A blue Spouse (Ninjago Royalty AU)

Chapter 12: Strawberries and honey

Time for the Maharaja to get some time alone with his new 'friend'...

Also 'Pupai' is the ancient word for the 'Domino' game

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"Jay, would you like to sleep in my room?"

Water splashed all over the table as Jay choked on his drink. What did the Maharaja just say?

Cole jumped in alarm quickly lending Jay a napkin and brushing a hand all over his back as he dried himself.

No! Of course he didn't want to! That would be like signing a death sentence. Being alone with the guy who tried to marry him by force just a few days ago? In his room? At night? With no one to protect him from his perverted ideas?

Thanks, but no, thanks.

Jay knew now, thanks to Zane, that the monarch wasn't the monster he took him for at first. He was, apparently, capable to genuinely care for others and even fell in love with a commoner. But Jay couldn't bring himself to fully trust him yet. He was still unsure about this "free love" concept the taller blond tried to enlighten him with. It was so... foreign to Jay.

The monarch was persistent though!

After a long argument during dinner Jay thought he was finally safe when they all returned to the bedroom. But Kai showed up soon enough to ask him again. After declining him for the... Jay had already lost count of how many times he had said no- Kai tried a different approach.

"Okay, if the mountain will not come to Muhammad..." Kai said with a playful smile. "Could you guys leave?" He asked his other spouses. All of them looked surprised and confused, sending each other concerned gazes. Slowly Cole got up and walked towards the door, Zane and Lloyd mimicked him.

"No, hey, wait!" Jay shouted with fear. How could they abandon him right now?

"So what's it going to be, Jay? Will you come with me? Or should I move here?"

Jay saw discomfort in Lloyd's face out of the corner of his eye and saw the blond whispering something to his friends. Great! As if Lloyd needed a reason to hate his guts even more, now he could also add " Been kicked out of our own room because of the stupid junkyard boy " to the list. Jay didn't really need the brat to be mad at him again, nor cause more trouble to the other two. Annoyment clear in his voice as he groaned with resignation

"Okay, okay!"

The monarch smiled happily like a kid who just got a new toy.

"Great! I was starting to think I'd need to tie you up. Uh... you won't happen to like that kind of stuff, right?"

"Of course not!" He yelled, his face already red from embarrassment and anger, mimicking Kai's fiery decorated clothes.

"Haha, so you're the vanilla type, okay, that's nice too." The Maharaja chortled and Jay let out another annoyed growl.

As they exited the room, Cole pulled Kai back in for a second.

"Kai, don't scare him, please. It's taken him a long time to start coming out of his shell" The boy pleaded.

"I won't, I promise! I just want to chat with him for a lil bit, you've all had plenty of chances already."

Cole hummed, not fully convinced his husband would control himself. Kai gave him a quick peck on the lips to try and reassure him, then marched back.

Jay never imagined the color red could make him so on edge. Kai definitely had an obsession with it but wow , his room was a whole other world. The spouses chamber was already pretty decorated and big but this was something else. There was a lot more furniture, a lot more sculptures, pictures, shiny gems decorating almost every spot and... hell , who was the 'genius' behind those transparent fabrics hanging from the ceiling? They were so annoying and made Jay even more nervous.