Transgender Jay : A Ninjago Story

39 - Interaction

(Warning. This chapter contains bad language.)

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The day was pretty slow. Jay was still recovering from the shock of the previous one, others were worrying near constantly about what the future would hold, and the atmosphere was at an all time low. Stagnant, depressing, and festering with uncertainties.

After Jay had found Cole in the kitchen and given him his hoodie back, he went to the bathroom to have a shower, and came across a sight he had never expected to see.

Walking up the corridor, the opposite way to him, there was Kai. Not too much of a shocking sight on its own, Kai lived on the Bounty too, his presence may not have been pleasant at the current time, but it was expected.

It was his hair that was the issue.

It was down.

Jay was shocked, and froze in his tracks. Usually, he'd be slightly worried about being alone with Kai but, right now, all he could do was stare at was his hair.

All his life, Jay had only seen him with his regular crazy spikes. Never without.

Yes, it was obvious that he used some sort of hair gel to gain the look, there was no way he had hair that spiky naturally, though, seeing him without it was still extremely odd.

Kai sneered as soon as he noticed him, and eventually stopped too.

Jay couldn't help it. He sniggered a bit, then covered his mouth with his hand in an attempt to stop himself.

"... what's so funny, huh?" Kai grimaced, holding his hair gel close.

"... your hair."

"What about it?"

"I've never seen it completely flat before."

Kai scoffed, rolling his eyes and crossing his arms, filling the hallway with his smouldering temper.

"Well now you have. Shove off, will you?" He spat, fixing Jay with a even more venomous look.

"How did it even get like that? It's usually a little bit spiky, even after a couple of days."

Kai could tell that Jay was trying to get at him at that point, but decided to humour him for just a little longer.

"Well obviously the gel comes out when you wash it, idiot. I just forgot to bring it with me this time, and you just had to turn up here and see. Now, p*ss off!" He said, gritting his teeth the whole way, before violently opening the bathroom door and slamming in behind him.

Jay sighed and walked on, knowing that the bathroom wouldn't be free for quite a while. Kai took expert care of his hair, and wasn't likely to execute the process very quickly.

With nothing to do he simply wandered, and down one of he corridors, bumped into Cole again.

He immediately flushed bright red.

"C-Cole!"

"Hey Jay, uhm, you ok?"

"Y-Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

Cole have him a suspicious look.

"... god, don't tell me you're still fretting over accidentally taking my hoodie with you. It wasn't like I was gonna wear it in bed, was it?"

"Mmh. I don't know."

"... well, I don't mind, so, neither should you."

Jay breathed in and out very calmly, trying to settle his nerves.