arguments between the guys were his fault just made it worse, almost turning his digestive organ upside down.

As soon as dinner was dismissed Lloyd got up and exited the room without waiting for anyone.

"What did you do this time?" Nya asked her brother as they all stared at the door.

Kai sighed tiredly "Being dumb apparently."

"That's not new," she remarked with amusement in her voice though he noticed her brother wasn't joking when he let his head fall down in resignation. Nya scanned the rest of the boys with her moss colored eyes. "I'd like to have a word with my brother if you guys don't mind."

Cole and Zane nodded, the former offered Jay a hand as he pulled him up and out of the place. As soon as the siblings were alone, Nya urged Kai to spill the beans which he complied bitterly.

"... And then I pursued him and tried to talk about it but he wouldn't listen. He just went on and on about how I forgot about our date as well as making crystal clear that I'm biased towards Jay."

"Well, you kinda are."

"Because he's new here! I want him to be comfortable! Hell, I've stood them up other times in the past but Lloyd never got this crazy, I... I just don't understand it!" Kai whined leaning back on his hands and head falling back pointing his chin to the ceiling.

Nya pondered for a while. After living for quite a few years together with Kai's spouses, the boys had become an important part of her life, they were like brothers to her and she didn't like seeing her family coming apart.

"Okay, here's what I think; Lloyd's probably jealous that you're paying Jay a lot of attention..."

"Wow, you're so smart-" Kai mocked immediately being cut by his annoyed sister.

"And you're an impatient baby," the king furrowed his eyebrows. "As I was saying, I think he's jelly. You've certainly cared a lot about Jay these days, and I understand you mean no harm but you shouldn't focus that much on the boy. He's got the others to help him too and I know for a fact he's getting along with Cole; he's not hopeless, Kai. Don't treat him like he's an abandoned baby, he's safe with us ."

Kai let out a heavy sigh and avoided Nya's gaze. Why did she always have to make him feel so wrong? Oh, maybe because she got lucky and didn't inherit their father's short temper. Nya had the skills to easily see the situation from outside the box, which helped her take the best decisions.