Chaos | A Ninjago High School AU

Chapter 15

Skylor's POV

"I'm worried about her," Kai tells me as we sit in his car after our practices. We were supposed to be on our way home by now, but he was distraught, so I had him talk things about.

"Which one, Harumi or Nya?" I clarify.

"Both honestly. Harumi has been really out of it lately. I know she usually gets a bit off when I'm not dating her, but never this bad. She's missing a lot of the time, and when she's here she always seems like she wants to leave," he says with a deep concern in his voice.

"And Nya?"

"She likes Jay now, like she has feelings for him," he groans as if it's the worst thing in the world.

"So she's happy?" I ask, an eyebrow raised.

"Last time she let someone in she got hurt. I don't want that for her again," he expresses his concern, but it just confuses me more.

"But you're trying to get her back with the guy who hurt her," I bring up.

"It's a complicated situation," he dismisses my point. "Anyways, I don't know what Jay is capable of. He might be totally manipulative, or..."

"Jay seems like he couldn't even hurt a fly. He seems like the guy who refuses to step on bugs because they have lives too," I admit. Kai sighs, looking over at me

"If I can do something to keep her safe, I'm going to," he states, starting the engine of his car.

"She doesn't need that, Kai. I think you're overreacting. She's 16 or 17 now. She's a big girl," I try to derail him from the train of thought he's on.

"You know how closed off and hesitant Cole is on letting people in, right?" he looks at me. I nod. "Nya is the same way. When both of them let someone in, they allow themselves to be vulnerable and give their full selves up to that person. It makes it so much worse when they get hurt."

"Everyone is going to get hurt. No one can escape it. It's a part of life," I explain to him, leaning back in my seat. "Your sibling dynamic confuses me."

"Why?"

"Well, Nya and I are in the same seventh period, and I've heard her talking to Jay about how big of a jerk you are to her, but from what you tell me, you're a great big brother. Things don't add up," I point out the discrepancy.

"I try, but I'm really temperamental. I say stuff I don't really mean, and she takes what I say to heart. Sometimes I avoid her just to avoid conflict since it feels like we're always fighting."

"Have a heart to heart with her sometime. She seems like she just wants company," I advise, adjusting my ponytail in the rear view mirror. "And I agree that Harumi is really out of it. She's changed since I first met her."

"She has, but at least she's pestering you less. It's means we can hang out more, and she won't even notice," he winks at me, his typical Kai behavior coming back.

"She'll notice. It's like she has a little Kai radar that goes off any time you're near me," I laugh to myself, thinking back to today. I was talking to Mackenzie and Morro for several minutes, but as soon as I started to talk to Kai, Harumi automatically showed up.

"Well, is she coming now?" he asks, a little mischievous smirk on his face. I know it shouldn't, but I nearly melt at the sight. I don't though. With all my self control, I make it so I have no reaction, only so I look out the window.

"I don't think so."

"Perfect," he hums, looking over at me. In a quick motion, he places his hand over mine. "When I do that, what do you feel?"